Arc 39Tournament Battles and Reinforcements

Little Nine and Botanical Academy defeated Shrek, but tournament changes kept Shrek in contention while its rivals prepared stronger fusion skills. Oscar rebuilt the Heaven Dou Team's Spirit Rings, and the qualified teams departed for Martial Spirit City with Little Nine sensing danger aboard their airship.

  • Huo Wu forced Shrek to concede, and Shui Bing'er overwhelmed its fighters before Shrek won through the time limit.
  • Little Nine learned that Ye Ying and her husband had helped Shrek's injured substitutes recover, and he deduced that Shrek planned a Seven-in-One Martial Spirit Fusion Skill.
  • Botanical Academy defeated Shrek's fighters, and Little Nine gravely injured Ma Hongjun before taking control of Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer.
  • Little Nine redirected his hammer blow when Xiao Wu shielded Tang San, and the referee declared Botanical Academy the winner after Little Nine and Tang San collapsed.
  • Tournament officials arranged an additional round that kept Shrek in contention, while Little Nine recruited his companions for further cultivation.
  • Oscar joined the Heaven Dou Team, learned about Ning Rongrong's closeness to another Food-system Spirit Master, and agreed to develop fusion skills for his new teammates.
  • Oscar used prisoner experiments to perfect Spirit Ring dissolution, then helped the Heaven Dou Team obtain stronger rings while retaining their old effects and assigned Martial Spirit Fusion Skill pairings.
  • Tournament organizers postponed the finals and allowed eleven-member teams, while Little Nine sensed danger as the qualified teams traveled to Martial Spirit City.
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Ch. 951Skywater Takes the Field

Huo Wu used the Magma Domain to erupt underground magma and force Shrek Academy to concede, but she collapsed from her injuries and needed urgent treatment. The teams moved to Snow Eagle Territory, where Skywater Academy drew Shrek Team for the next match, and Yu Xiaogang prepared a plan to stop Shui Bing'er.

  • Huo Wu unleashed underground magma through the Magma Domain, and Yu Xiaogang conceded when Shrek could not safely challenge her.
  • Ghost Douluo carried the collapsing Huo Wu from the arena, and Little Nine and Jiang Zhu stabilized her injuries with their Martial Spirit Fusion Skill.
  • Salas praised Huo Wu's potential, and Great Emperor Xue Ye ordered the competition moved to Snow Eagle Territory.
  • Little Nine scolded Huo Wu for risking her life, while Huo Wu said defeating Tang San had lifted the shadow of her earlier defeat.
  • Shui Bing'er told Little Nine and the others that Skywater Academy had drawn Shrek Team, and they hurried to the venue to support her.
  • Yu Xiaogang assigned Wuwei, Hongjun, Mubai, Zhuqing, and Xiao San roles in a plan to prevent Shui Bing'er from reshaping the arena.

Ch. 952The Power of the Weather

Skywater Academy’s Shui Bing'er used Ma Hongjun’s attack to launch herself into the clouds and prepare an ice storm that would harness the weather. As the Shrek spectators realized her Martial Spirit had evolved with Little Nine’s help, they also recognized the enormous value of the Evil Fire they had once discarded.

  • Yang Wuwei defeated six Skywater opponents before withdrawing with Xue Wu, leaving Ma Hongjun to face Shui Bing'er.
  • Shui Bing'er redirected Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Meteor Shower into a single fireball, then used its explosion to propel her ice platform high into the sky.
  • Ma Hongjun could not follow Shui Bing'er beyond his flying limit, and the spectators wondered what she intended to do.
  • Xue Wu worried that Shui Bing'er was attempting their ice-storm fusion move alone, while Little Nine explained that her Martial Spirit had evolved into a true Ice Phoenix.
  • Yu Xiaogang realized Shui Bing'er was preparing to control the weather with an immense ice storm and inferred that Little Nine had evolved her Martial Spirit.
  • Flender and Tang San regretted that Ma Hongjun had abandoned the Evil Fire, realizing Little Nine could use it to evolve other people’s Martial Spirits.

Ch. 953Spiral Ice Crystals

Shui Bing'er used a storm of falling spiral ice crystals to defeat Ma Hongjun and Zhu Zhuqing, despite Shrek's attempts to stall until her Spirit Power ran out. After the second loss, Flender objected that the arena's fire-attribute barrier melted the ice and deprived Shrek of a possible defense.

