Chapter 279: Stone Divine Realm

Dugu Bo had a questioning expression.

"If the Stone Monster here is a follower of some deity, if I remember correctly, you have hunted Stone Monsters in the Sunset Forest. Are you sure we're not just sending ourselves to our deaths? Instead, is it a chance granted by a deity?"

"Deities are all human Spirit Masters," Su Wen explained.

In any case, deities are human, and God's Inheritance on the Douluo Continent is mostly left by deities who came from outside the Douluo Continent. For example, deities from other worlds like the God of Emotions do not have a direct inheritance on the Douluo Continent but require the summoning of inheritors into the Divine Realm to bestow it. 

Even after Tang San became a deity in the original story, he had to personally go and summon Zhou Weiqing, who had transformed into a Heavenly Jewel, to bestow the inheritance.

Since the deity was achieved from the Douluo Continent, they must have originated from a Spirit Master, so they should be able to understand the feelings of a Spirit Master needing a Spirit Ring, especially a suitable one.

Dugu Bo suddenly realized.

He also recalled that although the fundamental reason for a 100,000-year-old Spirit Beast to take on a human form is either its own weakness or encountering an accident, the commonly circulated explanation is that the 100,000-year-old Spirit Beast seeks the chance to become a deity at level 100.

This indirectly implies that Spirit Beasts cannot become deities.

"So what should we do? Hunt the Stone Monsters here?" Dugu Bo frowned, unsure of how to obtain this opportunity.

Su Wen shook his head.

Since it's confirmed that there is a deity here and the Stone Monsters are their followers, continuing to hunt them wouldn't be appropriate.

It's similar to how a Sea Spirit Master can hunt a Demon Soul Great White Shark for a Spirit Ring, but if it is known that the Demon Soul Great White Shark is a follower of the Sea God and is undergoing the Sea God's test, it cannot be hunted indiscriminately.

Otherwise, it would be a slap in the face.

Su Wen observed the rocky area, with a magnificent vertical pupil opening on his forehead, scanning the surroundings.

Seeing Su Wen's vertical pupil, Dugu Bo felt deeply envious.

This is an External Spirit Bone, and it's even the eye position.

Just seeing this Spirit Bone and recalling Su Wen's past, Dugu Bo could deduce where Su Wen obtained this Spirit Bone.

A thousand-year-old Three-Eyed Phantom Fox actually produced an External Spirit Bone.

Su Wen held Ning Rongrong's small hand, and their Soul Power temporarily merged.

There is a certain degree of compatibility between two Spirit Masters who can perform the Spirit Fusion Technique, especially as they continue to use the Spirit Fusion Technique, this compatibility will be 'spread' in all aspects. It is no longer just about Martial Spirits having complementary abilities for Martial Spirit fusion, but also about the compatibility of their Soul Power and Spiritual Power in various aspects.

Initially, the Martial Spirits attract each other, and after using the Spirit Fusion Technique, their Soul Powers merge, integrating everything into one, which gradually brings other aspects into alignment as well.

This is also why the Spirit Fusion Technique requires practice. Through this practice, the compatibility of the Spirit Fusion Technique can be improved.

Generally, if measured numerically, a compatibility of sixty is enough to feel the attraction between Martial Spirits. At this point, with enough attempts, Martial Spirit fusion can be achieved. Continuously using the Spirit Fusion Technique allows both sides to adapt to the compatibility between Martial Spirits, leading to further alignment of Soul Power and other aspects, and the compatibility can gradually increase to at least seventy.

Su Wen and Ning Rongrong's Martial Spirit compatibility should be just above sixty, but they have performed multiple Martial Spirit fusions.

Their Martial Spirit fusion is led by Su Wen but is based on Ning Rongrong's Martial Spirit.

Each time Su Wen entered, Ning Rongrong's Martial Spirit gradually adapted more to his Martial Spirit, thereby slowly increasing their Martial Spirit compatibility.

Su Wen and Ning Rongrong had used the Spirit Fusion Technique many times, and their Soul Powers could already merge, allowing them to benefit from each other's abilities even without being in a Martial Spirit fusion state.

Now, Su Wen was using the fused Soul Power to sense the surroundings.

The surrounding faith seemed to be emanating from a certain space. Based on what he knew about the War God, Su Wen speculated that there might be a small space of this deity here.

He observed the flow and distribution characteristics of the Power of Faith, searching for spatial differences.

Following Su Wen's lead, the four of them gradually ventured deeper into the rocky area.

Strangely, even though they had entered and explored this area for a long time, there were no attacks from any Stone Monsters.

Dugu Bo even clearly sensed that there were Stone Monsters camouflaged as rocks around, but they did not take action.

"I found it!" A glint of excitement flashed in Su Wen's eyes.

At this moment, two hundred meters ahead of the four, there was a cliff blocking their path.

However, Su Wen sensed a spatial fluctuation, similar to that of the Spirit Fighting Realm, coming from within the cliff.

Ning Rongrong tugged at Su Wen twice, signaling him to pay attention to the three massive rocks beneath the cliff.

The three rocks were enormous, and even from a distance, their unusual nature could be sensed. Ning Rongrong's treasure-hunting talent indicated the significant value of these three rocks.

Of course, Ning Rongrong did not think they were precious ores.

These were three Stone Monsters, and they were the three strongest Stone Monsters from the Stone Monster Tribe mentioned by Dugu Bo!

The one in the middle was sixty thousand years old, while the two on either side were fifty thousand years old.

When Su Wen and his group had ventured deeper before, there were no Stone Monsters blocking their way. Now, upon reaching this point, the three rocks had shed their rock forms and 'awakened.'

They did not immediately launch an attack but instead transmitted a Spiritual Power message.

Su Wen's gaze wavered.

The Stone Monsters' Spiritual Power was incredibly strong!

Especially these three Stone Monsters; their Spiritual Power was very powerful!

He only discovered this after sensing the Spiritual Power message.

"Stone Monsters actually have Spiritual attributes?" Su Wen was somewhat surprised. He had not noticed this when he absorbed a Stone Monster's Spirit Ring before.

Or is it that only these three Stone Monsters have Spiritual attributes?

"Honored guests, the great Stone God has instructed us to guide you into the Stone Divine Realm."

Compared to the Stone Monsters' Spiritual attributes, Su Wen was more concerned about the Stone Divine Realm.

The Stone Divine Realm made it quite clear that the deity here is the Stone God.

The three Stone Monsters did not wait for Su Wen and the others to react. After conveying their intent through Spiritual Power fluctuations, they fused together using a special method, creating ripples in the surrounding space.

"Let's go," Su Wen said to the other three.

As they stepped into the spatial ripples, their figures gradually became blurred.

The spatial fluctuations gradually dissipated, and the three Stone Monsters separated again, turning back into rocks and entering a state of slumber.

After the spatial transition, Su Wen and the others entered a unique space.

The space was filled with rich earth-elemental energy.

Strange rocks were scattered everywhere, with towering boulders forming a special structure. Su Wen carefully observed the arrangement of these boulders and discovered that it was a formation.

Amid the numerous boulders, a towering stone monument stood guard in the center.

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