The Magecraft circle flickered with light. Rose, who was researching a new potion nearby, set down her work and came to the circle to wait for Wu Ling's arrival.
Familiar light rose. Wu Ling's relaxed voice came from inside the Magecraft circle.
"Done. Done. Now everything is ready."
As he spoke, Wu Ling accepted the teacup Rose handed him. The aura of level eighty nine slowly spread from him.
The time had been brief, but the Divine Realm's divine power truly stood far above Soul Land's Spirit Power in quality. Even a few hours of cultivation there equaled one or two months of cultivation on Soul Land. Converted that way, the energy ratio between the two worlds seemed almost the same as the time ratio.
Wu Ling drank a sip of tea and pushed those minor details out of his mind. He no longer cared about such fine differences. His current goal was to reach level ninety as quickly as possible, then absorb his ninth Spirit Ring.
As if she had heard Wu Ling's thoughts, Rose reminded him from the side.
"Original, Artoria and Enkidu have been dragging the Deep Sea Demon Whale King around the near sea for almost a week. Several coastal cities have been affected heavily because of it. I also sent Ember ahead. Now you only need to move, and you can teleport beside the Deep Sea Demon Whale King and absorb its Spirit Ring."
Wu Ling nodded with satisfaction, but then showed a troubled expression.
"I want to absorb it quickly too, but my Spirit Power level is still where it is. Even with enough Spirit Liquid and energy circuits helping me, I still need at least half a month, maybe close to a month, before I can finish absorbing enough and reach level ninety. That means I can only trouble Artoria and Enkidu to keep dragging the Deep Sea Demon Whale King for now.
"If it really does not work, have them drag it toward the deeper sea. Once my level is enough, I can use Ember to teleport over there."
After hearing Wu Ling's words, Rose tilted her head as if thinking. Then, before Wu Ling could react, Rose's entire clone body became energy and entered Wu Ling's body.
Wu Ling suddenly felt a pure stream of Spirit Power appear inside him. In a daze, he seemed to hear the sound effect of a game level up. By the time he recovered, Rose had returned to stand before him, and his Spirit Power level had reached ninety.
Looking at Wu Ling, who was still a little stunned, Rose explained, "Original, this is the Spirit Power I have cultivated over the past nearly two years. Ten percent supported my actions. Another ten percent maintained my existence. I transferred the remaining eighty percent to you."
Only then did Wu Ling slap his forehead. He remembered why he had created clones in the first place. Back then, he had split off these clones to increase his cultivation speed.
But because so much time had passed, his own cultivation speed had grown faster and faster, and Rose and the others had shown their talents in other fields. Over time, he had truly forgotten about this ability.
Wu Ling put down the teacup, twisted his body, and adapted to the level ninety Spirit Power inside him.
"Whew. A twenty year old Titled Sage. Feels pretty good."
Wu Ling sensed Ember's location. Then he waved to Rose.
"Thanks, Rose. I will buy you something tasty when I get back."
Wu Ling's body vanished at once. In his place appeared Ember, wearing floral beach shorts.
After standing there blankly for a few seconds, Ember slowly took off the sunglasses over his eyes. He glanced at Rose and was just about to speak when Rose waved her hand. The Magecraft circle inside the room unfolded and directly teleported Ember out.
At that moment, Wu Ling was already seated on a beach chair. The strong sunlight made it hard for him to open his eyes, but he still saw Artoria and Enkidu on either side of him.
"That guy really knows how to enjoy himself," Wu Ling muttered with a smile. With his powerful body, he quickly adapted to the fierce sunlight.
"Artoria, Enkidu, thank you for the trouble."
Enkidu shook his head.
"I am only a weapon used by Master. How the weapon is used is entirely Master's freedom."
"Good. But thanking you is also my freedom."
After answering Enkidu, Wu Ling turned toward Artoria and saw that she had already poured him a glass of wine. She clinked her own glass against it, then drank her portion first.
Wu Ling smiled, raised his glass slightly toward Artoria, and drank it all as well.
After the thanks came the proper business. Wu Ling rose from the beach chair. Golden armor and a long spear gradually appeared on his body and in his hand.
"If reaching one million years means becoming a god, then you count as a god too, right, Deep Sea Demon Whale King?"
As he spoke, the corners of Wu Ling's mouth widened into an expression that looked excited and ill intentioned at the same time.
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King, already wrapped tightly in Chains of Heaven and secretly healing its wounds, suddenly sensed danger. It opened its eye at once. Then it saw a person covered in gold appear before it.
Ignoring the person, the whale king focused all its attention on the golden spear. From that spear, it felt a vast and powerful aura.
What one feared had come. The golden human said something it could not understand, then raised the golden spear.
At that moment, it felt as if a giant danger sign had appeared above its head. It could sense that this attack was not holding back at all. It truly could kill it.
After understanding that, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King struggled madly. But under the restraint of the Chains of Heaven, everything it did was useless.
"O Sun, Abide to Death!"
An attack bright enough to rival the sun shot from the god slaying spear. Domain, lightning, Spirit Power armor. After realizing it could not escape, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King used every method it had to survive this strike. Unfortunately, all of it turned useless before that beam of light. In the end, even the whale king's consciousness vanished with the light.
Boom.
The earth shaking roar could be heard even by several coastal cities near the sea. The god slaying strike pierced straight through the Deep Sea Demon Whale King and continued into the ocean with its power undiminished. It raised a tsunami large enough to drown the whale king itself. Fortunately, Artoria's Radiant Hall could float. Otherwise, it might truly have overturned.
With a thought, Wu Ling drew the golden million year Spirit Ring from the Deep Sea Demon Whale King to himself.
"A million year ninth Spirit Skill. Who will appear this time?"