What Is the Aperture Method?

Dai Yueheng wore an expression of helplessness and despair.

Su Fan!

He would remember that name.

A mere Soul Ancestor had actually driven a dignified Soul Emperor to despair.

At that moment, none of the doubts in his heart mattered anymore.

He only wanted to unleash as much of his power as possible.

He would delay Su Fan for as long as he could.

Perhaps there might be a sliver of opportunity to catch his breath.

White Tiger Protection Barrier, White Tiger Vajra Transformation, White Tiger Demon God Transformation.

With the three layers of enhancement stacked together, Dai Yueheng's gaze sharpened.

A tiger's roar rang out, as though venting the fury in his heart.

As the king of all beasts, he had actually been frightened by a Soul Ancestor like Su Fan. He was furious at himself.

"Fourth Soul Skill, White Tiger Meteor Shower!"

Platinum spheres of light condensed around him and poured down toward Su Fan.

Su Fan shook his head.

"Meaningless struggling."

Still, he gave Dai Yueheng the chance to struggle.

Dai Yueheng was buying time, and so was he.

Within his body, the life force from the Blade of Life was rapidly merging into his limbs and bones.

His injuries still needed time to recover.

At the same time, he took out a Milk Bottle to replenish his Soul Power.

When Dai Yueheng saw Su Fan take out a Milk Bottle to replenish his Soul Power, ecstasy appeared on his face.

It was working!

As long as he held on, Su Fan's Soul Power would not be inexhaustible either.

"His Soul Power finally needs replenishing. We still have a chance."

Huo Yuhao shared this with everyone through Spiritual Detection Sharing.

However, in the four-against-six battle, Ling Luochen and Chen Zifeng had no ability to divide their attention.

Both were Soul Kings, and the two of them were essentially fighting one against two. No matter how talented they were, there was no way they could fight without pressure.

Who present was not a genius?

Was Guzhu Jian not one?

Or was Qian Yuan not one?

Even if they were weaker than Ling Luochen's side, they were not so weak that they could not gain the upper hand in a two-on-one.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong were not having an easy time either.

One had to face a Soul King, while the other faced a Soul Ancestor.

Both opponents were two ranks above them.

Wang Dong could use low-altitude flight to maneuver for a while.

Huo Yuhao was truly in constant peril. If not for the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Martial Soul and Ultimate Ice supporting him, he would have already been taken down.

"Wang Dong, get ready. The key to breaking this deadlock is still our Martial Soul Fusion Skill."

"Even if Dai Yueheng can buy time and drain Su Fan's Soul Power, he has no chance of defeating Su Fan. We'll have to rely on our Martial Soul Fusion Skill."

Wang Dong silently observed the battle on Su Fan's side.

She felt a trace of hope.

But after carefully assessing the situation over there, she was once again overcome with despair.

After speaking, Huo Yuhao also noticed that something was wrong with the situation.

Su Fan was replenishing his Soul Power from the Milk Bottle far too quickly.

He could clearly sense the amount of Soul Power flowing from the Milk Bottle into Su Fan's body.

It was enormous.

And Su Fan absorbed it incredibly fast as well.

In just a few seconds, he had replenished an amount of Soul Power equivalent to thirty percent of a Soul Ancestor's reserves.

If this dragged on any longer, Su Fan's Soul Power would only continue to increase.

"How is that possible?"

Huo Yuhao felt as though the sky had fallen.

Even more despairing than him was Dai Yueheng, who stood directly before Su Fan.

Because of Huo Yuhao's attention, Dai Yueheng could also clearly see the fluctuations of the Soul Power Su Fan drew from the Milk Bottle.

He despaired.

The longer he delayed, the better Su Fan's condition would become.

How could this be?

This was completely unreasonable!

Dai Yueheng completely gave up struggling.

Su Fan sent him flying with a punch, knocking him out of the arena.

"We concede."

Huo Yuhao stopped struggling.

By conceding voluntarily, they could still preserve their condition for the following 2-2-3 Team Battle and individual elimination matches.

There was not the slightest hope left in the team battle.

When the team battle ended, the plaza fell silent.

Everyone held their breath.

What had they just witnessed?

Su Fan had suppressed Shrek Team's two great Soul Emperors all by himself.

Was he really a Soul Ancestor?

"How did he do that?"

"I remember him saying something about an Aperture Method he created, as well as Martial Dao."

"The Aperture Method—is that those points of light on his body when he attacked?"

"..."

Compared to Shrek's defeat, the Aperture Method that had allowed Su Fan himself to unleash such terrifying strength drew even more attention.

This allowed Wang Yan and Xuan Zi in the preparation area to breathe a sigh of relief.

At least public opinion was not unanimously condemning Shrek.

Following the audience's train of thought, Xuan Zi and the others also began paying attention to the Apertures on Su Fan's body.

"They look very similar to his Martial Soul. Their auras are alike."

"Mm, he probably condensed them by imitating his Martial Soul." Yan Shaozhe said, "When he came to ask me to enter the academy, he claimed that he possessed a Body Martial Soul. But those Apertures had nothing to do with the body, so I ignored him."

"I never expected that he had used Soul Power to create a structure similar to his Martial Soul, adding such a structure inside his body. That was why he claimed to have a Body Martial Soul."

Apertures were not a Body Martial Soul.

Then he made the body possess these things called Apertures.

That way, the Apertures became a Body Martial Soul.

It was strange logic.

Yet it did make a little sense.

Hearing this, Xuan Zi and the others fell silent.

So this was the Aperture Method?

On the other side, in Dou Ling Team's preparation area, Director Chi was already numb.

He felt countless gazes gathering on his side.

"This Su Fan's full-power eruption is actually this monstrous?"

Even Director Chi had not known that Su Fan's full strength was so exaggerated.

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

He began reevaluating the Aperture Method.

He was cultivating this method too.

Su Fan had not kept it secret.

In truth, it was very difficult to achieve anything with the Aperture Method.

Every cultivation method required talent.

If one wanted to reach the level of Su Fan's internal Apertures at four rings, one might as well cultivate to seven rings instead.

After the team battle, both sides had a period of intermission.

Su Fan returned to the rest area, took out one Milk Bottle after another, and began recovering his Soul Power.

The Heavenly Circuit Apertures vibrated in unison. Once Soul Power entered his body, it was swiftly propelled throughout his entire body before being completely refined and absorbed.

Director Chi watched from the side, but it was not convenient for him to interrupt.

Finally, when Su Fan had finished recovering and opened his eyes, he found the chance to ask.

"Xiao Fan, what exactly is going on with you?"

Director Chi did not know whether this counted as Su Fan's private matter, so he only asked vaguely.

How much Su Fan could answer would depend on Su Fan himself.

"There's nothing that can't be said. It's simply relying on the Aperture Method to use the Apertures to erupt with all my strength."

Director Chi was numb.

He said he wanted to erupt with all his strength, but how exactly was that done?

He knew this likely involved the core of Su Fan's cultivation.

It certainly could not be casually passed on to others.

It was like meditation methods. Many factions had their own meditation methods, and these were not shared with outsiders.

Some sects had exclusive meditation methods that could make a water-attributed Soul Master's Soul Power circulate thirty percent faster.

If you asked them about it, they would surely just tell you that all you had to do was circulate Soul Power through your body.

It would be impolite to ask exactly how that was achieved.

The 2-2-3 Team Battle began.

"If we concede this match, can we immediately begin the individual elimination matches?" Su Fan asked the referee directly.

The referee was also bewildered by Su Fan's question.

He looked toward Xu Jiawei atop the imperial city wall.