Bonus Chapter. Enjoy!
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Time passed minute by minute. The Cultivation room was silent, with only the low hum of the surrounding Spirit Tool arrays continuously operating, intertwined with Huo Yuhao's even and steady breathing.
However, the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi above the small courtyard was not calm; it seemed to be stirred by an invisible large hand.
Sometimes it gathered towards the Cultivation room like a tide, and sometimes it spread outwards like an ebb tide. The rhythm of its ebb and flow seemed to echo something difficult being nurtured.
One day, two days, three days...
In a blink of an eye, five days passed, and the door to the Cultivation room remained tightly shut.
Leng Yaozhu stood in the courtyard, her gaze fixed on the door. If not for her perception consistently telling her that Huo Yuhao's breathing inside the Cultivation room was as steady as ever, she would have long since been unable to resist rushing in.
Gu Yue stood beside her, taking in every subtle change in Leng Yaozhu's expression.
She spoke softly, "Teacher, you know the difficulty of the Yin Yang Complement Spirit Core; it's not something that can be achieved in a day or two."
The Silver Dragon King was a supreme existence split from the Dragon God's main body, and essentially did not cultivation step by step from the bottom.
But she knew quite a bit about the Yin Yang Complement Spirit Core; after all, Di Tian's Spirit Core was formed by Yin Yang Complement.
Knowing that Huo Yuhao was preparing to condense his second Spirit Core when he broke through to Spirit Saint, Gu Yue had specifically asked Di Tian to personally demonstrate the operation of the Yin Yang Complement Spirit Core when he came to Shrek City last time.
If not for the need to conceal his identity, Gu Yue would have wanted to pull Huo Yuhao along to observe it.
Leng Yaozhu turned her head to look at Gu Yue, a smile gracing her lips, "I didn't expect that now I'd need my own disciple to comfort me."
Gu Yue also smiled at the remark, her voice softening a bit, "Teacher is just worried."
Leng Yaozhu raised her eyebrows slightly, and a hint of mischief suddenly appeared in her eyes, "Then aren't you worried?"
Gu Yue clearly hadn't expected Leng Yaozhu to suddenly turn her attention to her. A faint blush instantly rose on her fair cheeks, and her voice uncharacteristically stammered, "I... I naturally am worried, but..."
Her words stopped halfway.
Both of them simultaneously cast their gazes towards the Cultivation room beside them, where the aura had abruptly changed in that instant.
It was no longer the steady fluctuation that had lasted for five days, but rather like a long-silent volcano finally emitting its first low and powerful pulsation.
The Heaven and Earth Origin Qi no longer fluctuated erratically, but instead gathered frantically into the Cultivation room at an unprecedented speed, like rivers flowing into the sea, unstoppable.
Immediately after, the door, which had been tightly shut for five days and five nights, was pushed open from the inside.
A figure stepped out, clad in black, with black hair and a steady demeanor. Who else could it be but Huo Yuhao?
Leng Yaozhu and Gu Yue both stared intently at Huo Yuhao, as if trying to see through him from the inside out.
But at this moment, Huo Yuhao seemed to be enveloped in a faint, ethereal mist, his aura restrained and profound. Although he stood right before them, their perception, when extended, felt like it was cast into a bottomless pool, unable to elicit any response.
Leng Yaozhu narrowed her eyes slightly. Even with her Limit Douluo cultivation, she couldn't discern Huo Yuhao's exact condition. This in itself was the best answer, but she still couldn't help but ask, "How is it?"
Huo Yuhao slowly closed his eyes, sinking his consciousness into his body. The golden first Spirit Core at his brow rotated slowly, each pulsation drawing forth immense mental force.
And in his chest, a brand-new ice-blue Spirit Core was quietly operating in the exact opposite direction of the golden Spirit Core.
One positive, one negative; one Yin, one Yang.
Mental force and the Spirit Power of Ultimate Ice intertwined between the two Spirit Cores, nourishing each other, endlessly, as if constructing an inexhaustible well of circulation within his body.
He opened his eyes, a slight curve on his lips. There was no wild joy in his smile, but rather a calm composure, as if everything had settled. "It's done."
Almost simultaneously, genuine smiles bloomed on the faces of Leng Yaozhu and Gu Yue.
Leng Yaozhu's eyes crinkled at the corners as she smiled. She looked at Huo Yuhao, her eyes full of pride and relief, "Good! Excellent! My Yuhao has the potential to become a god!"
She paused, then changed the subject and pressed, "What level is your Spirit Power now?"
Huo Yuhao had been stuck at the threshold of level seventy for quite some time. If not for waiting for the opportunity to go to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to obtain Immortal Herbs, he could have chosen a Spirit Soul and broken through several months ago.
Now, with the Immortal Herb ingested, the Spirit Soul Fusion, and the second Spirit Core condensed, with all the opportune timing, geographical advantage, and human harmony aligning, his accumulated power would surely lead to more than just an ordinary Breakthrough.
Huo Yuhao felt the Spirit Power fluctuation within his body, which had surged countless times compared to before the Breakthrough, and smiled, "After absorbing the medicinal power of the Qiluo Tulip, my Spirit Power has now reached level seventy-four."
Upon hearing this, Leng Yaozhu's eyes suddenly lit up, her excitement almost overflowing.
She took a deep breath and exclaimed, "Now, below Super Douluo, without a battle armor, you should have no opponent."
Huo Yuhao thought for a moment, then finally nodded.
This was not arrogance, but a calm judgment based on his own strength, an absolute confidence in his own abilities!
Successfully breaking through to Spirit Saint, coupled with the successful condensation of his second Spirit Core—a double blessing—even with Huo Yuhao's usual composure and introversion, he could not hide the surging excitement in his heart at this moment.
He took a deep breath, slightly calming the surging Spirit Power within his body, then turned to look at Gu Yue, a smile still lingering on his lips, "Didn't you say you had a gift for me? What is it?"
Leng Yaozhu also simultaneously cast her gaze towards Gu Yue, a hint of curiosity flashing in her eyes. During these past few days while waiting for Huo Yuhao to Break through, she had asked Gu Yue what gift she had prepared, but the girl had merely pursed her lips and shaken her head mysteriously, refusing to reveal a single word.
Seeing their gazes fixed on her, the smile on Gu Yue's face slowly receded, replaced by a rare seriousness.
She no longer kept them in suspense. She extended her hand, took an object from her storage Spirit Tool, and presented it to Huo Yuhao in her open palm.
Huo Yuhao lowered his eyes and his gaze slightly narrowed.
It was a scale!
That's right, another scale!
This scale was a size smaller than the one Gu Yue had given him before, fan-shaped, with smooth, rounded edges. It was interwoven with red and blue, ice-blue and crimson alternating and reflecting each other. Looking closely, the patterns seemed alive, with faint streams of light slowly moving within them, making it extremely beautiful.
However, as Huo Yuhao looked at the beautiful scale in Gu Yue's palm, a subtle sense of strangeness involuntarily arose in his heart.
With this one, he now had a total of three scales: one from Di Tian, one previously given by Gu Yue, and now this one.
As a human Spirit Master, carrying three extraordinary scales, he was practically becoming a scale collector.
Gu Yue took in the strange look on his face, and the corners of her lips curved slightly, but she didn't offer much explanation. Her tone, however, became more serious than before when she spoke, "This isn't an ordinary scale..."
She paused, her purple eyes looking directly into Huo Yuhao's, her voice clear and solemn, "This is an external Spirit Bone."
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A/N:
5 Power Stones = 1 Extra Chapter
2 Reviews = 1 Extra Chapter
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