"100,000-year soul ring?!"
Most of the inner courtyard disciples were even more deeply shocked than Wang Yan and Han Ruoruo had been at the very beginning, unable to calm the intense fluctuations in their hearts for a long time.
Those who could enter Shrek Academy's inner courtyard all possessed talent far surpassing their peers, with becoming a Titled Douluo as their ultimate goal. A 100,000-year soul ring was undoubtedly the thing they desired and pursued the most.
For a soul master who had reached level 90, if they could absorb a 100,000-year soul ring, not only would they be able to smoothly break through to the level 95 Super Douluo realm without any bottlenecks in the future, but once they officially achieved the Titled rank, their overall strength would instantly surpass that of ordinary Titled Douluo.
Because a 100,000-year soul bone would inevitably accompany the appearance of a 100,000-year soul ring, the gap created by four 100,000-year soul skills was not something that could be easily bridged.
Yet the Yu Tianhuang before them had fused a 100,000-year sixth soul ring at level 60. The impact this had on them was unimaginable.
Although Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Tang Ya, and the others were just as shocked as everyone else, they did not harbor any disbelief. They knew Yu Tianhuang too well.
Especially Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, the two of them, after a brief moment of daze, had eyes filled with bitterness.
At this moment, they had completely lost any thought of catching up to Yu Tianhuang.
The gap was simply too great.
The one who appeared the calmest was the inner courtyard's eldest senior sister, Zhang Lexuan. Her current cultivation was not too far from the Titled Douluo realm; within a few years, she had full confidence in condensing a soul core and completing the breakthrough. That was why she had been so sensitive to the soul core power unique to Yu Tianhuang within his body.
Successfully condensing a soul core at level 60 was far more difficult than absorbing a 100,000-year soul ring. Seeing the blood-red 100,000-year sixth soul ring beside Yu Tianhuang, she was surprised, but everything made perfect sense.
A warm and moving smile could not help but appear on her stunningly beautiful face.
Elder Mu, in the future, Tianhuang will definitely be able to replace you in guarding the academy well.
As for the elders led by Elder Xuan, they had long known about this. What they cared more about was the control-type spiritual attribute skill that Yu Tianhuang had used earlier.
Such astonishing coverage and powerful control, it was indeed worthy of being a 100,000-year soul skill.
And the most terrifying part was that once Yu Tianhuang used this skill on a battlefield, it would be a dimensional strike against an army.
"Tianhuang, was that soul skill you just used released by you?" Elder Xuan, dressed in a white robe, gazed intently at Yu Tianhuang.
"Elder Xuan, it is indeed one of the skills from my sixth soul ring."
Yu Tianhuang nodded, retracting his martial soul and soul rings. Seeing that he had caused such a big commotion, he looked around at everyone and said apologetically,
"I hope testing the soul skill earlier didn't cause any disturbance to the senior brothers and sisters."
Having received Yu Tianhuang's confirmation, Elder Xuan's gaze was both gratified and complex.
"Tianhuang, in the future, try not to use this soul skill on Sea God Island. If a student is cultivating at a critical moment and suddenly gets affected by your soul skill, problems could easily arise."
At this point, Elder Xuan naturally would not conceal the fact that Yu Tianhuang had successfully fused a 100,000-year soul ring at level 60. By saying this, he also wanted to confirm it in front of all the inner courtyard disciples, gradually paving the way for Yu Tianhuang to inherit the position of Sea God Pavilion Master in the future.
"Elder Xuan, rest assured, I won't do so again. Today's incident was only because I haven't perfectly mastered this soul skill yet."
Elder Xuan's gaze lingered on Yu Tianhuang for a long time, the smile in his eyes impossible to hide, before he finally turned to face the crowd.
"Alright, Old Zhuang, stay behind to treat these few little ones. Everyone else, disperse."
"Yes, Elder Xuan." Everyone respectfully responded and then scattered.
