Once again, Shen Pojun and Gu Lianhun found themselves stunned by Bai Yunfei’s capabilities. In fact, once he saw how Bai Yunfei was able to use the Law of Chaos, Gu Lianhun found himself with a sliver of ‘fear’!

It wasn’t just chaotic energy, but the Law of Chaos itself! This was a type of power not even he, a Saint, was able to comprehend just yet! How was a simple Early-stage Soul Emperor able to do what he couldn’t?!

As fast as it appeared, the fear in his eyes was replaced with another ent.i.ty: killing intent!

“This child cannot be allowed to live!!”

Bai Yunfei was now someone Gu Lianhun was willing to call a threat. A threat to not just himself, but to the Soul Refining School as a whole! Given time to develop, this child would most definitely be able to achieve Sainthood! It was a terrifying thought; if that happened…what would the Soul Refining School be able to do?!

And so Gu Lianhun was fully resolved to kill Bai Yunfei. In fact, Bai Yunfei’s name was on top of his list, knocking Shen Pojun from the top! He was a threat that couldn’t be allowed to continue existing!

“It’s been two hundred years since I lost contact with my main body. I don’t know what might’ve happened in ‘that’ place, but I should still be alive…my avatar dying here…wouldn’t be the end of everything…”

A melancholic light pa.s.sed through Gu Lianhun’s eyes. The thought of him sacrificing his own avatar was a sad one, but he was resolved to do so if it meant the destruction of Bai Yunfei and Shen Pojun.

Without having a main body to communicate with for over two hundred years ago, Gu Lianhun’s avatar was essentially an ‘individual’ of its one. The connection between the two had been lost for so long that the avatar has resigned itself to protect the Soul Refining School. Like the main body, the avatar placed the school as its highest priority. Sacrificing himself for the school was not a price too heavy for him to pay.

It was in this regard that he was similar to Shen Pojun… 

“Boom boom boom…”

Without any lingering hesitations, Gu Lianhun threw himself back into the fight with even more vigor than before!

……

“Ancestor, please focus on defending against his attacks, I’ll manage the chaotic energy around us. We should be able to drain his avatar of energy if we keep stalling!!”

Shen Pojun blinked as he processed Bai Yunfei’s words, “Very well then!!” He replied. The plan, while surprising, was not a bad one.

His own plan had the same goal as Bai Yunfei, though he hadn’t much hope in accomplis.h.i.+ng it by himself. With Bai Yunfei here, however, Shen Pojun now had hope that it’d work.

He hadn’t the foggiest of Bai Yunfei’s capabilities, but he didn’t have the time to think about it. With his aid, Shen Pojun was sure that he wouldn’t have to waste any energy safeguarding himself from the chaotic energy. That in itself was a blessing and would definitely alleviate the drain on his soulforce.

That didn’t mean he could leave Bai Yunfei to protect him from Gu Lianhun’s attacks, however. Gu Lianhun’s strike earlier was stopped by Bai Yunfei, but it was stopped with great difficulty. An Early-stage Soul Emperor simply didn’t have the power to stop the attack of a Saint with ease.

It was simply a test of strength for Bai Yunfei. He wanted to see his limits against a Saint, and the results left a bitter smile on his face.

“As I thought, a Saint’s power is too much for me, even with the help of the Law of Chaos…Just one attack takes away a third of my soulforce…that’s not an amount I can ignore in this kind of battle!”

It was a bitter truth, but Bai Yunfei wasn’t down for the count just yet. He never had the idea that he might be able to fight a Saint by himself, and neither did he think he’d be able to charge head-on against Gu Lianhun. His true plan was to aid Shen Pojun as much as he could for the most optimal chance of victory.

“Ancestor, is that crescent-moon-shaped blade your lifebound armament?”

Bai Yunfei asked. He had been eyeing the three soul armaments flying around for a while now.

“Hm?” In the middle of controlling his soul armaments, Shen Pojun gave Bai Yunfei a quick glance before nodding, “Yes, I have named it the Flame Dragon Crescent Blade!”

“Ancestor, if you can bring that soul armament back for just a few moments, I can increase its attack power by over half its original power!”

“What?”

The confused eyes of Shen Pojun lingered even longer on Bai Yunfei as if waiting for confirmation on what he had just heard.

“There’s no time to explain,” Bai Yunfei returned with an earnest stare, “Please believe in me, ancestor. I would never joke around when the lives of our school and us are at stake!”

For a moment, Shen Pojun did nothing but stare at Bai Yunfei. 

