Time gradually passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was the next morning.
At this moment, Mu Yang, who had fully refined the Spirit-Concentrating Wisdom Skull while sitting cross-legged on his bed, slowly stabilized the fluctuations of his spiritual power.
Without immediately testing the new soul bone ability, Mu Yang instead observed his Sea of Consciousness, carefully experiencing the changes within.
Within his Sea of Consciousness, a crescent moon emitting a faint glow was suspended high above.
The spiritual cultivation technique "Lunar Spirit Refinement" was divided into five stages: First Stage - Phantom Moon, Second Stage - Half Moon, Third Stage - Full Moon, Fourth Stage - Radiant Moon, and Fifth Stage - Lunar Divinity.
The Third Stage - Full Moon referred to the process where the crescent moon of the Half Moon stage expanded into a full moon. Those who reached this level had spiritual power equivalent to soul masters between Rank 60 and Rank 90.
Now, the Lunar Star manifesting in his Sea of Consciousness had taken the form of a waxing gibbous moon, indicating that Mu Yang's spiritual power had surpassed the level of an ordinary Rank 80 Soul Douluo.
"I should be at least equivalent to a Rank 85 Soul Douluo, right?"
After making a rough estimation, Mu Yang couldn't help but ponder.
Before this, his spiritual power had already been on par with a mid-stage Rank 70 Soul Sage. Now, after refining the 60,000-year-old Spirit-Concentrating Wisdom Skull, his already formidable spiritual power had soared to an even greater height. With the support of "Divine Illusion Secret Arts", a spiritual technique consisting of two secret abilities, he could likely defeat more than half of the Soul Douluos in the continent.
After all, for most soul masters who reached the later stages of cultivation, their spirit power level within the same rank rarely exceeded the mid-range.
Many soul masters, aware of their limited talent and inability to break through to the next level, chose to stagnate rather than continue striving. Without a qualitative leap between smaller levels, their motivation to cultivate decreased significantly. The number of soul masters who simply accepted their limits and stopped progressing was far from small.
Of course, refining the Spirit-Concentrating Wisdom Skull didn't just grant Mu Yang an increase in spiritual power—it also bestowed him with a soul bone ability.
Although he had yet to test it, the feedback from the refining process made it clear that this soul bone ability was similar to Tang San's Purple God Light from the original work. It was a single-target spiritual attack whose power depended on the user's spiritual strength and the amount of energy consumed upon activation.
"Wisdom Divine Light? Spiritual Divine Light? No... Lunar Divine Light sounds better."
After some thought, Mu Yang decided on a name for his soul bone ability—Lunar Divine Light.
As for testing it?
Mu Yang didn't plan to do so immediately. He was still in a hotel, inside Wuhun City, which wasn't a convenient location. There would be plenty of opportunities to test it later when he left the city.
The only slight disappointment was that despite the Spirit-Concentrating Wisdom Skull being of considerable age, refining it had not increased his spirit power rank. Even if he disregarded potential bottlenecks, it would still take at least a month of cultivation to reach Rank 60, the threshold of a Soul Emperor.
With the Soul Master Tournament officially over, the Heaven Dou Empire's teams departed Spirit City by mid-morning, regrouping with the 1,000-strong Heaven Dou Royal Knight Regiment stationed outside. Under the protection of these knights, they began their grand journey back to Heaven Dou Empire.
However, Mu Yang did not travel with them.
After bidding farewell to his "good brother" Xue Qinghe, he set out for the Extreme North alongside Shui Yanyu and Shui Bing'er to hunt for a soul ring.
Even before the final battle of the tournament, Shui Bing'er had already reached Rank 60. Now that over half a month had passed, it was time for her to obtain her sixth soul ring.
Two months later, Star Dou Great Forest, Core Region.
At this moment, high above the forest, a fierce battle was unfolding.
A massive dragon figure, covered entirely in pure white dragon scales, emanating a golden glow with an aura of divine holiness, was struggling to defend itself against the combined assault of two avian figures—one large and one small—and an ice-blue dragon shadow.
It was none other than Mu Yang and Shui Bing'er, who had activated their Martial Soul Fusion Technique: Iceflame Phoenix, along with Shui Yanyu, who was using both her Extreme Ice Dragon Secret Art and Martial Soul True Body, in their joint effort to hunt a Light Holy Dragon.
Judging by the Light Holy Dragon's size and the soul power it radiated, it was clear that this soul beast had lived for over 60,000 years.
For ordinary soul beasts with common bloodlines, excluding non-combat species, a 60,000-year-old soul beast would have strength roughly equivalent to a mid-stage Rank 80 Soul Douluo.
However, as a member of the Dragon Clan, even though it wasn't pure-blooded and hadn't grasped the power of domains, this 60,000-year-old Light Holy Dragon was not to be underestimated. Its strength was enough to contend with an ordinary newly-advanced Rank 90 Title Douluo.
Yet, a soul beast of this level was not beyond the capabilities of Mu Yang and his team.
Over a month ago, Shui Bing'er had already hunted a 70,000-year-old Ice Phoenix in the Extreme North. After her advancement to Rank 60 Soul Emperor, the strength of their combined attacks had risen even further.
With the boost from their battle armor, both forms of their Martial Soul Fusion Technique had now reached the absolute peak beneath Rank 90—even capable of holding their own against weaker Title Douluos.
Thanks to the special freezing and burning properties of Iceflame Fire, they were more than capable of challenging this Light Holy Dragon.
Moreover, Shui Yanyu was a true Rank 90 Control-Type Title Douluo. Her Extreme Ice Secret Arts made up for her lack of offensive abilities, and with her First Soul Core, she might not be able to defeat a 100,000-year-old Beast King, but when fighting downward across ranks, she could easily suppress this Light Holy Dragon.
"Ninth Soul Skill—Frozen Universe!"
Suddenly, Shui Yanyu, who was in her Frost Sparrow True Body, activated her Ninth Soul Ring, which radiated a dazzling light. Accompanied by a terrifying surge of soul power, an icy chill—as if capable of freezing space and time—rapidly spread outward.
Unyielding frost spread rapidly across the giant dragon's body, and in the blink of an eye, the Light Holy Dragon was frozen mid-air, then began plummeting toward the forest below.
Before the frozen Light Holy Dragon could crash into the ground, Iceflame Phoenix soared forward. With its phoenix beak wide open, it unleashed a torrent of Iceflame Fire, ensuring that while the Light Holy Dragon remained encased in ice, it also suffered the relentless burning of extreme cold flames.
"Boom—!"
The frozen Light Holy Dragon crashed heavily onto the ground, and the Iceflame Fire, still raging across its body, ignited the surrounding vegetation.
In the next moment, Iceflame Phoenix descended gracefully, its form shifting, transforming into Ice Phoenix Flame Shadow in human form.
Immediately after, a massive burst of Iceflame Fire surged forward, condensing into a thick ice-blue fire beam, continuously burning the frozen Light Holy Dragon.
It had to be admitted—under equal conditions, the theory of Control-Type Soul Masters being the strongest was not unfounded.
Take Mu Yang and Shui Bing'er's Martial Soul Fusion Technique, for example. Whether in beast form as Iceflame Phoenix or human form as Ice Phoenix Flame Shadow, as long as the freezing effect of Iceflame Fire took hold, victory was all but assured.
If an opponent was constantly frozen and endlessly burned, unless they were an absolute juggernaut immune to Iceflame Fire, they would inevitably perish, no matter how high their health bar was.
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