74: Left-hand sword, a ghostly blue sword light

Earlier, while absorbing Soul Power in the Spirit Ascension Platform, Shen Guyan discovered that after a Spirit Master reaches two rings, it is very difficult, or even impossible, for their spirit soul to evolve to the thousand-year level.

This is because the absorption of Soul Power is shared between two spirit rings. Even if the spirit soul evolves to the thousand-year level, a Spirit Master of this age cannot withstand possessing two thousand-year spirit rings simultaneously. Not to mention that most people's Mental Energy has not yet reached the level required to accommodate a thousand-year spirit soul; this is perhaps the biggest reason why it is so difficult for Spirit Masters to evolve in the Spirit Ascension Platform.

Shen Guyan, however, was an exception. His current Mental Energy was just enough to accommodate a spirit soul of over two thousand years. As for his physical fitness, having cultivated the Great Primordial Art, his physique was not in the least inferior to most two-ring attack system Spirit Masters.

Therefore, rather than waiting until he reached the two-ring level to upgrade his spirit soul to the thousand-year level, it was better to upgrade his Emerald Demon Bird Spirit to the thousand-year level while he was still a one-ring Spirit Master.

Just as Shen Guyan was pondering this, Leng Yaozhu's urgent voice suddenly rang out, sounding somewhat distorted.

"Are you sure that the Primary Ascension Spirit Platform guardian you just killed in East Sea City was a hundred-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear?"

"Yes, what about it?" Shen Guyan replied truthfully, suppressing his laughter.

"Theoretically, it should be impossible for any Spirit Master below the fourth rank to kill a hundred-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear. How did you do it?" Leng Yaozhu's mouth twitched; this result seemed a bit too Xuanhuan.

"I saw someone lure a wave of Flame Demon Lions, and then the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear started fighting them." Shen Guyan only picked out the non-essential points to mention.

"Don't try to fool me. Flame Demon Lions are scared like dogs when they see a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear..." Leng Yaozhu clearly didn't believe Shen Guyan's nonsense; this kid must have been the one pulling the strings.

But the problem was, other than the Spirit Beasts in the Spirit Ascension Platform killing each other, she couldn't find any other explanation. If it got out that a hundred-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear was killed by a one-ring kid, it would likely make people laugh their heads off.

"Its death at your hands was an accident. Because these Spirit Ascension Platform guardians need to be stronger, the energy Origin used to create them is not just the simple Soul Power of the original Spirit Beast; Spirit Bones were used."

"In a sense, killing such a Spirit Ascension Platform guardian does not result in Soul Power rewards, but it does reward a Spirit Bone. However, you cannot take this thing out of the Spirit Ascension Platform." Leng Yaozhu felt a headache coming on. She knew very well that this kid was as cunning as a fox, and she could only hope that he hadn't absorbed that Spirit Bone.

"Oh, then you're too late," Shen Guyan said with a forced smile. "I've already absorbed it."

"You..." Leng Yaozhu almost fainted from anger. In the tens of thousands of years of Douluo Continent, Spirit Beasts like the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear were extremely rare. It had taken the Spirit Pagoda thousands of years of hunting to barely harvest a few palm bones.

The value of a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's palm bone, even if it was a left palm bone, could not be measured by money.

The strongest part of a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear is actually its right claw, but this specific Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear was created with its left claw Spirit Bone as the core. Its left claw should actually be considered an external Spirit Bone, rather than one of the six standard Spirit Bones.

Under normal circumstances, there are six Spirit Bones: the skull, the spine (also called the torso Spirit Bone), and the four limbs.

However, there are some unique or mutated Spirit Bones that do not fall into this category, and these are called external Spirit Bones. external Spirit Bones are even more precious than normal Spirit Bones.

"I'm sorry, Sister Leng. As soon as I picked it up, I tried to absorb it," Shen Guyan said, feigning shyness and apology.

"Get lost, I don't want to talk to you!" Leng Yaozhu was furious. She grabbed her soul tool communicator and ordered the other end, "Pass the order down: equip the Primary Ascension Spirit Platform guardian at the East Sea City Spirit Pagoda with another right palm bone!"

"Wow, Sister Leng is so nice!" Shen Guyan exclaimed excitedly. However, before he could prepare for the next treasure hunt, Leng Yaozhu poured a bucket of cold water on him.

