Ultimately, after half a month, one of the clones upgraded Ghost Ship Incomplete Soul, Giant Sword Incomplete Soul and Thunder Bear Incomplete Soul all to 90%.
Moreover, using Blood Shadow Martial Soul and <Transform Shadow Thirteen Swords>, he comprehended a brand-new ultimate move——Blood Shadow Extermination.
The might of Blood Shadow Extermination was different from Giant Spirit Kill and also different from Blood Blade Shadow King Kill with its strange and changeable movements.
It was an assassination technique.
Instantly disappear and appear, making it impossible for the enemy to defend effectively.
Another clone successfully cultivated the second style of <Divine Prison King Fist>——Horse-Face Break.
These two moves could be combined into one move called Ox Head and Horse Face.
Now that he had completely comprehended these two styles, his might had naturally doubled while his soul power soared.
Although this <Divine Prison King Fist> was just a Quasi-Transcendent Martial Art, its attack power was not inferior to some Entry Transcendent Martial Arts.
His cultivation speed was so fast and his comprehension ability so high naturally thanks to the Landscape Martial Soul’s miraculous effects.
It was no wonder that so many people were continuously fighting for this martial soul. Although it would attract fatal disaster, its benefits were also very big.
In any case, he had already decided to never reveal the Landscape Martial Soul to others unless in a certain death situation.
This martial soul was a double-edged sword. It could bring you huge benefits but also huge disasters.
At this point, Ling Xiao had cultivated no less than a month, so he still had two months until the appointed time for the recruitment assessment of the hidden sects.
He estimated that some time would be wasted on a journey. Therefore, there was just a month left for him to improve his strength.
However, after a month of seclusive cultivation, his mind and body were exhausted. His body had fallen into a sluggish state.
Therefore, although he knew that time was pressing, he still paused cultivating to eat some delicious foods and rest.
When he was in seclusion, he ate solely dry foods like jerky, which was not good for the body.
Below the Transcendent Realm, even though you were powerful, you still had a mortal body and had to eat.
Delicious and nutritious foods were very effective in restoring bodily functions.
After leaving the training room, Ling Xiao instructed a path servant to prepare a meal for him.
Although he was just an entry disciple of White Cloud Great Master, his position was still much higher than path servants.
“Did anything interesting happen recently?”
After the meal was served, Ling Xiao casually asked the path servant.
“Reporting to Noble Son Ling, during this month, the biggest matter is Noble Son Zuo Leng breaking through to Rank Nine Martial Vein!”
The path servant replied.
“Yet another Rank Nine Martial Vein? I need to work even harder.”
Ling Xiao thought.
“What about Ming Tian? Did his cultivation improve?”
“The cultivation base of Noble Son Ming Tian reached Late Rank Nine Martial Vein from Initial Rank Nine Martial Vein!” The path servant replied.
“What!”
Compared to Zuo Leng’s breakthrough to Rank Nine Martial Vein, this news shocked him even more.
It seemed that White Cloud Great Master had given these two fellows preferential treatment again. He had had to work hard to exchange military merit points for pills, but these two fellows could use anything they pleased.
This, however, truly made people envious.
Of course, even without the preferential treatment of White Cloud Great Master, these two fellows’ potentials were very rare in the entire White Cloud Province and even the Heavenly Dragon Continent.
Ming Tian had reached Late Rank Nine Martial Vein at 16.
Zuo Leng had reached Rank Nine Martial Vein just after turning 16.
This made the other geniuses appear dim. No wonder White Cloud Great Master considered that just these two fellows would be able to enter Moonlight Sect.
Ling Yixue and Ling Xiao, after all, had fallen behind at the starting line of life. Therefore, they appeared to be lesser freaks compared to those two fellows.
“Is there anything else?”
After a little surprise, Ling Xiao calmed down.
In the past, there had also been many geniuses with higher cultivation bases than himself. However, he had caught up with them quickly; even the gap with Ming Tian and Zuo Leng was getting closer.
Therefore, although he had a sense of urgency in his heart, there was no inferiority complex. Instead, his fighting spirit became stronger.
“There is!”
The path servant thought for a bit and said: “About ten days ago, a person who claimed to be White Cloud Great Master’s Master Nephew came to White Cloud Temple to chat with Great Master. But that discussion was not very good: there was even an exchange of blows.”
“Exchange of blows?”
“Yes, Noble Son Ling, you don’t know this, but Great Master was actually not the opponent of that Master Nephew. After about 20 moves, Great Master lost. Both Noble Son Ming Tian and Noble Son Zuo Leng saw that scene.”
The path servant suddenly lowered his voice and explained.
Presumably, this kind of matter couldn’t be publicized as one pleased.
Ling Xiao was shocked.
How long had it been? White Cloud Great Master, a once unmatched existence in Northern Han Country and even the Human Race’s Sacred Dynasty, was defeated twice in a row.
The world was truly too big, and there were too many strong people!
“Okay, clean these things. I’ve eaten enough.”
At this moment, Ling Xiao had finished eating.
The words of the path servant had made him feel a strong sense of urgency. He went back to his room to rest, and after recovering a bit, he entered the training room to continue cultivating.
This huge pressure had turned into a strong fighting will.
He put more effort into cultivating.
Humm!
Under the influence of his strong fighting spirit, the Landscape Martial Soul underwent tremendous changes.
At this moment, the originally small mountain village actually turned into a town, and more residents appeared.
This was just the changes on the surface.
The real benefit was that the previous speed-up effect had improved further; the fusion between the Landscape Martial Soul and Ling Xiao’s soul had deepened again.
The fusion degree had not even been one percent before, but now it had reached 10%!
This was a tenfold increment!
The higher the fusion degree, the more stable Ling Xiao’s control over the Landscape Martial Soul.
He firmly believed that one day, this Landscape Martial Soul and his soul would completely fuse. At that time, the Landscape Martial Soul would be him and he the Landscape Martial Soul. There would be no distinction between the two.
He would be able to completely display all the effects of the Landscape Martial Soul.
The benefits of the fusion were immediate. A burst of energy gushed out from the Landscape Martial Soul and spread all over his body, making him feel carefree as if he were soaking in a hot spring.
He didn’t waste this opportunity and hastily circulated <Heavenly Dragon Golden Body>.
This time, he cultivated for no less than half a month.
Every meridian within his body was completely transformed into a Heavenly Dragon Tendon, implying that he had thoroughly cultivated the two states of <Heavenly Dragon Golden Body>’s third layer.
Heavenly Dragon Tendons brought a comprehensive increase in power, bodily strength, flexibility, speed, and so on.
Not only that, but after cultivating the Heavenly Dragon Tendons, his cultivation actually broke through from Initial Rank Eight Martial Vein to Late Rank Eight Martial Vein in one fell swoop.
He could feel that his current strength was absolutely amazing.
Now, no one below Rank Eight would be his opponent.
Even a peak genius could do nothing against him.
Even against an Initial Rank Nine Martial Vein Martial Master, there would be a 50-50 chance of victory or defeat. Relying on Heavenly Dragon Scale Armor, he might even be able to exhaust an opponent to death.
However, his breakthrough speed was too fast; he was afraid of attracting attention. Therefore, he used a realm template of Initial Rank Eight Martial Vein.
Like this, he wouldn’t be suspected. Moreover, concealing one’s cultivation base had many benefits.
At the critical moment, the enemy would be caught unprepared.
