The remnant Soul of the Molten Vortex Ice Light Dragon, already like rootless duckweed, showed obvious signs of decay after another wave of violent attacks.
Yu Yan did not launch a final siege on the remnant Soul when it began to decay; he was waiting for the best opportunity to appear.
After a while, sensing that the remnant Soul of the Molten Vortex Ice Light Dragon was completely powerless to fight any longer, Yu Yan transformed his mental force into the Ice and Fire Twin Fish and launched an attack on the dim figure of the Molten Vortex Ice Light Dragon.
The Molten Vortex Ice Light Dragon, which had almost no resistance left, was completely defeated under the strangulation of the Ice and Fire Twin Fish.
After enduring the Soul shock, the energy within the spirit ring began to turn gentle. This energy started to actively merge into Yu Yan's body, bringing earth-shaking changes to him.
For a Spirit Beast, reaching the Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beast level marks entry into a brand-new stage.
And for a Spirit Master, absorbing a ten thousand year spirit ring is no different from undergoing an evolution.
The violent energy became gentle, providing Yu Yan with an all-around enhancement, though the magnitude of the increase was not as large as what was recorded.
Yu Yan guessed that the main reason the enhancement wasn't that large was that his foundations in all aspects were better than those of a normal Spirit Master, which caused the relative increase to be less significant.
His spirit power, which had been stuck at Level 40, broke through continuously under the drive of this energy, only stopping once it reached Level 44. This was a benefit brought by the ten thousand year fourth spirit ring.
The Ice and Fire Twin Fish also underwent significant changes, taking a large step forward in its evolution toward becoming a Flood Dragon. The single horn on the heads of the Ice and Fire Twin Fish grew considerably longer.
When the ten thousand year spirit ring was completely fixed upon Yu Yan, two Spirit Abilities simultaneously appeared in his mind.
The fourth Ice Fish Skill: Thousand Abyss Cold Current Array.
The Ice Fish draws upon the moisture in the atmosphere, condensing up to nine icy tornadoes that strangulate the target in a regular array. The core of each tornado consists of high-speed rotating serrated ice crystals.
The icy tornadoes can absorb free moisture near the battlefield to increase their duration.
When the Thousand Abyss Cold Current Array ends, the user can also actively detonate all remaining icy tornadoes to deal another burst of damage to the trapped enemies.
After the explosion, the residual ice and snow on the field can inflict debuffs on enemies standing within the blizzard, such as slow, frostbite, accelerated spirit power depletion, and slowed spirit power recovery.
The icy tornadoes originate from the Molten Vortex Ice Light Dragon's Ice Vortex ability, while the other debuffs mainly come from the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, with secondary effects from previous Spirit Abilities.
The fourth Fire Fish Skill: Ember Abyss Piercing Arrow.
The fire fish transforms into a long flaming arrow, which makes not a single sound before hitting the enemy.
The Ember Abyss Piercing Arrow possesses extremely strong piercing power and is particularly effective against shield-type Spirit Abilities. Targets pierced by the flaming arrow will have residual fire poison at the wound site, causing continuous burning damage.
If an enemy successfully blocks the flaming arrow, it can still cause high-temperature fire explosions and fire poison attachment burning damage.
The source of the Ember Abyss Piercing Arrow is the ability demonstrated by the Molten Vortex Ice Light Dragon earlier, while the fire poison attachment burning damage likely originates from the blazing apricot cactus.
The fourth Ice Fish Skill is a large-scale, continuous field-control suppression Spirit Ability, while the Fire Fish Skill is a single-target defense-breaking sniping Spirit Ability. The addition of these two Spirit Abilities added more possibilities to Yu Yan's combat style.
Not bad.
Understanding the effects of the two Spirit Abilities, Yu Yan opened his eyes and saw Dugu Bo standing before him, clicking his tongue in wonder.
"Knowing you could absorb a ten thousand year spirit ring and seeing you successfully absorb one with my own eyes are truly two completely different feelings. A fourth spirit ring close to thirty thousand years..."
When Yu Yan opened his eyes, Dugu Bo didn't ask about his Spirit Abilities; instead, he lamented that Yu Yan had truly succeeded in absorbing this spirit ring that was nearly thirty thousand years old.
"Senior Dugu, seeing me successfully absorb this spirit ring, you seem quite unhappy?"
Hearing Dugu Bo's somewhat sour tone, Yu Yan launched a counter-attack, questioning Dugu Bo's current feelings.
"My seventh spirit ring was only thirty thousand-plus years, and your fourth spirit ring is already close to thirty thousand years. Do you think I'd be very happy?"
Currently, the publicly known record for the highest age of a seventh spirit ring is below fifty thousand years, but that doesn't mean every Spirit Master's seventh spirit ring can reach nearly fifty thousand years.
When Dugu Bo reached Level 70, a large amount of Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison had already accumulated in his body. To avoid the poison erupting and causing his death during the absorption process, he could only choose a spirit ring with a slightly lower age.
Having absorbed a thirty thousand-plus year spirit ring despite the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison, from that perspective, one had to admit Dugu Bo was a Genius.
Of course, any Spirit Master who could Cultivate to become a Titled Douluo in this era where development was lacking in all aspects was undoubtedly a Genius among geniuses.
"From that perspective, then it's only right that you're unhappy. If our positions were swapped, I'd be unhappy too."
Yu Yan expressed his understanding of Dugu Bo's mood. Understanding was one thing, but beyond that, there was nothing else he could express.
Not wanting to continue this topic with Yu Yan, Dugu Bo pointed at the corpse of the Molten Vortex Ice Light Dragon: "I've checked it for you. Your luck is pretty bad; no Spirit Bone was born within the Molten Vortex Ice Light Dragon."
For a thirty thousand year Spirit Beast, the probability of a Spirit Bone being born is already quite high, but this Molten Vortex Ice Light Dragon didn't produce one. Yu Yan's luck was indeed quite poor.
Absorbing a Spirit Bone that matches one's own spirit rings provides a certain degree of bonus.
"Spirit Bones are things that can be sought but not easily found. If there isn't one, then there isn't one; I won't force it."
Yu Yan cared a little about the fact that no Spirit Bone was born from the Molten Vortex Ice Light Dragon, but he didn't care completely.
"Your mindset is quite good. Spirit Bones are still very important. If possible, you should still find a way to absorb a few."
Dugu Bo praised Yu Yan and, as a Senior, gave him some advice. Most of his nine spirit rings were related to the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison, while the existence of Spirit Bones helped broaden his range of abilities, allowing him to face more varied opponents.
"Well, that's not up to me to decide."
He hadn't encountered a suitable Spirit Bone yet, and there was really nothing Yu Yan could do about that.
During their conversation, after having Dugu Bo neutralize the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison on the Molten Vortex Ice Light Dragon's body, Yu Yan harvested the useful Materials from the beast and placed them into the storage space of the golden scepter.
Materials harvested from a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beast have excellent applications in many areas; keeping them in storage wouldn't be a waste.
Having finished what they needed to do on their trip to the Extreme North Land, Dugu Bo, who instinctively disliked the climate there, grabbed Yu Yan by the neck and flew away from the Extreme North Land at high speed.
After leaving the Extreme North Land, Dugu Bo did not stop. He flew all the way south and soon returned to Heaven Dou City.
Politely declining Dugu Bo's invitation to stay in Heaven Dou City for a while, Yu Yan rented a fast horse in the city and galloped toward the Exotic Beast Academy in Ice Soul City.