Chapter 153: Soul Bone Armor: Divine Armor.
The battle at Jialing Pass continued. While the Spirit Empire held a temporary advantage, with the arrival of Tang Xiao, the Xingluo Empire also dispatched numerous Soul Douluo-level masters, leaving the two sides in a strange stalemate.
Over the three months of fighting, both sides suffered heavy losses. Many Titled Douluos were injured, and over half of the ordinary soldiers were killed or wounded. Ordinary Soul Masters also suffered significant casualties, especially for the Heaven Dou Empire, whose Soul Master numbers were far fewer than those of the Spirit Empire.
A lull descended on the battlefield, as both sides seemed to be gathering strength for the decisive battle.
After months of battle, Tang San's Soul Power had risen to level 92. However, to Tang San's surprise, the message from the trident between his eyebrows regarding the eighth test of the Sea God Assessment had changed. The original Deep Sea Demon Whale King had been replaced by the Soul Devouring Demon Seal, leaving Tang San and his companions baffled.
The performances of the other six Shrek members weren't as impressive as in the original novel. Only Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing's spirit fusion techniques were relatively powerful, capable of holding down a Titled Douluo.
On a battlefield filled with over fifteen Titled Douluo, a few Spirit Sages proved difficult to attract attention.
As the fierce battle between the major empires began, the Elemental Academy sealed its gates and deployed high-level spirit masters from each department to patrol.
The five deans convened a general meeting, prohibiting all students from leaving the academy for the foreseeable future and from contacting anyone outside the academy. Even if they needed to hunt spirit rings, they had to wait until the war was over.
Anyone caught leaving the academy without permission or contacting anyone outside the academy would be expelled. If someone urgently needed to see family, they had to be accompanied by a teacher.
While these actions at the Elemental Academy caused some unrest, the majority settled down and continued their training and studies.
Meanwhile, Xiao Fei continued his training on the 999th step of the Vulcan Tower. After three months of continuous tempering, his entire torso felt like it was being constantly hammered. Finally, on this day, his torso was fully tempered. His original water-attributed spirit bone no longer possessed a trace of water, instead transforming into a pure flame.
The million-year-old torso spirit bone of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King had finally been successfully tempered. The moment it was successfully tempered, it shone with a radiant energy, like the emergence of a divine artifact. Perhaps this million-year-old torso spirit bone was already a divine artifact.
With the successful tempering of the torso spirit bone, all the fire-attributed spirit bones in his body seemed to fuse into a single entity, becoming inextricably linked. He summoned all the spirit bones, each covering a specific area. The different spirit bones seemed to weld together, with no repulsion between them, forming a single, natural entity.
Xiao Fei now had no exposed skin, and he seemed to be clad in a fiery red armor, resembling Optimus Prime from the Transformers film. It's estimated that this set of soul bone armor will greatly enhance Xiao Fei's power, enough to challenge ordinary divine artifacts.
Immediately afterwards, Xiao Fei, donning the armor, took the final step, crossing the 1000th step of the Fire God Tower. As for the 1001st step, Xiao Fei avoided it, as that step could only be crossed if the Fire God Pestle, the Fire God's artifact, recognized its master.
Xiao Fei bowed earnestly to the Pestle, "Thank you, Lord Fire God, for your cultivation. I am deeply grateful."
Without looking back, Xiao Fei descended the Fire God Tower, carrying the Shura Demon Sword on his back, and left the Fire God Temple.
After Xiao Fei left, the shadow of the Fire God appeared above the Pestle. The shadow shook his head, "What a fine young man! What a shame!"
Xiao Fei didn't seek out Shui Bing'er. Instead, he summoned a fire phoenix and quickly flew towards the Star Dou Great Forest, where he found the final and most important soul ring he needed.
In less than three days, he arrived at a small town on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest. The town was far less prosperous than it once was, and the once-common soul-hunting mercenaries had all vanished.
He randomly found a restaurant and said, "Waiter, please order a table of good dishes for me."
The waiter looked at Xiao Fei with a bit of a strange look and said, "Excuse me, sir, are you a soul master?"
Seeing Xiao Fei nodded, the waiter quickly said, "Respected soul master, you should be more careful when you go out."
Xiao Fei was a little surprised and said, "Isn't soul master the noblest profession? Why do we need to be careful?"
"Soul Master, don't you know? The Tiandou Empire, the Xingluo Empire and the Wuhun Empire are at war right now. I heard that the battlefields are full of blood and many soul masters have fallen."
"In the past, our town had many soul master mercenary groups. But now the three major empires have issued conscription orders, and many soul masters have joined the soul master corps of the major empires. If you don't obey the orders, you may be forcibly taken away."
Xiao Fei sighed and shook his head: "War, this is war. By the way, waiter, is there any news on the battlefield now?"
"I've heard from some guests that the battlefield is incredibly dangerous. Over half the million-strong armies of the Heaven Dou Empire and the Spirit Empire have been killed or wounded, and countless spirit masters have perished as well. If there are any spirit masters left, they've all gone into hiding. Entire families have even been taken away."
He tossed a few gold coins to the waiter. "Don't worry, I'll be fine. No one dares to arrest me."
Xiao Fei poured himself a glass of wine and drank with a wry smile. "War, haha, war! Who cares about the deaths of ordinary spirit masters or even ordinary people?"
After dinner, Xiao Fei walked alone into the Star Dou Great Forest.
Arriving at the heart of the forest, beside the Lake of Life, a loud shout echoed throughout the lake. "Titan Giant Ape, Azure Bull Python, please come out and see me!"
A moment later, a roar seemed to emanate from the depths of the lake. A moment later, the Titan Giant Ape and Azure Bull Python appeared beside the Lake of Life.
"Human, thank you for reminding us last time, otherwise we might have been in danger."
Xiao Fei smiled. "You two, this is not a big deal, just a few words."
"Human, why did you come to see us in the Star Dou Great Forest this time?"
"I came to see you in the Star Dou Great Forest this time because I have something to ask you."
The Azure Bull Python seemed puzzled. "Human, what do you want to ask?"
"Senior Azure Bull Python, do you know Senior Di Tian? Or have you heard of him?"
The Titan Giant Ape shook his head, a look of confusion in his eyes.
The Azure Bull Python pondered for a moment. "When I was very young, I seemed to have heard this name once. At that time, I seemed to hear a loud fight in the Lake of Life, and one of the voices was calling out Di Tian. The fighting was so strong that I didn't dare to approach."
"I heard there is a place in the Lake of Life. Can you take me there to see it?"
Seeing the Azure Bull Python's hesitation, he said, "Don't worry, Senior. I'm not here mainly to fight. I just want to borrow something from Senior Di Tian."
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