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"Heavenly Cloud Sword! Slash!"

A massive sword of light swung in Su Sanjia's hand, sending out one broad, crescent-shaped golden sword beam after another. The sword force was razor-sharp!

Sword Douluo's eyes lit up as he shouted in a low voice,

"Good!"

The Seven Kill Sword, supreme in slaughter, feared no sword technique! Its blade, over four feet long, gleamed with cold light. The Seven Kill Sword swept horizontally to block, its deep-blue sword light steady as a mountain. The two sword auras crashed together with a thunderous boom, shockwaves rolling in every direction. Even the floor of the training ground, built at enormous expense by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, was riddled with cracks.

"Brat! Watch this old man's sword!"

Chen Xin had ultimately "broken his word."

This body had grown so old. He was alone, with no descendants. The Seven Kill Sword Technique could not be allowed to vanish with him.

Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz...

Two yellow, two purple, and five black! Nine soul rings emerged. This was the first time Chen Xin had revealed his soul rings during a spar with Su Sanjia! An ocean of soul power swept toward him. Su Sanjia struggled to resist, and beneath the pressure of such immense momentum, even the circulation of soul power within his body was slightly hindered.

"Seven Kill Thunder Rises, One Sword Shatters the Sky!"

The might of this sword far exceeded Su Sanjia's expectations!

Chen Xin formed a hand seal with one hand, and the Seven Kill Sword howled as it slashed down!

Endless killing intent spilled from the Seven Kill Sword. Even if Su Sanjia chose to leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, even if they had no master-disciple bond, still...

Kid, this is the ultimate killing move of the Seven Kill Sword. Let's see how much you can comprehend and learn!

The killing intent was real. It was precisely the foundation upon which the Seven Kill Sword stood. Yet even knowing that Chen Xin would not truly kill him, every hair on Su Sanjia's body stood on end, and cold sweat instantly soaked through his clothes.

"What terrifying might! But I happen to have gained something special as well!"

"First Form of the Heavenly Cloud Sword—Radiant Light Shadowstep!"

Amid his roar, Su Sanjia's Radiant Light martial soul burst forth with blinding brilliance. Vast amounts of light, together with his soul power, poured into the Heavenly Cloud Sword. His body turned into a streak of light and darted forward.

I am the sword, and the sword is me!

Man and sword became one, dawn condensed into an edge!

Under such overwhelming pressure, Su Sanjia erupted with the full extent of his power! The two swords collided, their two-colored sword beams tearing at each other. Chen Xin remained unmoving, but his face was full of admiration.

Su Sanjia stood with his sword in hand, breathing slightly hard, while the Heavenly Radiance Sword Intent lingered for a long time.

"Heavenly Radiance Sword Intent—what a Heavenly Radiance Sword Intent! Go, kid. Carve out your own fame across this continent!"

Chen Xin laughed heartily and spoke in a clear voice. With a flick of his wrist, he tossed something over. Su Sanjia raised a hand to catch it and looked closely. It was a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect savings card.

"This old man lives alone and in poverty, so I have little on me to give you as a parting gift. Take these two million gold soul coins as travel expenses and spend them as you wish!"

Chen Xin waved a hand grandly and turned away with easy grace. It was only a small parting. They would meet again someday. He looked forward to the day Su Sanjia made his name across the continent.

Watching Chen Xin's retreating figure, the corner of Su Sanjia's mouth twitched slightly.

What a fine "life of poverty"...

He clasped his hands in salute, accepting the gift.

Afterward, Su Sanjia bade Ning Fengzhi farewell in person. Upon hearing that Su Sanjia was leaving, Ning Fengzhi could not help but show a trace of regret. In the end, he had still failed to bring this extraordinarily gifted young man into the sect. However, Su Sanjia and Sword Douluo had an excellent relationship. Though they had no master-disciple title, such a tremendous debt of gratitude did exist.

Ning Fengzhi did not mind making that debt of gratitude even greater.

His parting gift was a rather interesting soul tool.

It was a soul tool called the Cloud-Climbing Boots. Su Sanjia did not know how valuable they were, but...

This soul tool is called the Cloud-Climbing Boots. It is extremely suitable for agility-attack soul masters, especially agility-attack soul masters with flight abilities like you, Sanjia. Its effect is lightness—more precisely, a twenty percent increase in speed.

With the Cloud-Climbing Boots on his feet, recalling Ning Fengzhi's words, Su Sanjia dared to say that these boots were definitely worth no less than one million gold soul coins! After all, according to Ning Fengzhi's explanation, even after becoming a Titled Douluo, their lightness effect would remain.

More interestingly, the boots' appearance perfectly suited Su Sanjia's tastes. Though they were called boots, they were actually a pair of white loafers—slip-on leather shoes—with yellow saddle straps for decoration.

With the boots' enhancement, Su Sanjia's speed became astonishing. However, rather than heading first to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he chose to return to Shrek Academy.

Soto City Great Soul Arena.

Looking at the information laid out before him, Yu Xiaogang's pupils suddenly contracted.

"What Imperial Fight Team? You want my children to serve as your pawns? I'm telling you, impossible!"

Flender's face was filled with fury. Looking at Supervisor Ao, the person in charge of the Soto City Great Soul Arena before him, he unhesitatingly rejected the other man's highly tempting proposal.

"No. We'll take this match."

Yu Xiaogang suddenly spoke, cutting Flender off.

"Xiao Gang, what kind of joke is this? A Silver Soul Fighting Team of rank-thirty Soul Elders—are those children capable of dealing with that? Ten thousand gold soul coins? Even a hundred thousand wouldn't do!"

Even though Supervisor Ao had offered the tempting condition of ten thousand gold soul coins as payment for participating in this soul fight, regardless of victory or defeat, Flender had no intention of accepting. Did he not want the money? No. The difference in raw strength was simply too great. He did not want to see the children under his care injured or even killed.

"It's fine. We have a chance of winning this match!"

Yu Xiaogang's tone was exceedingly certain, as though victory were already in his grasp.

Because of Su Sanjia, Yu Xiaogang had not initially found things quite so smooth at Shrek Academy. But after some time had passed, relying on his theoretical knowledge and eloquence, he easily led everyone at Shrek Academy to victory after victory. His prestige had also steadily risen. This was the script he had envisioned!

Yu Xiaogang did not think leading the current Shrek team to defeat the Imperial Fight Team would be particularly difficult. More importantly, Yu Tianheng!

Displaying his abilities before his former nephew would undoubtedly show the sect his worth. Then who would dare call Yu Xiaogang useless?

Yu Xiaogang accepted with full confidence. He and Flender returned to the Shrek Seven Monsters team's lounge, but the moment they reached its entrance, he saw someone he absolutely did not want to see!

"Sanjia?"

Flender, standing beside him, was overjoyed. He strode forward and grabbed Su Sanjia, who had just arrived at the Soto City Great Soul Arena.

"Headmaster, long time no see!"

Su Sanjia grinned.

"You little brat! How long have you been gone? Why do I feel like you've been completely transformed? Looks like you've gained quite a bit, huh? Come on, come on. Oscar and the others have been talking about you every day..."

With his prized student standing before him, Flender had even forgotten about Yu Xiaogang.

Looking at Su Sanjia, who merely stood there yet exuded a sharp aura, Yu Xiaogang's face darkened. For no reason at all, panic suddenly rose in his heart.