At this moment, the Bloodthirsty Crazy Shark was helpless, with Su Wen fully perceiving the flow of energy within him. He roared angrily, but it was to no avail. As time passed and with his struggles, the flow of Power of Devour was recorded by Su Wen's World in a Book, and Su Wen finally killed him.
On the surface of the sea, two figures fell from mid-air. One was the corpse of Bloodthirsty Crazy Shark, and the other was Su Wen. Xiao Bai caught Su Wen steadily and, standing before the corpse of Bloodthirsty Crazy Shark, his eyes were filled with shock.
He really did kill him.
At this moment, Sea Dragon Douluo was also extremely shocked. He had directly experienced how terrifying Bloodthirsty Crazy Shark was; it was capable of overpowering both him and Fighting Heaven Douluo.
Yet, after being dragged away by Su Wen, he was actually killed in a one-on-one battle, and in such a short time and Su Wen didn't appear injured.
This was beyond Sea Dragon Douluo's expectations.
Fighting Heaven Douluo, on the other hand, was not surprised. He had previously witnessed Su Wen single-handedly killing a Limit Douluo.
"Torso Bone."
Su Wen stepped forward and extracted the Spirit Bone from Bloodthirsty Crazy Shark's corpse. Since he had not yet absorbed any Spirit Bone other than an External Spirit Bone, this Spirit Bone from Bloodthirsty Crazy Shark could be considered random, or more likely, inclined towards the ability that Bloodthirsty Crazy Shark was best at.
Torso Bone, Power of Devour.
Su Wen had already sensed from this torso bone the same devouring Conceptual Design as Bloodthirsty Crazy Shark's.
To be honest, from the start of his training until now, even though his Soul Power has reached level 66, Su Wen has not yet refined a single one of the six Spirit Bones, which is unexpected.
It's not that a Spirit Master must absorb Spirit Bones upon reaching Spirit Emperor, but with Su Wen's conditions, it's quite astonishing that he hasn't absorbed any Spirit Bones at the Spirit Emperor level.
Even high-quality Spirit Bones, he had several, and could even complete a full set.
Yet, he hasn't absorbed any.
However, it seems that the situation is about to change. Su Wen looked at the one-hundred-thousand-year-old Bloodthirsty Crazy Shark's torso bone in his hand, contemplating whether it was worth absorbing.
The torso bone is the most central part, and logically, a one-hundred-thousand-year-old Bloodthirsty Crazy Shark might be somewhat outdated.
However, Spirit Bones are more about compatibility. Su Wen needs to consider this carefully and prepare for the Spirit Bone Armor he will integrate into his setup.
Power of Devour isn't very compatible with Su Wen's Martial Spirit, but this battle, especially the research conducted in the Life and Death Arena, has given Su Wen a new perspective on Power of Devour, and also led him to differentiate between Spirit Bones and Spirit Rings.
"Devouring is also a form of digestion."
To cultivate Power of Vitality, Su Wen must digest external energy and integrate it into himself, thereby condensing the Power of Vitality. This principle overlaps significantly with the concept of devouring.
Moreover, according to his current theory, at least in the way he plans to awaken his True Martial Spirit, it leans heavily towards Spirit Beast cultivation.
The theory he proposed and the method he plans to try involve treating himself as a Spirit Beast, practicing with his primary self as a Spirit Beast, and then transforming it into a Martial Spirit through his human identity, thereby successfully awakening his True Martial Spirit.
Spirit Beast cultivation involves the accumulation of age and experience, which requires time. On the other hand, the rapid cultivation methods of devouring-type beasts like Dark Devilgod Tiger and Bloodthirsty Crazy Shark are more suited to Su Wen.
The Dark Devilgod Tiger devours Spirit Beasts for cultivation, while the Bloodthirsty Crazy Shark can devour external energy to accelerate its cultivation. There are indeed differences between them.
