Chapter 44: Yue Guan Promoted to Level 96 Super Douluo, Qirong Vajra Body, Dugu Bo Shocked!
Thanks to the effect of the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, Hu Bai's Three-Eyed Demon Fox External Soul Bone also received a significant enhancement. His Spiritual Sea was fully opened, allowing him to utilize his mental power more freely in the future!
Moreover, perhaps because his soul power was relatively low at the moment—while Tang San's soul power didn't increase when he absorbed this Immortal Herb in the original work—Hu Bai's soul power increased by one level, reaching level 24!
"This is... an External Soul Bone!" Dugu Bo exclaimed.
Before Dugu Bo could finish being shocked, a very strong fluctuation of soul power erupted from Chrysanthemum Douluo's side!
At this moment, Chrysanthemum Douluo was sweating profusely, his brows furrowed tightly as he examined his body. A light yellow orb was forming in his Dantian!
Chrysanthemum Douluo thought to himself, This should be the Soul Core Hu Bai mentioned. The appearance of the Soul Core meant he was finally about to break through to level 96 Super Douluo!
Once he reached level 96, Chrysanthemum Douluo would be considered a peak powerhouse on the continent. In the future, when others mentioned him, they wouldn't first think of his Martial Soul Fusion Ability with Old Ghost, but of him as an individual!
Currently, those with Super Douluo strength or above—besides the seven Great Priests—were only Sword Douluo Chen Xin of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
As for the Clear Sky Sect, it had long since sealed itself off for many years. After the old Sect Master passed away, no matter how powerful Tang Xiao was, he likely hadn't reached level 96 yet!
Everyone's gaze was fixed on Yue Guan. Dugu Bo could vaguely see a round yellow orb in Yue Guan's Dantian, though he wasn't sure if it was an illusion.
However, it disappeared in just an instant.
At this point, Dugu Bo was finally convinced that the inner core within his body was essentially the prototype of a Soul Core. He wondered whether he was naturally gifted or just unlucky.
Without Hu Bai and Yue Guan's help, even with the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well suppressing him, he probably wouldn't have survived more than ten years, or even less.
Under such circumstances, it would have been impossible for him to raise his strength to level 96!
The soul power fluctuation caused by Yue Guan's breakthrough lasted about a minute, then his aura began to recede.
"Congratulations, Uncle Yue. You've finally achieved your wish and reached level 96. When we return to Spirit Hall, Grandpa Qian and the others should be able to hold a meeting to make you the Eighth Priest."
Yue Guan nodded solemnly. "I have to thank you, Hu Bai, my boy. Good fortune always follows you." He paused before continuing, "It's also thanks to this Singular Velvet Sky Reaching Chrysanthemum that I finally forged an indestructible body. Although I'm currently on the offensive path, I now have an additional ability. Watch."
The two yellow soul rings on Yue Guan's body slowly rose, then merged into one, erupting with an extremely strong Qirong Qi:
"Although I cannot change my cultivation path, because of this, my first two defensive soul rings can merge into one, maximizing my defense. I estimate its power to be comparable to that of a ten-thousand-year soul ring."
Hu Bai knew this should be a Life Soul Skill Yue Guan awakened with the help of the Immortal Herb. It required the fusion of two defensive soul rings to activate.
This was different from the power generated when Yue Guan stacked two defensive Martial Soul Abilities earlier. Previously, it was 400 + 600 years = 1,000 years. Now, after fusion, it was (400 x 600) = 240,000 years!
It certainly sounded outrageous!
Hu Bai's calculation was crude but intuitive.
Of course, Yue Guan's two-hundred-year soul rings wouldn't transform into the power of 240,000 years. At most, it was at the level of a ten-thousand-year soul ring—where 1 + 1 > 2!
And this was much stronger than ordinary soul ring fusion!
Hu Bai looked at Yue Guan and suggested, "Uncle Yue, may I suggest your future cultivation path?"
Yue Guan asked curiously, "What is it? Tell me."
He now trusted Hu Bai immensely.
"See if you can gain insight by merging your first and second soul rings, and then try to merge your other soul rings in the future. As far as I know, your strongest ninth Soul Skill is just an area-of-effect attack, right? Compared to other offensive Titled Douluo, that's a disadvantage."
Dugu Bo frowned and said, "You want Chrysanthemum Douluo to learn soul ring fusion? That's not easy to master. Currently, on the entire continent, as far as this old man knows, only Ning Fengzhi of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect can perform soul ring fusion. Soul Masters with this talent are rare."
Hu Bai nodded. "Exactly, it's soul ring fusion. Uncle Yue didn't have this talent before, but now he has a foundation, so he can try. If he succeeds, Uncle Yue's strength will truly be among the top Titled Douluo!"
Currently, Chrysanthemum Douluo, at level 96, was still at the bottom of the Titled Douluo ranks. He could never be a match for Qian Jun, Jiang Mo, or even Sword Douluo Chen Xin. Even at his peak, he probably couldn't defeat a level 95 Tang Hao.
"Yue Guan nodded earnestly." "Indeed, if I faced those six or seven Priests, I'd honestly feel a bit nervous..."
Dugu Bo's eyes widened in surprise: "No, Chrysanthemum Douluo, are you saying that besides Qian Daoliu, the High Priest, there are six others in Spirit Hall who are stronger than you?"
Yue Guan nodded. "Yes. Old Poison, since you're one of us now, I'll tell you. Spirit Hall's strength is unfathomable. Besides His Holiness the Pope, there are seven others stronger than me."
"Hahaha—" Dugu Bo laughed and shook his head. "Your Spirit Hall hides its true strength well. Outsiders thought your Titled Douluo were just you and Gui Mei, and maybe Bibi Dong. But we, the higher-ups, knew there was also Qian Daoliu. I never expected there to be others."
Yue Guan smiled and shook his head. "Because Spirit Hall keeps a low profile. Generally, once someone joins the Worship Hall, they don't show themselves in the outside world. So much time has passed that no one remembers them anymore. The only one who probably knows is that vanished Tang Chen."
"It seems I made the right choice. Ning Fengzhi kept saying that the Upper Three Sects are connected and should resist Spirit Hall together. I hope he doesn't act recklessly later, or his sect will be destroyed sooner or later."
Yue Guan sneered. "Ning Fengzhi's idea is ridiculous. It's only because our Spirit Hall refuses to do despicable things, and because Spirit Hall has the ambition to subjugate the continent's number one auxiliary Martial Soul sect. Otherwise, Ning Fengzhi wouldn't have lasted this long."
"On this continent, strength is everything. Schemes and tricks are useless before absolute power. Ning Fengzhi is weak and loves to play tricks—he has no self-preservation. Does he think Gu Rong and Chen Xin can protect him?"
"Don't you think I'm right, little fellow?"
Yue Guan looked at Hu Bai. The phrase "both weak and loves to play" was something he had learned from Hu Bai, and it fit Ning Fengzhi perfectly!
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