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Old Man Whitebeard just encountered something incredible, something he had never imagined was possible.
'My soul power got...devoured?' He was shaken by that thought but didn't dare conclude yet.
So he sent to move and more waves of his soul power to scan Arthurs martial spirit. But the same thing kept happening.
His soul power got devoured non-stop.
'What's happening?' He asked himself.
After a few seconds, he noticed something he previously missed.
"Arthur's soul...that's the reason!" He said in a loud voice before he noticed.
"What happened to Arthur's soul?" Helia asked.
"Nothing, I am just thinking of something," Old Man Whitebeard went silent after saying that.
'The martial spirit is connected to the soul. So the stronger the soul, the more powerful the martial spirit. Arthur's martial spirit is so powerful because of his soul,' He now understood.
"So what is the rank of Arthur's martial spirit, can you tell?" Helia asked again.
It is easy to tell the rank of a person's martial spirit because it is always accompanied by a phenomenon.
"I am as clueless as you are. We can only tell a martial spirit's grade by the appearance of the rings of light," Old Man Whitebeard replied while shaking his head.
Rings of light...
A martial spirit, when summoned by its owner is accompanied by rings of light. One ring represents Tier 1, and ten rings of light signify a Tier 10 martial spirit.
While the color of the rings will determine Their grade. White signifies the human grade, and red signifies the profound grade, with blue for earth grade, and violet for heaven grade.
There were no rings of light around Arthur's soul, so they could not tell what rank his soul was.
Just as they were still contemplating this anomaly, Arthur waves his hand and the room was suddenly filled with spirit crystals of mortal rank, and they were all peak-level human rank crystals.
"What is he doing?" Old Man Whitebeard was the one to ask the question this time.
"I don't know," Helia shook her head.
"But he always does things like things..." She muttered to herself.
But Old Man Whitebeard heard her, "What do you mean?"
"Arthur had always been doing a lot of things that no one would know why he was doing them. But they always turn out to be with a hidden goal, that will probably benefit him."
"I see, just like how his journey to the Eastern Continent let him break the seal in him, and begin his cultivation."
"Yes."
While they talked, they noticed that the black vortex above Arthur began to revolve slowly, and as it, then the spirit energy within the crystals got absorbed into it.
Slowly its revolving speed increased and it absorbed the spirit energy faster and faster. Soon it got to the point that it generated a suction force that wanted to draw in everything in the room.
Old Man Whitebeard stepped forward and release an overbearing aura that stopped the other things in the room from getting drawn into the black vortex.
But that wasn't the same for the spirit crystals as they got sucked into the black vortex, as if the vortex was no longer satisfied with just absorbing the spirit energy and directly swallowed the spirit crystals instead.
In an instant, all the spirit crystals were sucked in, and just as they were absorbed, the black vortex vibrated and three white rings appeared around it.
"This?!" Helia was mind blown.
"Did it just?!..." Old Man Whitebeard couldn't complete his sentence.
What they were witnessing had broken all the rules of cultivation and knowledge of martial spirits that they knew.
"It just increased its rank after absorbing the crystals?"
"Yes, it did."
"This is incredible. A martial spirit that can level up?"
"I wouldn't believe it even to my death without seeing it for myself!" Old Man Whitebeard exclaimed in awe.
As they spoke, another set of human-rank spirit crystals appeared, and just like the previous ones, they got absorbed instantly.
The black vortex trembled again, and three more white rings appeared around it. Making a total of six rings, making it Tier Six
Upper Mid-level Human Grade Martial Spirit!
Arthur kept bringing out more and more spirit crystals in large numbers and soon, the rings around his martial spirit increased to ten.
Peak Human Grade Martial Spirit!
Arthur had almost run out of mortal rank spirit crystals. He waved it again and this time, the room got filled with peak rank profound spirit crystals.
They also got absorbed quickly, and Arthur kept sending more and more of them into the black vortex.
Soon the ten white rings of lights began to fuse and as they did, their color began to change.
A few seconds later the white rings of light had fused completely, leaving only one red-colored ring around the martial spirit.
*vroom!*
The black vortex let out a vibrating sound as it suddenly increases its size to double what it was. Its revolving speed also became greater.
Helia watched with her mouth agape at the scene before her. She couldn't utter any word.
Old Man Whitebeard didn't know when, but he noticed he had lost a bit of his composure and pulled out a few hairs from his beard.
It was a good thing Helia was too shocked to notice, as he would have lost face otherwise in front of his juniors.
'Does it have a limit?' Old Man Whitebeard wondered to himself.
Meanwhile, Arthur kept bringing out more and more spirit crystals, and although it took longer, his martial spirit now has ten red-colored rings surrounding it.
Peak Profound Rank Martial Spirit!
The ten rings released a profound aura on the surroundings, as though it was telling the world of its rank. Its size had also multiplied and its refining speed greater.
At its current level, Arthur's martial spirit would be among the top one percent on the entire continent.
But he didn't stop there and brought out the Earth Rank Spirit Crystals that Suo Hao had given him.
'It can still rank up further?' Old Man Whitebeard held his long white beard tightly as he hoped for success.
As the crystals got absorbed, the ten red-colored rings began to fuse again.
A few hours later...
Arthur opened his eyes and let out a breath, "Huff..."
At this time, he had run out of spirit crystals, but it was all worth it.
'It was,' Arthur thought as he smiled.
Looking at the vortex above him that had now grown to cover the entire room. One would find that it was surrounded by six blue-colored rings.
Upper Mid-level Earth Rank Martial Spirit!
"Now, no one has a greater Martial Spirit than mine on the continent!" Arthur shouted in joy.
Meanwhile...
"My eyes...what the fuck did I just witness?" Helia asked no one as her gaze had become unfocused.
Old Man Whitebeard held a few strands of white hair in his hands and looked out the window, muttering.
"The heavens are unfathomable..."
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A/N: Arthur has gotten a higher realm cultivator shocked big time...once again
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