At the same time, Xiao Ze scattered a large number of Spirit Banyan Seeds on the ground, and these seeds all turned into wooden thorns, piercing through the Crystal Soul Spirit Lord's body.
The Crystal Soul Spirit Lord's defense was as if nonexistent to Xiao Ze.
"Rongrong, come absorb your spirit ring."
"Coming." Ning Rongrong knew Xiao Ze was strong, but she hadn't expected him to defeat the Crystal Soul Spirit Lord so quickly. His strength was much, much greater than it had been a year ago.
Ning Rongrong finished off the Crystal Soul Spirit Lord, and a purple spirit ring, tinged with black, appeared in mid-air.
She slowly began to absorb the spirit ring.
"I can't even see through your current strength anymore. Although your spirit power is only that of a Spirit Ancestor, I truly can't comprehend your actual power," Dugu Bo said with a laugh.
"To be honest, I'm not clear either," Xiao Ze chuckled awkwardly.
Now that he possessed two semi-divine artifacts, along with various powerful Spirit Bones and spirits, it was hard to say.
At the very least, he could definitely contend with a Spirit Emperor, and a Spirit Saint wouldn't be able to withstand his semi-divine artifacts.
To be honest, he was a bit heaven-defying, but compared to Lan Xuanyu, he still seemed to fall short.
"After you go back, get a good grasp of your strength." Dugu Bo nodded. This was what happened when one's strength increased too quickly; it became a bit uncontrollable.
"Understood, I'll still need Grandpa Dugu's help then."
The biggest task for Xiao Ze upon returning was to adapt to his strength, followed by resolving the issue of new spirits.
Now that he had become a Spirit Ancestor, and his first spirit ring had advanced to ten thousand years, the number of his spirits had reached twenty.
He could still have eight new spirits, and he happened to have eight Immortal Herbs left that could be used together.
However, Xiao Ze still planned to think about what type of crop spirits he needed, as he wasn't entirely clear on the types of spirits.
But Xiao Ze could slightly guess whether spirits could possess bond skills.
Soon, Ning Rongrong finished absorbing her over-limit fourth spirit ring, and her spirit power reached level 43.
Her improvement speed was very fast. There was still a year until the Soul Master Competition, and with various resources, becoming a Spirit King was still somewhat difficult, but not impossible.
With elixirs, plus Ning Rongrong's own talent, improving five or six levels in a year was achievable. As for the rest, it might require luck; another spirit ring would certainly be enough.
Alternatively, Xiao Ze's alchemy skills could improve, increasing the fusion degree of crops and elixirs.
In fact, Xiao Ze's current alchemy fusion degree was less than fifty percent, but even this effect already far surpassed that of the original crops.
As for Spirit Bones, Xiao Ze could only try his luck at the auction house. As long as the Spirit Bone was suitable, he could buy it, as it could be upgraded, so it wasn't a big problem.
Afterward, he spent half a day helping Meng Yiran also obtain her fourth spirit ring. At this moment, her spirit power was similar to Ning Rongrong's.
Another day and a half later, everyone returned to Heaven Dou City.
"Mmm…" Ning Rongrong lay languidly on the sofa, her small clothes slightly lifted, revealing her fair, tender belly and cute belly button.
Xiao Ze sat on the sofa, gently rubbing her small belly. Although Ning Rongrong was very thin, she still had a soft, comfortable belly to touch.
Ning Rongrong felt a tickle on her belly, but she didn't push Xiao Ze's hand away.
Zhu Zhuqing and the others smiled at the sight.
"I'm exhausted. We haven't been back to our home in so long; it looks like it's covered in dust," Dugu Yan said, wiping a table and seeing the dust on her hand.
"Just clean it up." With that, Xiao Ze released some spirits; they were very willing to work.
Ning Rongrong gave him a sidelong glance: "You're really too much. Not only are they fighting, but you're also making them clean."
Xiao Ze chuckled awkwardly. In fact, they also needed to farm and raise livestock.
Suddenly, Xiao Ze even felt like he was a capitalist.
However, he was a good capitalist; he had improved their quality so much, so he was a good person.
"Hmm?" Xiao Ze looked towards the main entrance.
"What's wrong?"
"The Instructors Committee is here." Xiao Ze had already sensed Dream Machine's familiar aura.
Xiao Ze felt that after his strength increased, he was a bit like a dog, able to sense auras so easily.
Therefore, normally, it would be very difficult for Xiao Ze to conceal his spirit rings under the nose of a Titled Douluo.
Their perception abilities were extremely powerful.
Xiao Ze arrived at the villa entrance, where the three Instructors Committees stood outside the gate with smiles on their faces.
"Three Instructors Committees, why are you standing outside? Come in, come in."
"Hahaha, we just heard that you finished your seclusion, so we came right over. I didn't expect you to take so long this time. How is it? Has your strength improved a lot?" Dream Machine asked with a laugh.
"It's rare for me to go into seclusion, but I'm already a Spirit Ancestor."
"A Spirit Ancestor! Good, good!" Dream Machine was stunned for a moment, then reacted, his smile growing even wider.
As for Bai Baoshan and Zhi Lin, they hadn't expected Xiao Ze's strength to improve so quickly.
"Instructors Committees, is there something you need?"
"Yes, there's an important matter. Because the Soul Master Competition is approaching, His Majesty plans to hold an exchange competition, inviting our Tian Dou Royal Academy and the Five Elemental Academies to participate together."
Hearing this, Xiao Ze was surprised. There was such a thing?
"Why would His Majesty hold such an event?"
"Mainly because the academies in the Heaven Dou Empire are quite strong this time, especially our academy and the Five Elemental Academies. Their strength is greater than in previous years, and His Majesty wants to contend strongly in the Soul Master Competition.
It's been a very long time since our Heaven Dou Empire won the championship last time," Dream Machine explained.
"So that's it. What will this exchange competition be like?" Xiao Ze suddenly understood. It seemed Xue Ye felt there was hope, as losing every time was not good for his reputation.
However, he also wanted to win, as this time there were three Spirit Bones as prizes, which were not cheap items; their value was extremely high.
"The same as the Soul Master Competition: team battles and individual matches."
"When?"
Hearing Xiao Ze ask this, Dream Machine knew he agreed.
After all, this matter was very important, and Dream Machine still hoped Xiao Ze would participate, but he couldn't force Xiao Ze. Xiao Ze's status was not ordinary.
Even His Majesty couldn't force him, otherwise, it would disrespect Poison Douluo and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
Who could bear that?
However, Dream Machine truly admired Xiao Ze. He was strong, talented, and even his methods for wooing girls were stronger than ordinary people's.
It was truly enviable.
"Soon, in just one month."
"Good, we will participate in that."
"That's good, that's good." Dream Machine had also just felt that Ning Rongrong and the others' strength had increased a lot compared to before. This time, Tian Dou Royal Academy was truly rising, and now it depended on Wuhun Academy.
As long as it wasn't too excessive, Xiao Ze and his six companions could handle it, and then just one more person to fill a spot would be enough.
The championship was within reach.
(End of Chapter)
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