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Sunlight filtered through the tiny gaps between the leaves, gently scattering onto the lake surface like golden threads, shimmering with sparkling light spots as the water rippled slightly.
After Xuan Ming completed his control over the Yin-Yang Spirit Core, Di Tian, following the Ice Dragon King's instructions, began a new round of teaching, focusing on developing the innate abilities of Xuan Ming's Black Dragon Martial Soul.
Time, space, darkness, light, spirit—these were the innate attributes of the Black Dragon Martial Soul. Adding ice and fire, and the lightning bloodline he acquired earlier in Thunder Valley, Xuan Ming now possessed eight attributes.
The time and space attributes were somewhat troublesome, requiring Xuan Ming to cultivate his Black Dragon Martial Soul to a higher realm before he could develop them further. He didn't have the ability to handle them now. However, Di Tian knew more about the darkness and light attributes, so he focused on teaching those.
Of course, it wasn't a hands-on teaching method. Di Tian directly unleashed his Ultimate Darkness Domain, forcefully stimulating Xuan Ming's own darkness attribute.
Through the clash of Domains and the stimulation of life-or-death situations, he forcibly guided the evolution of Xuan Ming's darkness attribute.
Simply put, either get stronger, or die!
It must be said, this was indeed a very effective method.
It just used up a lot of life!
"Aren't you being a bit too ruthless?"
Looking at Xuan Ming, who had just finished training and was once again receiving treatment from Bi Ji, Zi Ji's expression was solemn, her brows slightly furrowed.
Di Tian's teaching method was incredibly simple and brutal: state the key points, then take action!
Unless Xuan Ming comprehended and mastered what Di Tian taught during the battle, this one-sided beating would never stop!
With Bi Ji constantly providing healing and recovery, the Blue Silver Emperor fully gathering life energy, and the dragon bones on Xuan Ming's body providing protection, he could not be killed unless a god-level entity intervened.
After realizing this, Di Tian seemed to forget what moderation was!
Since he couldn't be killed, then beat him to death!
Stimulate Xuan Ming's survival instinct to the maximum extent!
"He requested this," Di Tian said.
"He wanted me to use the fastest method, and this is the fastest method."
"But can he really get stronger this way?" Zi Ji was somewhat skeptical.
"You know that over-stimulating the survival instinct can lead to a mental breakdown."
While stimulation on the brink of death could indeed maximize potential in a short period, such stimulation also carried significant risks.
Whether human or Spirit Beast, everyone had a limit to their tolerance for stimulation.
Once it was too much or too excessive, the mind would collapse! Become numb!
"Does he look like he's about to break down?" Di Tian asked.
Zi Ji frowned. Xuan Ming indeed showed no signs of breaking down. Facing Di Tian's overwhelming power, he became increasingly excited, and his control over his various abilities rapidly improved and strengthened.
"Was he… tortured by someone?" Zi Ji couldn't help but suspect.
Any person with a normal mind would have long broken down under this kind of training!
Yet, Xuan Ming not only didn't seem suppressed, but rather appeared quite relaxed?
"The pressure he endures is more terrifying than you can imagine. This level alone won't break him," Di Tian said.
"As for torture… he has always lived in torment."
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"Why don't you… rest for a few days?" Looking at Xuan Ming's severe injuries, which were eroded by the Ultimate Darkness and extremely difficult to recover from, Bi Ji genuinely felt a pang of pity.
Xuan Ming's recovery ability was indeed terrifying, comparable to the Blue Silver Emperor's immortality, but Di Tian's Ultimate Darkness attribute could stifle all life!
Even the Blue Silver Emperor's "immortality" ability would gradually wither within Di Tian's Ultimate Darkness!
Although Di Tian didn't intend to kill him, the wounds on Xuan Ming's body, eroded by the Ultimate Darkness, were not just simple pain.
"No need, I don't have much time," Xuan Ming said softly, closing his eyes.
Di Tian's Ultimate Darkness attribute indeed greatly suppressed his recovery ability, but this erosion also prompted his own darkness attribute to continuously evolve, developing strong resistance to it.
