prynovel Chapter 33 : Chapter 33
Chapter 33 : Chapter 33
Chapter 33: A Silver Soul Destroyer Trait! 《Nine Revolutions Soul-Annihilating Art》
At that same instant, he felt as though he had entered a vast starry sky.
All around him were countless twinkling specks of starlight, along with blue orbs of varying sizes.
He himself had also turned into a star-like orb of light.
Compared to the other orbs, however, his own was extraordinarily condensed.
It was nearly solid, while the others were loose and mist-like in form.
At that moment, a stream of information surfaced in Xiao Xuan's mind.
The blue orb he had become was his own soul power, while the misty light orbs around him were the souls of others.
Naturally, when perceived through the soul, the world looked different from what the naked eye could see.
Those countless specks of starlight were the Spiritual Energy between heaven and earth.
This Spiritual Energy slowly gathered toward the place where his soul was.
In the end, it gradually merged into his soul and transformed into Mental Power.
Of course, this was merely the speed of natural growth. It was like trying to raise the sea level with raindrops—basically impossible.
Xiao Xuan did not care about that, however.
He could use Eco Points to raise his Mental Power rapidly.
What mattered most right now was his control over that Mental Power.
Under the command of his consciousness, the spherical blue orb could change freely according to his thoughts.
As for how to use it to attack others, Xiao Xuan had no idea yet.
After all, he had only just obtained this talent. He still needed to study it.
Xiao Xuan thought for a moment.
Since this Trait gave him the power to kill across realms, he might as well upgrade it straight to Silver.
He happened to have enough Eco Points right now.
With that thought, he directly poured one million Eco Points into his Trait.
BOOM!
In an instant, Xiao Xuan felt endless blue motes erupting throughout that void and surging into his soul orb at astonishing speed.
At the same time, a mysterious force began to transform Xiao Xuan's soul at its very essence.
Under the tempering of that power, the strength of his soul rose at a breathtaking pace.
Before long, the strength of his soul had multiplied several times over.
At that very moment, Xiao Xuan's already-condensed soul completely solidified, turning into a silver soul orb.
A terrifying Soul Pressure radiated from the orb without pause.
That powerful Soul Pressure directly blanketed a horrifying area within a hundred li.
In that instant, every martial artist within a hundred-li radius felt a wave of fear rise from the depths of their souls, as though something had fixed its gaze upon them.
"A Soul Destroyer? What a powerful soul essence! Could this be a Purple Soul Destroyer?"
"No, that's not right. Even a Purple Soul Destroyer shouldn't possess such powerful soul essence!"
"Could it be a Silver Soul Destroyer? How is that possible?"
"Could it be some Soul Cultivator expert from the Imperial Capital passing through?!"
The faces of some experts who possessed soul-type Traits changed as well, and each of them began scanning the surroundings.
Even though there were Martial Emperor-level experts among them, the power of a Silver Soul Destroyer Trait came from the strength of its soul essence, not from the user's own cultivation.
Because of that, even these Martial Emperor-level experts who cultivated the soul could not sense where that Soul Pressure was coming from.
Of course, those who sensed that some powerhouse who might possess a Silver Soul Destroyer Trait had merely passed through the area were only—
【Ding... Congratulations. Trait 【Soul Destroyer】 has been upgraded to: Silver!
A soul mutant who can manipulate soul power to annihilate the souls of others!
Because it is a purely combat-type soul mutant, it cannot use Telekinesis, Divine Sense, or other soul-type attack methods.
Soul Strength *3000%.
Eco Points consumed: 755,000
Required for next upgrade: 10 billion Eco Points!】
At the same time, a system notification rang out in Xiao Xuan's mind.
Hearing that, Xiao Xuan raised an eyebrow slightly.
A Gold Trait actually required ten thousand times more Eco Points than a Silver Trait!?
But then he understood at once.
That made sense. Above the Martial King level, increasing by even a single realm required one's total Vitality to rise by a thousandfold.