"From today on, strictly verify the real identities of everyone entering the Spirit Ascension Platform. The East Sea Spirit Pagoda will no longer be open to anyone who entered the Primary Ascension Spirit Platform this time!"

Well, that screwed over everyone else who entered this time too. From now on, they wouldn't be able to come to the East Sea Spirit Pagoda to train in the Spirit Ascension Platform either.

Shen Guyan shrugged helplessly. If he couldn't come to the East Sea Spirit Pagoda, surely other Spirit Pagoda branches couldn't restrict him, right?

Shen Guyan had no choice but to start absorbing the Spirit Bone. Just like absorbing a normal spirit ring, he only needed to use his Soul Power to guide it.

The Soul Power converted by the Great Primordial Art emitted a faint cyan light, merging into the Spirit Bone, which gradually began to radiate a pitch-black light. Cyan dots of light gradually emerged and merged with the black.

The Dark Gold Dreadclaw left palm bone slowly floated up from Shen Guyan's hand, trailing strands of white light behind it. Its originally deep color gradually became transparent. It looked like a piece of dark gold crystal, and as the white light was injected, this crystal gradually became soft, twisting slightly, with a somewhat paste-like texture.

The dark gold paste-like substance suddenly trembled slightly, as if it wanted to struggle, giving the feeling that it was unwilling to be fused.

Just at this moment, the azure dragon mask revealed a layer of faint cyan light. Fine, dense cyan patterns spread downward from the edges where the mask was attached. They clearly looked illusory, yet they swarmed up and wrapped around the dark gold paste-like substance.

Immediately, the trembling stopped. With a "whoosh," that mass of dark gold, as if merging into the sea, was suddenly pulled into Shen Guyan's left palm.

Instantly, a layer of dark gold appeared on the originally pale blue sword body. The dark gold flowed and twisted, constantly showing changes in light and shadow, not knowing if it was merging or struggling.

The aura on Shen Guyan's body also flickered in and out, and the gentle energy fluctuations changed constantly before finally returning to calm.

The sword body returned to its pale blue color, and the dark gold from when he had fused the Dark Gold Dreadclaw left palm bone disappeared completely, as if it had never existed. At least, as far as Shen Guyan could tell, his left hand had not changed much; it had not become stronger, nor had it mutated.

Was that it?

Shen Guyan slowly opened his eyes, feeling somewhat confused.

When fusing the Dark Gold Dreadclaw left palm bone, the energy of the Dark Gold Dreadclaw left palm bone had merged into his left hand. At first, he could still feel the wild, domineering aura within this energy, but soon, as the azure dragon mask exhibited an anomaly, this violent aura became gentle, and then it was tamed and merged into it.

Shen Guyan had originally thought that fusing a Spirit Bone from such a powerful Spirit Beast would definitely cause the kind of pain experienced during Body Tempering Breakthroughs. Who would have known that the entire Fusion process would seem so effortless, as if nothing had ever happened.

Shen Guyan scanned the Blue Silver Grass that was everywhere on the ground, gripped his sword in his left hand, and swung it fiercely.

The next moment, a streak of deep blue light flashed past.

The deep blue light flashed, making not a sound, as if a hot knife were slicing through butter, passing silently. A trace of Soul Power instantly surged around Shen Guyan, and only then did the Blue Silver Grass quietly break into two sections.

Shen Guyan was also stunned. The three-foot-long deep blue sword radiance light, with its terrifying attack power, was no less inferior to his Two Poles Sword Dao Profound Truth.

Although his Martial Skill was strong, attack range had always been his biggest problem. He could only produce results by hitting the opponent with a physical close-range strike. But after fusing this Dark Gold Dreadclaw left palm bone, the attack range of his left-hand sword had increased, and its attack power had undergone a qualitative change.

Although it was deep blue sword radiance, upon careful observation, he discovered that there were faint dragon scale patterns on the edges of the sword blade. In other words, after he had absorbed the Dark Gold Dreadclaw left palm bone, the attack range of his left and right hands holding the sword seemed to be somewhat different.

What made Shen Guyan even more delighted was that, based on the feeling after using it just now, he discovered that this long-range attack distance should be directly related to his Soul Power.

Subsequently, he injected all his remaining Soul Power directly, and the deep blue sword radiance actually extended to one zhang.

This meant that as his cultivation level increased, the power of this sword radiance would continue to rise. Perhaps one day, he would be able to truly reach the attack range of a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear?