Bonus Chapter. Enjoy!
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The next morning, Huo Yuhao pushed open the classroom door and walked in.
"Yuhao!"
Tang Wulin quickly walked up to Huo Yuhao to ask about his condition.
"Are you alright now?"
Wang Dong'er also stepped over quickly, looking at him with concern.
"How do you feel? Is there any discomfort?"
Seeing their worry for him, Huo Yuhao felt a warmth in his heart and shook his head with a smile.
"I'm fine, really fine."
He paused and then added,
"Thanks for the concern."
Xie Xie approached Huo Yuhao with a grin and patted his shoulder.
"It's good that you're fine, but your Martial Soul Fusion Skill is truly brutal; you were actually unconscious for three days and three nights."
Huo Yuhao smiled somewhat sheepishly.
Just then, a cold voice rang out.
"Huo Yuhao."
Huo Yuhao turned his head and saw Wu Siduo standing not far away, her cold eyes fixed on him.
"Let's battle again next time."
Huo Yuhao was slightly taken aback, then nodded.
"Alright."
Wu Siduo said no more and turned back to her seat.
Soon, it was time for class. Teacher Shen Yi pushed open the door and entered the classroom, her gaze landing on Huo Yuhao as she gave a slight nod.
"Recovered well."
Huo Yuhao hurriedly bowed in greeting.
"Thank you for your concern, Teacher."
Teacher Shen Yi waved her hand and walked onto the podium.
"Alright, everyone sit down."
Everyone quickly returned to their seats and quieted down.
Teacher Shen Yi's gaze swept across the room as she spoke slowly.
"Today, there is an important matter."
She paused.
"The rewards for the New Student Grand Competition, the Spirit Bones, can be collected today."
As the words fell, the classroom instantly erupted in excitement.
Spirit Bones!
Those were Spirit Bones!
And it was a full set!
A set for everyone! Although the age of the Spirit Bones would vary, having them at all was the best thing possible.
Teacher Shen Yi raised her hand, suppressing the noise of the crowd.
"Follow me."
She turned and walked out of the classroom, and everyone hurriedly followed.
The group crossed the corridor and took the elevator all the way down, eventually arriving before a massive metal door.
The door opened, and everyone filed inside.
It was a vast space, with rows of transparent cabinets embedded in the surrounding walls.
Inside the cabinets, Spirit Bones of various colors were neatly arranged—arm bones, leg bones, torso bones, skull bones... each one emitting a faint glow.
Teacher Shen Yi walked to the center, turned around, and looked at everyone.
"Spirit Bones are not a necessity for a Spirit Master."
She began slowly.
"Unlike Spirit Rings, which a Spirit Master must absorb to break through realms, Spirit Bones are optional."
Everyone listened quietly.
"Of course, Spirit Bones can enhance a Spirit Master's strength and provide an additional Spirit Ability; I presume you all know this."
Everyone nodded.
Teacher Shen Yi's gaze swept over them.
"In earlier times, the Spirit Abilities of Spirit Rings were limited by the ring's age. Even if the power of the Spirit Ability increased as your strength grew, its upper limit was always restricted by the age of the Spirit Ring itself."
She paused.
"But Spirit Bones are different."
"The Spirit Abilities of a Spirit Bone are not limited by its age. Even if you obtain a thousand-year Spirit Bone, its Spirit Ability will grow as your strength increases."
Hearing this, a look of surprise flashed in everyone's eyes.
There was such a thing?
Huo Yuhao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after hearing this. In the past, he would have been grateful just to have any Spirit Bone, but since this academy had hundred-thousand-year soul bones and everyone had a chance to obtain them, Huo Yuhao naturally set his sights on those.
However, after hearing Teacher Shen Yi's words, Huo Yuhao made up his mind to enhance his strength in advance, lest he miss out on more resources due to insufficient strength if there were more competitions later.
"Therefore, you don't need to worry about the issue of age."
Teacher Shen Yi continued.
"Even if it's a Spirit Bone of a lower age, it only means its initial power is weaker. As your strength increases, it will become stronger and stronger."
