After attaching the Needle Tailed Swift's spirit ring, Bai Yue felt the obstruction preventing his spirit power level from increasing disappear.
His spirit power level naturally rose to eleventh rank.
The Needle Tailed Swift's age was relatively low, providing no additional spirit power, so he only gained one rank.
However, hunting a four-hundred-year-old Spirit Beast and refining its spirit ring should allow him to advance several more ranks.
The increase in spirit power level made Bai Yue vigilant; he had to be careful not to release spirit power before refining that spirit ring.
Otherwise, his father might easily discover that he was already at the eleventh rank.
Even if it were known, it wouldn't matter much; his father would surely keep his secret.
However, a ruler who is not secretive loses his ministers, and a minister who is not secretive loses his life; it is always better to be cautious.
But for now, let's look at the Spirit Ability.
"Come out, White Phoenix."
Bai Yue's mind stirred, releasing spirit power and summoning the White Phoenix.
The current White Phoenix was no different from before; a ten-year spirit ring was still too weak and certainly couldn't provide any growth for the White Phoenix.
At the same time, a white ten-year spirit ring pulsed beside Bai Yue.
"Boss, are you still there?"
Seeing the spirit ring, Bai Yue called out softly, and as if hearing his summons, the spirit ring trembled in response.
He knew this was the Needle Tailed Swift's soul within the spirit ring responding to him.
Spirit Masters are capable of controlling their spirit rings, and Spirit Masters with detached Beast Spirits have an advantage in this regard.
In the original work, Yu Xiaogang had to place the spirit ring on Luo San Pao's body for Luo San Pao to use a Spirit Ability.
Therefore, Bai Yue also tried to control this ten-year spirit ring.
Perhaps because of its very low age, Bai Yue found it very easy to control; he could effortlessly make this white ten-year spirit ring leave his side and circle around him.
He could even change the spirit ring's shape, and even make it transform into a Needle Tailed Swift.
"Chirp."
The pure white, semi-transparent Needle Tailed Swift circled around Bai Yue's body, chirping happily.
Clearly, it was the soul of the Needle Tailed Swift controlling this spirit ring at this moment.
After transforming the spirit ring's shape into a Needle Tailed Swift, Bai Yue allowed the Needle Tailed Swift's soul within it to take over the spirit ring.
"Go."
Bai Yue said, and the Needle Tailed Swift, now connected to his mind, flew towards the White Phoenix and merged into her body.
"First Spirit Ability, Swift Shadow."
Bai Yue murmured softly.
Then, he saw pure white spirit power, like flowing clouds, emanating from the White Phoenix after the Needle Tailed Swift's spirit ring merged into her body.
Her speed then began to soar, becoming even swifter than her already faster-than-a-Needle Tailed Swift flight speed.
Even at such high speed, she lost none of her agility; she didn't collide with anything even when flying at high speed in the room.
After trying out his first Spirit Ability, Bai Yue was quite satisfied.
Swift Shadow is a speed-enhancing Spirit Ability, and having an enhancement Spirit Ability in the early stages is very good; there's no real need for an offensive Spirit Ability, otherwise, it would be useless in the later stages.
He wasn't a commoner Spirit Master without a background; as the adopted son of the Speed Clan Leader and the nephew of the Clear Sky Sect Leader, he had the protection of elders and the Sect.
Even without an offensive Spirit Ability in the early stages, he could easily get through the beginner phase; this was the advantage of having a powerful backing.
"Come back, White Phoenix."
Bai Yue recalled the White Phoenix and began to attempt Spirit fusion.
He had previously guessed that he couldn't perform Spirit fusion because he lacked a spirit ring, and now he could verify this hypothesis.
"White Phoenix Fusion!"
Bai Yue was full of confidence this time, far more confident than in his previous attempts, and he shouted it out loud.
The White Phoenix still didn't fuse, but this attempt wasn't a complete failure.
