It was a full week later before Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo returned. Judging by Ning Fengzhi's expression, he seemed very happy, likely having obtained a good eighth Soul Ring.
Unexpectedly, his eldest brother hadn't returned. It was said that he had gone out for training with Oscar and Qin Shuang. Yang Xiong strongly suspected that his elder brother, Yang Wei, wanted to avoid Zhao Wuji's combat training.
After a week of being honed by Bone Douluo, Yang Xiong's body seemed to have suffered immense damage. After each training session, the sight was truly gruesome.
However, Yang Xiong seemed to gradually understand the meaning behind Bone Douluo's training. By choosing so many people to attack him, his body seemed to be developing an instinctive ability to dodge enemy attacks, or rather, to deflect the force of enemy attacks.
And if he underwent this kind of training for a long time, it could indeed make his defense stronger, and even his reaction speed would improve.
After his body was continuously struck, using blood to temper his body was somewhat similar to the effect of a medicinal bath after training to the extreme.
But in comparison, this training method was far more brutal. Although there was no immediate danger to his life, he was gradually becoming numb to the pain, his skin had become thicker, and even his bones seemed to have strengthened under these blows.
Yang Xiong couldn't help but recall Tang San cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer under a waterfall. The waterfall had immense impact, which was somewhat similar to being struck by these iron rods.
After Sword Douluo returned, Bone Douluo disappeared without a trace, seemingly having gone out of the Sect to handle some matters.
Yang Xiong arrived at the training field early in the morning and waited for a full ten minutes before Sword Douluo finally arrived, a little late.
Compared to Bone Douluo, Sword Douluo seemed even more unapproachable, his entire person like cold ice.
Upon seeing Sword Douluo, Yang Xiong quickly bowed: "Teacher, please begin teaching today."
Sword Douluo nodded: "Old Bone and I have discussed it. Old Bone has trained you for a week, and I will train you for the next week."
"My training and Old Bone's training will be completely different, but compared to his torturous training, my training is simpler, but also more lethal."
"Use all your strength to attack me. I want to see what kind of strength you possess. Of course, I will only display the strength of a Soul Ancestor."
Yang Xiong was speechless for a moment. Why did both of his teachers want him to attack them? Could they really discover so many problems through attacking?
This time, Yang Xiong was prepared. He quickly summoned his Martial Soul and Soul Rings. His hands were like a pair of dragon claws, and he grabbed towards Sword Douluo with extreme speed.
Sword Douluo seemed completely unconcerned. Just as Yang Xiong was about to grab Sword Douluo, a Seven Kill Sword appeared out of thin air. It surprisingly didn't collide with his claws, but instead, it was as fast as lightning, directly stabbing towards the joints of his hands.
Yang Xiong's body tensed immediately. This was the Seven Kill Sword, known as the top attacking Tool Martial Soul in the world. He probably couldn't withstand it at all.
Yang Xiong's body paused, and the pair of dragon claws that were grabbing towards Sword Douluo turned towards the Seven Kill Sword.
But even though the Seven Kill Sword wasn't held in Sword Douluo's hand, only controlled by Soul Power from his two fingers, before it collided with the claws, the sword tip flicked, and instead stabbed towards Yang Xiong's neck.
Yang Xiong reacted extremely quickly, his hands immediately returning to defend, directly blocking the path of the Seven Kill Sword's attack.
But this time, the Seven Kill Sword went straight forward, directly stabbing onto Yang Xiong's claws. Even though Yang Xiong used all his strength, he couldn't resist the sharpness of the Seven Kill Sword.
Yang Xiong gritted his teeth, completely ignoring the pain from his hands. His body flashed, and he actually appeared directly behind Sword Douluo, attacking Sword Douluo with a full-strength punch. Moreover, this attack utilized the impact force of his body, it was precisely the attacking Soul Skill, Bone Crushing Punch.
But Sword Douluo didn't even turn his head. The Seven Kill Sword shot out directly, passing over Sword Douluo's shoulder and stabbing directly at Yang Xiong's silver fists.
With just one strike, Yang Xiong felt as if his fists were about to be split open. Moreover, a powerful force came from the Seven Kill Sword, forcing his entire body back.
Before Yang Xiong could react again, a surge of sword energy actually condensed out of thin air in the sky, as if it wanted to pierce through Yang Xiong's entire body.
Yang Xiong gritted his teeth and instantly moved in front of Sword Douluo again, similarly smashing a golden Rasengan with all his might.
But Sword Douluo controlled the Seven Kill Sword to quickly vibrate, as if brushing out a sword flower. The entire Rasengan was actually lightly deflected by the Seven Kill Sword.
Before Yang Xiong could react, the Seven Kill Sword appeared at Yang Xiong's neck from an extremely tricky angle. There even seemed to be a slit already cut on his neck, with thin streams of blood seeping out from his skin.
Yang Xiong couldn't help but swallow, the attack of this Seven Kill Sword was too fierce, and its speed was too fast. Especially judging from the speed and intensity of use just now, Sword Douluo was probably indeed displaying strength at the Soul Ancestor level.
With a wave of Sword Douluo's hand, the Seven Kill Sword at Yang Xiong's neck instantly disappeared, and only then did Yang Xiong breathe a sigh of relief.
Sword Douluo nodded, a rare sight. "Not bad, your reaction ability is indeed quite good, and your attack is barely acceptable. It's probably rare for anyone at the Soul Ancestor or even Soul King level to achieve your attack capability."
