Chapter 39: The Light Sacred Dragon

"No, this is a hundred‑thousand‑year soul bone! And it's the purest Light‑attribute true dragon soul bone!"

Feeling the aura the soul bone sent, Tianmeng Bingcan gasped in shock and said.

A hundred‑thousand‑year soul bone, top‑grade Light attribute, pure draconic bloodline!

These three terms are explosive wherever they appear, let alone together.

Bing Di's expression also grew solemn, and his crisp voice rang out: "Su Yun Tian, where did you get this soul bone? In terms of quality, I'm afraid it's not much worse than the torso bone I gave you."

Qian Renxue quickly nodded; this is far stronger than the set of soul bones she inherited from the Spirit Hall.

"This…" Su Yun Tian hesitated, could it possibly be that the system gave it?

"Tianmeng brother, Bing Di, Qian Renxue, this soul bone was left to me by my family. Before they departed, they told me they had acquired it by chance and intended to give it to me when I was older, but an accident occurred…"

As he spoke, Su Yun Tian's eyes grew slightly red.

Hearing this, Bing Di and Qian Renxue were slightly stunned and said, "Sorry."

"It's fine, I'm already used to it," Su Yun Tian smiled faintly, wiping away nonexistent tears.

Only Tianmeng Bingcan stared at Su Yun Tian with a strange expression.

Hasn't this kid been an orphan since childhood?

You should know that after their fusion, Tianmeng Bingcan obtained all of Su Yun Tian's memories from before the transmigration!

But everyone has their own secrets; since he refuses to speak, they naturally won't pry.

"Alright, no time to waste, absorb it quickly."

"Mm!" Su Yun Tian nodded, then pressed the soul bone onto his right arm.

At that moment, as his right arm lifted and his soul power barely brushed the left‑arm bone, dense white light surged toward him like flowing clouds, instantly wrapping around his right arm.

In an instant, Su Yun Tian's entire body was suffused with white.

A rich, heavy warmth rose and churned.

Within his consciousness, he seemed to hear a faint dragon roar.

At the same time, within the Spirit Sea.

Everyone witnessed a profoundly shocking scene.

A white giant dragon, a hundred meters away, materialized out of thin air, constantly thrashing, its body radiating Light power.

"Aaa!" A deafening dragon roar echoed, then the Light Sacred Dragon spun continuously, finally dissolving into white particles.

Two hours later, the fusion neared its end; as a white light fully merged into his right arm, the soul bone was completely absorbed.

Su Yun Tian opened his eyes, a ray of brilliance flashing through them; he clenched his fist and felt his right arm brimming with explosive power.

Two soul skills also surfaced in his mind.

Light Sacred Dragon Break, Sacred Dragon Starlight Shimmer.

One is an offensive soul skill, the other leans more toward control.

Light Sacred Dragon Break is rather straightforward, just an attack; what most intrigues Su Yun Tian is the Sacred Dragon Starlight Shimmer.

It can draw star power to form a formation that restricts internal enemies; at night the control strengthens further, and it can also amplify oneself with star power.

Although he's curious why the Light attribute can produce a star‑related soul skill, as long as it's useful that's enough; the rest isn't his concern.

Moreover, even though absorbing a soul bone doesn't raise soul power, Su Yun Tian's daytime aid to Ma Xiaotao in clearing evil fire has already brought him to a peak of level 35! (Kids, I wrote this wrong, but it affects later plot so it can't be changed.)

During the recent soul bone fusion, the massive soul power shock effortlessly pushed his soul power level up to 36!

Wang Dong's soul bone was also nearly fused; about half an hour later, it was perfectly absorbed.

"I knew it, this soul bone suits me perfectly!" Wang Dong sat up from the bed, his face brimming with excitement.

"Not bad, the soul skill? It should suit you well," Su Yun Tian offered praise knowingly.

"Mm, the auxiliary soul skill Golden Ray, a support skill that can be attached to any of my soul skills; I don't know the exact effect yet, but tomorrow will be a good time to test it!"

It's clear Wang Dong is very satisfied with this soul skill; after all, augmenting soul skills are crucial for any soul master.

At this point it was getting late; the sun had already shown a sliver outside, so Su Yun Tian and the other decided not to sleep and began cultivating the fusion power.

……

In the morning, after class, Wang Yan came in, "Core Disciples, stay a moment and follow me to the Dou Soul Area."

He then took the lesson plan, exited the gate, and headed toward the Dou Soul Arena.

The others followed behind, looking slightly puzzled; logically, the promotion assessment had ended, so there shouldn't be any new tests, right?

Only those who had been notified by Su Yun Tian knew that a melee was about to begin.

Dozens walked from the classroom to the Dou Soul Arena, and soon senior students also rushed over.

Su Yun Tian looked closely and saw many characters from the original work.

Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and Cai Tou among others.

When Jiang Nannan saw Su Yun Tian, she felt a surge of joy and was about to go greet him, but seemed to recall something and stayed where she was.

Su Yun Tian counted roughly and discovered there were actually twenty‑eight Core Disciples, with second‑year students making up more than half.

At that moment, a wobbling figure appeared in the distance, clad in a greasy, tattered white robe, with disheveled white hair, holding a chicken leg in one hand and a gourd at the waist.

Could it be none other than Xuan Lao?

"Xiao Wang, is everyone assembled?" Xuan Lao asked drunkenly.

"All present," Wang Yan replied promptly and respectfully.

"Alright, then let's go inside," Xuan Lao gestured and walked toward the Dou Soul Area.

The others hurried to follow.

Compared with usual days, today's Dou Soul Area was oddly quiet; there were no teachers or students, only the thirty of them.

Xuan Lao said in a hoarse, resonant voice, "Listen up, you little brats: the Core Disciple test you'll undergo next is simple; I call it the Collective Free‑For‑All."

"Within the bounds of this Dou Soul Area, you may attack at will, fight however you like, with no rules; even a twenty‑seven‑versus‑one scramble is fine."

Admitting defeat or being rescued out—even if eliminated.

Finally, the seven left are the victors. All right, teachers, you may all leave. When I shout 'start,' you can begin fighting.

"Can it still be like this?" The remaining trainees looked bewildered; this was the first time they'd heard of such an assessment, which had no rules whatsoever.

Xuan Lao chuckled, tossed the wine gourd in their hand into the air, and shouted loudly: "Start!"

Afterward, the figure swiftly vanished from the spot.

The others obviously hadn't reacted yet—had it already started?

Su Yun Tian and the six others who had prepared exchanged glances, then quickly ran toward the center.

Only then did they realize that, as Core Disciples, they were naturally not stupid; they understood that at this point it was best to find a few teammates, otherwise they would have no chance at all.

(End of chapter)