Everyone nodded one after another, their understanding of Spirit Bones deepening by another level.
Teacher Shen Yi raised her hand and pointed toward those cabinets.
"In addition, Spirit Abilities within Spirit Bones are divided into two types—fixed Spirit Abilities and non-fixed Spirit Abilities."
"A Fixed Spirit Ability means the ability is already set; what you get is what you get."
"Spirit Bones with non-fixed Spirit Abilities are the vast majority. Which one you choose depends entirely on yourselves."
She looked at everyone, the corners of her lips curling up slightly.
"If you trust your luck, you can try a Spirit Bone with a Non-fixed Spirit Ability."
Listening to her, a look of excitement flashed in everyone's eyes.
This was simply... too wonderful!
Teacher Shen Yi said no more, turning to walk deeper into the room.
"Follow me."
Everyone hurriedly followed.
Passing through rows of cabinets, they eventually arrived before an even more massive metal door.
The door opened, and everyone followed Teacher Shen Yi inside, only to be stunned.
This was a room even larger than the previous space.
In the room, dozens of transparent cabinets were neatly arranged, each containing a complete set of Spirit Bones.
And those Spirit Bones emitted a quite terrifying aura. Even just standing in front of them, the students could feel the horrific pressure released by the Spirit Bones. Was this what a hundred-thousand-year soul bone was like?
To think they were this terrifying; even after being turned into Spirit Bones, they still maintained such horrific pressure.
Inside Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness, the Skydream Ice Worm was directly stunned.
"This... this..."
The Skydream Ice Worm's voice was trembling.
"How is it possible... so many hundred-thousand-year soul bones?"
His eyes widened as he looked at those rows of cabinets.
"Does the Douluo Continent even have this many hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts?"
The Skydream Ice Worm had seen many hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts (all of which wanted to eat him), but clearly, there were even more hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts represented here.
One must know that the generation of Spirit Bones was quite rare; only hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts were guaranteed to produce one. To collect this many Spirit Bones, who knows how many Spirit Beasts had to be killed.
Not to mention these Spirit Bones were actually complete sets; it was truly against the heavens!
The Skydream Ice Worm couldn't help but shiver. If he were still alive, would he also have become one of the items in these display cases?
Wang Dong'er's pink-blue eyes were also filled with shock; she had never seen so many Spirit Bones.
Even though she was from the Clear Sky Sect, she hadn't seen many Spirit Bones, let alone so many hundred-thousand-year ones. If her Big Dad and Second Dad saw this, would they be dumbfounded?
Even though Ling Luochen was mentally prepared, seeing it in person still sent waves through her heart. The foundation of this Shrek Academy was far stronger than the foundation of her own Shrek Academy.
"Alright, then... let's start collecting rewards with the first-place winners."
Teacher Shen Yi smiled as her gaze fell upon Tang Wulin and Ling Luochen.
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Meanwhile, in the Dean's office.
[Ding!]
[Detected that the child of destiny Huo Yuhao's recognition of 'Shrek Academy is a Monster Academy' has increased!]
[Congratulations Host for obtaining rewards: 30 sets of hundred-thousand-year soul bones of any attribute!]
[Detected that key character Wang Dong'er's recognition of 'Shrek Academy is a Monster Academy' has increased!]
[Congratulations Host for obtaining rewards: 30 sets of ten-thousand-year Spirit Bones of any attribute!]
[Detected that key character Ling Luochen's recognition of 'Shrek Academy is a Monster Academy' has increased!]
[Congratulations Host for obtaining rewards: Full set of ten-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion Spirit Bones (Right arm Fixed Spirit Ability: Ice Explosion Technique)!]
[Detected that key character Xiao Xiao's recognition of 'Shrek Academy is a Monster Academy' has increased!]
[Congratulations Host for obtaining rewards: Full set of ten-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Spirit Bones!]
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A/N:
I hope all of you are enjoying this story so far. I would appreciate some Power Stones if you can spare any. Leave a review if you like the story. Thank you.