chapter 32 Assault, breakthrough

Night, inside an inn. Ethan and Little Dold Lion stayed in the same room. There were two beds in the room. As soon as they entered the room, Little Dold Lion immediately surrounded Ethan and started to roar. "I know you're hungry, take your time and eat, there's not much left." Ethan took out a fourth-ranked Soul Crystal from his backpack, his face showing a bit of pain. This guy, since he tasted the deliciousness of the Soul Crystal, he had no interest in other things. Some of the Soul Crystal left behind by his mother last time were no longer enough. Fortunately, Little Dold Lion had also broken through to the late-stage third rank, which was equivalent to the late-stage Battle Master realm. Little Dold Lion roared, swallowed the fourth-ranked Soul Crystal in one gulp, and began to devour and refine it. Ethan had no choice but to take out a fourth-ranked Soul Crystal and held it in his hand. His body began to absorb the majestic soul power in the Soul Crystal. These days, he spent most of his time traveling and only a small amount of time cultivating. However, he was just one step away from the late stage of the Battle Master. "Although the family's Thunder Technique can still absorb soul power, the speed is far from meeting my current needs. If I can enter the War King Academy, I must get a good technique." Ethan secretly thought in his heart. Breaking through with soul power actually involved continuously consuming soul power through various methods until it reached a certain threshold, and then recovering it through techniques, repeating this process constantly until achieving a qualitative leap. Thunder Technique was just a basic skill of the Sigeweard family. The speed of tempering soul power was very slow. It was only suitable for cultivators below the Battle Warrior stage. If it were not for the existence of the Ghost Battle Soul, Ethan would never be able to break through to the realm of a Battle Master so quickly. The last time he directly swallowed a third-ranked Soul Crystal, his meridians almost exploded. Now, Ethan no longer dared to try to directly swallow the Soul Crystal. He understood that cultivation also required careful and gradual progress, a step-by-step process. As for Battle Skill, Ethan didn't have much desire for it. He had successfully integrated several third-grade Battle Skill with the help of the Endless Battle Scripture among the hundreds of Battle Skill he obtained from the Sigeweard Family's Battle Skill Pavilion. If he could enter the War King Academy, it would not be too difficult to obtain Battle Skill in the future. "It seems that I still have to enter the War King Academy. I can't rely on my own efforts alone. I just don't know what grade my Ghost Battle Soul is, and whether it can enter the War King Academy!" Ethan took a deep breath, his face showing confusion. Until now, he didn't know what grade his Ghost Battle Soul was. This was the most uncertain thing about him. "It doesn't matter. I hope to pass the Battle Soul test in seven days." Ethan made up his mind and immersed himself in his pubic region. The fourth-ranked Soul Crystal in his hands were diminishing at a speed visible to the naked eye. On the surface of his body, there were rays of light, like a black light shield, and a majestic soul power radiated from his body. There was a rumbling sound in his body, and the billowing soul power washed through the meridians throughout his body, as if he had reached a certain critical point and could break through to the late-stage Battle Master realm at any time. Not far away, Little Dold Lion had also swallowed the fourth-ranked Soul Crystal and entered a state of trance. At this moment, the door opened with a creak, and two heads poked in from the door. "He's actually cultivating! God helped me. If I had known it earlier, I could have just sent someone over to kill him. There's no need for us to take action. We are the number one subordinates of the master after all." One of them spoke with a smile on his face. "If you dare to offend the second young master, you must be prepared to die! Kill him first and then take that soul beast." Another man in black walked towards Ethan step by step. Disturbing a cultivator during cultivation was a taboo, as it could lead to energy deviation or even death. "Killing him like this would be too easy for him. If we could make him suffer, the master would definitely be happier." The man who walked towards Ethan showed an evil smile on his face. A powerful soul power immediately emerged from his body. Under the control of his mind, the soul power condensed into a sharp blade and attacked Ethan forehead. Ethan had long sensed the arrival of the two men, but at this moment, he couldn't break free at all. He kept calling for Little Dold Lion in his heart, but Little Dold Lion didn't make any movement. When he saw the man coming, Ethan was already desperate. In the pubic region, the Soul Power Blade whizzed towards him, and a tingling feeling came from his body. The next moment, the Ghost Battle Soul suddenly burst out, condensed into a big mouth, and directly swallowed the Soul Power Blade. "Huh?" A strange look appeared on the face of the man in black. He was at the peak of the Battle Master level, but his soul power couldn't do anything to a boy who was in the middle stage of the Battle Master level? The man in black did not believe in evil, and his surging soul power once again condensed into countless magic weapons and sharp blades. He reached the peak of the Battle Master realm and could now release his soul power. It looked like a cloud of mist. What disappointed the man in black was that Ethan didn't make any movement at all. Sweat appeared on his forehead. Looking at the calm Ethan, he cursed in his heart, "Damn, this kid is too weird. He must be killed as soon as possible!” The soul power at the peak of the Battle Master Realm could actually do nothing to a boy in the middle stage of the Battle Master Realm who was still cultivating. If words got out, he would be disgraced. Swoosh! The man in black was very decisive, and slashed down Ethan with the long knife in his hand. The sharp blade tore through the air, revealing a white blade aura. The spiritual energy of the surrounding world suddenly collapsed, and the cold sword light was so soul-stirring that it was enough to kill a strong warrior in the Battle Maestro Realm, let alone a cultivator in the middle stage of the Battle Master Realm. "Die!" The man in black shouted with a ferocious look on his face. Boom! Streams of black air roared in, all surrounding Ethan. The man in black felt a sharp pain in his arm, and the long knife was knocked away. The man in black retreated like a thunderbolt, almost staggering to the end. "What's going on?" In the distance, a look of surprise appeared on the face of the slender man in black who was about to attack Little Dold Lion. He killed the mid-level Battle Master at the peak of the warrior Battle Master realm, but before he could strike, he was repelled. "Come and help, this kid is very weird!" The black-clad man attacking Ethan face turned ugly. He picked up his long knife and attacked Ethan again. "Such pure spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Is this kid really only at the Battle Master level? I have only experienced such majestic spiritual energy of heaven and earth when I was cultivating with strong warriors at the Battle Maestro level." The slender man in black had a look of astonishment on his face. The standard for measuring the power of a cultivator was the level of the Battle Soul. The other aspect is the aura of heaven and earth that the cultivator could draw through his cultivation, or in other words, the strength of a cultivator's soul power! The spiritual energy of heaven and earth triggered by Ethan’s breakthrough had exceeded their imagination. No wonder they felt uneasy. "We must kill him!" Another man in black said with murderous intent. "Do you really want to kill me?" At this moment, a cold voice sounded, and Ethan suddenly opened his eyes, and two sharp rays roared out of his eyes, like unsheathed divine swords. "Aren't you still breaking through? How could it be so fast!" The two men in black looked surprised. How long had it passed before this kid actually succeeded in breaking through to the late Battle Master stage? "There is no need for the dead to know." Ethan coldly spat out a figure moving incredibly fast like a ghost, pouncing towards the two black-clad men.