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— Chapter 323 —
Han Xiayue couldn't believe her dear eyes at this very moment.
Looking at the dashing youth in dark blue martial attire before her is as if witnessing her late brother returning to life.
Yes, a miracle!
Still, if Han Xiayue looks more closely, this handsome young man only has a seventh-tenth resemblance to her brother. In fact, her late brother might not be as good-looking as him.
However, being exhausted mentally and physically made it hard for Han Xiayue to see things properly. It definitely didn't help that she was also deeply traumatized at a young age.
On the other hand, Han Yuan didn't know that Han Xiayue thought he was her late brother. Well, he was too occupied with something else.
Han Yuan smiled at the Snow Demon Sky Ape and said, "Well, big guy, I heard you were bullying someone not too long ago, and she complained to me about it."
"I don't hold a grudge with you, but that friend of mine would annoy me if I didn't help her today."
"So, please don't take this too personally."
After saying that, Han Yuan lifted his finger and made a revolving wind sphere, which spun rapidly and then burst toward the Snow Demon Sky Ape.
Swoosh!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The azure wind sphere burst and dragged the Rank 5 Magical Beast all over the lush forest, destroying many ancient trees in the process.
The Snow Demon Sky Ape couldn't even resist as he got sent hurling hundreds of meters away.
Yet, since Han Yuan held back as he didn't want to kill the Snow Demon Sky Ape, the fearsome Magical Beast merely suffered some internal damage due to the fine yet sharply compressed wind elemental power and Dou Qi within the wind sphere.
Han Xiayue crossed her arms, resisting the pulling force caused by Han Yuan's attack. Her shining eyes never left Han Yuan, even when the eye-catching azure sphere reduced the surroundings to rubble.
"Are you alright, Senior?" asked Han Yuan while glancing back at Han Xiayue again. "If you are not, stay close to me, that Big Guy will return soon!"
Roar!
Before Han Xiayue could react, Han Yuan already grabbed her by the waist and then flipped her into a princess carry.
Boom!
Han Yuan instantly vanished from the spot. Yet, the area where they stood before got smashed deep a split second later.
The Snow Demon Sky Ape, despite all the internal injury suffered, could still unleash a powerful counterattack.
A concentrated wind Dou Qi stacked and functioned as a giant hammer that struck down the earth.
Han Yuan could protect himself with his Infinity, but he couldn't protect Han Xiayue that quickly. So, he dodged.
"W-We are in the air?!" exclaimed Han Xiayue in shock.
"A-Are you perhaps a Dou King Expert?"
"Nope." Han Yuan answered casually.
Han Yuan currently hovered in the air using his own creation, the Flying Thunder God Steps. He could fly with Dou Qi wings, or even Heavenly Demon's jet-black wings, but that would look ridiculous right now.
Meanwhile, the Snow Demon Sky Ape glared at Han Yuan with crimson eyes of anger.
A surge of chilling Wind Dou Qi appeared around his white-furred body, making it seem like a humanoid snow storm manifested into existence.
Zi Yan saw this from afar and shouted in panic, "Damn it, Han Yuan, get away from the Big Bad Ape!"
"That state! He's activating his Ancestor's blood!"
"Right now, he's almost as strong as a Rank 6 Magical Beast!"
Han Xiayue couldn't see Zi Yan because she was too far, but the little dragon girl's reminder made her eyes widen in horror.
"Run," She nervously grabbed Han Yuan's arm. "Xiao Han, we must run away!"
Han Yuan raised his eyebrow in surprise. After all, he was sure that he hadn't met this young lady before, yet she knew his name for some reason.
'She even called me with endearment as if I were her younger brother,' He mused to himself. 'She kind of reminded me of my older sister Han Yue.'
'Well, she made me want to show off a little now.'
Han Yuan felt his meeting with Han Xiayue was not random. Although he doesn't know why, something about this charming older sister stirred him for some reason.
If Han Yuan used the Eyes of Truth or just analyzed Han Xiayue's origins, he would definitely find the answer.
In fact, if this were the Douluo Continent, Han Yuan would have sensed Martial Soul Fusion's resonance.
Too bad, this wasn't the Douluo Continent, and the Snow Demon Sky Ape occupied him.
So, Han Yuan put this thought away first.
Faced with an angry ape, Han Yuan calmly raises his right hand and forms a claw-like motion.
At that instant, the world seemingly turned silent.
Not only that, the rippling and chilling wind coming from the Snow Demon Sky Ape gradually weakens into nothingness.
It not only left Han Xiayue and Zi Yan confused, but also caused the Snow Demon Sky Ape to freeze in disbelief.
Honestly, Snow Demon Sky Ape is really unlucky.
Out of many Dou Practitioners, he somehow faced Han Yuan.
While the Snow Demon Sky Ape possessed a fearsome Wind Attribute, it was nothing to Han Yuan's own Wind Attribute.
Don't get it wrong. Snow Demon Sky Ape possessed a wind attribute that was infinitely close to that of the ultimate realm due to his strong bloodline, but Han Yuan achieved and mastered the so-called ultimate when discovering his new path.
