socalfunplaces Chapter 55 Six Months Later, a Surprise
Chapter 55 Six Months Later, a Surprise
Chapter 55 Six Months Later, a Surprise
Six months later, Li Luochen was thirteen years old. His soul power cultivation improved slowly, only increasing by one and a half levels, and he was currently at level forty-five and a half.
However, his staff skills have improved considerably. In the past six months, Thousand-Pound Douluo has visited twice to instruct Li Luochen on staff techniques. Thousand-Pound Douluo would instruct Li Luochen through sparring.
Every time Li Luochen sparred with Qianjun Douluo, he felt enlightened, and he also confirmed the path he had chosen in staff techniques.
Dugu Yan broke through two and a half levels in half a year, reaching level thirty-nine and a half, almost level forty. Dugu Bo said before he left that he would come back in half a year, and he should be back in the next couple of days.
In the past six months, apart from Zhao Wuji reaching level 78 (his previous torso bone level increased by half a level), none of the teachers at Shrek Academy have made any breakthroughs.
Oscar and Ma Hongjun's main training task in the past six months has been to quickly master their rapidly increasing soul power. After all, Oscar is only nine years old and Ma Hongjun is only seven years old, both of whom are already powerful Great Soul Masters.
Improving too quickly is not good. We've been laying a foundation for them for the past six months, with Oscar focusing on physical training and combat skills. Becoming a Soul Master isn't easy.
Ma Hongjun, on the other hand, controls the flames. He directly advanced from level fourteen to level twenty-two, which was too fast. He needs to work on refining his power.
Li Luochen gave them three years to hone and refine their power, enough for them to control their strength and further improve their control over their soul power.
Three years later, they will go to the Soto Great Soul Arena to compete in the Soul Battle. To pass the two-person Soul Battle, they need to reach the Silver Soul Battle level.
The stipulated time is two years, meaning Tang San must obtain the Silver Battle Soul Badge before arriving at Shrek Academy.
I wonder if Tang San still has the confidence to say that there are no useless martial souls, only useless soul masters.
Even though Ma Hongjun and Oscar haven't cultivated their soul power in the past six months, their levels have still increased by one. If this trend continues, by the time Tang San enters school, both of them will be high-level Soul Masters, and Oscar might even be able to challenge for Soul Grandmaster status.
The two little ones were sparring with each other. Oscar's close combat skills were already quite good. His fist and foot skills were no less than those of a Great Soul Master of the same level. He was only missing an attack soul skill. Once Oscar reached level 50, he would be able to gain combat power.
Silvermon and Mirrormon marked the beginning of Oscar's turning point.
Ma Hongjun then began to try creating his own soul skills, including claw-type soul skills. He imbued them with his phoenix flames and used the Phoenix Claw, which greatly increased his close combat ability. He needed to find a five-thousand-year-old fire-attribute soul beast that was good at close combat.
After watching the two fight, Li Luochen went to find Dugu Yan. Dugu Yan was now fifteen years old and her figure had become increasingly plump. As expected, Soul Masters develop quite early; here, twelve-year-olds can have children.
At this moment, Dugu Yan was not cultivating, but sitting on the swing that Li Luochen had built for her, staring blankly at the sky.
"Yanzi, what's wrong? Do you miss your grandpa?" Li Luochen came up behind Dugu Yan and said gently, giving her a push on the back so the swing would swing.
"Chen, Grandpa has been gone for half a year. He has never been away from me for so long before. The longest he's ever been away is only three days. I hope something happened to him on the way." Dugu Yan hadn't seen Dugu Bo for half a year, and she missed her grandfather terribly. Girls are emotional, and they are especially prone to overthinking at times like this.
"That's impossible. With Grandpa's strength, there are only a handful of powerful individuals who could have kept him here. He must have encountered some trouble that delayed him," Li Luochen could only gently comfort Dugu Yan.
"Grandpa, please come back soon, Yan Yan misses you so much," Dugu Yan said softly, looking up at the sky.
"Oh~ Yan Yan, do you miss Grandpa so much? Come here, Grandpa will give you a hug." Dugu Bo suddenly appeared, and his cheerful voice immediately woke Dugu Yan from her despondent mood.
"Grandpa!" Dugu Yan cried out happily, hugging Dugu Bo's neck with a joyful smile. "Hehe, you little rascal, you've been so clingy for half a year? Hahahaha," Dugu Bo teased, patting Dugu Yan's head.
"Grandpa, it's been a long time!" Li Luochen greeted Dugu Bo with a smile.
"Yan Yan and Luo Chen, let's go to a quiet place first. I have something for you." Dugu Bo looked at the two of them and led them to the most secluded place in the academy.
This place was a relatively quiet one that Flander had prepared for Dugu Bo, but Dugu Bo hadn't lived here much, though it was cleaned every day.
Entering the house
Dugu Bo gestured for the two to sit down, and then used his own soul power to create a soul power barrier to isolate their aura and movements.
"Grandpa, why are you being so mysterious?" Dugu Yan looked at Dugu Bo with a puzzled expression.
Li Luochen didn't know what kind of medicine Dugu Bo was selling. Did he obtain some kind of magical herb?
Dugu Bo took out two boxes from his storage soul tool; the boxes were forged from lead blocks.
"Open it," Dugu Bo said.
Li Luochen and Dugu Yan exchanged a glance, opened the lead box, and a powerful surge of soul energy emanated from it. Upon closer inspection, they found a crystal-clear, deep blue bone, which appeared to be from the head—a skull of extremely high age.
Li Luochen and Dugu Yan have the same soul bones and the same soul power fluctuations, indicating that the two soul beasts are of the same race and have similar lifespans.
"Hehe, this is the greatest gain I have made during my travels. These two skulls are the result of 90,000 years of spiritual energy condensation. They came from a pair of sea spirit beasts, two 90,000-year-old sea demon dragons. These are top-grade skulls."
They're a married couple, and you two will be sooner or later too, so I'll use this as my dowry in advance. I looked it up, and the Sea Demon Dragon is the sub-dragon species with the strongest mental attribute among the sea spirit beasts. Its strongest attack is the blue light emitted from its eyes.
I personally witnessed the Sea Demon Dragon pierce through a Soul Douluo with a single blow. Even a Title Douluo would be severely injured. The soul bones dropped by their clan are usually head soul bones. In my opinion, the quality of this skull is no less than that of a limb or arm bone from 100,000 years ago.
"You two should absorb it directly to avoid any unforeseen complications. Remember, do not reveal the skull's existence before reaching the Soul Douluo level. I'm worried some people might act rashly in desperation."
Dugu Bo talked a lot, constantly reminding the two of this and that, just like a parent who is worried about their child. Oh, he is a parent after all.
Li Luochen and Dugu Yan simultaneously attached the Demon-Slaying Skull, which condenses spiritual energy, to their heads. A cool spiritual power entered their spiritual seas, causing their spiritual power to surge.
Among the six great soul bones, the head soul bone is second only to the torso bone. It is extremely rare and hard to come by. A 90,000-year-old skull is simply unbelievable, especially since it is a first-hand skull. Its soul power is unparalleled.
Dugu Yan broke through to level 40 and reached the bottleneck of Soul Master. With the bonus of Soul Bone, the age of her fourth Soul Ring was enough to be increased again.
Li Luochen's soul power increased by three levels, reaching level 48.5. His mental strength reached a level close to that of a Soul Douluo, and his physical strength also increased with the integration of the top-grade soul bone.
(End of this chapter)