Gu Rong had something to say but didn't know if he should.
One with innate spirit power level one, the other with innate full spirit power, both hunting for their fourth spirit ring, how could one say their cultivation speed was similar?
There was one thing Gu Rong truly couldn't understand.
That was why Stone Monkey · Sun Qi cultivated so quickly.
Both had consumed heaven and earth treasures, and before consumption, the gap in spirit power was still very obvious. How did they become equal after consuming them and then absorbing a third spirit ring?
While Gu Rong was complaining, Armor · Sun Qi had already fully absorbed his spirit ring.
The dark spirit ring instantly contracted into his body, then reappeared, wrapping around his original three spirit rings of yellow, purple, and purple.
Gu Rong felt the fluctuation and looked at his disciple.
"How is it?"
"Very good, much like I expected."
Armor · Sun Qi said, getting up and dissecting a Spirit Bone from the Emerald Sky-Rending Mantis's corpse.
Gu Rong was speechless.
Spirit Bone?
It dropped just like that?
He fell into deep thought.
The drop rate for Spirit Bones was very low. The chance of a thousand-year Spirit Beast dropping a Spirit Bone was less than one in a thousand, even one in ten thousand would be an overestimation.
The chance of a ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast dropping a Spirit Bonewas higher, but still not very high.
If a Spirit Bone dropped simultaneously with a spirit ring and was absorbed and fused by the same Spirit Master, its effect would be greatly enhanced. The spirit ring and Spirit Bone would complement each other, and the boost might even reach double.
Even five Titled Douluo might not have such an opportunity. That is to say, among five ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts, growing steadily over one, two, three to four, five to six, and seven to eight thousand years, the probability of one dropping a Spirit Bone is less than twenty percent.
Gu Rong was lucky; the Spirit Beast of his seventh spirit ring dropped a Spirit Bone, a torso bone, which he fused. This was also key to him cultivating to level ninety-five.
He didn't expect Armor · Sun Qi to be so lucky, actually getting a Spirit Bone from his very first ten-thousand-year spirit ring's Spirit Beast. Having a spirit ring and Spirit Bone from the same Spirit Beast meant he could enjoy the stacked effects.
That would be fine, but Armor · Sun Qi had a similar situation with his previous spirit ring, and that was even more outrageous: an external Spirit Bone.
Gu Rong didn't know how to evaluate his disciple anymore.
"Sun Qi, do you have some special physique?"
Armor · Sun Qi was speechless.
"Teacher, don't overthink it. This is purely because my Spirit has too high a compatibility with the Spirit Beast."
Compatibility?
Gu Rong pondered the word Armor · Sun Qi had inadvertently spoken.
"Could it be that the higher the compatibility between a Spirit Master's Spirit and the Spirit Beast they hunt, the higher the chance of a Spirit Bone dropping?"
Sun Qi heard Gu Rong's whisper and rolled his eyes.
Wait a minute, it actually seemed possible.
The two Sun Qis also exchanged glances.
"The condensation of a Spirit Bone is, after all, a process. The Spirit Beast's emotions before death play a certain role, and similarly, the condensation process is also a crucial factor. If the Spirit Masterabsorbing the spirit ring during this process is perfectly compatible with the Spirit Beast, it might promote the Spirit Beast's corpse in condensing a Spirit Bone."
Armor · Sun Qi concluded.
Gu Rong's eyes lit up.
"Yes, that's it!"
"When we return to the Sect, I will tell Feng Zhi your theory and have him investigate relevant data to verify it.
If there's even a slight similarity, it will likely be applied to the soul hunting of Sect disciples. Although the analysis will be more troublesome and soul hunting more time-consuming,
it's still worth it compared to a Spirit Bone originating from the same spirit ring."
"Oh, let's not talk about this for now. Let's talk about your Spirit Abilityfirst."
Gu Rong brought the topic back.
"My fourth Spirit Ability is called Space-Shattering Slash."
Armor · Sun Qi said, already activating his fourth Spirit Ability.
When his fourth spirit ring flashed, the armguards on his hands changed, becoming an ethereal blue base color, with silver-white fluid patterns running through the armguards. At the forearm near the wrist, barbs protruded, and there was also a silver-white blade tightly attached to his arm.
He swung his right arm fiercely.
A rift directly opened in the space before him.
"This strike directly attacks space, ignoring physical defense."
The effect was very direct and straightforward.
Gu Rong gasped.
Such a Spirit Ability was truly unadorned.
"Actually, it's not just an attack. Space-Shattering Slash is also centered on shattering space, capable of tearing space apart."
As he spoke, the blade on Armor · Sun Qi's arm, which was attached to his forearm, rotated one hundred and eighty degrees. He gripped it and thrust it towards the space in front of him.
Space shattered.
"Besides ignoring physical attacks, the shattered space of Space-Shattering Slash can also swallow the opponent's attacks, serving as an alternative defensive method."
It could attack and defend.
"Not bad." Gu Rong took some time to calm his emotions.
This Spirit Ability was definitely a divine skill that could be used all the way to Titled Douluo.
"Let's fuse the Spirit Bone first. The fourth Spirit Ability without the Spirit Bone is already so powerful; I wonder what changes will occur to this Spirit Ability after you fuse the Spirit Bone." Gu Rong urged his disciple to quickly fuse the Spirit Bone.
Sun Qi nodded.
The Spirit Bone dropped by the Emerald Sky-Rending Mantis was a left arm bone. He placed it on his left arm.
The Spirit Bone transformed into a mass of ethereal blue and silver-white Spirit core liquid, flowing into his left arm.
Hiss~
The meridians in his left hand felt as if they were being torn by countless blade energies.
Armor · Sun Qi endured the pain, doing his best to fuse the Spirit Boneinto his left arm.
After about four hours, he had fused the Spirit Bone into his body.
"My spirit power has increased by another level."
He had directly risen to level forty-two when he first fused his spirit ring, only one final barrier away from level forty-three. Now, after fusing this Spirit Bone, he finally broke through that barrier, rising another level to forty-three.
Absorbing a Spirit Bone doesn't directly increase spirit power, but it provides stimulation that can allow a Spirit Master to directly break through their current bottleneck.
After observing the changes in his spirit power, Armor · Sun Qi focused more on the changes in his Spirit Ability.
"My fourth Spirit Ability has gained the ability to attack from a distance."
His left hand transformed, resembling a praying mantis's scythe. He pointed it forward slightly, and space shattered.
As space shattered, not far ahead, about ten meters away, space also shattered in response, and a sharp blade light flashed.
"Hiss~"
Gu Rong felt he had gasped quite a bit today.
He breathed heavily, asking his disciple if there were any other changes.
"That's it for the fourth Spirit Ability, and it can only be used with my left hand. However, because I fused the left arm bone, the Space-Shattering Slash unleashed by my left hand is more damaging than that from my right hand."
Gu Rong looked at the obvious differences in Armor · Sun Qi's two armguards and said he had already guessed this.
At this moment, Armor · Sun Qi's two armguards had distinct differences. The left armguard had ethereal blue and silver-white patterns interwoven, perfectly integrated, giving a sense of violent aesthetics. Just looking at it gave one the feeling of being torn apart.
His right armguard, however, didn't have as many changes. It still had an ethereal blue base color with silver-white patterns running through it.
There were changes, though: on this right armguard, ethereal blue outlined dragon patterns, and dragon scales formed on the armguard. Near the hand, they were ethereal blue scales, while towards the shoulder, they transformed into golden dragon scales.
"What about the Spirit Bone Ability?"