  • Tang San decided Shrek could only delay until Shui Bing'er exhausted her Spirit Power, while Flender asked the referee to disqualify her for failing to attack.
  • Shui Bing'er dropped a massive spiral ice crystal onto Ma Hongjun; he was injured and knocked unconscious, and Dai Mubai surrendered for him.
  • Shui Bing'er continued attacking when Zhu Zhuqing entered after the break, and repeated ice strikes eventually grievously injured her, prompting Dai Mubai to surrender again.
  • Flender objected to the Titled Douluo's fire-attribute defensive barrier, arguing that it melted the ice blocks Shrek could have used as shields.

Ch. 954Knocking Tang San Flying

Shrek tried to counter Shui Bing’er’s ice storm, but her attack overwhelmed their defenses and left Xiao Wu badly frozen. After Xiao Wu was carried away for treatment, Little Nine knocked Tang San flying.

  • Salas accepted Yu Xiaogang’s request to change the arena’s defensive barrier to the ice attribute, and Shui Bing’er used the strengthened barrier to intensify her attack.
  • Dai Mubai endured the ice bombardment long enough to create forty sheltered spaces beneath the ice, then collapsed from his injuries.
  • Shui Bing’er formed a tornado of freezing wind and ice crystals over the arena, while Yu Xiaogang fainted after Thousand Ton Douluo insulted him.
  • Tang San urged Xiao Wu to withdraw, but she endured the cold until she finally admitted defeat and the referee transported her out.
  • Tang San rushed toward Xiao Wu, but Little Nine punched him away, carried Xiao Wu to Botanical Academy’s stand, and prepared to treat her with Jiang Zhu.

Ch. 955Is That the Extent of Your Schemes?

Tang San entered the arena after delaying until his rest period ended, while Shui Bing'er attacked from above with a growing ice storm and oversized spiral ice crystals. After Tang San smashed ten crystals with his Clear Sky Hammer, he realized Shui Bing'er was steadily accumulating enough extreme cold to overcome his immunity, leaving their endurance to decide the match.

  • Shui Xinrou froze Tang San and warned him not to interrupt Little Nine while she treated Xiao Wu, and Bone Douluo then freed Tang San and urged him to focus on the match.
  • Tang San waited out his full three-minute rest before entering the arena, drawing contempt from the spectators for delaying.
  • Tang San charged into the ice storm's calm center as Shui Bing'er watched through an ice crystal telescope and sent a hundred-zhang spiral ice crystal toward him.
  • Tang San shattered the enormous ice crystal with his Clear Sky Hammer, but Shui Bing'er continued sending crystals to channel extreme cold into the arena.
  • After smashing ten spiral ice crystals, Tang San realized Shui Bing'er meant to overwhelm his limited ice immunity and wondered whether he or Shui Bing'er would run out of strength first.

Ch. 956I, Tang Long, Am a Respectable Man Too!

Tang San used his spatial abilities to endure Shui Bing'er's ice storm long enough to draw out her ultimate attack, then escaped before the ice-crystal Phoenix destroyed the venue. Shui Bing'er was declared the winner, but Flender exploited a tournament rule to force Tang Long into the next match while she was still descending.

  • Great Emperor Xue Ye and Salas watched the battle devastate the venue as Tang San avoided Shui Bing'er's ice crystals with the Nine-Headed Bat King's Body of Nothingness.
  • Shui Bing'er's ice storm dissipated to reveal a gigantic ice-crystal Phoenix, prompting Salas and Great Emperor Xue Ye to evacuate everyone from Snow Eagle Territory.
  • Tang San refused to concede, drew out Shui Bing'er's final attack, and escaped by teleporting to the hidden weapon Flender carried as the ice-crystal Phoenix crashed into the arena.
  • The referee declared Shui Bing'er the winner and called for Shrek's next contestant, while Flender argued that her lingering extreme cold meant the next match had already begun.
  • Flender brought Tang Long onto the iceberg and invoked the one-minute rule while Shui Bing'er descended slowly, leaving Tang Long to face her in the extreme cold as the crowd looked on disdainfully.

Ch. 957Tang San Pushed to the Limit

After Shui Bing'er learned that Shrek had won by exploiting a loophole, Suosite reported that Ye Ying and her husband had been abducted and taken to Shrek's tent. Little Nine warned that Tang San could use immortal-grade precious medicines to restore Shrek's injured fighters, and Tang San did so, secretly giving Xiao Wu one as well.

