Bibi Dong's Change in Attitude

"Let me see what your soul skill is!"

After activating the External Soul Bone from the Tyrannosaurus Rex and transforming his right hand into a massive, ferocious grayish-black Dragon Claws streaked with golden patterns, Gu Han's eyes flashed with anticipation. He murmured to himself and took a deep breath.

He then poured soul power into the External Soul Bone and activated its soul skill.

At once, the External Soul Bone erupted with a black glow tinged with blood-red. An inexplicable power surged from it and swiftly coursed through Gu Han's entire body.

Gu Han immediately felt the strength throughout his body soar.

The increase was even more astonishing in his right arm, where the right hand was located!

Just as a soul ring fed information about its soul skill back to the soul master upon its first use after absorption—

After Gu Han used the External Soul Bone—

The External Soul Bone from the Tyrannosaurus Rex likewise transmitted the basic information about its soul skill into Gu Han's mind.

The soul skill possessed by this External Soul Bone from the Tyrannosaurus Rex had a simple effect: it amplified strength!

As a six-thousand-year soul bone, the specific effect of this Tyrannosaurus Rex soul bone's soul skill was to triple the strength of the entire body and quadruple the strength of the right arm where the soul bone was located.

This amplification was certainly much weaker than the Golden Tyrant Dragon Transformation.

But the Golden Tyrant Dragon Transformation had been obtained when the Sacred Dragon Martial Soul, which had evolved into the Golden Sacred Dragon, absorbed the Tyrannosaurus Rex soul ring.

The reason that soul skill was so powerful was undoubtedly related to the Sacred Dragon Martial Soul evolving into the Golden Sacred Dragon.

As for an ordinary Tyrannosaurus Rex soul bone, since it was only a little over six thousand years old, tripling the body's overall strength and quadrupling the strength of the right arm was perfectly normal.

It was already an excellent effect.

In the end, Gu Han named this External Soul Bone from the Tyrannosaurus Rex: Tyrannosaurus Rex Gauntlet!

As for the soul skill it carried, Gu Han named it: Power of the Tyrant!

After returning to Spirit City—

Before long, Hu Liena, who had learned that Gu Han had returned, came over again with Xie Yue and Yan.

Learning from Bibi Dong that Gu Han's Third Soul Ring had actually come from a Tyrannosaurus Rex over six thousand years old, Hu Liena found it almost impossible to believe.

Most soul masters absorbed soul rings from Soul Beasts between one thousand and two thousand years old for their Third Soul Ring.

But more than six thousand years?

That was simply unimaginable!

Still, when she thought of how her little junior brother, who had once been scorned by all of Spirit City during his martial soul awakening, had now become so outstanding, Hu Liena felt inexplicably excited.

It gave her a strange sense of satisfaction, like watching someone she had raised grow up.

"Xiao Han, congratulations on breaking through to Soul Elder! Next year, we can all skip ahead to the advanced academy together!"

After entering the courtyard, Hu Liena, dressed in a gorgeous white leather skirt with long golden hair draped over her shoulders, walked forward with graceful steps. Her exquisite, stunningly beautiful face, which blended innocence and seduction, was full of smiles as she spoke to Gu Han.

But while Hu Liena's face was filled with smiles as she rejoiced for Gu Han, Xie Yue and Yan wore somewhat complicated expressions.

Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan were only four or five years older than Gu Han.

The three of them had only just broken through to Soul Elder, yet Gu Han had already caught up to them.

The problem was that all of them had Innate Soul Power above level nine, while Gu Han's Innate Soul Power had only been level 0.25.

In the past, they had never believed the saying, "There are no useless martial souls, only useless soul masters!"

But now, with Gu Han's example right before them—

They had no choice but to believe it.

Perhaps there really were geniuses in this world—heaven-sent prodigies.

And among them, Yan felt the greatest pressure.

