In the blink of an eye, twelve hours had passed, and Jing Chen had finished absorbing the Golden Tortoise External Soul Bone.
This Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Bone had brought Jing Chen tremendous benefits.
The most obvious improvement was his Soul Power Level, which had directly risen by two levels.
Jing Chen had originally only been at the early stage of level thirty-eight. After absorbing the Spirit Bone, he had reached the bottleneck of level forty.
As long as he absorbed a fourth Soul Ring, he would become a four-ringed Soul Ancestor.
He was only eleven years and eight months old, not yet twelve. Such cultivation at such an age was nothing short of terrifying.
"This Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone truly didn't disappoint me." Jing Chen was very satisfied with the two-level increase in Soul Power.
The two levels of Soul Power gained from absorbing the Spirit Bone were quite solid, without any feeling of being unstable.
It was as though he had gained those two levels through arduous cultivation. This was what satisfied him the most.
He had originally worried that such rapid growth in Soul Power would leave his foundation unstable, but it seemed he had worried for nothing.
Through Spirit Bones—at least Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Bones—there should be no risk of damaging one's foundation.
This also eased much of his psychological burden about absorbing the future Three Hundred Thousand Year and Five Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Bones.
Aside from the increase in Soul Power, absorbing the Spirit Bone had further enhanced his physical qualities.
He could not say exactly how much they had improved, only that he felt stronger than before.
His speed, defense, and other aspects should all have improved to varying degrees. It was a relatively comprehensive enhancement of his physique.
His vitality had not disappointed him either. After absorbing the Spirit Bone, his vigor had visibly improved.
Although it had not directly restored him to his former state, it had at least added the equivalent of twenty years to his lifespan.
With so much additional vitality, the taut string in his heart relaxed considerably, and his pressure sharply decreased.
"Let me see what this Spirit Bone can do." Jing Chen rose to his feet, anticipation filling his heart.
He gathered his Soul Power and released the Golden Tortoise External Soul Bone in the same way he released the Ice Crystal Behemoth Left Palm Bone.
A golden turtle shield appeared over his right hand, pressed against his forearm.
The golden turtle shield was only about half a meter in diameter. Its surface was covered in diamond-shaped protrusions, thick in the middle and thin around the edges, giving it a strong sense of layering.
This shield did not merely resemble the Golden Tortoise's shell—it was exactly identical. The only difference was its reduced size.
Jing Chen examined the golden turtle shield attached to his forearm and the back of his hand in surprise, able to sense its weight and solidity.
"Whoosh, whoosh..." Jing Chen tried swinging the shield, producing deep sounds of tearing wind.
The shield weighed over a thousand jin. Swinging it felt immensely powerful; it could even be used as a hammer, making it an excellent tool for smashing people.
After feeling it over for a while, Jing Chen released the Ice Crystal Behemoth Left Palm Bone and fiercely scratched the turtle shield with the Ice Crystal Claw.
A piercing scraping sound rang out, but the sharp Ice Crystal Claw failed to leave even a scratch on the turtle shield.
"Even the six- or seven-thousand-year Ice Crystal Claw can't leave a scratch?" Jing Chen's eyes lit up as he gained a deeper understanding of the turtle shield's hardness.
External Soul Bones could increase in age along with a Soul Master's strength. The Ice Crystal Claw, which had initially been only a little over six hundred years old, had now increased its age tenfold.
The six- or seven-thousand-year Ice Crystal Claw was exceptionally sharp and could cut through the bodies of Soul Beasts tens of thousands of years old.
Yet now it could not leave any mark on the turtle shield, which showed just how formidable the shield's defensive power was.
"Yi Yi, come and try it." Jing Chen intended to test just how powerful this Spirit Bone's defense truly was.
This was necessary. Only by gaining a detailed understanding of his own abilities could he use them better in battle.
"Yiyi?" Yi Yi confirmed with Jing Chen. Did he really want it to test the turtle shell's defense?
"Don't use too much strength. Go easy," Jing Chen reminded it, afraid that Yi Yi would fail to judge its power and nearly kill him.
Yi Yi was a Hundred Thousand Year existence. Its strength was no joke; it was equivalent to a Limit Douluo.
Moreover, it was among the stronger Limit Douluo. An ordinary Limit Douluo likely would not be its match.
Yi Yi shifted into its battle form and worked with Jing Chen to test the turtle shell's defensive power.
After repeated tests, Jing Chen gained a preliminary understanding of the turtle shell's defense.
Its hardness was definitely at the Title Douluo level. After all, it was a Hundred Thousand Year External Soul Bone, and its hardness had not diminished after being absorbed by him.
But that did not mean he could rely on this shield to block a Title Douluo's attacks.
The shield's hardness might be able to withstand Title Douluo-level attacks, but his body could not endure them.
This was a shield. When an attack landed on it, part of the force would be transmitted to him, its user.
Once that force exceeded his body's limit, he would most likely be doomed. By then, the shield might still remain intact.
The factor that determined the shield's defensive limit was not its hardness, but the limit of what his body could endure.
By his estimation, blocking attacks from a Soul Emperor should not be a problem. As for Soul Saint attacks, that would depend on the situation.
If he encountered a particularly powerful Soul Saint, he might not be able to withstand the impact of their attacks.
Of course, this was without using the Soul Bone Skill.
If he used the Soul Bone Skill, he could certainly block Soul Saint-level attacks. A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone Skill was no joke.
It was simply that using the skill consumed a great deal of Soul Power. With his current total Soul Power, he could use it at most once.
"I'll call you Golden Shield." Jing Chen gave the Golden Tortoise External Soul Bone a simple name.
When Jing Chen left the Time and Space Divine Tower, he discovered that it was already nighttime, so he abandoned the idea of setting out to obtain a Soul Ring.
After taking care of dinner for himself and Yi Yi, he cultivated for a while before reentering the Time and Space Divine Tower to continue cultivating.
Yi Yi's dinner consisted of the leftover Soul Beast meat, while his consisted of Whale Rubber that was more than three hundred thousand years old.
He only cut off a fist-sized piece of Whale Rubber to boil and eat, not daring to take too much for fear that his body would not be able to handle such nourishment.
There was still nearly half of that Whale Rubber left, more than three hundred thousand years old—roughly the volume of half an elephant—enough to last him several months.
The next day, Jing Chen and Yi Yi arrived in the Far North. With Yi Yi's Space Shuttle, getting there took only a moment.
The skill made traveling convenient, but it also had a problem: they could not accurately determine the landing point.
Just like now, Jing Chen and Yi Yi were in the Far North, but they had no idea exactly where.
After Jing Chen identified the direction, Yi Yi carried him through space for more than seven hundred kilometers in that direction.
Jing Chen did not know where they were seven hundred kilometers away, and neither did Yi Yi.
After arriving, Jing Chen looked around blankly, unable to tell where exactly they were for the moment.
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