The leading elder of the Stone Clan, who had been sitting with closed eyes and resting his mind, abruptly opened both eyes. His pupils contracted violently, and his entire body stiffened in his seat like a giant boulder struck by lightning.
"How... how is this possible?"
He knew Shi Hao's strength better than anyone. A Two-Star Dou Zong, upon activating his Clan Mark, he soared straight to a Five-Star Dou Zong. Coupled with high-tier Dou Techniques, cultivation methods, and a physique comparable to top-tier Magical Beasts, he possessed the capability to fight even when facing a Six-Star or Seven-Star Dou Zong.
Yet at this moment, Shi Hao lay collapsed beside a shattered stone pillar. His chest was caved in, blood spilled from his mouth and nose, and though he struggled to crawl upward, his entire body trembled, clearly having lost the strength to fight again.
"The winner is Shen Luo of the Yan Clan."
The Yan Clan elder presiding over the duel also wore a look of joy and hastily announced the result.
The air above the plaza seemed to freeze for several breaths, followed by a loud boom as countless gazes simultaneously converged upon the black-haired young man.
"This child... is extraordinary." Gu Dao spoke slowly, his aged voice breaking the silence.
His gaze was like a knife, staring fixedly at Shen Luo's physique as though attempting to see right through him.
"To be able to beat the Stone Clan's Young Patriarch into such a state, his talent can certainly be considered top-tier."
Hun Yan opened his eyes once more.
"Interesting." His voice was dry and hoarse, resembling the friction of dead wood.
"Has the Stone Clan fallen to this extent!"
His gaze shifted away from Shen Luo to land on the Stone Clan and Spirit Clan delegations with profound meaning.
Shen Luo stepped upon the void, his robes fluttering loudly.
The Heavenly Tyrant Body was invincible among peers, but he just wondered to what extent he could perform within this world of Battle Through the Heavens.
He immediately turned his head to look at the Fire Fairy in the grand hall, akin to a child who had scored first place on an exam and urgently needed to receive validation from his elders.
The Fire Fairy turned her head away, ignoring Shen Luo's gaze.
The flames within her narrow, phoenix-like eyes slightly subsided, yet the corners of her lips imperceptibly curved upward into a slight arc.
This child-initially, she had merely taken a fancy to Shen Luo's talent and potential; otherwise, as a Supreme Elder of the Yan Clan, she would never have bothered with a brat who was not even twenty years old.
It was not until Shen Luo defeated Huo Xuan that she truly began to take this brat seriously.
With clear eyebrows and bright eyes, regular facial features, and an entire body radiating an aura of supreme yang, uprightness, and tyranny,
this very aura actually caused ripples within her heart, which had lain dormant for several millennia.
Seeing that the Fire Fairy seemed intent on avoiding his line of sight, Shen Luo grew somewhat angry.
Puff!
He suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his whole body plunging down from the air like a kite with a snapped string.
The Fire Fairy's pupils contracted, and she furrowed her brow.
Her slender fingers lightly pointed, and an intangible force of space instantly controlled Shen Luo, pulling him behind the ranks of the Yan Clan members.
"Shen Luo, how are you?"
Huo Zhi caught Shen Luo in her arms and asked with a face full of concern.
Shen Luo frowned, his nose and mouth stained with purple blood. "The opponent was too strong. I've already injured my origin source and burned up-" Having spoken thus, Shen Luo closed both eyes and passed out.
The crowd in the arena was lost in thought.
The Stone Clan elder said, "I ask you, how could this brat possibly defeat Shi Hao? He actually burned his origin source!"
Yao Tian remarked, "How laughable. For the sake of a mere duel, he actually threw away his own future and potential."
Lei Dong and Gu Qingyang, meanwhile, shook their heads slightly with indifferent expressions.
Gu Xun'er swept a sidelong glance at Shen Luo, who lay within Huo Zhi's embrace, and closed her eyes.
As for Hun Yu behind Hun Yan, he did not even look at all.
"Send him back to his room to recuperate properly." The Fire Fairy's gaze rippled as her cold voice echoed through the grand hall.
Subsequently, Huo Zhi picked up Shen Luo, rapidly ascending into the air as she flew toward the back mountains.
Huo Xuan watched his own younger sister holding Shen Luo without any avoidance and clicked his tongue.
Though Shi Hao was strong, how could he, Huo Xuan, not know the truth? Since Shen Luo was able to defeat him, how could he possibly have been driven by Shi Hao to burn his origin source?
Acting!
Putting on a heavy act.
Huo Xuan crossed his arms over his chest, his facial muscles twitching.
