BTTH: Breaking The Simulation

Perhaps because the bloodline of the Dou Emperor consumed the bloodline of the Devouring Beast, Xiao Feng lost the ability to transform into the Devouring Beast.

However, Xiao Feng still possessed the ability to forcibly devour the life essence of other living beings, much like the Devouring Beast.

Unfortunately, the magical beasts from which Xiao Feng drained their life essence would turn into something akin to stone, rendering their materials useless.

If it weren't for desperate circumstances, Xiao Feng would not readily use this ability, as it would waste too much magical beast material.

After the bloodline of the Dou Emperor absorbed the bloodline of the Devouring Beast, its power was significantly enhanced.

Initially, when Xiao Feng transformed into the Emperor Giant, he could only unleash the strength of a three-star Dou Ancestor.

Now, having absorbed the power of the Devouring Beast's bloodline, when Xiao Feng transformed again into the Emperor Giant, he was able to unleash the strength of a five-star Dou Ancestor.

In addition to the increase in strength, Xiao Feng's appearance also underwent some changes; his head full of white hair turned back into smooth, beautiful black hair.

The vitality of magical beasts is already more robust than that of humans. After Xiao Feng absorbed the life essence of several magical beasts, he not only restored the lifespan consumed by the Devouring Life Pill but also significantly increased his lifespan limit.

As for whether Xiao Yixian and the others would be puzzled by his black hair, Xiao Feng had already thought of an excuse, claiming that his physique had awakened further.

...

A few days later

In Jia Ma City, the Miter family.

"Knock, knock, knock..."

Just as Hai Bodong was closed off and cultivating as usual, preparing to recover his weakened cultivation due to sealing, a sudden knock on the door interrupted him.

Sensing the familiar aura fluctuations outside the door, Hai Bodong slowly opened his eyes and said expressionlessly, "Come in!"

Upon hearing this, Miter Tengshan cautiously pushed open the door and saluted Hai Bodong, saying, "Elder Hai, Young Lady Yafei sent someone back with a letter, saying it was written to you by the third young master of the Xiao family."

"Oh?"

Hai Bodong's expression changed slightly as he waved his hand, pulling the letter from Miter Tengshan's hand into his grasp, and began to read it.

The letter's contents were straightforward. It requested Hai Bodong to help collect the main ingredients for the Fighting Spirit Pill and the Blood Lotus Pill and also asked the Miter family to look after the Xiao family to ensure their smooth development.

Although Hai Bodong owed Xiao Feng three favours, the value of those favours was limited.

Under current market conditions, asking a Dou Huang expert for help would typically cost about a sixth-grade pill.

This time, Xiao Feng needed to collect three main ingredients for the Fighting Spirit Pill and one for the Blood Lotus Pill. If he asked Hai Bodong to help for free, it would likely exhaust all three of his favours.

Xiao Feng wouldn't easily spend Hai Bodong's favours; he still wanted Hai Bodong to help take care of the Xiao family after he went to the Black Corner Region!

Thus, in the letter he wrote to Hai Bodong, Xiao Feng specifically included information about the Spiritual Recovery Purple Pill.

The Spirtual Recovery Purple Pill was a relatively rare fifth-grade pill. Its ability was simple: it could restore cultivation that had regressed due to sealing or internal injuries.

If Hai Bodong were to recover on his own, it would take at least two to three years to restore his lost cultivation, so the allure of the Spiritual Recovery Purple Pill was undeniable for him.

After reviewing the letter from Xiao Feng, Hai Bodong handed it to Miter Tengshan and said, "Tengshan, no matter what method you use, make sure to gather all the needed herbs from this list within a month."

"Yes, Elder Hai!"

Upon learning that the Spiritual Recovery Purple Pill could help restore Hai Bodong's cultivation, Miter Tengshan didn't dare slack off at all and promptly mobilised the entire family's resources to acquire the herbs.

Since Hai Bodong returned to the Miter family, they had once again become the foremost of the three great families in the Jia Ma Empire, with comprehensive strength second only to the royal family and the Yunlan Sect.

Miter Tengshan was well aware that the stronger Hai Bodong became, the more resources the Miter family could occupy.

Suppose Hai Bodong could break through to Dou Ancestor in the future. In that case, the Miter family might just become the new Jia Ma royal family, so he was incredibly invested in Hai Bodong's cultivation recovery.

Meanwhile, far away in the Yunlan Sect, Nalan Yanran also received the news of Xiao Feng's breakthrough into Dou King.

"Elder Ge Ye, you don't need to come and tell me about such ridiculous rumours anymore."

Nalan Yanran, dressed in a black fitted outfit with her hair tied in a high ponytail, had a look of disbelief on her pretty face.

It had only been about a year since Nalan Yanran called off her engagement with the Xiao family.

In the past year, she had worked tirelessly on her cultivation, and with the training resources provided by the Yunlan Sect, her cultivation had only just broken through to four-star Dou Master.

If Ge Ye had said Xiao Feng had broken through to Dou Master, Nalan Yanran might have believed it to some extent.

However, when Ge Ye claimed that Xiao Feng had already broken through to Dou King, Nalan Yanran wouldn't believe such a ridiculous rumour even if you beat her to death.

"Hehe, actually, I don't believe it either. That little madman couldn't possibly break through from Dou Master to Dou King in just one year."

Ge Ye chuckled awkwardly and added, "But the rumours are quite detailed, and many people are adamantly saying they witnessed Xiao Feng using Dou Qi to form wings and flying in mid-air."

"Dou Qi Wings?"

Nalan Yanran furrowed her brows and thought for a moment, "Although Dou Qi Wings are a hallmark of Dou King experts, as far as I know, there are also legendary flying Dou Techniques that can simulate the appearance of Dou Qi Wings."

"I see; that makes sense now!"

Ge Ye suddenly understood, "It must be that Xiao Feng obtained some kind of flying Dou Technique from somewhere, which led those uninformed people to believe he was a Dou King mistakenly."

It wasn't surprising that Nalan Yanran's reasoning swayed Ge Ye; after all, no average person would believe that Xiao Feng could advance from one-star Dou Master to four-star Dou King in just one year.

Not just Ge Ye and the others, but even most people in Wutan City held a half-believing attitude towards this matter.

"Who would have thought that guy would have such good luck finding a long-lost flying Dou Technique?"

Nalan Yanran murmured, "It seems the battle in two years will be even more interesting than I imagined."

Looking at Nalan Yanran's battle-ready expression, Ge Ye couldn't help but mourn for Xiao Feng in her heart.

Since Nalan Yanran lost to Xiao Feng, she had faced unprecedented setbacks and started an intense self-training regimen, engaging in actual combat training with magical beasts almost daily.

The magical beasts that died at the hands of Nalan Yanran numbered at least eight hundred if not a thousand.

Now, among the younger generation of the Yunlan Sect, no one could rival Nalan Yanran; she could even contend with the high-ranking Dou Master for a short time.

In the three-year agreement, Xiao Feng would undoubtedly lose!

(End of Chapter)

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