Gu Rong didn't dwell on why Stone Monkey · Sun Qi could sense the Spirit Beast's situation before him.
He followed the direction Stone Monkey · Sun Qi pointed, and soon found the Spirit Beast Sun Qi mentioned, the one that could cut through space.
It was a gigantic mantis, three meters long, with a streamlined body that looked incredibly agile. Its two scythe-like forelimbs emanated a silvery-white cold light.
On the mantis's torso, many scales were faintly visible, and its arms were exceptionally thick.
"Emerald Sky-Rending Mantis!"
Gu Rong was overjoyed.
"No, it's different. The scales on his body must be a mutation; those scales look a bit like… dragon scales!"
Stone Monkey · Sun Qi stared intently at this mutated Emerald Sky-Rending Mantis.
Good things come to those who wait.
The arm armor part of the Armor Body, wasn't it right here?
He looked at the Armor Body, and the Armor Body nodded, then directly said to Gu Rong: "Teacher, I want this Emerald Sky-Rending Mantis!"
Gu Rong's expression changed slightly.
He looked at armor · Sun Qi, then at Stone Monkey · Sun Qi.
He had been preparing to hunt this Emerald Sky-Rending Mantis for Stone Monkey · Sun Qi.
"Xiao Shi, you…"
"Senior, I already have a space-type Spirit Ability."
"But Sun Qi's Spirit is defense-type. This Emerald Sky-Rending Mantisis more suitable for you. You've already proven your space-type talent and can better inherit this Emerald Sky-Rending Mantis's attributes."
Stone Monkey · Sun Qi shook his head.
armor · Sun Qi said: "Teacher, I feel I can still develop some combat methods. After all, defense-type Spirit Masters also need a certain level of combat ability. I feel this Emerald Sky-Rending Mantis is very suitable for me; it will be a great enhancement for my arm armor. If I can inherit its characteristics on my arm armor, I won't worry about combat ability."
Gu Rong pondered for a moment and then agreed with his disciple's reasoning.
He was also a defense-type Spirit Master, but he did have a few strong attack-type Spirit Abilities.
armor and mantis might not sound compatible at first, but armor · Sun Qi's explanation was brilliant: the arm armor part and the mantis's forelimbs were a perfect match. Perhaps he could truly inherit the abilities of this Emerald Sky-Rending Mantis directly.
Once he understood, Gu Rong didn't hesitate. He stepped forward and directly activated his Spirit Avatar.
He transformed into a Bone Dragon and charged towards the Emerald Sky-Rending Mantis.
Sensing Gu Rong, the Emerald Sky-Rending Mantis wanted to escape.
The clearly unequal spirit power fluctuations made it feel an intrinsic sense of crisis the moment it saw Gu Rong.
However, the pure dragon's might and terrifying spatial pressure rendered it completely immobile.
Indeed, it could only watch as Gu Rong, in his Bone Dragon form, charged over. It couldn't move at all. The space around its body seemed to solidify, and gravity instantly became immense, firmly pinning it to the ground.
It couldn't even swing its proud scythes.
Boom!
Gu Rong, like a large truck, directly sent the weak mantis flying.
The Emerald Sky-Rending Mantis felt its body was about to split apart.
Bang! Bang!
The next moment, Gu Rong appeared before it again, grabbing it and repeatedly slamming it onto the ground.
After five consecutive slams, the Emerald Sky-Rending Mantis had lost consciousness.
armor · Sun Qi rushed over to finish it off.
This time, the Emerald Sky-Rending Mantis died very quickly, but it was neither peaceful nor did it have time to feel resentment. An external Spirit Bone was likely out of the question. A spirit ring as black as ink gradually emerged from above the body of this tragic mantis.
armor · Sun Qi sat cross-legged.
Once the black spirit ring solidified, he guided it towards himself, letting it settle on his body.
"This Emerald Sky-Rending Mantis has 15,000 years of cultivation. Little Sun will have to help later," Gu Rong came to Stone Monkey · Sun Qi and reminded him to observe armor · Sun Qi's state.
Stone Monkey · Sun Qi was naturally attentive; he had already summoned Little Sun.
As expected, 15,000 years exceeded armor · Sun Qi's endurance limit, but not by too much, so it wouldn't instantly overwhelm him.
After the initial shock, confirming that he was enjoying the spirit ring's spirit power transformation, Little Sun merged into his body.
Little Sun did not directly help him bear all the spirit power impact. This time, he was only responsible for helping armor · Sun Qi bear the excess 2,000 years of spirit power.
Gu Rong thought armor · Sun Qi needed to focus wholeheartedly on the soul tremor to overcome this crisis, but in reality, Sun Qi knew it was nothing.
Seven main bodies, seven consciousnesses, interconnected. Soul tremor was not difficult for him to bear.
Even if the Armor Body's spiritual sea was too heavily impacted, causing the Armor Body's consciousness to become faint, Sun Qi could let the consciousness of another main body directly fill in and temporarily take over the Armor Body's body.
So, to a certain extent, Sun Qi was naturally immune to illusions and mental attacks.
Unless one could instantly wipe out the consciousnesses of all seven of his main bodies, mental attacks would be greatly reduced in effectiveness against him.
Besides increasing the pressure on his other consciousnesses, they served no other purpose.
Seven Orifice Exquisite Heart, understand?
Although Sun Qi had not yet cultivated the Heart Separation Controlsecret art to the Seven Orifice Exquisite Heart, his talent in this area was genuine; he was only a tiny bit away from the Six Orifice As-You-Wish Heart.
Once he mastered the Seven Orifice Exquisite Heart, even if six main bodies were simultaneously attacked and lost consciousness, the remaining part of his consciousness could still control all seven main bodies simultaneously with the Seven Orifice Exquisite Heart.
Instant takeover, then consciousness division, and then redistribution of consciousness. His six-sevenths of comatose consciousness would be directly awakened, and then the cycle would repeat.
Therefore, as long as his seven consciousnesses could not be simultaneously defeated, illusion-type Spirit Abilities would be useless against him.
Of course, mental attacks that could damage his spiritual sea still needed to be guarded against.
Three hours later.
armor · Sun Qi had overcome the soul tremor and began to focus on the spirit power within his body.
At this point, the spirit ring's spirit power impact was within his tolerable range.
Little Sun detached from his body.
"Chirp ah…"
(I seem to have secretly fused with a bit of his spirit ring's spirit power…)
Little Sun was sneaky and a little guilty.
Stone Monkey · Sun Qi laughed: "What's the big deal? The spirit ring's age won't split, and you actually just enjoyed it synchronously.
His meridians ruptured where they should, and healed where they should; nothing seems to be missing."
Little Sun exhaled a breath.
Good, good.
But he quickly reacted.
Wait, the seven Sun Qis seemed to be one person.
Why was he nervous?
Gu Rong listened to the conversation between Little Sun and Stone Monkey · Sun Qi from the side, unable to hide his surprise.
"It seems that in the future, Sun Qi will have to call on you whenever he absorbs a spirit ring. Sun Qi can absorb spirit rings several thousand years higher than his level, and you can also benefit from the effect."
This was mutually beneficial, a win-win cooperation.
Gu Rong said he often heard such terms from Ning Fengzhi.
"Our cultivation speeds are similar, so we'll probably hunt spirit rings together in the future too."
Listening to Stone Monkey · Sun Qi's words, Gu Rong couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
What the hell does 'similar cultivation speeds' mean?