Chapter 29: Ten Months Later, Xuan Yu Body, Attempts a Breakthrough

"I am Iron Dragon!"

"I am Iron Tiger!"

"Be careful!"

"......"

Boom—!

Xiao Xian's body was smashed and hurled away by a Big Hammer.

Oscar hurriedly stepped in front of him and surrendered.

"......"

When Oscar dragged Xiao Xian down from the arena.

Fulangde only then slowly appeared, grabbing the unconscious Xiao Xian.

"Tell Mu Bai, you all go back yourselves!"

…

Shilaike Academy.

"Boss, I think you're just wasting effort; if you have time for his Soul Battle, you'd be better off just beating him up directly."

In a Little Cabin, Zhao Wuji tossed the unconscious Xiao Xian into a medicine barrel, stuffed a handful of Sugar Beans into his mouth, then grabbed his hair and poured water from the barrel over him.

Fulangde stood aside, his voice deep, "I am his Dean; if you beat him, he knows he definitely won't die."

"And a Soul Battle, if you're careless, can be fatal or cause injury; without a desperate situation, how could he unleash his greatest potential?"

"Only when his strength is comparable, giving him a chance to win yet placing him in a dire strait, can he burst forth an unprecedented potential, granting a slim chance to break his shackles."

"Otherwise, cultivating Soul Masters worldwide would be too easy; regardless of innate talent, you could just hire a powerful Soul Master and take the beating."

Zhao Wuji glanced at the limp Xiao Xian in the barrel, chuckled, "Boss, do you think he has shown his greatest potential today?"

Hearing that, Fulangde's complexion darkened instantly.

Today, of course not; in fact, it's still early.

"Before he joins any Soul Battle in the future, you should beat him up in the academy first; otherwise the first few Soul Battles are truly wasted effort," Fulangde glanced at Zhao Wuji, crossed his arms, and left.

Zhao Wuji fell silent instantly: "......"

Don't ask; asking means regret.

Finding yourself a job, is that even okay?

"......"

During the following period, Xiao Xian's life was quite stable.

In the morning he nursed his injuries and cultivated soul power with Xiao Jue.

In the afternoon Zhao Wuji beat him, leaving his nose bruised, face swollen, body aching and in excruciating pain, unable to get up.

At night, after eating Sugar Beans and sausages, he continued the Soul Battle, fighting until he passed out.

After the blackout, he couldn't manage anything.

Anyway, each time he woke up inside a medicine barrel.

At first he was still wrapped in bandages; as time went on, the bandages became fewer.

His Xuan Yu Body, during this process, actually made considerable progress.

The bottleneck of his soul power also loosened day by day.

Xiao Xian occasionally wondered whether Zhao Wuji's beating was more effective, or the Soul Battle.

In the end he had no answer; it could be a fifty-fifty split, or they might complement each other.

Only during Soul Battles did he indeed push himself a bit harder.

This also led, at the Suo Tuo Great Soul Battle Arena.

His reputation as Black Robe grew ever louder.

That head‑on combat style was truly captivating, attracting a huge number of fans.

Occasionally some male viewers, seeing his Xuan Yu Hand with its slender, pale palm, assumed that beneath the Black Robe he was a temperamental young woman who came to the arena to vent, a striking contrast, and they fell for him.

There were also many female viewers who insisted he was a strikingly handsome, flirtatious young master.

The reason being that someone once, in Suotuo City's famous Rose Hotel, saw a man in the same style Black Robe cradling twins…

The two groups argued endlessly.

However, soon a well‑meaning person pointed out that there are four Black Robes; which one are you talking about?

Then the audience became even more confused, splitting into different factions.

Especially Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, who later changed their names to Black Robe No. 3 and Black Robe No. 4, also began mimicking Xiao Xian's fighting style.

These viewers became even more unable to tell them apart.

"......"

Compared to Xiao Xian.

Xiao Jue's life, on the contrary, was more leisurely.

Just cultivation, meals, more cultivation, more meals.

Because between the two, the weaker link had always been Xiao Xian.

It was his body that limited Xiao Jue's growth.

Even as Xiao Jue refined the Profound Heaven Art, the soul power she cultivated took him a long time to digest, otherwise his meridians would be overloaded.

Fortunately, these conditions improved day by day.

During this period, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun also tried to emulate Xiao Xian's cultivation method.

Unfortunately, they lacked the Profound Heaven Art and the Xuan Yu Body derived from the Xuan Yu Hand, so they didn't have Xiao Xian's exaggerated recovery speed.

Especially the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

As a pure Daoist internal skill, its effect on health cultivation and wound healing is outstanding.

Simply eating Sugar Beans and Recovery Sausage, even with a medicinal bath, is still a bit insufficient.

Not to mention, Xiao Xian, whenever he is severely wounded, will use Suction Palm and Blowing Fire Palm to release energy.

He is not a brute who relies on sheer force.

Therefore, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun quickly became overwhelmed and returned to their normal cultivation pace.

Oscar still envies Xiao Xian's Self-Created Soul Technique a little.

Xiao Xian let him try several times, but the soul power of the Sunlight Spore was chaotic; he could never suppress it, each attempt ending with a spray of blood, and he gradually gave up the dream of becoming a combat Soul Master, focusing instead on being his Food Type.

……

Ten months later, at Shilaike Academy, inside the Little Cabin.

Xiao Xian's whole body was covered with bulging blue veins, and his jade‑like skin sprouted layer upon layer of tiny blood spots.

Oscar sat cross‑legged on the opposite bed; just having emerged from meditation, he looked terrified, not daring to even gasp.

This was Xiao Xian's another attempt to break through to Level 30.

In fact, as early as the second month after arriving at Shilaike Academy.

Xiao Xian's soul power had already broken through to Level 29.

Then it remained stubbornly stuck at Level 29.

Until yesterday, after several battles, the jade hue of the Xuan Yu Hand finally spread over his entire body.

All his meridians, under the influence of the Xuan Yu Hand, were strengthened by a grade.

Only then did he dare to attempt a breakthrough.

A little less than half an hour later.

Puff—!

Xiao Xian spewed a mouthful of fresh blood.

He slowly opened his eyes, saw Oscar's terrified face, and unconsciously gave a comforting smile.

"Oscar, a sausage!" Xiao Xian wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and finally said somewhat helplessly.

"I've got one...!" Oscar, not daring to delay, quickly recited a Soul Spell, and several Recovery Sausages appeared in his hand.

Xiao Xian ate six or seven in a row before waving his hand.

"Xiao Xian, you failed again!" Oscar also sighed.

During this time together, whether it was him, Dai Mubai, or Ma Hongjun.

All held immense admiration for Xiao Xian.

At least, at that level of cultivation, they certainly couldn't persist.

Even if they managed to persist, they wouldn't last long.

When Xiao Xian was absent, Zhao Wuji had told them that his cultivation was simply

unsuccessful—just death.

And most of the time, it was death.

But unexpectedly, Xiao Xian managed to hold on until now, yet ultimately failed again.

Xiao Xian originally closed his eyes again.

He heard Oscar's words.

He suddenly opened his eyes, blinked, and laughed lightly: "Failure? No way."

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