Chapter 158: This Spirit Master is too trash!
Back in Suotuo City, Su Wen had already reached Level 40.
And at that time, Su Wen was only fourteen years old.
Grandmaster couldn't even guarantee that his disciple Tang San would break through to Spirit Ancestor at the age of fourteen.
To be precise, he couldn't guarantee being faster than Su Wen.
Su Wen, at the age of just fourteen, had already broken through to Spirit Ancestor.
Between fourteen-year-olds, there could also be a difference of up to one year.
Now, with three months left until Tang San turns fourteen, his Soul Power is only at Level 38. Breaking through to Level 39 before the age of fourteen would already be considered a success.
And crossing the threshold from Level 39 to Level 40, according to Dai Mubai's words, Tang San might also likely be stuck for at least half a year.
Moreover, what's even more worrying is that Su Wen's Innate Soul Power is only at Level 5.
When Su Wen graduated early in Nuoding City years ago, he was only ten years old, and his Soul Power was far inferior to Tang San's.
But in just a few short years, Su Wen underwent an unimaginable qualitative change.
Grandmaster had always been curious, but unfortunately had no reason to approach Su Wen or confidence to extract information from him.
"Mubai, for the final three months, focus on closed-door cultivation and strive to break through to Level 40.
Xiaosan, and the rest of you, make every effort to improve by one level in these last three months, especially you, Xiaosan. Your Soul Power node is crucial. Breaking through to Level 39 before the Spirit Master Competition, and utilizing the high-frequency battles of the competition for tempering, you might have a chance to break through to Spirit Ancestor with the pressure of the competition.
This is currently the only way for you to rapidly break through to Spirit Ancestor."
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Boom!
Having absorbed the Stone Monster Spirit Ring and gained some understanding of the Stone Monster Spirit Skill, Su Wen naturally was familiar with the weaknesses of this type of Spirit Beast.
In particular, he mastered the Void Shuttle Spirit Skill, which allowed him to attack directly through space at its weakest points.
With the Rasenshuriken combined with spatial penetration, Su Wen could be said to be constantly launching fatal attacks against the Stone Monster.
Meanwhile, Su Wen himself kept distancing himself from the Stone Monster, engaging it in a prolonged battle.
Boom!
The massive rock giant collapsed with a thunderous crash, waves of Soul Power surged, and a black Spirit ring slowly emerged.
The Stone Monster of twenty thousand years was defeated!
After the recent battle, Su Wen had quietly shifted the battlefield to a secluded area.
He also set up an illusion nearby, which he had formed during his travels by combining his manipulation of spatial power with illusion techniques. (In the future, for convenience, let's call this illusion a combination of illusion techniques and spatial power. It's not a small space; the space Su Wen opened up for using the fifth Spirit Skill is called the illusionary realm)
This illusionary could conveniently conceal his tracks, provide warnings, and give him enough reaction time.
Su Wen sat cross-legged on the ground.
Boom!
His third ring exploded.
With the third ring shattered, the Soul Power within it circulated in his body, drawing the black Stone Monster Spirit Ring to fill the gap in his third ring.
In the Martial Spirit Space, where the third ring originally resided, there was no vacancy for this Spirit Ring, and its essence did not autonomously integrate into Su Wen's body.
Instead, the entire black Spirit Ring, along with its essence, simultaneously repelled Su Wen, attempting to leave his body.
Su Wen mobilized his Spiritual Power, firmly securing the Spirit Ring in his third ring position, while also drawing its Soul Power into his body, integrating it bit by bit.
This was also a major focus of his perfecting the Ring Replacement Method to the level of fusion. Through multiple Soul Power fusion processes, he also found some suitable nodes for integrating Soul Power.
At this moment, as he continued to circulate two streams of Soul Power, with the fusion of these two streams, the rejection of the Spirit Ring Essence against Su Wen began to weaken.
However, it still maintained an indifferent attitude as if it was saying.
"You already have a third ring, why are you still bothering me?"
"And you're even blending with my Soul Power!"
This Spirit Master is such a scumbag!
But Su Wen paid no attention to whether this Spirit Ring Essence acknowledged him or not. After completing the initial fusion of Soul Power, he took advantage of the sharp decrease in mutual rejection to forcefully pull the Spirit Ring Essence closer to his Martial Spirit Space.
On the original third ring position, the essence slightly exploded, leaving a gap. Su Wen stuffed this new Spirit Ring Essence into it.
At the same time, he began to utilize the preliminarily fused Spirit Ring Soul Power to reshape the new third ring.
It must be said that the technique of Ring Explosion is the core of Su Wen's Ring Replacement Method.
As the reconstruction of the third ring was completed, the Spirit Ring, in turn, exerted influence on the two essences on the Spirit Ring position, causing them to gradually merge.
After the death of the Stone Monster, its body began to undergo changes, emitting light, with streams of Soul Power flowing.
The residual Soul Power within the Stone Monster's body continuously transformed its remains, eventually forming a peculiar type of rock emitting strong energy fluctuations.
After absorbing the Spirit Ring, Su Wen looked at the already formed special rock with astonishment. He collected the peculiar rock, dispelled the illusion, and quickly left the depths of the Sunset Forest.
Back in Heaven Dou City, he took out the rock and studied it carefully.
"It has a very high affinity with Soul Power!" Su Wen discovered that this rock had a high capacity for containing Soul Power in all aspects.
"I wonder if this thing could still give birth to another Stone Monster?" He inexplicably had such a thought.
Compared to the aftermath left after its death, Su Wen felt that this rock was more like an incubating Stone Monster.
"Is this a characteristic of a ten-thousand-year Stone Monster?"
Stone Monsters are too rare, and ten-thousand-year-level Stone Monsters are even rarer. The current understanding of Stone Monsters in the Spirit Master world is also insufficient.
Su Wen was curious about how the Stone Monster Tribe was born within the Sunset Forest. Moreover, since his third ring was originally a Stone Monster's Spirit Ring, he was somewhat concerned about the situation of Stone Monsters.
Now, seeing the changes in the body of the ten-thousand-year Stone Monster, he realized that this might be related to the existence of the Stone Monster Tribe.
Of course, the ability of the body of a ten-thousand-year Stone Monster to incubate the next generation is just a form of inheritance.
And it requires a ten-thousand-year Stone Monster.
Their numbers won't increase either, so the birth of Stone Monsters is definitely not just because of this.
"Could it be that ten-thousand-year Stone Monsters can also naturally incubate this kind of rock?" Su Wen pondered.
This possibility is unlikely. There are traces of ten-thousand-year Stone Monsters in other places, but nowhere else has a Stone Monster Tribe been born.
Su Wen speculated that the answer might lie with Stone Monsters of over fifty thousand years.
"They likely possess an enhanced version of this characteristic, thereby gaining the ability to incubate 'offspring.'"
The hunting of Stone Monsters and the study of peculiar rocks only took about a month altogether.
With two months left, Su Wen returned to the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy to inquire about the upcoming competitions.
At present, his Soul Power was already the highest among the entire Emperor Fighting Team, and his strength was unquestionably the strongest.
He couldn't just remain a mere substitute, could he?
"Moreover, Uncle Ning mentioned that Rongrong has also reached Level 40. With just one more Spirit Ring, she'll become a Spirit Ancestor."
Two "Spirit Ancestor" substitutes? (He plans to hide the fact he's a Spirit King)
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