264: Battle Qi Transforms into Wings!

He merely raised his head slightly, his gaze seemingly piercing through the arena's ceiling and looking towards the distant sky. He lightly uttered four words, his voice not loud, yet it exploded like thunder deep within everyone's soul.

"Dou Qi Transformation Wings."

"Buzz—!"

As his voice fell, a vast surge of Dou Qi, far more magnificent, purer, and resonant with the energy of heaven and earth than that of Xie Ying and Absolute Han, violently swept out from his body!

Immediately following this, under the gaze of countless utterly astonished eyes, a pair of magnificent and powerful energy wings, formed entirely from pale blue pure Dou Qi and nearly materialized, suddenly unfurled from his back!

The wings gently fluttered, emitting a strange hum, carrying his body upward instantly with a lightness and grace beyond anyone's imagination. He easily evaded the two fatal pincer attacks and hovered in the middle of the arena air!

"Boom!!!"

Xie Ying's Geng Metal Mountain Splitting Slash and Absolute Han's Dark Corrosion Ghost Hand violently collided where Jiang Donghua had been standing, producing a deafening explosion. The rampant energy blasted a large pit into the specially constructed arena floor, filling the air with dust and smoke!

However, neither Xie Ying nor Absolute Han had the mind to check the results of their attack.

Both of them, along with every spectator in the entire venue, stood frozen in place, as if struck by a body-fixing spell.

They stared dumbfounded, looking up at the figure suspended in mid-air, whose pale blue Dou Qi wings slowly flapped behind him, resembling a deity descending upon the world!

Because their attacks missed, Xie Ying and Absolute Han had nowhere to vent their power. Coupled with this sudden, extreme shock, the Dou Qi within their bodies violently churned, nearly causing a backlash. They hastily forced the retraction of most of their strength, their faces instantly turning deathly pale!

But the physical discomfort was less than one ten-thousandth of the shock they felt internally!

"Dou... Dou Qi Transformation Wings?!"

Absolute Han's voice was dry, like sandpaper rubbing, filled with unbelievable trembling.

"How could he be a Dou Wang?!"

Xie Ying cried out in alarm, his voice completely distorted, filled with horror and absurdity!

The entire arena descended into an eerie, absolute silence!

Which of the Senior Students—be they regular students or the leaders of major factions—did not feel their jaws were about to hit the ground at this moment?!

Their eyes were wide as copper bells, their faces etched with complete shock, bewilderment, and the daze of having their worldviews overturned!

"Dou Wang!"

"He is actually a Dou Wang!"

"A New Student... Dou Wang?!"

"How is this possible?! A Dou Wang on his very first day entering the Inner Academy?!"

Following the brief silence was a volcanic eruption of frantic uproar and gasps that nearly overturned the entire arena!

The two words, Dou Wang, seemed to possess magic, being repeatedly chewed over, gasped, and shouted by everyone present!

Everyone understood!

Everything became clear!

Why he could easily defeat Chen Ming!

Why he could instantly kill Sun Mang with a single punch!

Why he dared to challenge twenty-two people simultaneously!

Why he was so arrogant facing the combined might of Xie Ying and Absolute Han!

It was not due to arrogance, nor was it due to foolishness!

It was because he had long since stepped into that realm—Dou Wang—which countless geniuses in the Inner Academy desperately sought and dreamed of!

A New Student Dou Wang who had just entered the Inner Academy!

What an utterly shocking and sensational matter this was!

On the high platform, Great Elder Ye Tianxing looked at the completely boiling scene below and the figure with pale blue wings unfurled in the air. His eyes were filled with complex admiration as he gently exhaled.

"Now, the Inner Academy truly is about to change!"

Despite Great Elder Ye Tianxing's prior warning.

When the pair of pale blue Dou Qi wings truly unfurled behind Jiang Donghua, hovering in mid-air with an undeniable regal aura, the few Duty Elders at the edge of the arena still could not suppress expressions of extreme shock!

Dou Qi Transformation Wings!

This was the most iconic feature of a Dou Wang Expert, an undeniable proof of strength!

They had personally witnessed the birth of a Dou Wang under the age of twenty, who announced his arrival in the Inner Academy they managed in the most shocking way possible!

One white-haired Elder couldn't help but gasp, his voice trembling slightly.

"It truly is a Dou Wang! I have lived for decades, and this is the first time I have seen such a young Dou Wang!"

Another, relatively younger-looking Elder also murmured distractedly.

"Great Elder, what you said earlier was actually conservative; this is more than just a prodigy."

Ye Tianxing, seated in the main position, gazed deeply at the figure in the air. Listening to the exclamations of his colleagues, his face remained calm, though a hint of undeniable relief and emotion flickered in the depths of his eyes.

He slowly opened his mouth, his voice peaceful, yet it struck the heart of every Elder like a heavy hammer.

"It has likely been several decades since Jia Nan Academy has seen a student with such monstrous talent."

He paused slightly, as if recalling the academy's glorious history, then his tone became even more solemn.

"Such talent, such age, such achievement—even if placed in the Central Plains, that land of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, among the truly first-rate powers, he would absolutely be considered a peak talent!"

"A Dou Wang Expert around the age of twenty."

Ye Tianxing repeated this heart-stopping achievement, his tone filled with affirmation and expectation.

"As long as he doesn't perish prematurely and perseveres, there is a great chance that he will truly become a powerful magnate within one of those first-rate powers in the Central Plains!"

"A powerful magnate?!"

The faces of the other Elders changed drastically upon hearing this evaluation. They couldn't help but all look towards Ye Tianxing, their eyes filled with disbelief!

This evaluation was simply too high!

A powerful magnate within a first-rate power in the Central Plains?

What kind of concept was that?

That was an existence requiring terrifying strength at the Dou Venerate level to truly gain a firm foothold and command the winds and clouds!

That was a peak expert capable of sitting as an equal to their Jia Nan Academy Headmaster!

They had not expected the Great Elder's expectations for Jiang Donghua to be so incredibly high!

Directly benchmarking his future potential against the level of the Headmaster!

One Elder couldn't help but swallow, speaking with a dry voice.

"Great Elder, isn't that comment a bit too complimentary? The Dou Venerate realm is..."

Ye Tianxing glanced at him indifferently and did not directly refute him, merely saying meaningfully.

"Extraordinary individuals must be judged by extraordinary standards. Have you forgotten how astonishingly talented and brilliant our Headmaster was back then?"

Upon hearing this, all the Elders immediately fell silent. They naturally knew the legend of the Headmaster.

Another Elder looked at Jiang Donghua and sighed with a wry smile.

"Jia Nan Academy truly has cultivated a monster-level prodigy this time!"

His tone was already filled with shock and pride.

Ye Tianxing revealed a faint smile.

"I imagine that if the Headmaster were to learn of this matter, he would also be extremely pleased."

To be able to cultivate such a student was undoubtedly the greatest pride of all educators.

Jiang Donghua's emergence would not only shake the Inner Academy but also meant that Jia Nan Academy might gain another powerful foundation capable of deterring all directions in the future landscape of the Central Plains!

The Elders' gazes refocused on the arena, their eyes entirely different now, filled with the solemnity and fervor reserved for viewing the future pillar and hope of the academy.