Bibi Dong was utterly enraged. Her exquisite face twisted with fury in an instant, her eyes widened, and she gritted her silver teeth as a low growl escaped her lips, sounding like a roar from hell.
At the same time, she abruptly raised her right hand and tightly gripped the magnificent scepter that symbolized supreme authority.
The scepter seemed to become a weapon for unleashing her fury, gleaming with a chilling cold light. She raised it high, radiating a powerful and terrifying aura.
Even the slightest bit of pressure she released caused a streak of crimson blood to trickle from Qian Renxue's lips.
At that moment, Qian Renxue became even more certain of what she thought. I, Qian Renxue, have no mother. I only have Grandfather as family, and Bantian. He will always be my lover.
"You... take care of yourself!"
Bibi Dong gritted out. She had actually wanted to try repairing their relationship, but Qian Renxue clearly did not appreciate it.
Bibi Dong soon departed. Qian Daoliu quickly appeared and looked at the stubborn Qian Renxue with a faint sigh. He had actually arrived long ago, fearing that the two of them might clash.
Seeing Qian Renxue's slightly reddened eyes, Qian Daoliu could not help but persuade her. "Xiao Xue, she is your mother after all."
"She is not my mother!!"
Qian Renxue roared!!!
Star Soul Village, Shi Bantian's home.
The Supreme Bone martial soul, combined with Innate Full Soul Power at level thirty! Calling it the strongest martial soul in all of Douluo Continent would not be an exaggeration.
Hiss, this was simply heaven-defying!
But something even more heaven-defying was yet to come. At that moment, Shi Hao suddenly cried out.
"Father... what is this? It is all black and looks pretty fun."
Shi Bantian instinctively looked toward Shi Hao, only to see three pitch-black spirit rings appear beneath Shi Hao's feet. Shi Bantian could not help exclaiming several times.
"These are actually three Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, and they came with him!!!"
"This is absurd... absurd! There is truly no justice in this world..."
Shi Bantian felt like crying without tears. Just a few days ago, when his Soul Power had finally broken through level ten, he had risked his life just to hunt down a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring.
Yet Shi Hao started off with three, and they were all Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings. Comparing people truly made one furious!!
Of course... Shi Bantian was only complaining. After all, this was his own child, and he was sincerely happy for Shi Hao!
"This has never happened to any other Spirit Master. In other words, Xiao Hao can produce spirit rings on his own and does not need to hunt spirit beasts. Wouldn't that greatly increase his cultivation speed?"
"This is truly unbelievable!"
Shi Bantian muttered to himself.
Seeing the excitement in her father's eyes, Shi Hao wrapped both hands around Shi Bantian's arm and shook it, asking in confusion.
"Father, what are three Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings?"
"Father... Father, hurry up and tell me."
Shi Bantian patiently explained, "They are the three shiny black rings beneath your feet. They will grant you three powerful skills, which you can use yourself later on to become stronger."
"Spirit rings are divided into white Ten-Year Spirit Rings, yellow Hundred-Year Spirit Rings, purple Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, black Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, and the legendary Red Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring... Your black ones are Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, the second strongest kind!!"
As he spoke, Shi Bantian pinched Shi Hao's chubby little cheeks.
"You are stronger than Father now. You can even protect Father."
Shi Hao clapped her little hands and said happily, "Yay, yay, I can protect Father now."
"Heh..."
Shi Bantian had just been about to say something when his expression suddenly changed. He could actually feel an incomparably pure stream of Soul Power appearing within his body.
At the same time, his Soul Power began growing at a speed visible to the naked eye. In nearly the blink of an eye, it broke through to level thirteen, then fourteen... fifteen. The speed continued to increase, and that power was far from finished.
"What... is going on?"
Though Shi Bantian did not understand, he quickly sat down cross-legged and began properly absorbing the energy.
Although Shi Hao found it strange, she thoughtfully sat beside Shi Bantian and began "standing guard."
Half an hour later!
Shi Bantian's eyes suddenly flew open, flashing with a bright gleam. He rose to his feet and clenched his fists in the air, his face full of joy.
Because... he had actually reached level twenty-one Soul Power. He had gone directly from level twelve to level twenty-one, soaring nine levels in one go!
Not only that!
Shi Bantian gave a low shout, and two spirit rings suddenly appeared beneath his feet!
Yes... two deep purple spirit rings. Although Shi Bantian had not hunted spirit beasts to obtain spirit rings, they had somehow formed out of thin air.
They were even purple Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, directly surpassing the optimal spirit ring configuration of most people.
"Could it be that as these little gourds grow, they also feed power back to me, raising my Soul Power? And my physical strength has also increased, allowing me to withstand spirit rings beyond my usual age limit?"
Shi Bantian was not stupid, and he had witnessed the miraculous nature of the Gourd Vine during this time. Therefore, he was not too surprised by this outcome.
Shi Bantian sat cross-legged and considered the increases in his Soul Power over the past few days. Combined with the growth rate of the seven little gourds, his Soul Power seemed to increase at roughly one-seventh of their growth rate.
"So that means... once all seven of my Seven Gourd Babies are born, I will be able to reach the average level of their Soul Power?"
Shi Bantian's eyes gleamed with excitement. His resolve to take good care of these little ones became even firmer. Once he grew strong enough, he could bring Xiao Xue back, and their family could reunite. He believed that day would come.
Suddenly, Shi Bantian heard a "crunch, crunch" sound from beside him. Shi Hao's mouth was stuffed full as she chewed with all her might, her cheeks puffed up like an adorable little squirrel.
"Xiao Hao... what are you eating?"
Shi Bantian panicked and hurried over to stop her, because he saw bits of Gourd Shell stuck at the corners of Shi Hao's mouth.
She was even holding part of a Gourd Shell in her hand. These Gourd Shells had been left behind when the eldest child, Shi Hao, broke out of her shell. Shi Hao had wanted to eat them before... but Shi Bantian had always stopped her!
How could Gourd Shells be eaten as food?
"Father... I'm hungry, I'm so hungry!!"
Shi Hao said miserably, and Shi Bantian's face filled with heartache.
"Then you can drink milk... drink as much as you want. These guys have plenty of milk anyway!!"
The Demonic Pattern White Tiger and Magic Flame Phoenix beside them: "???"
If they had been able to speak human language, they would have already started cursing. What kind of thing was that to say? Did he know that Shi Hao had nearly drained them dry over the past few days?
Just thinking about it made them sad. This Shi Hao was not human—how could she drink so much beast milk??
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