While the player is in Battle Through the Heavens, the system is in The Great Ruler.

Chapter 111 Arrival at Izumo, Breakthrough to the Dou Huang Realm

After a few days,

Within the territory of the Izumo Empire, which borders the Gama Empire.

As the most powerful of the four great empires, the Izumo Empire had a significantly larger territory than the Gama Empire, but it was also more chaotic.

Here, drug addicts are rampant. People dressed in drug addict robes can be seen everywhere on the city streets, and shops selling all kinds of drugs are lined up, with the price increasing as the drug becomes more potent.

In the Izumo Empire, becoming a poison master is not an easy task. Before becoming a fighter, one must immerse oneself in poison for a long time to cause the fighting spirit to mutate.

Although this artificially modified poisonous fighting energy is highly lethal, it can backfire, causing most cultivators to have short lifespans, and the toxicity can also lead to personality distortion.

This has given rise to many powerful individuals in the private sector, most of whom work alone and desperately cultivate to escape the backlash of the poison.

This also made the Izumo Empire far stronger than other empires overall, but also more dangerous and chaotic.

At this time, within the territory of the Izumo Empire.

Lu Yu and his group have entered the capital of the Izumo Empire, the Holy City of Izumo.

Strolling along the cobblestone streets, a faint, sweet, and slightly fishy smell permeates the air.

On both sides of the street, poison masters dressed in gray-green robes hurried by, and shops selling poisons were everywhere, with all kinds of strange poisons displayed in glass bottles in the shop windows.

The Little Fairy Doctor's purple eyes shone brightly as she stopped in front of a shop. Her slender fingertips lightly touched a glass bottle, and she murmured softly, "The venom glands of a fifth-tier Seven-Colored Spider... the sap of the Heart-Rotting Grass..."

"Buy them all if you like them," Lu Yu said gently.

Little Fairy Doctor hesitated slightly before saying, "These... are too precious."

Lu Yu casually took out a six-patterned purple-gold card and handed it to the shopkeeper, saying indifferently, "I'll take everything she picked out earlier."

The shopkeeper's wrinkled face immediately broke into a smile, and he rubbed his hands together, saying obsequiously, "Please wait a moment, esteemed guest, we'll pack it up for you right away."

After completing their purchases, the group returned to the Wan Du Pavilion, the largest inn in Chu Yun Holy City.

Lu Yu methodically arranged the follow-up matters: "Qinglin, you should stay at the inn for now. It's relatively safe here and suitable for you to rest for the time being."

Then, his gaze turned to Cai Lin, his tone earnest: "Cai Lin, please inquire about the recent situation in the Izumo Empire, so that we can find a suitable territory for the Snake-People."

Cai Lin's eyes flickered slightly, and she nodded, saying, "I will keep an eye on it."

Finally, Lu Yu waved to Zi Yan, who was playing with a jade bottle: "Zi Yan, come with us. There's something we need your help with."

After settling everyone in, Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor left the inn side by side.

Their target was a solitary peak a hundred miles outside the holy city, piercing the clouds. It was shrouded in mist year-round and rarely visited by people, making it the perfect place for secluded cultivation and breakthrough.

"I'm entrusting this matter of protecting the Dharma to you."

Standing atop the mountain, Lu Yu solemnly addressed Zi Yan.

Zi Yan nodded, crossed her arms, and said, "Leave it to me."

After speaking, Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor slowly sat cross-legged, their palms clasped together. As their minds were in sync, the Great Floating Pagoda Technique quietly began to operate, and a three-foot-tall black and white pagoda phantom slowly took shape above their heads.

As the tower rotated, it emitted a hazy halo that completely enveloped the two of them.

In an instant, the energy of heaven and earth within a radius of a hundred miles surged wildly toward the peak like rivers flowing into the sea, but suddenly froze the moment it touched the pagoda.

The pagoda spun rapidly, refining the mixed energy into strands of pure battle qi, which fell like spring rain.

