Breakthrough, Apprentice Rank Six!

The treasures inside the Ten Directions Wristband consumed at an unprecedented speed.

Every single treasure that entered his body transformed into an energy stream, differing in nature yet equally formidable, and merged into the torrent of energy within Yan's body.

It continuously battered against the bottleneck for breaking through to apprentice rank six.

Vaporized blood and Qi surged around Yan, his entire skin turning crimson red, and even a trace of blood vessels burst forth.

His body was like a smelting furnace under continuous pressurization, about to reach a critical point.

Yan felt the barrier troubling him shattering, every single cell throughout his body seemingly burning and shouting, harboring a bizarre feeling of cheers and leaps.

Now is the time, break!

A furious roar exploded in Yan's heart.

Yan gathered all his willpower, all the rampaging medicinal efficacy he had swallowed, and all the foundations accumulated through four years of bitter cultivation.

At this very moment, without holding anything back, they transformed into the most violent impact, fiercely slamming into that crack-filled barrier.

"Boom!"

A sound akin to an air explosion directly erupted inside the Mimicry Training Room.

The floor of the training room trembled slightly, and the stray fire elements within the room violently flickered.

A brief vacuum environment even formed around Yan, and only after quite a while did the fire elements slowly converge once again.

That tough barrier finally shattered with a crash under this ultimate strike condensing tens of thousands of resources.

In an instant, heaven and earth seemingly grew still for a moment.

The energy from the outside world no longer surged in violently, and the roaring torrent of energy inside his body also seemed to have found a destination, beginning to circulate on its own along a profound trajectory.

The ferocious sense of power revealed itself as clearly as a receding tide.

Yan slowly opened his eyes.

Joy surfaced within his pupils.

The steaming blood Qi and sparks around his body quickly retracted, and his originally bronze skin seemed to become even more lustrous, radiating a jade-like gloss with faint fire patterns seemingly looming beneath it.

His already tall and robust physique seemed to be refined once more, his muscle lines growing smoother and more perfect, with every single inch containing explosive power.

Apprentice rank six, it was finally done!

He gently clenched his fist, the air within his palm seeming to be directly crushed and emitting a soft sound resembling a sonic boom.

With his five fingers spread open, a wisp of dark red flame ignited out of thin air, quietly leaping.

This flame looked peaceful, dark red like blood, and inexplicably possessed a viscous feeling akin to magma, yet it caused the surrounding space to slightly distort, the light even undergoing bizarre refraction as it passed through.

At this moment, even without using his Burning Flame soul skill to elevate the flame quality, the flame in Yan's hand completely reached the level of half-ultimate fire.

Yan could even sense that the fire-attribute power of his own Flame Overlord martial soul was slowly evolving, and complete metamorphosis into ultimate fire was merely a matter of time.

It could be said that Yan's own foundation was already entirely sufficient, and what remained was simply accumulating and releasing.

When the fire-attribute power of the Flame Overlord completely transformed into ultimate fire, driven by the ultimate fire, Yan's Flame Overlord martial soul would also very likely complete a martial soul evolution.

Leaping from a top-tier martial soul to a super martial soul, his martial soul quality would completely surpass Xie Yue and Hu Liena, who also possessed top-tier martial souls.

Yet judging by the current transformation speed of the ultimate fire within his body, this process was destined to be protracted—perhaps welcoming a qualitative change during the Soul Saint period, or perhaps during the even more distant Soul Douluo or even Title Douluo period.

This was a point Yan could not accept.

One could say that the present Yan was the only soul master across the entire Douluo Continent who was aware of the ultimate element.

Yan likewise understood that the reason soul masters possessing ultimate attributes were stronger than other soul masters lay first in the natural suppression that ultimate attributes exerted over ordinary attributes.

And there was another most crucial point: soul masters with ultimate attributes experienced extremely sluggish cultivation speeds during the early stages.

Yet this slowness was actually the process of ultimate-attribute soul masters accumulating soul power, and upon breaking through to become Soul Saints, ultimate-attribute soul masters would usher in a massive accumulation and release.

Not only would their soul power quality far exceed ordinary soul masters, but even the vastness of their soul power would crush ordinary soul masters.

If his ultimate_fire only succeeded in transforming when he reached the Soul Saint or even Title Douluo stage, he would miss the crucial soul power accumulation phase that mattered so much to ultimate-attribute soul masters.

Consequently, this would cause the quality of his soul power to become indistinguishable from ordinary soul masters.

The dark red flame in his hand slowly dissipated. Yan clenched his fist, feeling the mighty power far surpassing the apprentice rank fifth stage, and finally gained the confidence to implement his subsequent plans.

Yan could finally cast his gaze toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

He had long coveted the fairy herbs growing around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for quite some time, only keeping his yearning for them strictly suppressed deep within his heart previously because his strength had consistently fallen short.

Now that he had broken through to apprentice rank six, his soul master strength also reached the four-ring Soul Ancestor realm, and the Flame Fall Fist Technique achieved a sevenfold force output.

With such strength, as long as he did not encounter Super Douluos like Tang Hao or the Spirit Hall elders, Yan felt confident in ensuring his own safety.

As for lower-ranked Title Douluos lacking deep foundations, Yan even possessed the confidence to defeat them in battle.

That's right, Poison Douluo, I am talking about you.

The fairy herbs within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, such as the Infernal Delicate Apricot, were precisely the fairy herbs Yan had pre-booked to evolve the Flame Overlord and elevate his own fire attribute to the ultimate realm.

As for the remaining fairy herbs, the energy contained within them also far surpassed all kinds of resources Yan had once mastered and utilized, which would vastly boost his cultivation.

Of course, the enhancement of soul power was merely secondary; what mattered even more was its ability to bring about an elevation in a martial artist's strength.

The Heart of Vegetation in the Swallowed World could bring immense increases in strength to a martial artist.

The fairy herbs of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well were likewise creations endowed with the spiritual essence of heaven and earth. Although their medicinal efficacy might be slightly weaker, the improvements they could bring to Yan would definitely be tremendous as well.

The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well—he was determined to secure it.

Slowly rising from the Mimicry Training Room, after breaking through to apprentice rank six, the top-tier mimicry training room had nearly ceased to have any effect on him.

Exhaling a breath of turbid air and putting on his clothes, Yan walked right out.

"Teacher Resak?"

Just as he stepped out the door, Yan spotted a familiar, robust figure, which was none other than Resak.

"Good lad, your aura has grown stronger again. Don't tell me your teacher here is no longer a match for you now."

Seeing Yan walk out, Resak smiled and stepped forward to greet him.

Yan, who was merely thirteen years old now, was only half a head shorter than Resak.

"How could that be? How could a student possibly be a match for his teacher? Oh, right, I must also congratulate Teacher on breaking through to the Soul Douluo realm."

As he spoke, Yan seemed to recall something, cupping his fists toward Resak in congratulation.

Indeed, through these years of cultivation and under the continuous supply of Spirit Hall resources, Resak was no longer the level-76 power attack type Soul Saint they had first met years ago.

Just two days prior, Resak's soul power had finally broken through to level 80, and under Yue Guan's personal guidance, he slew a 70,000-year-old Earth Violent Bear soul beast to complete his advancement.

Now, he was already a level-82 Soul Douluo.