Chapter 83: Mu Tian's Tragic Encounter (PS bonus)

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While Tang San and Xiao Wu were packing their belongings, preparing to return to Holy Spirit Village for the New Year, the Spirit Hall contacted the upper echelons of the Tian Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, initiating a reform of the competition grounds for the Continental Advanced Academy Soul Dueling Tournament.

Tang San's suggestion for the tournament grounds was adopted by Bibi Dong and even received the approval of over eighty percent of the spirit masters on the continent.

After all, everyone hoped that in future competitions, they would be able to fight on grounds that suited them, thereby enhancing their combat effectiveness and achieving better results.

The spirit masters who opposed this change feared that when the time came for the competition, they would be assigned to a battleground that was not suitable for them, causing their combat effectiveness to drop significantly.

For example, a person whose spirit was a plant would be placed in a desert environment, making it difficult for them to unleash their full potential, with the exception of cold-resistant plants such as cacti and tumbleweeds.

However, the major powers thought this was a good idea, as it would allow them to see the advantages of spirit masters beyond their innate abilities.

In reality, for the major powers on the Douluo Continent, the Continental Advanced Academy Soul Dueling Tournament was a grand talent show, or rather, a job fair.

"Learn the arts of war and trade, and sell them to the emperor."

This maxim also applied to the Douluo Continent.

The talents of the various academies would showcase their abilities in the tournament, thereby gaining recognition across the continent and being recruited by the major powers, enjoying status, wealth, honor, and power.

If the major powers were likened to large corporations, then the participants were job seekers, and only a few spirit masters would not consider joining a power after the tournament.

The major powers, the employers, also needed to assess the abilities of the job seekers.

In the past, they had only used victory or defeat to determine the abilities of job seekers, but now they realized that relying solely on that might not necessarily select the most outstanding talents. After all, governing a country or developing a sect was not simply a matter of who had bigger fists.

If the competition grounds for the Continental Advanced Academy Soul Dueling Tournament were diversified in the future, it would allow the major powers to see whether the talents cultivated by the various academies could adapt to different environments and flexibly apply their abilities.

Even if some spirit masters would never go to an environment that was disadvantageous to their spirit, it would still allow them to understand the vastness of the world and even make them more composed when facing opponents who could restrain their spirit's abilities.

As for the creation of the competition grounds, it was actually quite simple. Deserts, wastelands, grasslands, swamps, and forests were relatively easy to create. New finals grounds could be opened up, and the corresponding terrain could be transported over and adjusted accordingly. However, creating ice and snow, storms, rivers, and volcanoes would be somewhat difficult and might require spirit masters with the corresponding attributes to maintain the environment outside the grounds or the use of relevant spirit tools.

However, the major powers all agreed to it. A small number of them held opposing views, but the minority had to obey the majority, and their objections were invalid.

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

After returning from Spirit City, Ning Fengzhi told his disciples about this matter and ordered them to create corresponding battle environments to train the spirit masters within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

When Mu Tian heard this news, he thought to himself, "Is this a Pokémon battle?"

Now, he suspected that Tang San was not someone who had crossed over from a wuxia world, but like him, came from modern society and was also a Pokémon enthusiast.

"Forget it, it has nothing to do with me. Anyway, my Hao yue will be able to possess multiple attributes in the future and will be able to adapt to any terrain." Mu Tian did not think too much about it. He found Bone Douluo and informed him that he had reached level 20 and could go hunt for a soul beast.

"Eight years old, level 20, truly deserving of being an innate full spirit power." Bone Douluo was quite satisfied with Mu Tian's cultivation speed. "Let's go, I'll take you to the Sunset Forest to hunt for a soul beast. Have you thought about what attribute of soul beast you want?"

"I've thought about it. I want a light attribute," Mu Tian said.

"Light? Isn't your Earthfire Lizard a fire attribute?" Bone Douluo frowned, thinking that Mu Tian was being reckless, "Light and fire are similar, but they are not the same. It's better to choose a fire attribute."

"My spirit has multiple attributes. As long as I obtain a soul ring with the corresponding attribute, I can gain it. I can sense it." Mu Tian said confidently.

Bone Douluo was a little doubtful.

Although spirits could indeed inherit attributes that they did not have from soul beasts of different attributes, if the spirit itself possessed a certain attribute, it was still better to enhance that attribute. Otherwise, it was likely to become unfocused.

Moreover, he had never heard of a spirit master being able to sense the attributes of their spirit. Usually, they could only observe the attributes after the spirit had used its abilities.

"Alright, your spirit is a bit strange, so I'll choose to believe you this once. How many years of soul ring do you want?" Bone Douluo asked, "The Ten Thousand Year Whale Glue, although the sect has found one, don't even think about it. That's for the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. You've eaten quite a few thousand-year-old ones, so you should be able to withstand a thousand-year soul ring, right?"

"Ten thousand years is fine." Mu Tian said confidently.

"Two thousand years at most." Bone Douluo ignored Mu Tian's blind confidence.

"Teacher, I can really withstand a ten-thousand-year soul ring. My spirit is very powerful." Mu Tian felt that his spirit was the God of Judgment, and a mere ten thousand years would definitely be bearable.

Even if a ten-thousand-year soul ring contained the spirit remnant of a soul beast, how could that bit of spirit compare to Austin Griffin?

There was definitely no problem.

"If you insist, then go hunt for a ten-thousand-year soul beast yourself. Otherwise, listen to me. Two thousand years at most, or even, I think that with your current physique, you can at most withstand about one thousand five hundred years, which is similar to my situation when I was thirty." Bone Douluo would not listen to the nonsense of an eight-year-old child.

Ten thousand years?

He didn't even know how to write the word "death"!

Helplessly, Mu Tian could only agree.

In the end, Bone Douluo brought Mu Tian to the Sunset Forest and found a one-thousand-six-hundred-year-old light attribute soul beast for Mu Tian to hunt and absorb.

Two thousand years, Bone Douluo still felt that it was too dangerous and could not take the risk.

Mu Tian had no choice but to hunt this light attribute soul beast, release Hao yue, and begin to absorb this soul ring.

However, as soon as this soul ring entered Hao yue, Mu Tian felt intense pain coming from Hao yue. His entire body trembled violently, his body expanded, and blood gushed out continuously, making him extremely horrifying.

"Mu Tian!"

At this time, Bone Douluo could only be anxious. The absorption of a soul ring could not be interrupted, otherwise it would result in death or serious injury, and if the spirit was affected, there would be no hope of cultivating in the latter half of one's life.

"I shouldn't have listened to him. I should have just found a soul beast that had just entered one thousand years."

In Bone Douluo's regret, three days passed quietly. Mu Tian finally managed to survive, but he had lost a lot of blood and his muscles were shriveled, as if he could die at any moment.

Bone Douluo gave him some water and checked his physical condition. He sighed and said, "It's a miracle that you managed to survive. I told you not to take risks, but you insisted on being impulsive. Even ten thousand years, you almost lost your life absorbing a one-thousand-six-hundred-year soul ring."

After bringing Mu Tian back to the sect and receiving treatment from the healing spirit masters, Mu Tian spent nearly a month recovering half of his strength.

His Hao yue had indeed changed from one head to two heads, but the second head was still a fire attribute. It was just that when using the second spirit ability, it could dye the flames with a layer of white light, which could even melt gold and stone into juice.

Bone Douluo felt that this spirit ability was not bad and was in line with the power of a thousand-year soul ring, but Mu Tian had a face full of disbelief: "It should have been a light attribute, why is it still a fire attribute?"

(End of chapter)