Purple Dawn Mist, an early mist of the day that carried fortune to the world. After Han Yuan awakened this martial soul, he got not only Ultimate Wind Attribute, but also Ultimate Water, Ultimate Light, and, more importantly, Lucky Attribute.
And funnily enough, Han Yuan doesn't need to summon Purple Dawn Mist to wield these powers.
Under Han Yuan's precise control over the space, he has created a vacuum domain that both restrained the Snow Demon Sky Ape's proud wind attribute and reached over them.
"Domain Expansion…"
"Deva's Shrine - Clash of Gale Movement."
The Snow Demon Sky Ape roared to the sky, or more precisely, at Han Yuan and Han Xiayue, as he abruptly felt wind movement in this sealed domain.
Unfortunately, it was too late.
As soon as the Snow Demon Sky Ape moves a muscle, an impossibly thin, almost invisible compressed wind blade, powered by the very energy of heaven and earth, creates a deep gash on his chest.
Swish!
A fountain of steaming hot blood came from the Magical Beast's chest, shocking everyone in the vicinity.
And it was just the beginning!
Feeling like he got entangled by invisible threads of death, the Snow Demon Sky Ape faces another wind blade, creating a cross cut on his chest.
Han Yuan put on an indifferent look as a rain of wind blades attacked the Snow Demon Sky Ape one after another, colliding and crushing the Magical Beast to the point of wishing death upon himself.
Graaaaa!!
A painful roar echoed in the forest.
"Xiao Han… Please, stop." Han Xiayue called out to Han Yuan, stroking his cheeks worriedly.
At the same time, Zi Yan also finally saw the mere fraction of Han Yuan's true power and trembled in growing excitement, seeing the horrible state of the Snow Demon Sky Ape.
Weirdly enough, Zi Yan didn't feel much pity toward the Big Bad Ape who bullied her once.
Well, considering Zi Yan is a pure-blooded True Dragon in this world, she doesn't feel much kinship toward other Magical Beasts unless they are dragons themselves or possess powerful bloodlines and are naturally talented and strong.
Of course, if that Magical Beast looks cute, Zi Yan doesn't mind their presence.
Yet, unknown to Zi Yan, her perception of many things gradually changed over the years. After all, becoming a human and living as one brings many new perspectives into her life.
Han Yuan calmly glanced at Han Xiayue and cancelled his newly created Domain Expansion, exposing a completely ruined half-sphere crater with not a single tree remaining.
All of them have turned into dust, well, except the ape. Han Yuan had held back the power of Domain Expansion by ninety percent, and he had not even infused Spatial Power into his slashes.
"Whoa, you really beat this guy up. He looks like shit right now," said Zi Yan after coming to Han Yuan's side.
Han Yuan flicked Zi Yan's forehead and said, "Language, brat."
"Who did you call a brat, huh?" Zi Yan roared back in anger.
Han Yuan shook his head gently and felt the softness of Han Xiayue's body in his arms. She wasn't heavy but not light either, and his act of weighing Han Xiayue made the young woman blush.
"Alright, let's go down first," Han Yuan lied as he breathed easily. "Flying for too long is exhausting, even for me."
The three of them approached the dying Snow Demon Sky Ape, feeling complicated.
To Zi Yan, this Big Bad Ape was a bully.
To Han Xiayue, she almost died from this ferocious Magical Beast.
As for Han Yuan, he felt it would be a shame if Snow Demon Sky Ape died due to his heavily weakened first-ever usage of Domain Expansion. Then, he decided to give this big guy a break.
"Crap, I sensed an Elder is coming!" said Zi Yan as one of her pony hairs stood out like an ahoge.
Han Yuan clicked his tongue, "What a timing."
"Well, let's get this guy away from this place first."
"As for the destruction, let me fix it."
Under Han Xiayue and Zi Yan's shocked gaze, Han Yuan didn't only use three elemental Dou Qi of Water, Earth, and Wood, but also really fixed the surrounding area as it used to be.
Well, at least to some degree. The ground is filled, new trees have grown as tall as the previous ancient ones, and the lively vitality has been brought back, if not stronger than before.
"What left is.." Han Yuan also erased the traces he and Zi Yan might have left and then threw a pondering look at Han Xiayue.
He rummaged through his Sky Poison Pearl and placed a small wooden box on Han Xiayue's fair palm, "Senior, once you're alone, take this pill and heal yourself."
"Oh, yeah, have some rest, too."
"Today must be tiring for you..." He smiled faintly, causing Han Xiayue to stand in daze.
"Hurry up! The elder is close!" Zi Yan cried out.
"Alright, alright, jeez." Han Yuan sighed, grabbing Zi Yan's small collar and vanishing with the dying Snow Demon Sky Ape in his Sky Poison Pearl.
"Alive... Xiao Han is still alive..." Han Xiayue blinked her eyes, slapped herself on the face as if she was questioning her sanity, but feeling the pain made her realize this wasn't a dream.
"Xiao Han is still alive..."
Tears streamed down Han Xiayue's cheeks as sickly blush deepened.
"Hehehe, My dear brother is still alive~!"
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Alternative Title: First-Ever Domain Expansion!