Chapter 30
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Chapter 30: Twelve Years Old!
When Yun Ye allocated his points, he chose "Increase 100% Spiritual Roots extraction speed," which doubled his efficiency.
His ability to grasp Spiritual Laws within seven days was also related to his Spiritual Roots talent.
This training lasted for two months, and time flew by.
In the modern world, studying had been incredibly difficult for him, which was why he had achieved nothing and remained an ordinary person.
However, after going through years of hardship, Yun Ye had unknowingly shed all his bad habits.
By now, the difficulties of studying and training felt as normal to Yun Ye as water is to fish.
During these two months, Yun Ye took care of many tasks, such as informing Yang Shu’s parents about the news of his Spiritual Roots awakening, relieving their burdens.
In just a month, Shuzhu was pregnant, and soon Yun Ye would have a younger sibling.
Yun Ye eagerly anticipated the arrival of the newborn. He had focused on his training and rarely spent time with his parents in this life, so having a brother or sister born would clearly be a wonderful thing.
Apart from that, he expanded his business and built connections with other revived Spiritual Roots practitioners known by Yang Shu, which consumed a lot of Yun Ye’s energy, causing his progress in Feather Coat Spiritual Law to stall; he was still quite a bit away from mastery.
Currently, the Feather Coat could only cover one arm and half of his torso, leaving it significantly vulnerable.
However, compared to his initial awakening, Yun Ye’s spirit energy had increased at least fivefold.
At this level, Yun Ye could finally understand how troublesome Huang Yupeng’s Minor Achievement realm was.
Initially, Yun Ye had the dual advantages of a favorable elemental affinity and semi-pure flames, but Huang Yupeng could not extinguish the flames and didn’t even burn his clothes—a little embarrassing but not too bad.
This kind of power gap was such that even ten Yun Yes would be unable to compete.
Yun Ye could already imagine what true masters of Spiritual Laws looked like.
It was commonplace for them to take on thousands of opponents, and they might even be able to topple mountains and shake the earth.
No wonder the governance of Baishi Town was absolutely solid; it was an entirely different form of civilization that couldn’t be judged by past experiences.
"Now the pressure is on me. The combat ranking happens at least once a month, and the entire Awakening Hall is my enemy. As long as I participate, I will definitely become a target."
The combat ranking system is entirely biased towards the strong, with very severe penalties for the weak.
If the number of losses exceeds the number of victories, all sorts of privileges will be reduced.
If there are three additional losses, one will be demoted from the Awakening Hall to the Qi Hall, losing the right to purchase herbal medicine, and would have to wait until the end-of-year exam to return to the Awakening Hall.
Under this system, those with power hold significant influence, making it easy to suppress rivals.
Yun Ye had already faced consecutive losses for two months without a fight, and if he lost without a fight for the third month, he would be expelled from the Awakening Hall, freezing his enlistment status in the Black Armored Army, making him wait another year to join.
Clearly, Yun Ye did not intend to waste time, so he had no choice but to participate.
…
At the No. 6 Training Ground.
"It seems I must charge forward; I won’t look back until I hit a wall."
"Notification sent."
As soon as Yun Ye stepped out, he drew a lot of attention. After all, the deadline had come—either he faced the fight or lost his qualification. Yun Ye had evidently chosen to face the fight.
After finding Shen An, Yun Ye submitted his application for the combat ranking.
The Awakening Hall had just over a hundred people, while there were at most only a dozen revival of Spiritual Roots practitioners, so it was impossible for everyone to be present every time. They had to apply in advance and wait for others to arrive before starting the battle.
If someone could not be found, they could hang on indefinitely, and in that case, even if the three-month deadline passed, it wouldn’t count as a loss.
Moreover, Yun Ye was popular enough that he likely wouldn’t have trouble finding an opponent.
As expected, just after Shen An confirmed Yun Ye’s application, the second application came immediately.
It was a boy of about fifteen, with long brown hair and handsome features, adorned with several jade pendants and rings that showcased his status.
"Well, what a coincidence. Another revival of Spiritual Roots practitioner. In that case, let’s arrange your match first."
"Yang Shi, Huang Xueying, let’s go."
Shen An showed slight interest and directly approved the application.
According to his usual habit, he would typically wait until the number of applications piled up before addressing them all at once.
This time, he simply went along with Huang Yupeng’s suggestion to see how things would turn out.
As the three stepped out, news spread rapidly.
Wang Yao arrived first, but after receiving a hint from Yun Ye, he stayed back and watched from a distance as events unfolded.
Listening casually to a few discussions, he couldn’t help but feel anxious.
Huang Xueying was Huang Yupeng’s cousin. Although not as talented as Huang Yupeng, he was still a formidable opponent who had achieved Major Achievement status in mastering his Qi three years ago and had awakened his Spiritual Roots!
Yun Ye had only been training for two months; how could he compete with Huang Xueying?
…
The onlookers had no ability to interfere with the unfolding situation.
Both Huang Xueying and Yun Ye took their positions.
At that moment, the vast Training Ground fell completely silent, as everyone focused intently on the outcome of the battle.
There were monthly battles among revival of Spiritual Roots practitioners, but few were taken seriously.
This time, Huang Xueying was there on Huang Yupeng’s instruction to suppress Yun Ye, and he showed no mercy, treating this as a real fight.
One interesting rule of the combat ranking was that within the first minute, even if one wished to surrender, it was not allowed.
During the one-minute time limit, unless one side completely lost their fighting ability, the match could not be stopped. This rule was particularly suited to trampling on rivals, leaving them with serious psychological scars.
So as soon as the match started, Huang Xueying asked, "Do you think you can last a minute?"
"…" Yun Ye remained silent.
"Forgot you’re mute, huh? I haven’t troubled you in these two months, but here we are." Huang Xueying skipped the initial taunting; for him, this was just a routine task, and he proceeded methodically, devoid of any emotional flair.
The only thing present was disdain.
Like Huang Yupeng, Huang Xueying did not directly activate his Spiritual Roots, nor did he even start his Spiritual Law, instead walking straight toward Yun Ye.
"Spiritual Roots revival."
Yun Ye’s fiery patterns lit up on his forehead as he entered the Spiritual Roots revival state, his mind in sync with his power, enveloping his body in a layer of lightly transparent orange flames.
Feather Coat Spiritual Law!
"Boom!"
As Yun Ye completed the Feather Coat Spiritual Law, he shot forward, lunging at the approaching Huang Xueying.
His speed was so fast that it completely surpassed normal human vision, closing the ten-meter gap in an instant.
Yet Huang Xueying showed no signs of panic; he had heard from Huang Yupeng before coming.
This Yang Shi’s flames were just particularly strong and hard to extinguish, lacking real power.
Even with two months of training focusing on basic Spiritual Law, the most he could have increased his power was one or two times, which still seemed too naive compared to the Huang family’s ancestral Spiritual Law.
"Wood Barrier!"
Huang Xueying’s body was enveloped in a vibrant green hue; he too had a Wood Element Spiritual Roots and had achieved Minor Achievement in his Spiritual Law!
