Chapter 77: Unexpected—The Energy of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast
Dai Mubai's reasoning wasn't wrong; it could indeed work.
However, he had overlooked the life-restoring and body-reconstructing properties of the Yearning Heartbroken Red.
Xiao Wu was a transformed soul beast who had yet to reach maturity, and most importantly, she wasn't dead. Consuming the Yearning Heartbroken Red was now directly turning her into a true human!
Yet, the problem was that the seal holding back her hundred-thousand-year cultivation was starting to destabilize!
"Mu Bai, I—I can't control the source energy anymore…"
Xiao Wu's eyes flew open in panic, her voice trembling.
This startled Dai Mubai, nearly making his heart stop.
"Xiao Wu, don't panic! What's happening?"
"When I consumed the Yearning Heartbroken Red, my body started to reconstruct itself into a real human. But now… I can't control the sealed power from before I transformed…"
Tears welled up in Xiao Wu's eyes as she trembled. What had seemed like a beautiful and fortunate transformation was now spiraling into catastrophe.
Dai Mubai froze. If the source energy inside Xiao Wu erupted uncontrollably, it would be equivalent to a hundred-thousand-year soul beast self-destructing!
What should I do? What should I do?!
Xiao Wu couldn't die, and Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Zhao Wuji, and Flender were all absorbing their herbs—they couldn't be disturbed.
Suddenly, Dai Mubai gritted his teeth, steeling his resolve.
"Xiao Wu, is there any way for you to transfer this energy out of your body?"
With Xiao Wu's current physical condition, there was no way she could withstand the energy of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
"There is, but… but once the energy is released, it could explode…"
Xiao Wu's eyes were filled with hopelessness. After finally finding the kind of love her mother had described, was she really going to lose everything to this accident?
"Mu Bai, take me somewhere empty and far away—"
Before Xiao Wu could finish speaking, Dai Mubai's Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill activated, turning him into a golden figure. He moved forward and kissed her.
"Transfer the energy into me!"
"No—no, you'll die!" Xiao Wu struggled weakly.
"Trust me—I'll be fine! Quickly! If you wait any longer, your body might collapse. I still plan to marry you someday, so be good and listen!"
"O-Okay…"
Hearing Dai Mubai's declaration that he wanted to marry her, Xiao Wu calmed down instantly. She held back only the amount of energy her body could tolerate, transferring the rest into Dai Mubai.
As Xiao Wu watched Dai Mubai's golden form up close, her heart was full of worry.
Even though she had kept some energy for herself, in comparison to her hundred-thousand-year cultivation, it was still negligible.
"Mu Bai, you must be okay! If… if something happens to you, I won't want to live either!"
After transferring the energy, Xiao Wu's voice trembled with conviction.
At this moment, Dai Mubai didn't have time to respond. He was focusing all his strength on circulating the Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill. Fortunately, after undergoing the Ice-Fire Alchemy Body and refining the Strange Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, his skill had already reached the sixth level.
His White Tiger Saint King martial spirit automatically activated. Xiao Wu's transferred energy was immense—though weaker than the energy of the White Tiger Sacrifice, it was completely uncontrollable!
Dai Mubai's body repeatedly tore apart and was rapidly repaired by the Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill, the cycle happening again and again…
Unknowingly, Dai Mubai's spirit power rose to level 60!
"Wait! Isn't the formation of a spirit ring just a matter of gathering enough energy? That's how divine bestowed spirit rings, soul beast re-cultivation, and even artificial spirit rings work… So why don't I just condense this energy into a spirit ring?"
Xiao Wu couldn't withstand the energy because her body wasn't strong enough, but Dai Mubai was different. With the sixth level of the Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill and the support of a hundred-thousand-year soul bone, he had a real chance of absorbing a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring!
No sooner had the thought entered his mind than Dai Mubai began manipulating the energy toward his White Tiger Saint King martial spirit…
Time passed, and several hours later, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Zhao Wuji, and Flender had all finished refining their celestial herbs.
Zhao Wuji had not disappointed—his spirit power had increased by over two levels, reaching level 80! More importantly, his martial spirit had successfully evolved!
What excited Zhao Wuji the most was that, with the help of the dragon bloodline within the Earth Dragon Golden Gourd and the Tyrant Dragon soul bone, his martial spirit had evolved into the Earth Dragon Bear!
His strength now felt incomparable—as if he could defeat multiple copies of his former self!
Flender, after absorbing the Nine Treasures Purple Zoysia and the Black Jade Divine Bamboo, had also broken into the Spirit Douluo rank, though his exact level remained unknown.
The satisfied smile at the corner of his mouth made it clear that he had gained immensely from the process. However, he refused to share details, which only annoyed Zhao Wuji further.
Ning Rongrong had broken through to level 30, and her martial spirit had successfully evolved into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
Zhu Zhuqing had reached level 40, though her martial spirit showed no visible changes.
Xiao Wu, too, had refined the Yearning Heartbroken Red. Her spirit power had risen to level 40, and she had fully transformed into a true human. Not even a Titled Douluo could detect her original identity as a soul beast.
She still retained the energy for her fourth spirit ring, ready to condense it at any time. From her fifth spirit ring onward, however, she would need to hunt soul beasts like a normal spirit master.
At the moment, though, Xiao Wu had no mind for such matters. She was staring blankly at Dai Mubai, who was in the process of condensing a spirit ring.
"Mu Bai is condensing a spirit ring… That's amazing—"
No, wait! Xiao Wu suddenly froze as she noticed something shocking.
Dai Mubai's fourth spirit ring was red—a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring!
Not only that, but he had already reached level 60, far beyond the level 40 or so that everyone thought!
She stared in disbelief at Dai Mubai's fourth spirit ring. Unless it was through sacrifice, there's no way he could have obtained a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring!
She thought back to the trip Dai Mubai, Zhao Wuji, and Flender had taken to the Star Dou Forest. At the time, Zhao Wuji and Flender had returned gravely injured, and Dai Mubai had mentioned encountering a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
Initially, Xiao Wu had assumed he was making up stories. After all, if a white tiger of that level existed in the Star Dou Forest, wouldn't she know about it?
But if Dai Mubai's words hadn't been lies, then his red spirit ring must have come from that white tiger sacrificing itself for him!
White Tiger Saint King… White Tiger… Could there be a connection?
Xiao Wu didn't know what to think, but she did know one thing:
Tigers shouldn't be kings.
If tigers became beast kings, how many rabbits would they eat every day?
Now, Dai Mubai was attempting to condense another spirit ring using her energy. This wasn't a sacrifice—could he really succeed?
The master of the Body Sect had managed to absorb a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring at his seventh ring. With Dai Mubai's Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill at the sixth level, enhanced by his martial spirit and soul bones, why couldn't he succeed?
(End of Chapter)