After casually dodging a bloody hand strike from Fan Lao, Zhou Changqing had all but exhausted his patience.
Over the past year and more, his strength had risen so quickly that it could only be called explosive growth.
But ever since the battle in Wutan City.
He had not fought anyone.
That left him somewhat worried that his foundations had become unstable, preventing him from fully controlling his surging strength.
With Medusa as his sparring partner before, he had never needed to worry about such things.
But now that he was in the Black-Corner Region, he naturally had to find someone else.
He had therefore long wanted to find someone to fight, temper himself in battle, and gain better control over his rapidly increased strength.
Following Zi Yan back this time, he had happened to encounter an invasion of Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy. This was the perfect opportunity to hone himself.
Of course, that was not his only reason for intervening.
Even setting aside his ties with Xiao Yan and Zi Yan.
The mere fact that he had benefited from the opportunity Mang Tianchi left behind meant he could not stand idly by.
Although he had obtained the Azure Thunder Voidstep Dou Technique and the thunder-magnetic mystic crystal through his own strength.
No matter how he looked at it, without the opportunity the other man had left behind, he might have needed a great deal longer to bring his physical body to the Dou Zong level.
Ultimately, he owed Mang Tianchi, the headmaster of Jia Nan Academy, a debt of gratitude.
Debts of gratitude were the hardest to repay.
Having a chance to clear that debt now could not have been better.
Unfortunately.
Zhou Changqing had still thought far too highly of that old fellow Fan Lao.
He had