Extra Test!

Xiao Yan knew he could not wait for him. Regardless of whether Hun Yucun's secret Dou God Bloodline technique could only be used once, Xiao Yan had to strike first this time!

With a boom, Xiao Yan drove power through his right foot and shot toward Hun Yucun like an arrow. The scorching Heavy Xuan Ruler in his hand dragged a charred path across the ground, burning the grass and carving out a road of fire! Even the power of heaven and earth kept gathering onto Xiao Yan's Heavy Xuan Ruler, as if only when he used Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler would the Heavy Xuan Ruler fully awaken, and the mysterious patterns on it reveal their original form! A strange, berserk energy fluctuation suddenly rippled across the entire grassy plain. The first to sense it was naturally Hun Yucun, and his expression changed sharply on the spot. His gaze locked onto the youth charging straight at him with the heavy ruler in hand. The source of that violent energy fluctuation was right there!

"A Dou Technique capable of stirring the energy of heaven and earth—Earth Rank!! How is that possible! How could a mere Eight-Star Dou Zhe know an Earth Rank Dou Technique!!!"

Being able to draw on the power of heaven and earth meant Xiao Yan's Earth Rank Dou Technique had definitely reached the entry level. This was no empty posturing! Hun Yucun was about to go mad! How could an outside native be so proficient in high-level Mystic Rank Dou Techniques and have even cultivated an Earth Rank Dou Technique!

Just what kind of monster could cultivate these two Dou Techniques at such an age?! An Earth Rank Dou Technique! Even he did not have one!

It was not that the Hun Clan lacked Earth Rank Dou Techniques, but the Hun Clan had its own system. To obtain an Earth Rank Dou Technique, one had to display corresponding strength.

If everyone could obtain one, who would still work hard to cultivate? Incentives and punishment had to complement each other for everyone to improve.

"Die! Soul Tremor Blade!"

The faster Xiao Yan ran, the longer the line of fire trailing behind him became. He suddenly leaped high into the air, gripped the Heavy Xuan Ruler tightly in his right hand, and swung it in a half-moon arc.

"If one of us has to fall into the endless void today, it's going to be you!" Xiao Yan was not afraid in the slightest. If he just sat back, he would only be waiting for death!

This time, Xiao Yan did not swing out a wave of fire. Instead, he smashed the Heavy Xuan Ruler straight down, because only this could guarantee, one hundred percent, that he would hit Hun Yucun and kill him.

Xiao Yan did not have enough Dou Qi left to use a second move. If this strike could not kill him, if it could not withstand the Soul Severing Strike, then Xiao Yan would lose.

"Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler!!!"

Blade and heavy ruler collided. With a thunderous boom, the attacks from both sides directly shattered the ground. A crack nearly half a meter wide spread rapidly across the earth, completely destroying the grassy field.

There was no denying it—even after his Cultivation Level had risen to Nine-Star Dou Shi, Hun Yucun's Dou Technique still could not compare to the Earth Rank Dou Technique, Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler.

There were many Mystic High-Rank Dou Techniques, but Earth Rank Dou Techniques were something Xiao Yan had barely ever heard of anyone using. The reason they were so rare was because Earth Rank Dou Techniques could mobilize the power of heaven and earth, making their might terrifying beyond measure! This was something Mystic Rank Dou Techniques could never compare to. Even Eight Extremities Collapse, known for power that approached an Earth Rank Dou Technique, was still far inferior to Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler once it drew on the power of heaven and earth.

Whoosh! A Soul Severing Strike tore through the wave of fire and slashed straight toward Xiao Yan.

"Hahaha, die!"

Facing this unavoidable Soul Severing Strike, Xiao Yan had no second choice. He had to take it head-on!!! Boom! A pain that tore at his soul shot straight into Xiao Yan's head. Blood instantly flowed from his seven orifices, and his eyes were completely bloodshot. Scenes from his life even flashed through his mind, making him recall his experiences from his previous life.

