A month's time passed quietly.
"Is this the Evil Eye Tyrant race?"
"What a peculiar and ferocious Spirit Beast!"
In the center of an open training ground at the Crown Prince Residence, Xu Tianyang looked at the Evil Eye Tyrant before him. Despite being mentally prepared, his pupils couldn't help but contract when he finally saw it.
He had perused the Spirit Beast illustrated guides in the Sun Moon Imperial family several times over the past few years, but this was his first time seeing a real Spirit Beast.
It was an extremely bizarre-looking Spirit Beast, suspended in mid-air.
It looked somewhat like a balloon, but what was suspended was not a balloon, but a giant eye. Around this eye were two long tentacles, trailing on the ground.
At this moment, its aura was exceptionally weak. Suppressed by a layer of black light barrier, the giant eye, covered in red patterns, was almost touching the ground.
"Tianyang, this Evil Eye Tyrant is a rare dual-attribute of spirit and fire, making it the finest among the Evil Eye Tyrants. It's about six hundred years old. With your physical constitution, you are more than capable of absorbing this spirit ring."
"This Spirit Beast was personally captured by Uncle Feng from the Demon Forest. You must thank him properly later."
Beside him, Xu Yunxiao looked at the Evil Eye Tyrant, bound by a spirit tool, with satisfaction, and smiled as he spoke to the curious Xu Tianyang.
At this time, besides Xu Tianyang's family of three, a man stood quietly here.
He was over 1.9 meters tall, with ape-like arms and a wasp waist, dressed in a black brocade robe. His long black hair was simply tied into a high ponytail. His face was expressionless, yet his eyes were extremely sharp; staring at them for too long would cause a stinging sensation.
Feng Tianxiang, an eighty-seventh rank Spirit Douluo with the Shadow Sword Spirit, followed Xu Yunxiao like a ghost, protecting the safety of the Crown Prince Residence.
Xu Tianyang had seen him once when he was four, but he hadn't expected Xu Yunxiao to send him out just to capture a hundred-year Spirit Beast.
"Thank you, Uncle Feng!"
He bowed respectfully to Feng Tianxiang. The strong have privileges everywhere. Although his status was noble, he had to maintain respect for the strong at all times.
"His Royal Highness the Grandson is too polite." Feng Tianxiang stepped aside to avoid Xu Tianyang's bow, forcing an awkward smile. As Xu Yunxiao's confidant, he knew of Xu Tianyang's talent and understood that he was the future of the Sun Moon Empire. Let alone capturing a hundred-year Spirit Beast, he would not hesitate to die for him.
"Husband, will six hundred years be too..." At this moment, a hesitant voice filled with worry came.
Mu Mengyu's face was full of worry at this time. After all, there was no recorded instance of a Spirit Master absorbing a six-hundred-year spirit ring for their first spirit ring, let alone from a super Spirit Beast like the Evil Eye Tyrant.
"The age limit for a Spirit Master to absorb a spirit ring is limited by their spiritual power and physical constitution. Yang'er's Spirit itself possesses spiritual attributes, and his spiritual power is now comparable to a Soul Grandmaster. His physical constitution has also been tested and reached the Spirit Grandmaster level. As long as Yang'er's will is firm, he is capable of absorbing this spirit ring."
Unlike the worried Mu Mengyu, Xu Yunxiao was full of confidence in Xu Tianyang. This confidence stemmed not only from trust in Xu Tianyang's talent but also from the Sun Moon Empire's research findings over the past three years on "Conditions for Spirit Masters to Absorb spirit rings."
This topic was naturally brought up by Xu Tianyang by chance. Under Xu Yunxiao's orders, the Sun Moon Empire immediately produced an instrument capable of testing a Spirit Master's physical strength. After collecting a large amount of data, a report on the conditions for Spirit Masters to absorb spirit rings was freshly released.
However, the Sun Moon Empire had previously conducted less research on spiritual power. Instruments for testing spiritual power intensity have not yet been produced and are still under development.
These findings are now compiled into a book and will soon be universally popularized throughout the Sun Moon Empire. Once the spiritual power testing instrument is also developed and circulated on the market along with the physical strength testing instrument, Spirit Masters of the Sun Moon Empire will be able to accurately understand the limits of their spirit ring absorption at each stage.
"Mother, don't worry. I am confident in absorbing this spirit ring. Even if something goes wrong, with Mother, Father, and Uncle Feng guarding me, it can be interrupted in time, and there will be no life-threatening danger." Feeling Mu Mengyu's tension, Xu Tianyang's face curved into a confident smile.
