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Su Wen naturally had no intention of absorbing these two spirit bones.
While Su Wen had heard that the age of spirit rings could be increased, he had truly never heard of increasing the age of spirit bones.
Therefore, he had to be extremely cautious about absorbing any spirit bone.
The reason he kept the two thousand-year spirit bones was that he was ready to start researching spirit bones.
At night, during rest, Su Wen condensed a Flame Clone and attempted once again to fuse the three-thousand-year Phantom Beast spirit bone into it. He still didn't succeed this time, but there seemed to be a slight reaction.
"Using a clone to briefly fuse with a spirit bone to cast its skill seems feasible, but the Flame Clone clearly isn't perfectly compatible with this idea. Moreover, the higher the age of the spirit bone, the higher the requirements for the clone," Su Wen concluded preliminarily.
After just attempting to fuse the Phantom Beast spirit bone with the Flame Clone, he dismissed the clone.
The Heavenly Book Spirit appeared in his hand. Pages flew out one by one, merging into the Phantom Beast spirit bone in front of him.
Fourth spirit skill activated.
Su Wen had already tried with the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, but there had been no progress. However, that attempt made Su Wen feel his logic was sound; it was just that his development of the replication talent wasn't sufficient yet.
Or rather, the technique of combining the replication talent with the Book Spirit's engraving ability wasn't perfect yet, and his analytical ability regarding spirit bone skills was insufficient.
Now, attempting to replicate the mere three-thousand-year Phantom Beast spirit bone with his fourth spirit skill, Su Wen quickly made progress.
The replication spirit skill from the Mirror Image Beast couldn't replicate spirit bones; its most basic ability was to replicate spirit beasts or spirits.
Spirit bones fused by Spirit Masters couldn't be replicated, nor could the skills of the spirit bones.
However, replication was ultimately a process.
As Su Wen activated this process, the act of replication had actually begun, but the fourth spirit skill itself didn't provide a template for replicating spirit bones.
So at this moment, Su Wen used his own book pages as a substitute template, implementing the acts of analysis and replication onto his pages.
Progress appeared, though it was pitifully slow.
At this speed, Su Wen estimated that even replicating non-stop for three days might not be enough to completely replicate it.
"It's a good start, after all."
Su Wen didn't think this speed was slow.
At least, his hypothesis was correct.
Completing this replication meant that the development of Su Wen's replication spirit skill was on the right track, and the scope of replication had expanded.
With more accumulated experience, perhaps he would be able to replicate the skill of the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone as well.
Of course, the greatest utility of this development for Su Wen wasn't actually the replication of spirit bones.
It was the change in the replication spirit skill's template.
Using spirit bone replication as a catalyst, Su Wen perceived a form of using only the analytical and replication capabilities of the spirit skill, while using his own spirit as the template for engraving and coordination.
"Experiencing this process, perhaps my idea of permanently engraving those replicated spirits onto my spirit can also be realized."
At that time, the burden of replicating spirit skills would be solved along the way.
After Elephant Armored City, Su Wen's fortuitous encounters dwindled.
The gains weren't as great as in the first three cities where the Elemental Academies—Blazing, Kamikaze, and Elephant Armored—were located.
However, it gave Su Wen a lot of new knowledge.
At the same time, apart from spirit battles, Su Wen kept repeating the replication of the Phantom Beast spirit bone's skill.
After succeeding, he would choose to erase the information engraved on his spirit, and then replicate it again.
Repeating this over and over, Su Wen was also recording the changes in his spirit each time he replicated the spirit bone.
In this manner, traveling through three major cities and repeating the process for a month, Su Wen finally thoroughly engraved the Phantom Beast spirit bone's skill.
What frustrated Su Wen the most was that the information on his spirit also required him to maintain it with spirit power. Whether it was handwriting or patterns displayed on it, they would gradually dissipate after Su Wen cut off the spirit power supply.
The same applied to spirit skills.
Therefore, when he permanently engraved the spirit skill, he actually engraved it into his Visualization Method.
He projected the changes of engraving the spirit skill on his spirit into his Visualization Method each time, permanently engraving it onto the pages within his visualization.
As the Visualization Method took effect, the Phantom Beast pattern was projected onto Su Wen's spirit. Consuming spirit power, a ball of light condensed in Su Wen's palm.
"I really am a genius." Looking at the ball of light in his palm, Su Wen smiled.
Next, he just needed to improve the efficiency of engraving, and he could solve the burden of replicating spirit skills.
"The age of this Phantom Beast spirit bone is too low and unsuitable for me, but the skill it contains, 'Phantom Light', is acceptable."
Su Wen cast Phantom Light, and the ball of light in his hand changed.
At the same time, the Phantasmal Spirit Eye emerged on his forehead, only hidden by the simulation spirit skill so outsiders couldn't see it.
Even when exploring alone, he tried his best to conceal it, turning caution into a habit.
Su Wen's Phantasmal Spirit Eye had metamorphosed multiple times since fusion, especially when Su Wen consumed the Autumn Water-Gazing Dew, causing the Phantasmal Spirit Eye to evolve once.
But even so, Su Wen knew clearly that he hadn't completely fused with this Phantasmal Spirit Eye.
The biggest difference between External Spirit Bones and ordinary spirit bones is that they won't drop upon the Spirit Master's death.
But this characteristic only appears after the Spirit Master has completely fused with it.
Su Wen had never been able to completely fuse with the Phantasmal Spirit Eye.
He thought it was because there wasn't enough pressure.
However, in fact, the perfect fusion of the Phantasmal Spirit Eye didn't depend on pressure.
A month ago, Huyan Zhen did indeed help him complete the perfect fusion of the Phantasmal Spirit Eye. However, it wasn't Huyan Zhen's oppression that took the credit, but rather Su Wen achieving perfect fusion with the Phantasmal Spirit Eye when he sensed the immense threat back then.
At that moment, the Phantasmal Spirit Eye warned him, and Su Wen prepared to escape in advance.
Driven by the Phantasmal Spirit Eye, Su Wen's spiritual power merged into the ball of light. Inside the ball of light, a world seemed to be slowly constructing.
Su Wen perceived the interior of the light ball through his spiritual power; within the small ball was a huge space.
Although this month was relatively uneventful for Su Wen, it was still quite fulfilling for the other eight members.
Especially Ning Rongrong, who had to face the opponents Su Wen let through every day and fight them.
Under such frequent combat, she finally broke through her bottleneck and reached level thirty.
Twelve years old, level thirty.
At the same time, Su Wen also achieved a breakthrough, reaching level forty-nine, just one level away from being able to absorb a fifth spirit ring and become a Spirit King. In the eyes of Qin Ming and the others, Su Wen had just broken through to level forty.
"Little Wen, have you thought about your fourth spirit ring?" Qin Ming prepared to lead the seven of them to the Star Dou Great Forest to help the two obtain their spirit rings right after reaching the final stop.
"I've already thought about it. However, Teacher Qin, after the training ends, you all can just return to the academy."
Hearing Su Wen's words, Qin Ming frowned immediately.
What did that mean?
(End of Chapter)