Breakthrough! Soul Grandmaster

The long blade swept forth with overwhelming force, carrying a fierce gale brimming with Killing Intent as it tore through the air and slashed wildly at the Purple Thorn Master Mastiff's head!

Boom!

The icy blade tore through the Purple Thorn Master Mastiff's flesh, shattered its steel-like skull, and cleaved it in two with an unrivaled force. Eerie purple blood splattered across the ground.

"How... is that possible?!"

The entire venue fell deathly silent!

The surrounding students stood frozen in shock. Countless uncertain, astonished gazes turned toward the black-haired youth from every direction, finally converging upon him.

With just one slash, he had killed a Thousand-Year Soul Beast!

Just who was this guy?!

Everyone was utterly stunned.

Even Ye Lingling stared blankly at the unfamiliar youth before her, her eyes filled with shock. Since when had such a powerful person appeared in the academy? She had no impression of him whatsoever.

[Good! Successful slash!]

[Reward: Soul Power *1]

A cold mechanical voice rang out in his mind.

The black-haired youth's lips curled slightly, and a trace of joy finally appeared on his stern face.

That youth was naturally Fang Xuan!

Before he knew it, a year had passed.

Compared to a year ago, he stood a little taller, his eyes had grown deeper, and his black hair flowed thickly like a waterfall. His entire body was like an unsheathed sword, sharp and unstoppable!

His Blade Drawing Technique had become far more refined than before, and his Soul Power had increased greatly as well. Even if he faced a Soul Elder now, he would feel no fear.

He vaguely sensed that his Blade Drawing Technique was currently at a bottleneck. Just a little more, and it would rise to a higher level.

[Congratulations, your Soul Power Value is full. Current Soul Power Value: 200/200. You can level up. Would you like to level up immediately?!]

Noticing that the surrounding students were all staring at him, Fang Xuan frowned. He suppressed the excitement in his heart, sheathed the Shadowless Blade, and quickly left the Training Ground.

He had no intention of leveling up under everyone's watchful eyes.

In the northern part of the main campus, within an ordinary small courtyard.

Fang Xuan sat cross-legged, quietly raising his level.

Golden light bloomed from his body, sacred and majestic. Vast energy surged and roared within him, washing through his veins like a tsunami and continuously strengthening his Soul Power.

About three minutes later, the system prompt sounded.

[Level-up successful. Congratulations, you have advanced to Soul Grandmaster!]

[Reward: God-Bestowed Blade *1]

Level 21, Soul Grandmaster!

Joy welled up in Fang Xuan's eyes. He had practiced the Blade Drawing Technique day and night, spending an entire year at it, and had finally broken through to the Soul Grandmaster realm.

Next, he began checking his personal information.

[Strongest Blade Drawing System]

[Host: Fang Xuan]

[Level: LV21]

[Title: Soul Grandmaster]

[Soul Power: 0/210]

[Proficiency: Basic Blade Drawing Technique (99/100)]

[God-Bestowed Blade: 1]

[Martial Soul: Ice Phoenix Soul (Beginner 51/100)]

[Talent: Blade of Glacial Cold]

The God-Bestowed Blade granted a reward every ten levels. Having just broken through to Level 21, he had gained one chance to use the God-Bestowed Blade, meaning he could continue copying Martial Souls.

At that thought, excitement immediately rose in his heart. He truly needed to carefully select some powerful Martial Souls as targets for copying, or this precious opportunity would be wasted.

After a year of hard training, his Blade Drawing Technique had become increasingly skillful and powerful. Its strength, speed, and momentum had all improved significantly.

Now, he successfully drew his blade about five times a day, receiving an average reward of five Soul Power Value points daily. That amounted to roughly one hundred and fifty points a month, so leveling up was still relatively quick at lower levels.

However, what made Fang Xuan frown was how slowly the proficiency of his Blade Drawing Technique and Martial Soul talent increased. After training hard for an entire year, the Ice Phoenix Soul's proficiency had only reached 51 points, barely half of what was needed for an upgrade.

As for the Basic Blade Drawing Technique's proficiency, it grew even more slowly than a crawling turtle. It had only increased by 9 points in an entire year, and a month ago, it had already reached 99/100. Yet it remained firmly stuck there, unable to break through.

This left him utterly frustrated. Improving the Blade Drawing Technique's proficiency was simply too difficult.

But on second thought, since increasing its proficiency was so difficult, the benefits gained after breaking through would certainly be enormous!

Fang Xuan's eyes shone brightly as he became increasingly eager to see the Blade Drawing Technique after it leveled up.

Knock, knock, knock...

A gentle knock sounded from the gate, as if a visitor had arrived.

Fang Xuan raised an eyebrow, closed his eyes, and pretended not to hear it.

"I saw you go inside!"

After a while, a cool voice came from outside the gate.

Fang Xuan froze, unable to stop himself from curling his lips. Reluctantly, he walked to the entrance and opened the tightly shut gate. A petite, delicate figure immediately came into view.

She was a silver-haired little girl dressed in black, her face covered by a black veil. Her blue eyes were cold and filled with a sorrowful aura far beyond her age.

Fang Xuan was slightly taken aback. At a glance, he recognized the silver-haired little girl before him as Ye Lingling, the current inheritor of the Undying Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Soul.

At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Ye Lingling was a renowned genius girl. Despite her young age, she had already broken through to the Soul Elder realm and was one of the academy's few female students in the Heaven Dou Class.

Although she rarely removed her veil, her extraordinary aura alone was enough to suggest the peerlessly beautiful face hidden beneath it.

Countless boys wanted to remove Ye Lingling's veil and glimpse her true appearance, yet none ever succeeded.

In addition, there was another talented girl in the Heaven Dou Class, Dugu Yan. She was equally powerful and incomparably beautiful, a campus belle within the academy.

Ye Lingling's sorrowful coolness and Dugu Yan's seductive charm formed a sharp contrast. Both were prominent figures in the academy and were known as the Twin Campus Belles of Heaven Dou!

Seeing Ye Lingling suddenly arrive at his home, Fang Xuan was somewhat surprised. He had no idea what the girl wanted.

Ye Lingling hesitated for a moment before gathering her courage to look Fang Xuan in the eyes. "I'm Ye Lingling. Thank you for saving me today."

"You're welcome..."

Fang Xuan gave Ye Lingling a calm glance and quietly shut the gate.

After being turned away at the door, Ye Lingling gradually froze in place. Staring at the closed gate before her, a faint grievance inexplicably rose in her heart. She reached out and pushed open Fang Xuan's gate.

"I came to sincerely thank you!" Ye Lingling strode into the courtyard and said indignantly to Fang Xuan.

"Didn't I sincerely respond to you already? You're welcome. Goodbye!"

Fang Xuan asked suspiciously, "By the way, when did I save you?"

"Just now! You saved me from that Purple Thorn Master Mastiff. Don't you remember?" Ye Lingling said.

"Huh, were you there just now? How come I didn't see you?" Fang Xuan looked puzzled, thinking, A little girl was still a little girl. Her presence was too weak—I can't remember her at all.

Ye Lingling's eyes reddened. She lightly bit her lip and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't remember. I just don't like owing people favors. I came specifically to repay you this time. Whatever you want, just ask. I'll do my best to satisfy you!"

"You really want to repay me?" Fang Xuan's lips lifted slightly.

"Mhm!" Ye Lingling obediently nodded her little head.

"Then let me slash you once!"

"Ah?!"

Ye Lingling froze. A golden long blade came slashing toward her, Sacred Radiance bursting from its edge as it instantly swallowed her whole...

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