Chapter 52: Chen Zifeng Breaks Down
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Dugu Xianmeng took the initiative to sign up for a Soul Duel. Meanwhile, Zhou Sichen headed straight to the room where Xiong Da was staying.
Xiong Da was his third contracted soul beast, the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear.
Since this was a temporary assignment, Xiong Da was currently resting in an ordinary room. However, the academy had already begun constructing a special space in the northwest corner of the Soul Dueling Arena, which would eventually serve as a resting area for Zhou Sichen's contracted soul beasts.
As soon as his master entered, Xiong Da affectionately approached him—there was not a trace of the fearsome aura typical of a ten-thousand-year soul beast.
Several students who were either spectating or waiting for their own Soul Duels peeked through the half-open door and couldn't help but feel waves of envy, jealousy, and frustration.
Just yesterday alone, several students had learned a painful lesson from this Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear.
Most of them were Soul Kings—geniuses in their own right—but they couldn't even break through the bear's defense before being beaten to the point where they could barely take care of themselves.
Thankfully, they only had to fight this beast once a week. Any more than that would be a nightmare.
Although Zhou Sichen could communicate with Xiong Da remotely through his Martial Soul, the Book of Contracts, the bear had been away from him for more than a day and was now extremely clingy.
Whenever Zhou Sichen had time, he would come by to check on him.
For Xiong Da, training against these weak humans was nothing more than play—and it was a welcome break from the monotonous cultivation within the Book of Contracts.