Black World – Shrek Academy
"No! Why?!"
After seeing Yu Xiaogang pull out a Spirit Bone from the Radiant Elemental Dragon's remains on the heavenly screen, Ma Hongjun froze for several seconds before letting out an explosive scream.
At this point, he realized that ever since the heavenly screen had appeared, the sour taste of jealousy in his mouth had never faded.
Whale glue.
Thousand-year spirit rings.
Heaven-defying spirit abilities.
A mutated martial soul.
An external spirit bone.
Any one of these opportunities would have been enough to make countless Spirit Masters envious.
Yet Yu Xiaogang seemed to possess all of them.
And now, the heavens apparently weren't satisfied.
They continued piling one blessing after another onto him.
Previously, when Yu Xiaogang had refused to absorb a Spirit Bone and boldly declared that he would only absorb one that truly matched him, Ma Hongjun had mocked him relentlessly.
A perfectly compatible Spirit Bone?
Was he dreaming?
Spirit Bones were already unimaginably rare.
Being picky about compatibility was simply ridiculous.
Yet reality had immediately slapped him across the face.
Not only had a matching Spirit Bone appeared, but it had come from the very Spirit Beast that provided Yu Xiaogang's spirit ring.
There was no Spirit Bone in the world more compatible than that.
Furthermore, it was a ten-thousand-year Spirit Bone.
How could one person possess such outrageous luck?
The others didn't scream like Ma Hongjun, but their expressions revealed similar emotions.
Their eyes twitched.
Their lips tightened.
The jealousy was obvious.
Among them, however, the most affected person was none other than Yu Xiaogang himself.
At this moment, he was practically grinding his teeth into powder.
He desperately wanted to question the heavens.
Why did his counterpart from the parallel world enjoy endless good fortune while he did not?
They were the same person.
Was he inferior in any way?
"Damn heavens..."
"You're far too unfair."
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Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School
"...What kind of luck is this?"
Bone Douluo Gu Rong stared at the heavenly screen in disbelief.
"An external Spirit Bone from his second spirit ring."
"And now a perfectly compatible ten-thousand-year Spirit Bone from his third spirit ring."
"One person is monopolizing all the good fortune in the world."
Even as a Titled Douluo, Gu Rong felt genuinely envious.
The usually calm Sword Douluo, Chen Xin, remained silent beside him.
However, the slight furrow in his brows revealed that his heart was far from peaceful.
No one understood the value of Spirit Bones better than high-level Spirit Masters.
Throughout his life, Chen Xin had participated in countless spirit hunts.
Between helping others obtain spirit rings and acquiring his own nine spirit rings, he had killed well over a hundred powerful Spirit Beasts.
Yet despite all those years of effort, he had never personally obtained a Spirit Bone.
The Spirit Bones he possessed had either been inherited from his father or acquired through Ning Fengzhi's efforts.
In fact, one of the main reasons he joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School as its Guardian Douluo was because of the resources the sect could provide.
A ten-thousand-year Spirit Bone was valuable enough to make even a Titled Douluo take action personally.
Therefore, watching a Spirit Grandmaster obtain not one, but two highly compatible Spirit Bones naturally left him feeling somewhat uncomfortable.
Compared to the two Guardian Douluo, Ning Fengzhi was much calmer.
Of course, he was still envious.
However, as the Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, he had seen more Spirit Bones than most people on the continent.
Excluding Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School likely possessed the greatest number of Spirit Bones in the entire Douluo Continent.
The sect's members were spread across countless cities and towns.
Whenever a Spirit Bone appeared at auction, representatives of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School were usually among the first to arrive.
Furthermore, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda possessed a unique sensitivity toward treasures.
Because of this, sect members occasionally stumbled upon Spirit Bones while exploring Spirit Beast forests.
After all, Spirit Beasts fought among themselves far more frequently than they fought Spirit Masters.
Many powerful Spirit Beasts died in those conflicts.
Since Spirit Bones were useless to Spirit Beasts, they often remained hidden in remote locations for years.
Every now and then, someone from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School would discover one by chance.
Because of experiences like these, Ning Fengzhi's envy wasn't quite as intense.
You think Yu Xiaogang's luck is excessive?