  • Shui Xinrou told Shui Bing'er that Shrek had won after Tang Long withdrew and the time limit expired, leaving Shui Bing'er furious at the result.
  • Suosite arrived to return the supposedly unconscious Xiao Wu to Shrek after the team protested her detention, and Little Nine agreed to let him take her.
  • Suosite reported that Ye Ying, her husband, and their child had disappeared, and that the couple had been seen at Shrek's tent.
  • Shui Xinrou explained that Ye Ying and her husband could fuse their Six-Hearted Begonia Martial Spirits into a Nine-Hearted Begonia, which might restore severe physical injuries.
  • Little Nine warned that Tang San could heal Yu Xinming's mental injuries with immortal-grade precious medicines, and Shui Xinrou agreed that Shrek might field nine strong fighters.
  • After Shrek's defeat, Tang San gave immortal-grade precious medicines to Yu Xinming and three others, then secretly gave one to Xiao Wu.

Ch. 958Shrek's Ultimate Trump Card

Wang Hao reviewed reports with Bibi Dong, who worried that he might meet Tang Yuehua or discover Qian Renxue’s identity as Xue Qinghe. At the tournament, Little Nine promised Ye Ren that Shrek would not win the championship, while Suosite hinted that Shrek had a hidden trump card beyond its Spirit Bones and immortal-grade treasures.

  • Bibi Dong asked Wang Hao why he had not visited Tang Yuehua, and he said he had no reason to see her.
  • Wang Hao praised Xue Qinghe’s political skill, while Bibi Dong resolved to keep him from meeting Qian Renxue, who was impersonating the crown prince.
  • Little Nine and his companions watched Yu Xinming reveal a black fifth Spirit Ring and concluded that Ye Ying and his wife had helped Shrek’s substitutes recover and grow stronger.
  • Ye Ren asked Little Nine to help him take revenge by joining the tournament, but Little Nine explained that the rules prevented it and promised Shrek would not win the championship.
  • Suosite urged Ye Ren to stay and grow stronger, then suggested Shrek’s ultimate trump card was neither its revealed treasures nor its Spirit Bones; Little Nine and the others realized what it might be.

Ch. 959Despicable Once Again!

Little Nine and the Botanical Academy Team learned that Shrek’s secret weapon was a Seven-in-One Martial Spirit Fusion Skill, then prepared to face Shrek on the promotion round’s final day. The first match began with Zijing confronting Yu Xinming after Ma Hongjun used a trick to take her intended matchup.

  • Little Nine, Suosite, and Jiang Zhu deduced that Shrek planned to use a Seven-in-One Martial Spirit Fusion Skill, likely made possible by the team’s immortal-grade medicinal treasures.
  • Little Nine learned that the Botanical Academy Team would face Shrek on the final day and selected six fighters, leaving the seventh spot open until they saw Shrek’s lineup.
  • Zijing and Jing Ni joined Little Nine, Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, and Zhao Zilong as the team’s chosen fighters, while Ruila agreed to wait for the opponents before choosing the last one.
  • Ma Hongjun leaped out first, prompting Zijing to enter the arena, but Yu Xinming then overtook him and kicked him back toward the stands to take the first matchup.
  • Zijing cursed Ma Hongjun’s trick but stayed composed, while Ma Hongjun admitted his attempt to provoke her had failed and Flender said Yu Xinming still had a matchup advantage.

Ch. 960Thorn Burst Shot

Zijing used her Purple Fire Thorns to defeat Yu Xinming, while his Spirit Bone skills exposed Shrek Academy to accusations of cheating and triggered a mass withdrawal from the tournament. The chapter ended with Shrek’s remaining team members rushing to Yu Xinming after Zijing’s devastating attack left him unconscious.

  • Zijing covered the battle platform in Purple Fire Thorns, forcing Yu Xinming to evade her attacks with his Wings of Thunder.
  • Yu Xinming used several Spirit Bone skills, prompting more than fifty academy teams to leave the tournament in protest against Shrek Academy.
  • Salas, Ning Fengzhi, and Great Emperor Xue Ye confronted the tournament’s damaged reputation, while Xue Ye resolved to support Xue Qinghe’s plan to eliminate the empire’s powerful factions.
  • Zijing unleashed millions of spikes from the Purple Fire Thorns, breaking Yu Xinming’s defense and piercing him until he fell unconscious.
  • Tang San and the others hurried to check on Yu Xinming as they realized Zijing had concealed a decisive attack.

