Permission to Go Out

After grasping the Halberd of Destruction, the aura surrounding Yun Ze climbed steadily, becoming almost incomparable to what it had been just moments before.

Yun Ming felt the power of destruction radiating from this martial soul fusion skill, and a trace of astonishment immediately surfaced in his heart.

Yun Ze looked at Yun Ming, then immediately raised the Halberd of Destruction in his hand.

The elemental power belonging to destruction instantly drained the surrounding heaven and earth energy, sealing off the entire room and preventing the vast heaven and earth energy provided by the Tree of Life from entering.

Yun Ming grew more serious at this, wearing a solemn expression on his face for the first time as he sized up Yun Ze.

Yun Ze aimed the Halberd of Destruction at Yun Ming, the purple light in his eyes gradually fading away and being replaced by his normal eye color.

With a single swing of the halberd, a slash of destructive force struck toward Yun Ming.

For the first time, Yun Ming utilized power at the level of a soul saint to completely neutralize that slash.

After Yun Ze landed, the Halberd of Destruction automatically vanished, reverting back into the Heaven-Propping Spear and the Heaven-Surpassing Spear.

But what surprised Yun Ming was that for a typical martial soul fusion skill, especially one with such high destructive power, the user's soul power would inevitably be depleted afterward.

Yet, at this moment, the soul power in Yun Ze's body showed no signs of depletion; on the contrary, it felt even more abundant than it had been before he unleashed the martial soul fusion skill.

Yun Ze's mental state was also much better than before; it seemed that the power of destruction, aside from being used to harm enemies, had also replenished some of Yun Ze's soul power.

To Yun Ming, this method of replenishing soul power out of thin air was something that might only exist at the level of a god.

After all, replenishing soul power for a lower-level soul master was not difficult for a high-ranking soul master. But to do so while keeping it hidden from Yun Ming's eyes?

That was basically something no human could achieve.

Yun Ze, meanwhile, was contemplating the sensation brought about by the Halberd of Destruction.

He seemed to faintly perceive a core with a slight edge within his body.

It was a purple, hexagonal star-shaped core radiating a pure purple luster, from which he could feel the pure Source of Destruction.

It looked very much like the Source of Destruction from the anime he had watched in his previous life.

At the same time, while this "Source of Destruction" flickered, another location on his body had a warm energy source radiating pure life force.

During the martial soul fusion skill, the two energy clusters had complemented each other. The energy source radiating the Source of Life had replenished the soul power he consumed during the martial soul fusion skill.

It had even invigorated his spirit.

However, now that Yun Ze had exited the martial soul fusion state and looked inward at his body again, he could no longer detect the traces of those two energy sources.

It was as if those two energy sources had never existed at all.

After carefully sensing for a long time without any results, Yun Ze had no choice but to give up for the time being.

Yun Ming did not interrupt Yun Ze; he did not know what Yun Ze was examining, assuming only that he was reflecting on the martial soul fusion skill he had just performed.

Quietly waiting until Yun Ze raised his head, Yun Ming said to him, "Come out with me. You two each get seven points for this assessment; go to the next one."

Yuezheng Yu and Yuanen Yehui nodded with relief, then headed toward the next examination room with their heads down.

Yun Ze looked at Yun Ming and was about to speak, but the latter raised his hand to signal him not to start, then pulled him quickly back to the Inner Court.

Arriving at Sea God Island, Yun Ming pulled Yun Ze into his office.

"Have you really thought this through? You want to step onto the continent this early?"

Yun Ze nodded, then said to Yun Ming, "Although it is said to be entering the outside world very early, in reality, aside from my age, I don't really have any disadvantages."

"Doesn't the outer court of our academy have many students who have to go out and make their own way once they reach the third ring? My cultivation is already approaching the fourth ring, and my true combat power is such that even a five-ring soul master wearing One-Word Battle Armor might not be able to stop me."

"I already have the capital to go out."

Yun Ming nodded and then said, "Actually, what you say isn't without merit. After all, as long as I am still alive, the hardships you can suffer are limited; it won't involve your life. No one is willing to provoke me while I am still alive and still able to fight."

"If you want to go out, then go. It's a good thing to go out and see the world, and to know exactly what you are worth."

As he spoke, Yun Ming took out a soul tool that looked like a watch and said, "But you must promise me that you will wear this at all times; you are not allowed to take it off for even a moment."

Yun Ze took the watch-like soul tool and asked curiously, "What is this?"

Yun Ming did not hide it from Yun Ze and said calmly, "This is a surveillance-type soul tool developed by the academy's soul tool department. It can monitor your soul power fluctuations in real-time."

"As long as your vital signs or soul power drop suddenly, it will immediately report your location to me."

"If I want to know your location at any time, I can also check it through this watch."

Upon hearing this, Yun Ze immediately put it on and said, "This is actually quite good. In the future, if I run into someone I can't beat, I'll just tap my wrist."

Yun Ming: "..."

Seeing that Yun Ming was about to pull out his "seven wolves" belt, Yun Ze chuckled and said, "Just a joke, Father, I was only saying."

Yun Ming waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright. In any case, don't be too careless just because you have this thing. Although I can know your situation in real-time, it still takes me time to get there."

"When you're out and about, always keep your guard up. You've successfully left home and traveled a long distance once before, so I believe you have a certain level of capability in this regard."

Yun Ze nodded, then immediately said to Yun Ming, "Then I'll set off tomorrow?"

Yun Ming nodded, then said to Yun Ze, "Don't stay away too long. Come back when you have nothing to do, just like a normal Inner Court disciple."

Yun Ze nodded, signaling to Yun Ming that he understood.

The next morning, just as Yun Ze was preparing to leave, his path was blocked by Ye Xinglan.

"Aren't you coming to class with me?"

Ye Xinglan did not yet know the news that Yun Ze was heading out, so she watched him walk toward the school gate with curiosity and asked, puzzled.

Yun Ze replied, "I don't need to attend every single class. I'm preparing to go out and gain some experience."

Ye Xinglan immediately became interested and said to Yun Ze, "Take me with you, okay?"

Yun Ze shook his head in refusal, then told her, "Your strength isn't enough to go out and train on your own yet, and my strength isn't enough to bring someone else along for training either. So, you should just stay here and study properly for now."

Upon hearing this, Ye Xinglan frowned, feeling somewhat dissatisfied with Yun Ze's attitude, and clenching her fists, she said...