Transformation Diagram: Starting as a Skinny Dog

Xue Bailiu enveloped his body in Liu Qingyi, his sleeves fluttering as he stood tall in the square. His gaze reflected the young Fire God, overlooking him, as he listened to the latter’s self-introduction.

"The prime true inheritor of Fire Virtue Sect, Xiao Li..."

As the third place of Dragon Abyss Province among the thirteen provinces of Daji, Xue Bailiu naturally knew quite a bit about young masters from various nations.

Yuan Country, as a major nation co-governed with sects, has a third more cultivation holy lands compared to Ji Country, totaling ten.

Fire Virtue Sect is one of them.

Moreover, he had once encountered the projection of its sect’s founder from ancient times in an ancient battlefield, and narrowly lost.

Looking at Xiao Li, who claimed to be merely a Divine Fire Avatar, his aura was even more domineering than the youthful projection of Fire Virtue Sect’s ancestor in the ancient battlefield.

What’s more, the weight of being the prime true inheritor in a holy land is self-evident in Daji’s world, comparable to Hua Yuexian, the foremost prodigy of Dragon Abyss.

"Launching such a massive attack specifically on the day of the graduation exam, it seems you were well-prepared. In that case, make your move."

Xue Bailiu’s aura was undiminished, his gaze tightly fixed on the young Fire God in the sky, while his peripheral vision swept towards the direction of Divine Martial Mountain’s grand hall.

Thinking to himself:

"Indeed, are the Hall Masters and instructors all trapped..."

"Senior Brother Xue, let’s attack together, let’s capture this foreign genius, we can..." At this moment, a peer from the same batch, a dark-skinned girl whose academic and martial prowess in this term of Divine Martial Mountain was only second to him and Chen Ku, gritted her teeth and transmitted her voice: "This foreign thief dares to attack on our graduation day, clearly underestimating us. Today, let the whole world witness as we first use him as a sacrificial victim, then go to the battlefield to find his true body and suppress him!"

The dark-skinned girl named Tang Hemu came from the imperial court’s general family.

As she spoke, she was eager to strike.

Unexpectedly.

Xue Bailiu quickly transmitted his voice:

"Junior Sister Tang, don’t be impulsive. This person is surrounded by a protective Divine Fire that can burn and absorb Martial Arts True Essence. Just now, hundreds attacked simultaneously but couldn’t break through it. Before we find his weakness, joining forces will only increase our disadvantage. Follow my lead; we shall disperse our forces. Leave this person to me, and you lead some strong fellow disciples to the grand hall to see if you can break that great formation. If you can rescue the instructors and Hall Masters, everything will be resolved."

Xue Bailiu’s thinking was sharp and clear.

"Have you talked enough?"

However, Xiao Li’s voice was indifferent, not planning to give Xue Bailiu much time. Standing in the sky, under his robe sleeves, a fair slender arm with fingers intertwined appeared, conjuring a dagger-like short sword:

"First take Xiao’s Chi Xiao Burning Blade!"

He gently raised the dagger-like short sword, swinging it towards the square below where Xue Bailiu stood.

A sword swung!

The seemingly petite short sword surprisingly unleashed a river-like torrent of fire, rolling violently, with each flame and spark resembling a dancing wave droplet...

The void instantly twisted with terrifying heat, creating ripples and folds.

In an instant, it seemed like a pill furnace on the ninth heaven was pouring out a vast river of molten magma!

Not only targeting Xue Bailiu.

It actually enveloped the hundreds and thousands of young disciples on the square as well.

"Everyone scatter!!"

Seeing the fire river pouring down like a leaking sky, encompassing everyone, Xue Bailiu’s complexion changed, shouting loudly. He stepped out, and in an instant, his blood qi surged profusely, rushing skyward.

A massive burst of blood qi shot skyward, in mid-air sketching a gigantic flesh body, with countless spirit officers seated within, chanting scriptures.

In an instant, that massive flesh body faced the descending fire river, punching towards the sky!

With this punch.

The five hundred spirit officers within the massive flesh body simultaneously emitted light, forming a line like a constellation, erupting with boundless light, pouring into the arm’s fist.

This punch, propelled by five hundred spirit officers, crushed towards the sea of fire like a continental land, attempting to mend the heavens, blocking the fire maw!

"True Martial Great Power? Blood Qi Transformation? Indeed worthy of being a top three hero of the province, actually returning to ancestry a part of that ancient fifteen realms Great Emperor’s physique."

Watching the giant punch below, like a continental land raised and crushing over.

Xiao Li simply evaluated but was unmoved.

Only forcefully slashing the continental land with the short sword in his hand.

The next moment!

