I became a god through frontier slaughter, and I crushed the academy's prodigies!

On the surface of the crimson fire lotus fruit, a golden liquid resembling magma slowly flows.

The azure Ice Soul Fruit exhaled white frost, and fine ice crystals spread outward from Shen Tian's wrist, condensing into translucent ice flowers in mid-air.

Red and blue light intertwined wildly in the room, illuminating the rainy night outside the floor-to-ceiling windows in a bizarre and surreal way.

Lu Changming's breathing suddenly slowed down, as if he had forgotten to breathe.

His eyes, which were usually sharp as an eagle's, were now fixed on the fire lotus fruit, with leaping golden flames reflected deep within his pupils.

The fire-attribute power of heaven and earth at the mid-stage of the seventh rank roared wildly within his body, like a desert that had been parched for ten years suddenly encountering a torrential rain.

He has been stuck at the mid-stage of the seventh rank for five years, and his cultivation has made it difficult to advance any further.

Because breaking through to the seventh rank requires comprehending the laws.

Only by deepening our understanding of the rules can we achieve breakthroughs.

But now, every cell is sending an almost frantic, ravenous urge to devour the brain.

Yan Jinghan, the vice principal who usually appeared dignified and imposing in front of the students of Longyuan Martial Arts University, was now swallowing loudly as his Adam's apple bobbed violently.

He subconsciously took half a step forward.

"The aura of laws?"

"This fruit actually contains the aura of laws!"

As prominent figures at the top of the entire Southern Frontier, what rare and precious treasures haven't Lu Changming and Yan Jinghan seen?

He wouldn't even blink at the sight of high-level exotic beast cores, century-old spiritual herbs, and rare extraordinary metals piled up in front of him.

At his level, conventional cultivation resources have become wasteland.

The path of a seventh-level martial artist lies not in accumulating qi and blood, but in comprehending the laws of heaven and earth.

The depth of one's understanding of the principles determines how far one can reach in terms of spiritual attainment.

Ordinary energy infusions are like pouring water into a leaky bucket for seventh-tier experts; they cannot bring about any qualitative change. Only the laws, only the primordial power that can resonate with heaven and earth, are the only ladder for them to continue climbing to the peak of martial arts.

Lu Changming has been stuck at the mid-stage of the seventh rank for a full ten years.

For ten years, he sat in meditation day and night, trying to capture the true meaning of the Law of Fire in the ethereal world, but it was always like looking at flowers through fog.

It's just a thin layer of paper separating us, but we just can't seem to break through it.

Who wasn't a genius who looked down on their peers when they were young, capable of breaking through to the seventh rank?

However, having reached this point, reality has already taught them how to be human.

To comprehend the laws, one must either possess extraordinary comprehension.

Alternatively, one can directly use the pure aura of the laws to comprehend them.

And now, a pure aura of the law of fire, seemingly within reach, was laid out before him without any concealment!

Although it is only the aura of laws, not the origin of laws.

But it is infinitely purer than the laws contained in nature!

The power of heaven and earth in nature contains too many mottled laws.

Yan Jinghan had a strong premonition that as long as he swallowed this fruit, he would be able to immediately cross that insurmountable barrier and step into the mid-stage of the seventh rank!

He might even be able to comprehend more profound laws of ice, pushing his combat power to a whole new level.

"Where...where did you get this?"

Yan Jinghan's gaze was fixed on the Ice Soul Fruit, unable to look away even for a moment.

Shen Tian did not answer, but simply flicked his wrist, and the two fruits floated towards the two of them respectively.

Two streaks of red and blue light drew dazzling trails in mid-air.

"Lord of the Prefecture, Principal Yan. The burden of Tianyun Prefecture is too heavy; I cannot shoulder it alone."

Shen Tian's voice was calm as still water, yet it exploded like thunder in their ears.

"Xu Daozhen wants to see Tianyun Prefecture make a fool of itself, and wants to use our blood to prove that his weakness is justified. Then we will use our absolute strength to slap his face."

Lu Changming subconsciously reached out and caught the fire lotus fruit.

The moment the fruit touched his hand, a scorching but not violent energy surged from his palm straight through his limbs and bones.

The dark red flame energy within his body seemed to have encountered a monarch, instantly becoming incredibly docile, and even spontaneously beginning to purify and compress itself.

His previously stagnant cultivation level showed signs of loosening at this moment.

This is not a dream.

This tactile sensation is absolutely impossible to fake.

"Shen Tian, ​​are you aware of the value of this?"

Lu Changming abruptly raised his head, the shock in his eyes impossible to conceal.

"This kind of divine object, imbued with the aura of laws, would be enough to cause those important figures to fight tooth and nail at an auction in Longjing, and could even trigger a high-level earthquake that would sweep across the entire Dragon Kingdom! And you... just gave it to us like that?"