Moreover, this repeated destruction and recovery accelerated his absorption of the lightning core energy.
In less than two months, he had already advanced another level, reaching level sixty.
The Spirit Master Tournament was only a few days away, and it was almost time for him to return…
Just as Bi Ji was about to try and persuade him further, a violent commotion suddenly erupted in the forest.
A massive black shadow suddenly crashed out of the forest, heavily landing in front of Di Tian.
It was none other than the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger, beaten half to death!
"What mixed zone? This thing isn't even in the Star Dou Great Forest!"
Xiong Jun lumbered over, grumbling, and plopped down on the ground.
"Not in the Star Dou Great Forest?" Bi Ji was slightly stunned.
"This guy was injured by the Sky Azure Bull Python over there a thousand years ago and then driven out of the Star Dou Great Forest by the Titan Giant Ape," Xiong Jun said, annoyed.
"He even got the location wrong, making me search the mixed zone for several months for nothing."
"Then where did you find it?" Bi Ji asked, puzzled.
"More than a thousand li north of the Star Dou Great Forest. Wan Yao Wang found the way. When I got there, that entire Spirit Beast forest had been eaten clean by this guy." Saying that, Xiong Jun looked at Xuan Ming, who was severely injured by Di Tian and hadn't recovered yet.
"Oh, you got beaten up too, kid?"
Xuan Ming sat up, glanced at Xiong Jun without speaking, then turned his gaze to the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger, which had been crippled by Xiong Jun.
"Did it use its Evil God Hook?" Xuan Ming asked.
"Evil God Hook? What Evil God Hook?" Xiong Jun asked, puzzled.
Xuan Ming was slightly startled. The next instant, the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger, which had been lying on the ground pretending to be on its last breath, had its blood-red eyes suddenly turn azure-blue. A pure black current of air emerged around its body, like a dark cloud, propelling its body towards Bi Ji.
Xuan Ming instinctively opened his Domain, but under the protection of that Evil God aura, the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger was completely unaffected by the Domain. In just an instant, it arrived before Bi Ji.
The Evil God Hook had already transformed into an Evil God Thorn. A powerful black light suddenly erupted, turning into a massive black hole that generated an extremely terrifying suction force.
Just as Bi Ji was about to be sucked into the black hole, Xuan Ming pushed her away. Winter's Fury activated, and a terrifying cold burst forth, momentarily freezing the black hole. It quickly recovered, but still couldn't affect that strange Evil God aura.
"Seeking death!" Di Tian's eyes narrowed. He swiped a claw, and a terrifying claw of darkness struck towards the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's tail, intending to interrupt its attack. However, contrary to his expectation, the Evil God Thorn merely shifted slightly, directly shattering his attack.
At the same time, Xiong Jun, realizing he had been tricked, also became enraged. He unleashed the Sky-Ripping Claw, like a bolt of lightning tearing through the sky, carrying terrifying power capable of destroying the world, and slammed it fiercely onto the strange Evil God aura protective layer on the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's body.
The Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger, which had been congratulating itself on its disguise just a second ago, let out a miserable shriek. The seemingly indestructible Evil God aura, under the immense power of the Sky-Ripping Claw, quickly developed cracks like thin ice exposed to scorching sun, and then completely shattered.
But the suction force erupting from the black hole was not affected in the slightest. Instead, it sucked in Xuan Ming, who was closest, along with the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger.
The entire process happened in just a brief instant.
"Xuan Ming!"
Di Tian roared, his Ultimate Darkness Domain surging wildly as he charged towards the black hole, attempting to pull Xuan Ming out at the last moment.
However, the power of the black hole was extremely strange, devouring Di Tian's power as well. He could only watch helplessly as Xuan Ming and the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger were completely sucked into it. The black hole then slowly closed and disappeared.
"Xiong Jun! What did you do?!" Di Tian angrily glared at Xiong Jun.
"I don't know!" Xiong Jun looked utterly bewildered.
"I clearly crippled it!"
To ensure safety, he had beaten the guy up periodically on the way back, making sure it didn't even have the strength to escape!