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Tang Hao's profound spirit power surged into Tang San's body, and Tang San quickly recovered.
After a thorough check, Tang San had no other injuries besides being a bit listless mentally. The only external injuries were some scrapes caused by the impact when he released the Clear Sky Hammer and collided with the mysterious person.
"Xiao San, are you alright?"
"Father, I'm fine." Tang San stood firm, rubbing his aching head, and said, "Father, when did you come back?"
"I just got back. If I had arrived any later, Xiao San, you might already be a corpse."
Hearing this, Tang San's face turned a little pale.
Tang Hao's gaze fell on the corpse not far away. He walked over to it, frowned, and said, "Xiao San, do you know who this person is?"
Tang San, with a slightly pale face, looked at the corpse in front of him and said, "A bit familiar, he should be a team leader from some academy."
"You don't recognize him?" Tang Hao frowned, staring at the corpse. "Then why did he track you here and try to kill you? Also, why did you come to Sunset Forest alone?"
"I discovered that my external Spirit Bone can absorb and store Life force, and when I need it, it can feed back into my body, helping me recover from injuries. So I thought of coming to Sunset Forest to absorb the Life force of a few Spirit Beasts, so that if I get injured in future competitions, I can recover quickly."
Tang San was worried Tang Hao would misunderstand, so he didn't directly tell Tang Hao about devouring Spirit Beast spirit power.
"Is that so?" Tang Hao frowned and nodded. "Don't act alone from now on. This person clearly tracked you here on purpose, intending to ambush and kill you."
"Father, I have no grievances or enmities with him. If he wanted to kill me, someone must have instigated him from behind." Tang San looked at the corpse on the ground with lingering fear. "And that mysterious person just now."
"We need to investigate this matter thoroughly. The mysterious person's strength just now was at least that of a Titled Douluo. If he wanted to kill you, he could have done so anytime after you left the city, but he didn't make a move…" Tang Hao frowned, looking at the whip marks on the ground.
Tang San speculated, "Father, is it possible he knew you were hidden nearby, so he specifically used this person as bait?"
Tang Hao shook his head, "How could a dignified Titled Douluo act so cautiously? The idea of bait is absolutely impossible. However, it is indeed possible that this person knew I was protecting you."
Tang Hao looked at the direction Shi Quan had left, then shook his head: "This place is dangerous. Let's go back first."
Hearing this, Tang San stepped forward, took the Twenty Four Moonlit Bridges spirit tool from his waist, and with a gentle wave, put Shi Nian's corpse inside. Then he said, "Father, that mysterious person specifically took this person's left arm. Perhaps there are some clues hidden on this person, which we can take back and search through."
Tang Hao nodded, also finding Tang San's words reasonable.
Immediately, the two set off back to Heaven Dou City.
On the other side of Sunset Forest.
"Silver Old, Tang Hao didn't chase us, did he?"
Shi Quan and the Blue Silver King's figures rapidly moved through the forest, blue and earthy yellow lights intertwined, and the power of the two Domains completely concealed Shi Quan and the Blue Silver King.
"Your Majesty, rest assured, he didn't lock onto our aura. He should have gone to look after that Tang San."
Hearing this, Shi Quan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He looked down at the bone in his hand, shimmering with colorful light. The bone was about seven inches long, slightly curved at the front, with three-inch protrusions resembling finger bones. This was precisely Shi Quan's goal for this trip: the Hallucination Wisdom Left Arm Bone.
Simply from its appearance, one could tell the extraordinary nature of this Hallucination Wisdom Left Arm Bone, because its completeness was very high; besides the upper arm bone and lower arm bone, it even included the finger bones.
The higher the completeness of a Spirit Bone, the more valuable it is.
From its aura, this Hallucination Wisdom Left Arm Bone was over thirty thousand years old, making it a rare treasure.
After putting away the Hallucination Wisdom Left Arm Bone, Shi Quan's attention returned to the System space.
Because he had once again triggered a plunder treasure chest, he didn't have time to check it then. Now that he was sure Tang Hao wasn't chasing him, Shi Quan began to check this reward while taking a detour towards Heaven Dou City.
System space.
Reinforcement Manufacturer: A supporting device for the Spirit Bone Modifier, capable of absorbing and converting energy, condensing it into special reinforcement crystals for Spirit Bone reinforcement and modification.
Note: The Rank of the reinforcement crystals is related to the absorbed and injected energy.
Looking at the description of the Reinforcement Manufacturer, Shi Quan's eyes immediately lit up. This way, the problem of Spirit Bone reinforcement and modification could be greatly alleviated.
The Reinforcement Manufacturer alone wasn't very useful, but combined with the Spirit Bone Modifier, the effectiveness of both items was significantly improved.
"Extract."
As Shi Quan silently recited.
A dark golden, elongated rhomboid object, covered in special patterns, approximately the size of a palm, appeared.
As soon as he took it out, Shi Quan felt the surrounding energy slowly merging into the Reinforcement Manufacturer.
After a simple study, Shi Quan also understood the functions of the Reinforcement Manufacturer.
The Reinforcement Manufacturer itself can autonomously absorb energy and convert it into reinforcement crystals for reinforcement, but this process is relatively slow, and the quality of the reinforcement crystals is not high.
In addition, the Reinforcement Manufacturer has an extraction ability similar to an automated Pill Furnace, which can absorb energy from certain items and convert it into corresponding reinforcement crystals. At the same time, energy can also be injected to generate reinforcement crystals.
