Heavenly Flame Eyes; Blazing Eyes!

During this process, after the Soul Power within Yu Bai's body vanished completely for the first time, it began to surge wildly. From Level 1, it quickly rose to Level 10, Level 20, and Level 27. Then, it easily broke through the original Level 27 bottleneck, as though the so-called Soul Power bottleneck had never existed, reaching Level 28 before continuing to grow to Level 29. It did not stop until it reached Level 30!

Yet at this moment, Yu Bai, immersed in refining his Soul Power, could clearly sense that if not for the rule-based restrictions on martial souls, his first explosive increase in Soul Power could have even surpassed Level 30!

In other words, if not for certain actions by the God Realm, Yu Bai's Soul Power could have broken through Level 30 right now!

However, Yu Bai was not particularly surprised by this, since he had anticipated it earlier!

Then, as the Burning Art within Yu Bai's body continued to circulate, his Level 30 Soul Power began to disappear once again!

Over the following period, the Soul Power in Yu Bai's body seemed to be locked in a tug-of-war, continuously vanishing before rapidly growing back to Level 30, over and over again!

However, with every cycle, Yu Bai's aura grew another ten percent stronger than before!

Time flowed slowly. Before he knew it, the setting sun had long vanished, and a full moon hung high in the sky, laying a silver veil over heaven and earth.

"Creak!"

At that moment, Yu Bai, who had been immersed in cultivation, suddenly heard the door to the freshmen dormitory open. He slowly opened his eyes. Two flickering flames seemed to burn within his pupils before gradually settling down!

At the same time, the aura pressure that was nearly ten times stronger than it had been at noon also dissipated!

After restraining all of his aura, Yu Bai hurriedly examined the changes within himself through inner vision using his Soul Power.

"Only one-fifth of my body's Soul Power has been refined, yet my strength has already increased by nearly tenfold compared to before! There really is a huge amount of room for improvement!"

"However, even after completely refining it this way, this body's strength—as well as its meridians, bones, muscles, and every other aspect—will still be far inferior to Xiao Yan's physical condition when he was a Dou Practitioner!"

"It seems that after resolving the current trouble, the first thing I need to do is prepare for medicinal bath cleansing and physical training. Otherwise, with my current physical strength, I simply won't be able to use Dou Techniques like Eight Extremities Collapse and Three Thousand Lightning Movement!"

At that thought, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, along with the various precious medicinal herbs growing around it, involuntarily surfaced in Yu Bai's mind!

Coming back to his senses, Yu Bai hurriedly wiped away the tears that had somehow flowed from the corners of his mouth and continued taking stock of what he had gained over the past half day.

"The greatest gain should be these Heavenly Flame Eyes martial soul!"

As he muttered to himself, two flickering flames appeared in Yu Bai's pupils once more. Driven by Soul Power, the swaying flames instantly turned azure, while their shapes transformed into blue lotus blossoms!

It was the Green Lotus Core Flame!

Yu Bai had a feeling that if he continued channeling Soul Power into the Heavenly Flame Eyes, something terrifying would happen! Therefore, he immediately withdrew his Soul Power. The Green Lotus Core Flame in his eyes reverted to tiny flames before disappearing altogether!

"These Heavenly Flame Eyes martial soul should be one of the past-life benefits said to belong to Exposers!"

"Moreover, martial souls formed by the Heavenly Dao Rankings seem to be free from the rule restrictions of awakened martial souls. In other words, even without absorbing Soul Rings, I can keep cultivating my Soul Power Level!"

"Still, that isn't particularly useful to me right now."

"However, these Heavenly Flame Eyes martial soul need a different name. Otherwise, if I ever use an alternate identity or disguise myself in the future, revealing that name would just be asking for death!"

As he thought this, one name after another surfaced in Yu Bai's mind. Finally, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Got it! I'll call it 'Blazing Eyes'!"

Having decided on a name, Yu Bai was about to get up.

"Bang bang!"

"Little Bai, what are you dawdling for?! Hurry up and go compete at the Soul Arena!"

"I really don't know what our old folks were thinking, making us fight at least one match every day!"

"You know I'm a Food-type Soul Master! If I didn't have you, another poor sucker, suffering alongside me, where would I find someone to team up with?"

"..."

Listening to Little Fatty ramble endlessly outside the door, Yu Bai shouted back irritably.

"Got it! What, are you trying to call my soul out of my body? Wait!"

After hurriedly getting ready, Yu Bai and Shi Zheng left the academy as usual and headed toward the Great Soul Arena.

Along the way, the two casually ordered some food from a bustling roadside stall. Seeing that the streets were far more crowded than usual tonight, Little Fatty Shi Zheng clicked his tongue in amazement.

"Geez, I never expected this. Those factions and nobles moved fast. It's only been half a day, and they've already arranged for so many people to come to Keling City!"

"They've got noses like bloodhounds!"

Hearing Little Fatty's tone, which sounded both mocking and gleeful, Yu Bai rolled his eyes at him speechlessly, though his heart grew heavy.

"I didn't expect so many strangers to arrive in Keling City in just half a day!"

"Most of them have various special symbols hidden on their clothes. They should be people from the major factions! Pagodas, blue dragons, angel wings, hammers... Heh, the Upper Three Sects, the Lower Four Sects, Spirit Hall—they're practically all here!"

"After today's match, I need to hurry and discuss this with the old man and the others!"

Just as Yu Bai was deep in thought, Little Fatty beside him seemed to have opened a floodgate. He suddenly turned his head and lowered his voice.

"By the way, Little Bai, I saw you searching all over the academy for that Exposer today. So, what happened in the end? Did you find anything?"

Hearing this guy ask such a question in broad daylight and before so many people, Yu Bai sighed inwardly. Then he also lowered his head and leaned closer, speaking quietly as though he did not want anyone else to hear.

"Ah, don't even mention it!"

"Ever since the golden light released by the Heavenly Dao Rankings flashed through the academy, you know our entire academy has been in an uproar!"

"Everyone wants to cling to that person's thigh. Of course I do too! After all, that's a future Dou Emperor!"

"Still, although I searched all along the way and exchanged information with quite a few upperclassmen who were also looking for them, there were still no clues! Then, as you know, the principal stepped in!"

"However, I saw roughly where that golden light flashed. It should have been around the cafeteria where we ate lunch today, or near the upperclassmen's dormitory buildings nearby. I plan to wander around there more often in the future."

"Anyway, walking around doesn't violate the principal's rules. Hehehe..."

As the two chatted, their food was soon served. They quickly finished eating, paid the bill, and then headed toward the nearby Keling Great Soul Arena!

Not long after the two left, several people who had also been eating nearby immediately departed, blending into the crowd and disappearing.