If the Heart Division was the most mysterious place in the Combat Master Hall, the Soul Division was the most bizarre.
The Soul Division was a place that could temper a cultivator's soul, but the slightest carelessness could cause one to fall into a state of confusion.
Zhang Xuan pushed open the door and walked in. As soon as he stepped into the passageway, he suddenly heard a sobbing voice echoing in his ears. It sounded as if someone was weeping and complaining, drawing one's attention to it.
"It's demonic tunes …"
Halting his footsteps, Zhang Xuan frowned.
He had encountered such a situation back at the Qiu Wu Palace. It had a powerful bewildering effect, making it difficult for one to discern reality from illusion. However, it wasn't too effective on Zhang Xuan, who cultivated the Heaven's Path Divine Art.
Driving his zhenqi, the pressure vanished without a trace. Listening carefully, Zhang Xuan located the source of the sound before proceeding forward.
This passageway was much wider than the Inner Breath Passageway and Battle Technique Passageway that he had seen before. It was around forty to fifty meters wide, and it was pitch-black within. Even his Spiritual Perception was restricted by a formation, preventing him from extending his senses further.
Slowly advancing forward, Zhang Xuan walked for roughly twenty meters when he suddenly felt his body tensing up. A powerful pressure assaulted him, threatening to tear his soul apart at any moment.
"Soul pressure?" Zhang Xuan was stunned for a moment before widening his eyes in realization. "It seems like someone is controlling this passageway …"
Most likely, someone was controlling this passageway. If it was just a simple formation, it couldn't possibly have noticed that the demonic tunes were ineffective so quickly and switched to soul pressure instead.
This kind of pressure was extremely effective against other cultivators. It would make one feel as if one had fallen into a swamp, causing one to feel as if one's soul was being torn apart. However, it wasn't that effective against Zhang Xuan either.
Putting aside the miraculous nature of the Heaven's Path zhenqi, just the sheer size of his soul allowed him to remain completely unaffected by the pressure of this level.
The further he advanced, the greater the pressure. If it had been an ordinary cultivator, even a Saint 3-dan pinnacle expert, they would have already succumbed to the pressure.
Taking another two steps forward, Zhang Xuan confirmed the source of the pressure, and he chuckled softly.
"It's impolite not to reciprocate. Try mine!"
With a shout, a surge of soul energy spread out from Zhang Xuan's glabella.
Even though Zhang Xuan didn't have the soul cultivation technique for the Saint realm and beyond soul oracles, his soul had been tempered by the Saint Ascension Ordeal. Every single one of them was translucent and pure. If he were to use the Soul Suppression Ordeal, the might he could exert was many times stronger than before.
Rumble!
It was as if the ground had been paved with mercury, allowing Zhang Xuan to see everything in his surroundings clearly. His powerful Primordial Spirit harnessed immense pressure as it surged toward the source of the disturbance.
Kacha!
A shattering sound rang out, followed by the shaking of the ground, as if something had been trampled on.
No matter how powerful the other party's soul pressure was, it was still lacking compared to his.
"Soul attack? Who are you? "
Following which, a coarse voice rang out. Following which, Zhang Xuan saw a gigantic Saint Beast striding out.
Just now, it should have been the one who attacked. After suffering a backlash, it couldn't control its body and crushed many things.
"Blue Soul Beast?" Taking a closer look at the Blue Soul Beast, Zhang Xuan swiftly recalled the details regarding saint beasts, and a deep frown surfaced on his forehead.
Due to his lack of knowledge regarding saint beasts, he had made a fool out of himself with the Byzantium Helios Beast. Thus, when he was still in the Master Teacher Academy, he had specially researched the books regarding saint beasts.
The Blue Soul Beast was a saint beast that specialized in soul attacks. It was born with powerful soul energy, and through its soul energy, it was able to induce hallucinations and vertigo in one's head. It was an extremely bizarre saint beast, and it was extremely rare even in the Beast Tamer Guild. Who could have thought that there would be one here?
"I am here to take the master teacher examination!"
This knowledge flashed across Zhang Xuan's mind, but before he could take a closer look, he quickly replied.
"Master teacher?" The Blue Soul Beast frowned, and a murderous glint flashed across its eyes. "How could a master teacher possibly know the means of a soul oracle? Speak, who in the world are you? "
"Soul oracle? You must be mistaken … "
Zhang Xuan was stunned for a moment before hurriedly replying with a smile.
The soul oracle occupation had been lost for several dozen millenniums, and even master teachers had been unable to notice it. Who could have thought that the Blue Soul Beast would be able to see through it with a single glance?
Nevertheless, just like poison masters, soul oracles were not an honorable occupation, and many master teachers were wary of them. In order to avoid trouble, it was best for Zhang Xuan not to admit to it.
"Don't try to deny it. I have seen soul oracles with my own eyes, so I know what they are capable of."
Hearing Zhang Xuan's denial, the Blue Soul Beast's eyebrows shot up. Following which, an overwhelming surge of soul energy descended from the sky and fell on Zhang Xuan, threatening to tear him apart.
"It's just that I was born with a powerful soul; I'm not a soul oracle," Zhang Xuan replied with a smile.
The Blue Soul Beast's soul energy was as heavy as a mountain, exerting immense pressure on those who had not reached Primordial Spirit realm. But to Zhang Xuan, it was nothing at all.
"Soul oracles are able to live independently after their souls have left their bodies. I'll know once I kill you …"
Seeing that his soul attack was completely ineffective against Zhang Xuan, the Blue Soul Beast harrumphed coldly. Roaring furiously, it stretched its body and swiped its thick claws toward Zhang Xuan.
Si la!
The claws whistled through the air, and before they even reached him, they gave off a feeling of tearing, as if they were going to tear him in half.
