Furina had gotten her wish, becoming the fastest person in history to reach the Spirit Saint cultivation level. If word of this got out, not only would those at Shrek Academy be so shocked their mouths wouldn't close, but if she went back and showed her own four Protectors, their jaws would likely drop to the floor.
After all, those four Protectors were currently Cultivating hard and were still stuck at the Spirit Saint Realm. If they wanted to Breakthrough to Spirit Douluo, it would likely take several years of bitter effort. As for becoming a Titled Douluo? That would depend entirely on fate.
Unless she gave them more Immortal Herbs to give them another boost, it would all depend on their own opportunities and Talents.
Of course, the most inferior method would be to feed them enough Medicinal Pills to forcibly stack their levels up. That was exactly what the ninth-rank Soul Engineers of the Sun Moon Empire did.
They had no choice; if those talented Eighth-rank Soul Engineers couldn't rank up, who would manufacture so many ninth-rank spirit tools for them?
But that was all for later; there was no rush now. Her Axis Cult just needed to develop steadily and continue expanding its influence. Anyway, once she and Huo Yuhao became gods, it wouldn't matter whether they had Titled Douluo or not.
Just as Titled Douluo were like ants before a Limit Douluo, a Limit Douluo was also an ant before a god. The gap was truly immense...
Uh... wait, thinking carefully, the gods of the Douluo Continent actually seemed quite weak in the first part. At least compared to gods in other works, that was certainly the case.
First of all, after Qian Renxue inherited the God Position of the First-Class God Angel God, in her first contest with Tang San, she was actually wounded by Tang San while he was still a Mortal, and was even suppressed for three seconds.
Secondly, a god's heart could be pierced by Tang San using the Hidden Weapons technique 'Guanyin's Tear'. Although it wasn't fatal, it could leave a god in a temporarily heavily wounded state, requiring time to recover.
Furthermore, an ultimate move could be blocked by earth and Shitou, failing to penetrate them within a single second. Finally, she was blocked by the Sea God's Divine Thought through consuming the power of the Sea God's Heart.
And then? After Tang San entered the ocean, Qian Renxue's nonsensical maneuvers began.
She actually gave up the pursuit and chose to just wait there idly.
In fact, logically speaking, if she had been bold or ruthless enough, she could have completely wiped out Sea God Island. Even if she didn't destroy it, she could have chosen to capture the remaining six of the Seven Devils and Bo Saixi, or even directly kill Bo Saixi. If she had done that, the Sea God Legacy ceremony wouldn't have been able to start.
Because the original Sea God was already in the God Realm and couldn't descend to the Lower Realm like Tang San could now. And Tang San hadn't even finished his eighth God Trial; even if he did, could his speed in the ocean really compare to Qian Renxue as the Angel God? Finding Sea God Island would have been easy, wouldn't it? The Deep Sea Demon Whale King, Bo Saixi—weren't they all just speed bumps?
If the Asura God wanted to step in to save Tang San, he would also have to consider the attitudes of the God of Destruction, the Goddess of Life, the God of Goodness, and the God of Evil. Not to mention, the Asura God's subordinates happened to be causing trouble at that time.
In the original plot, when the Asura God finally acted, it was by borrowing the help of the Food God and the Nine-Colored Goddess to barely perform a resurrection technique through the bodies of Oscar and Ning Rongrong to bring Tang San back to life. Then he had Xiao Wu bring the Asura Sword to undergo Fusion with Tang San, which finally allowed Tang San to obtain the Asura God Position.
One could only say that Qian Renxue was truly brainless. With every advantage on her side, she perversely chose a path to a dead end.
But thinking seriously, Qian Renxue was just a 'love-brain'; her previous actions already showed she wasn't very bright. But who could help it if, in the worldview of the Douluo Continent, the strong were all 'love-brains'? Or rather, only 'love-brains' could become strong, especially top-tier powerhouses.
Fortunately, I have cheats, so I don't have to be a 'love-brain'.
Thinking of this, Furina felt a surge of secret joy.
Next, she began to check her seventh Spirit Ability.
Martial Soul True Body, its name was—'Pour la Justice', the signature dish of the Water God.
The effect was: restores all status (including fatal wounds), grants immunity to all negative effects for three seconds, and increases all attributes by twenty-five percent for one hour after consumption. Only three can be created per day.
It was like a super-enhanced version of the Third Soul Skill, Nut Cake! It had the effect of a Senzu Bean from Dragon Ball, with an added attribute buff.
"Not bad! This thing is much more useful." Furina nodded in satisfaction.
Her Soul Power had already reached level seventy-two. Next, she would take some time to visit the Star Dou Great Forest, find Di Tian for help, and have him take her to the Sunset Forest to find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, turning Tang San's back garden into her own.
