Inside the Room.
Spring was in the air.
Su Wen sat on the sofa, deep in thought. Qian Renxue, soft and fragrant, exited the bathroom. Her golden hair fell carelessly over her shoulders, her snowy-white skin exposed to the air. Those long, fox-like enchanting eyes were exceptionally alluring.
Her delicate, fair feet slid into slippers as she sat down next to Su Wen.
"What are you doing?" Su Wen took a deep breath.
The glimpses of snowy skin beside him, the softness pressed against his arm—all made his heart flutter.
"Uncle Su, we're alone together in a room. Don't you think...we should do something?" The beauty leaned close, her breath fragrant against Su Wen's ear.
"Do something?" Su Wen was momentarily lost.
"Mhm!"
A shy blush flashed across Qian Renxue's fair cheeks.
A few hours later...
Su Wen sat cross-legged on the bed, slowly exhaling a turbid breath, his eyes gleaming with happiness. The spiritual energy before the ten thousand year mark was so much richer than after. He hadn't expected even his second Martial Soul to break through again!
He reached the seventieth rank.
Even more surprising, his second Martial Soul's advancement to rank seventy wasn't the typical "Martial Soul True Body" transformation, but rather—the appearance of a red Pokéball.
It seemed that the "evolved form" of his first Martial Soul could also be used for his other Martial Souls.
He only now noticed this, as his second Martial Soul's pet beasts rarely fought and spent most of their time huddled in their Pokéballs—so he'd never needed a "Martial Soul True Body."
Now, this Pokéball could be used on the Mirror Beast!
Su Wen smiled.
However, beside him, Qian Renxue had fallen sound asleep. She'd undressed herself, shyly buried herself under the covers—only for Su Wen to start cultivating right away for hours!
She literally waited until she fell asleep.
"Hmm, did she fall asleep?" Su Wen looked over gently at Qian Renxue, bundled up in the blankets, deep in slumber. The beauty's sleeping posture, though—one shoulder still bare, a fair leg kicked out over the quilt, toes touching his leg.
"Angels are wonderful... Angels…"
"Redeemed."
He took a deep breath, covered her up again, and went downstairs.
The sound of footsteps echoed away. Suddenly, Qian Renxue's eyes flew open. Sitting up—still disheveled, golden hair tousled—her gorgeous face was full of frustration:
"What the…?"
"He really left?!"
"Unbelievable!"
She ground her teeth, pounding the bed.
"Still...," she suddenly flopped forward, savoring the lingering warmth on the bed, unable to stop a smile from curling at her lips. Sniffing deeply: "So comfortable..."
"Teacher!" ×7
As Su Wen came downstairs, the disciples all stood up.
They were eating dinner.
Seeing Su Wen only just now come down, their expressions were strange. They'd spent the afternoon training, then came back covered in sweat to replenish energy, while this teacher sauntered down so late.
But... Teacher Su was really something.
And as for the other person? She likely couldn't even get out of bed by now.
"Teacher, the qualifiers are officially over," Dugu Yan was the first to speak respectfully. "Five teams advanced—Four Elements Academy, and... Shrek Academy."
"Shrek?" Su Wen raised an eyebrow.
In the original story, they easily qualified first, but now nearly missed the finals. If Yu Tianheng hadn't carried the team at the start, they'd probably already be eliminated—what a tragedy...
But they weren't exactly cannon fodder either.
"The finals will be held in Spirit City, in half a month..."
After Dugu Yan explained the tournament, Su Wen nodded slightly. Having walloped Martial Soul Hall so thoroughly, they probably wouldn't dare try anything else now. Such a pity Xiao Wu had left, meaning Shrek wouldn't win, and Tang Hao wouldn't appear for that classic "dogfight."
Leaving the hotel, Su Wen entered the Pokéball world.
Snow filled the sky.
The vast white plain stretched endlessly.
Only two figures stood on it.
The Ice Empress, and the battered, bruised Mirror Beast.
"..."
Su Wen was surprised.
"It pretended to be you to trick me!" as soon as the Ice Empress saw Su Wen, she ran over, snapping her pincers at the Mirror Beast, eyes wide with indignation.
Su Wen understood.
Seeing the trembling Mirror Beast, he couldn't help but laugh.
This guy was clever, but didn't realize just how close he and the Ice Empress were...
"Willing to be my pet beast?" Su Wen smiled.
"Rrrawr~" the Mirror Beast whimpered.
It didn't know what "pet beast" meant, but... it didn't really have a choice.
"That's good then."
Su Wen smiled, glad he got to skip a beating.
A beam of light shot out.
The red Pokéball now had a new owner.
[Mirror Beast] → [Phantom Mirror Beast] → [Mimicry Magician]
Attributes: Extreme Transformation
Potential: 8
Skills:
· Thousand Faces Veil (Heaven Grade): Creates a kilometer-wide domain of mirrored space, able to simultaneously replicate the forms (body + soul skills) of three targets of the same rank. Each copy has 70% of the original's strength; the real body can instantly swap places with any copy within the domain.
· Character Copy (Heaven Grade): Can store five forms up to two ranks above itself (including gods), can call on them at any time regardless of time and space, copies have 80% of the real body's strength, must recharge after every use.
· All Phenomena Mirror (Heaven Grade): Unleashes a domain that forcibly mirrors every being (including energy bodies) within range. Copies have the full strength of originals and are under the user's control. If the real body dies, the copies vanish.
Next Evolution Stage: Lord of Mirrors
"Whoa..."
This was truly frightening.
As expected of the Mirror Beast.
A mimicry ability like this—even Oscar, after becoming a god, could make superb use of it.
If used well, it was a divine, game-breaking skill.
Especially the first mirrored domain—it was completely silent. Enemies could unknowingly step into the Mirror Beast's field, swap forms, and the tactics ceiling went through the roof.
Unless the opponent had overwhelming strength and could shatter the domain, those of the same rank—or even higher—would just be played to death...
The second skill resembled Xu Sanshi's "Copy" soul skill, but way stronger, perfectly duplicating a whole lifeform and allowing seamless swaps!
80% of original strength—already insane...
As for the third skill...
Also a mirrored domain, but specialized in area attacks.
Though the soul power cost was sky-high, once the Mirror Beast ascended to godhood, its power would be terrifying.
"Tsk tsk..."
"I almost forgot about you."
Su Wen looked at the "Mirror Person" in front of him. Humanoid silhouette, body covered in flowing, mercury-like liquid mirror—faceless: the [Mimicry Magician].
"Master!"
The creature, feeling its own shocking transformation, knelt with a trembling voice.
It seemed... it had soared to the skies.