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With one strike, a Fifty-Thousand-Year Dragon Pattern Tiger was sent straight to paradise.
Li Fei withdrew his Azure Dragon Staff. A black Soul Ring condensed above the Dragon Pattern Tiger's body.
Li Yusong stepped forward, sat cross-legged, drew the Soul Ring into his body, and began absorbing and refining it.
The other three stood guard nearby.
Before their eyes, Li Yusong's body gradually swelled. His skin flushed red, tiny blood vessels burst open, steam rose from him, and sweat streamed over his entire body. He looked as though he was in terrible pain.
The veins beneath his flesh bulged at that moment as well.
"This is a Fifty-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, after all. He'll be all right, won't he?" Zhao Wuji asked worriedly.
After all, even his and Flender's Seventh Soul Rings were only around forty thousand years old.
Li Yusong was directly absorbing one at the upper limit of fifty thousand years. Ordinary people simply could not withstand that.
"It should be fine. These initial reactions are normal. He just has to endure it," Flender said, wiping sweat from his brow.
He turned to look at Li Fei and was surprised to find the boy unusually calm, without the slightest trace of worry.
That was because Li Fei knew Li Yusong had consumed plenty of Whale Rubber, and his own heart's blood had also strengthened Li Yusong's body. Absorbing a Fifty-Thousand-Year Soul Ring would absolutely not be a problem.
He simply did not know whether the Dragon Pattern Tiger would produce any spiritual resentment.
Suddenly, he sensed an unusual movement from the dragon pattern within Li Yusong's Dragon Pattern Staff. It emitted a faint azure glow that resonated with the bloodline within Li Fei's body.
As time passed, Li Yusong's Dragon Pattern Staff underwent a visible transformation. Rather than mutation, evolution was perhaps the more fitting term.
Any Martial Soul touched by the blood of the Eastern Azure Dragon would undergo sublimation.
Perhaps it had not been so obvious before, but now, with the absorption of the Seventh Soul Ring and the unlocking of the Martial Soul Avatar ability, Li Yusong's Dragon Pattern Staff finally completed its first evolution!
A powerful dragon roar rang out, and draconic might spread in all directions.
The dragon pattern on the staff had turned azure. Though it was not the pattern of the Eastern Azure Dragon, it was dozens of times stronger than the mixed-blood dragon from before!
It was an azure dragon, but not the Eastern Azure Dragon.
It could be understood as the first generation of Descendant Bloodline Dragon Patterns born from the Eastern Azure Dragon.
Even as merely a Descendant Bloodline Dragon Pattern, its power was nothing like before, and its potential was terrifying.
It could also be called the Little Azure Dragon Pattern, the Little Azure Dragon Staff!
The grade of this Dragon Pattern Staff had now surpassed the Coiling Dragon Staff. It contained a trace of divinity and could be considered a Demigod Level Martial Soul!
Once it underwent a second evolution, it would surely become God Level, perhaps even Supreme God Level!
Let us wait and see!
"Old Li's Martial Soul mutated?" Flender and Zhao Wuji noticed it as well. Their faces were filled with shock and disbelief as they stood there dumbfounded.
"The Dragon Pattern Staff can evolve?"
"And why does its aura resemble Little Fei's Dragon Pattern Staff so much? They're both azure, though it seems much weaker than Little Fei's."
Flender adjusted his glasses, his eyes wide as he muttered.
"Perhaps we have all underestimated the Dragon Pattern Staff. Martial Souls come in all kinds of strange forms. No one had ever cultivated a Dragon Pattern Staff to Soul Saint before, so no one discovered this unique trait. Now that one has appeared, we can be considered the first witnesses."
Zhao Wuji sighed.
Li Fei explained, "Your guesses aren't wrong. You could say my Martial Soul underwent an innate mutation, while my grandfather's Martial Soul underwent an acquired mutation due to external influences."
"My friend has done extensive research on Martial Souls. Perhaps he'd be interested in yours. Would you like him to study your Martial Souls?"
Flender looked at Li Fei as he spoke.
Li Fei frowned. "Please keep this matter secret, the two of you. Don't tell anyone else. Let things take their natural course. Our Martial Souls have their own special qualities, and we will not let outsiders study them."
Flender could tell that Li Fei seemed deeply opposed to Yu Xiaogang, so he did not press the matter. Besides, this time he was going to Heaven Dou City to poach someone from that man's territory. When they met again in the future, things would only be awkward between them.
Li Fei said, "Uncle Flender, Yu Xiaogang is ultimately an outsider. We are the ones on the same side. I don't want our achievements to be handed over for him to enjoy for free if he ever comes in the future."
"I understand, Little Fei." Flender sighed and nodded.
He and Yu Xiaogang were no longer on the same path.
Even if he still held a faint trace of sentiment for their old friendship, that was all it was.
During this time, Li Fei had deliberately used Yu Xiaogang's affairs to brainwash Flender, wanting him to develop resentment toward that useless man so that he would not hand over everything his side possessed to Yu Xiaogang.
As a transmigrator, Li Fei truly disliked Yu Xiaogang and Tang San.
Those two were genuinely disgusting.
Buzz!
At that moment, powerful Soul Power fluctuations erupted from Li Yusong's body.
A deep black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring appeared around him.
Immediately afterward, the six Soul Rings beneath it appeared as well.
Yellow, purple, purple, purple, black, black, black!
Upon closer inspection, the colors of his Soul Rings shocked Flender and Zhao Wuji.
They remembered that Li Yusong's first Soul Ring had been white, not even a hundred years old, while his second had been yellow. Yet now, his first Soul Ring had turned yellow and his second had turned purple. As for the third and fourth Soul Rings, their colors had become especially deep! The final three black Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings were the same!
This meant that the Martial Soul's mutation had also increased the ages of his Soul Rings!
Li Yusong now ranked among the very best of the seven-ring Soul Saints.
With such a powerful Dragon Pattern Staff, even against a Soul Douluo, he was not without the strength to fight!
Li Fei merely remained calm in the face of this change.
It was as though everything that happened had been within his expectations.
"Congratulations, Grandfather. You've truly become a Soul Saint!"
"I wonder, what level has your Soul Power reached now?"
Li Fei stepped forward to offer his congratulations.
"Congratulations, Old Li!"
"Our lineup has gained another Soul Saint. Both our strength and standing have risen greatly!"
"Haha, Shrek Academy now has three Soul Saints! What a joyous occasion!"
Flender and Zhao Wuji hurried forward as well, laughing heartily.
"After absorbing this Fifty-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, my Soul Power has risen to Level 73!"
Li Yusong carefully sensed the Soul Power fluctuations within his body, delight appearing on his face.
After carefully sensing it themselves, Flender and Zhao Wuji also looked astonished. "It really is Level 73!"
Ordinarily, absorbing the Seventh Soul Ring only raised one's level by one, reaching Level 71.
Only a very small number of more talented people could reach level 72.
Yet Li Yusong had unexpectedly risen three levels at once, reaching Level 73!
That had saved him one or two years of arduous cultivation!
One had to know that after reaching Soul Saint, every single level became incredibly difficult to advance!
(End of Chapter)
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