"Since His Highness the Crown Prince thinks so highly of me, if I didn't dare absorb this Spirit Bone, wouldn't I be letting him down?"
With a smile, Xu Tianming reached out to take the lead box from Shadow Douluo.
Just as Xu Tianming's hand was about to touch the lead box, Shadow Douluo took a step back.
"Your Excellency Shadow, what is this...?"
Xu Tianming looked at Shadow Douluo in confusion.
"This is no joking matter. You'd better think it through!"
Shadow Douluo's expression was exceptionally grave.
"Throughout the history of our Sun Moon Empire, no one has successfully absorbed this Spirit Bone!"
"Isn't that convenient? Perhaps this Spirit Bone has been waiting for its true owner: me."
Xu Tianming stepped forward and gripped one corner of the lead box tightly.
"Our Sun Moon Empire's predecessors were nothing but mediocrities."
"I am the genius who will break every convention!"
Shadow Douluo stared intently into Xu Tianming's eyes, yet he could not see the slightest trace of hesitation. There was only a calm confidence that seemed utterly natural.
"Very well, very well."
With a faint sigh, Shadow Douluo finally let go.
"This Spirit Bone is far from ordinary. It would be safest for you to absorb it only after reaching the rank of Title Douluo."
After putting away the Spirit Bone in his Storage Spirit Tool Ring, Xu Tianming bowed to Shadow Douluo.
"Thank you, Your Excellency Shadow."
Shadow Douluo said nothing. He merely patted Xu Tianming's shoulder twice.
Retracting the barrier that had shrouded them, Shadow Douluo turned into a streak of black light and vanished before Xu Tianming's eyes.
"A Spirit Bone from the Purple Imperial Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon... The Sun Moon Empire does have some reserves."
Watching Shadow Douluo depart, Xu Tianming narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Everyone who