"How did the strength of your soul rise to such a level?" Gu Xin could not help but ask.
"It was just a fortuitous encounter earlier. It would not be easy for one to cultivate to such a level normally," Ye Xuan said humbly.
"I see. Then let us begin!"
Gu Xin brandished a sword.
"Alright!"
Ye Xuan nodded as well.
The thirty-eight arenas all began their respective battles.
However, the outcome of Ye Xuan's arena was decided in the blink of an eye.
"Eye of Control!"
In just an instant, this Gu Xin was controlled by Ye Xuan.
Then, Ye Xuan directly punched out. This punch was extremely ordinary, not using true qi or the power of All Manifestations, just the wind of the fist.
The wind of the fist struck Gu Xin's body, directly sending him flying.
"Thump!"
Gu Xin landed outside the arena.
Defeated!
"What's going on? Why isn't that Gu Xin retaliating?"
"That's too fake. Was he intentionally going easy on him?"
"No, that's not right. That Ye Xuan used illusions!"
"Illusions? Right, this Gu Xin's soul has yet to recover, falling for illusions extremely easily. That's why he was defeated. "
While it was said that there were thirty-eight arenas, most of the people's gazes were only focused on a few of them, Ye Xuan being one of them.
At the same time, there were also a few arenas where the outcome was instantly decided, namely Jiao Chong, Gu Han and Xu Liang.
"This kid actually has a soul-type ability as well. Impressive."
Spectating from the side, the Heavenly Thunder Hall Lord narrowed his eyes.
He too believed that Ye Xuan had used illusions to bewitch Gu Xin before sending him flying out of the arena with a single punch.
Then, his gaze swept across the arena, finally landing on that Profound Water Thunder Wyrm's Jiao Heng and Gu Han.
Noticing his gaze, Elder Ling Qiang nodded slightly in understanding as well.
The Heavenly Thunder Hall Lord's intention was to have Jiao Heng and Gu Han battle in the next round.
Jiao Heng was a genius of the Blackwater Lightning Flood Dragon and was at the second level of the Netherpassage Realm. Although Gu Han was a human, he was at the third level of the Netherpassage Realm, one level higher than Jiao Heng.
When the two of them fought, Gu Han had a ninety percent chance of winning. This was because this Heavenly Thunder Forbidden Land had a rule, and that was that the Demonic Beasts were not allowed to transform into their true forms. They had to fight in their human forms.
If Gu Han won, then there would only be four Blackwater Lightning Flood Dragons left.
At that time, one more person would be eliminated in the third round, and that would be three people.
Out of the ten spots, the Blackwater Thunder Flood Dragon occupied three. This was already a good number. If the Black Water Lightning Flood Dragon Clan occupied five of them, then it would be half of them. This would definitely cause dissatisfaction among the other clans.
"Ye Xuan, congratulations on your first victory!"
Ling Xiao smiled as he watched Ye Xuan return. "I didn't expect you to be able to use soul attacks as well. You've really hidden your strength well."
"Hehe."
Ye Xuan grinned and said, "I'm going to relieve myself."
Since there were still over twenty rings that had yet to be completed, he wanted to make use of this chance to do something.
Just now, he had already used the Eye of Control to control quite a few Heavenly Thunder Hall core disciples at the first level of the Netherpassage stage.
Sadly, not a single one of these core disciples had achieved an eight star evaluation in the soul strength test, thus not being rewarded with those three thousand Inner Devil Pills.
Still, when all their wealth was gathered together, it would still be considerable.
Ye Xuan ordered these people to make use of this time to leave the ring, before going through all of their spatial rings.
"Bloody hell, it's only around two thousand Inner Devil Pills in total. I'm still a little short."
Ye Xuan was very helpless. He had still been preparing to break through to the second level of the Netherpassage stage in order to give the Heavenly Thunder Hall a pleasant surprise.
"Forget it, let's go back."
Ye Xuan continued issuing orders.
Currently, he was already at the peak of the first level of the Netherpassage stage. With a few more heavenly treasures or Inner Devil Pills, he would be able to break through to the second level of the Netherpassage stage.
When he returned to the ring, he found that the battles had already ended, those who had won already beginning to recover. Ten minutes later, the second round of battles began.
"Ye Xuan, your opponent for the second round is the Xu Family's Xu Qiangdong, second level of the Netherpassage stage," Seeing Ye Xuan return, Ling Xiao said.
"Second level of the Netherpassage stage huh …"
Hearing this, Ye Xuan's eyes flickered.
Almost all of the first level of the Netherpassage stage participants had been eliminated in the first round, with very few making it into the second round. Therefore, it was inevitable that he would have to challenge someone of a higher level.
"This Xu Qiangdong's strength is not bad. Still, he seems to have yet to learn the Heavenly Thunder Battle Halberd. Ye Xuan, you don't have to worry," Ling Yun said.
"Yes."
Ye Xuan nodded.
Actually, it didn't matter if he was strong or not. As long as he was at the second level of the Netherpassage stage, he had nothing to fear.
A while later, the second round was about to begin.
Elder Ling Qiang activated the mechanism once more, instantly reducing the thirty-eight rings to nineteen.
"Enter the ring!"
Following Elder Ling Qiang's order, Ye Xuan and Xu Qiangdong both leaped onto their designated rings.
This Xu Qiangdong had been dissatisfied with Ye Xuan from the start. With his cultivation at the second level of the Netherpassage Stage, his physique was eight stars, and his soul strength was also eight stars. This was already the same as Ling Xiao.
However, Ye Xuan, a first level Netherpassage Stage martial artist, actually had the same physique as him and a soul strength of eight and a half stars. This made him very unhappy.
"Brat, the test of physique and soul strength doesn't mean anything. You can't beat me because of the difference in realms. If you know what's good for you, then go down yourself."
Xu Qiangdong looked at Ye Xuan with a face full of contempt.
Facing an opponent one level higher than him, Ye Xuan had a calm expression. When he heard Xu Qiangdong's words, he also subconsciously said, "Give me a hundred thousand Inner Demon Pills, and I'll go down!"
"A hundred thousand Inner Demon Pills? Are you kidding me?"
Xu Qiangdong was furious. He knew that Ye Xuan was obviously looking down on him, so he didn't say anything and directly attacked.
"Since you want to leave the ring so quickly, then I'll fulfill your wish!"
Ye Xuan's eyes flashed, and his left hand abruptly turned into a claw.
"Left Azure Dragon Stretching Eight Powers!"
"Forbidden Eye of Illusion!"
"Burning Eye!"
Against someone of this level, Ye Xuan didn't even need to use the Eye of Glory.
Although more than an hour had passed since the start of the test, this Xu Qiangdong had endured until the sixteenth ring of the bell, so his soul hadn't recovered yet and was directly affected.
However, as a second level Netherpassage Stage martial artist, even if he fell into an illusion, he could still use his spiritual sense to fight.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"
A fierce gust of wind swept up on the ring.
Several True Qi Heavenly Dragons bared their fangs and brandished their claws as they pounced toward Xu Qiangdong.
"Heaven Destroying Cross Slash!"
Relying on his spiritual sense, Xu Qiangdong aimed at these True Qi Heavenly Dragons and launched an attack. A cross cut cut through the air and hit the True Qi Heavenly Dragon, but it was scattered by the claws of the True Qi Heavenly Dragon.
"How is this possible?"
Xu Qiangdong felt his attack being defeated and cried out in alarm.
"You really don't have good eyesight. This is a Netherpassage Spirit Art!"
Ye Xuan snorted coldly and attacked again.
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