Frankly speaking, although Shen An now had three soul bones—the Light-attribute head soul bone, the Titan Giant Ape left arm soul bone, and the jewel-type head soul bone from Shi Nian—he had no intention of absorbing any of them, not even the hundred-thousand-year one.
After all, he always felt that something better was waiting for him. Don't you think so, System?
System...
"Let's go. It's time for us to go home."
From the time Shen An walked out of the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena to Shi Nian's death, less than half an hour had passed.
Shen An and the Shrek students were undoubtedly the most talked-about topics of the Soul Master Tournament.
It was just that Shen An's was a good name, while Shrek's was a bad one. The level of attention this year's Soul Master Tournament received was unprecedented because of this.
Spirit Hall.
When Bibi Dong heard the news from her subordinates, her eyes were filled with gloom.
A Soul Ancestor, with a thousand-year second soul ring and a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring. This Shen An was too terrifying.
Ever since Qian Renxue had come to Spirit Hall to confront her for Shen An's sake, although she had outwardly agreed not to touch him, she had been secretly observing his movements.
Now, Shen An's performance had shocked her too much. She, Bibi Dong, prided herself on being a peerless talent, even more so than Tang Hao.
But she also admitted that when she was at the Soul Ancestor realm, she absolutely could not have one-shotted a Soul King and five Soul Elders. This was an incredibly difficult feat.
"Given time, this person will surely become a great disaster. He must be killed!" Bibi Dong's voice was barely audible.
She had sent people to assassinate Shen An before but had not succeeded, instead losing a Soul Sage. This grudge, she didn't believe Shen An wouldn't hold it in his heart.
If Shen An were just an ordinary genius, it would be fine. But Shen An's talent was just so peerless.
Bibi Dong let out a long, turbid breath. She had to get rid of Shen An.
Whether it was for Shen An's future potential, or Qian Renxue's special feelings for him, as well as the three soul bone rewards for the final Soul Master Tournament.
Thinking of this, Bibi Dong couldn't help but curse silently. Hu Liena had absorbed a sixteen-thousand-year fifth soul ring, giving her a four-thousand-year bonus compared to ordinary soul masters.
Her talent could be called excellent.
She had advocated for distributing the three soul bones stored in Spirit Hall to the three members of the Golden Generation. As a result, at the meeting, the others had refused to agree to the death.
In the end, both sides took a step back and decided to use these three soul bones as the final reward for the Soul Master Tournament.
After all, with the strength of the three as Soul Kings, they would have swept through any previous Soul Master Tournament. Those three soul bones were just a formality.
Of course, Bibi Dong didn't understand. Wouldn't it be better to give them directly to their own people? It's not like she, Bibi Dong, was going to embezzle the soul bones.
See, isn't there an accident now?
So she, Bibi Dong, for both public and private reasons, had to get rid of Shen An. She absolutely could not let him live until the finals.
It was just that in Heaven Dou City, the factions were complex. It was not good to act rashly. Then let's set the finals in Spirit City.
When the contestants from various factions are scattered on their way to Spirit City, I will send people to intercept and kill them. This time, I absolutely will not let this boy run away, Bibi Dong thought to herself.
"Nana, come out. You heard everything just now, right?"
Bibi Dong's gentle voice sounded. She had already decided to clear the obstacles for Hu Liena, but she still decided to give her a little knock and encouragement.
Bibi Dong was very optimistic about this disciple. In her eyes, not even her own biological daughter could compare to this disciple.
Hu Liena walked out from the shadows. "Yes, Teacher. I heard everything."
"To defeat an enemy with one sword, and a whole team led by a Soul King at that, are you confident you can do it?"
Hu Liena lightly bit her pink lip. She naturally couldn't do it. Even if she and Xie Yue used their martial soul fusion skill, it would still take two or three moves.
If it were Li Feiyu, perhaps there would be a chance, Hu Liena couldn't help but think.
Li Feiyu hadn't even released his martial soul, yet he had beaten Yan until he was miserable.
"Teacher, this student has no confidence. However, if my brother and I use our martial soul fusion skill, plus Yan's cooperation, we can definitely put up a fight."
The scepter in Bibi Dong's hand lightly touched the floor. "What I want is not just a fight, but an absolute certainty of victory!"
Hu Liena immediately showed a bitter smile. She was not an arrogant person. An absolute certainty of victory, how was that possible?
Bibi Dong then smiled, raised her hand, the ring on her hand shining with light. Between the turning of her palm, a white skull had appeared.
"Teacher just hopes that you can better focus on your own cultivation. Absorb it. Compared to that Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull, this one is also suitable for you."
When Bibi Dong said this, her heart ached faintly. A treasure like a soul bone, she also cherished it very much.
Yu Yuanzhen of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan only had three soul bones in his entire body.
She had wanted to use Spirit Hall's public funds to cultivate her own direct disciple, but in the end, she still had to bleed a lot herself.
Hu Liena was suddenly shocked. "Teacher, this is too precious."
"You are my direct disciple. If I'm not good to you, who should I be good to? Take it. When you win the championship of the Soul Master Tournament, you will be the contemporary Saintess of Spirit Hall."
Bibi Dong said with a smile.
Hu Liena was no longer coy and took the soul bone with great care.
"Teacher, this time's championship, this disciple will definitely obtain it."
Bibi Dong smiled. Of course, you will obtain the championship, because she would send people to physically eliminate all the opponents stronger than you.
In the evening, in Shen An's small courtyard.
Shen An would let out a happy chuckle from time to time.
Too crazy. He knew the Soul Master Tournament was intense, but he didn't expect it to be this intense.
In just the first day, his fame value had increased by three hundred thousand, and this number was still jumping by the thousands.
And this was just the qualifiers, only in the Heaven Dou City district. There were still the promotion tournament and the finals.
Soul King was stable, the mysterious summoned character was also stable. Even after the tournament ended, Shen An felt he could push for Soul Emperor.
"By the way, someone tried to assassinate me today, but I killed them instead. They even dropped a soul bone, which is very suitable for Rongrong."
Shen An took out the jewel skull, but no one's gaze lingered on this soul bone that countless soul masters yearned for.
"Someone tried to assassinate you?"
"Are you injured?"
"Who has such great courage in Heaven Dou City!"
Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xue Qinghe said at the same time, all full of concern for Shen An.
"It was Shi Nian."
Shen An briefly recounted the whole process, only omitting the part about Tom and Jerry hypnotizing Shi Nian.
He only said that he pretended to be trapped in an illusion, and then, taking him by surprise, he burst out with his full strength and killed him.
The three of them were stunned at the same time. Regardless of how Shen An killed him, in short, a Soul Ancestor killing a Soul Sage—this had almost never happened in the history of the Douluo Continent.
From Soul Emperor to Soul Sage, that was a qualitative breakthrough.
"Alright, don't worry about it. Rongrong, you take this. Find some time to absorb it. This should be very helpful to you."
A strange light flashed in Ning Rongrong's eyes. Such a precious soul bone, Shen An just gave it away.
If it were anyone else, even if they didn't use it themselves, they would keep it to exchange for other soul bones.
Shen An still has me in his heart, Ning Rongrong thought sweetly.
At the side, Xue Qinghe even felt a little jealous. With her perspective, she didn't care about a single soul bone. After all, her family had a mine, a whole set of Angelic God armor.
It was just that Shen An's kindness to Ning Rongrong did indeed make her a little emotional.
This guy can't really like this spoiled little miss Ning Rongrong, can he? Xue Qinghe thought sourly, only feeling an indescribable tightness in her chest.