"However, you have courage but lack control over your strength. When my Seven Kill Sword first attacked you just now, why did your attack stop? Was it just because the gap in strength between us was too great?"
Yang Xiong quickly said, "Teacher, your Seven Kill Sword is too powerful. I'm afraid even if I attacked you, my hands would be directly severed."
Sword Douluo snorted coldly. "With only strength and combat skills, but without any momentum or determination, how can you become a true powerhouse? You must know that there are countless geniuses in the world, and only by daring to challenge the strong and daring to face death without fear can you ultimately become a true master. Every Titled Douluo is no exception."
"During the Soul Master Competition, your performance was good, but who were you showing that hesitant look to? You clearly had a chance to defeat Charm Demon, but you didn't use your soul skills, and you didn't even display your full strength. What was the point of participating in the Soul Master Competition then?"
"Although Spirit Hall is powerful, if we don't even have the courage to challenge them, it's better to surrender early. Maybe we can still live a normal life."
Yang Xiong broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this. Over the years, he had indeed made many calculations, but his personality was hesitant. He didn't know how to refuse when he should, and he didn't fight desperately when he should. It seemed he had never done anything without certainty, completely lacking the courage to challenge the strong.
Sword Douluo continued, "Analyze the challenge just now. Where exactly did you lose? Why did you fall so easily?"
Yang Xiong thought carefully before speaking. "Teacher, the main reason is the gap in soul power usage. Teacher, your control over the Seven Kill Sword can be said to be at its peak. The sword seems to be as easy to use as your own body."
Sword Douluo shook his head. "This analysis is too poor. I already said just now that I would only use strength at the Soul Ancestor level. Whether it was speed, strength, attack power, or even the sharpness of the Seven Kill Sword, I controlled it within the Soul Ancestor realm. Yet you were intimidated by my strength and completely lacked the courage to truly fight."
Only then did Yang Xiong speak. "Thank you for your guidance, Teacher. This situation will definitely not happen again next time."
Sword Douluo snorted coldly. "Do you think you'll have another chance? When you fight an enemy, if you can't unleash your full strength immediately, will your enemy give you another chance?"
"From beginning to end, you didn't have your own rhythm in the battle just now. You basically fell into my combat rhythm. This is a major taboo in Soul Master duels."
A look of determination appeared on Yang Xiong's face. "Teacher, I understand. Thank you for the reminder. From now on, I will fight with my life."
Sword Douluo nodded. "Having this realization means you haven't reached a point of no return. So the Soul Master Competition is just a competition for a bunch of kids. They don't even allow injuring opponents. This kind of competition has no meaning to me."
"Your strength might be stronger than ordinary students, but you haven't reached the point of crushing them. You must know that whether it's your speed, strength, or defense, they are the best in the entire Soul Master Competition. You stood out more than them because your knowledge is better than theirs."
Upon hearing this, Yang Xiong also reviewed his experiences over the past few years and realized he had indeed become somewhat lax.
Sword Douluo continued, "Since you have become my disciple, I will try my best to teach you. But if your performance disappoints me, you might sooner or later lose your life under my Seven Kill Sword. There must be no cowards among my disciples."
Yang Xiong gritted his teeth. "Teacher, I will definitely not be weaker than others, and I will definitely fight harder than everyone else."
Sword Douluo said, "That's more like it. My Martial Soul is the Seven Kill Sword, but you don't have a sword-type Martial Soul, so I won't teach you any sword techniques. Moreover, given your situation, it's difficult for you to go too far in the way of the sword."
"What I can teach you are only two words: attack and kill."
"Attack means offense, using all means to defeat the enemy, moving forward bravely. And kill means killing intent, using all means to kill the enemy."
After Sword Douluo finished speaking, an endless killing intent instantly erupted from his body. Yang Xiong felt his entire body trembling, as if he were in a sea of corpses and blood, and even his soul was trembling.
Judging from Sword Douluo's killing intent, it was probably not much different from Tang Hao's back then. This should be the unique killing intent of the Seven Kill Sword.
With a wave of Sword Douluo's hand, a surge of sword energy seemed to quickly pour into Yang Xiong's body, suppressing his Martial Soul and soul power.
Yang Xiong was also speechless. Why did both of his teachers like to suppress his Martial Soul and soul power? Did training in attack also require this?
Before Yang Xiong could say anything, several disciples of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect pushed out a huge cage. Inside the cage was a Spotted Tiger. This Spotted Tiger was over six meters long and looked like it had reached the two-thousand-year level.
Sword Douluo said, "No matter what method you use, use all your strength to kill this thousand-year Spotted Tiger. Of course, you cannot use hidden weapons during the process."
After Sword Douluo finished speaking, his fingers quickly drew two lines of sword energy, and the ground of the training field was instantly divided into a small arena by the sword energy. He himself walked out of the range of the sword energy.
The Spotted Tiger let out a huge roar, looking at Yang Xiong as if he were prey. However, the Spotted Tiger seemed to be very afraid of Sword Douluo's sword energy and dared not approach.
Yang Xiong was also extremely nervous. It wasn't that he hadn't killed thousand-year soul beasts before, but with his Martial Soul and soul power completely suppressed like this, it would be very difficult to defeat the thousand-year Spotted Tiger, and he even had to kill it.
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