Chapter 2 Battle Continent
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The moon hung like a silver plate, with stars scattered across the sky.
At the top of the mountain cliff, Xiao Yan lay diagonally on the grass, a blade of grass between his lips, chewing lightly, allowing the faint bitterness to spread in his mouth...
He raised a somewhat fair hand, blocking his view, and looked through the gaps between his fingers, gazing at the massive silver moon in the sky.
"Sigh..." Thinking back to the afternoon's test, Xiao Yan sighed lightly, lazily retracting his hand and resting his head on his hands, his gaze somewhat distant...
"Fifteen years..." A low mur
In Xiao Yan's heart, there was a secret only he knew: he was not from this world, or rather, Xiao Yan's soul did not belong to this world. He came from a blue planet called Earth. As for why he ended up here, in this strange turn of events, he couldn't explain it. However, after living for a while, he gradually realized: he had crossed over!
With age, Xiao Yan also gained some vague understanding of this continent...
The continent was called the Dou Qi Continent, and it did not have the various magical elements commonly found in novels. Instead, Dou Qi was the sole focus of the continent!
On this continent, the cultivation of Dou Qi had developed to its peak under the efforts of countless generations. Due to the continuous proliferation of Dou Qi, it eventually spread to the common people, making Dou Qi an integral part of human daily life. Thus, the importance of Dou Qi in the continent became irreplaceable!
Because of the extreme proliferation of Dou Qi, it also gave rise to countless variations of Dou Qi cultivation methods from the mainline. These variations of Dou Qi cultivation methods naturally had their strengths and weaknesses.
Through summarization and statistics, the Dou Qi Continent divided the levels of Dou Qi techniques into four tiers and twelve levels: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow!
And within each tier, there were primary, intermediate, and advanced levels!
The level of Dou Qi technique one cultivated was a crucial factor in determining future achievements. For example, someone cultivating an intermediate level Profound Tier technique would naturally be stronger than someone of the same level cultivating an advanced level Yellow Tier technique.
The strength and weakness on the Dou Qi Continent depended on three conditions.
First and foremost, the most important was one's own strength. If one's strength was only at the level of a one-star Dou Practitioner, even if they cultivated a rare Heavenly Tier advanced technique, it would be difficult to defeat a Dou Practitioner cultivating a Yellow Tier technique.
Secondly, it was the technique! Among those of the same level, if one's technique was much higher in grade compared to the opponent, then the advantages would be apparent in a contest.
The last one was called Dou Technique!
As the name suggests, this is a special skill to wield Dou Qi. Dou Techniques on the continent also had levels, divided into Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow.
There were countless Dou Techniques on the Dou Qi Continent, but generally circulated popular Dou Techniques were mostly at the Yellow level. To obtain more advanced Dou Techniques, one had to join a sect or a Dou Qi Academy on the continent.
Of course, some techniques obtained through adventures or left behind by predecessors, along with their matching Dou Techniques, these Dou Techniques derived from techniques would complement each other, making their power stronger.
Relying on these three conditions, one could determine who was stronger or weaker. In general, if one could possess a higher level of Dou Qi cultivation technique, the benefits in the future were self-evident...
However, advanced Dou Qi cultivation techniques were hard for ordinary people to obtain. The techniques circulated among the common people were at most at the Yellow Tier. Some powerful families or small and medium-sized sects should have Profound Tier cultivation methods. For example, the top cultivation method in Xiao Yan's family was the "Furious Lion Roar," which only the patriarch was qualified to cultivate: a wind attribute Profound Tier intermediate Dou Qi technique.
Beyond the Profound Tier was the Earth Tier, but such high-level techniques were probably only accessible to superpowers and large empires...
As for the Heaven Tier... it had not appeared for hundreds of years.
In theory, it was very difficult for ordinary people to obtain high-level techniques. However, nothing was absolute. The Dou Qi Continent was vast, with various races and factions. In the north, there were barbarian tribes known for their immense strength and ability to merge with beast spirits. In the south, there were various high-level beast clans with extraordinary intelligence. There were also infamous dark races known for their cunning and ruthlessness...
Due to the vastness of the region, there were also many unknown hermits. After living their lives, these reclusive individuals, with their eccentric temperaments, might hide their life's creations somewhere, waiting for someone with fate to discover them. There was a saying on the Dou Qi Continent: If one day you fall off a cliff or into a cave, don't panic. Take two steps forward, perhaps you will become a strong person!
This saying was not false. In the nearly thousand years of history on the continent, there were countless stories of people becoming strong through adventures.
The consequence of this story was that it led to a large number of dreamers waiting at the edge of cliffs every day, ready to jump off in search of extraordinary techniques. However, most of these people returned with broken limbs...
In short, this was a continent full of miracles and the creation of miracles!
Of course, to practice Dou Qi secrets, one must at least become a true Dou Practitioner first. Currently, Xiao Yan seemed to be far from that point...
"Pah." Spitting out the grass from his mouth, Xiao Yan suddenly jumped up, his face distorted with anger as he roared at the night sky, "Damn it! Is sending me over here to be a waste just for fun? Damn it!"
In his previous life, Xiao Yan was just an extremely ordinary member of the masses. Money, beauty, these things were like parallel lines to him, never intersecting. However, after arriving in this Dou Qi Continent, Xiao Yan was pleasantly surprised to find that his soul was much stronger than the average person's!
It's worth noting that on the Dou Qi Continent, the strength of the soul was innate. While it might slightly strengthen with age, there was no technique that could solely cultivate the soul. Even Heavenly Tier techniques were incapable of that! This was common knowledge on the Dou Qi Continent.
The strengthening of his soul also gave rise to Xiao Yan's talent for cultivation and earned him the name of a genius.
When an ordinary person learns that they have the potential to become the envy of countless people, without enough determination, it's hard to stay true to oneself. Obviously, the Xiao Yan of his previous life, who was just an ordinary person, lacked this superhuman determination. So, when he began practicing Dou Qi, he chose the path of becoming a celebrated genius, rather than gradually growing in obscurity!
If nothing unexpected happened, Xiao Yan might have really been able to carry the title of genius and grow stronger. However, unfortunately, at the age of eleven, the title of genius was gradually stripped away by a sudden change, and overnight, the genius became the laughingstock of the people!
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After roaring for a few moments, Xiao Yan's emotions gradually calmed down
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