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Flender's right leg was severed, but there was little blood loss, as Li Luochen's right leg bone suppressed Flender's injuries.
Li Luochen quickly extracted the thousand-year spirit bone and replaced it with the fifty-five-thousand-year Gale Eagle Right Leg Bone. Once the spirit bone was fitted, Li Luochen used the ability of his Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone to regrow Flender's right leg.
Next, the process of fusing with the spirit bone began. It was quick and miraculous—something Flender had never heard of before. During the removal of the spirit bone, he had clearly felt the possibility of his spirit power dropping.
However, the powerful life energy stabilized him, allowing him to maintain his level eighty-six spirit power. As the fifty-five-thousand-year spirit bone gradually fused into his body, Flender sensed his spirit power beginning to rise.
With the right leg done, Li Luochen moved on to the left leg—a thirty-thousand-year White-headed Vulture Left Leg Bone. Flender's original left leg bone, dropped from his fourth soul ring, was only about four thousand years old and provided no significant enhancement.
Li Luochen swiftly severed Flender's left leg, extracted the old spirit bone, and attached the new one. The entire process was seamless and fluid.
"Alright, Principal, we're done. These two ten-thousand-year-level spirit bones should serve you well. You should notice an increase in your spirit power. Here's also a thirty-thousand-year White-feathered Flying Eagle Left Arm Bone for you to absorb. Take some time to digest the spirit power from these three spirit bones.
By the way, afterward, I'll use my own spirit power to help you open your Eight Extraordinary Meridians. Don't resist—it will significantly boost your cultivation speed."
Li Luochen outlined the next steps. If he was going to strengthen the principal, he might as well do it thoroughly.
Li Luochen believed that the first principal of Shrek Academy should at least have higher potential. The original Four-Eyed Owl Flender only had the aptitude to become a Title Douluo, and even breaking through would make him just an ordinary-level one.
With immortal herbs and these spirit bones, Flender now had the potential to become a Super Douluo. But that still wasn't enough. Li Luochen thought that Flender should aim for at least level ninety-eight—a Super Douluo.
However, breaking through to level ninety-eight was incredibly difficult for someone like Flender. With his current aptitude, it was practically impossible. If Flender could obtain a hundred-thousand-year ninth soul ring, there might be a chance.
But where could they find a suitable hundred-thousand-year eagle-type soul beast? Even if they did, Flender might not be able to absorb it. His head bone was only fifteen thousand years old, and his spiritual power was average—he might not withstand the soul shock of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
But what about a weaker hundred-thousand-year soul beast? Ah, yes—the little rabbit. Tsk, tsk. It seems you can't be spared.
Li Luochen had originally planned to use Xiao Wu as Zhu Zhuqing's soul ring, but plans change. The soul skills Xiao Wu could provide—teleportation, invincible golden body, and void—were quite impressive.
Flender could potentially use them too. If Flender were to kill Xiao Wu, her spirit bone would likely be a torso bone, completing Flender's full set of spirit bones.
But alas, poor little wildcat. Xiao Wu's soul ring and spirit bone were perfectly suited for her. Unfortunately, she wasn't yet "his." Flender had been very kind to Li Luochen, so he preferred to help him instead.
Flender attached the thirty-thousand-year left arm bone to his arm and began absorbing it. This time, he would absorb three spirit bones and digest their spirit power.
Li Luochen glanced at Flender's severed legs and incinerated them with flames. It would be strange if they woke up with two extra legs. Only Li Luochen and Flender needed to know about this.
Before burning them, Li Luochen checked Flender's legs to ensure there was nothing valuable hidden—no private stash of money or belongings. Finding nothing, he burned the legs.
Afterward, Li Luochen sat cross-legged behind Flender, placing his hands on Flender's back. He infused his spirit power into Flender's body and guided Flender's spirit power to open the Eight Extraordinary Meridians.
Once Flender's meridians were opened, his spirit power flowed more smoothly than ever before. He then circulated his spirit power to digest the spirit power from the spirit bones.
*Boom!*
Flender's spirit power rose to level eighty-seven, and it continued to climb. Ten-thousand-year spirit bones were truly treasures coveted even by Title Douluos—they were enough to boost a Title Douluo's spirit power.
For someone like Flender, who was still a Soul Douluo, the increase was even more significant. His spirit power quickly approached the peak of level eighty-seven.
Flender was in the best condition of his life. With a burst of effort, he broke through to level eighty-eight. He was now only two levels away from becoming a Title Douluo.
On the other side, Liu Erlong was the first to finish absorbing her spirit bones, reaching level eighty.
Qin Ming was the second to awaken. This was his first time absorbing spirit bones, and he fully experienced their benefits. He now understood why spirit bones were considered blood river treasures.
The two spirit bones Qin Ming absorbed were carefully selected by Li Luochen: a fifty-thousand-year Fire Spirit Beast Torso Bone and a thirty-five-thousand-year Blazing Fire Demon Wolf Left Leg Bone. Among spirit bones below forty thousand years, this leg bone was one of the best.
Qin Ming's spirit power remained at level seventy, but the accumulated spirit power from the spirit bones would surge once he absorbed his seventh soul ring.
Moreover, with two spirit bones now—including a torso bone—Qin Ming's seventh soul ring could be upgraded. Originally, his planned seventh soul ring was around forty to fifty thousand years.
Now, he could attempt a sixty-thousand-year soul ring. Qin Ming's spiritual power was surprisingly strong, despite not having a head bone.
His spiritual power was actually quite close to Zhao Wuji's. Li Luochen speculated that this senior student might possess extraordinary talent. Some people were simply born with exceptional spiritual power, which was why Qin Ming, among Shrek Academy's graduates, had the highest cultivation.
Mo Yu, despite years of pursuit, always fell short. Qin Ming's variant martial soul likely avoided malignant mutations due to his high spiritual power. Truly, even geniuses with variant martial souls remained geniuses.
As for Zhao Wuji, he was absorbing four spirit bones this time: a slightly over ten-thousand-year head bone, a forty-thousand-year Dark Gold Bear Right Arm Bone, and two slightly over ten-thousand-year strength-type leg bones.
All of these spirit bones were extremely suitable for Zhao Wuji. Before absorbing them, he was at level eighty-four. After absorbing them, Li Luochen estimated his spirit power wouldn't fall below eighty-six.
This time, three people needed to hunt for soul rings. Li Yusong had already absorbed two gold-bloodline spirit bones, breaking through to level eighty. Liu Erlong and Qin Ming had also broken through their bottlenecks and were ready to obtain their next soul rings.
When the time came, Dugu Bo would lead them again to hunt for soul beasts, while Li Luochen stayed behind to guard Shrek Academy.
Though Li Luochen was only a Soul Douluo, his combat strength rivaled that of a Super Douluo. With a full set of hundred-thousand-year spirit bones, four ten-thousand-year soul rings, and his unique Ring Fusion skill, he was incredibly confident.
Below level ninety-eight, he was unmatched. At level ninety-eight, he could at least fight evenly. As for level ninety-nine, he hadn't encountered anyone yet. Li Luochen wasn't sure how strong the gods of this era were.
Once everything was prepared, Li Luochen decided to quietly eliminate Tang Hao. This nuclear-level threat was better off removed.
Half a day later, Zhao Wuji and Flender both awoke.
Zhao Wuji's spirit power had risen to level eighty-seven, while Flender's reached level eighty-eight. However, Flender's level eighty-eight had already progressed significantly—he would soon break through to level eighty-nine.
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