Six Years Later

Han Bing watched Guang Ling Douluo, holding his breath as he focused on cultivating his spirit power.

He could feel that Guang Ling Douluo's ice attribute seemed to be resonating with his own Six-Pointed Ice Star.

Yet, he was the source; Guang Ling Douluo seemed to be begging, craving more of that ice attribute.

Han Bing snapped awake, realizing he was a user of the Freeze-Freeze Fruit.

He could create ice and manipulate it at will.

Guang Ling Douluo had been stuck at level ninety-six for a long time and was in desperate need of a pure source of ice like him.

This was incredibly effective for him; even just meditating on the side allowed for a significant boost.

If that was the case, couldn't he provide a boost to every ice-attribute spirit on the continent?

Han Bing tried using his fruit ability, creating a watermelon-sized Ice Orb that radiated cold air in his hand.

He placed it beside Guang Ling Douluo.

Guang Ling Douluo felt the intense cold energy and began to absorb it greedily.

Before long, the watermelon-sized Ice Orb was completely absorbed.

He slowly opened his eyes, exhaling a puff of cold air:

"Refreshing! For the first time in so many years, I've felt my spirit power grow. If this continues, I'll be able to break through to level ninety-seven in a few years. Hahaha!"

Han Bing hadn't developed his fruit ability much yet, and creating that Ice Orb had exhausted a fair amount of his stamina.

Seeing this, Guang Ling Douluo assumed he had absorbed the cold aura from Han Bing's spirit, so he quickly helped him up and asked with concern:

"Disciple, are you alright? Did I hurt you?"

Han Bing shook his head. "I just used up some stamina making that ice ball. I'll be fine after a short rest!"

Guang Ling Douluo pondered, An ice ball?

He had indeed felt a surge of extreme cold energy being absorbed just now, so he asked:

"An ice ball? What kind of ice ball?"

Hearing this, Han Bing immediately formed a small ice ball in his palm. His stamina was low, so he couldn't make it very large.

Guang Ling watched in shock. The cherry-sized ice ball radiated the same cold aura as before, so he asked:

"You can create ice? This Ice Orb of yours seems to be of the same origin as your spirit!"

Han Bing smiled. That was only natural; they were both abilities of the Freeze-Freeze Fruit, so they shared the same origin. He nodded.

"However, my stamina is limited. I can only make one ice ball for now and need to rest before I can make another."

Guang Ling listened in astonishment and quickly asked:

"Does creating them like this cause any harm to your body, spirit power, or spirit?"

Han Bing shook his head. How could it cause harm? It could even help him develop more powerful strength, enhance his fruit's power, and train himself.

He just hadn't focused on developing his fruit power because he had been practicing Haki lately.

"Not at all. As long as I have the stamina, I can create them continuously! If Master likes them, I can make you an Ice Orb every day!"

Guang Ling was overjoyed. "Disciple, you truly are a genius. You leave me speechless. This spirit is simply heaven-defying. Don't worry, I will satisfy any request you have!"

Han Bing smiled and said:

"Master, I have no requests. I just want to rest now!"

"Yes, yes, yes. I was so happy I forgot. Go and get some rest."

Guang Ling Douluo treated him like a precious treasure.

A year passed!

Han Bing reached level twenty.

Guang Ling Douluo took him to the Star Dou Forest to hunt a spirit beast. By this time, Han Bing had been practicing Haki, and his physical strength had increased significantly.

When Guang Ling Douluo wanted to find a seven-hundred-year-old spirit beast for him to absorb, Han Bing shook his head.

"What? Disciple, are you not satisfied with seven hundred years? That is already the maximum limit for absorption!"

Han Bing shook his head again. With his current physical strength, absorbing a thousand-year spirit ring was no problem at all. He said to Guang Ling Douluo:

"Master, I want to absorb a thousand-year spirit ring. With my current physical strength, it's perfectly fine!"

Seeing Han Bing so determined, Guang Ling Douluo nodded. After all, Han Bing had already broken too many conventions; it was no surprise that he felt he could do it.

The two of them found a twelve-hundred-year-old Diamond Beast and hunted it for absorption.

Thus, Han Bing's Candy Spirit gained its second spirit ring—a purple, thousand-year ring.

His second spirit skill, Strength Candy, increased his strength by three hundred percent, which was terrifying.

Two years passed!

Han Bing reached level thirty.

This cultivation speed left even Teacher Gao Lan of the Spirit Hall Advanced Academy stunned.

Guang Ling Douluo once again took Han Bing to the Star Dou Forest to hunt a spirit beast.

This time, Han Bing chose a five-thousand-year Phoenix-Tail Crested Serpent, which they hunted and absorbed.

He gained the third spirit skill for his Candy Spirit: Super Speed Flight Candy.

Compared to Oscar's, the duration was much longer—a full three minutes.

Three more years passed!

Six full years had gone by.

During these six years, Han Bing practiced his three-colored Haki at the academy every day and developed his fruit abilities at home.

He made an Ice Orb for Guang Ling Douluo every day.

At first, it was one per month, but later, it became two per day.

Six years later, making dozens at a time was no problem for him.

His three-colored Haki had also improved to the intermediate level.

His spirit power had reached the terrifying height of level thirty-six.

Level thirty-nine at twelve years old—this was likely unique on the entire continent.

Over these six years, he discovered that improving his Haki could enhance his spirit power, and every time he used his stamina to create Ice Orbs for Guang Ling Douluo, the recovery process provided a massive boost.

That was why his spirit power had increased so terrifyingly.

Even Tang San, with the support of his Mysterious Heaven Skill, was only level twenty-nine at twelve.

At this rate, it wouldn't be impossible to break through to level fifty by the time the Continental Spirit Master Tournament arrived.

During these six years, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan had also reached level forty-three in spirit power.

Their speed was considered top-tier among the elite on the continent.

With two and a half years left until the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament, it was normal for them to break through to level fifty.

And it would be no problem for Han Bing to break through to level fifty in over two years.

After all, he hadn't even touched the Immortal Herbs yet.

Such good things naturally had to be secured first.

Being six years younger than the Golden Generation and reaching such a close level was already quite impressive; he would catch up in a few more years.

One day, Teacher Gao Lan stood in the classroom with a serious expression and announced something:

"All students, according to the two great empires and Spirit Hall, we will be hosting the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament in two and a half years. Spirit Hall will select seven people from our three classes to serve as the Golden Generation and be directly sent to the finals."

"Therefore, His Holiness the Pope has decided that in two years, we will hold a selection tournament among our advanced students to choose the seven most outstanding individuals to represent the Spirit Hall students in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament."

"The reward this time is three Spirit Bones, so everyone must take this seriously! I hope all seven of these people come from our Class One."

Teacher Gao Lan spoke with extreme confidence. At the very least, Han Bing, Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena were guaranteed to make the cut.

When the crowd heard about the Spirit Bones, their eyes lit up. They nodded one after another, filled with fighting spirit!