Yan Jinghan held the Ice Soul Fruit, his hands trembling slightly.

Throughout his life, he had been ruthless and decisive, his sword having claimed countless lives. He had never even flinched in the face of a beast tide. But at this moment, he felt as if he were holding the future of the entire Southern Frontier in his hands.

"Only by giving it to you can it realize its greatest value."

Shen Tian walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked down at the rain curtain cut by the beams of searchlight.

"The Purple Spirit Clan's revenge will come soon. Gu Yan has escaped, but he will definitely come back with even more terrifying enemies. No matter how fast I kill them all, I can't protect hundreds of thousands of soldiers and the entire Tianyun Prefecture's defenses."

"Tianyun Prefecture needs more high-end combat power."

Shen Tian turned around, his dark pupils reflecting a mixture of red and blue light.

"Please accept this, seniors."

Shen Tian showed no intention of taking credit.

"The future of Tianyun Prefecture cannot be solely in my hands. I cannot remain in the Southern Frontier forever. The outside world is vast; I will have to venture into the Kunlun Mountains and even the deeper Gray Fog Forbidden Zone sooner or later."

He turned around and looked directly into Lu Changming's horrified eyes.

"If I leave and Gu Yan arrives with a ninth-tier expert from the Purple Spirit Clan, what will Tianyun Palace use to stop him? Facing truly high-level experts, Tianyun Palace must have its own pillars of strength. The stronger you are, the more stable Tianyun Palace's foundation will be."

Lu Changming's fingers, which were holding the fire lotus fruit, tightened suddenly.

The intense heat rose all the way up from the palm of his hand.

Looking at the seventeen-year-old boy in front of him, his heart was filled with turmoil.

This young man has already set his sights on the entire Dragon Kingdom, and even the heartland of the alien races. Meanwhile, he, the lord of the manor, is still racking his brains over Xu Daozhen's resource shortage.

The absolute zero coldness emitted by the Ice Soul Fruit resonated with the Frosty Sword Intent within Yan Jinghan's body.

His proud seventh-tier sword heart was now emitting a thirsty sword cry.

"Alright! Then we won't stand on ceremony!"

Yan Jinghan slapped his thigh hard, the loud sound shaking the dust off the ceiling.

The usually strict vice-principal of Longyuan Martial Arts University was now like a child who had received a favorite toy, his face flushed, clutching the Ice Soul Fruit tightly in both hands as if afraid that this dark blue treasure would grow wings and fly away.

Lu Changming also lost his former composure and calm demeanor, which he used to possess even in the face of a collapsing mountain.

He carefully held the fire lotus fruit to his chest, his eyes narrowing into slits with laughter, nodding repeatedly:

"Shen Tian is right. This thing is more important to us than our lives right now. With it, Xu Daozhen is nothing!"

The two powerful figures who once held sway over the southern borders completely abandoned their airs at this moment, looking at the Law Fruits in each other's hands with undisguised fervor and excitement in their eyes.

The two even couldn't help but gesture with their elbows, as if showing off whose fruit shone brighter.

"Shen Tian, ​​don't worry!"

Yan Jinghan suddenly raised his head, his chest pounding with a deafening roar. The icy blue energy on his body transformed into a visible storm of sword blades.

"With this fruit containing the pure law of ice, I can break through the bottleneck that has been holding me back for so many years tonight! I assure you, within three days at most, I will definitely cross that hurdle, advance a small realm, and enter the mid-stage of the seventh rank!"

The energy within his body fluctuated violently due to excessive excitement, and the air temperature within a ten-meter radius instantly dropped to minus thirty degrees Celsius. A cup of hot tea on his desk froze into a hard ice block in the blink of an eye, and even the cup wall was covered with cracks from the freezing.

Lu Changming was equally heroic, a dark red flame burning fiercely in his eyes:

"Old Yan is being conservative! The purity of the Fire Law within this Fire Lotus Fruit is simply unheard of. I've been stuck at the mid-stage of the seventh rank for ten years; my foundation is more than enough. What I lack is just this wisp of Law resonance. As long as I refine this fruit, I can shatter the barrier of the late-stage seventh rank with a single punch!"

For a seventh-tier martial artist, each leap in a minor realm signifies a geometric increase in their control over the power of heaven and earth.

The leap from the mid to late stage of the seventh rank is enough to boost Lu Changming's normal combat power by more than 300%.

In the past, this was a path to enlightenment that would have taken ten or even twenty years of painstaking effort to comprehend.

Now, Shen Tian has paved this path with a single fruit.

Hearing the two men make a solemn pledge, Shen Tian was not particularly moved.

A pale white flash of lightning ripped through the night sky outside the window, illuminating his cold, handsome profile.

"Why don't you two seniors break through to the eighth rank in one fell swoop!"