Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler, Yun Yun Appears

Yao Lao stood suspended above the pool.

He gripped the Heavy Xuan Ruler in one hand, using his soul power to draw fire-elemental energy from the void into the ruler.

The peculiar patterns on the ruler's surface continuously lit up, radiating a fiery red glow.

The Heavy Xuan Ruler seemed to burst into flames!

Yao Lao tightly gripped the fiery red Heavy Xuan Ruler in his right hand. His body became an afterimage as he arrived beneath the enormous waterfall, more than ten zhang wide.

Compared to the white torrent hanging from the heavens, Yao Lao's body appeared exceptionally tiny, yet the aura he gave off was even more terrifying than the waterfall.

The afterimage abruptly stopped before the waterfall. Yao Lao stepped on the air with the tip of his foot, spun one hundred and eighty degrees in midair, and fiercely swung down the fiery red Heavy Xuan Ruler.

"Earth Tier Dou Technique: Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler!"

A thick blade of flame slashed toward the enormous waterfall.

"Boom!"

The flaming blade exploded, and violent flames rushed into the waterfall, dyeing it red.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Continuous thunderous explosions rang out. The massive waterfall was blasted apart, its water devoured and evaporated by the flames.

The entire pool was shrouded in steam. A fierce gust of wind blew through, swiftly dispersing it.

Xiao Yan was instantly dumbfounded. The waterfall before him had vanished, revealing the jagged mountain behind it.

A ravine three or four zhang wide had also appeared on the mountainside.

The waterfall pouring from the cliff above was forced back by the violent power of the flames. Only after more than twenty seconds did it slowly flow down again and crash into the pool.

With a thunderous roar, the massive waterfall cascaded down once more, as though nothing had happened.

Yet the scalding steam in the air was enough to prove everything that had just occurred.

Yao Lao slowly landed. Seeing Xiao Yan's shocked expression, he smiled faintly.

"Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler is an Earth Tier Dou Technique. Once mastered, it can split mountains and sever waves with every gesture!"

Then Yao Lao tapped Xiao Yan's forehead with a finger, transmitting the information on Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler to him.

The cultivation of Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler was divided into four steps.

First step: gather qi and draw fire.

Second step: build power and raise the ruler.

Third step: swing the ruler and strike.

Fourth step: erupt and devour.

The stronger the dou qi, the greater the power.

Ignite it with Heavenly Flames, and it could destroy heaven and earth.

"Next, practice chopping at the water from atop the stakes beneath this waterfall. A thousand times every day."

With a wave of Yao Lao's hand, wooden stakes were driven into the pool beneath the waterfall.

Xiao Yan nodded, gripped the Heavy Xuan Ruler with one hand, and leaped onto the stakes.

The powerful torrent crashed down, nearly knocking him into the pool.

Fortunately, his physical body was powerful enough for him to steady himself.

At this point, his strength was formidable. Even without using dou qi, he could easily wield the three-thousand-jin Heavy Xuan Ruler.

However, swinging the heavy Heavy Xuan Ruler beneath the waterfall was difficult even for Xiao Yan's physical body.

He could only circulate his dou qi to reinforce his arms before laboriously chopping at the falling water.

After several dozen strikes, the dou qi in Xiao Yan's body was exhausted. Unable to hold on any longer, he was swept from the stakes by the waterfall.

Xiao Yan climbed onto a huge boulder protruding from the water, sat cross-legged, and swallowed a Qi-Replenishing Pill to restore the dou qi in his qi vortex.

And so, Xiao Yan was repeatedly swept into the water after exhausting his dou qi. Then he would meditate to recover it before returning to the stakes to chop at the water again.

Every day, Xiao Yan continuously practiced the chopping motion beneath the waterfall.

Yao Lao also prepared a fourth-grade medicinal pill called Burning Blood for him. Once it was applied to his body, it felt as if he were being burned alive.

But it was not real fire, so even Xiao Yan's Myriad Flame Emperor Body was useless against it.

When Burning Blood was applied to his arm, a searing, bone-piercing pain arose. Xiao Yan's entire body trembled, while bead-sized drops of sweat continuously seeped from his forehead.

