Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, who was kidnapped to another world

Just when everyone thought the matter was over, Xiao Yan stretched and said these words.

In an instant, Tang San's pupils shrank to the size of pinholes.

"Just kidding," Xiao Yan said after relaxing. "Don't let my appearance fool you, I still find dirty things quite repulsive."

dirty stuff?

Uncontrollably, everyone's gaze unconsciously swept over Tang San, whose right wrist was dangling and whose body was hunched over.

The overly obvious look in his eyes made Tang San clench his teeth tightly, afraid that he might accidentally say something that would invite another attack from Xiao Yan.

Chapter 53 Eight Extremes Collapse

"By the way, Zhu Zhuqing, didn't you ask me before how to strengthen your second soul skill?"

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, Xiao Yan looked at Zhu Zhuqing standing by the playground.

"?" Zhu Zhuqing, who hadn't expected to be mentioned, widened her eyes slightly, then nodded vigorously, "Yes!"

Huh? Are we starting the lesson now?

Although Xiao Yan took over the role of teacher, Zhao Wuji was not at all resentful and even watched with amusement. After all, he felt that he was no match for Xiao Yan when it came to strengthening soul skills.

'Why isn't this guy saying anything? He didn't even help Tang San up...' While watching Xiao Yan take out a huge piece of ore from his soul tool, Zhao Wuji glanced at Yu Xiaogang, who was standing to the side, seemingly out of his mind.

"You can't just call me alone tonight, can you?"

Seeing that Yu Xiaogang hadn't made a move, Zhao Wuji simply ignored Tang San. Oh, and he also ignored Xiao Wu, who had quietly moved to Tang San's side.

“Normally, a punch won’t cause secondary damage after it hits someone,” Xiao Yan said, pretending to teach. “However, when I was surviving in the Star Dou Great Forest, I figured out a technique that can cause secondary or even multiple injuries…”

Bang!

Xiao Yan punched the piece of ore.

"Alright, let's guess how many pieces it will break into?" Xiao Yan asked with a smile, retracting his fist.

"Huh? It broke into several pieces?" Ma Hongjun, who spoke the fastest, patted the man-sized piece of ore. After finding it to be quite solid, he looked bewildered. "Yan Xiao, did you not use enough force? It doesn't look like it would break."

After carefully observing the condition of the ore, the others also looked at Xiao Yan with blank expressions.

"Pay attention to how many times it rings." Xiao Yan was very satisfied with the expressions on their faces, so he gave them a reminder.

"burst!"

With a soft shout, the first sound emanated from the ore—

Bang!

After the first sound, a series of muffled thuds followed, so fast and deep that no one could make out exactly how many there were.

As the sounds gradually subsided, a crack quietly appeared in the ore that everyone had examined and found to be without any signs of breakage. Then, the crack instantly spread across the entire piece of ore—

The shattered ore scattered on the ground demonstrated to everyone the destructive power of that seemingly joking punch.

"How...how did they do that?"

This wasn't the first time Dai Mubai had felt so fortunate that he hadn't earned Xiao Yan's use of any soul skills other than Giant Beast Charge and Ice Seal. But looking at the densely packed rubble on the ground, he still couldn't help but swallow hard.

Ma Hongjun looked at the rubble on the ground, then at his own fat body, then back at the rubble, and finally looked at his own fat body again. His lips trembled as he uttered a sentence: "Yan Xiao, no, Boss Yan, we made a promise, you can't use this punch on me anymore! This fat body of mine can't withstand this punch!"

"Don't worry, don't worry, how could I possibly use this trick on my lovely classmates?" Xiao Yan smiled. "However, to prevent any accidents, I'll explain this 'hidden force' to you first, and also tell you how to deal with it."

That's right. Although countless sounds echoed after that punch, its original name was the Eight Extremes Collapse, a high-level Xuan-rank fighting technique that Xiao Yan learned "when he was a child" and whose power was comparable to that of a high-rank Earth-level fighter.

Of course, it's the limited-power version.

"Come on, everyone pick up a stone, hold it in your hand, and feel its temperature," Xiao Yan called out, urging everyone to pick up a stone.

"How do you feel?"

After everyone had a stone, Xiao Yan asked with a smile.

