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Hearing his request, Tang Yuehua hurriedly replied, "Understood, Davis. You three focus on your recovery. I'll watch over Nana."
As she spoke, her face was etched with worry. The last thing she wanted was for anything to happen to Davis after such a grueling ordeal.
"Good. I'm counting on you!" With those words, Davis sat cross-legged and began circulating his Mysterious Heaven Skill, drawing in the surrounding spiritual essence to replenish his soul power.
Since attaining the rank of Titled Douluo, his Mysterious Heaven Skill had finally broken through to the ninth realm. His recovery speed was staggering; in just ten minutes, he had reclaimed nearly thirty percent of his soul power. At this rate, it wouldn't be long before he returned to his peak state.
An hour passed in the blink of an eye. Davis and the two sisters had successively restored their soul power, and Anna had safely passed the most dangerous phase of her absorption. All that remained for her was to fully refine the energy from the soul ring.
Two more hours drifted by before Anna slowly opened her eyes. The vast energy within the Evil Spirit Orca King's soul ring had been successfully refined, becoming a permanent part of her strength.
At this moment, Anna had become an eighty-third-rank Spirit Douluo. She was the youngest Spirit Douluo in history—even younger than Tang San had been at the same stage in the original legends.
Upon waking, Anna immediately beamed at Davis. "Brother Davis, I finally have a hundred-thousand-year soul ring! Both of my new skills are incredibly powerful and practical. Not only that, I obtained a hundred-thousand-year soul bone too! It gave me two more..."
Before she could finish her sentence, a pillar of golden light descended, enveloping her petite, lovely frame. Having completed the Sea God's Fourth Trial, her Sea God Affinities increased by ten percent, and she was granted an additional level of soul power as an extra reward.
In an instant, Anna's cultivation climbed to the eighty-fourth rank.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Following the light pillar that struck Anna, four more beams of light fell from the heavens, successively bathing Davis, Zhu Zhuyun, and the others in radiance.
"The Inheritor has completed the Fourth Trial. Reward: All soul ring ages increased by five thousand years!"
"Because you heavily wounded the Deep Sea Demon Whale King and exceeded the requirements of the trial with exceptional performance, you are granted an additional reward of one level of soul power."
As the Sea God's voice echoed in his mind, a gentle surge of energy poured into Davis's body. His soul rings shimmered as they absorbed the gift, each gaining five thousand years of age.
His third soul ring, which had originally been purple, underwent a total transformation, turning into a pitch-black ten-thousand-year ring. Even his first and second rings were now approaching the ten-thousand-year mark, their purple surfaces marbled with thick black streaks.
Simultaneously, the secondary surge of energy continued to flood his meridians. Davis's soul power rank began to climb at a visible rate.
He dared not waste a second. Sitting cross-legged once more, he began to refine this pure energy. Within half an hour, the process was complete. His soul power had officially reached the ninety-fifth rank!
Furthermore, he hadn't just barely scraped into the ninety-fifth rank; he was now infinitely close to its peak. Perhaps before long, he could break through to the ninety-sixth rank and become a true Super Douluo!
"Brother Davis, your... your soul power broke through again?" Anna's mouth hung open in disbelief.
She had initially thought that the Sea God only increased the age of his soul rings. Seeing that he had also been granted an extra level of soul power made her jump with envy.
"Haha, yes! This is an extra reward from the Sea God." Having broken through, Davis felt his strength swell. The breakthrough also meant another century added to his lifespan, naturally putting him in high spirits.
Glancing at the three women who were still sitting in meditation, Davis said thoughtfully, "It's not just me. I suspect Zhuyun, Zhuqing, and the others will receive extra rewards as well..."
Davis then recounted the harrowing tale of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's ambush—the desperate struggle and the final blow that drove the beast away. Anna listened with a racing heart, never imagining that so much had transpired while she was unconscious.
Her envy vanished instantly; she realized that the extra rewards were something they had truly earned with their lives.
"By the way, Nana, you mentioned earlier that you got some highly practical skills, right? Tell me about them—including your soul bone skills."
While Davis had a general idea of the skills produced by the Evil Spirit Orca King, he wondered if they might differ from those Tang San had received in the original story.
At this, Anna perked up and laughed. "Brother Davis, my first skill from the ring is called the Evil Grass Demon Mirror's Annihilation."
"Similar to Sister Zhuqing's left arm bone skill, it can crystalize an enemy's attack. However, mine is a hundred-thousand-year skill, so the effect is far superior. My second skill from the eighth ring is the Divine Grass Orca Demon's Stupefaction. It's a crowd-control skill that can force an enemy into a three-second stun."
"My soul bone skills are more straightforward: the Orca Evil Axe and the Orca Tooth-Crushing Chop. One is a powerful single-target strike, and the other is a wide-range area attack."
Davis nodded slowly. It seemed Anna's skills were identical to Tang San's in the original records.
Now, all that remained was to wait for the others to wake so they could return to Sea God Island. Davis was genuinely curious to see what extra boons the other three had received.
Another half-hour passed. Tang Yuehua, Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhuyun woke in succession. Tang Yuehua was the first; her soul power had reached the sixty-sixth rank, and all her soul rings had gained one thousand years.
Her reward was the simplest, likely because she had mainly focused on protecting Anna and mitigating the shockwaves. Since she hadn't engaged the Whale King directly, her reward was the most modest.
Zhu Zhuqing followed. Her soul power had reached rank seventy-eight, and all her rings gained three thousand years. Remarkably, she had been rewarded with two extra levels of soul power!
Zhu Zhuyun's cultivation reached rank eighty-seven. She gained one extra level of soul power, and all her rings were boosted by five thousand years.
Since the sisters had been at the forefront of the battle, their rewards were significantly better.
Learning of their progress, Davis was overjoyed. Now that he and the Zhu sisters had seen such a massive leap in strength, they might actually be able to slay the Deep Sea Demon Whale King if they encountered it again.
Once everyone was fully recovered, they climbed onto Xiao Bai's back and began the grand return journey to Sea God Island.
While en route, Anna triggered the Sea God's Fifth Trial: Challenge the Seven Sacred Pillars. They were required to challenge and defeat the seven Sacred Pillar Douluos of Sea God Island within thirty-six hours—exactly three days.
Davis wasn't the least bit worried about this challenge. With their current strength, challenging the Seven Sacred Pillars one by one was almost trivial.
In fact, if they were allowed to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Davis was confident he could repel all seven of them—including Sea Dragon Douluo—even if they attacked at once. With Tang Yuehua and Anna added to the mix, this trial was bound to be a complete landslide victory.
After all, even the Deep Sea Demon Whale King had been forced to flee before them. What hope did the Seven Sacred Pillars have?
(End of Chapter)