Then you haven't seen members of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School casually wandering through a Spirit Beast forest and returning with a Spirit Bone.
Still, Ning Fengzhi couldn't help sighing.
"Luck, temperament, talent, and opportunity..."
"It's no wonder the Yu Xiaogang of that world eventually became a Titled Douluo."
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The Heavenly Screen
The scene continued.
The light emitted by the newly formed Spirit Bone quickly caught everyone's attention.
The surrounding clan members turned toward Yu Xiaogang.
For a moment, they froze.
Then the realization hit.
"A Spirit Bone!"
"My heavens! It actually dropped a Spirit Bone!"
"Hahaha! It's really a Spirit Bone!"
The area instantly erupted into chaos.
One shout triggered another.
Soon, everyone nearby was staring at the glowing object in shock.
Yu Yuanzhen and the Grand Elder rushed over almost immediately.
Their breathing became rapid.
Their faces flushed with excitement.
Both men stared at the Spirit Bone lying among the remains of the Radiant Elemental Dragon.
For a long moment, neither of them could find the words to speak.
The Grand Elder was practically trembling with excitement.
A Spirit Bone.
And not just any Spirit Bone.
This Spirit Bone came from the exact Spirit Beast that had provided Yu Xiaogang's spirit ring.
Was there a more suitable Spirit Bone in existence?
Absolutely not.
For Yu Xiaogang, this Spirit Bone's compatibility was so high that, in some ways, it even surpassed an ordinary hundred-thousand-year Spirit Bone.
Of course, a true hundred-thousand-year Spirit Bone existed on an entirely different level.
Otherwise, even that might not compare.
The Grand Elder felt his heart pounding wildly.
"The heavens have truly blessed our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect."
"With this Spirit Bone, Xiaogang's future potential will become even more terrifying."
Meanwhile, Yu Yuanzhen stood beside him with a dazed expression.
His mouth hung open slightly.
His entire worldview was being challenged.
He had personally witnessed Yu Xiaogang obtain an external Spirit Bone from his second spirit ring.
Now he was witnessing him obtain a ten-thousand-year Spirit Bone from his third spirit ring.
Then there were the two Spirit Saints.
One had delivered two Spirit Bones.
The other had conveniently left behind a diary containing information about the Radiant Elemental Dragon.
Looking back at everything that had happened recently, even Yu Yuanzhen couldn't help wondering:
Was his son secretly the heavens' favorite child?
Otherwise, how could fate favor him so outrageously?
Taking a deep breath, Yu Yuanzhen forced himself to calm down.
"Xiaogang."
"Hurry and absorb it."
"This Spirit Bone is perfectly suited for you."
The Grand Elder nodded frantically in agreement.
If this had been any other Spirit Bone, he might have hesitated.
But this one?
Even if Yu Yuanzhen wanted to keep it for himself, the Grand Elder would oppose him without hesitation.
"Alright."
Yu Xiaogang also took a deep breath.
His heart was racing.
A ten-thousand-year Spirit Bone dropped alongside a spirit ring.
His luck was truly maxed out.
At this moment, even the corpse of the Radiant Elemental Dragon appeared much more pleasant than before.
After carefully extracting the Spirit Bone, Yu Xiaogang sat down cross-legged and began absorbing it.
Not far away, Bibi Dong watched quietly.
Her expression was unusually complicated.
She felt as though she had fallen into some kind of invisible trap.
Not long ago, after hearing Yu Xiaogang's declaration that he would never absorb an incompatible Spirit Bone, she had rejected a ten-thousand-year Spirit Bone opportunity of her own.
At the time, she believed she could do better.
Then Yu Xiaogang immediately turned around and obtained a perfectly compatible ten-thousand-year Spirit Bone.
Now things had become awkward.
If she wanted to surpass Yu Xiaogang, she would need a Spirit Bone as well.
Not just any Spirit Bone.
It would need to be high-quality.
It would need to have matching attributes.
And it would need to be powerful enough to compete with what Yu Xiaogang had obtained.
But were such Spirit Bones easy to find?
Of course not.
As this thought crossed her mind, Bibi Dong's expression became even more complicated.
Could it be...
That for the rest of her life, she would always remain one step behind Yu Xiaogang?
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