"Hmm?"
Not expecting the other party to make a move on the slightest disagreement, not to mention using a killing move, Zhang Xuan frowned in displeasure. He swiftly took a few steps back, barely dodging the other party's attack.
Over the past three days, he had browsed through all of the books in the Ten Great Halls of the Combat Master Hall and compiled several Heaven's Path Divine Art manuals to make up for the flaws in his cultivation.
Be it in terms of fist strength, palm strength, or defense, they had all been raised to an inconceivable level.
If it was three days ago, he would have only been able to fight a Primordial Spirit realm expert to a draw, but at this moment, he was already invincible.
In other words, as long as one hadn't reached Half-Leaving Aperture realm, they wouldn't be a match for him at all.
This was especially so for his movement technique. After assimilating all of the movement technique manuals into it, his Unbounded Voyager had finally reached the level of Heaven's Path Divine Art.
Thus, Zhang Xuan swiftly cultivated the Unbounded Voyager to the Unbounded Voyager, and with that, he was able to move so swiftly that even the hidden pillars were unable to catch up to him.
"Where do you think you are going?"
Seeing that its claw had missed, the Blue Soul Beast roared furiously as it swiped its other claw toward Zhang Xuan. A massive formation seemed to have been activated in the surroundings, sealing the entire passageway in the blink of an eye.
Huala!
After sealing the passageway, the Blue Soul Beast launched another attack.
Seeing how vicious the Blue Soul Beast was, Zhang Xuan dodged a few more times before shaking his head and saying, "Since you insist on making a move, I won't hold back anymore."
In the blink of an eye, Zhang Xuan appeared right beside the Blue Soul Beast and threw a punch at it.
Peng!
The Blue Soul Beast was sent crashing into the ceiling above before falling heavily to the ground, spurting large mouthfuls of blood.
"So weak?" Zhang Xuan was taken aback. Only then did he recall the characteristics of the Blue Soul Beast, and he widened his eyes in realization.
The Blue Soul Beast was a saint beast that specialized in soul attacks, but its physical defense and strength could only be considered average. There was no way it could withstand Zhang Xuan's Heaven's Path Fist Art.
In just a single blow, it was already severely injured.
"I went too far …"
Zhang Xuan shook his head.
Even though the Blue Soul Beast wanted to kill him, it only felt that he was a soul oracle.
It was still embarrassing for him to injure the Blue Soul Beast so severely right from the start.
"Forget it, I'll just have to think of a way to save it …"
Zhang Xuan shook his head as he walked forward.
…
"Hall Master Sun, it shouldn't be as exaggerated as you make it out to be. The Blue Soul Beast has a mild temperament, and it's only in charge of assessing the strength of one's soul. It shouldn't have gotten into a conflict with Sun shi!"
Division Head Liao said with a smile.
The Blue Soul Beast was the saint beast in charge of the Soul Hall's examination. Even though it was capable of using demonic tunes, soul suppression, and the like to make it difficult for the examinees to clear the examination, its personality was still rather amiable.
Furthermore, Sun shi was only conducting the examination, so how could he possibly get into an argument with it?
"I hope so too. You should know how much we paid in order to invite the Blue Soul Beast back then. I'm really worried that something might go wrong …" Hall Master Xing said with a bitter smile.
He also hoped that nothing would go wrong, but Sun shi was simply too formidable. Every time he challenged the Soul Hall, he would either break a record or cause a huge ruckus. He was really worried that he might get into a fight with the Blue Soul Beast.
Regardless of which one of them was injured, it would be a huge loss to the Combat Master Hall.
The trio hurriedly arrived at the Soul Hall and entered the soul passageway.
Pushing open the door, they saw the massive Blue Soul Beast lying on the floor with its tongue sticking out of its mouth. Its mouth was stained with blood, reminiscent of a puddle of mud.
"Sun shi, what's going on?"
Hall Master Xing's face twitched uncontrollably, and he nearly burst into tears at this sight.
"Ah?"
Upon seeing them, Zhang Xuan was taken aback. He quickly turned around and asked awkwardly, "Why are you all here?"
"We were afraid that you might get into a fight with the Blue Soul Beast. Since it's in charge of the examination, it shouldn't be targeting you. Why would you get into a fight with the Blue Soul Beast?"
Hall Master Xing exclaimed.
He had thought that he would be able to prevent this from happening by rushing over, but who could have thought that it would still happen?
Furthermore, judging from the state that the Blue Soul Beast was in, it would be hard for it to recover within a short period of time.
"It's one thing if it's just an examination …"
Seeing that the other party was speaking up for the Netherworld Azure Dragon, Zhang Xuan was just about to explain what had happened earlier when the Netherworld Azure Dragon abruptly raised its massive head and bellowed anxiously.
"Hall Master Xing, don't believe him! He's a shaman …"
But before it could finish its words, the young man suddenly turned around and kicked the Blue Soul Beast right in its face.
Peng!
The Blue Soul Beast's voice was immediately stifled. Its massive body was sent flying several dozen meters away, and a large crack appeared on the sturdy ground.
Its teeth fell to the ground, and its head tilted to the side as it fainted.
"Sun shi …"
Hall Master Xing and the others did not think that the young man would actually send the Netherworld Azure Soul Beast flying right before their eyes. They hurriedly turned their gazes over, only to see the young man turning around with a helpless look on his face.
"If I were to say that the Blue Soul Beast was the one who made a move on me first … would you believe me?"
"…" Hall Master Xing.
"…" Division Head Liao.
"…" Elder Qi.
(Author's note: I'm begging for a few monthly votes. I've already dropped to 21st place. Seeing that Laoya is still working hard on his writing over the holidays, I'll count his votes. Wuwuwu …)
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