Life Armor, Tiger Sickle

He left the noisy arena and returned to the lounge.

The moment he entered, a purple figure pounced on him.

"Wang Xian! You're incredible!"

Dugu Yan was so excited that her face had turned red. She threw herself straight into his arms, wrapping her hands around his neck and practically hanging off him.

"A level-twenty-five Soul Grandmaster! You won without even using your Soul Ring at full strength! How did you do that?"

Dugu Yan's pounce made Wang Xian stagger back half a step. After steadying himself, he patted her back and said with a smile, "All right, all right, let go first. I can't breathe."

Only then did Dugu Yan realize what she had done. She hurriedly released him and stepped back, the tips of her ears flushing slightly. Her gaze wandered for a moment, but she quickly regained her carefree demeanor.

She rolled her eyes at him, unable to hide the admiration in her voice. "I was just too excited. Who knew you were this strong? I was worried sick at first."

Ye Lingling also walked over and stood beside Dugu Yan. Her clear eyes looked at Wang Xian, and a faint curve formed at the corners of her lips as she softly said, "You're amazing."

A rare smug smile appeared on Wang Xian's face. He lifted his chin slightly and waved a hand as if it were nothing. "Naturally. Does my strength even need to be mentioned?"

Seeing his expression, Dugu Yan burst out laughing and slapped him on the shoulder. "Give you an inch, and you take a mile."

Ye Lingling pursed her lips in a smile as well, her eyes curving into crescents.

Dugu Yan cleared her throat and changed the subject.

With her hands on her hips and chin raised, she put on a grandly generous expression. "Since you're so impressive, this young lady will treat you to dinner today."

"Sure. Then thank you, Miss Yanzi." Wang Xian smiled and cupped his hands.

As soon as he finished speaking, the lounge door was pushed open from outside.

Supervisor Li strode in, his face piled with smiles, his eyes nearly squinting into slits.

He walked up to Wang Xian and looked him over from head to toe, as though he were looking at a glittering treasure trove.

"Wang Xian, Wang Xian, you've truly made me see you in a new light." Supervisor Li sighed, patting Wang Xian's shoulder. "A level-twenty-five Soul Grandmaster, and you won so easily. I don't even know what to say."

He took out two items from his robes and offered them with both hands.

One was a silvery-white bracelet, a full size wider than the Heaven Origin Bracelet Wang Xian had bought before. Its patterns were more intricate and refined, glowing softly under the light.

The other was a heavy gilded card, a Soul Fighting Arena gold note that could be exchanged at any bank in Heaven Dou City.

"One hundred thousand Gold Coin, and a thirty-six-cubic-meter Storage Soul Tool. Just as we agreed, not a thing is missing." Supervisor Li chuckled. "If you have any requests in the future, just say the word. If we can do it, we definitely will."

Wang Xian accepted them with both hands, put the bracelet on his wrist, tucked the gold note into his clothes, and nodded. "Thank you, Supervisor Li."

"What are you thanking me for? We should be thanking you." Supervisor Li hurriedly waved his hands.

"For this match alone, today's ticket revenue at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena was three or four times higher than usual. Every session was packed. From now on, you'll be the golden signboard of our Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena."

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, he tactfully took his leave. As he walked out, he did not forget to turn back with a smile and say, "Get some good rest."

After Supervisor Li left, Dugu Yan grabbed Wang Xian with one hand and Ye Lingling with the other, happily leading them outside.

"Come on, come on, let's eat! We need to celebrate properly today!"

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

After the match that day, Wang Xian had captured the Snake-Eating Frog Martial Soul and placed it in the Training Camp.

The Snake-Eating Frog was a C-Rank Martial Soul and likewise needed three days to complete its training. So after the other C-Rank Martial Souls finished training, he had not rushed to fuse them.

Instead, he planned to wait until the Snake-Eating Frog had finished training as well, then decide which traits to fuse together.

The matter of traits could wait, but Form Cultivation could not.

Inside the dormitory, the doors and windows were tightly shut.

Wang Xian sat cross-legged on the bed. Taking a deep breath, he silently called out in his heart, and a translucent light screen unfolded before him.

"Weapon Form Cultivation complete. Armor Form Cultivation complete."

"Form Cultivation: Weapon Form—Life Scepter. Skills: Life Severing, Tiger Sickle. Next cultivation requires 10,000 Cultivation Points."

"Form Cultivation: Armor Form—Life Armor. Skill: Life Force. Next cultivation requires 1,000 Cultivation Points."

The corners of Wang Xian's lips slowly lifted. Both forms had completed cultivation at once, and he had even gained a new skill. This was a massive improvement.

He activated the Weapon Form first.

Dark green light gathered in his palm, compressing and condensing as a familiar sensation spread from his hand.

The Life Scepter slowly took shape in his hand, but it looked completely different from before.

The shaft was no longer dark green, instead becoming a deep emerald color.

Faint threads of golden light could be seen flowing within the shaft, like the blood vessels of a living creature. They pulsed with Wang Xian's heartbeat, brightening and dimming as though the scepter were alive.

The curved Sickle blade at the head of the staff was more slender than before, its arc smoother as well.

Wang Xian swung it once. The scepter cut through the air with a sharp whistle, far faster than before.

The most conspicuous change was at the bottom of the shaft.

There was now a fist-sized emerald gemstone there. It had not been set into the scepter, but had naturally grown from its shaft like the fruit of a plant.

Something like liquid slowly flowed within the gemstone.

The entire scepter had extended from one point two meters to one point five meters in length.

It nearly reached Wang Xian's shoulder, yet it was lighter than before.

He could barely feel its weight in his hand. Only its warm touch reminded him that it truly existed.

"This change is just too huge." Even Wang Xian could not help but marvel.

Then, gripping the scepter, he made a few more swings inside the room. Each whoosh through the air was sharper than the last, and the shaft left streaks of emerald afterimages behind it.

He nodded in satisfaction. Then, with a thought, he activated the new skill, Tiger Sickle.

The instant the scepter swung out, an invisible force surged from its shaft.

Wang Xian could clearly see the faint phantom of a fierce tiger clinging to the emerald blade light.

Its head, body, and claws were indistinct in outline, yet its presence was overwhelming, like a savage beast pouncing from the void.

The blade light sliced through the air with a deep tiger's roar, making even the windows tremble slightly.

"This skill..." Wang Xian's eyes lit up as his mind raced.