As for the generated reinforcement crystals, they will produce reinforcement crystals of different attributes based on the injected energy, for different Spirit Bones.
After understanding the specific functions of the Reinforcement Manufacturer, Shi Quan's gaze fell back on the Blue Silver King.
Isn't the Blue Silver King a top-tier power bank? He wondered what kind of reinforcement crystals would be generated if a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast's spirit power was injected into this Reinforcement Manufacturer.
No sooner said than done.
After a simple communication with the Blue Silver King, the Blue Silver King quickly agreed. Its blue branches and leaves spread out, attaching the Reinforcement Manufacturer to Shi Quan's right arm. Fortunately, the Reinforcement Manufacturer was not large, so attaching it to Shi Quan's arm did not appear very conspicuous.
The Blue Silver King's majestic spirit power also slowly injected into the Reinforcement Manufacturer. The dark golden patterns, sensing the energy, began to emit a faint golden light, and as the internal energy flowed, it also began to operate.
On the other side, Tang San quietly returned to the hotel dormitory.
On the way, Tang San also learned from Tang Hao that he had not given up on finding the Blue Silver King. It was just a pity that after some searching, he had not found any trace of the Blue Silver King. However, it was naturally impossible for him to give up like this. He had gone to some ancient forests to search for other Blue Silver Grass Spirit Beasts, to see if he could find some powerful Blue Silver Grass Spirit Beasts that could help Tang San determine the problem with his Blue Silver Grass Martial Spirit.
Seeing that the competition was about to begin, Tang Hao was worried that something unexpected might happen to Tang San, so he stopped searching and returned to Heaven Dou City. He had not expected that upon his return, he would coincidentally encounter such an incident with Tang San. If he had delayed any longer, he would now only be able to collect Tang San's corpse.
But luckily he returned, and nothing happened.
After Tang San returned to the hotel dormitory, he said a word to Xiao Wu and then returned to his own room.
After closing the door, Tang San immediately walked to the bathroom. After closing the doors and windows, Shi Nian's corpse was taken out.
The next second, Tang San's Soul Devouring Eight Spider Lances behind him extended again, and Blue Silver Grass emerged, wrapping around Shi Nian's still warm corpse. At the same time, the eight spider lances all simultaneously pierced in, unhesitatingly activating the Spirit Bone's devouring ability.
"As expected of a Spirit Saint, such majestic energy." Tang San's expression showed surprise mixed with comfort, feeling the spirit power, like a trickling stream, flowing into his body along the spider lances, mixed with pure Life force. He quickly sat down to the side, closed his eyes, and circulated Mysterious Heaven Skill to digest the energy.
Gradually, the roots of the Soul Devouring Eight Spider Lances behind him were tinged with a faint bloody color.
Time passed bit by bit. Approximately two hours later, Tang San slowly opened his eyes, his face filled with joy.
"I actually broke through to Rank 40 directly."
While shocked internally, Tang San subconsciously clenched his fists, feeling the immense power within his body, his eyes filled with unconcealed excitement. "My body's strength has also increased quite a bit."
Tang San couldn't help but think, "Is the increase brought by the Soul Devouring Eight Spider Lances comprehensive?"
His gaze shifted, and Tang San couldn't help but turn to look at the Soul Devouring Eight Spider Lances behind him, their tips stained with a faint bloody color.
"The Soul Devouring Eight Spider Lances have evolved!" Tang San excitedly looked down at the withered corpse on the ground, or more accurately, the Blue Silver Grass on the corpse. The ink-colored Blue Silver Grass also had faint blood patterns.
"The change in the Martial Spirit is the most obvious. This seems to be the evolution method of the Blue Silver Grass Martial Spirit."
Tang San could clearly feel that his Blue Silver Grass Martial Spirit had become stronger. This strengthening was not due to his spirit power Rank increase, but rather from the essence of the Martial Spirit itself.
"Ten-year and hundred-year Spirit Beasts are too weak. It seems the Blue Silver Grass needs to devour more and stronger Spirit Beasts to fully evolve."
Seeing this, Tang San became even more certain that Shi Quan had used the method of devouring to evolve his Martial Spirit, which was also why Shi Quan's strength had improved so rapidly.
"This matter must not be exposed, and the matter of breaking through to Rank 40 also cannot be revealed for now. Fortunately, the external changes of the Blue Silver Grass are not obvious, so it should not be noticed by others."
Recalling his Martial Spirit, Tang San then took out a porcelain bottle from his spirit tool and poured its contents onto the withered corpse.
Sizzle sizzle sizzle.
A foul-smelling white smoke immediately rose, drifting past Tang San's indifferent, slightly thoughtful face.
Shi Quan, is this the secret you've been hiding? I've found the method to evolve the Blue Silver Grass Martial Spirit, and I also have the Clear Sky Hammer. You will be trampled under my feet sooner or later!
After cleaning up the traces in the bathroom, Tang San then got up and walked out of the bathroom. With the corpse dealt with, if Tang Hao were to inquire later, Tang San had already prepared his explanation. According to his speculation, Shi Nian's left arm very likely possessed a Spirit Bone, and even if the mysterious person was not with Shi Nian, he should be very familiar with Shi Nian. As long as they investigated Shi Nian's network of relationships, they would surely find some clues.