"The temperature of this stone... seems a bit too high?"

Zhu Zhuqing hesitated for a moment before expressing her opinion, while also looking at the others as if she wanted to hear their thoughts.

"The temperature is much higher than that of normal jadeite."

Ning Rongrong nodded. She had come into contact with this kind of mineral quite a bit before, and it was rare to find such a high temperature in a mineral that was known for its coolness.

Ma Hongjun and Oscar, who didn't know each other very well, maintained a staring contest.

High temperature?

Tang San, who was about to leave with Xiao Wu's help, stopped in his tracks and involuntarily looked at Xiao Yan, who was "teaching" him.

Tang San could clearly see from the inner vision of the Mysterious Heaven Skill that his entire spine was enveloped in a fiery energy. He understood that this was Xiao Yan's soul power, but while he understood, he didn't know exactly how to dissipate this energy.

"That's right, high temperature. This is the effect of my soul power explosion."

Xiao Yan raised his right palm, and a ball of Dou Qi appeared on it—although he hadn't reached the level of a Great Dou Master, Xiao Yan was already able to project his Dou Qi outwards. He didn't know whether to laugh or not.

“This is my soul power. Because my martial soul is fire, it has some of the characteristics of fire.” Picking up a stone from the ground, Xiao Yan channeled his fighting spirit into the stone. “The effect of that punch just now can be simply explained as my soul power being transferred into the stone.”

"After that, all we need to do is make this wisp of soul power explode..."

The stone held in Xiao Yan's palm trembled slightly before turning into dust. With a gentle breath, it dissipated into the world.

"And that's how you get this effect!" Xiao Yan had a bright smile on his face, as if he were simply showing off.

Looking at the stones that had turned to dust, Tang San's body trembled uncontrollably. He now felt that the energy enveloping his spine was not soul power, but a Tang Lotus that could explode at any moment.

"Then how should we deal with this soul power?"

"Can I do that too?"

Ma Hongjun and Zhu Zhuqing voiced their questions at almost the same time.

“There are two ways to deal with it. First, cut out all the flesh or internal organs containing this soul power,” Xiao Yan said with a smile, making Tang San feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave. “Of course, there can’t be any reservations, otherwise it could be detonated at any time.”

Everyone shuddered, but then, as if struck by a sudden realization, Oscar abruptly turned around—

Then they saw Tang San being supported by Xiao Wu, his whole body trembling like a sieve.

"What's the second method?"

As roommates, Oscar sighed and asked a question, even though he found Tang San's underhanded sneak attack after losing the bet despicable.

"The second method is for me to personally deal with those soul powers..." After a slight pause, Xiao Yan continued, "or to have someone whose soul power far surpasses mine deal with them."

Far surpassing, meaning that his Dou Qi level is more than two levels higher than Xiao Yan's. For Xiao Yan, who is currently considered a Dou Shi, only Tang San's father, a Title Douluo, can currently achieve this. Furthermore, the Dou Qi used to deal with Tang San can only be peeled off strand by strand, with slight deviations...

What will bloom are two magnificent blood flowers.

'That's a bit too underhanded, not good, not good. Next time, I'll just choose to detonate it directly.' Xiao Yan, who almost revealed a villainous smile, quickly suppressed the evil thoughts in his heart.

'Flander and I don't even need to lift a finger? It seems Xiao Yan is quite easy to talk to.'

On the other side, Zhao Wuji breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Xiao Yan's second solution. When he saw the first piece of ore explode, he thought Tang San would be the next to explode. Fortunately, Xiao Yan was magnanimous and did not take Tang San's despicable behavior to heart.

'Let's talk to Lao Shao or Lao Lu after the group disbands.'

Zhao Wuji nodded silently. It was indeed a bit difficult for these rough and rugged battle spirit masters to sort out the soul power in other people's bodies. Perhaps only Shao Xin and Lu Qibin in the entire Shrek Academy could do this.

"Then it's your question..." Xiao Yan looked at Zhu Zhuqing, "No doubt about it, anyone can do this technique, but whether it results in an explosion, a cut, or an erosion depends on each person's soul power characteristics."

