Chapter 94

In the top floor of a tall, temporarily constructed ghost pavilion near the main arena, Pavilion Master Jiang Miao was overlooking the battles on the sixteen arenas. Beside Pavilion Master Jiang Miao sat Jiang Wei’s master, Elder Bai Ye Yue.

The entire spacious top floor was empty except for them; clearly, apart from Elder Bai, the other elders in the pavilion were not worthy of equal treatment by the Pavilion Master.

“Brother Bai, you have a fine disciple!” Pavilion Master Jiang Miao, who had just finished watching Lin Nianluo’s match on Arena Eleven, said, “This girl Lin Nianluo’s illusions are truly a perfect reflection of your teachings, becoming increasingly imperceptible! Once she reaches the peak of the Soul Condensation stage, she will likely be a powerful ghost comparable to the Soul Ignition stage!”

Spirit Gathering, Soul Condensation, Soul Ignition, Soul Division, and Immortality are the five major realms that ghost cultivators must pass through; each realm is separated by a vast, insurmountable gap.

Like Fang Siqi, whose strength among the Spirit Gathering stage ghosts is undoubtedly outstanding, and even claimed to be comparable to the Soul Condensation stage. In reality, he could barely hold his own against early-stage Soul Condensation ghost cultivators, let alone injure or defeat them—Soul Condensation ghost cultivators have extremely condensed and resilient souls, and even if Fang Siqi exerted all his strength, he might not even be able to make a scratch!

This is the enormous gap between the Soul Condensation stage and the Spirit Gathering stage; the gap between the Soul Ignition stage and the Soul Condensation stage is equally vast! It is virtually impossible to fight across stages.

In the entire Original Sin City, only Elder Bai could use Soul Condensation stage cultivation to combat Soul Ignition stage ghosts; this is why the Pavilion Master treated Elder Bai as an equal.

After all, Pavilion Master Jiang Miao himself has the terrifying cultivation of the early Soul Ignition stage!

Elder Bai smiled, “Nianluo’s talent in illusions is indeed no less than mine; moreover, she has a natural talent for comprehending realms! I estimate that once she reaches the Soul Condensation stage, she will naturally comprehend the Insight Realm; unlike this old man, who has yet to comprehend it even now…”

“You…” The Pavilion Master pointed at Elder Bai helplessly, scolding with a laugh, “Your attack methods are already so despicable and shameless. If you were to comprehend the Insight Realm, what would happen?”

“Pretentious! Hypocritical!” Elder Bai sneered, “When you’re about to kill someone, why care about the means? Of course, you use every possible method!”

“But you don’t hold back when we spar…” the Pavilion Master retorted.

Elder Bai burst into laughter, “Let’s not talk about that. Look, the match on Arena Seven with Fang Siqi is quite exciting!”

When the Pavilion Master turned his gaze, he saw Fang Siqi battling the Medusa ghost. This battle truly caught his eye.

“Someone!” the Pavilion Master called out.

A servant immediately pushed the door open.

“Go and recruit the Medusa ghost from Arena Seven into the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion!” the Pavilion Master instructed.

“Yes!”

When the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion recruits disciples, they only test one thing: soul talent. They don’t consider anything else. It’s not that the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion doesn’t want to test other aspects, but things like comprehension and combat awareness are inherently difficult to test; only soul talent has a method of testing.

Therefore, it’s inevitable that some talented ghosts will be overlooked during the testing—like Jiang Wei, or the Medusa ghost.

The Medusa ghost’s soul talent and comprehension are not particularly good. After all, if her soul talent were good, she would have been recruited by the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion long ago; if her comprehension were good, she would likely have already comprehended the Insight Realm like Jiang Wei.

However, the Medusa ghost’s attack methods are quite unique. She can condense her hair into dozens of snake-like forms, and each “snake” can be controlled with ease—this is truly remarkable!

After all, the Medusa ghost hasn’t even learned sword techniques or other skills, yet she can barely match Fang Siqi; if she learns some techniques, even if not proficiently, she would likely be much stronger than Fang Siqi!

Moreover, the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion has methods to help the Medusa ghost reach the Soul Condensation stage. Once she reaches this stage and learns the “Three Heads and Six Arms” secret technique, her one head will instantly turn into three, and her dozens of snake-like “arms” will instantly become hundreds, creating a terrifying scene!

If the Medusa ghost’s comprehension were higher, and she comprehended the Insight Realm at the Soul Condensation stage…

A ghost cultivator like the Medusa ghost is naturally not to be missed by the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion; it’s no wonder the Pavilion Master immediately sent someone to recruit her upon seeing her special move.

“However, this hair control technique is a unique skill she has comprehended on her own, not something that can be widely taught to other ghosts…” Elder Bai shook his head.

Indeed, if such a skill could be widely taught, all ghost cultivators would likely stop using their hands in battle and use their hair instead!

“Once this Medusa ghost advances to the Soul Condensation stage, she will be a formidable force!” the Pavilion Master said.

Elder Bai deeply agreed.

Pavilion Master Jiang Miao and Elder Bai, the two most powerful beings in Original Sin City, were chatting idly while watching the battles below from the top of the pavilion.

Suddenly, the Pavilion Master’s eyes lit up, “Look, your precious disciple is on the stage! … Hmm? He’s also on Arena Seven!”

Although the Pavilion Master usually maintained a high and mighty demeanor, he secretly paid close attention to everything happening in the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion—because his cultivation had reached its peak, and he was unlikely to make any progress in this life; with no need to cultivate, he naturally had plenty of time to manage these trivial matters.

And regarding the conflict between Jiang Wei and Fang Siqi, the Pavilion Master had naturally heard about it. So, when he saw Jiang Wei on Arena Seven, he immediately made many connections.

…

On Arena Seven, Jiang Wei’s opponent was a burly ghost cultivator with a tiger-like back and bear-like build. This ghost cultivator’s physique was exceptionally large, standing there like a giant bear.

“Hmm?”

Jiang Wei looked at his opponent with some surprise; he couldn’t understand why a human ghost could grow so large.

“Boy, you should concede!” The bear-like ghost cultivator’s voice was like a bell, “My strength is extremely powerful, and you cannot withstand it. I advise you to concede now to avoid injury!”

“Oh?” Jiang Wei smiled, “I am also at the peak of the Spirit Gathering stage, and you are also at the peak of the Spirit Gathering stage. How can your strength be stronger than mine?”

At the peak of the Spirit Gathering stage, the soul strength of ghost cultivators is one hundred times; since their soul strengths are the same, there is no question of one being stronger than the other—of course, Jiang Wei knew he was an exception; his current soul strength is already six hundred times.

However, Jiang Wei planned to temporarily hide his soul strength to avoid alarming Fang Siqi. He intended to defeat Fang Siqi with a single, decisive blow!

“Haha, that’s because you are ignorant!” The bear-like ghost cultivator laughed, “Although I am also at the peak of the Spirit Gathering stage, my strength…”

At this point, the bear-like ghost cultivator suddenly burst into action.

“My strength… is stronger than yours!”

“Boom!”

The bear-like ghost cultivator charged at Jiang Wei like a cannonball.