Spirit Battle Tournament Champion Reward: Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and Whale Rubber as a Method to Increase Soul Ring Age Limits

Black World.

Spirit Hall Empire, Heaven Dou Province.

"So that was it. Was this the real reason why the Spirit Hall Empire had consistently produced super geniuses over the past few decades, with every one of them far surpassing their peers in quality?"

"I had thought that White World Tang San using the cultivation of a Soul Scholar to perform such unfathomable movement techniques and hidden weapon arts, even defeating a four-hundred-year Datura Snake, was already exceptionally impressive. But compared to His Excellency Death God's achievements, it was simply nothing worth mentioning."

"Of course. This was an ability on the level of a strategic weapon. With such an ability, no matter which faction you joined, you would become highly sought after."

"And they would have to feed and house you well, protect you carefully, terrified that some other faction might kill you."

"Sigh, our academy had originally planned to wash away our shame at this year's second Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Spirit Battle Tournament. Looks like there's no hope now."

The headmaster of a Soul Master Academy could not help letting out a sigh.

The white-haired old friend beside him froze for a moment, then asked in confusion, "Second? Spirit Battle Tournament?"

"Wasn't it the Elite Tournament?"

"And hadn't Spirit Hall been holding this kind of competition for many years already?"

The moment his words fell—

Every expert present turned to look at him, their faces full of astonishment, frightening the white-haired old man.

"Old Yu, did you not watch that Spirit Battle Tournament five years ago?"

The academy headmaster asked in return.

"I was in seclusion at the time, attempting to break through to Soul Douluo! What happened? Did something occur during that tournament?"

The white-haired old man looked utterly bewildered.

A sense of confusion rose in his heart, as though the entire world knew something that only he did not.

Everyone gave him a meaningful look.

"The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Spirit Battle Tournament was a format iteration that Spirit Hall created based on the Elite Tournament."

"The contestants included all Soul Masters under the age of twenty-five, from both sects and academies."

"For this tournament, Spirit Hall spent three years constructing a massive arena in the imperial capital that could accommodate tens of thousands of spectators."

"And most importantly!"

"Do you know what the championship reward for the first Spirit Battle Tournament was?"

"Wasn't it three Spirit Bones?" the old man answered cautiously.

"Hehe, wrong. It was one Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and six Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones."

The academy headmaster calmly took a sip of tea.

He frightened his white-haired old friend so badly that he practically jumped thirty meters into the air.

"Hundred... Hundred... Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone!!!"

"And six Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones!!"

"You're not joking with me, are you?"

"Spirit Hall was willing to put up so many Spirit Bones as tournament prizes?"

"What if their team failed to win the championship? Wouldn't that be a total loss?"

The academy headmaster shrugged.

"So you could guess with your backside just how strong the team Spirit Hall sent out must have been!"

An old man in black robes seated opposite the headmaster also said with a chuckle, "In the previous tournament, the Spirit Hall Holy Son and the Spirit Hall Holy Maiden each led a team."

"Their teams were almost entirely made up of Soul Kings, with only a few Soul Ancestors mixed in. And the Holy Son had cultivated to... ahem, ahem..."

"In any case, both teams were genuine favorites to win the championship."

"By the time the competition reached the quarterfinals, everyone present believed Spirit Hall's championship victory would be beyond doubt."

"But the result was completely unexpected."

"One academy from our Heaven Dou Empire had actually hidden a trump card beyond everyone's expectations."

"They caught Spirit Hall completely off guard."

"You have no idea how intense the final was. It could be said to have been even more spectacular than a battle between Title Douluo..."

At this point—

The black-robed old man suddenly shut his mouth.

His old friend became anxious at once.

"What happened afterward? What realm was the Holy Son at then? What was Heaven Dou's trump card? What was the result? Who won? No, why have you all stopped talking? Keep going!"

The academy headmaster's lips curled high as he patted his old friend on the shoulder.

"Don't rush, Old Yu."

"Based on the time span of the Heavenly Screen's playback."

"The third part will probably cover the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Spirit Battle Tournament."

"You should know that it took us a full month to finish watching that tournament back then."

"But today, you'll be able to watch the whole thing."

"To be honest, I'm rather envious of you right now, knowing nothing about the exciting events to come."

"Just wait patiently with your curiosity."

Elsewhere.

Seeing the enormous uproar caused by Tang Chuan's ability—

Tang San's expression turned extremely ugly.

He bitterly resented the world's unfairness.

Why did he arrive in this world with nothing, while Tang Chuan could awaken such a useful ability?

If that ability were his to use—

He would never give that trash Blue Silver Grass martial soul such practically useless soul skills as Mom's Entanglement, Mom's Parasite, Mom's Restraint, and Mom's Cage!

Still, fortunately—

The one thing that comforted Tang San was—

Tang Chuan would at least have to reach the Soul Master realm before he could use that ability.

And without the Mysterious Heaven Skill to accelerate his cultivation, Tang Chuan would probably have to wait until the year of the monkey and month of the horse to break through to level ten!

Just as Tang San sneered inwardly—

The next scene on the Heavenly Screen—

Made his expression freeze instantly.

[The scene shifted to several months later.]

[At this moment, Tang Chuan sat in an open area in a meditative posture.]

[Countless Blue Silver Grass swayed in the wind around him, while yellow specks of light danced through the air.]

[With every breath Tang Chuan took.]

[Some of those specks were drawn into his body.]

[As for the other specks that were about to drift away.]

[The Blue Silver Grass on the ground swiftly gathered them and tossed them back toward Tang Chuan.]

[Before long.]

[A crisp crack sounded from Tang Chuan's bones. He stretched lazily, and a brilliant smile spread across his face.]

["I broke through. Level-seven Soul Power."]

["Just as I thought."]

["Even without awakening a martial soul or cultivating any technique, a Soul Master can begin cultivating ahead of time."]

["And this method has increased my cultivation speed by at least seven or eight times."]

["At this rate, reaching level-ten Soul Power before the age of six will be no problem at all."]

["But what a pity."]

["If I had an internal cultivation technique like Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Skill, my cultivation speed could probably double again."]

It could be said that the two truly deserved to be counterparts.

Both wanted to claim the other's cheat ability for themselves.

[Lan Yin, who had been away for many days, had returned successfully by then.]

[She had watched the entire process from nearby.]

[And could not help marveling inwardly.]

["He actually broke through."]

["This child always brings people unexpected surprises."]

[Lan Yin greeted Tang Chuan and sat down beside him.]

[Tang Chuan nodded and smiled in response, but his gaze was unconsciously drawn to the way his younger sister adjusted her skirt.]

[Especially to the pair of slender, long, fair legs beneath her skirt, faintly visible and alluring.]

[Like white lotus flowers swaying in the wind, they carried an untainted liveliness.]

[Noticing Tang Chuan's gaze, Lan Yin did not know whether to laugh or cry. She even inconspicuously lifted her skirt slightly higher.]

[Only then did she take out the item Tang Chuan had asked her to find.]

["The Whale Rubber you asked me to find is ready."]

["But can this really be used to increase the age limit for absorbing soul rings?"]

Hm?

A method of cultivating Soul Power before awakening a martial soul?

And a method to increase the age limit for absorbing soul rings?

All the experts immediately stiffened.

It was here. At last, they had reached the part of this story that interested them most.