Never mind the fact that, in theory, the upper limit of a Gold Trait holder was two major realms higher than that of a Silver Trait holder.
Forget ten thousand times. Even a gap of a million times would actually be normal.
At that moment, Xiao Xuan slowly opened his eyes.
Then, as though recalling something, he immediately rubbed his head and put on an expression of slight pain.
"This Purple Thunderflame may be terrifyingly strong, but it seems he hasn't cultivated any powerful Cultivation Art meant for Soul Cultivators!"
"What a pity. If we'd known earlier, that Soul Cultivator expert just now could have killed him in an instant.”
"Now the chance is gone!"
"Yeah, what a shame. Those pieces of trash couldn't even beat one man with three thousand against one!"
...
At that moment, the audience below the arena platform was grumbling bitterly.
Because almost all of them had bet on Xiao Xuan to lose.
None of them had expected Xiao Xuan to actually win. Naturally, not a single one of them was happy.
As for Xiao Xuan, he jumped down from the arena platform and walked toward the betting counter not far away.
Along the way, every martial artist he passed hurriedly stepped aside for him.
This was a ruthless monster—someone who had fought one against three thousand while battling five minor levels above his realm, and still won. A person like this would absolutely become a Martial Emperor in the future, perhaps even a superpower above the Martial Venerable level.
A powerhouse like that was not someone they could afford to offend.
"I won. Based on the odds, I should get more than ten billion, right?"
Xiao Xuan spoke to the person in charge inside, a Martial King-level expert.
"Correct. But that total of more than ten billion includes your principal, so your prize money this time is 9.2 billion!”
"You also get this round's registration fees, bringing the total to 9.554 billion.”
"After deducting the handling fee, that leaves 8.98 billion!”
"Take a look. If you confirm it, I'll transfer the remaining funds directly to your card."
The person in charge spoke with a smile.
In an instant, everyone around him was filled with envy.
Nearly 9 billion. That was a terrifying figure many Martial Emperors could never earn in a lifetime.
And yet Xiao Xuan, someone still in the Innate Realm, had earned it already.
Among the crowd, some Martial Kings had already begun eyeing Xiao Xuan.
The handling fee was around five percent, which was not particularly high.
But the house took that cut from every winning bet. And most people would take the money they won and gamble again. After going back and forth a dozen times, even if they won more than they lost, they would still end up losing in the end.
The money all wound up in the official house's hands.
But Xiao Xuan, who had won a huge sum in one shot, did not care about such things.
Very soon, the money was transferred into his account.
"Not yet. Take 3 billion out of the prize money as the Stakes and open another multi-person arena.”
"As for the registration fee, waive it.”
"Set the arena so that anyone below the Seventh Heaven of the Grandmaster Realm can come fight.”
"Bet all the rest on me to win!"
The moment he said that, the entire venue exploded into an uproar.
"Holy shit, below the Seventh Heaven of the Grandmaster Realm?”
"Has this kid lost his mind?!"
"He is only at the Tenth Heaven of the Innate Realm, isn't he? And he wants to challenge everyone below the Seventh Heaven of the Grandmaster Realm? Has he gone crazy?"
"He's gone mad. He has absolutely gone mad!"
"But honestly…”
"With the strength he's shown, he really might win!"
"That's true. If not for that Soul Destroyer, all the others combined still wouldn't have been his match!"
"I'm betting on him to win too!"
"Heh, I'll give it a try too! I'll bet a little. If I lose, it doesn't matter. If I win, I'll make a fortune!"
...
In an instant, the sound of discussion echoed throughout the entire Colosseum.
"That's fine, but are you sure you don't want the registration fee?
"That would be at least 1 billion!
"And if fewer people enter, your chances of winning would be better too."
Just then, the Martial Emperor from earlier slowly descended and spoke to Xiao Xuan with a smile.
"Lord Lu Yuan!"
The Martial King hurriedly addressed Martial Emperor Lu Yuan with respect.
"No need. No matter how many small fry there are, they're still just small fry!!"