Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone, Level Eighty-Four!

A cold glint flashed through Ronan's eyes. He keenly caught the tiny opening exposed at the Earth-Armored Giant Dragon's abdomen as it blocked Tang Xiao's attack.

"Fifth Spirit Skill, Sacred Dragon Golden Flame!"

Ronan shouted, and Soul Power surged wildly within him.

The Golden Sacred Dragon opened its jaws, spewing forth a golden flame almost solid in form. It transformed into a fire dragon and struck precisely at the crack in the Earth-Armored Giant Dragon's abdomen.

This Sacred Dragon Golden Flame was no ordinary fire. It contained the ultimate power of light and destruction, and it possessed an extremely strong adhesive quality.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—!"

Like glue, the golden flames clung tightly to the Earth-Armored Giant Dragon's wound, madly burning its flesh.

"Roar—!"

The Earth-Armored Giant Dragon let out a shrill scream.

The bone-deep burning pain drove it nearly mad. It rolled frantically across the ground, trying to extinguish the flames on its body.

But the Sacred Dragon Golden Flame clung to it like a festering poison, burning ever more fiercely.

"Good chance!"

Tang Xiao's eyes gleamed. He took a deep breath as Soul Power throughout his body surged madly toward the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand.

"Ninth Spirit Skill, Sky-Soaring Strike!"

Tang Xiao roared, and the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand instantly expanded several times over!

It turned into a small black mountain, carrying terrifying pressure capable of destroying heaven and earth as it smashed fiercely toward the Earth-Armored Giant Dragon's head.

Boom—!

A heaven-shaking explosion rang out.

The Earth-Armored Giant Dragon's incomparably hard skull finally shattered under Tang Xiao's all-out blow.

Its enormous body convulsed violently several times before finally collapsing helplessly to the ground, its life force rapidly fading away.

"Phew..."

Tang Xiao gasped heavily and dismissed his Martial Soul Avatar. That strike had consumed a tremendous amount of his Soul Power.

"Fifth Spirit Skill, Sacred Dragon Golden Flame!"

Ronan swiftly followed up, blasting the Earth-Armored Giant Dragon to death with a mouthful of Golden Dragon Sacred Flame and completing the final kill.

Ronan leaped down from the Golden Sacred Dragon's back and walked to the Earth-Armored Giant Dragon's corpse.

As the Earth-Armored Giant Dragon died, an extremely deep blood-red Spirit Ring slowly emerged from its corpse, radiating terrifying pressure that made one's heart tremble.

A Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring!

A trace of fervor flashed through Ronan's eyes as he looked at the blood-red Spirit Ring.

Without the slightest hesitation, he sat cross-legged beside the Earth-Armored Giant Dragon's corpse, released his Martial Soul, and began drawing in the Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.

Boom!

The instant that blood-red Spirit Ring settled around Ronan's body, an unimaginably vast and terrifying energy surged into him like floodwaters bursting through a dam.

Ronan groaned, and his bones let out a series of teeth-grating cracks.

His skin instantly turned blood-red. Veins bulged like coiling dragons, as though he might burst apart at any moment.

The terrifying soul shock produced by the death of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast also hammered relentlessly against his Spiritual Sea like a heavy mallet.

"Suppress it!"

Ronan gritted his teeth and frantically activated the Golden Sacred Dragon Bloodline within him, along with the physical strength he had strengthened to the limit over the past month with top-grade Whale Rubber, desperately resisting the terrifying impact.

Time passed second by second.

Ronan's body trembled violently. Sweat mixed with blood continuously seeped from his pores, staining the ground beneath him a dark red.

Tang Xiao stood nearby, watching Ronan anxiously.

He knew that no one could help Ronan at a time like this. Ronan could only endure it himself.

If he failed to withstand it, he would suffer the fate of exploding to death.

To be honest, Tang Xiao wanted Ronan to pull through more than anyone else.

Only Ronan could guarantee Tang Yuehua's safety...

Who knew how much time passed before the violent aura around Ronan finally began to gradually settle. That blood-red Spirit Ring completely merged into his body as well.

"He succeeded!"

Tang Xiao let out a long breath, his eyes filled with shock. Absorbing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring at level eighty—this madman had actually done it!

Ronan slowly opened his eyes, and two near-solid beams of golden light shot from them. He rose to his feet, feeling the vast Soul Power within him, as boundless as an ocean, and a haughty smile curved his lips.

Level eighty-one!

But the surprises were far from over.

Just as Ronan was preparing to stand up, an extremely dense earthy-yellow light suddenly erupted from the Earth-Armored Giant Dragon's mountain-like corpse.

The light was almost tangible, carrying a terrifying aura as heavy as a mountain, instantly drawing Ronan and Tang Xiao's attention.

"A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone!"

Tang Xiao could not help crying out in shock, an undisguised look of astonishment flashing through his eyes.

It was an iron law of Douluo Continent that a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast would definitely drop a Spirit Bone.

Fervor flashed in Ronan's eyes. Without the slightest hesitation, he reached out and grasped the Earth-Armored Giant Dragon Right Arm Bone.

Buzz—!

The instant it touched Ronan's palm, the Hundred-Thousand-Year Right Arm Soul Bone seemed to come alive, letting out a low dragon roar.

Then, it transformed into a streak of earthy-yellow light and burrowed directly into Ronan's right arm through his palm.

Boom!

An immensely vast, heavy, and violent energy instantly exploded within Ronan's right arm.

Ronan groaned. He only felt as if his right arm had been thrown into a furnace to be forged, his bones, muscles, and meridians all undergoing the agonizing pain of being torn apart and reassembled.

But he clenched his teeth tightly without letting out a single scream. He frantically activated the Soul Power in his body, guiding the immense energy to merge with his right arm.

Up until now, Ronan did not possess even a single Spirit Bone.

It was not because Ronan had bad luck or could not find any Spirit Bones.

Given Ronan's methods in the underground black markets and major auction houses over the years, obtaining several ten-thousand-year Spirit Bones would not have been difficult.

In fact, Ronan had indeed obtained several Spirit Bones of decent quality before, but he had sold every one of them without hesitation in exchange for massive amounts of cultivation resources.

From the very beginning, Ronan had never intended to absorb ordinary Spirit Bones.

His goal was for all six major Spirit Bone slots across his entire body to be filled with top-grade Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Bones!

For this nearly insane goal, he would rather leave his Spirit Bone slots empty and have fewer trump cards in battle than settle for less.

Even Tang Xiao, the Sect Master of the Clear Sky Sect, was alarmed by such patience and resolve.

And now, Ronan's patience had finally been rewarded. His first Spirit Bone was the exceedingly rare Hundred-Thousand-Year Earth-Armored Giant Dragon Right Arm Bone, which balanced defense and strength!

Time passed second by second.

The earthy-yellow glow radiating from Ronan's right arm gradually faded, eventually merging completely into his skin.

"Phew..."

Ronan slowly exhaled a long breath of foul air and gradually rose to his feet.

Then, his level continued to rise...

Level eighty-two... level eighty-three... level eighty-four!