Level Thirty at Six and a Half? How Was That Possible?

As Instructor Liu blocked Chen Xi's attack, Chen Xi raised his leg, spun in place, and swept it horizontally toward Instructor Liu.

Watching Chen Xi's movements and feeling the forceful wind whistling toward him, Instructor Liu's eyes lit up slightly. He praised inwardly, What rich combat experience.

Instructor Liu raised his arm and blocked Chen Xi's sweeping kick. After gauging Chen Xi's general strength without using his martial soul, Instructor Liu restrained his own power, keeping it at Chen Xi's level before launching his own attack.

With the aid of Mental Power, Chen Xi could easily catch Instructor Liu's attack patterns, allowing him to make the most accurate judgments and effective counterattacks.

As they continued to exchange blows, Instructor Liu discovered that at the same level, he actually had some trouble suppressing Chen Xi. Thus, he quietly raised his strength a little more.

He maintained enough strength to suppress Chen Xi while making Chen Xi feel that he was only slightly stronger, as though Chen Xi could turn the situation around with just a bit more effort.

Under such pressure, Chen Xi's fundamental combat abilities improved at a visibly astonishing rate.

The morning training ended.

Chen Xi lay on the training ground, gasping heavily as beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.

"Your talent is exceptional."

"Of all the students I've ever seen, yours is the best. Rest for a while, then come find me on the training ground this afternoon. I also specialize in Mental Power."

Instructor Liu wore a gentle smile as he headed toward the chief instructor, Jiekaer.

Watching Instructor Liu leave, Chen Xi merely nodded lightly.

After fighting at full strength for so long, not only was his physical stamina greatly depleted, but his Soul Power and Mental Power had also been heavily drained. Chen Xi was too tired to speak.

Even the slightest movement of his arms brought a sore, aching sensation.

After resting for a while and recovering some strength, Chen Xi got up from the ground and headed back to his dormitory. He planned to rest properly before finding Instructor Liu that afternoon to learn how to use Mental Power.

After resting for an hour,

Chen Xi left his dormitory and found Instructor Liu on the training ground. He asked him questions related to Mental Power, and under Instructor Liu's guidance and instruction, Chen Xi seemed to discover an entirely new approach to using Mental Power.

The day's training soon came to an end.

Chen Xi returned to his dormitory with a weary expression. After checking the time, he made a rough plan in his mind.

He would spend one hour reading the books Third Elder Qingluan had given him, four hours cultivating, and use the remaining time to rest, ensuring that he would be in good condition the next day.

Sometimes, time was like flowing water, gone forever once it passed.

Before he knew it, Chen Xi had already spent half a year in the Training Camp.

During those six months, Chen Xi trained day after day. Thanks to his sensible allocation of time, his Soul Power had also risen from level twenty-seven to level thirty.

Once his strength reached the level-thirty bottleneck, Chen Xi submitted a request to Jiekaer, the Training Camp's chief instructor, to acquire a soul ring.

However, the answer he received was that the request had to be submitted to the Papal Hall. Only with Your Majesty the Pope's approval could he leave the Training Camp and head to the Soul Beast Forest to acquire a soul ring.

Papal Hall.

Inside the study where official affairs were usually handled.

Bibi Dong looked at the report in her hand, a faintly thoughtful expression appearing in her eyes.

"Nana, take a look at this report."

Bibi Dong handed the report to Hu Liena, who was standing beside her.

"Yes, Teacher."

Hu Liena took the report Bibi Dong handed her and gave it a quick glance. It was a Training Camp student's request to acquire a soul ring.

It was perfectly ordinary, nothing special.

But as she read further, astonishment and disbelief appeared in Hu Liena's eyes.

"Six and a half years old?"

"A level-thirty bottleneck? How is that possible?"

Hu Liena's gaze gradually shifted toward her teacher, wanting to know whether the report was true.

After all, she herself was considered a genius. When her martial soul awakened, she had Innate Soul Power of level nine. Through her own efforts and the Training Camp's rigorous training, she was now only a three-ring Soul Elder.

And she was already twelve years old.

A full six years older than the person mentioned in the report.

"There's no need to doubt it. It's true."

"I learned the name Chen Xi half a year ago. Third Elder of the Worship Hall sent him to the Training Camp, and he was already a Two-Ring Great Spirit Master when he arrived."

"If he hadn't been in the Training Camp, given his diligence, he might have reached the level-thirty bottleneck even earlier."

Bibi Dong smiled, her voice exceptionally calm.

"But how is that possible?"

"Even if he possessed Innate Full Soul Power when his martial soul awakened, even if he cultivated without sleeping or resting, he couldn't possibly raise his Soul Power by twenty levels in only half a year."

Hu Liena's voice was filled with confusion.

No matter how hard she thought about it, she could not understand how Chen Xi had done it—how he had raised his Soul Power by a full twenty levels in such a short time. Unless Chen Xi had begun cultivating from the moment he was born, Hu Liena simply could not make sense of it.

"I find it unbelievable too."

"But that is the truth."

As Bibi Dong spoke, her gaze gradually turned toward Heaven Dou City.

In the past, Bibi Dong had sent people to investigate Chen Xi's circumstances. However, halfway through the investigation, after obtaining only some basic information, they had returned without success.

The reason was simple. The young lord in Heaven Dou City had intervened and directly sent the people Bibi Dong had dispatched to investigate back the way they came.

Hu Liena lowered her head in thought.

But since she truly could not figure it out, she simply stopped thinking about it.

"Teacher, does that mean I'm going to have another junior sister?"

Hu Liena asked curiously.

If everything in the report was true, then talent so outstanding—even monstrous—should be enough to catch her teacher's eye.

"Another junior sister?"

Bibi Dong looked at Hu Liena and suddenly smiled.

"If I could, I would gladly accept this disciple."

"But unfortunately, I can't."

"The person behind him has already found him a teacher."

With that, Bibi Dong rose from her seat and walked out of the study.

"Nana, let's go meet this Chen Xi."

"And examine his martial soul while we're at it."

Bibi Dong walked straight out of the study.

Examine his martial soul?

Was there really a martial soul in this world that Teacher did not know?

Hu Liena silently wondered, but she did not move slowly. She quickened her pace and followed Bibi Dong.

Before long, an imposing and luxurious carriage rolled out of the Papal Hall.