The pain lasted for more than ten minutes before slowly fading.

What excited Xiao Yan was that the pain caused by Burning Blood gave him one skill point every ten minutes.

Once Xiao Yan covered his entire body with Burning Blood, he gained one skill point every two minutes.

By applying Burning Blood once a day, Xiao Yan could gain twenty skill points.

However, as his body gradually became able to endure the pain caused by Burning Blood, the skill points slowly decreased until they disappeared altogether.

Xiao Yan did not spend the skill points he gained. Instead, he saved them for later use.

Although Burning Blood brought immense pain, it also had the strange effect of accelerating the absorption of dou qi.

One month later, Xiao Yan advanced to an Eight-Star Dou Zhe.

Ordinarily, advancing to Eight-Star Dou Zhe so quickly would have left Xiao Yan with an unstable foundation.

Yet because he trained beneath the waterfall every day, his foundation instead became even more solid.

Over the past few days, Xiao Yan noticed that mercenaries had begun appearing nearby more and more often.

It made him frown deeply.

His strength had now soared, and he no longer feared the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

However, wiping out the Wolf Head Mercenary Group in one stroke would still be quite troublesome.

Therefore, Xiao Yan had no intention of clashing with them just yet.

Compared to taking revenge on the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, Xiao Yan wanted to increase his strength even more.

As for taking revenge on the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, once he was strong enough, it would be effortless.

"Teacher, we should leave this place and head deeper into the Magic Beast Mountains."

Xiao Yan voiced his thoughts.

"Hehe, what's this? Someone's bullying you, and you don't want revenge?"

Yao Lao teased.

"My goal is a higher realm, greater strength. As for such trivial matters, they are not worth mentioning."

Xiao Yan smiled faintly.

"It seems you place great importance on the Three-Year Agreement and are eager to wash away the humiliation of having your engagement broken off."

Yao Lao stroked his beard. Naturally, he hoped his disciple would press forward with courage and become stronger. That would also give him a greater chance of being revived in the future.

Xiao Yan did not explain. To him now, the Three-Year Agreement was no longer the most important thing.

What mattered most was that the system had been unbound.

The system was called the Xiao Yan Must Die System.

If someone had bound themselves to the system, they would surely go to any lengths to find him and put him to death.

There was no room for negotiation.

No matter what, only by becoming strong himself could he face every danger and challenge.

Five days later, after Xiao Yan had repelled more than ten waves of magical beasts, he arrived at Soul-Breaking Ravine.

Soul-Breaking Ravine was a bottomless abyss dozens of meters wide. Across from it lay the central region of the Magic Beast Mountains.

Once he reached the central region, he would presumably be able to completely escape the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's pursuit.

Taking a deep breath, Xiao Yan circulated his dou qi and sent it into the black tattoo on his back. Purple light flashed, and a pair of purple wings around half a meter long appeared behind him.

Xiao Yan leaped toward the other side. Just as he was about to fall into the abyss, the wings behind him beat, and his body rose into the air.

He flew toward the opposite side.

By the time Xiao Yan reached the other side, his dou qi had been exhausted, and he fell from the air.

Fortunately, his physical body was strong. A fall of around ten meters was not enough to injure him.

Relying on his powerful soul perception, Xiao Yan avoided the magical beasts, found a cave, and calmly restored his dou qi.

In the days that followed, free from worrying about pursuit by the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, Xiao Yan cultivated diligently in the cave.

Occasionally, he went out to gather herbs and practice refining medicine to improve his alchemy skills.

One day, as Xiao Yan cultivated in the cave, a violent lion's roar rang out like thunder.

Yao Lao's expression changed slightly as he looked toward a patch of sky where powerful energy fluctuations could be felt.

They faintly glowed in two colors, cyan and red.

"This is the roar of the sixth-rank magical beast, the Amethyst Winged Lion King. Who is fighting it?"

The Magic Beast Mountains. The central region. The Amethyst Winged Lion King.

Very quickly, Xiao Yan thought of someone.

It was Yun Yun!