Enhancing Spiritual Power

Aromatic Silk Beauty—wherever it grew, one need fear no poison of any kind.

Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, as its name suggested, could greatly enhance the user's spiritual power when dripped into the eyes!

"Damn it... I'd made thorough preparations before coming here, but had I still underestimated just how dangerous this place was?"

Bing Jiu's body slowly sank into the lake. The deeper she went, the weaker the light became. Naturally, the pain inflicted by the water also increased exponentially!

The two most extreme poisons in heaven and earth, ice poison and fire poison, rampaged through her body. No matter what, they could not reach a state of balance. Although this could be resolved with the Extreme Ice and Extreme Fire Mystic Herbs.

Bing Jiu did not wish to do that, because this suffering was also a rare opportunity!

Enduring the agonizing pain wracking her body, Bing Jiu first swallowed the Aromatic Silk Beauty. Under the stimulation of this Immortal Grade Medicinal Herb, waves of strange floral fragrance immediately began radiating from her body.

According to the records, those who consumed this Mystic Herb would become immune to all poisons. But under the stimulation of her two Martial Souls, Bing Jiu had long since reached that level. Thus, she did not need that; what she needed was Aromatic Silk Beauty's other effect.

"The unique floral fragrance of Aromatic Silk Beauty can maximize Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew's ability to enhance spiritual power."

"Based on the research of these past years, Spirit Hall had more or less discovered the connection between the differences in Soul Masters' cultivation speeds and their lifelong inability to break through their bottlenecks. That connection was spiritual power!"

That was right. Between Soul Power and spiritual power, the powerful figures of the continent clearly favored the former, while few knew of the latter.

Spirit Hall had only reached this conclusion after around three years of practical research following her proposal of this hypothesis!

Bing Jiu's spiritual power was currently at roughly eight hundred points, approximately equivalent to that of an ordinary Soul King. Yet Bing Jiu was not satisfied with this, which was why she wanted to use this pool to temper her body and, upon achieving balance between water and fire within herself, maximize the elevation of her spiritual power.

After roughly three hours of torment, the water and fire elements within Bing Jiu's body finally reached a nearly balanced state.

She trembled as she opened her eyes. Her body felt somewhat weak, but surprisingly, her skin felt even better than before.

Hmm... Could this pool also have beautifying effects?

Bing Jiu smiled and swallowed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew in one gulp.

Under the dual catalysis of the balance between water and fire within her body and the Aromatic Silk Beauty, Bing Jiu felt as though countless threads of spiritual power had suddenly sprouted within her mind, instantly permeating every part of her body.

A sense of clarity she had not felt in a long time spread throughout her entire body.

At the same time, within her sea of consciousness, the black ocean formed from the purest killing intent constantly churned and surged!

Bing Jiu opened her eyes. The range of her divine sense had increased severalfold compared to before!

This was a leap brought about by a qualitative transformation in spiritual power.

Bing Jiu carefully sensed her body and estimated that her spiritual power had broken through the two-thousand-point mark, increasing by around twofold!

This was already a level that only ordinary high-level Soul Emperors possessed! It was undeniably powerful!

Bing Jiu could not help curling her lips into a smile. "Mystic Herbs really are good stuff."

After climbing ashore, Bing Jiu cautiously poked her head out first. Only after discovering that Tuoba Xi and the other two were still cultivating did she sigh, rise from the pool, and put on a spare set of clothes.

Most of her silver-white hair was curled up by a hairband, while the remaining small portion draped casually over her shoulders, giving her an elegant yet breathtakingly beautiful air.

One had to know that Bing Jiu was only twelve years old, yet she was already this beautiful. Once she reached adulthood, it would not be an exaggeration to say that her beauty could captivate the world.

But at that moment, several sharp arrows suddenly whistled toward her through the air.

"Hmm?"

Bing Jiu turned her blood-red eyes. In a flash, a black dragon claw appeared in her hand, and with two crisp cracks, she snapped the arrows in half.

The arrows fell to the ground, their tips clearly smeared with green poison.

In a place like this, how many people could enter and still use poison?

Bing Jiu looked around coldly. "Dugu Yan, get out here!"

"Tch, you actually dodged them. Looks like you really do have a lucky life."

Dugu Yan twisted her arm and calmly stepped out, her green pupils flashing with undisguised fury and resentment.

"A lucky life?"

Bing Jiu sneered upon hearing that. If she truly had a lucky life, then perhaps she would not be standing here now.

"Dugu Yan, the only reason I didn't kill you the previous two times was because of this place. But now that this place has entirely fallen into my hands, do you really think I wouldn't dare kill you?"

"You..."

Dugu Yan's body trembled slightly. Her hand reached behind her back before suddenly drawing out. "Go to hell!"

Swish, swish, swish—

Several arrows coated in deadly poison shot forth. At the same time, the three Soul Rings around Dugu Yan lit up simultaneously, and Azure Serpent Venom filled the entire area.

Even Azure Serpent Emperor Venom had been utterly useless against me. Did this girl really think this poison could hurt me...?

Bing Jiu rolled her eyes. She had lost even the interest to use Black Dragon Claw and simply put it away.

Then, she covered her eyes as the six-winged Fallen Angel appeared behind her.

"First Soul Skill! Seven Sins Gaze!"

Blood-red light immediately bloomed within Bing Jiu's blood eyes.

Dugu Yan was startled and instantly recalled that this was the skill Bing Jiu had used to wipe out all seven of them in the arena.

But she could no longer dodge. The instant she saw those eyes, she had already been struck!

Though this skill was the first ability acquired by Bing Jiu's Fallen Angel Martial Soul, it was the foundation of her blood eyes!

Within the same rank, as long as an opponent's spiritual power was lower than hers, she could instantly immobilize any number of Soul Masters below seven!

And it ignored all defenses!

Bing Jiu raised her hand slightly and pointed at Dugu Yan's forehead from afar.

"Convicted of pride, envy, wrath, greed, and lust! Dugu Yan, you are guilty of five of the seven sins! Hehe, Dugu Yan, I have to say, you really do have plenty of desires, and..."

"Lust?"

Bing Jiu chuckled and lifted Dugu Yan's chin. "Could it be that when you peeked at me changing clothes just now, you really felt lust?"

"Pah!"

Dugu Yan's face reddened slightly, but she stubbornly turned her head away. "I did not! If I lose, I accept it. You can pull my tendons and skin me alive if you want, as long as you don't involve my grandfather!"

"Hmph! You really dare to act and take responsibility for it."

Bing Jiu snapped her fingers. Dugu Yan jolted, feeling the world spin around her. The next instant, her entire body was pressed directly across Bing Jiu's lap.

Bing Jiu stroked Dugu Yan's skin and slowly raised her hand...

Smack!

"Ah!"

Dugu Yan screamed, tears instantly streaming from the corners of her eyes.

This girl... was actually hitting her the way one punished a child!

Dugu Yan's ears turned so red they seemed ready to drip blood. "You... you shameless bastard! If you have the guts, let me go, and we'll fight another hundred rounds!"

"Even if we fought a thousand more rounds, there would be no different result. Bite down."

Bing Jiu picked up a handkerchief and stuffed it between Dugu Yan's teeth. After rolling her wrist, she raised her hand again...

Wave after wave of screams echoed through the forest.