Chapter 300: Xiao Futian Soars High and Vast

Back in his own residence, Li Fan once again extracted a strand of divine soul to begin discerning.

This time, Li Fan keenly noticed a difference from before.

In the vast white space where Li Fan couldn't effectively identify the existence of the soul contract, relying solely on intuitive guesses, the countless washes of divine souls in the Sea of Resentful Souls seemed to have caused a mysterious change in Li Fan's own divine soul.

After a round of testing, Li Fan was pleasantly surprised to find that his success rate in identification had jumped from two percent to three percent.

"It seems this kind of straightforward method suits me. As long as I do it a few more times, identifying the soul contract won't be a problem," Li Fan couldn't help but feel a bit excited.

With the assistance of the Daoist Stone and the Xuanhuang Refining Heart Mantra, the risk of the Sea of Resentful Souls for Li Fan was almost negligible.

Instead, it presented a tremendous opportunity.

Similar to the feeling after using the "Mind Horse" previously, Li Fan faintly felt that his divine soul had become stronger.

This made Li Fan even look forward to the upcoming surfing in the Sea of Resentful Souls tomorrow.

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In this way, through continuous learning, training, and the wash of divine souls in the Sea of Resentful Souls, Li Fan's success rate in sensing the soul contract steadily increased.

It went from five percent to ten percent, then fifty percent...

When there were only eight survivors left in the lucky group, this additional special training finally came to an end.

At this point, Li Fan's proficiency had stabilized at an eighty percent accuracy rate.

Ji Hongdao's evaluation was that he was in the middle among everyone, barely acceptable, with promising potential.

However, the period for the Array Pavilion's use of the Sea of Resentful Souls, which Li Fan had taken advantage of, had expired. He wouldn't have the opportunity to enhance himself in this way again and would have to rely on his own training in the future.

However, after the wash of the Sea of Resentful Souls for so many days, and the intimate contact with the divine souls of many Five Elders Association cultivators with soul contracts, Li Fan had vaguely grasped a method for identifying soul contracts.

As long as there was a familiar feeling when the waves of the soul made contact, there was an eighty percent chance of a soul contract imprint being present.

After the final discrimination, the accuracy rate significantly increased.

With his shortcomings eliminated, Li Fan's ranking among the many array talents steadily rose.

While Li Fan continued his studies at the Huan Yu Academy, the time came to anchor at the 27th year.

Congyun Sea.

Near the area of the deserted island.

Xiao Heng stood against the wind, his demeanor vastly different from before.

A hundred and eight azure water swords continuously rotated and changed around him, forming various mysterious formations.

He looked at the sea below with a solemn expression.

A strange cry came from the depths of the sea.

The shadow under the sea surface quickly expanded.

In an instant, it enveloped Xiao Heng.

The giant silhouette of a strange beast suddenly appeared, opening its huge mouth to devour Xiao Heng.

A hint of blue light flashed in Xiao Heng's eyes.

In an instant, his figure became illusionary.

Disappearing in place, he avoided the attack of the strange beast.

In the high sky, Xiao Heng looked at the beast that missed its strike, a faint smile appearing on his face.

With a light blow, the surrounding clouds were attracted and gathered toward him.

One after another, figures, completely composed of clouds and bearing an eighty percent resemblance to Xiao Heng, rapidly took shape.

Ten, a hundred, a thousand...

In an instant, an army of cloud people had formed.

They wielded swords and attacked the strange beast below.

In an instant, sword lights crisscrossed, exploding on the strange beast in a myriad of ways.

"Weak! Too weak!"

"Xiao Heng, are you scratching me?"

At this moment, the strange beast unexpectedly spoke, and it turned out to be the voice of Ye Feipeng.

Effortlessly blocking Xiao Heng's attack, Ye Feipeng's massive body trembled slightly.

The sea surged, raising waves of a hundred feet.

The strange beast leaped into the air, transformed into a bird, and soared into the sky.

