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"Your Excellency, is this my Spirit Bone?" The Earth Vein Dragon looked at the familiar yet strange Spirit Bone before him in surprise. He felt his own power within it, but not entirely his own.
Shi Quan explained, "I used a special method to fuse your Spirit Bone with another Spirit Bone of the same attribute, so it is and it isn't."
"I see. Your Excellency's power is indeed mysterious and unfathomable."
"Earth Vein, I plan to use your power and the Spirit Bone's power to condense an earth soul core. You need to cooperate fully, understand?"
"Your Excellency, rest assured, your subordinate will do his utmost."
"Good!" Shi Quan nodded. "You should first manifest your spirit rings!"
The Earth Vein Dragon took a step forward, his dragon head gently resting against Shi Quan's chest, and a surge of violent energy immediately erupted.
The Earth Martial Soul appeared in Shi Quan's hand.
Seven spirit rings appeared: red, black, black, black, black, red, and golden yellow.
Behind Shi Quan, a vast, stretching illusion of the Earth appeared. The Earth Vein Dragon also emerged, and rays of profound golden-yellow light emanated from the Earth Vein Dragon's illusion, merging into the endless, stretching Earth, transforming into flowing Earth Veins that moved beneath the ground.
Just as the Earth Vein Dragon's spirit power intertwined with Shi Quan's Internal Energy, Shi Quan also moved, directly controlling these intertwined spirit powers to gather in his lower Dantian, without allowing them to enter his mental soul core or life soul core.
Instead, he continuously rotated and compressed these energies, directly beginning to condense his third earth soul core.
At this point, Shi Quan's powerful divine soul strength was displayed. The life soul core and mental soul core tried to contend for the spirit power within Shi Quan's body but were directly suppressed by Shi Quan's own formidable presence.
Most of the Earth Vein Dragon's power went into manifesting the spirit rings, so the feedback energy was ultimately limited. At this moment, the Spirit Bone's effect began to manifest!
With a thought, the terrifyingly energetic left arm bone firmly settled onto Shi Quan's left arm!
The Earth trembled, and a surge of energy instantly erupted from his left arm. The powerful energy caused all of Shi Quan's bones to creak.
Vast spirit power instantly filled all of Shi Quan's Meridians. While continuously refining Shi Quan's body, all the spirit power continuously poured into Shi Quan's lower Dantian.
The energy of a nearly 800,000-year-old Spirit Bone was undoubtedly massive. Aside from a portion used to enhance Shi Quan's physical strength, the remaining energy still reached an astonishing level.
Under normal circumstances, the condensation of a new soul core requires drawing spirit power from existing soul cores within the body.
Shi Quan did this when he condensed the life soul core last time.
But this time, Shi Quan chose a completely new method for condensation.
He did not draw energy from the life soul core or mental soul core.
Instead, he directly used the energy from the spirit ring and Spirit Bone to condense the third earth soul core.
He did this partly because it would prevent his spirit power Rank from increasing, allowing him to fully absorb the power of the spirit ring and Spirit Bone.
It was also to accumulate energy within his body.
This was to prepare for the subsequent Fusion of the World Seed and the Breakthrough to Divine Rank.
To condense an earth soul core from nothing to a quality comparable to the mental soul core and life soul core, the demand for spirit power also reached an astonishing level.
Fortunately, Shi Quan was well-prepared.
Shukaku and the Earth Vein Dragon soul spirit both gathered in Shi Quan's lower Dantian. A faint earthy yellow halo began to appear on all of Shi Quan's bones and Meridians, and a profound aura filled his entire body.
The ultimate Earth spirit power began to condense. With Shukaku and the Earth Vein Dragon's intervention, the speed of the ultimate Earth spirit power's condensation also began to increase.
Shi Quan only needed to fully suppress the mental and life soul cores within his body, preventing them from competing for and absorbing the energy. Since he wasn't drawing energy from them, they weren't reacting much at the moment.
The current condensation process was relatively easy; of course, this was predicated on having sufficient spirit power.
The ultimate Earth spirit power, initially the size of a grain of sand, quickly grew to the size of a grain of rice and continued to expand. At the same time, its rotation speed and absorption rate of ultimate Earth spirit power also increased.
Under Shi Quan's powerful physical constitution, this process did not cause him too much pain.
What was truly difficult was the Fusion after the earth soul core was condensed. Previously, Shi Quan couldn't say he was 100% confident, but now that his mental force had reached the Divine Rank, if he still wasn't confident, then it could only mean that the third soul core was simply beyond human attainment.
In addition to the power of the spirit ring and Spirit Bone, the Earth Domain had already been deployed. Beneath the ground, an endless supply of Earth power continuously replenished Shi Quan's consumption.
As the Spirit Bone broke through the crystal and merged into Shi Quan's chest, the power of ultimate Earth completely erupted!
Shi Quan immediately felt a burning sensation in his chest. Every bone in his chest felt as if it were being roasted and hammered in a blazing fire.
Crack.
Crisp cracking sounds continuously emanated. The mountain dragon king's torso bone, as if shattering, transformed into countless points of light. The Breakthrough crystal burst forth with brilliant golden light, which flowed like water, continuously washing over these light points.
Powerful surges of energy continuously erupted. Shi Quan could feel his body and the mountain dragon king's torso bone slowly advancing under the impact of this power.
Under the intertwining spirit power, the third earth soul core rapidly took shape at a visible speed.
However, the soul core was currently still operating independently.
Seeing this, Shi Quan's Divine Thought was fully mobilized, entirely promoting the advancement of the mountain dragon king's torso bone.
Only by completing the Spirit Bone's Breakthrough could he wholeheartedly deal with the subsequent Fusion of the earth soul core.
Under the continuous washing of golden light, every point of light formed by the mountain dragon king's torso bone became incredibly profound, each one like a majestic mountain.
Shi Quan felt his body and Meridians also become more profound and resilient, just like the Earth beneath him, indestructible.
Golden light flowed, and Shi Quan felt powerful surges of energy continuously flow from his torso into his limbs, stimulating his body's functions.
The torso bone inherently serves as a connecting link, and with its profound Earth attribute, it carries and encompasses all things.
At this moment, under the guidance of the torso bone, a stream of uneven Qi emerged from his head and limbs. His right arm and head felt cool, his legs felt extremely warm, and his left arm and sternum had similar auras, all gathering in the center of his chest.
The golden light in his chest reached its peak. Under the interweaving of illusory halos, it formed a strange ethereal armor. Just then, two even more powerful auras erupted from his brow and back, actually crushing the armor…