boyutpedia 492. Arcane Conversion
492. Arcane Conversion
Just as everyone was watching and Xiao Yan was about to land at the 90th step of the hundred-level soul cultivation stage, the clouds around Xiao Yan suddenly stopped.
Ling Zhuo watched everything with an excited expression, her voice brimming with barely concealed excitement: "They're here! They're here!"
The moment Xiao Yan's right foot landed, his expression suddenly turned solemn, as an unprecedented pressure surged from the top of the stairs. The pressure was so intense that Xiao Yan felt the scene before him distort. His own soul power felt like a small boat being swept away by a raging storm.
The original bodies not far away all frowned subconsciously, feeling wave after wave of sharp pain in their minds. Their three thousand lightning illusion bodies also swayed, as if they were about to fall from the soul ladder.
The scene looked quite dangerous, and Mu Qingluan even exclaimed in surprise, "Senior Brother!"
Just as Mu Qingluan was about to act, she saw Little Fairy Doctor calmly standing to the side, her gaze fixed on Xiao Yan but making no unnecessary moves. Mu Qingluan then forced herself to calm down, but what she didn't know was that Little Fairy Doctor's fighting spirit had already begun to gather in her sleeve, ready to help Xiao Yan at any moment.
Most viewers, however, were unimpressed. After all, the person who failed in the soul advancement breakthrough was exactly like Xiao Yan before them, overwhelmed by the soul pressure and unable to breathe. In the end, he could only exhaust his strength and fall to the ground. What they truly didn't expect was that Xiao Yan, who had seemed so calm and collected, seemingly unaware of exhaustion, would so quickly reveal his weakness. This differed from most people's predictions.
Fortunately, Xiao Yan regained his footing after a short while. After experiencing this impact, he didn't rush to continue but instead stopped where he was.
Xiao Yan hadn't actually started climbing yet, so stopping was fine. He stopped at the eighty-ninth step and began to observe closely. The one ascending the steps before him was Xiao Yan's Three Thousand Thunder Illusionary Body clone, which Xiao Yan naturally controlled with ease.
"What do you mean?"
"Why did Xiao Yan suddenly stop?"
"Exhausted?"
"Were you just barely holding on because you were so stable before?"
"Is this the Spirit Clan's method?" Xiao Yan wondered to himself. After stopping at this level, Xiao Yan felt that the overwhelming soul pressure from that heavenly might had completely disappeared. The pressure was still there, but compared to the enormous impact of the ninetieth level, it was negligible.
Xiao Yan had anticipated a difference between the 90th step and the previous ones, but he certainly wouldn't feel this difference on his own. If everyone faced this level of pressure during the test, Xiao Yan believed no one would be able to pass the 90th step.
Seeing Xiao Yan stop, Elder Mu Gu subconsciously asked Ling Zhuo, "Senior Ling He, why didn't you take this opportunity to blast this brat down?"
Upon hearing this, Ling Zhuo said with a hint of disdain, "With so many people watching, to avoid revealing even the slightest flaw, Great-Grandma only projected her soul power; naturally, she couldn't attack Xiao Yan without restraint. If she could attack without limit, Xiao Yan wouldn't even have made it past the first level!"
Ling Zhuo looked around and saw that his great-grandmother's arrangements were indeed effective. Even though Xiao Yan was in this state, no one noticed anything unusual; they all thought that Xiao Yan had just been putting on a brave front and was now exhausted.
"Okay, I'm just worried that things might change if I delay."
"The pressure on these steps is real. If he keeps staying at the 89th step, he'll eventually break down. I can wait that long."
There are less than two hours left before the end of the Heavenly Talent Ranking.
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The immense, waterfall-like pressure of the soul emanating from the steps above is constantly affecting Xiao Yan's three thousand lightning illusion clones, and he can't really wait there forever.
"Since you have methods, I also have countermeasures!" Xiao Yan thought to himself. Although the impact of that soul power was quite terrifying, it wasn't enough to leave Xiao Yan truly helpless.
After Xiao Yan made up his mind, his original body, which had been sitting cross-legged, began to react. The Dou Qi at the Dou Zun level within his body gradually dissipated as it circulated. In contrast, Xiao Yan's soul power began to gradually grow stronger.
Initially, his growth and strengthening were manageable, but as time passed, the changes in Xiao Yan became so significant that they could no longer be ignored. These unusual developments were the first to attract the attention of the many powerful figures present.
"What's going on? Xiao Yan's condition, his soul power is being strengthened so directly, is he breaking through, breaking through in the heat of battle?" Venerable Mingshui exclaimed subconsciously.
Wei Jiangyuan, unusually, lost his usual carefree smile and stared at Xiao Yan's body with some hesitation, but still slowly said, "No, no, no, this doesn't feel like an advancement."
Venerable Mingshui subconsciously believed what Wei Jiangyuan said, but suddenly a thought popped into his head, and he remembered another possibility. He found it hard to believe, and his tone changed as he said, "Could it be that Xiao Yan, seeing no hope of breaking through, secretly took pills to enhance his soul power? Even if he wins, such behavior will definitely not count."
Wei Jiangyuan ignored his junior brother's speculations and doubts, simply pressing a hand to his forehead. Looking at Xiao Yan in the arena, he felt a pang of regret for the first time that his attitude hadn't been proper enough during his time in the sect. Xiao Yan was making a big move, but clearly, Wei Jiangyuan couldn't understand what he was doing either.
Of course, Wei Jiangyuan wasn't the only one confused at this point. Neither the three giants of the Pill Tower nor Ling He, these seasoned powerhouses with extensive experience, knew what Xiao Yan was doing. They couldn't possibly figure it out, after all, the abilities Xiao Yan was currently displaying came from the genuine inheritance of a Dou Di!
The Void Emperor's self-created technique—the Soul Transference Secret Technique!
He was able to convert all his battle qi into soul power in a short period of time. Battle qi and soul power are two completely different abilities, but the extraordinary talent of the Void Emperor, who eventually reached the Dou Di realm, found a common point that allowed him to achieve the conversion.
Even though the soul power transformed by the Void Emperor cannot exceed the user's current soul realm, even though the transformation takes time, and even though a single transformation requires the complete depletion of all battle qi, the Soul Transformation Secret Technique is still a genuine skill created by a Battle Emperor, its scope immeasurable.
This conversion took quite a while, after all, Xiao Yan had already reached the Dou Zun level, and he couldn't be considered an ordinary Dou Zun; his Dou Qi reserves were unmatched by most people. Only after the last trace of Dou Qi in Xiao Yan's body had been converted did he open his eyes, and his soul power clone in mid-air smiled gently.
"Now, let's see how you stop me!"