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This God-Bestowed Spirit Ring, gifted by the Sea God and boasting an age of 550,000 years, endowed Luo Nan's second spirit—the Dark Demon Dragon—with two incredibly powerful spirit abilities.
One was the "Dark True Dragon Break," a single-target offensive skill with ultimate destructive power that he had already demonstrated previously.
The other was an extremely rare life-saving divine skill—one that touched upon the very essence of the laws of space!
"Dark Demon Dragon, Fourth Spirit Ability: Teleportation!"
*Hum—!*
There were no violent energy fluctuations, nor any flashy visual effects.
At the very instant the Demon Whale Shockwave was about to graze the hem of Luo Nan's clothes, the space around him suddenly twisted in a bizarre fashion.
Immediately afterward, Luo Nan—along with his massive aura—vanished into thin air!
*Rumble—!!!*
Having lost its target, the Demon Whale Shockwave—carrying a terrifying, unstoppable momentum—slammed violently into the empty space where Luo Nan had been standing.
The raging energy instantly tore through the sky, completely vaporizing the thick, dark clouds and blasting a massive hole through the atmosphere, opening a direct path to the vastness of outer space.
Yet, this world-shattering blow had struck nothing but empty air.
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King's single eye, burning with blood-red flames, froze in an instant. It stared blankly at the massive spatial black hole in the sky—the very one it had blasted open—its mind momentarily going blank.
It never imagined that, even under the absolute lock-on of its Demonic Whale Domain, that damned human could ignore the spatial blockade and simply teleport away!
"Missed... I missed?"
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King's mental fluctuations were filled with undisguised astonishment and despair.
It had burned through nearly all its life force, intending to drag that human down to the grave with it.
Yet, this desperate, all-out combo—capable of obliterating most Spirit Masters short of a god—hadn't even harmed a single hair on its opponent's head; it had completely missed its mark!
Just as the Deep Sea Demon Whale King plunged into the depths of despair, the air rippled once more in the void a few hundred meters away.
Luo Nan's figure stepped leisurely out of the void, as if taking a casual stroll.
"Deep Sea Demon Whale King, your life is flickering like a candle in the wind!"
"Dark Demon Dragon—Fourth Spirit Ability: Dark True Dragon Blast!!!"
With the execution of this move, the overlord of the seas—the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, which had rampaged across the ocean for countless years—met its end!
"I'll gladly accept your spirit bone."
At that moment, the red seven-pointed star mark on Luo Nan's forehead suddenly erupted with an unprecedented, brilliant radiance.
"Top-tier Seven Trials, Sixth Trial: The Fall of the Deep Sea Overlord—Complete!"
"Trial Reward: Flawless absorption of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's million-year spirit ring; converted into the fifth spirit ring for your second martial soul!"
"The Deep Sea Demon Whale King's torso bone automatically decomposes and fuses; your existing 300,000-year spirit bone armor undergoes a comprehensive evolution, upgrading to the 450,000-year level!"
Hearing this majestic announcement, even someone as composed as Luo Nan...
...couldn't help but gasp, his eyes flashing with undisguised ecstasy and shock.
After all, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King was a super-beast that was merely a single step away from becoming a god after a million years of cultivation.
Just imagine the terrifying energy contained within the spirit ring it produced! Given the current limits of Luo Nan's physical constitution, the absolute maximum he could withstand was a spirit ring of just over five hundred thousand years.
If he were to forcibly absorb this spirit ring—which approached the million-year mark—on his own, the likely outcome would be his body exploding from the strain, even with his twin martial souls and top-tier spirit bones.
But now, the reward from the divine trial had completely eliminated this fatal risk!
The phrase "absorption without damage" meant that the power of the Sea God would personally intervene.
It would perfectly integrate this incomparably violent million-year spirit ring into his body, leaving behind no hidden dangers whatsoever!
"Hum—!"
Before Luo Nan could fully gather his wits, an extraordinarily peculiar spirit ring suddenly rose from the deep waters below.
It was a spirit ring that glowed with a deep, reddish-gold hue throughout.
Guided by the power of the Sea God, this deep reddish-gold ring instantly traversed the distance, settling directly onto the phantom of the Dark Demon Dragon looming behind Luo Nan.
There was no tearing agony, nor any peril of rampaging energy.
Luo Nan felt only a surge of energy—gentle yet vast as a sea of stars—rushing wildly through his limbs and bones, converging into his dantian like a hundred rivers flowing into the ocean.
At the same time, a massive torso bone, radiating an intense purple-blue light, burst forth from the sinking corpse of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.
Yet, under the radiance of the Sea God's light, this million-year-level torso bone instantly disintegrated into countless crystalline specks of light.
Like a magnificent meteor shower, they all merged into the already majestic suit of spirit bone armor covering Luo Nan's body.
"Crack... crack..."
Accompanied by the crisp sounds of bones rearranging, the spirit bone armor on Luo Nan's body began to undergo a monumental transformation. Across the surface of the originally deep, pitch-black armor, ghostly blue magical runes emerged, resembling the surging waves of the deep ocean.
Sharp barbs sprouted from the armor's joints, flickering with a chilling, dark-purple lightning.
The armor—originally a 300,000-year-level spirit bone construct—had leaped across a massive chasm, skyrocketing to a terrifying 450,000-year level!
This suit of armor now possessed not only ultimate physical and energy defenses but also inherited the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's immense resistance to water and lightning elements.
Luo Nan even felt an illusion that, while wearing this armor, he could withstand a full-force blow from a demigod-level powerhouse and remain completely unscathed.
After a long while, the radiance gradually subsided. Luo Nan slowly opened his eyes, unable to suppress the smile spreading across his face.
It was stretching all the way to his ears!
"The reward for this Sixth Trial is truly incredibly generous."
However, just as Luo Nan calmed his excitement and prepared for the arrival of the final trial, he was stunned.
The sea wind howled, and the waves churned. One minute passed, then ten...
The seven-pointed star mark on Luo Nan's forehead faded completely, returning to a state of calm. That majestic voice never sounded again.
"What is going on?"
"Something doesn't seem right..."
Luo Nan furrowed his brows slightly, a look of surprise and confusion flashing in his eyes.
Under normal circumstances, the Top-Tier Seven Trials were a sequence of interconnected challenges.
Since the Sixth Trial had been successfully completed, the details of the Seventh Trial should have been issued immediately.
Why was there absolutely no reaction now?
Could it be that the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's energy was so vast that it caused a lag in the Divine Trial system?
Or did triggering the Seventh Trial require some special condition?
Luo Nan waited in mid-air for another hour; after confirming that the Divine Trial mark showed no reaction whatsoever, he could only shake his head helplessly.
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