Oscar had been training his physical body since the age of six. Later, he took whale glue, completed the Ice and Fire Body Tempering, and now he possessed two external spirit bones. With Oscar's current physical strength, he was fully capable of absorbing a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring.
The only flaw was that his spiritual power was still at the Spirit Douluo level. Unless a spirit beast willingly sacrificed itself to him, he would not be able to forcibly absorb a hundred-thousand-year ring, otherwise he would suffer backlash.
At the moment, Oscar was not capable of making a hundred-thousand-year spirit beast willingly sacrifice itself for him. As a compromise, the Sky Blue Bull Python picked an aged Taishan Mammoth for him.
This Taishan Mammoth had already cultivated for ninety thousand years. Its age was sufficient, and since it was offering itself in sacrifice, there would be no need to worry about the risk of soul backlash.
Moreover, Oscar currently had no defensive-type spirit skills. The skill he would receive from the Taishan Mammoth was very likely to be a defensive ability, which meant this choice would not be a waste of a skill slot.
However, this was just Oscar's backup plan. He had an even bolder idea for his sixth spirit ring. If it worked, he would not only be able to condense his first spirit core, but his sixth ring could even reach the hundred-thousand-year level.
Oscar looked at Gai Yue. "Teacher, the plan I mentioned before,I think we should try it. Even if it fails, I will not lose anything."
Gai Yue nodded. "Good. I also want to see if a genius like you can achieve what ordinary people would not even dare to imagine."
Gai Yue swiped his soul tool. A flash of light appeared and a fist-sized cube of ice appeared in his hand.
The moment the ice appeared, the surrounding temperature plummeted. That small chunk of ice radiated an extremely pure coldness. Even a Soul Sage would hesitate to get close.
But Gai Yue and Oscar were not afraid. Gai Yue himself was an ice attribute soul master, and this thing was created by him. Oscar, on the other hand, had mastered the ice attribute and had strong resistance to cold. Combined with his immunity to ice and fire, he naturally felt no fear.
Inside that ultimate ice was a gray-black bead,the Evil God Pearl left behind when Oscar killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger for his fifth spirit ring.
Oscar planned to absorb this Evil God Pearl and refine its power into his sixth spirit ring. If all went well, he would use the pearl as the prototype for his first spirit core and condense it around this foundation.
After all, in the original story, Ma Hongjun had absorbed the inner core left by the Ten-Headed Sun Serpent to form his spirit ring. Oscar wanted to try whether this pearl could work the same way.
In essence, absorbing this pearl as his sixth ring was no different from a god-bestowed spirit ring.
As long as his body could endure it, this would become his very first hundred-thousand-year ring, and perhaps even help him form his first spirit core.
Even if it failed, he still had the Taishan Mammoth option as a fallback, so there was no real loss.
With Gai Yue, a level ninety-five Super Douluo, standing guard, there would be maximum protection for Oscar's safety.
Without further words, Gai Yue's nine spirit rings,two yellow, two purple, four black, one red,flashed and disappeared. An aura of endless cold spread out, and a long ice-blue sword appeared in Gai Yue's hand,his martial spirit, the Frost Moon Sword.
His black fifth and seventh spirit rings lit up. Gai Yue directly used two ten-thousand-year spirit skills. Under the effect of Martial Spirit True Body, he exuded a terrifyingly sharp aura.
"Seventh Spirit Skill: Martial Spirit True Body!"
"Fifth Spirit Skill: Ice-Sealing Sword Dance!"
Gai Yue swung his sword six times. After the first slash, the ground beneath him and Oscar turned into ice. After the sixth slash, the two of them were enclosed in a cube of frozen space.
The aura of ultimate ice was enough to freeze everything. Even Oscar felt a terrifying chill rising within him.
He immediately ate a Super Recovery Sausage, then took several pills to stabilize blood and boost mental focus. He sat cross-legged and began to adjust his breathing.
After a short time, he was ready. Oscar released his martial spirit. An orange sausage appeared in his hand, his long hair fluttered, and his soul power began to surge.
His five spirit rings,two yellow, one purple, two black,appeared around him and pulsed with power. With each pulse, Oscar's aura grew stronger.