After all, the Eight Extremes Collapse was a fighting technique taught to him by Yao Lao. Without Yao Lao's permission, Xiao Yan would not teach it to others casually. However, the characteristic of "detonating" fighting qi was something he figured out himself, so there was no problem teaching it.

Can I learn it?

Ning Rongrong's eyes lit up when she heard Xiao Yan say, "Anyone can do that."

"Of course you can. If you're interested, you can learn together later," Xiao Yan nodded with a smile. "By the way, you can also learn this technique if you're interested."

The next sentence was addressed to Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai.

"No, I'm not interested," Dai Mubai shook his head decisively. What's the use of learning more? He'd still be dead a year from now.

"That's all for now. I'm going back to get some sleep. Call me if you need anything!"

Watching Yu Xiaogang, who was helping Tang San along with Xiao Wu, walk towards the cafeteria, Dai Mubai stretched, turned around, waved casually, and walked towards his dormitory.

"Of course I want to learn!" Ma Hongjun nodded without hesitation. "By the way, Oscar, are you going to learn too?"

"As for me... I'll learn from it." After hesitating for a while, Oscar nodded.

"And me?" Although a little embarrassed, Zhao Wuji still asked with a forced smile.

"Of course, it's just a trivial little trick."

Xiao Yan was completely indifferent to this, and even hoped that more people would learn from him. After all, the more people who learned from him, the better he would understand the special characteristics of the various attributes of soul power. This would not only facilitate his attempts at fusion techniques, but also help him to elevate "Eight Extremes Collapse," a high-level Xuan-rank fighting technique that relies on physical qualities, to a true Di-rank level.

"But for now, let me take a break. I have some things to take care of," Xiao Yan said with a mischievous smile. "And, although it's not exactly necessary..."

"But I suffered a lot when I was learning this skill. Since I've been through the rain, you guys can't escape it either... right?"

“No, I think it can save us from getting wet in the rain…” Oscar laughed awkwardly.

"Too late!" Xiao Yan patted Oscar on the shoulder. "Teacher Zhao, I'm counting on you for the next month. At least get them running in double gravity without using their soul power!"

"Of course, I'll keep all the medicines to improve your physical fitness for you. You just need to go to Soto City to buy them every few days. Aren't I thoughtful?"

Whether it was a misperception or not, the five people present all felt that Xiao Yan looked at them as if he were looking at piglets to be slaughtered, full of "love" and "care".

"And as a reward for teaching you... please help me tidy up these stones!"

The rubble on the ground was a tool that Xiao Yan was preparing to use to make an artificial magic core. Although he could collect it all at once using his mental power, he wanted to see everyone squatting on the ground picking up stones together!

It was a spur-of-the-moment decision. When the topic of the duel came up yesterday, Xiao Yan's first thought was to go to Star Luo Holy City, deal with the city lord of Shan Chui City who had hidden in the capital of the Star Luo Empire, and at the same time, take the ancient book that Zhu Zhuqing had mentioned from the Zhu family. He could also visit the "Yin Yang Pool" along the way. If he had extra time, he could go to the main city of the Five Elements Academy to see if there were any opportunities to do something sneaky.

Yao Lao had no objection to Xiao Yan's decision, his only request was—

"Teacher, this is..."

After handing the prescription for improving physical fitness to his classmates, Xiao Yan returned to his dormitory because of Yao Lao's voice. After entering the dormitory, Yao Lao handed Xiao Yan a long list of medicinal herbs.

Can't you tell?

"No..." Xiao Yan licked his lips, his voice a little dry, "I still remember the main ingredients of the Meridian Protection Pill, Ice Heart Pill, and Qi Recovery Pill, but... why?"

"To prevent you from acting unpredictably again and arbitrarily devouring beast fire," the old medicine master shrugged. "It was one thing to not be able to find a magic core before, but this time there are substitutes for magic cores. You don't think you can still evade it, do you?"

"But the Ice Heart Pill requires an ice-attribute magic core. I can't possibly make a trip to the far north while I'm at it, can I?" Xiao Yan said with a bitter face. "Thirty days isn't enough time for a round trip, is it?"

"Why go to the far north? Isn't there a snow-capped mountain in the Star Dou Great Forest?"