Holding the 130,000-year Spirit Bone in his hand, Yu Yan sat cross-legged and began to use his spirit power to guide the Spirit Bone for absorption.
The physical Spirit Bone transformed into a mass of energy and entered Yu Yan's body, hovering near his spine before slowly merging into it. Ice and fire energy diffused outward, impacting and reconstructing Yu Yan's body.
The process of absorbing a Spirit Bone was not as demanding as absorbing a spirit ring. With Yu Yan's powerful Physique and thick spirit power, not a single accident occurred during the absorption process.
The moment the Spirit Bone merged into his spine, Yu Yan could clearly feel his state improve by more than thirty percent. spirit power from the outside world slowly flowed into his body, and the spirit power consumed during the absorption process was slowly recovering. After a brief attempt at Cultivate, he discovered that his cultivation speed had increased by thirty percent.
Besides the physical changes, the Ice and Fire Twin Flood Dragon Martial Soul also underwent some slight changes. While it looked more and more like a Dragon, his control over ice and fire energy also seemed more proficient.
Beyond the basic changes, Yu Yan also obtained two Spirit Bone Abilities.
The first is a passive Spirit Ability called Nine-Segmented Dragon Veins. The spine extends Crystal Bone energy to protect his Meridians, increasing spirit power flow efficiency to the theoretical limit, making the loss during high-speed spirit power execution approach zero.
The resulting effect is that Spirit Ability release speed becomes equivalent to instant casting. Any Spirit Ability will no longer have delay or backswing, and ice and fire Spirit Abilities can also be released simultaneously through the Nine-Segmented Dragon Veins.
The second is an active Spirit Ability, Bipolar Phase, which allows switching to either the Ice Polar Phase or Fire Polar Phase within 0.1 seconds.
The Ice Polar Phase can amplify ice-attribute Spirit Abilities and enhance his resistance to them. The Fire Polar Phase is the same, except the effect changes from ice-attribute amplification and resistance to fire-attribute amplification and resistance.
The spine is located inside the body, and it's rare for anyone to pull out their spine to hit people. Therefore, the Spirit Bone Abilities generated by a spinal Spirit Bone are all support-oriented.
After absorbing the Spirit Bone, recovering his spirit power, and adjusting himself to his optimal state, Yu Yan opened his eyes. After expressing his gratitude to Ning Fengzhi, Dugu Bo, and the Sword and Bone Douluo, he went to the front of the Nine-Segmented Fish Dragon Beast's head and sat cross-legged to guide that red hundred thousand year spirit ring.
"I'm so envious. None of us have a hundred thousand year spirit ring, yet this kid's seventh ring is already a hundred thousand year one. If we had met him when we were young, do you think we would have had hundred thousand year spirit rings too?"
Bone Douluo, who didn't have a single red ring among his nine spirit rings, watched the red spirit ring settling on Yu Yan, unable to hide the envy in his eyes.
This was a 130,000-year spirit ring, after all. Which Spirit Master wouldn't be envious?
"I'm envious, but it doesn't matter. One sword is enough for me."
As a swordsman with a firm Dao Heart, Sword Douluo Chen Xin took a long look at that red spirit ring before his gaze landed resolutely on the Seven Kill Sword in his hand.
As a swordsman, he could envy Yu Yan for having a red spirit ring, but he could not imagine "what if" he had one himself. On the path of the sword, only by moving forward with determination can one continue to progress. Thinking too many "ifs" would only slow down the sword in his hand.
"You really have no sense of romance," Bone Douluo sighed softly, then turned to Ning Fengzhi. "Fengzhi, we must find a way to trade for the method to improve Physique. In the future, we should also get a hundred thousand year spirit ring for Rongrong."
When Bone Douluo spoke, he didn't avoid Dugu Bo and Xiao Wu. While asking Ning Fengzhi, he was also indirectly testing and observing their attitudes toward the matter.