Ch. 961Xiao Wu's Trump Card

Zijing defeated Yu Xinming with her Spirit Bone Skill, then conceded to Xiao Wu after Xiao Wu survived her repeated Thorn Burst Shot. Tang San and Yu Xiaogang focused on understanding Zijing’s technique as Shrek faced growing backlash over its Spirit Bones.

  • Chen Yuan accused Zijing of using a Spirit Bone Skill unfairly, and Zijing pointed out that Shrek members had refined hundred-thousand-year Spirit Bones, prompting several academy teams to leave.
  • Tang San challenged Zijing’s claim that her Spirit Bone was only nine hundred years old, but she dismissed him and called Ma Hongjun to fight; Ma Hongjun hid behind Dai Mubai.
  • Tang San chose Xiao Wu to face Zijing, and Xiao Wu apologized for Ma Hongjun’s earlier insults before introducing herself and beginning the match.
  • Xiao Wu used Teleportation to evade Zijing’s attacks, then extended Invincible Golden Body by two seconds to survive a barrage of Thorn Burst Shot.
  • Zijing recognized that Xiao Wu had overcome her Spirit Skill’s cooldown limitation, conceded, and handed the remaining matches to Jing Ni.
  • Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San whether he had understood Zijing’s technique, but Tang San returned with a grave expression.

Ch. 962Dragon Courage Battles Soul Breaking!

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang analyzed Zijing’s unusually efficient Spirit Bone Skill and linked it to Evil Fire cultivation, while the Shrek Team watched Xiao Wu lose to Jing Ni. After Jing Ni conceded to draw out Shrek’s next fighter, Yang Wuwei faced Zhao Zilong, who challenged him to prove her Dragon Courage Spear could defeat the Soul Breaking Spear.

  • Tang San explained that Zijing’s Spirit Bone Skill used a tiny fraction of its usual Spirit Power cost, and Ma Hongjun guessed she had tempered her Spirit Power through Evil Fire cultivation.
  • Yu Xiaogang warned the Shrek Team that Botanical Team would be a dangerous tournament opponent.
  • Jing Ni used controlled Sword Qi to exhaust Xiao Wu, who conceded after a prolonged battle.
  • Tang San sent Yang Wuwei to fight, but Jing Ni conceded as soon as he entered the arena.
  • Zhao Zilong challenged Yang Wuwei, declaring that her Dragon Courage Spear would break his Soul Breaking Spear, and Yang rejected her claim.

Ch. 963A Killer Without Feelings

Zhao Zilong defeated Yang Wuwei with a flexible spear technique, and Jing Ling defeated Zhu Zhuqing with brutal swordsmanship, extending the Botanical Academy Team’s lead over Shrek. Dai Mubai then faced Huang Yuan, whose steel-hard body and reckless fighting style made him a formidable opponent.

  • Zhao Zilong used her agile, yielding spear technique to overcome Yang Wuwei’s Soul Breaking Spear and pierce his shoulder, leaving him to concede the match.
  • Jing Ling defeated Zhu Zhuqing after inflicting numerous sword wounds and severing the tendons in her hands and feet to prevent a counterattack.
  • Dai Mubai entered the platform to challenge Jing Ling, but Jing Ling withdrew to his stands to spend time with Jing Ni instead.
  • Huang Yuan stepped forward to fight Dai Mubai, and the two exchanged wary taunts before charging at each other.
  • Dai Mubai’s tiger claws failed to break Huang Yuan’s hardened bones, while Huang Yuan’s injuries rapidly healed as their battle began.

Ch. 964Grand Chamberlain Ma Hongjun

After Dai Mubai lost to Huang Yuan, Little Nine entered the promotion tournament bout against Ma Hongjun and decisively defeated him. Ma Hongjun was left gravely injured, and Tang San remained to face Little Nine.

