Chapter 55 Level Forty

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However, upon hearing Yuxin Yu’s words, Mo Hui shook his head and said, “You have already been paid your reward. As for what you gain, that is your own affair. There’s no need to thank me.”

Perhaps it seemed very important to Yuxin Yu and the others, but in Mo Hui’s eyes, this was just an ordinary transaction, nothing special.

At that moment, Shui Bing’er turned to Mo Hui and asked, “Mo Hui, will you participate in the Elite Tournament of the Advanced Soul Master Academies across the entire continent three years from now?”

Upon hearing this, Huowu quickly looked toward Mo Hui as well.

Mo Hui was still very young, only twelve years old now, and three years later he would be just fifteen. The age limit for the continent-wide Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament was under twenty-five, which meant Mo Hui could easily skip this competition now and wait until he was twenty to join.

At Mo Hui’s current cultivation speed, by the time he was twenty, he might already be a Soul King, with no one able to challenge him.

“Of course I will participate.”

Mo Hui looked at everyone and smiled faintly. “I look forward to battling you all at the Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament across the continent. You’d better work hard—don’t make the future me too bored!”

“See you all in three years.”

With that, Mo Hui waved to the group and turned to walk toward the direction of Hurricane Canyon.

Watching Mo Hui’s departing figure, everyone present was stunned, as if he radiated a certain brilliance, dazzling and striking.

Feng Xiaotian’s mood was especially complicated. Even though he had learned many of Mo Hui’s moves and his soul power level was one stage higher, at this moment he still wasn’t confident he could defeat Mo Hui.

At this point, Feng Xiaotian recalled the words Mo Hui had once said to him and murmured, “Enemies defeated by me are never considered true rivals. I give you time to catch up, until you become nothing but a distant gaze.”

“What did you say!?” Huowu’s brow furrowed sharply upon hearing Feng Xiaotian’s words, retorting.

Feng Xiaotian’s statement was utterly arrogant, as if he looked down on her and all the geniuses of the world.

“These were Mo Hui’s words to me,” Feng Xiaotian said bitterly, seeing Huowu’s misunderstanding.

Mo Hui had said that?

Huowu was momentarily stunned, then clenched her fists, a fire seeming to ignite inside her heart.

If it was Feng Xiaotian’s arrogance, she could dismiss it as overconfidence, but if those were Mo Hui’s words, the situation was entirely different.

Though Mo Hui had not directly shown disdain for her, sometimes actions spoke louder than words.

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If Mo Hui truly regarded her as a rival, he would not have so easily revealed his unique moves entirely or explained their principles to her.

Silence was the greatest contempt!

Beside her, Shui Bing’er also clenched her fists slightly upon hearing Feng Xiaotian’s response.

So Mo Hui had never considered her a rival? No wonder he so easily taught them his ultimate skills. If she hadn’t lacked any wind-blade techniques and thus couldn’t learn the combined Air Blade technique, perhaps he would have even taught her that self-created soul skill along with it.

Thinking this over, Shui Bing’er resolutely decided she must train harder and harder after returning, ensuring she would never lose again in the next battle.

Nearby, Yuxin Yu and Fire Twin also took a deep breath. Though they had never truly fought Mo Hui, judging by his performance on the Soul Combat Platform, could they defeat Mo Hui now?

The answer was not hard. Both came to the conclusion instantly: very unlikely.

If they fought Mo Hui now, even with the enhanced punching and kicking techniques he had taught, they would still have a more than ninety percent chance of losing.

From this moment on, these top geniuses of the elemental academies were all deeply provoked by Mo Hui and resolved to show him a thing or two on the competition stage three years from now.

Competition is always the best catalyst for progress!

No one knew that because of Feng Xiaotian’s casual remark, an even stronger Four Elements Battle Team than in the original story was born.

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One year later.

At the heart of Hurricane Canyon, Mo Hui opened his eyes and frowned slightly. “The level forty barrier is truly solid. I’ve been breaking against it for half a month, and the barrier hasn’t moved an inch.”

In one year, Mo Hui’s soul power level had risen from thirty-four to thirty-nine, and he had begun to break through the level forty bottleneck. This year, Mo Hui was thirteen years old.

“This won’t do. If I keep trying like this, I don’t know how long it will take. It’s a huge waste of time. Looks like I’ll have to be a bit ruthless with myself.”

After some thought, Mo Hui clenched his fists and rode the Bibi Bird flying toward the direction of Divine Wind Academy. About a quarter of an hour later, he returned to Hurricane Canyon.

Back at his original spot, Mo Hui took out a cup of pale cyan juice from his soul device, hesitating slightly as he looked at the Bibi Bird before him.

This cup of juice was the reason for his outing. As a food-type soul master at the Soul King level, Mo Hui’s fifth soul skill could greatly restore the soul power consumed by soul masters. The rich wind attribute energy contained within was especially effective for wind attribute soul masters.

But his hesitation was fleeting, and almost instantly Mo Hui made up his mind and offered the juice to the Bibi Bird.

Mo Hui’s body was no longer what it once was; not only had it been strengthened by three soul rings, but he had also consumed large amounts of whale glue. Compared to strong offensive soul masters of the same level, he was slightly superior now and no longer in danger from eating just a few buns.

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“Beep beep~”

Seemingly sensing Mo Hui’s resolve, the Bibi Bird lowered its head slightly, took the cup with its beak, and drank it all in one gulp.

A surge of wind attribute energy appeared within the bird’s body. At this moment, a dense cyan glow even radiated from the surface of the Bibi Bird.

“Phew~”

Mo Hui exhaled deeply, a bit nervous, then his gaze grew firm as he quickly retracted the Bibi Bird back into himself.

The moment the Bibi Bird was absorbed, a violent surge of wind attribute energy flooded Mo Hui’s body. Compared to the energy absorbed from soul rings, this energy was even more turbulent and slightly different, unable to be refined directly like a soul ring.

Mo Hui understood that his adventure had begun. If he could not convert this energy into his own soul power within the allotted time, he would suffer uncontrollable damage.

So Mo Hui immediately closed his eyes and began meditating, exerting all his strength to refine this alien energy.

One hour passed!

Two hours!

Six hours!

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Until dusk faded and the sun rose again, a massive soul power fluctuation radiated from Mo Hui’s body.

“Ha ha ha ha!!”

A moment later, Mo Hui opened his eyes and laughed aloud.

Thanks to the impact of that alien energy, the upper limit of his body’s tolerance for wind attribute soul power rapidly increased, and he broke through the solid level forty barrier in one fell swoop.

Now Mo Hui’s soul power level had reached forty. All that remained was to add one more soul ring to break through to level forty-one and become a Soul Venerable—a thirteen-year-old Soul Venerable!