Chapter 54: Absorbing the spirit ring
[The film continues...]
[Seeing the unwavering look in Yu Xiaogang's eyes, Yu Yuanzhen understood that his son had made up his mind.]
['How can you be so bold?']
['You really don't consider others' feelings at all, like mine. If something happened to you, what would I think?']
[Yu Yuanzhen's voice carried a hint of anger, but Yu Xiaogang knew that his father's words actually signaled his agreement.]
['Actually, I'm not really risking my life. If I truly can't bear it, Father, you can just help me interrupt the process of absorbing the spirit ring, right?']
[Yu Xiaogang spread his hands, revealing his escape plan.]
['Do you think I don't know you?']
['Among children your age, you're the most determined-minded one I've ever seen.']
['Other kids would cry and complain after a few days of Cultivating, but you've never stopped since you started.']
['No matter how tired or hard it got, you never said a word.']
[Yu Yuanzhen said with a rather complicated mood.]
['Knowing your character, is it hard to guess what you'll do when faced with something?']
['I'm sure that when you absorb the spirit ring later, you'll grit your teeth and persevere, even when it gets extremely dangerous, and you won't give up.']
['Do you think I wouldn't know about interrupting your spirit ring absorption?']
['The real reason I disagree is because I'm afraid you'll push yourself too far.']
[At this point, Yu Yuanzhen walked up to Yu Xiaogang, crouched down halfway, and placed a hand on his shoulder.]
[With the palm pressing down on his shoulder, Yu Xiaogang felt his shoulder sink significantly, and he could sense his father's tension from the pressure transmitted through his hand.]
['Xiaogang, you must promise me not to overexert yourself. When you really can't hold on anymore, tell me.']
['Don't push yourself too far like I said, or you could really die!']
[The pressure on his shoulder increased significantly. Yu Xiaogang looked into Yu Yuanzhen's worried eyes and nodded.]
['Don't worry, Father. I haven't lived long enough yet.']
[After making this promise to Yu Yuanzhen, Yu Xiaogang drew his weapon and approached the thousand-year Crimson Blood Flying Dragon, which had been beaten into immobility.]
[Meeting the Crimson Blood Flying Dragon's unwilling gaze, Yu Xiaogang ended its life with a single sword strike.]
[The next second, a purple spirit ring appeared, floating above the Crimson Blood Flying Dragon's body.]
[After carefully examining the purple spirit ring before him, Yu Xiaogang took a deep breath and summoned his Spirit.]
['Luoluo!']
[The little Dragon made its appearance. As soon as it emerged, it saw the Crimson Blood Flying Dragon's corpse and the floating purple thousand-year spirit ring.]
[Almost instinctively, the little Dragon approached the thousand-year spirit ring, its big eyes curiously examining it.]
[Smiling slightly, Yu Xiaogang used his spirit power to draw the spirit ring. Under the pull of his spirit power, the spirit ring flew toward him.]
[During this time, Yu Xiaogang sat cross-legged on the ground and recalled the little Dragon to his side.]
[When the spirit ring reached his head, Yu Xiaogang instantly felt an unprecedented pressure.]
[Immediately after, before Yu Xiaogang could react, the spirit ring above his head rapidly shrank, becoming slightly larger than the little Dragon's body, and encircled the little Dragon.]
['Luoluo!!']
[The little Dragon, now encircled by the spirit ring, let out a startled cry. Then, Yu Xiaogang felt a powerful force surge into his body.]
[This force was as scorching as flames. Almost instantly, the energy spread throughout his body, making Yu Xiaogang feel as if he were burning inside.]
['Oh gods, please protect this child, Xiaogang.']
[Beside him, Yu Yuanzhen watched as Yu Xiaogang began absorbing the spirit ring and couldn't help but whisper a prayer.]
[He had personally witnessed Yu Xiaogang's efforts step by step to reach this day.]
[So he understood very well what the current spirit ring absorption meant to him.]
[Now, he only hoped his son would succeed, or at the very least, remain safe.]
[Yu Yuanzhen's prayer was something Yu Xiaogang was destined not to hear, because at that moment, he was being burned by the scorching energy inside his body.]
[The blazing energy felt as if it had ignited his body. Yu Xiaogang felt as though he were bathing in lava.]
[His consciousness immersed in that sea of lava, Yu Xiaogang saw his Spirit, the little Dragon, also enduring the erosion of the lava.]
[And under the erosion of the lava, the little Dragon's purple fur was gradually fading away, bit by bit.]
[Its skin began to tighten and become firm.]
[Its originally pig-like limbs began to grow.]
[Its plump body also grew thinner and leaner under the scorching heat of the lava, little by little.]
[Seeing this scene, Yu Xiaogang felt joy in his heart, because these changes indicated that the little Dragon was evolving.]
[Unfortunately, soon, Yu Xiaogang had no time to pay attention to the little Dragon's changes.]
[Because even more intense, more violent energy, like a flood, surged into Yu Xiaogang's body.]
[The flood's force was essentially scorching lava.]
[Under the impact of this energy, Yu Xiaogang's body began to tremble, suffer, and even let out faint cries.]
[Intense pain swept through every cell of his body, making Yu Xiaogang want to immediately ask his father to help him interrupt the spirit ring absorption.]
[But Yu Xiaogang also knew that if he let his father interrupt it, he would only be able to absorb a hundred-year spirit ring.]
[Moreover, due to the damage to his Foundation caused by the interruption, he wouldn't even be able to attempt a nine-hundred-year spirit ring anymore.]
[So, should he interrupt it?]
[Of course not!]
[With extraordinary willpower, Yu Xiaogang endured the pain coming from all over his body and refined the power inside him.]
[But soon, another wave of intense energy Impacted Yu Xiaogang's body, making him clearly feel that his skin had started to bleed.]
[At the same time, Yu Yuanzhen, standing beside Yu Xiaogang, saw the bleeding on his son's skin and quickly stepped forward, about to interrupt Yu Xiaogang's absorption.]
[But just then, he remembered the look in Yu Xiaogang's eyes earlier and ultimately did not take action.]
[Time passed minute by minute. Yu Xiaogang's skin continued to bleed, turning him into a bloody mess.]
[As a Titled Douluo, Yu Yuanzhen began to lose control of his body at this point, his hands trembling.]
['Xiaogang, you must succeed...']
[In Yu Xiaogang's consciousness at that moment, he had completely lost his sense of time as he gritted his teeth and persevered.]
[In his eyes, there was only persistence, persistence, and more persistence.]
[However, at that very moment, Yu Xiaogang in his consciousness suddenly felt that the pain in his body had lessened significantly.]
['Is it... about to be completed?']
[Yu Xiaogang thought to himself, but the still-scorching energy and the intense pain in his body told him it wasn't over yet.]
[So Yu Xiaogang followed his senses, trying to find the reason for the reduced pain.]
[And then, in his consciousness, he saw the reason.]
['So that's how it is.']
[Looking at the little Dragon, which had diverted part of the energy rushing toward him, endured the invasion of this energy, curled up in pain, but was also gritting its teeth and persevering just like him.]
[At that moment, even though Yu Xiaogang was still in pain all over, he felt an urge to laugh.]
[How fortunate he was to have a Spirit like the little Dragon!]
[Finally, after a day and a night, Yu Xiaogang completed the absorption of his first spirit ring.]
[And achieved an unprecedented accomplishment.]
[The first spirit ring of thousand years!]