Rumbling~~~

Like two ocean-like energies, colliding in the air a thousand feet above, it instantly seemed like a small star exploded there, bursting with boundless light! 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Boom!

The earth and sky shook in the next instant.

The magma similar to a Heavenly Realm fire river flowing down was punched into countless fiery meteors by Xue Bailiu, extraordinarily beautiful and magnificent, splashing towards all directions.

"Be careful, don’t let those sparks touch you!" Xue Bailiu’s voice was urgent, as he sensed something wrong with the sparks.

When he punched them, he actually felt that the flames could continuously devour and absorb his Martial Arts True Essence.

This means that if those flames fall on you, there’s no way to extinguish them with Martial Arts True Essence!!

"Still have the mind to worry about others?"

At this moment, a ghostly voice, cold and indifferent, said.

Xue Bailiu, positioned at the chest of the blood qi giant, saw that after his punch, although most of the sea of fire had been blasted apart, under Xiao Li’s renewed swing of the small sword, it actually formed a large black whirlwind, blowing towards the ground.

As the wind blew, the originally scattered sparks, as if fueled, transformed from fist-sized to house-sized fireballs, smashing toward Divine Martial Mountain!

At the same time, the instant this black Yin Wind fell upon Xue Bailiu, he felt his mind tremble, seemingly seeing illusions before his eyes, and his entire blood qi began to surge violently.

"Not good, this Yin Wind can induce the agitation of Heart Demon Blood Qi, Blood Qi Transformation can’t be maintained anymore..."

Xue Bailiu immediately stepped down, no longer maintaining Blood Qi Transformation, his body like a meteor shooting into the sky, flashing like cold lightning, a stone blade appearing in his palm at some unknown time.

He charged toward Xiao Li with a slash.

The tactic adopted was the most correct strategy for a Martial Practitioner against a Qi Cultivator, closing in.

This slash was released.

Simultaneously, from the heavens and earth, snowflakes began to fall, landing on those fireballs smashing towards the ground, unexpectedly freezing those terrifying flames.

In an instant.

The world transformed from a sea of fire to an ancient world like an ice river.

This was precisely the Entering Dao Skill unleashed in the battle between Xue Bailiu and Chen Ku.

Snowfall!

Under this slash, the speed of everything in the world seemed to slow down, becoming light and floating, even the slash Xue Bailiu unleashed was light and floating...

But, fast and slow existed only in that split second.

Like slow-falling snow, it ultimately lands on the ground.

This slash...

Appeared slow, but actually Entering Dao, leaving one unable to distinguish slow from fast, instantly falling upon Xiao Li’s body.

However, instead of the sound of a body being cleaved, there was the sound of a resounding golden bell.

Clang!!!

Xue Bailiu, who slashed at Xiao Li’s chest, his pupils contracted violently, seeing a golden-red ring emerging at the chest of his opponent, with golden flames dancing upon it, rotating fiercely, blocking his slash!

"Such a fast slash, already Entering Dao, but alas..."

Xiao Li gently extended his right hand to the side, producing a fan made from precious bird feathers, waving it towards Xue Bailiu:

"Don’t you know that for us Qi Cultivators, everything relies on Magical Treasures."

Clang!

Before he waved the fan, the rapidly rotating golden ring suddenly vibrated, sending Xue Bailiu flying.

Immediately, that fan sent out countless colorful birds, with images of Vermilion Bird, Green Phoenix, and Fire Phoenix.

Each screeched a high-pitched cry.

They all swooped towards Xue Bailiu.

Xue Bailiu’s figure was as quick as an afterimage, blood qi leaving tracks in the sky, the blade cold like snow, cutting out marks that seemed to sever the heavens and earth.

However.

Landed on those firebirds, they were actually cleaved open, but then regenerated, and afterward... the terrifying claws pierced through Xue Bailiu’s body.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Xue Bailiu’s whole body was bathed in blood, with flames at the wounds, seemingly growing on the flesh, which could not be extinguished, instead consuming and absorbing his Martial Arts True Essence.

"Senior Brother Xue!!"

Other people were startled, at this moment, regardless of Xue Bailiu’s warning, some of them soared into the sky, charging towards Xiao Li.

"Don’t!" Xue Bailiu was shocked.

Seeing the group of Martial Practitioners under the Tenth Realm coming from the ground towards the sky, Xiao Li smiled faintly, floating effortlessly higher, casually waving the fan downwards.

A group of Green Phoenix and Fire Phoenix dove towards those Martial Practitioners en masse.

Xue Bailiu was desperate, at this moment disregarding the blazing fire on himself, took a deep breath, deciding to use his most hidden forbidden technique.

This was also the deepest inheritance passed down by his family.