"Xiao Yan, do you really wish for my death that much? Unfortunately, you won't get your wish. Those guys were just too weak. If they want to kill me, those pieces of trash just won't do the job," said Xu Ran as he patted his hands, leapt down from the roof, and stepped on Xiao Yan with one foot.
"No, it's impossible. That was a Dou Sheng Expert," Xiao Yan absolutely couldn't believe it. Dou Sheng Experts were the stuff of legends. Canaan Academy was filled with powerful figures, but even the strongest among them was only a Dou Zong.
With just a wave of his hand, a Dou Sheng could obliterate an academy filled with powerful figures like Canaan Academy.
That's how terrifying a Dou Sheng was.
And yet, Xu Ran had offended the Soul Hall, which possessed so many Dou Sheng Experts, so how was he still alive and unharmed?
"Dou Sheng? Are they that strong?" Xu Ran said with a disdainful smile.
Dou Sheng?
All of the women felt their hearts shake violently.
Except for Xun Er and a few others who knew that Xu Ran had eliminated the Ninth Heavenly Venerate of the Soul Hall and understood Xu Ran's approximate strength, the others were in the dark.
They all knew Xu Ran was strong, strong to a degree they couldn't comprehend. But they were still people from modest origins and their understanding stopped at Dou Zong Experts like Elder Su Qian being the zenith.
As for anyone stronger, they couldn't even imagine.
Above Dou Zong was Dou Zun, and only above Dou Zun was there Dou Sheng.
Could it be that Xu Ran didn't even take Dou Sheng Experts seriously?
Just how powerful was Xu Ran, then?
If Xu Ran truly was that powerful, then all those miraculous things about his past would make sense. Dou Sheng Experts were the pinnacle of strength on the continent.
Xu Ran used to say he was very formidable, that he didn't even take Dou Sheng seriously.
Back then, they all thought Xu Ran was just joking. They had never expected that everything Xu Ran said was actually true. To not even consider Dou Sheng within his sight, what a domineering statement that was.
"Bullshit, Xu Ran, who do you think you are? Did you kill all the Dou Sheng of the Soul Hall? I don't buy it, I can't believe it!" Xiao Yan's eyes were bloodshot, filled with crimson veins.
If even Dou Sheng were no match for Xu Ran, then that was too pitiful for him.
Then, there was no point in him continuing to strive in his cultivation.
The Soul Hall was the number one power on the continent, and the Hun Clan was the most powerful among the Imperial Clans.
Could it be that none of those formidable figures could stop Xu Ran? He didn't believe it!
"You're right. Those two ants from the Soul Hall were indeed killed by me. What, do you want to see their corpses? Dou Sheng is indeed strong, but that's relative to others. In my eyes, a Dou Sheng is just a slightly stronger ant. Although stronger, still an ant," Xu Ran said.
Xu Ran produced the corpses of the Great Celestial Venerable and the Second Celestial Venerable.
The pressure from the corpse of a Dou Sheng level, even in death, was no less than that of Dou Huang Dou Zong level experts.
And that sense of the holy was something that not even Dou Zong or Dou Zun Experts possessed.
This is…
Although Xu Ran had shaved off most of the Dou Sheng's pressure, the holy and powerful presence of the corpses still caused their hearts to tremble wildly.
That feeling… they all understood that the owners of these corpses must have been earth-shattering figures! So even in death, this figure could evoke yearning for the spectacle they must've presented in life.
"A Dou Sheng has actually fallen."
"Even in the tumultuous Zhongzhou, it's been many years since anyone has heard of a Dou Sheng falling."
"The fall of a Dou Sheng would cause power struggles among the major forces of Zhongzhou."
Yao Lao's pupils suddenly constricted. Xiao Yan couldn't tell, but as a former Medicine Sovereign, he understood clearly that this was the strength of a Dou Saint Expert!
Only a Dou Saint Expert could give him such a prickling sense of oppression.
That faintly holy might was something all Dou Zuns dreamt of attaining. Countless Dou Zuns spent their entire lives without breaking through to Dou Sheng. A Dou Sheng represented the pinnacle figures of the Continent.
A Dou Sheng had fallen!
This was something unimaginable in Zhongzhou.
Currently, the Dou Shengs on the Continent were in a state of seclusion, and it was for this reason that the major overt powers in Zhongzhou were basically held down by Dou Zuns.
"Xu Ran was actually able to kill a Dou Sheng, Xu Ran had actually become this powerful." At this point, Yao Lao finally understood they could not defeat Xu Ran. From the very beginning, Xu Ran had already stood at the highest peak.
Even if Xiao Yan worked harder, he would not be able to reach the heights of Xu Ran.
If even the Dou Sheng Experts of the Soul Hall had died, who else could defeat Xu Ran?
With the death of a Dou Sheng, the Soul Hall and Hun Clan were probably already hating Xu Ran to the bone by now, but could the other Dou Shengs of the Soul Hall truly defeat Xu Ran?
"Xu Ran... No... No... A Dou Sheng has actually fallen at your hands. It turns out you are this strong," Xiao Yan said in shock, looking at the corpse of the Dou Sheng before him.
"Brother Xu Ran, is this really..." Xun Er tightly grasped the sleeve of Xu Ran's robe, her heart extremely excited.
Even a Dou Sheng had fallen to Xu Ran's hands; by now, Xu Ran's reputation must be resounding throughout the Gu Clan.
Even within the other Imperial Clans, Xu Ran's name would spread quickly.
The Hun Clan had been suppressing the other Imperial Clans for years, but those clans did not dare to provoke the Hun Clan first. Thus even though the Hun Clan was unbridled, the Imperial Clans did not dare to make a move against them. Now that the Hun Clan was in trouble, the originally stagnant situation on the Continent suddenly became lively. The other Imperial Clans wished for nothing more than for Xu Ran to kill a few more Hun Clan powerhouses.
From the moment Xu Ran executed the Hun Clan's Dou Sheng, even if he had not yet stepped into Zhongzhou, he was destined to attract the attention of the powerful forces of Zhongzhou.
Even in the future, those powerful forces of Zhongzhou would invariably come to visit Canaan Academy.
"I've said before that Dou Shengs are a trivial matter to me. Now, are you finally reassured? Didn't I tell you before? If your family doesn't agree to our being together, then I'll just have to fight until they're convinced," Xu Ran said indulgently as he playfully stroked Xun Er's nose.
"Mhm, mhm."
Xun Er nodded seriously. She had once thought Xu Ran was joking, but what Xu Ran said turned out to be true.
Could it be that even her father is no match for Xu Ran? What is Xu Ran's true strength?
It seemed Xu Ran had once mentioned... Dou Di...
Was that truly Xu Ran joking?
Xun Er fell into deep thought... It seemed Xu Ran hadn't lied to her about anything since he appeared; it was just that she herself didn't want to believe in Xu Ran.
"A Dou Sheng has actually died at the hands of Xu Ran. What kind of monster is Xu Ran? I couldn't be dreaming, could I?" Hu Jia pinched her hand hard, feeling the intense pain, and realized this wasn't a dream.
Xu Ran... Who could have imagined that Xu Ran would be a Dou Sheng?
That explained it; no wonder Xu Ran was able to have such a skilled Alchemist, even able to casually concoct elixirs without side effects to help others break through.
Being a supreme powerhouse himself, it was no surprise that Xu Ran possessed some formidable abilities.