The Thunder Giant Elephant was struck by qi energy and suddenly erupted. Instantly, a thick current of electricity violently flickered across James Walker's body, coiling around him like a dragon of lightning.

　　Under the powerful current, Stephen Walker's Azure Blood Qi was instantly dispersed. His whole body was sent flying through the air, crashing straight into a massive pillar before falling to the ground, his entire body scorched and blackened, groaning in pain.

　　As the flash of lightning faded, the electricity on James Walker's body also disappeared.

　　He stood quietly in the center of the arena, looking around at the crowd, meeting their stunned gazes, a surge of pride welling up in his heart.

　　So what if you make a huge mistake? As long as you have strength, everything can be made up for. In this world, the supremacy of strength is an eternal truth.

　　"Qi energy containing lightning? Our Yang family has never had such a technique! Among thousands of sects, only a very few types of qi energy absorb the essence of lightning to temper true qi. How did he manage to use it? Could it really be that after being struck by lightning, his body mutated?"

　　It took a long while for the crowd to snap out of their shock. Thomas Walker rushed over, helped Stephen Walker up, and checked his injuries, finding that he was fine—just lightly burned by the lightning. However, his true qi was severely depleted and would take at least ten days to half a month to recover.

　　They all looked at James Walker as if he were a monster.

　　James Walker was completely unfazed. He closed his eyes and looked inward, discovering that the Thunder Giant Elephant had loosened a bit more, releasing some of its innate essence, which seeped into his meridians, bones, and muscles. Even the second tiny particle showed signs of loosening.

　　Now, when he closed his eyes and meditated, it was as if he had transformed into 840 million particles, scattered throughout the universe. Each one was as powerful as a star, and these stars formed galaxies, like a giant elephant floating in the cosmic starry sky. Inside each star was the embryo of a giant elephant, waiting to awaken.

　　"Excellent! The second particle is about to awaken. When that happens, my true qi will double in strength, and I'll possess the power of two ancient giant elephants. Soon, I'll be able to transform quantity into quality, step into the sixth stage of Martial Qi, and shock everyone once again."

　　Today, he had already made everyone's eyes pop out of their heads. Just imagine, in a few days, when the Yang family suddenly discovers he has advanced to the sixth stage—what kind of scene would that be?

　　It normally takes at least twenty years of hard cultivation to go from the fifth to the sixth stage of qi energy. To reach it in just a few days? Impossible.

　　In this battle, with true qi clashing and the Thunder Giant Elephant further refined, he now had hope of breaking through to the sixth stage so quickly.

　　Clap, clap, clap...

　　A young man with steady steps stepped out from the crowd, faced James Walker, and clapped his hands: "James Walker, my younger cousin, for you to defeat a sixth-stage expert with only fifth-stage cultivation is truly astonishing. You are worthy of the title 'genius.' I am eager to test my skills against you—what do you say?"

　　"So it's you, Cousin Philip. You've always been the top genius of our younger generation! You entered the sixth stage of qi energy long ago, and now you must have reached the seventh stage. But you're more than ten years older than me, aren't you?"

　　James Walker saw that the person before him was none other than the number one genius of the Yang family's younger generation, Philip Walker. He was ten years older than James Walker, but had reached the Violent Qi stage at fifteen, and in the following decade had advanced by leaps and bounds. Now he was at the seventh stage of qi energy, the Elephant Qi realm, able to shape true qi into physical form, traverse the air, and was truly extraordinary.

　　It was very likely that Philip Walker would reach the eighth stage, "Qi Transformation," before the age of thirty, achieving mastery in qi energy.

　　A qi energy master at the eighth stage by thirty would be considered a genius even on the prosperous continent.

　　At this moment, James Walker knew he was not yet a match for a seventh-stage qi energy practitioner. His victory over sixth-stage Stephen Walker just now was due to a sudden burst of power, relying on the Thunder Giant Elephant to unleash thunderous true qi in one go. Besides, Stephen Walker was not the strongest among sixth-stage practitioners.

　　The seventh and sixth stages of qi energy were worlds apart.

　　However, with the "Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength," James Walker was confident he would soon surpass Philip Walker and become the number one expert among the Yang family's younger generation.

　　"Qier, come back. Your performance today has already brought great honor to your father." David Walker beckoned, sending out another wave of qi energy to pull James Walker back to his side. "There's no need to show off now. Your cousin Philip is ten years older than you, and his cultivation is much deeper. You have to admit that."

　　"What? James Walker, weren't you just being arrogant, daring even to strike an elder like Uncle Stephen Walker? Now that you're facing someone your own age, you don't dare to fight?" a young man jeered.

　　"Yeah, yeah, where did all that swagger go just now?" another young man chimed in sarcastically, eager to stir up trouble.

　　"It's only natural for the younger generation to spar and compete," an old man said coldly.

　　Although they knew that James Walker's achievements were already those of a peerless genius, his limelight was too great and needed to be suppressed.

　　"James Walker, you say Philip is ten years older than you. Are you going to wait ten years to challenge him? But even after ten years, he'll still be ten years older than you. That's not a good excuse," someone laughed loudly.