Before this.
Just as Tang San was still considering whether to admit defeat and end the match, Riven and Feng Xian had already unleashed their strength.
The instant their Martial Souls were summoned and Spirit Rings encircled their bodies, the Soul Power auras concealed by their special cultivation techniques finally erupted in full.
Riven's Martial Soul was a Broken Blade called the Blade of Exile. It was a top-tier Martial Soul that possessed a special Power of Rules—Rune Power—but it needed to be activated after awakening.
Because the Blade of Exile itself was merely a Broken Blade on the verge of shattering, it was extremely fragile before its Rune Power was activated. It would practically break at a touch and possessed no offensive power whatsoever.
Thus, although Riven had awakened a top-tier Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power at the age of six, it had still been classified as a Wasted Martial Soul. It was deemed worthless to cultivate and abandoned.
Later, she drifted into the Slum District of Heaven Dou City, becoming a homeless orphan who often went hungry, until Ye Qifeng and Qian Renxue discovered her during an outing and finally brought an end to her wandering.
Later still, with the help of the Immortal Grade Herb Ink Jade Divine Bamboo bestowed by Ye Qifeng, the Rune Power inherent in the Blade of Exile Martial Soul was activated.
As the Rune Power was activated and quickly mastered by Riven, the Blade of Exile finally grew into a true offensive sword-type Tool Martial Soul with formidable destructive power.
As long as Soul Power was channeled into the Martial Soul, the runes within the Blade of Exile would activate and release Rune Power, charging the blade and transforming it into a complete Greatsword.
At the same time, the Blade