  • Huang Yuan fought recklessly and defeated Dai Mubai, exhausting nearly all his Spirit Power in the process.
  • Little Nine stepped in to fight Ma Hongjun instead of Ruila, saying Ma Hongjun’s insults had gone too far.
  • Little Nine struck Ma Hongjun with over a thousand punches and kicked him between the legs before Yu Xiaogang’s concession ended the bout.
  • Ma Hongjun collapsed unconscious with shattered muscles and bones and a permanently ruined injury, while the Shrek Team carried him away.
  • Little Nine warned Tang San that he could concede before their fight, glancing toward Xiao Wu as he did so.

Ch. 965Seizing the Clear Sky Hammer!

Little Nine confronted Tang San in the advancement tournament, using the required rest period to fuse Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire Phoenix power with his own and transform into a giant. After Tang San’s speed and Clear Sky Hammer initially drove Little Nine back, Little Nine seized the hammer and forcibly wrested it from Tang San.

  • Little Nine warned Tang San and asked the referee what punishment applied to contestants who used forbidden external power; the referee declared that rule-breakers could be executed, while Demon Subduing Douluo and others secured the arena.
  • Tang San abandoned the idea of using hidden weapons, and Little Nine claimed his three-minute rest after fighting Ma Hongjun so he could finish fusing the Evil Fire Phoenix power with his own.
  • Little Nine’s Evil Fire power transformed into blazing red flames, and his body grew into a five-meter giant while his head remained unchanged.
  • Tang San fought with the Nine-Headed Bat King and Clear Sky Hammer after his Blue Silver Ghost Vine proved ineffective, using speed and strength to put Little Nine on the defensive.
  • Little Nine grabbed the Clear Sky Hammer, resisted Tang San’s attempt to reclaim it, and forcibly took control of the weapon.

Ch. 966Enhanced Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique

Little Nine seized control of Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and used the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique to build up overwhelming force. The chapter ended with Little Nine’s hammer crashing down toward Tang San, who could barely move and appeared unable to survive the strike.

  • Jiang Zhu explained that Little Nine could control Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer because Tang San’s powerful Spirit Bones had weakened his control over his Spirit Power.
  • Little Nine fused his Blue Silver Ball with the Clear Sky Hammer, took control of it, and began using Tang Hao’s improved Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique.
  • Tang San attacked Little Nine to interrupt the hammer’s buildup, but Little Nine endured his wounds and poison with powerful regeneration.
  • Little Nine completed eighty-one strikes and accumulated force equal to roughly seventy times his maximum strength.
  • Little Nine brought the damaged Clear Sky Hammer down on Tang San, whose pain left him unable to dodge.

Ch. 967Depravity Knows No Limits

Little Nine defeated Tang San, but Shrek’s loss and a scheme to disqualify higher-ranked teams left the tournament’s advancement round in turmoil. The other teams withdrew, while Shrek remained and was forced to endure a lengthy rules lecture under officials who intended to keep them from withdrawing.

  • Xiao Wu tried to shield Tang San from Little Nine’s hammer, but Little Nine redirected the blow; Xiao Wu was knocked unconscious, Tang San and Little Nine collapsed, and the referee declared Botanical Academy the winner.
  • Delin Academy and three other teams accused their opponents of using stimulants, prompting the officials to eliminate four teams and announce an additional round for teams with three losses.
  • Most teams with three losses forfeited after recognizing that the extra round had been arranged to help Shrek, while Suosite took the unconscious Little Nine away for treatment.
  • Great Emperor Xue Ye left Xue Beng to oversee the proceedings, and Salas assigned Referee Ao Luo to explain the tournament rules to Shrek.
  • A disguised substitute returned as Prince Xue Beng with a pile of books, while Yu Xiaogang stopped Flender and the others from protesting because the officials’ actions remained within the rules.

Ch. 968Muscle Sausage Oscar

Little Nine recovered and rallied Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and the others to prepare a new plan against the Shrek Team for the finals. Meanwhile, the First Heaven Dou Team visited a night-market sausage stall and discovered its aged owner was Oscar, their former opponent from the Shrek Team.

  • Jiang Zhu told Little Nine that Shrek had recovered and that Xiao Wu was unharmed, and Little Nine predicted the team would grow stronger before the finals.
  • Little Nine asked Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and the others to help him carry out a cultivation plan against Shrek.
  • Dugu Yan led the First Heaven Dou Team to a popular night-market sausage stall, where the staff invited Yu Tianheng and his teammates to wait for a special meal.
  • Oscar arrived with a cart of sausages and reminded Yu Tianheng that they had fought the Shrek Team in Gale City.
  • Dugu Yan recognized Oscar as the former sausage sissy and was astonished by his aged face and muscular body.

