Chapter 63: Battle King

Half a year later.

Within a small valley in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Inside a secluded training chamber.

The room was filled with a dense, pale red energy, so thick it was almost tangible, like a cloud permeating every corner of the chamber.

This energy constantly swirled and converged, ultimately flowing towards the figure seated in the lotus position on a mat in the center of the chamber.

That figure was Wei Yang.

At this moment, a powerful aura emanated from his body.

As time passed, the aura continued to grow stronger until it reached a critical point!

Wei Yang's handsome face showed a slight frown.

His dantian and meridians were filled to the brim with vast amounts of Dou Qi energy, causing a sense of bloating, as if his meridians and dantian were about to burst, unable to accommodate any more energy.

He had to continuously channel the energy into his Dou Crystal, compressing it further and further.

When the Dou Crystal reached its own critical point, Wei Yang's heart shouted internally: «Now!»

Boom!

Within his dantian, accompanied by a loud bang, the dark red Dou Crystal shattered like a sea urchin.

The vast energy surged throughout his body, nourishing, transforming, and strengthening every part, including his flesh, bones, meridians, and skin.

He became tougher and stronger.

External energy, as if finding an outlet, poured into Wei Yang's body.

At this moment, Wei Yang successfully broke through to the realm of the Battle King.

The aura around him, which had previously stopped growing, now surged again with the influx of external energy, seeming endless.

Twice, three times, ten times stronger!

In the Battle King realm, there is no longer a Dou Crystal.

Higher quality energy filled every corner of his body.

Like a small pond transforming into a lake, the capacity and strength increased significantly.

…

More than an hour later.

The aura around Wei Yang finally began to calm down.

Wei Yang's pitch-black eyes suddenly opened, a dark red light flashed, and the chamber seemed to crackle with electricity.

Crackling sounds echoed~

He stood up, stretched his muscles, and his bones crackled.

Reaching out and making a fist, the air in front of him seemed to explode with a muffled sound!

Feeling the vast and powerful energy surging within him, it seemed as if every cell in his body was cheering, more than ten times stronger than before.

Wei Yang couldn't contain his excitement, grinning widely, his laughter growing louder and echoing in the chamber, «Hahaha, this is the power of a Battle King!»

With a thought, the surrounding energy seemed to respond to Wei Yang's call, rushing to his back, and merging with his Dou Qi to form a pair of majestic wings made of dark red flames, edged with faint golden flames.

Dou Qi Wings!

An exclusive trait of those above the Battle King level.

Whoosh~

The dark red wings flapped gently, creating a whistling wind in the chamber, and Wei Yang's body floated up.

This sensation was quite marvelous.

It was somewhat different from using the flight Dou Technique, Black Wings.

The Dou Qi Wings seemed more ethereal.

While the Black Wings appeared more solid, like a tangible object.

Whoosh~

Exhaling a breath of stale air, Wei Yang retracted the Dou Qi Wings and landed steadily on the ground.

«This breakthrough seems to have pushed my soul strength past a bottleneck!» Wei Yang murmured with a smile.

Compared to before, his soul strength had doubled, seemingly breaking through a bottleneck that had troubled him for nearly half a year.

With a thought, his vast and mighty soul force surged out.

Instantly, the entire chamber seemed to be swept by a soul storm.

Moments later, the soul storm gradually subsided.

«If my estimation is correct, my current soul strength should be in the late Mortal Realm?» Wei Yang pondered.

Since returning from Wutan City half a year ago, Wei Yang felt his soul strength had hit a bottleneck.

The growth rate became very slow, vaguely touching a barrier.

No matter how much he tempered it, including consuming most of his energy in alchemy and then recovering, the growth was minimal.

This bottleneck lasted for nearly half a year.

This time, leveraging the breakthrough to Battle King, he finally broke through.

Now, his soul strength was probably comparable to that of a weaker low-level Dou Zun.

This was quite remarkable.

Being just a Battle King, yet his soul strength was comparable to a low-level Dou Zun?

«This time, not only will I easily reach the fifth rank in alchemy, but even the sixth rank might be within reach with some practice.» Wei Yang laughed.

Before breaking through to Battle King, he was already at the peak of the fourth rank in alchemy, but he had never dared to attempt fifth-rank pills.

The cost of failure, wasting precious materials, was too painful.

This was the downside of lacking systematic inheritance, guidance, and the backing of a powerful faction.

Everything had to be explored on his own, with no one to guide him, and no high-level materials to practice with.

Otherwise, with Wei Yang's previous soul strength, he would have already been a fifth-rank alchemist.

But Wei Yang didn't mind too much.

After all, he was not yet nineteen years old, still young, with plenty of time to accumulate experience.

…

With these thoughts, Wei Yang collected himself.

Smiling, he tidied his clothes and pushed open the chamber door, stepping out.

Inside the cave, everything was clean and tidy.

The simple decorations exuded a sense of warmth.

Outside the cave.

The sun hung high in the sky, its rays piercing the thin mist, bathing the small valley in a layer of golden light.

Wei Yang stepped out of the cave.

At a glance, he saw Xian'er, dressed in a simple white dress, busying herself at the stove, sleeves rolled up.

Seeing Wei Yang come out, her eyes lit up, and she smiled, «You're out! You've been in seclusion for ten days. Are you hungry? The food will be ready soon.»

«Yes.» Wei Yang nodded, sitting on a stone nearby, smiling as he watched Xian'er busy herself.

She must have sensed Wei Yang's breakthrough and knew he was about to come out, so she quickly started cooking.

At nearly sixteen, Xian'er had become even more beautiful, her curves more pronounced.

Her pure and delicate face, coupled with a fresh and ethereal temperament, made her increasingly captivating.

Even Wei Yang, who spent every day with her, found her more and more attractive.

No matter how long he looked, he never tired of it.

She was very pleasing to the eye.

Especially her gentle demeanor as she busied herself at the stove, her warmth touched the heart deeply.

Even the toughest steel would be melted into softness by such tenderness.

Wei Yang thought to himself.

…

«Your aura still seems a bit unstable. Was the breakthrough smooth?» Xian'er asked with concern, adding some firewood to the stove and throwing a few green wild vegetables into the boiling pot.

«It was smooth. Breaking through to Battle King was no big deal, just a matter of course,» Wei Yang smiled. «As for the unstable aura, it's because I came out right after the breakthrough. It will stabilize in a couple of days.»

Xian'er nodded, tasting a bit of the broth with a small spoon, then said, «I feel like I'm also close to breaking through.»

Wei Yang sensed her aura, noticing a slight fluctuation, unlike its usual steadiness.

He immediately understood that Xian'er was also on the verge of a breakthrough.

Had she not been waiting for him and guarding outside, she might have already gone into seclusion to attempt her breakthrough.

Wei Yang smacked his lips, a bit speechless, «I worked so hard to finally break through to Battle King, only to be overshadowed by you as soon as I came out.»

Xian'er rolled her eyes at him, «Didn't you say it was a matter of course? Where was the hard work? From what I see, you haven't faced much difficulty in your cultivation.»

Wei Yang was momentarily speechless.

Indeed, it seemed true.

His cultivation journey so far hadn't encountered significant obstacles or bottlenecks.

Yes, it was a matter of course.

(End of Chapter)