But before that, she should first make a few Nut Cakes and the like to leave for Yuhao's group and Ma Xiaotao's group as backups.
Then she would warn them not to place their life and safety excessively in the hands of Elder Xuan. When dealing with an Evil Soul Master, even during the battle, they should try to burn the opponent's corpse to ashes and clean everything up, just in case.
This was to avoid the situation in the original plot where they were taken down by a Spirit King-level Evil Soul Master using a Corpse Explosion Technique technique. That guy actually had some skill; if he had really become a Titled Douluo, he would have been among the strongest of the ordinary Titled Douluo, if not a Super Douluo or Limit Douluo.
"Sigh, there really is a lot to do." Furina rubbed her temples. "Oh right, I should suggest they buy more spirit tools like Invincible Barriers. Of course, whether they listen or not is up to them.
In their understanding, no matter how strong an Evil Soul Master is, there are limits. How could they imagine the opponent having that kind of Spirit Ability?"
She shook her head helplessly.
People of Douluo are still not cautious enough!
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After class, when Yuhao and the others saw Furina, they were about to greet her, but feeling the aura on her body, they were all stunned.
She was clearly a Spirit King yesterday, but now she was at the Spirit Saint level?! This was too exaggerated!
Initially, they had learned through Xiao Xiao that Furina might have reached level sixty and was preparing to find a suitable spirit ring to Breakthrough to Spirit Emperor. But they didn't expect that after just one day, Furina would suddenly jump from Spirit Emperor to the Spirit Saint Realm. The word 'monster' was no longer enough to describe this.
Huo Yuhao felt it most clearly. His Martial Soul Eyes were naturally sensitive to Soul Power fluctuations. At this moment, he could clearly perceive that the aura on Furina was more than one level stronger than yesterday.
"Sister Furina, you've broken through to Spirit Saint?!" Huo Yuhao's eyes widened, his voice full of disbelief.
Furina rubbed her nose and smiled, "Just a stroke of luck!"
"What do you mean luck?!" Wang Dong instantly bristled like a cat that had its tail stepped on. "No matter how lucky you are, can you jump this fast? Are you planning to just become a Spirit Douluo tomorrow? A Titled Douluo the day after?! And become a god next year?!"
He stood with hands on his hips, looking indignant. He thought he was already working very hard and was very diligent, only to find that Furina was even more of a freak.
Jumping from the Peak of Spirit King to Spirit Saint all at once—even if the sixth spirit ring was a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring and she had absorbed a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Bone, it shouldn't be this exaggerated, right?
Xiao Xiao also chimed in from the side: "Exactly! With your talent, you could have already entered the Inner Court, but now you're basically going to trample over the people in the Inner Court."
She spoke with a joking tone, but what she said was also the truth.
Because they all knew that entering the Inner Court basically required being at the Spirit King level, and the seniors in the Inner Court were generally at the Spirit Emperor level at most.
But now Furina was directly a Spirit Saint, a whole Realm higher than a Spirit Emperor, completely capable of grinding those seniors into the dirt. If she walked with those Inner Court seniors, she would definitely be the most dazzling one—or people might just take her for a relatively young teacher. After all, the vast majority of teachers at Shrek Academy were only at the Spirit Emperor level.
"Congratulations, Sister Furina," Huo Yuhao was the first to snap out of it and offered his sincere congratulations. Although he was shocked, he was more happy for Furina.
Furina smiled slightly: "Thank you!"
She looked at the complex expressions on the three faces—shock, envy, indignation, and also heartfelt joy. She reached out and lightly patted each of them on the shoulder.
"Don't be discouraged or lose heart. I am the Water God after all; isn't it only natural that my leveling speed is fast?" She blinked, her tone a bit playful. "You guys have to work hard too and keep up with my pace!"
Wang Dong rolled his eyes, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up. He muttered, "Fine, fine, when I can get a God Trial, maybe I'll be able to catch up to you."
"Alright, I'll be looking forward to it." Furina smiled calmly.
She knew in her heart that under normal circumstances, it was impossible for Wang Dong to obtain a God Trial. After after all, he was already a god; although he was only half of one now, he was still a god. Unless another Divinity took a liking to him, but that possibility was slim, as Tang San wouldn't allow it.
But of course, she wouldn't say these things out loud.
Huo Yuhao looked at Furina and suddenly asked, "Sister Furina, what are your plans next? Are you going to the Inner Court?"
"The Inner Court..." Furina thought for a moment. "I'll probably go, but there's no rush. I have some matters to handle, so I might have to leave the academy for a while."
"Leave?" the three of them said in unison.
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