Yu Xiaogang Is Confused, Why Can’t He Absorb the Spirit Ring?

"It must be because of his offense against me. I'm always thinking about getting revenge on him,"

"Yes, that's it!"

After finding a reason, Zhu Zhuqing felt relieved.

But when she noticed Dai Mubai's gaze sweeping over towards her, she grew frustrated again.

Even though she was very disappointed in Dai Mubai, her staying at Shrek was her way of giving him a chance, hoping that her presence might make him change.

Since Dai Mubai had recovered from his injuries, he had indeed made some changes, no longer flirting with other girls.

However, Zhu Zhuqing realized that despite seeing Dai Mubai change as she had hoped, she wasn't happy about it. In fact, she had no intention of forgiving him.

She should have been pleased with his transformation, but she wasn't.

Buzz

The spirit energy rippled.

As Zhu Zhuqing was lost in thought, Yu Xiaogang finally ended his meditation and opened his eyes.

It wasn't hard to see that Yu Xiaogang's eyes were gleaming with excitement.

"Teacher?" Tang San quickly stepped forward, asking with some suspicion.

"Yes, teacher has finally broken through. My spirit power has just reached level 30!" Yu Xiaogang said with excitement. He hadn't expected to break through the bottleneck that had plagued him for half his life.

"Congratulations, Xiaogang."

"I'll help you hunt a suitable spirit beast right away so you can obtain the spirit ring you want!"

At that moment, Dean Flender also joyfully congratulated Yu Xiaogang.

"Alright, this will be the final step of the experiment,"

Yu Xiaogang nodded, not refusing.

He, too, was eager to complete the last step of the verification process.

Yes, although he had successfully broken through to level 30 and was now a Spirit Elder, the experiment wasn't fully validated yet.

He still needed to hunt for a spirit ring, which was the final test.

…

Su Xing had no idea that, because of his appearance, Yu Xiaogang had already broken through to level 30 by exploding his spirit rings.

Nor did he know that Yu Xiaogang was already on his way to hunt a spirit beast for his spirit ring.

At that moment, Su Xing had already arrived at Suotuo City with Yu Tianheng and the others under Qin Ming's guidance.

Upon arriving in Suotuo City, Su Xing and the others didn't immediately head to the Great Spirit Arena for a match.

Some nobles from Suotuo City had invited them, so naturally, they were treated well.

After eating and drinking their fill, Su Xing returned to his room.

After his usual hour and fifteen minutes of lightning body tempering, Su Xing stopped, feeling pleasantly numb all over. It felt incredibly satisfying.

Unfortunately, he could only undergo the lightning body tempering for an hour and fifteen minutes each day. Any more, and his body wouldn't be able to handle it.

The cells in his body had a daily limit for how much they could endure.

However, as Su Xing's strength grew, the time gradually increased.

Before, he could barely manage an hour of lightning tempering, but now it was up to an hour and fifteen minutes!

After finishing his lightning body tempering, it was time to cultivate his spirit power. Spirit power cultivation was a slow and steady process, constantly absorbing external energy and refining it into his own spirit power.

In this aspect, talent played a crucial role.

The higher one's innate spirit power, the faster the absorption rate, which was the most important factor in determining cultivation speed.

Physical strength could also somewhat enhance spirit power cultivation speed.

Many spirit masters had discovered this, including Yu Xiaogang, which is why Shrek Academy emphasized physical training.

Unfortunately, they only trained in a crude manner, and once their level was high, it didn't have much effect.

Su Xing's spirit power cultivation could keep up with Tang San and the others because of his strong physical body, tempered by lightning.

Of course, Su Xing's ability to catch up to them in spirit power was also due to his hard work.

Compared to the enjoyable experience of lightning body tempering, cultivating spirit power was extremely dull and boring.

Su Xing's solution was to stop and develop spirit skills whenever he couldn't bear it any longer.

Currently, Su Xing had already developed several lightning-based spirit skills, ranging from weak to strong.

He was also close to completing a particularly impressive skill.

"Lightning Release: Chidori!"

Chirping sounds

Su Xing's right palm sparked with lightning as a mass of electricity gathered there.

Eventually, the seemingly chaotic lightning fused together under Su Xing's control, its power focused and no longer wildly dispersing.

"It's done!"

Looking at the Chidori in his hand, Su Xing smiled proudly.

This spirit skill wasn't as powerful as his Railgun, but it was much harder to develop.

Of course, this was only true for Su Xing. Others who didn't understand the principles behind Railgun couldn't develop it at all.

Su Xing used Railgun as a trump card, avoiding its use in everyday battles, so he developed Chidori instead.

With Chidori paired with his Lightning Armor, his attack power became even stronger.

If he were to face Yu Tianheng in a head-on clash again, Su Xing was confident he could stand his ground!

…

Boom!

While Su Xing successfully developed Chidori, Yu Xiaogang, with Flender's help, had finally hunted a suitable thousand-year spirit beast.

A purple spirit ring floated above the beast's corpse, waiting for the one who killed it to absorb it.

"Alright, Xiaogang, are you sure the age of this spirit beast isn't beyond your limit?"

Flender asked worriedly, having just finished the battle.

He couldn't tell the exact age of this spirit beast, but he estimated it to be close to 2,000 years, which might exceed Yu Xiaogang's theoretical limit.

"No, this horned wolf is just over 1,700 years old, but it hasn't surpassed 1,760 years. It's right within my limit."

Yu Xiaogang's eyes gleamed as he gazed at the fallen horned wolf, speaking excitedly.

According to his theory, the maximum age for a third spirit ring was 1,760 years. This spirit beast was perfect.

Most importantly, it had a trace of dragon blood, making it highly suitable for his martial spirit to absorb.

"In that case, hurry and absorb it!"

Since Yu Xiaogang was certain, Flender stopped worrying and urged him to absorb the spirit ring before it disappeared.

"Mhm!"

Yu Xiaogang didn't delay, sitting cross-legged in front of the horned wolf's corpse and preparing to absorb the purple spirit ring before him.

Absorbing a spirit ring was simple — it just took a single thought from the one who killed the beast.

Yu Xiaogang had been full of confidence, but as soon as he tried to absorb the ring, it didn't respond at all.

His expression changed instantly.

Unbelieving, he tried again, but the spirit ring remained unresponsive, as if out of reach, despite being right in front of him.

"How could this be...?"

No matter how much he tried, the spirit ring refused to respond.

"Xiaogang, what's wrong?"

Flender asked, growing concerned.

"My worst fear has come true!"

"After exploding a spirit ring, it's impossible to absorb a new one."

"That Su Xing kid didn't reject the spirit rings; he just couldn't absorb them after exploding them!"

Yu Xiaogang's face was filled with bitterness.