"What's more, every innate ability of the Evil Eye Tyrant race is a top-tier spiritual Spirit Ability, perfectly suited for your son."
With that, Xu Tianyang took out a level five melee spirit tool longsword and walked towards the Evil Eye Tyrant.
"The Evil Eye Tyrant's most vulnerable spot is its pupil."
The trapped Evil Eye Tyrant stared at the approaching Xu Tianyang, its giant silver eye showing a hint of anthropomorphic anger and malice.
Its pupil dilated, and circles of silver light patterns immediately spread outwards from its main body. However, these silver light patterns were completely isolated by the dark aura-filled light barrier, unable to harm Xu Tianyang in the slightest.
A hundred-year Evil Eye Tyrant would be invincible at this stage, but it was trapped by a Level Seven spirit tool. Sensing the Evil Eye Tyrant's movements, the black light barrier was immediately triggered, suddenly contracting, and this Evil Eye Tyrant was suppressed, unable to move. It couldn't even use its Spirit Abilitys, let alone its spiritual power.
Its aura became much weaker again.
The next second, the longsword in Xu Tianyang's hand thrust out, instantly piercing the giant eye.
"Pfft--"
Silver blood continuously gushed from the wound. Its two tentacles flailed wildly, but after a moment, they all froze in mid-air, then fell limply.
As the Evil Eye Tyrant's vitality dissipated, silver-white spiritual power light points ascended from its eyeball, and a rich yellow halo condensed above its corpse, forming a bright deep yellow spirit ring.
The inner circle of the spirit ring shimmered with silver-white light points, exuding an air of nobility, indicating the Evil Eye Tyrant's prominent status within its clan during its lifetime.
Only ten-thousand-year Evil Eyes produce the rhomboid crystals used to hide souls; this one clearly did not.
Xu Tianyang clearly perceived the spiritual fluctuations emanating from the spirit ring. Even before the fusion began, the immense energy it contained caused the three beside Xu Yunxiao to secretly gasp in awe.
This was the most domineering six-hundred-year spirit ring they had ever seen.
"It's a pity no Spirit Bone dropped." Xu Yunxiao's voice carried a hint of regret. After the Evil Eye Tyrant's death, he inspected its corpse, but regrettably, no Spirit Bone was found.
Spirit Bones are extremely precious treasures no matter where they are.
Although stronger Spirit Beasts have a higher chance of dropping Spirit Bones, this is only theoretical. More often, it depends on luck.
"Sit down, calm your mind, then try to feel it with your Sun Pupil. Circulate your spirit power to draw this spirit ring onto your body and endure the pressure." Xu Yunxiao admonished repeatedly, his eyes extremely solemn, his palm's spirit power swirling inward, ready to act at any moment.
"Okay!"
Xu Tianyang nodded steadily in response, sat down, and with a wave of his hand, summoned this top-tier spiritual spirit ring, slowly closing his eyes.
"Whoosh—"
As the Evil Eye Tyrant's spirit ring was guided by Xu Tianyang to merge with his body, what he first felt was not the immense spirit power it contained, but the terrifying spiritual power and frenzied will that seemed capable of tearing one's soul apart.
It erupted completely within his body in an instant.
Even with his spiritual power far exceeding that of his peers and his strong willpower, his body still trembled uncontrollably.
The vast spiritual fluctuations made Xu Tianyang let out a low groan, his brows furrowed, and his body tensed up accordingly.
Fortunately, his foundation was deep enough; his previous training and valuable tonics were not for naught.
Although the energy contained within this Evil Eye Tyrant was powerful, it had not exceeded the limit his body could withstand. After a brief tremor, his aura calmed down and stabilized once more.
The yellow spirit ring's power enveloped Xu Tianyang's body, with faint silver-red light within it.
The violent energy transformed into pure spirit power, continuously scouring the meridians within his body. A feeling of comfort constantly came, invigorating Xu Tianyang!
The three people watching Xu Tianyang intently breathed a slight sigh of relief. They had all experienced similar situations; as long as one withstood the most intense first impact, there would generally be no further complications.
And so it was. Having adapted to this energy surge, Xu Tianyang's subsequent fusion process was no longer in doubt.
As time passed, the six-hundred-year Evil Eye Tyrant spirit ring slowly imprinted itself upon his Sun Pupil Spirit, becoming his first spirit ring.