These inner courtyard disciples had gathered so quickly because the commotion Yu Tianhuang caused earlier was too great; they thought something unexpected had happened on Sea God Island. Although the matter was now clear, their state of mind would not return to calm in a short time.
Before leaving in groups, they each took a deep look at Yu Tianhuang and exchanged words with one another.
"Tianhuang! Next time we have a chance, let's spar." A delicate shout rang out. The owner of the voice was in mid-air, with a pair of golden flame wings spread behind her, carrying her graceful figure toward the distance.
It was Wu Ming, known in Shrek Academy's inner courtyard as the Golden Crow Saintess. Years ago, she had teamed up with Yu Tianhuang in the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt soul beasts.
Several years had passed, yet this Golden Crow Saintess was already over thirty, but her appearance remained that of someone in her mid-twenties. Not an absolute beauty, but still clear and elegant. Her eyes, leaping with golden-red light, burst with intense battle intent.
With her warlike nature, she would not back down just because of Yu Tianhuang's 100,000-year sixth soul ring.
Chu Qingtian, who had also teamed up with Yu Tianhuang to hunt soul beasts, was so excited that tears nearly streamed down his face as he let out a heavy breath.
Finally, liberation.
Over these years, he had been thoroughly tormented by Wu Ming. He couldn't beat her in a fight, and he didn't dare run away.
"Tears in my eyes, Tianhuang, you're my lucky star." Chu Qingtian was deeply moved inside, but his speed in slipping away was not slow at all. Lightning flickered around his body as he instantly overtook many inner courtyard disciples who had left earlier, fearing that Wu Ming might suddenly remember him and arrest him again.
Even Ling Luochen, the cold-natured senior sister of the inner courtyard, had a trace of unusual fluctuation appear in her deep blue eyes that were like ten-thousand-year-old profound ice.
Chen Zifeng and Gong Yangmo, who had fought alongside Yu Tianhuang in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Grand Competition, smiled and gave Yu Tianhuang a thumbs-up.
Chen Zifeng sighed with a complicated expression, "I never imagined that in just a few short years, Tianhuang would break through all the way to Soul Emperor. A sixteen-year-old Soul Emperor with a 100,000-year soul ring. And it won't be long before he surpasses us in cultivation."
"No, Tianhuang's soul power cultivation is no longer lower than ours," Gong Yangmo replied in a soft, effeminate voice, his peach-blossom eyes flickering with light.
Finally, there were Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Tang Ya. They seemed to have regained their usual mindset, smiling and greeting Yu Tianhuang cheerfully before leaving. Jiang Nannan, however, lingered silently behind the three, a hint of self-mockery in her eyes.
A 100,000-year soul ring, something she, a commoner-born soul master, would likely never touch in her entire life.
Beneath extreme pride lay extreme inferiority. Though both were born as commoners, her temperament was vastly different from Tang Ya's.
In some ways, Jiang Nannan and Huo Yuhao actually shared many similarities.
Soon, only Elder Xuan, Elder Zhuang, Wang Yan, Han Ruoruo, Yu Tianhuang, Ning Tian, and the five people, Dai Huabin and the others, who still hadn't recovered from Yu Tianhuang's sixth soul skill's spiritual force field, remained on the training ground.
With their limited soul power cultivation and spiritual strength, Dai Huabin's group of five had essentially experienced all the negative effects brought by the spiritual force field.
Dizziness, paralysis, confusion, sluggishness, fatigue, despondency, weakness, under the superposition of these various negative effects, if not for their sufficiently deep foundations, their seas of spirit might have even begun to decline.
In their dazed states, they seemed detached from the world, their gazes vacant.
After examining Dai Huabin and the others, Elder Zhuang looked at Yu Tianhuang with surprise and doubt.
"What a domineering spiritual attribute soul skill!"
"A skill from a 100,000-year pure spiritual-type Evil Eye Tyrant soul ring, how could it be ordinary? Moreover, with this kid's spiritual realm…" Elder Xuan shook his head with a wry smile, not continuing, and instead asked Elder Zhuang,
"Old Zhuang, how are these few little ones?"