There was no need for more words between teacher and student. They had already gone over every detail beforehand.
Seeing Oscar reach his peak state, Gai Yue brought out the ice-sealed Evil God Pearl. The block of ice slowly melted away, revealing the gray-black pearl inside.
Unexpectedly, the pearl did not try to escape after the ice was gone.
Still, Gai Yue did not cancel the ice prison,better to be safe in case the pearl did try to flee.
Seeing that the pearl remained calm, Oscar was delighted. He gathered it in front of him and began refining it with soul power.
The process went far more smoothly than he expected. The pearl stayed suspended, allowing him to absorb its power.
Even though he was surprised, Oscar did not let his guard down. He absorbed the pearl's power slowly at first, then gradually tried to form a spirit ring.
Oscar had observed Xiao Wu condensing her third and fourth spirit rings up close, so he had some experience. He directly began shaping the absorbed power into a ring.
When a sixth white spirit ring appeared around him, the pearl still did not resist.
Oscar was suspicious but continued. The result was good, so he carefully absorbed and refined the pearl's energy while staying alert.
Within fifteen minutes, the sixth spirit ring turned from white to yellow, then to purple, skipping the century stage entirely because Oscar's body was already comparable to a Title Douluo.
Only twenty minutes had passed since he began, and that was with Oscar being cautious.
Once sure there was no threat, he sped up his absorption.
Light purple, purple, deep purple…
Gai Yue watched nervously. Even he was astonished,he had never before seen someone gain a spirit ring without killing a beast.
Another fifteen minutes passed. The ring had turned black,the sign of a ten-thousand-year ring.
This method had a clear advantage: there was no soul shock from a spirit beast. Given Oscar's body, as long as there were no accidents, he could absolutely reach a hundred-thousand-year sixth ring.
As time went on, the black sixth ring became darker, its energy growing ever more terrifying.
Twenty thousand years… thirty thousand… fifty thousand… eighty thousand…
This stage was much slower, taking a full two hours before the ring became nearly crimson-black, with a faint red glow.
During this process, Oscar's body and meridians were washed clean again, improving his physique even further.
The ring finally stabilized at ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine years,just one step away from the hundred-thousand-year threshold.
But Oscar wanted more than just a hundred-thousand-year ring. He wanted to condense his first spirit core.
He had studied the process thoroughly thanks to Dugu Bo and Gai Yue's guidance. Though this was his first attempt, he was well-prepared.
A soul power vortex formed in his dantian, drawing the Evil God Pearl toward him. This time, however, the pearl resisted.
The pearl pushed back against his pull. Clearly, using it to form a spirit core would not be so easy.
The stronger Oscar's pull, the more violently the pearl resisted.
Gai Yue frowned in concern. Everything had been smooth so far, but now trouble appeared.
He did not intervene because Oscar's state seemed stable and his sixth ring did not collapse.
Oscar focused and tried again to draw the pearl into his dantian, but it refused.
Time passed, and Oscar lost patience. He increased his pull. After struggling for a long while, the pearl seemed to give up and slowly drifted toward him.
Oscar smiled. Since it was a dead object, how could it resist him forever?
Gai Yue relaxed as well.
But just as the pearl was about to be absorbed, it suddenly flared with power, broke free of the vortex, and shot into Oscar's left hand.
Oscar was stunned. The pearl had waited until the last moment to pull a trick like this.
Gai Yue was equally stunned as he saw it vanish into the back of Oscar's hand.
How could it just disappear into flesh and bone? He could not figure it out, but since Oscar did not seem harmed, he stayed silent.
Oscar felt strange too. The pearl had not disappeared,it had branded itself onto his external spirit bone, not on his skin.
More surprisingly, his sixth ring did not collapse but continued absorbing steadily, almost reaching the hundred-thousand-year level.
Suddenly, his left hand erupted with terrifying soul power. The spirit bone seemed to rebel, as if trying to leave his body.
A searing pain stabbed through his palm.
No matter how much soul power he used, he could not stop the separation.
He gritted his teeth against the agony. His sixth ring trembled violently, almost collapsing.
Gai Yue's heart leapt to his throat, but he held back from interfering.
After all, if the pearl was inside Oscar now, freezing it again would mean freezing Oscar himself.
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