"Hahaha!"
"Level ninety-eight! Ultimate Lightning! Dual Spirit Cores! Three-Word Battle Armor!"
"Right now, even against that old fogey Qian Daoliu, this old man dares to fight him head-on!"
Qian Daoliu: ?? Are you getting cocky?
Yet the exhilaration didn't last long.
In Yu Yuanzhen's mind, the rewards those Spirit Beasts had received on the heavenly screen replayed themselves.
Xiong Jun – four-word battle armor.
Ten Thousand Demon King – four-word battle armor.
Deep Sea Demon Whale King – five-word battle armor plus a divine artifact.
"…"
The smile on Yu Yuanzhen's face froze instantly.
He looked down at the majestic Three-Word Battle Armor on his body—Thunder Dragon King.
A moment ago it had felt like a divine weapon; now it suddenly lost its luster.
"Damn it!"
"I finally get a Three-Word set, and those beasts start at Four-Words?"
"What's the point of comparing!"
A deep sense of defeat washed away the joy of breakthrough.
Yu Yuanzhen drifted down from the sky and slumped onto the Sect square, deflated.
Around him, clansmen were still cheering, celebrating their patriarch's surge in cultivation.
Only he knew that, in the eyes of the truly strong, his current level was a joke.
Before the heavenly screen appeared, level ninety-eight was mighty—truly mighty!
But now?
Not quite level-ninety-eight Super Douluos everywhere, but close.
The circle of experts he touched had all risen dramatically.
"The times have changed…"
Yu Yuanzhen sighed, staring at the dragon claws he once took pride in.
"Just Three-Word Battle Armor gives such terrifying boosts."
"What about Four-Words? Five-Words?"
"Forget it, no point thinking."
"At least I'm stronger than that Old Poison. That's enough."
He could only console his wounded heart with Dugu Bo… while continent-wide Spirit Masters sighed.
"Even the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's patriarch only ranks sixteenth…"
"What kind of gods occupy the top fifteen?"
"I bet the Spirit Hall elders are about to sweep the rankings!"
"Of course—Golden Crocodile, Qian Daoliu… those old monsters haven't shown up yet!"
Amid the chatter,
The heavenly screen flickered again!
[Spirit Master Power Ranking List – 15th Place]
[Name: Gu Rong]
[Affiliation: Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School]
[Spirit: Bone Dragon]
[spirit power Level: level ninety-six]
[spirit ring Configuration: four purple, five black]
[Combat Evaluation: Universally hailed as the continent's "No. 1 Defense-type" Titled Douluo, a title that gravely underestimates his lethality.]
[Core Abilities: With Chen Xin's aid, has condensed a darkness-attribute soul core. Bone Dragon possesses the extremely rare darkness and space dual attributes. His defense is uncanny; his attacks strike from nowhere. If he doesn't wish to die, no one can kill him; if he wishes to flee, below god-rank none can hold him. If his spatial power can't be countered, among peers he is invincible!]
[Reward: spirit power +1 level; all spirit rings gain +6 000 years; condensed space soul core; awakened innate Domain (Myriad Bone Void Realm); hundred thousand year Sky-splitting Bone Dragon left leg Spirit Bone; Three-Word Battle Armor (Bone Dragon King)]
…Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
Seeing his reward, Gu Rong was overjoyed!
After Chen Xin returned, he had helped Gu Rong condense an attribute soul core.
Though his level hadn't broken through, he'd reached the peak of level ninety-six.
Now Heaven hadn't granted him a spirit soul core, but gave him a space soul core instead!
Just seeing it, he knew his spatial abilities would advance another step!
With these rewards he would switch from defense to assault!
Critically, his assault form still kept top-tier defense!
"Buzz!!"
A gray-white pillar descended, enveloping Gu Rong.
First came the spirit power breakthrough!
Gu Rong rose from level ninety-six to level ninety-seven.
Next, the spirit rings beneath his feet transformed.
The first four purple thousand-year rings deepened with the extra six millennia.
Configuration shifted from four purple, five black to three purple, six black!
In his Dantian, a silver-gray crystal distorting surrounding space slowly formed.
Space soul core!
It resonated with the other darkness soul core—one black, one silver—forming a perfect energy cycle inside him!
"Boom!"
Dual cores resonated!
Gu Rong's aura underwent a qualitative change!
"Myriad Bone Void Realm!"
Gu Rong barked; his newly awakened innate Domain unfurled.
Hum!
Within a hundred meters, heaven and earth changed color!
Normal space shattered, replaced by an eerie World of white bones and black spatial rifts.
Inside this Domain, Gu Rong was like a fish in water!
Domain Effects:
One: Spatial Folding.
Space around him stretches and folds infinitely; foes' attacks seem close yet are separated by mountains and seas. Unless an absolute force smashes the spatial barrier, any non-locking skill loses its way and never touches him!
Two: Void Blink.
Within the Domain he can appear anywhere like a ghost, even conjure multiple spatial after-images—real and fake intertwined, impossible to guard against.
Three: Dimensional Reversal.
Every bone spur in the Domain is a spatial node. Gu Rong can devour incoming energy attacks into another dimension and reflect them back from a rift behind the enemy!
Yet this ability costs far more spirit power than the first two.
"Strong—too strong!"
Feeling the Domain's might, Gu Rong could barely keep his grin in check.
"Not over yet!"
Light burst in his eyes.
A silvery leg bone, seemingly pieced from countless fragments of space, slowly fused into his left leg.
Hundred thousand year Sky-splitting Bone Dragon left leg Spirit Bone!
"Merge!"
As the Spirit Bone integrated, an immense spatial source power flooded his body!
His freshly advanced level-ninety-seven spirit power soared again!
Level ninety-eight!
"I'm level ninety-eight too—hahaha!"
Gu Rong stared at his hands in disbelief.
Finally, a gray-white bone armor covered with fierce barbs and flowing spatial runes cloaked him.
Three-Word Battle Armor—Bone Dragon King!
"Roar!!"
Gu Rong howled skyward; the Bone Dragon phantom behind him became almost solid, its pressure no weaker than Yu Yuanzhen's earlier!
When the golden light faded, Gu Rong dismissed his armor and swaggered down to Chen Xin.
"Heh, Old Sword Man, how about it?"
He cocked an eyebrow, unable to hide his glee.
"Now this old man's also level ninety-eight, with a space soul core and a hundred thousand year spirit bone."
"Care for a round? This time I'll definitely knock you into next week!"
(End of Chapter)
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