"No major issues." Elder Zhuang withdrew the verdant vines that had been wrapped around Dai Huabin and the others, the rich life aura subsequently converging.
"Fortunately, their martial soul origins are strong enough, and their seas of spirit are relatively stable. I just infused some life force into their seas of spirit; with some quiet recuperation, they should recover."
Elder Xuan nodded slightly, pondered for a moment, and said, "Little Wang, Ruoruo, take these few little ones back to rest."
"Yes, Elder Xuan." Wang Yan and Han Ruoruo, who had been waiting nearby, quickly nodded in agreement.
Although they both very much wanted to continue talking with Yu Tianhuang and learn some information they wished to know, there was no rush; there would be plenty of time in the future.
Wang Yan and Han Ruoruo took Dai Huabin, Xiao Xiao, Wu Feng, Xie Huanyue, and Nanmen Yun'er away. Han Ruoruo directly used her martial soul, the Shaking Golden Rope, to bind the five, making Wang Yan beside her look somewhat embarrassed.
Han Ruoruo's strength far surpassed his; this was the greatest obstacle causing his inferiority and preventing him from mustering the courage to confess his feelings.
Ning Tian had been waiting with a smile on her face until Yu Tianhuang finished talking with everyone, then stepped forward and took his arm.
Elder Xuan and Elder Zhuang had not yet left. Elder Xuan continued,
"Tianhuang, earlier Bei Bei told me that when you were out training at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy, you discovered a 10,000-year Dream Nightmare Man-Eating Flower in the Ming Dou Great Forest?"
"Elder Xuan, that is correct."
Elder Xuan frowned.
"This Dream Nightmare Man-Eating Flower has long been extinct; I didn't expect there was still one surviving in the Ming Dou Great Forest. Tomorrow, Old Zhuang and the others will personally take Bei Bei and those few little ones to the Ming Dou Great Forest and complete the incomplete records about the Dream Nightmare Man-Eating Flower. To be safe, Tianhuang, first tell Old Zhuang the information you know about that 10,000-year Dream Nightmare Man-Eating Flower, especially the dream nightmare toxin."
Shrek Academy often recorded information about near-extinct soul beasts and stored it in the library for future generations.
A 10,000-year Dream Nightmare Man-Eating Flower was enough to draw the attention of Elder Xuan and Elder Zhuang.
Yu Tianhuang naturally would not reveal the destruction attribute of his second martial soul; he only recounted, with some concealment, the information he could openly claim to know.
After finishing, Elder Xuan and Elder Zhuang also drifted away. Only Yu Tianhuang and Ning Tian remained on the training ground, enjoying the gentle comfort of the early summer sunlight and the breeze brushing their faces.
Their long hair fluttered and intertwined in the wind.
Yu Tianhuang gently stroked Ning Tian's cheek, tenderly helping her tidy her slightly disheveled hair with a smile. "How about it, don't you want to ask me about the 100,000-year sixth soul ring?"
Ning Tian smiled charmingly, resting her smooth, fair chin on Yu Tianhuang's chest. She looked up at him, her water-blue eyes seeming to contain countless stars, radiant with light.
"I won't ask, because I've always believed that with your ability, you could do it."
"You don't ask, yet I actually want to tell you myself." Yu Tianhuang chuckled lightly, holding Ning Tian's hand as they sat once more on that smooth rock. He began telling her what had happened after Elder Xuan brought him back to Shrek Academy.
He did not even conceal the condensation of the soul core.
As he spoke, Yu Tianhuang gestured for Ning Tian to sit on his lap. With no one else present, Ning Tian naturally did not refuse or feel embarrassed. In the past, when the two were alone, this was how they always were.
Aside from not crossing the final line, everything was a natural progression of deep affection.
One of Yu Tianhuang's arms supported Ning Tian's slender waist, while the other rested on her straight, jade-like fair, and delicate calf. Her pure white silk long skirt had also been lifted up a bit.
