Chapter 587 (2/2)

Huang Quan had nothing to say since he had willingly taken the wager. He directly transferred Xiang Shaoyun the points without hesitation. Of course, it was still a large number of points, and it caused his heart to ache. One ought to know that it wasn't easy to earn contribution points. He felt somewhat helpless at the realization that he had suffered both a defeat and a loss of his points.

As for the crowd around the ring, everyone had their own thoughts after what they had just witnessed. Some felt Xiang Shaoyun was really formidable, some felt there was nothing special about him, and some noticed that he seemed to cultivate a lot of different powers.

Beside the ring, Tang Longfei quickly thanked those who had placed a bet at his stand. ”Thank you, everyone. Thank you for the contribution points!”

He was filled with joy after suddenly earning so many contribution points. After all, contribution points were necessary to live in the academy. It was always better to have more than less. The victory increased Xiang Shaoyun's ranking once more, putting him at the 953rd place on the Serpent Fowl List.

Just as he was about to leave the ring, someone jumped out and shouted, ”Xiang Shaoyun, I want to duel you!”

Xiang Shaoyun answered without even looking at the person, ”Come early tomorrow if you want to duel me. I only accept one duel per day.”

He then left. He had gained some new comprehensions during the duel, and he needed to quickly go back and consolidate what he had learned. Although the challenger wasn't too happy, he couldn't say anything. If he pressed on, others would think that he was taking advantage of a tired combatant. That would be somewhat unbecoming.

After returning to his villa, the first thing Xiang Shaoyun did was enter his cultivation room. He sat down cross-legged and started replaying the scenes of his previous battle. He focused on the new power he had comprehended toward the end of the battle that had allowed his combat prowess to surge greatly. That was the main thing he needed to etch into his brain.

After spending some time a.n.a.lyzing his gains, he was certain that his new comprehension was all thanks to his studies on the ancient mantra. The mantra had enabled him to borrow the power of the earth beneath him in the midst of a battle. In other words, in a fight, so long as he remained on the ground, he could borrow the power of the earth to increase his combat prowess.

The prerequisite of the ability was to comprehend the profundity of the power of earth. Otherwise, one wouldn't be able to borrow anything. Comprehending the profundity was where the mantra had greatly helped.

Xiang Shaoyun then started attempting to absorb the power of earth from the ground beneath him, trying to etch the sensation in his mind forever, allowing him to repeat the same feat in his future battles.

This is probably one of the concepts of the power of earth, to become one with earth to endlessly enhance oneself. Currently, I am barely scratching the surface. Perhaps the day when I can fully control an expanse of land and raise mountains and part the ground with a wave of my hand will be the day I have fully grasped the power of earth. The ancient mantra is really impressive, thought Xiang Shaoyun.

Perhaps comprehending powers of such depth would make up for the flaw of cultivating nine different powers. If he was to encounter an earth cultivator who had similarly comprehended the same power, that advantage would be gone.

Little did Xiang Shaoyun know, very few people could comprehend such powers prior to reaching the Soul Foundation Realm. Most people could only have such deep comprehension after reaching the Soul Foundation Realm.

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