This is precisely the brilliance of the Great Floating Pagoda Technique; it can not only greatly improve cultivation efficiency, but also transform ordinary energy into special battle qi with sealing properties.

However, the Floating Pagoda is currently of a low grade, and sealing it directly requires the use of sealing techniques. Only by advancing to the level of a sacred object can it seal powerful opponents of the same grade with a wave of its hand. At this moment, a vast torrent of energy continuously surged into the Floating Pagoda from the summit, forming a huge energy vortex with a diameter of over ten zhang.

The vortex rotated slowly like a living thing, swallowing up all the surrounding clouds and mist, creating a vacuum zone in the void.

The usually lazy Zi Yan unconsciously straightened her back. She could clearly feel that, with the blessing of the Floating Pagoda, their cultivation speed had increased several times over. This terrifying efficiency even moved the usually carefree Zi Yan.

"This guy……"

She muttered to herself, a complex emotion flashing in her purple eyes, and said, "I'm about to break through again."

Indeed, Lu Yu is now standing on the threshold of the peak of Dou Wang, only one step away from Dou Huang. However, this final step requires an enormous amount of energy, and even with the assistance of the Floating Pagoda, it requires a considerable period of accumulation and cannot be easily achieved in just a few days.

Deep within the vortex, their battle auras continuously condensed and compressed, as if awaiting the opportunity for transformation...

Half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, the energy accumulated at the summit suddenly fluctuated violently, converging towards the center at an astonishing speed.

In the blink of an eye, the already enormous energy vortex expanded once more, and at the center of the vortex, Lu Yu's figure, sitting cross-legged, appeared and disappeared.

Suddenly, his eyes snapped open. In an instant, a powerful aura that had been dormant for a long time erupted like a volcanic eruption!

"boom!"

A beam of energy, about ten feet in diameter, shot into the sky, piercing straight through the clouds. Wherever the beam passed, the clouds were torn apart, revealing the azure sky.

Zi Yan had already retreated more than a hundred feet away, her purple hair fluttering wildly in the raging energy storm.

She squinted, gazing at the tall figure in the beam of light, and a smile involuntarily crept onto her lips: "This guy... finally succeeded."

The pillar of light lasted for about a quarter of an hour before gradually dissipating. As the last wisp of pure energy merged into his body, Lu Yu slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air. His aura was completely contained, yet it faintly exuded a chilling pressure that enveloped an area of ​​a hundred feet in radius.

The Realm of Battle Emperor!

Little Fairy Doctor had already exited her cultivation state and was now smiling as she looked at him. During her recent breakthrough, her cultivation level had also risen accordingly, reaching the peak of a four-star Dou Wang.

"Congratulations," she said softly, her purple eyes filled with joy.

Lu Yu smiled and nodded, about to say something, when suddenly his brows furrowed and his gaze turned to the distant horizon. A streak of seven-colored light streaked across the sky and arrived before them in an instant.

As the red light faded, a graceful figure was revealed.

It is indeed colorful scales.

Her fiery red dress billowed in the wind, and with a gentle wave of her jade hand, a jade slip flew toward Lu Yu.

"The latest intelligence."

She parted her red lips slightly and said in a solemn tone, "The leader of the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect, Scorpion Mountain, has advanced to the peak of the Dou Huang realm and is frantically annexing surrounding forces."

At this point, a hint of amusement flashed in her beautiful eyes, "Interestingly, their next target... is actually the Heavenly Centipede Palace."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yu raised an eyebrow and asked, "The Heavenly Centipede Palace?"

Cai Lin nodded slightly and said, "The Lord of the Heavenly Centipede Palace, Wu Ya, is a peak Dou Huang expert with unfathomable strength. Although the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect is powerful, it shouldn't be easy for them to take on this tough nut."

"I heard that the Lord of the Heavenly Centipede Prefecture has recently arrived in Chuyun Holy City, seeking the assistance of the royal family."

"So lively?"

Zi Yan suddenly peeked out from behind Lu Yu, her purple eyes sparkling, and said excitedly, "How about we go join in the fun?"

(End of this chapter)