Although Ning Tian had been mentally prepared, hearing that Yu Tianhuang had successfully condensed a soul core at the Soul Emperor level still left her dazed for a long while.
As if something occurred to her, she suddenly straightened up and solemnly placed her jade hand on Yu Tianhuang's shoulder.
"Tianhuang, do you remember what Great-grandfather said about the soul beast suitable to become a soul ring for your second martial soul?"
"What is it?" Yu Tianhuang asked, sensing something.
"A while ago, when Great-grandfather sent me that Mirror Illusion Wisdom Skull, he also told me information about that soul beast. With your current physical condition, you can definitely absorb its soul ring. If you're willing, I'll immediately notify Great-grandfather, and he and Elder Xuan can take you there. It's a 90,000-year Deep Sea Demon Whale; its activity range is deep in the southeastern sea of the Star Luo Empire."
"Deep Sea Demon Whale? 90,000 years of cultivation?" Hearing this, Yu Tianhuang's eyes narrowed slightly.
The Deep Sea Demon Whale was unquestionably at the very top of the sea soul beast pyramid. It possessed both water and thunder attributes. Although not a pure thunder-attribute soul beast, its noble bloodline was enough to grant it an extremely powerful soul skill.
Moreover, the Deep Sea Demon Whale was enormous in size and excelled in strength, perfectly matching his second martial soul, the top-tier beast martial soul, Purple Imperial Thunder Prison Dragon.
With the protection of two level 98 Super Douluo like Elder Xuan and Elder Gu, even venturing deep into the sea would be safe enough.
This 90,000-year Deep Sea Demon Whale soul ring was indeed a very good choice. However, the cultivation of this Deep Sea Demon Whale was somewhat thought-provoking.
The daughter of that Deep Sea Demon Whale King would have 100,000 years of cultivation after ten thousand more years. Calculating back, she should be around exactly 90,000 years now.
Coincidence?
"Let's not rush this. My soul power cultivation has risen too quickly recently; I need some time to stabilize and familiarize myself with the four new 100,000-year soul skills." Yu Tianhuang smiled faintly, gathering his thoughts.
"We'll talk about it after some time."
"Mm." Ning Tian obediently responded softly, her fingertips twirling a strand of purple hair near Yu Tianhuang's ear, then she heard his whisper.
"Actually, after some time, I plan to go out for training, and the location for that training will be the sea."
Ning Tian suddenly sat upright, staring directly into Yu Tianhuang's deep purple eyes.
"Tianhuang, you're planning to train at sea?"
"After all, I can't exactly go to the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest for training, right? So only the sea soul beasts in the ocean can give me a bit of pressure." Yu Tianhuang said helplessly.
"Don't worry, I won't go deep into the sea. And with my current strength, as long as I don't encounter a 100,000-year sea soul beast, I basically won't face any danger."
This had also been his initial plan: starting from the northeastern sea of the Dou Ling Empire, traveling south along the continent, perfect for covertly visiting Moon Hub Island.
Ning Tian remained silent for a long time. In many situations, she was quite rational and did not say anything to stop Yu Tianhuang.
"Then when do you plan to leave?"
"In half a month…"
At the same time, the exchange students from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy living south of Sea God Pavilion had also been affected earlier by Yu Tianhuang's sixth soul skill's spiritual force field. However, the inner courtyard disciples and teachers of Shrek Academy had tacitly not informed Xiao Hongchen and the others about Yu Tianhuang successfully fusing a 100,000-year soul ring at level 60.
In the following period, Yu Tianhuang spent time accompanying Ning Tian while preparing for this training journey.
He also found an opportunity to inform Elder Xuan of his plans, and Elder Xuan personally sparred with him for a while before ultimately agreeing.
Although his current soul power was only level 67, his combat strength was already stronger than that of many Soul Douluo-level soul masters. Coupled with various trump cards, he was indeed capable of protecting himself.
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