Ch. 969Ye Lingling's Unusual Reaction

Oscar persuaded the Heaven Dou Team to let him join them as their personal chef so he could travel to Martial Spirit City and see Ning Rongrong. His sausages revealed that he could use Spirit Power to temper bodies, but the complicated technique behind them was beyond the team’s ability to learn.

  • Dugu Yan and the others ate Oscar’s sausages, and Oscar asked to serve as their personal chef during the tournament.
  • Ye Lingling guessed Oscar wanted to see Ning Rongrong, and Oscar admitted he had left the Shrek Team and hoped to see her before he died.
  • Ye Lingling agreed to let Oscar join the Heaven Dou Team and told him to report to Heaven Dou Imperial Academy the next day.
  • The Shi Mo brothers sensed that Oscar’s sausages strengthened their bodies, and Oscar gave them more sausages with a different physical benefit.
  • Yu Tianheng and the others learned that Oscar’s sausages contained fragments of a complex Body Refinement Secret Method, which they could not memorize or use themselves.

Ch. 970Reality Was Always Cruel

Oscar defeated Yu Tianheng and the other members of the First Heaven Dou Team, then agreed to help them develop a Multi-in-One Martial Spirit Fusion Skill in exchange for news of Ning Rongrong. Dugu Yan told him Ning Rongrong was close to another man, leaving Oscar devastated as he staggered away to be alone.

  • Oscar defeated Yu Tianheng and the First Heaven Dou Team's male members in a series of fights, and Ye Lingling healed them afterward.
  • Oscar reassured the team that Yu Tianheng and the Shi Mo brothers were as strong as Shrek's leading members had been when he left.
  • Dugu Yan asked Oscar to help the First Heaven Dou Team develop a Multi-in-One Martial Spirit Fusion Skill in exchange for news about Ning Rongrong, and Oscar agreed.
  • Ye Lingling tried to stop Dugu Yan from telling Oscar, but Dugu Yan said the truth would reach him when he went to Martial Spirit City.
  • Dugu Yan told Oscar that Ning Rongrong was close to a handsome Food-system Spirit Master, and Oscar staggered away, asking to be alone.

Ch. 971A Crazy Theory

Oscar proposed a risky method for replacing the Heaven Dou Team’s Spirit Rings with high-level ones, potentially letting them match Shrek’s strength. Dugu Yan brought in Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and Poison Douluo to assess and support the plan.

  • Oscar studied recordings of the advancement-round teams for three days, then returned to the training ground looking exhausted.
  • Dugu Yan and the Heaven Dou Team members described the cruelty and secrets within their aristocratic families, convincing Oscar that he had been naive about his former teammates.
  • Oscar revealed a theory that could erase the team’s current Spirit Rings so they could absorb stronger replacements, and said the plan had a fifty percent chance of success.
  • Oscar explained that Poison Douluo’s help and precious medicinal herbs could raise the plan’s odds, prompting Dugu Yan to summon the imperial family and her grandfather.
  • Yufeng flew to the palace, while Dugu Yan left to find Poison Douluo and the others stayed together to keep Oscar’s theory secret.
  • Qian Renxue arrived disguised as Crown Prince Xue Qinghe with three Titled Douluo, and Poison Douluo soon arrived with Dugu Yan.

Ch. 972The Prelude to a Martial Spirit Fusion Skill

Oscar tested his theory for dissolving and replacing Spirit Rings, using death-row prisoners supplied by Qian Renxue, and completed the process for Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng, and their companions. He then gave them detailed plans for their new Spirit Rings, which Dugu Yan suspected were intended to enable a Martial Spirit Fusion Skill.

  • Qian Renxue offered Oscar death-row prisoners for experiments and promised to target human-trafficking dens to find more Spirit King-level subjects.
  • Dugu Yan took Oscar to the Luolun Grand Auction House, where he witnessed its human trafficking and saw Ning Fengzhi, shattering his remaining illusions about the powerful clans.
  • Oscar used the prisoners to test his theory that corrosive energy could dissolve Spirit Rings without destroying the Martial Spirit, supported by his Body Refining Cultivation Method.
  • After three days and more than a hundred thousand prisoners killed or crippled, Oscar raised the experiment's success rate above ninety-five percent and safely dissolved the Spirit Rings of Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng, and the others.
  • Oscar gave Dugu Yan and the others plans for absorbing new Spirit Rings, and Dugu Yan wondered whether they were meant to create a Martial Spirit Fusion Skill.

