“Commander Gardner, how are you considering the matter with White Tiger?” At this moment, Milo Guzman looked at Billy and asked.
“I’ve talked to White Tiger on the phone. He’s arranging things at the Place of Darkness these days and will officially return to the country in a few days.” Billy smiled.
“He agreed?” Both Milo Guzman and Donald’s eyes lit up.
“Yeah!” Billy nodded in response.
“Thank you, Commander Gardner!” Milo Guzman replied with a smile.
“Elders, you’re being too polite. I should thank White Tiger on behalf of both of you.” Billy smiled back.
One hour later.
After the award ceremony, Billy accepted the prizes on behalf of Casey’s group and bid farewell with Stout, Night Orchid, and others.
Ivy wanted to follow him as she knew he was heading to the Sky-Quaking Daoist Sect, but Billy persuaded her not to. On one hand, Ivy had official duties and couldn’t afford to be absent for days. On the other hand, Billy didn’t want to put her in danger, especially after the conflicts with Cerulean Abyss Institute and Sky-Quaking Daoist Sect.
During the competition, Ivy had made enemies with people from both sects, and considering that she had crippled Adrian Hayes, Saint Sky Sword Pavilion wouldn’t let it slide. There was a chance that they would seek revenge, and Billy felt Ivy would be safer sticking with Urban Woolery and the others.
“Boss, where are we going? Are we going to meet up with Casey and the others?” After getting in the car, Stout asked.
“No, go straight back to SHADOW!” Billy responded.
About ten minutes ago, Casey had called him. Casey informed him that the matter with Cerulean Abyss Institute had been settled, and all thirty-something people, including two elders, had been eliminated.
“Alright!” Stout nodded before stepping on the gas.
After about forty minutes, Stout parked the car at the SHADOW parking lot.
“Boss!” As they got out of the car, Casey and the others greeted them.
“How are you all? Everything okay?” Billy asked.
While speaking, he roughly checked Casey and the others’ conditions. Although everyone had injuries, they were all external wounds and not severe.
“We’re fine!” Casey and the others shook their heads in response.
“Boss, the Dragon and Phoenix Ranking event has officially ended. Where do we go next? Are we returning to our respective positions?” Vermilion Bird asked.
“For the next three days, none of you should go anywhere. Just stay at the base and cultivate. In three days, each of you must break through at least one level!” Billy instructed.
After the baptism of the Spirit Springs, the speed of breakthroughs for everyone had significantly increased. Billy had noticed that their cultivation levels were on the verge of breaking through, and with a little push, they could achieve a breakthrough.
“Stout, distribute the prizes to everyone, including the five spiritual fruits for me and Ivy.” Billy then looked at Stout.
Ivy had ranked second in the competition and received two millennium spiritual fruits. However, she didn’t want them and handed them over to Stout for safekeeping.
“Sure thing!” Stout replied loudly.
“Judge, Soul Chaser, you two need to hurry. You have three days to reach the God-Emperor realm. If you find it difficult, come find me!” Billy looked at Judge and Soul Chaser.
“Understood!” Both nodded vigorously.
“That’s it. Go about your business. I’m going to check on Azure Fang.” After waving to everyone, Billy turned and walked towards a building in the courtyard.
Over the next two or three days, everyone entered a state of frenzied cultivation. As Billy had estimated, after three days, everyone’s cultivation had improved to varying degrees.
Casey had successfully reached the perfection realm, while Azure Dragon, Bob Stokes, and Ian Blade had all become Tier-two War God-Emperors. Azure Fang, with the help of Billy’s Chi Essence Pill and the millennium spiritual fruit, broke through two and a half levels, reaching the later stage of War God-Emperor.
Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, and Stout had all broken through one level, becoming Tier-one War God-Emperor. Night Orchid and Frostblade had broken through one and a half levels, stepping into the early stages of War God-Emperor.
Judge and Soul Chaser, with Billy’s help and the spiritual fruit, successfully reached the War God-Emperor realm in the early morning of the third day.
Thus, all of Billy’s companions had entered the War God-Emperor realm.
During these three days, Billy also taught two martial art techniques to everyone. Firstly, he passed on Domineering Blade Art to Casey. With Casey’s current cultivation, he could already unleash about fifty to sixty percent of the art’s power.
Although the Blade Sect’s tradition dictated not to share the Domineering Blade Art with outsiders, Blade Lord had once said when passing it to Billy that everyone around Billy wasn’t considered an outsider.
Secondly, Billy imparted the Dragon Mastery Fist Technique to everyone. Although it was originally a God-Emperor realm martial technique, Billy had slightly modified the final move, ‘Dragon’s Dominion!’ With further improvement, it could rival Sovereign realm martial techniques.
“Azure Fang, you’re too strong. You broke through two and a half levels directly?” On the morning of the third day, everyone gathered in the conference hall. Soul Chaser looked at Azure Fang and said.
“It’s all thanks to the effect of Boss’s Chi Essence Pill; otherwise, breaking through one level with just the spiritual fruit would already be good enough.” Azure Fang expressed his gratitude and looked at Billy. “Thank you, Boss!”
“Your Chi energy is not yet stable. Focus on cultivating your mental technique for the next two days and try to stabilize your cultivation as soon as possible.” Billy nodded.
“Understood!” Azure Fang replied loudly. After a brief pause, he continued, “Boss, do we have something to do next?”
Based on his understanding of Billy, if there were no plans for the day, Billy would have already sent everyone back to their respective positions after being out for so many days.
“Yea,” Billy nodded, “we’ll set off this afternoon for Sky-Quaking Daoist Sect!”
“Sky-Quaking Daoist Sect? They’re not to be underestimated. If we go to fire at their lair …”
“Azure Fang, what realm have you cultivated the Eight-Fold Fist to?” Billy suddenly asked.