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Bai Ye had even defeated a Spirit Sage-level teacher at Spirit Hall Intermediate Spirit Master Academy!
Though it sounded unbelievable for someone at the Soul Ancestor level to defeat a Spirit Sage-level Soul Master across a full four major realms.
But one must not forget that, aside from his cultivation, Bai Ye also possessed a full set of Martial Arts!
Over these five years, aside from cultivating the Dragon Elephant Mountain Moving Skill to the third level.
Bai Ye had also cultivated his Star Extremity Divine Eyes to the Moon Eye realm, gaining the ability to unleash Taiyin Ice Soul Divine Light, which could attack the mind.
As for the Mysterious Jade Body, Bai Ye had perfected both the Jade Skin and Jade Muscle realms and begun cultivating the Jade Bone realm!
This had brought Bai Ye an enormous increase in strength!
At the same time, with the System's help, Bai Ye's God-Slaying Sword Martial Soul had gained three more powerful soul skills, which likewise greatly increased his strength!
It was precisely the combination of all these factors that allowed Bai Ye, while still at the Soul Ancestor realm, to possess the strength to defeat Spirit Sage-level Soul Masters!
This was impossible to replicate!
However, although Bai Ye's cultivation had risen to the Soul Ancestor realm over these five years, he had not chosen to participate in the Genius Selection Competition to advance from Spirit Hall Intermediate Spirit Master Academy to the senior academy.
This was because the later Genius Selection Competitions no longer offered rewards like soul bones.
Bai Ye had already experienced the Genius Selection Competition once, and the experience had not been particularly pleasant. With no benefits to gain, he naturally would not choose to participate a second time.
In any case, Spirit Hall Senior Spirit Master Academy basically had everything that Spirit Hall Intermediate Spirit Master Academy had. There was no need to rush to advance to Spirit Hall Senior Spirit Master Academy.