Because Gu Han had cultivated the Sacred Dragon Body Forging Method, he now looked fourteen or fifteen years old. Outwardly, he seemed nearly the same age as them.

Now, Gu Han's cultivation had caught up as well.

Hu Liena, the goddess in Yan's eyes, had already been very fond of Gu Han.

Before, it might have only been an elder sister's fondness for her younger brother.

But now, Gu Han had become like this, and was such a monstrous genius.

Yan truly felt worried and terrified that Hu Liena's fondness for Gu Han would change from an elder sister's affection for her younger brother into romantic love between a man and a woman.

Yet there was absolutely nothing he could do about it.

After the Sacred Dragon evolved into the Golden Sacred Dragon—

A week passed in the blink of an eye after Gu Han returned to Spirit City. He discovered that Bibi Dong had unexpectedly stopped sending him dragon flesh with the Light Attribute and spirit medicines.

As for the former, Gu Han had already mentioned it back in the Soul Hunting Forest.

After evolving into the Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul, the Sacred Dragon no longer needed to consume dragon flesh with the Light Attribute.

But Bibi Dong had stopped sending spirit medicines as well, which made Gu Han frown.

He did not know what had happened to Bibi Dong.

After considering it for a while, Gu Han still decided to go ask Bibi Dong.

It was not because he believed that, as Bibi Dong's disciple, Bibi Dong, as the Pope, naturally ought to give him special treatment and all sorts of resources.

Hu Liena's treatment was not even as good as his.

Gu Han understood very clearly that all of this was because his martial soul was Luo Sanpao.

But precisely because of that, he had to keep a close eye on Bibi Dong's attitude at all times.

Although he had seemingly deliberately, yet casually, exposed Yu Xiaogang in front of Bibi Dong many times over the past two years, Gu Han always felt that it had not had much effect on Bibi Dong.

And because he knew all too well how deeply Bibi Dong concealed her ruthlessness and heartlessness, Gu Han had to determine her attitude clearly. That would also help him decide what to do next.

The next morning, Gu Han went to the Pope's Palace and respectfully greeted Bibi Dong.

Seizing the opportunity, he pretended to be confused and puzzled as he asked Bibi Dong—

Why she had not sent anyone to deliver dragon flesh with the Light Attribute and medicinal herbs to him lately.

In response, Bibi Dong wore a dark purple papal robe as she sat upon a magnificent throne, holding the Pope's Scepter. A trace of "guilt" appeared on her mature, breathtakingly beautiful face, graceful and regal as it was, and she sighed softly.

"Xiao Han, it is not that your teacher does not want to help you. It is just that, besides being your teacher, I am also the Pope of Spirit Hall!"

"Before, it was because you had found a way to evolve the Sacred Dragon. Your teacher felt that your idea made a great deal of sense, so I intended to help you. I also hoped to nurture another genius for Spirit Hall."

"But before this, your teacher unconditionally used Spirit Hall's power for you and invested resources in you. Many people in Spirit City are already secretly saying that I am abusing my authority for personal gain."

"Now that the Sacred Dragon has evolved into the Golden Sacred Dragon, if your teacher continues investing resources in you, it will likely draw even more criticism. So, you can only bear with this grievance."

Gu Han was somewhat doubtful of Bibi Dong's words.

But her explanation did make sense. Thus, on the surface, Gu Han put on a guilty expression and bowed deeply to Bibi Dong.

"Teacher, I'm sorry!"

"I was too selfish. I only thought of myself and never realized that you had already borne so much for my sake. I should not continue asking for dragon flesh with the Light Attribute and spirit medicines."

"But rest assured, Teacher. I will definitely prove in Spirit City that everything you have done for me was worthwhile!"

By the end, Gu Han's voice had become resolute.

Hearing this, an approving smile appeared on Bibi Dong's exquisite, beautiful face as she said—

"Actually, it is very simple if you want to prove that your teacher's efforts were worthwhile."