Chapter 28: Bitterness Ends and Sweetness Arrives, Finally Breaking Through

  Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Xu Hua sat down on the ground again and took out the 100 Spirit Energy Pills that Old Man Jiang had given him. He opened his mouth and swallowed one of the pills in one swift motion. Instantly, the Spirit Energy Pill dissolved into a large amount of spiritual energy within Xu Hua's body, which was then refined by Xu Hua into his own true energy. Originally, Xu Hua's body had already been saturated with true energy. Now, it seemed that he could absorb even more, and Xu Hua saw hope in this, continuously accumulating the true energy within his body.

  ……

  Huaiyang Town! The base of the Tianji Mercenary Group.

  "What's going on with Cha? What happened to Feng Er? It's been almost two months since we've had any news from him." A loud and heroic voice echoed in the inner hall of the Tianji Mercenary Group.

  Only in the inner hall, above the main seat, a middle-aged man who looked 70-80% like He Mu Fan but appeared more mature, gazed calmly at someone below, his eyes seeming somewhat overbearing, while the person below bowed their head and didn't dare to look up.

  "Squad leader, from what I know, the young master of Tian Nan Fu has a grudge with a little kid. It's said that the kid is very powerful and can escape from the hands of a 4th-stage Jiao Long. Now, the young master's Meng Hu Bang has been disbanded, but there's no news about the young master himself. I estimate..."

  Li Ming is a messenger of the Tianji Mercenary Group, responsible for searching and transmitting various messages. For two months, there has been no news from Xiao Tuan Zhang, so Tuan Zhang Mian Tianji sent him to check on Xiao Tuan Zhang's situation. Unfortunately, after investigating, he did not find any information about Xiao Tuan Zhang, but instead found some unfavorable news. At this moment, he trembled with fear when speaking to the leader, afraid that the leader would kill him in a fit of rage.

  Above, Mu Tianji furrowed his brow tightly. He wasn't a fool and naturally knew the meaning of these words. Otherwise, he wouldn't have led the Tianji Mercenary Group to where they were today.

  "Do you know who that person is?"

  "Subordinates know, there is a young man named Xu Hua, the young master of the Xu family in a small town in Luocheng. The Xu family is just a small clan after all, and it's really too insignificant compared to our Tianji Mercenary Group..." Li Ming said everything he knew about Xu Hua.

  "Continue to investigate that kid's status in Tiān Nán Fǔ, if possible, kill him directly when he comes out! If..."

  If there was no sound afterwards, Mufeng is the eldest son of Mutianji. In all aspects, he is very similar to him and has been deeply loved by him since childhood. Although Mutianji has two sons, his second son, Mulan, likes to read books and has a heavy heart but is not a martial arts material. At the age of 23, he has only reached the early stage of Wwang and is not favored by him.

  "Maple, you've been like me since you were young, and your talent is even stronger than mine. I had originally hoped that you would lead the Tianji Mercenary Group to even greater heights, but I didn't expect you to leave! Don't worry, Maple, your father will definitely avenge you!"

  The originally calm and collected Mò Tiān Jī suddenly burst out with a fierce killing intent, his cold gaze like that of a venomous snake, making people afraid.

  "No need to investigate, it's just a small Xu family, I believe the Tian Nan government won't take their side, as long as we find an opportunity to kill him, as for the Xu family? I'll take care of them myself." This hawk-like figure, after losing his beloved son, erupted in fury, and at this moment, he was absolutely terrifying.

  At the same time, in another room of the Heavenly Machine Mercenary Corps.

  "Master, Mu Feng's injuries are severe and his chances of survival are slim. It can be basically determined that he is dead." A man in black clothes knelt down on one knee in front of the young master, showing extreme respect.

  The young man's face still had its usual harmless smile, but after hearing the news from his subordinates, his expression turned extremely ferocious.

  "My dear brother, you're finally dead. Good riddance! Otherwise, if I had my way, I would have made you suffer a thousand cuts. From childhood to adulthood, Father always favored you, giving you the best of everything. But what about me? Father never gave me a kind face. Dear Father, do you know that I originally admired you too? But you've disappointed me too much. You've lost your original vigor. The Heavenly Machine Mercenary Corps will become even better under my control."

  The young man was Mu Lin, the second son of Mu Tianji. Unfortunately, at this moment, he didn't look like a useless bookworm at all. Maybe everyone had underestimated him.

  "Alright, Tye, go get ready! It's time now."

  The man in black disappeared after finishing speaking, leaving Mu Lin alone looking in the direction of Mu Tian Ji with a cold smile.

  ……

  Dà Cāng Lǐng!

  In the midst of the Pursuing Life Building, a man spoke silently to the dark night sky: "Qiang Er, I know you died with a grievance. As your father, I will definitely take that little beast's head to offer sacrifices to your heroic spirit. Just wait for me to break through to Wu Zun and grasp control of the Pursuing Life Building. No matter where that little beast is, I will definitely kill him to avenge you."

  This man is none other than the disappeared He Zhengxiong, who has been hiding his strength and has great ambitions. He had secretly contacted Pursuing Life Tower long ago. According to the intelligence from Pursuing Life Tower, he learned that his son was dead, so he abandoned his family business early on and officially joined Pursuing Life Tower, waiting for the opportunity to mature and take control of the entire Pursuing Life Tower. Only then will he have the qualifications to challenge Tian Nan Fu and avenge his son's death.

