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Myriad Medicine Mountain Range, northeast direction.
At the very top of a peak that pierced the clouds like a pillar supporting the sky, a grand hall built entirely of giant boulders stood tall.
Outside the hall, two massive beasts crouched like statues. From their bodies, a fierce and violent aura spread out, clearly warning that they were not to be trifled with. Both were of the seventh rank.
"Grand-aunt, have you eaten enough yet!"
From inside the great hall came a furious shout filled with pain. The two magic beasts at the entrance merely lifted their eyelids at the sound, then lowered their heads again as if they hadn't heard a thing.
Deep inside the giant-stone hall lay an extremely spacious plaza. At this moment, the plaza was piled high with countless neatly arranged medicinal ingredients. If an outsider were to see this scene, they would surely be stunned on the spot.
Because every single item placed here, if taken outside, would be enough to make countless alchemists drool with envy. Yet here they were as common as cabbages, placed casually in heaps. Amid this sea of heavenly treasures stood a burly, bare-chested man.
He stood there at ease, but still gave off a sense of steadiness and weight like a mountain, making others instinctively wary.
But right now, this man, who was obviously anything but simple, looked toward the center of the plaza with an expression of utter helplessness.
There, a petite figure was holding a stalk of herb that was obviously extremely rare at a single glance, stuffing it straight into her mouth without the slightest hesitation.
The crisp sound of biting and chewing, like someone gnawing on a raw carrot, made the bare-chested man's heart ache so badly it was as if blood might spill. Such waste of precious treasures.
What a sin~
"What are you yelling for, once I'm full and find the right person, I'll take you out of here. Don't worry, breaking through a spatial barrier is my specialty."
The petite figure muttered as she chewed, clearly displeased with the big man's heartache.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Several faint sounds of air being sliced echoed. Within the swirling dense mist, several figures were moving stealthily forward.
Looking closer, it was Wei Yang and his companions, who had concealed their auras as they made their way to their destination.
After flying for a while longer, they finally began to slow and then came to a stop. Looking ahead, they were now halfway up the mountain.
Higher up, everything was completely shrouded in dense energy fog. From deep within that thick mist, they could also sense several extremely powerful presences.
"Looks like we're almost there," Xiao Yan said softly.
"Mm." Wei Yang nodded. "Let's go."
With that, his figure moved, swiftly heading toward the summit. Behind him, Xiao Yan and the others quickly followed.
A few minutes later, they reached the top.
The summit looked vast and open. In the distance ahead sat a grand stone hall. At the entrance of that hall lay two magic beasts exuding a fierce and violent aura.
When they saw Wei Yang and his group, they immediately rose, letting out low, rumbling roars that echoed with threat and warning.
"Hmph!" Seeing this, Ah Da gave a short cold snort and stepped forward slightly, releasing an even more terrifying aura.
Boom!
That dreadful, icy force erupted like a mountain crashing down or a raging tidal wave. The surrounding mist was instantly swept aside, leaving a huge area that felt like a vacuum.
At once.
The two seemingly vicious seventh-rank magic beasts let out low whimpers, tucked their tails, and quickly retreated, looking like a pair of pitiful little dogs.
Ferocity depends on who they face.
From Ah Da's body they felt an oppression they could not resist, like children facing a ruthless brute, leaving them without the slightest will to fight back. Seeing this, a faint smile appeared on the faces of Wei Yang and the others.
Although these two magic beasts were both of the seventh rank, before the casually released aura of Ah Da, a Peak Seven-Star Dou Zun, they appeared utterly weak and helpless.
At that moment.
Boom!
A savage aura suddenly erupted from within the stone hall. Immediately, a furious shout rang out from within: "Who goes there!"
Even as the roar echoed, the space ahead suddenly twisted in a strange way, and from that distortion a massive figure stepped forth, standing before Wei Yang and his group like an iron tower.
As the figure appeared, a vast, steady, and weighty aura burst from his body, sweeping outward like a storm. It felt as if what emerged was not a person, but a towering mountain itself.
Judging by the look of him, it seemed he intended to match Ah Da's aura head-on. Seeing the sudden appearance of this burly giant, Wei Yang and the others all showed a trace of surprise on their faces.
"Steady and heavy… a Rank 8 earth-type magic beast? To have such presence, interesting." Wei Yang raised an eyebrow slightly.
"Rank 8?!" Xiao Yan was stunned, then broke into a cold sweat. What a mess. That Song Qing actually tried to stir up a bunch of Dou Huang and Dou Zong to deal with this guy?
Completely unreliable.
Half a foot into Dou Zun and fully stepping into Dou Zun are two completely different concepts. With the lineup Song Qing had earlier, coming here was nothing but suicide.
Xian'er and Ah Da were also a bit surprised.
"Who are you? This is my territory, leave at once."
The bare-chested giant looked at Wei Yang's group, his eyes slightly serious. The ferocity on his face eased a little as he spoke slowly.
Wei Yang did not answer. Instead, he cast a sidelong glance at Ah Da and said calmly, "Ah Da, go play with him. Just don't kill him."
With a beast like this, there was nothing to discuss. Rather than waste words, it was better to beat him into submission first. But where was Zi Yan?
Wei Yang's gaze swept the area, but he didn't see the little girl anywhere.
"Yes, Master."
Ah Da replied, then stepped forward a few paces, giving the bare-chested giant a cold smile.
"Big guy, make your move. I'll keep you company."
With that, Ah Da's figure flashed like a ghost, suddenly appearing right in front of the giant. He sent out what looked like a light, casual palm strike, yet the space ahead turned to nothingness under its force.
"Intruding on my territory and still acting so arrogant—you think I'm easy to bully? Roar!"
The giant's voice was rough as he bellowed. He clenched his fist and, without the slightest flourish, suddenly threw a punch, meeting Ah Da's palm head-on.
Bang!
At the collision, the bare-chested giant grunted and was shaken back more than ten meters, flipping through the air. The surrounding void trembled faintly, fine cracks appearing.
The giant forced himself to stop retreating, gave a muffled groan, and looked up at the seemingly thin little man before him. His heart sank as he thought, "So strong!"
On the other side, Ah Da stood unmoving, merely shaking his palm slightly as he chuckled. "Big guy, your brute strength isn't bad."
Though he said this, Ah Da was also quite impressed. This beast was clearly only a low-level Dou Zun magic beast, yet its raw strength was ferocious, almost on par with that idiot Du Jiao.
Truly gifted.
One must know, although Ah Da did not specialize in body cultivation, his physique was anything but weak.
After all, he was now a Peak Seven-Star Dou Zun. If his body weren't strong enough, how could it withstand the vast power within him?
Generally, as a cultivator's strength increases, their body subtly and gradually grows stronger along with it. Moreover, Ah Da's resurrected body had been crafted with top-tier materials.
The mere fusion of Sky Poison Dragon Scorpion Beast essence blood had already made his physique a cut above the average Seven-Star Dou Zun.
"Hmph, you're not bad yourself." The burly giant snorted, outwardly refusing to show weakness.
"Heh heh, then let's go again. I'll take it a little more seriously this time." Ah Da gave a low laugh.
"Come on, you think I'm afraid of you!" The giant clenched his fist, his body flickering as he took the initiative to attack.
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