Spirit Ascension

"I... I'll do it myself!"

Wang Jinxi swallowed hard, speaking with a trembling heart. The tragic deaths of his companions were still vivid in his mind.

Oh my god! We ran into a real monster!

Zhang Yangzi had the highest Soul Power among the three of them, yet he had been chopped down like a vegetable.

As for Wei Xiaofeng, Wang Jinxi cursed inwardly. That kid was truly useless—he got slaughtered without even making a sound.

He pressed the Distress Beacon in his hand, and Wang Jinxi turned into a beam of light and vanished from the spot.

Elsewhere, after controlling the Ice Wheel to knock back the Thousand-Year Unicorne Lizard, Xu Xiaoyu hurried forward and helped Xu Xiaoyan up.

"Roar!"

At that moment, the Thousand-Year Unicorne Lizard let out an enraged roar at the sky. A blazing ball of fire gathered in its mouth, followed by a Lava Ray shooting toward the Xu siblings.

"Boom!"

The scorching crimson beam left a long, charred trail across the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.

When the dust settled, a blue barrier had appeared around the Xu siblings.

This was Xu Xiaoyu's second soul skill, Ice Blessing! This skill could provide him with an ice-element Ice Shield.

As the shield slowly faded, Xu Xiaoyu mobilized all the Soul Power in his body and raised the Frost Staff again. That terrifying white Ice Spear appeared once more.

"Die!"

Xu Xiaoyu let out an angry roar. All the resentment and indignation in his heart transformed at that moment into the Ice Spear condensing above his staff.

"Whoosh!"

The Ice Spear tore through the sky like lightning. Frost spread everywhere it passed, freezing layer upon layer of ice.

The Thousand-Year Unicorne Lizard slammed its forelegs heavily against the ground. Several earthen walls rose directly from the earth, forming shields in front of it.

With overwhelming force, the Ice Spear pierced through every earthen wall before the Thousand-Year Unicorne Lizard and shot fiercely into its mouth.

The Thousand-Year Unicorne Lizard was pierced clean through by the Ice Spear and nailed firmly to the ground.

"Xiaoyan, are you all right?"

Xu Xiaoyu looked worriedly at Xu Xiaoyan beside him. His face was deathly pale; that attack had nearly drained all the Soul Power from his body.

"I'll get you untied!"

Xu Xiaoyu reached out to remove the vines around Xu Xiaoyan, but she suddenly made a bitter face and gave him a look.

"Big Brother, someone else is coming from behind!"

Xu Xiaoyu turned and saw a somewhat familiar figure walking toward the two of them with a Deep Blue Greatsword in hand.

"What a coincidence, you two!"

Lin Xuan grinned, flashing them a warm and friendly smile.

"It's you!"

Xu Xiaoyu's expression changed. This guy had clearly come with ill intent.

"Ice—"

Xu Xiaoyu raised his hand, and the Frost Staff instantly appeared in his grip. He still wanted to cast Ice Wheel and make one last struggle.

A sword cry rang out across the field, and Lin Xuan vanished from where he stood.

"Aah!"

Xu Xiaoyu screamed as his right hand, still gripping the staff, flew away.

So fast!

Xu Xiaoyu's pupils constricted. He had only managed to glimpse a flash of sword light just now, and he had not sensed any Soul Power fluctuations at all. In other words, that attack had been purely physical technique.

This guy's body is ridiculously strong!

Damn it! I really picked the wrong person to show off to!

Xu Xiaoyu cursed inwardly. Thinking of how he had provoked Lin Xuan earlier, his already pale face turned even uglier.

What rotten luck today!

"This sword is repayment for what you did this morning."

Lin Xuan calmly withdrew his sword and looked at Xu Xiaoyu.

Xu Xiaoyu bit his lip hard and said nothing, only shielding Xu Xiaoyan behind him.

Showing off always came with a price. He had been mentally prepared for that long ago! He had lost today, and there was nothing he could say.

"Big Brother! Are you okay?"

Xu Xiaoyan worriedly glanced at Xu Xiaoyu on the ground, then looked up at Lin Xuan. Her eyes were watery, and she wore a pitiful expression.

"I'm sorry! We were wrong this morning! We apologize."

"We'll give this Soul Beast to you too. Please, don't make things difficult for my brother! He just has a bad temper; he didn't mean any harm."

Lin Xuan did not respond to Xu Xiaoyan. He simply gave Xu Xiaoyu a light kick, sending him rolling aside, then raised his sword and slashed down at Xu Xiaoyan.

Watching the greatsword grow larger and larger in her eyes, Xu Xiaoyan shut her eyes in fear, seemingly resigned to her fate.

"Swish!"

A flash of sword light passed by. The death Xu Xiaoyan had imagined did not come. Instead, she felt her body suddenly loosen as her freedom returned.

When she opened her eyes, she discovered that the vines around her had been cut apart. The sword-wielding youth had already passed the two of them and was walking toward the Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Lin Xuan had a fairly good impression of Xu Xiaoyan. Besides, that pitiful look in her eyes reminded him of Na'er, who had left.

Back then, whenever that little girl got into trouble, she loved putting on that expression to get away with it by acting cute.

"Big Brother, let's go!"

Xu Xiaoyan hurriedly got up and helped Xu Xiaoyu from the ground, reaching out to press his Distress Beacon for him.

Xu Xiaoyan glanced at Lin Xuan ahead, who stood holding his greatsword. There was an indescribable look in her eyes before she pressed her own Distress Beacon as well.

Just as she was about to turn into light and leave, she suddenly called out to Lin Xuan.

"Thank you!"

Ignoring the two as they departed, Lin Xuan walked up to the Thousand-Year Unicorne Lizard.

Xu Xiaoyu's Ice Spear was still standing there. The terrifying cold had frozen over more than half of the Thousand-Year Unicorne Lizard's body.

"What powerful frost! Is this what a thousand-year-level soul skill is like?"

Even standing near the Ice Spear, Lin Xuan could still feel the bone-piercing chill.

Although he did not care for Xu Xiaoyu, he had to admit that Xu Xiaoyu was indeed not weak. In a true one-on-one fight, Lin Xuan would not have found it easy to defeat him unless he could get close.

Lin Xuan casually followed up with another slash, killing the Thousand-Year Unicorne Lizard. A yellow spiritual glow a hundred times denser than before flew from its body.

As that dense hundred-year spiritual energy entered his body, Lin Xuan felt the Soul Power within him churn wildly through his entire body like boiling oil.

Spirit Ascension has begun!

"I should get out first."

Lin Xuan looked around and ultimately chose to leave the Spirit Ascension Platform.

If a passing Soul Beast disturbed him while he was undergoing Spirit Ascension here and something went wrong, he would not even have a place to cry about it.

This ticket had paid for itself this time!

"Click!"

The metal pod opened, and Lin Xuan climbed out. Without bothering with anything else, he quickly sat cross-legged on the floor and began guiding the surging Soul Power within his body.

As Lin Xuan gradually calmed the Soul Power within him, streams of gentle warmth emerged from his body before flowing into his limbs.

"This little fellow is really lucky. He achieved Spirit Ascension on his first visit!"

The staff member from earlier looked at Lin Xuan and smiled. He naturally recognized this state at a glance.

At some point, a phantom of azure sword bamboo had appeared behind Lin Xuan. As time passed, the white halo around the Azure Leaf Sword Bamboo gradually began turning yellow.

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