  He had thought of taking revenge on the Xu family, but according to the news from the Pursuing Life Building, the Tian Nan Fu attached great importance to Xu Hua. How could they not send someone to protect his family? So he gave up. Although he was extremely heartbroken, he still had a calm face, and all the intense pain turned into seeds of revenge, waiting for the opportunity to sprout and bear fruit.

  Tian Nan Fu!

  In Xu Hua's independent small courtyard.

  After a whole night, after consuming five pills of essence, Xu Hua's body reached a state of saturation with true energy again, and it was impossible to increase even a little bit. At this time, Xu Hua prepared to impact the Tian Di Xuan Guan once again.

  Having had an experience before, Xu Hua skillfully manipulated the true energy inside his body, continuously gathering it outside the Tian Di Xuan Guan. The strands of true energy were extremely pure.

  A large amount of true energy condensed into a pillar and continuously bombarded the gate, causing it to shake violently.

  Rumble!

  The sound continued, the impact was getting more and more severe, the gate shook violently, it seemed that only one more effort would be needed to blast open the gate. But Xu Hua had already gathered all his true energy, the amount of true energy couldn't be increased anymore. At this moment, Xu Hua suddenly thought of condensing the air column into something even finer.

  A strand of gas pillar under Xu Hua's oppression became thinner and thinner, slowly staying outside the Tian Di Xuan Guan with countless tiny needles.

  Strike again

  Boom!

  Crunch!

  A faint crack appeared on the gate, Xu Hua was overjoyed and struck again.

  Once, twice, thrice...

  The cracks on the gate are getting more and more.

  Whoosh!

  Hehe~

  Under the final blow, the Tian Di Xuan Guan was finally broken through, and Xu Hua finally achieved the title of Wu Wang.

  Taking advantage of this moment, countless heavenly and earthly spiritual energies poured in, and Xuhua greedily converted these spiritual energies into his own true energy. At the Tian Di Xuan Guan, a vortex was formed, producing a small-scale spiritual energy storm that gradually spread outward.

  Slowly from an independent courtyard, spreading throughout the entire school.

  Ten square zhang, hundred square zhang...... thousand square zhang.

  When the spiritual energy within a radius of thousands of feet all went crazy and converged on Xu Hua, it no longer spread outward.

  At this time, the whole school was shocked by the huge movement caused by Xu Hua.

  Apart from a few people in the upper echelons of the academic institution, no one else knew that the center of the Spiritual Storm was Xu Hua's residence.

  Some disciples around them were guessing who triggered the energy storm.

  "Wherever energy flows, who knows whose territory it is!"

  "That's a special residence, not something ordinary people can live in. I reckon some instructor from the academy must have broken through! Otherwise, how could it possibly trigger such a massive spiritual storm?!"

  "This is too terrifying! The strongest among the mentors is only Wu Huang, and it's not like we haven't seen mentors break through before. But at most, it was just a spiritual storm of about 100 meters in diameter! It can't be compared to this!"

  "Perhaps this time it's the old monster in the school who broke through!"

  In the Dragon and Phoenix Hall, Xu Ning and Jian Chen felt this spiritual energy storm and immediately went to the center of the spiritual energy storm. Some members of the Dragon and Phoenix Hall also followed, but they stopped advancing when they reached a hundred feet away from the courtyard where Xu Hua lived, because they found that if they advanced further, the true energy in their bodies would uncontrollably flow outwards, so they all stopped at a distance of a hundred meters.

  Jian Chen and Xuan Ning stopped at the entrance of Xu Hua's courtyard, unaware that it was Xu Hua who lived there. Although they could still resist the loss of true energy in their bodies, they would not rashly enter.

  The higher-ups of the Academy also rushed to Xu Hua's residence, even those who were in seclusion broke through and came out. Jiang Lao felt this wave of fluctuations and was extremely shocked in his heart. The spiritual storm caused by his breakthrough to Martial Honorable at that time was only about five times bigger than this! What exactly did Xu Xiaozi do? After saying that, he also quickly rushed to Xu Hua's residence.

  The higher-ups of the Academy also stopped outside Xu Hua's courtyard, and Jian Chen and Xu Ning saw some familiar elders and instructors who all greeted them.

  "Your Excellency!"

  "Governor, you've arrived too!"

  Several elderly-looking elders said to Jiang Lao who had just arrived.

  "Those youngsters are making too much of a commotion, can't not come! Fortunately, those few aren't in the school, otherwise they would also have to rush out!"

  "Have you met the master of the house? I don't know who lives in this courtyard?" Jianchen was shocked to hear that the person in front of him was the legendary master of the house, and he was extremely surprised. It's worth noting that the master of the house usually never shows his face, and even if he did, it would be a rare occurrence, let alone meeting him for the first time.

  "Look, don't be so formal, I'm not that impressive. As long as you keep following in Xu Hua's footsteps, you'll eventually reach my level! And this other courtyard was originally a gift from me to Xu Hua!"

  Jian Chen and Xuan Ning listened in extreme shock. They had also thought that it might be Xu Hua, after all, Xu Hua had said that he would break through soon. However, the two of them had already ruled out Xu Hua due to the large-scale spiritual energy storm. Although Xu Hua was strong, he shouldn't have been strong enough for this, right? But now, Master Fu himself told them that it was indeed Xu Hua who triggered this, and they could no longer suppress their shock.