Chapter 136: Play Thing (2/2)

There were two gaping holes where its eyes should've been, but it still had a large smile on its face. In fact, the smile looked even creepier than it did before.

Xiao Fang knew how much it hurt having his eyes gouged out, so he was surprised that the beast was still able to attack him without even taking a break.

Xiao Fang began to frown, because its eyes were starting to heal back.

”You didn't think it would end just like that did you?” The elder asked.

Xiao Fang had always been told that his blindness couldn't be healed or regenerated, not even by a heavenly realm cultivator.

Just how strong was this elder, and what was her background? Xiao Fang was starting to have more and more questions, but given the situation he was in, he was in no position to start asking questions.

What Xiao Fang didn't know was that the elder wasn't using her own power to heal them, she had been using the power of the ancient spirit pagoda to heal them this whole time. Since the power the spirit pagoda contained was virtually limitless, she could keep healing them for as long as she liked.

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The fight continued for a few more hours. Any injury inflicted on the spirit beast or Xiao Fang would instantly be healed up by the mysterious elder. So the fight wasn't about strength or technique, instead it was simply a battle of attrition. Unfortunately for Xiao Fang, he was already a little tired before the fight began and his spirit cultivation was 2 realms below the spirit beast's.

Despite all the time that passed, Xiao Fang had only made an insignificant amount of progress with his spirit attribute. Every time they stopped fighting to get healed, Xiao Fang would use that time to make another attempt at his spirit attribute. Eventually, Xiao Fang wouldn't even think about the pain, but still, no matter how hard he tried, he simply couldn't do it. However, his rigorous efforts weren't without merits.

Xiao Fang's spirit body began to glow as another layer aura emerged from his body.

[ Breakthrough to the 8th stage of the Spirit Core Realm ]

'I made a breakthrough to the 8th stage already?!' Xiao Fang thought excitedly.

Not only was making a breakthrough a big deal, but he had also restored some of his energy.

Although it was a bit surprising to see, considering how many times his spirit body got destroyed and healed up again, it wasn't too hard to believe. The only thing that was extremely unusual to elder was that his spirit body was constantly getting stronger every time she healed him. She knew the spirit pagoda didn't have the ability to make his spirit body stronger, so the only explanation she could think of was that his True Immortal Spirit Attribute was making him stronger.

The elder was more interested than she was entertained. She wanted to make Xiao Fang suffer, but now she wanted to know more about him.

'I don't think I've ever seen eyes like his before,' she thought as she looked deeply into them.

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'It hasn't even been a month since I made a breakthrough to the 7th stage of the Spirit Core Realm. It seems I already gained a lot more than most people could from this place,' Xiao Fang thought.

With reignited flames burning in his eyes, he jumped back into the fight while pushing his spirit attribute to the max.

The elder was enjoying their fight, even though Xiao Fang didn't seem to be in as much pain as before. Unless he gave up, she would joyfully watch by the sidelines as her spirit beast roughed him up. Luckily for her, it was impossible for someone under the Heavenly spirit realm to completely control the full power of a True Immortal Spirit Attribute. At least, she had never heard of anyone doing it before.

The longer the fight lasted, the less she disliked Xiao Fang. If she was honest, her impression of him had gradually changed over time. Eventually, she was even starting to like him.

'Why isn't he giving up?' she wondered. 'Does he want a spirit cultivation technique that badly? or could it be that he wants to be put into the Tiger class?'

The moment she summoned the Divine Spirit Beast, Xiao Fang knew that he wasn't going to be treated fairly, but he still accepted her challenge. From that moment, he had already gained the elder's respect. However, after many hours of torturing himself to control the spirit attribute while getting attacked by her Divine realm Spirit Beast, he had already proven to the elder that he was worthy of at least being placed in the Insect or Snake Class.

'He might be just a man, but he's a respectable one,' she thought.

She was thinking about telling him to stop, but how was she supposed to explain it to him? Was she supposed to say that it was actually impossible for him to completely control the True Immortal Spirit Attribute, and that she had only set up this match purely for her own twisted entertainment. After putting him through hours of torture, that was the last thing she wanted to say to him.

All she could do was watch and wait for him to give up. However, Xiao Fang hated losing more than anything. He would never put himself in a position where he might think back on a moment and wonder 'what if'. What if I pushed myself a little harder. Since he was here right now, he was going to give it all he had, and if that wasn't enough he was going to keep pushing past his limits again and again till he could no more.

Just from the look in his eyes the elder knew that Xiao Fang wasn't going to give up anytime soon, but she was starting to hope it wasn't true.