One sparring match destroyed my dream of becoming a Soul Master!

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Chapter 27: One sparring match destroyed my dream of becoming a Soul Master!

The Training Arena, where inner court students practiced actual combat, stood atop a hill roughly a hundred meters high on the eastern side of Sea God Island.

The summit looked as though some sharp blade had sliced it flat, leaving an irregular stretch of level ground about a hundred meters across. A thick layer of granite covered it, joined to the mountain beneath, making it exceptionally sturdy.

The Training Arena had been built to withstand battles between inner court students. If Ye Xixuan, Bei Bei, and Xu Sanshi sparred here, they could let loose without holding anything back.

With the sinister energy in her soul power drained into Ye Xixuan's body, Ma Xiaotao had been in an excellent mood lately. After all, as long as Ye Xixuan stayed by her side, she would no longer have to worry about evil fire troubling her cultivation.

And it was not only that sinister energy. Even the trace of impure darkness attribute energy deep within her martial soul origin was gradually being separated out.

At this rate, it was only a matter of time before her martial soul became a pure Fire Phoenix.

Ye Xixuan had long been itching to spar with Bei Bei. Remembering what Bei Bei had said before they left, he could not resist teasing him.

"Senior Brother Bei, to borrow what you said last time, I suppose we're meeting at the summit now."

"Please, no more meeting at the summit. If Xuan Zi hears that, he'll tell me to go down and settle myself again." Bei Bei's expression darkened as he recalled his painful experiences over the past few days.

When they parted that day, Xuan Zi had flown him straight above the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, then simply tossed him down. He dressed it up as letting Bei Bei gain experience on his own. It certainly counted as truly "going down to settle himself."

"Do you have any idea how miserable these past few days have been?"

"But you must have gained quite a bit, too." One person's joys and sorrows did not carry over to another. Ye Xixuan naturally could not feel Bei Bei's suffering as his own, so he merely offered a casual word of comfort.

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He had found his own trip with his eldest senior sister rather interesting. Almost nothing unexpected had happened, and witnessing her breathtaking grace in battle firsthand had been a feast for his eyes.

Thinking of the wonderful expressions he might soon see on Xu Sanshi's face, Bei Bei's expression eased a little. He and Ye Xixuan then walked to opposite sides of the Training Arena.

Xu Sanshi stood at the edge of the arena with Ma Xiaotao, though his awe of her kept him from getting too close.

"Sister Xiaotao, this Xixuan you've been talking about looks a few years younger than Bei Bei, doesn't he?" Having noticed how close Ma Xiaotao and Ye Xixuan were, he was deliberately trying to put Bei Bei in a bad light.

"Wouldn't you say he's picking on someone younger?"

Ma Xiaotao casually glanced sideways at Xu Sanshi, who was putting on a show of righteous indignation, and delivered a startling reply.

"Is he that big?"

"Uh..." Hearing Ma Xiaotao's brazen words, Xu Sanshi froze on the spot, unsure how to respond. Still, he rather liked her assessment of Bei Bei.

From now on, he could openly borrow Sister Xiaotao's words to comment on Bei Bei. He could hardly imagine how satisfying it would be to see Bei Bei seething yet not daring to let his anger out.

Hahaha! You little bastard, Bei Bei! Your day has finally come!

Seeing Ye Xixuan and Bei Bei take their places on opposite sides of the Training Arena, Ma Xiaotao said with interest, "Get ready, you two, then begin."

"Yes, Sister Xiaotao," Ye Xixuan and Bei Bei answered together.

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Their gazes met, and even the air around them seemed to freeze abruptly.

Bei Bei took the first step forward, a low growl rumbling from his mouth. His aura underwent an earth-shaking transformation in that instant, radiating lofty pride and dominance, along with an indescribable forcefulness and kingly bearing.

Dazzling golden light burst from his body. Gold spread everywhere it passed, enveloping an area twenty meters across. A fine layer of golden lightning flickered over his skin.

His right hand transformed completely into a thick, powerful dragon arm covered in scales like golden crystal. Amid brilliant flashes of gold, three Soul Rings-two yellow and one purple-circled that golden dragon arm.

"A pure-blooded Radiant Sacred Dragon?! A three-ring Soul Elder?!" Xu Sanshi's eyes went wide. So overwhelmed by shock and the unfairness of it all, he collapsed onto his backside, almost wanting to roll around on the ground in anguish.

"Bei Bei, you really deserve to die! How am I supposed to live with you like this?!";psme&;psme&

He feared his brother might do poorly, yet also feared his brother might do too well.

That saying perfectly captured Xu Sanshi's state of mind.

Bei Bei grinned, seemingly quite satisfied with Xu Sanshi's reaction. Then he withdrew his sidelong glance and focused all his attention on Ye Xixuan opposite him. Soon, however, he could no longer smile.

Ye Xixuan seemed entirely unaffected by the overbearing aura of Bei Bei's Light Sacred Dragon Martial Soul. His expression remained calm as he advanced step by step. As two magnificent, deep-purple Soul Rings rose from beneath his feet, an irregular patch of dark shadow spread outward beneath him.

The auras of light and darkness seemed poised to stand against each other as equals.

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Bei still had not expected Ye Xixuan's martial soul attribute to suppress his Light Sacred Dragon Martial Soul so powerfully, even though there was an enormous gap between their soul power cultivation.

He dared not hesitate any longer. The second Soul Ring circling his golden dragon arm instantly lit up. Countless serpents of golden lightning erupted into densely packed arrows, forming an enormous golden net of thunder that swept toward Ye Xixuan from every direction.

Second soul skill, Saintly Thunderclap!

With his martial soul fully evolved into the Radiant Sacred Dragon, Bei Bei's soul skills had also undergone a qualitative transformation. Yan Shaozhe's Bright Phoenix martial soul wielded both light and fire, while the Radiant Sacred Dragon lineage shared by Bei Bei and Mu En controlled light and thunder alike.

Possessing the attributes of light and lightning, Saintly Thunderclap radiated majestic grandeur, as though it would forcibly suppress the darkness attribute aura surrounding Ye Xixuan.

His second Soul Ring likewise shone as Ye Xixuan slowly raised his right hand. In an instant, the black shadow beneath him swallowed the entire Training Arena. Dense darkness lingered everywhere, eerie and deathly still.

Ye Xixuan's body seemed to turn into black liquid as he willingly merged into the shadow beneath his feet.

The golden lightning arrows struck it and vanished as though swallowed by darkness, making no sound at all. Only the flickering golden light within remained visible, gradually dimming in the shadows.

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Ye Xixuan's body took shape again, appearing behind Bei Bei in an instant. His right hand curled around empty air, and an enormous Demon Scythe etched with intricate black patterns condensed into being. He raised his left hand, and cold, pitch-black chains extended from the darkness, locking down Bei Bei's movements.

Xu Sanshi's eyes had gone numb. He sat limply on the ground, gazing silently at the sky.

"One sparring match destroyed my dream of becoming a Soul Master."

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