Ch. 973One Ring, Two Skills

After Yu Tianheng absorbed a new ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring, he discovered that his dissolved Spirit Rings remained within his Martial Spirit and could stack their effects with new Spirit Skills. Dugu Bo realized the precious medicines had preserved their origins, while Dugu Yan and the others suspected Oscar had anticipated the discovery as he prepared to help them obtain new Spirit Rings.

  • Oscar explained that sausages made from Spirit Beast meat could help strengthen the bodies of those compatible with the beasts, and Yu Tianheng had to eat all of his.
  • Dugu Bo checked on Dugu Yan after warning that dissolving Spirit Rings had damaged the group, and Dugu Yan said she was ready to hunt for a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring.
  • Yu Tianheng used his new Thunder Dragon Claw and discovered that his old Spirit Ring effects could stack with the new Spirit Skill.
  • Dugu Bo examined Yu Tianheng's Martial Spirit, found the dissolved Spirit Ring origins inside it, and concluded that new Spirit Skills could reactivate the old effects.
  • Dugu Bo warned that precious medicines had limited how many times they could safely dissolve Spirit Rings, recalling how badly Shi Mo and Shi Mo had suffered.
  • Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan noticed Oscar's composure and suspected he had predicted the retained Spirit Ring origins when he made their Spirit Ring plans.

Ch. 974An Alternative Use for the Martial Spirit Avatar

Oscar explained how Spirit Ring origins let Yu Tianheng combine old and new Spirit Skills, then demonstrated that he could still produce his own Spirit Skills using sausages as vessels. After the group returned to Heaven Dou City with greatly increased cultivation, Oscar assigned Martial Spirit Fusion Skill pairings so they could use their Martial Spirit Avatars to absorb Spirit Beast flesh and strengthen themselves before the finals.

  • Oscar revealed that Yu Tianheng’s Spirit Ring origins could become passive abilities and let him stack Spirit Skills, and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling realized Oscar’s own Spirit Ring origins had survived too.
  • Oscar transformed five sausages with his Spirit Power to demonstrate his surviving Spirit Skills, shocking Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Bo.
  • Yu Tianheng and the others spent six days obtaining Spirit Rings, reaching the Spirit Emperor level; their three sixth rings were around seventy thousand years old, with Yu Tianheng’s nearly eighty thousand years old.
  • Ye Lingling healed Oslo and the others after their strenuous Spirit Ring absorptions, while Oscar sorted the Spirit Beast corpses brought back by the teams.
  • Oscar told the group to eat the most essential portions of their Spirit Beast meat and announced that Martial Spirit Fusion Skills would let them use their Martial Spirit Avatars to extract the meat’s energy.
  • Oscar assigned five Martial Spirit Fusion Skill pairings: Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan, Shi Mo and Shi Mo, Oslo and Yufeng, Nie Yun and Sun Kong, and Kas Luo and Xiao Zhan.

Ch. 975An Ambush Looms

Oscar and the Heaven Dou Team prepared for the finals as the tournament rules changed and Shrek gained the chance to field a replacement for Oscar. After the teams set out for Martial Spirit City, Little Nine sensed a grave danger and warned that Ning Fengzhi’s faction might be preparing an ambush.

  • Dugu Yan urged Oscar and Ye Lingling to attempt a Martial Spirit Fusion Skill, and they agreed to try.
  • The tournament organizers postponed the finals by a month and changed the rules to allow teams to field eleven members.
  • Dugu Yan warned that Shrek might develop a larger Martial Spirit Fusion Skill, and Oscar learned that a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan Spirit Master had transferred to Shrek as his replacement.
  • Oscar ordered the Heaven Dou Team to begin a brutal month of training so they could win the championship.
  • The qualified teams departed for Martial Spirit City, and Little Nine sensed danger aboard their airship and warned the others to stay on guard.
  • Little Nine suspected Ning Fengzhi’s faction was behind the threat, and Suosite prepared to approach Shrek’s team and use Bishop Salas’s trump card if necessary.
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Arc 39 of 53