Facing the thousands of cloud people, it didn't care at all.

In a moment, it smashed all the cloud people to pieces and arrived by Xiao Heng's side.

Xiao Heng's expression remained unchanged as his figure once again became illusory.

After a moment, he appeared in another location in the sky.

"Fatty, having great brute strength, what use is it to you?" 

"Your attacks against me are like throwing an axe into the sky. The sky is so high and vast. No matter how high you throw the axe, it can't touch even a bit of the sky!"

"This is one of the four methods of comprehending the Golden Pill, the Way of Emptiness!"

"What do you think?" Xiao Heng's tone revealed a hint of pride.

Previously, when he was about to form the Golden Pill, he received an intuitive guidance and went to the central part of the Congyun Sea.

Seeing the transparent building standing in the sky like a dream, Xiao Heng was deeply moved.

The Cloud Water Heavenly Palace contained countless opportunities.

Many cultivators were willing to risk their lives to enter, hoping for sudden wealth.

However...

They all overlooked the fact that the existence of the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace itself was a miracle!

Clouds and water took shape, floating in the sky.

Between reality and illusion, it was a magnificent sight!

Xiao Heng stood outside the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace for almost a year, during which countless cultivators came and went, pointing and advising him.

He paid no attention, only carefully comprehending.

In the end, based on the way the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace existed in the world, he comprehended the Ways of Cloud and Emptiness.

Combined with the Ways of Sea and Sword he gained from practicing the "Ocean-Sealing Divine Sword," he finally condensed the Golden Pill with four methods!

Not long after returning to the deserted island, he encountered Ye Feipeng, who had also broken through to the Golden Pill realm.

With his greatly improved strength, Xiao Heng was itching to test himself and proposed a sparring match with Ye Feipeng.

Ye Feipeng agreed.

So, the previous battle happened.

In their fight, even though Xiao Heng was mentally prepared, he was still surprised.

Before they engaged, Ye Feipeng's "Beast Transformation" became even more thorough.

He could completely transform into the appearance of a real exotic beast, completely abandoning the human form.

In the form of a giant koi, the body was incredibly large, hidden in the sea, and extremely fast, making it unpredictable.

If you weren't careful, it would leap from below the sea surface, swallowing everything it touched.

In the form of a roc, the speed increased even more. When its wings spread high, hurricanes accompanied its movements.

With both speed and strength, the destructive power was astonishing.

Ye Feipeng directly shattered Xiao Heng's 108 Ocean-Sealing Divine Swords formation with his brute strength.

Fortunately, Xiao Heng's Way of Emptiness was extremely mysterious, and he was able to evade Ye Feipeng's violent attacks every time.

Seeing that it was the same this time, Xiao Heng became somewhat surprised.

"Xiao Ax, reaching the sky but not the fur? Xiao Heng, you are too confident!"

"Human power is limited, not to mention, just a Golden Pill cultivator, how can you compare with the real sky!"

"If you are the sky..."

"Then, I will swallow the sky!"

In the thunderous roar, the enormous body of the koi expanded once again.

Its wings flapped, and countless green winds formed chains, blocking the sky in front of it.

Then, with a wide-open mouth, a black shadow appeared from its mouth.

That shadow seemed to contain infinite suction force, and the scene in the sky began to distort, moving towards its mouth.

Xiao Heng's expression changed slightly, wanting to change his form again.

But to his horror, he found that the previously invincible "Way of Emptiness" had lost its effect now!

His body, uncontrollably, flew toward the terrifying giant beast's mouth. Under the tremendous pressure from all around, the spiritual energy in his body ceased to flow.

Seeing this, Xiao Heng could only helplessly shout, "I concede! I concede!"

There was a hint of blood-red in the eyes of the koi, and it seemed to have no intention of stopping.

Fortunately, after a moment, black color reoccupied the beast's eyes. Ye Feipeng then regained his senses and stopped his actions.

(End of this chapter)