Held within Huo Zhi's embrace, Shen Luo pressed his face firmly against Huo Zhi's towering snow-white peaks, the unique fragrance of the maiden continuously entering his nose and mouth.
So large!
So fragrant!
So soft!
Late at night.
Shen Luo finished his cultivation and slowly opened his eyes.
During the daytime duel against the Stone Clan's Young Patriarch, Shi Hao, he had not exerted his full strength.
A constitution like the Heavenly Tyrant Body grew stronger the stronger its opponents were, and since the Stone Clan excelled most in physical strength, to him, they served as the most fitting whetstone.
Suddenly, space trembled slightly.
A graceful, composed figure draped in a fiery red robe appeared inside Shen Luo's room.
"How... are you feeling?" The Fire Fairy revealed a look of concern and spoke softly.
"Aunt Ling, I thought you wouldn't come to see me." Shen Luo wore a look of delight.
The Fire Fairy's pair of phoenix eyes stared intently at the white-robed youth before her with an inexplicable expression, her mind once more conjuring that scene from a few days prior.
Atop her Fire Spirit Peak, she had been cooking noodles for Shen Luo.
Shen Luo had embraced her from behind, his solid chest pressed against her back, accompanied by that strangely numbing sensation between her hips and buttocks.
She had immediately scolded Shen Luo.
This child was quite good in every aspect.
It was just that the way he looked at her was somewhat bizarre.
"Since you are already unhurt, I am relieved."
The Fire Fairy smoothed the stray hairs beside her ear, her jade-like slender hands white and long, mountains undulating as turbulent billows surged.
After all, she possessed a lofty status; with so many people present during the day, she could not display excessive concern for a junior.
"Wait a moment, Aunt Ling, don't rush to leave. Let me look at you a little longer."
While speaking, a burst of white light flashed within Shen Luo's eyes, and an intangible ripple shot toward the Fire Fairy's lower abdomen.
The Fire Fairy's delicate body trembled, and the spatial ripples that had just stirred instantly dissipated.
She turned her head back to look straight at Shen Luo.
For reasons unknown, when Shen Luo told her not to leave, she actually came to a halt.
"Come, sit beside me." Shen Luo reached out and patted the mattress beside him.
The Fire Fairy furrowed her brow, yet deep within her heart she could not muster the slightest will to resist.
She moved with lotus steps, pacing with straight, slender legs step by step until she reached Shen Luo's side, and gently sat down.
Her ten-centimeter high heels produced ticking sounds against the floorboards.
Shen Luo nodded in satisfaction, pulling the Fire Fairy by her slender waist and drawing her into his embrace.
"Sh-Shen Luo, what are you doing?"
The Fire Fairy made a motion to struggle, but her body felt powerless; her cultivation as a late-stage Seven-Star Dou Saint at this moment seemed unable to play the slightest role, leaving her to be drawn into Shen Luo's arms as he pleased.
"Aunt Ling, you haven't told me yet how today's battles turned out." Feeling the warmth and softness of the delicate body within his arms, the white light in Shen Luo's eyes grew increasingly intense.
The Fire Fairy's gaze alternated between sluggishness and clarity. Across her flat lower abdomen, a bizarre Nine-Colored Butterfly flickered in and out of view.
So this brat wanted to ask about that.
The Fire Fairy began to rationalize within her mind.
"Today's duels resulted in only four individuals remaining undefeated. Tomorrow, they will draw lots to determine their respective opponents."
"Which four people?" Shen Luo looked down at the Fire Fairy's exquisite profile while extending a hand into her robes, roaming up and down.
"Mm..." The Fire Fairy emitted a soft moan, continuing intermittently, "Gu Qingyang and Gu Xun'er of the Gu Clan, Lei Dong of the Lei Clan, and Hun Yu of the Soul Clan."
The Fire Fairy seemed to ignore Shen Luo's unbridled fondling, allowing him to massage her plump and voluptuous body as he pleased.
"As expected of those four. It seems tomorrow will be the main event." Shen Luo's large hand climbed up to those towering snow-white peaks, wantonly teasing them until the beautiful matron in his arms panted repeatedly.
"Aunt Ling, I have one more question I'd like to ask you. Can you answer it?"
Two flushes of crimson bloomed across the Fire Fairy's fair face as her heart trembled slightly. "Y-You speak. Naturally, whatever Aunt Ling knows, she will tell you."
"At what realm must one be in order to break the defense of your Seven-Star Dou Saint physique?"
Shen Luo's fingertips began to slide down toward the Fire Fairy's thighs, finally resting upon her fair, tender ankles as he gently stroked them, occasionally pinching them with mischievous force.
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