Bai Yue saw that his boots had transformed into a pair of light boots with cloud patterns, which looked very nimble and, of course, very cool.
It really was similar to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit, where attaching a spirit ring manifested a body part.
However, what appeared after Bai Yue's White Phoenix fusion was equipment, somewhat similar to the True Body Armor in manga settings.
"Swift Shadow Boots, let's call them Swift Shadow Boots."
Bai Yue was very happy; although he hadn't achieved White Phoenix fusion, this current state was actually more conducive to combat than White Phoenix fusion.
If his feet had turned into bird talons after White Phoenix fusion, it would have been too strange; this was indeed better.
Bai Yue walked around the room and felt lighter on his feet after putting on the Swift Shadow Boots.
Moreover, in this state, he could also use his first Spirit Ability, Swift Shadow.
White flowing clouds would appear beside the Swift Shadow Boots, empowering him and increasing Bai Yue's speed.
The next day, Bai Yue and Bai He went to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Spirit Beasts, accompanied by some Speed Clan members as guards.
For the Speed Clan, the current Bai Yue was even more important than Bai He, who was the clan leader.
If Bai Yue were to grow, their Speed Clan might even have a Titled Douluo.
And if Bai Yue were to procreate and expand the family, it might even transform the Speed Clan's Needle Tailed Swift Spirit into the White Phoenix.
However, this would require Bai Yue's effort; currently, there were already calls within the Speed Clan for Bai Yue to marry more Speed Clan wives and procreate.
After all, who wouldn't want their descendants to also have the White Phoenix Spirit?
Although the people of the Speed Clan were very proud of their Needle Tailed Swift Spirit, believing it to be the fastest flying bird.
However, it certainly couldn't compare to a Phoenix.
The White Phoenix Spirit was clearly a more prestigious Spirit than the Needle Tailed Swift; no matter how one compared them, the Phoenix Spirit was more powerful than the Needle Tailed Swift.
Not to mention that Bai Yue's White Phoenix also came with the Phoenix Domain.
Awakening a Spirit with an innate Domain, besides Bai Yue and Tang Yuehua, there was probably no third person in this World.
However, what the people of the Speed Clan didn't know was that such a Spirit now only remained with Bai Yue.
"Found it, it's a four-hundred-year-old Needle Tailed Swift!"
One of the Speed Clan guards shouted.
Although the Speed Clan's Spirit was the Needle Tailed Swift, the Speed Clan clearly had no intention of showing mercy to Needle Tailed Swifts.
One must know that the direct descendants of the Speed Clan were all pure speed-type Spirit Masters, and all their spirit rings only had a single speed attribute attached.
To achieve this, every spirit ring obtained had to come from the same type of Spirit Beast.
What other Spirit Beast was more suitable for the Speed Clan than the Needle Tailed Swift?
Bai He personally took action to capture this Needle Tailed Swift.
Under Bai He's extreme speed, this Needle Tailed Swift had no way to escape his grasp.
A fledgling wild genius encountering an elder of another race, both with speed attributes, had no chance of escaping alive.
Soon, this four-hundred-year-old Needle Tailed Swift was caught in Bai He's hand.
"How pitiful."
Bai Yue looked at this Needle Tailed Swift with pity.
It is human nature to feel pity for the passing of life, especially since the Speed Clan's Spirit is the Needle Tailed Swift, and he himself raised several, thus having a great fondness for this type of Spirit Beast.
However, even with pity in his heart, Bai Yue did not show mercy.
The pity of the weak is useless; only after becoming strong can one change this World.
All he could do now was to make this Needle Tailed Swift die less painfully.
Taking the short sword handed to him by Bai He, Bai Yue ended the Needle Tailed Swift's life with a single strike and began refining this four-hundred-year-old Needle Tailed Swift's spirit ring.
Refining the spirit ring was very easy for Bai Yue.
The power of this spirit ring was easily absorbed by his first spirit ring, and his first spirit ring also transformed into a four-hundred-year spirit ring