In this Life and Death Arena, Su Wen has studied the Power of Devour from Bloodthirsty Crazy Shark more thoroughly and has naturally developed an interest in the torso bone it left behind. Perhaps this torso bone will become the core of his future cultivation of the True Martial Spirit.
"Spirit Rings are added to the Martial Spirit, while Spirit Bones are added to the physical body."
Therefore, when selecting Spirit Rings, it is to consider the development of the Martial Spirit, whereas choosing Spirit Bones is naturally for the cultivation of the physical body.
At the same time, from this perspective, Su Wen believes that the cultivation of Spiritual Power might also have a similar existence to Spirit Rings and Spirit Bones.
Su Wen did not rush to conclusions. He first stored the torso bone in his storage spirit tool and also put away the corpse of Bloodthirsty Crazy Shark before returning to Xiao Bai's back.
"Xiao Bai, take a different route back to Sea God Island. As usual, we should stop at any small islands with Sea Spirit Masters along the way."
"Yes, Master Wen!" Xiao Bai replied.
Sitting on Xiao Bai's back, Su Wen studied the Spirit Skill of the torso bone left by Bloodthirsty Crazy Shark, still weighing whether this Spirit Bone would be suitable as the core of his Spirit Bone Armor.
"Let's wait and see."
Bloodthirsty Crazy Shark's ability is devouring, and in the sea, there is another Sea Spirit Beast with an incredibly powerful devouring ability: the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King definitely has devouring abilities, but they should not be its primary power.
"Ah, the age is still too low."
In the end, Su Wen reluctantly decided to give up. Even though he had embarked on the path of fierce beasts, Bloodthirsty Crazy Shark was only one-hundred-thousand-year-old. This Spirit Bone, while a treasure to other Spirit Masters, did not hold much advantage for Su Wen. In his weighing of pros and cons, this was one of the cons.
After all, it is a torso bone.
Since there was no rush, Su Wen planned to first use Avatar and Conceptual Design to replicate the ability of this Spirit Bone, assisting himself in cultivating the Power of Vitality.
A month later, with the help of three Demon Soul Great White Sharks, the three returned to Sea God Island.
Fighting Heaven Douluo's first trial was successfully completed. However, since Su Wen was the one who killed the opponent, the reward for the trial was only an increase of five hundred years for all Spirit Rings.
Su Wen had a memory lapse. After arriving at Sea God Island and learning more, he discovered that the Black-level Trial did not offer rewards for Spirit Ring age increases. All the guardians of the Black-level Trial were Black-level Trials themselves, and there were no extraordinary rewards beyond the best Spirit Ring combinations.
However, Fighting Heaven Douluo is different. As the Guardian of the War God, when coming to Sea God for the trial, the reward for increasing the Spirit Ring age is less valuable compared to other rewards.
For example, increasing Soul Power by a level is less beneficial for Sea God than helping Fighting Heaven Douluo increase nine Spirit Rings by five hundred years each.
Those who are capable must work harder. Fighting Heaven Douluo's task of dealing with Bloodthirsty Crazy Shark justifies such a reward.
"Second Trial of the God-level Nine Trials: Awaken the second Martial Spirit—True Martial Spirit, reward: divine power tempering."
Awakening the True Martial Spirit is no longer a problem, but the issue is that Su Wen wants to achieve the best quality for his True Martial Spirit at the same time.
But does he need to spend so much time on this second trial?
Su Wen felt a sense of urgency. Sea God took over a thousand years to become a god, even with the guidance of the God-level Nine Trials.
Even with his confidence, Su Wen could not guarantee that he could become a god within ten years.
And within ten years, at least two gods would likely emerge.
This is Su Wen's pressure and his motivation. He cannot afford to waste time on the second trial.
Similarly, Sea God should also be aware that he cannot waste time.
"So, what exactly is the effect of divine power tempering?"
If it has the anticipated effect, Su Wen believes that awakening the True Martial Spirit now would not be a loss.
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