Xiao Yan was considerably stronger now than he had been originally.
Yao Lao hadn't been knocked unconscious by a single blast of Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, the heavenly flames stayed obediently inside Xiao Yan, and his soul had grown stronger thanks to the vial of Soul Solution he'd stubbornly drunk. Of course, there was also the most fundamental difference-Xiao Yan's Dou Qi cultivation was considerably higher than it should have been at this point.
Originally, hadn't Xiao Yan been an eight-star Dou Shi at this point? Or was it seven-star?
Now, Xiao Yan was already a two-star Da Dou Shi.
So when Xiao Ding and Xiao Li had said they wanted to accompany Xiao Yan to the Misty Cloud Sect, Sun Buxiao had later talked them out of it back in Stone Desert City.
Xiao Ding was now a three-star Da Dou Shi. As for Xiao Li... he wasn't sure, but he should have been close to breaking through to Da Dou Shi.
Although Sun Dog understood perfectly well that the two wanted to help their younger brother wash away his humiliation, if they really accompanied him to the Misty Cloud Sect, they would only get in the way.
And so-Xiao Yan had entered this Alchemist Tournament purely to stomp on weaklings.
Xue Mei? Just some roadside nobody.
Liu Ling? One kick would finish him.
Yan Li, the fourth-rank alchemist from the Chu Yun Empire?
If you suck, practice more.
Take your complaints up with my green lotus core flame!
"I hereby announce that the champion of this Alchemist Grand Meeting is-Yan Xiao!"
Fa Ma, the president of the Alchemist Guild who was moonlighting as the host, made the announcement in an excited voice.
Everyone present cast excited or intrigued looks toward the disguised young man.
Yan Li from the