“Very well then!” He replied at last.

As puzzled as he was, Shen Pojun decided it was worth placing his trust in this Bai Yunfei. He couldn’t think of a way Bai Yunfei might ‘cheat’ him, and what Bai Yunfei said was true. There was no time for debate, but, there was enough time for him to pull his soul armament back for a while without Gu Lianhun taking advantage of it.

Waving his right hand, Shen Pojun summoned the sword back to him at once.

The sword latched onto Bai Yunfei’s sword. At once, Bai Yunfei felt a wave of heat surge through into his palm, making him think the sword to be more like a dragon than a soul armament. Given the name Shen Pojun gave it, this soul armament was most likely crafted with the materials from an ancient flame dragon.

Without sparing any time to further think about its construction, Bai Yunfei closed his eyes and awaited for the notification that’d appear.

Elemental Affinity: Fire

Attack: 9000

Equipment Effect 1: 70% Increase in attack against metal and wood types.

Equipment Effect 2: 30% Chance to invoke the spirit of a dragon when attacking. Increase attack power by 50% and reduce energy consumption by 50%.

Upgrade Requirement: 490 Soulpoints

He had been prepared for a powerful soul armament, but Bai Yunfei still found himself stunned by this one. This was the strongest soul armament he had ever seen prior to being upgraded! 

Soul armaments with an attack or defense of over ten thousand were already cla.s.sified as being divine-tier, so that meant this soul armament of Shen Pojun was nearly on that same level! 

And invoking the spirit of a dragon…did the soul armament really contain the spirit of one? Or did the soul armament have the characteristics of that of a Regalia?!

As shocked as he was, Bai Yunfei didn’t want to waste time gawking at it. His left hand withdrew a fist-sized stone as white as snow and immediately touched it against the soul armament. 

It was one of the items he got in the Tomb of the Emperor Beasts, a Guaranteed Upgrade Stone!

“Upgrade!”

He growled to himself. Upon his call, the stone crumbled into dust and was absorbed into the soul armament!

“Bzz…”

There was a brilliant flash of red light as the blade vibrated, chiming eerily similar to the pleased growls of a dragon.

Equipment Grade: High Heaven

Elemental Affinity: Fire

Upgrade Level: +10 

Attack: 9000

Additional Attack: 5000

Soul Compatibility: 10%

Equipment Effect 1: 70% Increase in attack against metal and wood types.

Equipment Effect 2: 30% Chance to invoke the spirit of a dragon when attacking. Increase attack power by 50% and reduce energy consumption by half.

+10 Additional Effect: Reduce soulforce consumption by half when attacking.

Upgrade Requirement: 490 Soulpoints

Ecstatic, Bai Yunfei regaled the soul armament in his hand with great joy! Not only had the soul armament been upgraded, but its effects to reduce soulforce consumption by half was exactly what they needed!

What a stroke of good fortune!

“You…”

It went without saying that Shen Pojun could sense the changes taking place in his soul armament. Despite his longevity and experience, not even he was able to stop himself from staring with wide-open eyes.

Before he could even ask what Bai Yunfei had done, Shen Pojun watched as another white stone was taken out and knocked against his soul armament.

“Upgrade!!”

Completely ignorant of the stunned Shen Pojun, Bai Yunfei was focused entirely on the soul armament in his hands. He had used another one of his heaven-tier upgrade stones and was ready to alter the outcome if he had to. And for that, he had to have complete and utter focus.

Upgrade Successful

But it seemed he didn’t have to. Pleased, Bai Yunfei watched as the notification of a successful upgrade popped up in his head. He had managed to upgrade it again!

The sword had an additional attack of 6500 now that it was +11, meaning the soul armament now had a total of 15500 attack!

Done with the soul armament, Bai Yunfei floated it back to its proper place next to Shen Pojun. “Ancestor, your student has a special power known as the ‘Upgrade Technique’. It’s power is as you can see, but I can’t explain it right now. If you can call your other two soul armaments back, I can upgrade them as well!!”

“……”

As expected from a seasoned and powerful soul cultivator, Shen Pojun took the surprising changes in stride. Utterly overwhelmed with joy, he sent the Flame Dragon Crescent Blade flying while simultaneously bringing back the parasol-shaped soul armament to Bai Yunfei.

Grabbing hold of the golden soul armament, Bai Yunfei grabbed another +10 Guaranteed Upgrade Stone and immediately placed the two objects together… 

“Upgrade!!”