However, Ning Rongrong is his prospective wife, and Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Hu Liena are as well. He had to keep things even.
Right now he was about to set Ning Rongrong up with a six-hundred-thousand-year spirit ring and spirit bone. If he then filled out a full set of hundred-thousand-year-and-above spirit bones for her, the other three girls would inevitably feel jealous.
Fortunately this was not urgent. He could complete them all together later.
"Mhm, that's fine."
Hearing this, Xiao Wu nodded.
Indeed, a torso bone is more valuable than the four limb bones. If he could freely replace spirit bones without side effects, precisely controlling this soon-to-sacrifice six-hundred-thousand-year ferocious beast to drop a torso bone would be the most cost-effective.
If someone else had said they could do that, Xiao Wu definitely wouldn't have believed it. But Chu Chengzhou was different. He could do what others could not and knew what others did not. She was long used to it.
After planting a sweet kiss, Ning Rongrong happily put away the spirit bones and returned to the wooden cabin to refine them.
The four spirit bones were not high in years, all below ten thousand. In just a few hours, Ning Rongrong finished refining them. Of her six spirit bone slots, only the torso was still vacant.
Afterward, outside the wooden cabin, along the ring-shaped shore, the sacrifice began.
A dark-gold glow of soul power flashed over him, and the ugly big man transformed into his massive Dark-gold Sea Cucumber ferocious beast true form.
A blinding red light suddenly blossomed from one end of the Dark-gold Sea Cucumber. Everything around was rendered absolutely still within that red light.
Blood-colored flames burned fiercely from the Dark-gold Sea Cucumber's body.
The blood flames burned stronger and stronger, gradually shifting from red to dark red.
Next, the Dark-gold Sea Cucumber's massive body began to fade, becoming like an increasingly transparent red crystal.
In the blink of an eye, all the red expanded into a huge blood-colored ring with golden patterns that slowly contracted, pulsing around the sacrificial recipient, Ning Rongrong.
Bathed in the blood flames, Ning Rongrong felt the accumulation of soul power in her body soaring by geometric multiples. If not for the eighth spirit ring not yet fully forming, it would have been enough to push her directly into the high-rank Soul Douluo range.
At last, the light on the Dark-gold Sea Cucumber completely faded.
In that instant, the gold-veined blood-flame ring pulsing around Ning Rongrong suddenly retracted.
In a flash, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul manifested before her on its own. The existing seven spirit rings of yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, red appeared one after another, then the retracting gold-veined blood-flame ring turned into a blood-red eighth spirit ring marked with six golden patterns.
At the same time, a beam of blood light shone onto Ning Rongrong's chest, and a dark-gold shadow flashed and disappeared.
With the eighth spirit ring in place and the torso bone entering her body, the next second Ning Rongrong's soul power level broke its limit and surged without measure, leaping directly from level 80 to level 87 Soul Douluo, instantly catching up to Xiao Wu.
Half a month earlier, Ning Rongrong had already broken through to level 80. The accumulation of soul power from the Seagod's Light over the past half month, combined with the six-hundred-thousand-year spirit ring and spirit bone, resulted in Ning Rongrong advancing to eight rings and her soul power soaring to level 87.
With the sacrifice complete, Chu Chengzhou glanced at the surface of the ring-shaped sea in the distance, where many shark shadows had been drawn by the huge commotion of the sacrifice, then quietly stepped forward and put away the corpse left by the Dark-gold Sea Cucumber ferocious beast.
Xiao Bai (shivering): This human is terrifying. No, I need to stay far away.
A super ferocious beast of six hundred thousand years, even without its spirit ring and spirit bone, was a treasure of incalculable value.
At that moment, the almost inhuman Chu Chengzhou was privately wondering, after taking the Dark-gold Sea Cucumber's "whale brain," should he red-braise it or make a cold dish?
Hmm, better to make soup. Soup is more nutritious.
"Rongrong, it looks like your soul power level has caught up to mine."
Seeing her good sister officially advance to eight-ring Soul Douluo, Xiao Wu asked somewhat uncertainly, then cast a resentful look at Chu Chengzhou.
All Xiao Chu's fault. Xiao Wu's big-sister status was about to be lost.
"Hehe, I did catch up. But my dear Xiao Wu, Rongrong is your best little sister."
Ning Rongrong bumped her head lightly against Xiao Wu as she spoke with a smile.
"Good, good. You are all Sister Xiao Wu's good little sisters. From now on Sister Xiao Wu will protect you."
At once, Xiao Wu set aside her worry about losing her big-sister status and addressed the three with a face full of supposed boldness.
The three: "..."
"Rongrong, how is the effect of the six-hundred-thousand-year spirit ring skill?"
Looking at the eighth spirit ring on Ning Rongrong that shone with six golden lines, Zhu Zhuqing could not help asking curiously.
"It's definitely strong. Two soul skills appeared in total.
One is Nine Treasures Healing Divine Light. It's a healing-type soul skill. The casting method is the same as the attribute amplification soul skills. It has no cooldown limitation and can be cast on multiple targets.
The other is Nine Treasures Immunity Divine Light. Once bestowed, it grants immunity to 80% of physical and energy damage. It cannot immunize against spiritual attack damage, but likewise has no real usage restrictions."
With her chin slightly raised, Ning Rongrong spoke with pride.
Nine Treasures Healing Divine Light allowed her, an auxiliary-type soul master, to double as a healing-type soul master, and with a very large amount of healing.
Nine Treasures Immunity Divine Light was even more of a divine skill. As long as the opponent did not possess spiritual attack methods and the attack power was below god level, then all damage dealt by opponents to her side would be reduced to one-fifth.
Disregarding defensive factors, what would have killed you with one stab would take five with the blessing of Nine Treasures Immunity Divine Light.
Factoring in Nine Treasures Healing Divine Light, as long as the soul power consumption could be sustained, it would be like an unkillable cockroach.
"Ahem. I hereby announce that our Rongrong has become the strongest auxiliary-type soul master on the continent."
At this moment, Hu Liena cleared her throat and proclaimed loudly.
In the end, Hu Liena glanced at Chu Chengzhou at the side and added, "Right, I mean a proper auxiliary. A certain improper one doesn't count."
Chu Chengzhou: "..."
How am I improper?
But that said, is the strongest auxiliary-type soul master on the continent Ning Rongrong or Tang Yuehua?
Although both are auxiliary-type soul masters and both at the eight-ring Soul Douluo level, their types are different, which makes them hard to compare.
In terms of real-time battle support, as a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Douluo, Ning Rongrong's attribute amplification soul skills account for as much as 90 percent, and now with an eighth spirit ring she can also double as a healing-type soul master and reduce damage to teammates by 80 percent.
But Tang Yuehua's Ruyi Ring martial soul can increase soul power cultivation speed and comprehension. That is unheard of and practically defies the heavens.
It is only because the effect of the "Ruyi" soul skill has not been learned by others. Otherwise Tang Yuehua would absolutely be enshrined as an ancestor by everyone in the Clear Sky Sect.
Even if Titled Elders fell, nothing could be allowed to happen to her. With her around, the number of Title Douluo in the Clear Sky Sect would multiply several times. In fact, aside from a very few exceptions, the future cap on the achievements of 99 percent of the sect's direct disciples would not be lower than seven-ring Soul Sage.
"Right, right, right, Nana is correct. Our Rongrong is the strongest auxiliary-type soul master on the continent."
Thoughts whirled through his mind, but Chu Chengzhou quickly nodded in agreement.
It didn't matter which girl was stronger. They were all his girls. And none of them was stronger than he was.