Inside the Creation Exquisite Pagoda, faint, flickering silhouettes of tiny dragons could be seen within two points of light, one red and one blue.
Although they were only wisps of remnant souls, they still inspired awe in the Earth Rock Bear and the other three soul spirits.
The four soul spirits hid far away, not daring to approach at all.
Outside, as Ning Chuan drew the remnant souls of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings into the pagoda, the flow of ice and fire source energy within the springs ceased.
Xiao Yun, Shui Bing'er, and Xue Wu's auras steadied, and they opened their eyes.
The dragon and phoenix martial souls cried out once more, then separated and returned to the three women's bodies.
Immediately afterward, an exceptionally pure surge of natural energy suddenly gushed from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, spreading outward like scattered starlight and flying deep into the forest.
"This is..." As the points of light sank into Sword Douluo's body, he briefly examined them, then immediately shouted, "Everyone, circulate your cultivation methods at full power! Absorb this scattered energy!"
Without a moment's hesitation, everyone sat down on the ground and circulated their cultivation methods at full power.
When the glowing motes of energy flying out of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well landed on the plants in the forest, the plants immediately began growing wildly.
The medicinal herbs in the Herb Garden had been mere tender shoots, but after being bathed in the glowing motes of energy, they had begun sprouting branches and leaves.
Even Dugu Bo's poisonous mist failed to stop the motes from spreading.
Near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, plants, soul beasts, and even soul masters who had come to hunt for soul rings all benefited from this sudden eruption of natural energy.
As luck would have it, the Shrek party was also in Sunset Forest at that moment.
They had come to hunt for fourth soul rings for Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar. Just after finishing the hunt and absorption, they encountered the eruption of natural energy.
Thus, everyone in the Shrek party absorbed two or three clusters of glowing energy.
Among the five of them, Tang San now had the highest soul power level, having reached level 47.
He had consumed three immortal herbs and previously absorbed a wisp of source energy from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, so his soul power level had already far surpassed where it stood in the original storyline.
Next was Dai Mubai, who had reached level 45.
He had only cultivated so quickly because Zhu Zhuqing had spurred him on.
Then came Oscar and Ma Hongjun. After obtaining their fourth soul rings, both had reached level 41.
Because Xiao Wu had not consumed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, she was only level 39, giving her the lowest soul power level of the five.
This bathing in natural energy once again activated the medicinal power of the immortal herbs within their bodies, raising all five of them by one level.
Although Xiao Wu had not consumed an immortal herb, she was a soul beast by nature, and the natural energy erupting from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well happened to be a legacy of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings. As a result, she gained somewhat more from absorbing it than human soul masters did, allowing her to break through smoothly to level 40 as well.
Seeing Tang San and the others refining the energy where they sat, Xiao Wu offered to patrol the surrounding area so that soul beasts would not disturb them.
Flender and the others suspected nothing, so Xiao Wu used the opportunity to slip out of their sight.
Once Tang San and the others had finished refining the natural energy, she ran excitedly out of the dense forest and told everyone that she had encountered a gravely injured soul beast and taken the opportunity to absorb its soul ring.
The Shrek party suspected nothing. Only Tang San knew what Xiao Wu had gone to do, as he had already discovered her identity as a soul beast after consuming the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.
After obtaining her fourth soul ring, Xiao Wu's soul power level reached level 41.
They rested briefly where they were, then left Sunset Forest together.
Meanwhile, Ning Chuan and the others had also enjoyed a surge in their soul power cultivation.
Among the young people, Xiao Yun and Shui Bing'er had made the greatest gains. Both had reached level 50.
Next was Xue Wu, who had reached level 49.
Like Xue Wu, Ning Rongrong was also level 49.
Zhu Zhuqing had reached level 48.
Then came Ning Chuan and Dugu Yan, who had both reached level 47.
Shui Yue'er, Yu Hairou, and their three fellow sisters had all reached level 40.
Over the past two months and more, all the young people had made tremendous progress, but what pleased Ning Chuan most was that all three Titled Douluos had advanced by one level.
Sword Douluo had now reached level 98, Bone Douluo level 97, and Dugu Bo level 95.
Ning Fengzhi had also made great progress. He had remained at level 79 for a long time, and after obtaining his eighth soul ring, his accumulated reserves immediately began bearing fruit. Following this bathing in energy, he successfully reached level 83.
Aside from the increases in soul power level, the greatest surprise was Xiao Yun, Shui Bing'er, and Xue Wu's Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
Under normal circumstances, Xue Wu still could not resonate with Xiao Yun's martial soul.
But as long as Xue Wu first completed Martial Soul Fusion with Shui Bing'er, placing the Ice and Snow Crown on the Ice Phoenix's head, they could smoothly perform the Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
Through this encounter, both Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's martial souls had improved considerably in quality.
In the system's terms, the quality of their martial souls had already reached the demigod level.
Once they advanced to Titled Douluo and finished absorbing the Ice Dragon's divine source essence, their martial souls would reach god level in quality.
With the qualifiers for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament drawing near, Bone Douluo escorted Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing back to Blue Tyrant Academy, while Dugu Bo took Dugu Yan to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Ning Chuan, Shui Bing'er, Xiao Yun, Xue Wu, and the others were led by Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo, who would help the girls hunt for soul rings while testing Team Liulan's abilities in live combat.
First, they helped Shui Yue'er, Yu Hairou, and the other three hunt for soul rings. All five were level 40, making suitable targets relatively easy to find.
Soul beasts between four and five thousand years old posed no threat whatsoever to Team Liulan.
Shui Bing'er and Xiao Yun could each handle them alone, and it took only half a day to obtain fourth soul rings for all five.
Had absorbing the soul rings not taken time, they could have finished even faster.
Ning Chuan did not even need to act. After all, unleashing his first soul skill would only have made things easier.
Next, they would help Shui Bing'er and Xiao Yun hunt for their fifth soul rings.
Shui Bing'er's target was fifteen thousand years, while Xiao Yun's was twenty thousand years.
After all, Xiao Yun's fourth soul ring was already at the ten-thousand-year tier. Her physique and soul strength had received another tremendous boost this time, so even a twenty-thousand-year soul ring was not yet her limit.
Shui Bing'er's physique and soul strength were comparable to Xiao Yun's, but her martial soul was somewhat inferior in quality to Xiao Yun's Flame Sacred Dragon, so naturally, the soul ring she hunted would have to be younger.
Under Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi's lead, the party soon encountered a Crystal Prism Snow Spider that was over fourteen thousand years old.
"Don't attack yet. Let me test this snow spider's strength first!" The sight of worthy prey stirred Ning Chuan's eagerness. He had never experienced true combat before, and this fourteen-thousand-year-old snow spider was just what he wanted.
With that, Ning Chuan raised his longsword and charged out. He wanted to test the power of his four sword styles and sword techniques.
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