"It must be so. This method can ensure the long-term prosperity of the Sect. We indeed need to find a way to trade for it." Ning Fengzhi took over the conversation and changed the subject, looking at Xiao Wu and asking, "Xiao Wu, I wonder what Yu Yan needs?"
"You should wait until he finishes absorbing the spirit ring to talk to him about that."
Xiao Wu, who couldn't be bothered with their schemes, avoided the question directly and threw it back to Yu Yan.
"Fair enough."
With just a simple probe, Ning Fengzhi dropped the idea of asking further. As a sophisticated man, he wouldn't do anything to annoy others.
After a few brief words, everyone focused their attention on Yu Yan, who was absorbing the 130,000-year Spirit Beast's spirit ring. They were witnessing history, witnessing the first Spirit Master with a red seventh ring.
Because he had absorbed the Spirit Bone produced by the Nine-Segmented Fish Dragon Beast, the Spirit Bone also helped Yu Yan disperse the impact of the massive energy while he was absorbing the Nine-Segmented Fish Dragon Beast's spirit ring.
After enduring the energy impact, the unwilling remnant soul of the Nine-Segmented Fish Dragon Beast appeared with a roar in Yu Yan's mental space. As soon as it appeared, it launched a mental charge at the kid who dared to absorb its spirit ring.
Yu Yan's form split into two, becoming two Ice and Fire Twin Dragons that were not at all inferior in size to the remnant soul of the Nine-Segmented Fish Dragon Beast, meeting it head-on and engaging in a direct battle.
After three or four rounds, the rootless remnant soul of the Nine-Segmented Fish Dragon Beast showed fatigue under the pincer attack of the Ice and Fire Twin Dragons. Yu Yan, showing no mercy, mobilized his mental force to carry out the final execution of this remnant soul.
The moment the remnant soul of the Nine-Segmented Fish Dragon Beast was successfully destroyed, the energy in this red hundred thousand year spirit ring became gentle. The red spirit ring took on a solid form and settled on Yu Yan, while the Ice and Fire Twin Dragons circled around, releasing their terrifying aura.
The energy in the Nine-Segmented Fish Dragon Beast's spirit ring quickly surged into his Meridians, transforming into pure, absorbable spirit power. After absorbing this spirit power, his Rank rose to 72.
The questions regarding the seventh spirit ring's Martial Soul True Body were answered as two Spirit Abilities appeared in his mind.
For the dual-soul Ice and Fire Twin Dragons, the Martial Soul True Body also had two forms: the Ice Jiao True Body and the Fire Flood Dragon True Body. He could manifest as the Ice Jiao and Fire Flood Dragon simultaneously, or appear as just one of them individually.
When this information appeared in his mind, a big question mark popped up in Yu Yan's head. He was a bit curious about what it meant to manifest as the Ice Jiao and Fire Flood Dragon simultaneously.
Did it mean literally that he, as one person, would appear as the Ice and Fire Twin Dragons at the same time?
Unable to figure it out, Yu Yan opened his eyes and saw Xiao Wu, Dugu Bo, Ning Fengzhi, and the others looking at him curiously.
"Wait a moment, let me try my Martial Soul True Body first."
Just as they were about to ask questions, Yu Yan quickly raised his hand to stop them. These people before him were all trustworthy, so he wanted to test his Martial Soul True Body directly.
"Alright, we'll talk later then."
Hearing Yu Yan say this, Xiao Wu, who had a belly full of questions, could only keep them to herself for now and wait to ask later.
Since Xiao Wu, who was so close to Yu Yan, had said so, Dugu Bo, Ning Fengzhi, and the Sword and Bone Douluos could only keep their questions to themselves until Yu Yan had tried his Martial Soul True Body. They were also curious about the Martial Soul True Body of a dual-soul spirit.
Would it be a conventional Martial Soul True Body, or an unconventional one?
It really was quite intriguing.