"Ah!!" Xiao Yan roared. He could not fall here! A young girl was still waiting for him to return! Veins bulged on both his arms as Xiao Yan clutched the ruler's handle with all his strength. After a furious roar, accompanied by a great explosion, the grassland finally could not hold any longer and was pierced through by Xiao Yan's Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler.

Hun Yucun, his entire body burned by flames, was knocked into the void.

Completed Mystic Low-Rank trial. Granted the title of Mystic Low-Rank Soul Envoy. You may choose to leave the trial ground and enter the Treasure Hall to use Soul Points to exchange for resources, or you may continue forward and undergo the Mystic Middle-Rank trial.

Hearing that soul voice, Xiao Yan's eyelids quickly drooped. After tossing a second-grade Soul Nourishing Pill and Qi Recovery Pill into his mouth, his consciousness gradually sank into darkness.

Who knew how long he slept before Xiao Yan slowly woke up.

"If my Soul Power hadn't improved a little in that last fight, and if I hadn't been born with a strong soul and also been an alchemist, I'd probably have died here too."

Xiao Yan picked up the Soul Token. It had already changed to Mystic Low-Rank, and because he had defeated Hun Yucun, his Soul Points had become two hundred.

Even Xiao Yan himself felt he was lucky to be alive. At the same time, it made him even more determined to obtain that Mystic High-Rank Soul Cultivation Method and learn a Soul Skill. A soul attack, when it came without warning, was truly too powerful.

On top of that, he was an alchemist. No matter what, he had to get his hands on the Spirit Heart Soul Gathering Art!

Then, without looking back, he refused the challenge of the Mystic Middle-Rank trial and chose to use the Soul Token to go to the Treasure Hall and exchange for items.

Again? Was he stupid? If another person with Soul Power even stronger than Hun Yucun's appeared, he would die hundreds of times over. That very first Soul Tremor Blade should have finished Xiao Yan off.

"Exchange for one fourth-grade pill, Soul Strengthening Pill." Without another word, Xiao Yan directly used the Soul Token to exchange for a pill.

Xiao Yan finally understood why Soul Hall hunted Soul Bodies everywhere. These Soul Points were just too good.

A fourth-grade pill—something that would make people in Wutan City fight until their heads split open—only cost fifty Soul Points to exchange for. And with the Soul Token, Xiao Yan even got a discount, bringing it down to only forty points.

The instant Xiao Yan completed the exchange, the Soul Token released a soul fluctuation. Space was torn open, and a purplish-red pill flew out of the spatial crack into Xiao Yan's hand.

"Can this Hun Realm Passage really go anywhere? It's like a wormhole!"

It was just that Xiao Yan did not know a Dou Zong already possessed the power to briefly control the void, a Dou Zun could even seal space, and a Dou Sheng could tear through the void, crossing a thousand miles in an instant and making the ends of the earth feel close at hand.

Xiao Yan swallowed the Soul Strengthening Pill directly. As its name suggested, it was used to repair soul damage and strengthen Soul Power, though it only worked on those whose Soul Realm was at Mortal Realm Mid-Level.

After entering his throat, the Soul Strengthening Pill instantly turned into a surge of heat and began repairing the soul injuries Xiao Yan had suffered in the recent battle. A breath of turbid air left Xiao Yan's mouth.

He slowly circulated his cultivation method. He needed time to digest this battle.

This battle had benefited Xiao Yan greatly, making him realize that this world actually had such sinister techniques that attacked the soul!

Too despicable!

Outrageous! How could he not have such a despicable technique himself?!

"I broke through to Nine Star Dou Zhe?"

Xiao Yan was truly speechless. He had worked so hard to cultivate and endured so much hardship to practice alchemy, yet in the end, his improvement had come faster from getting beaten up.

It was probably because his Soul Power had undergone a certain degree of tempering, combined with the assistance of the Soul Strengthening Pill, that he had advanced by one star.

Xiao Yan shook his head, patted the dirt off his buttocks, held the Soul Token, and suddenly said, "I want an extra test!"

"Challenge the Soul Test!"