Chapter 217: The Wisdom Skull Absorbed in Advance, The Five Strong Academies

"Th-this is the Wisdom Skull of Mental Condensation?" Hu Liena was greatly shocked. "Teacher, isn't this one of the three prizes for this tournament? How can you let me absorb it in advance? When the time comes, how will you answer to the various Elders and the Offering Hall?"

Hu Liena hesitated. Of course she liked this soul bone; after all, it was a top-tier mental-type soul bone with a cultivation of up to 50,000 years. Mental-type Spirit Beasts were already incredibly rare, and it could be said that this soul bone was no less precious than a Torso Bone of the same age.

But she could not let her teacher fall into a dilemma.

This soul bone was obtained by Qian Xunji through hunting; it belonged to the Spirit Hall, and even more so to the Qian Family. If Bibi Dong did this, not to mention the Offering Hall, she would have no way to explain it.

Furthermore, there was another point: the major powers already knew the prizes for this tournament.

Three soul bones—if one was missing when they were announced before the finals.

The uninformed commoners might be easy to fool, but what about those major powers? Wouldn't that mean the Spirit Hall had gone back on its word?

"Nana, you can rest assured and absorb it. I will handle the Offering Hall, so don't worry about it. As for the Soul Master Tournament prize, I will personally provide a replacement," Bibi Dong said calmly.

She had been a Title Douluo for many years and possessed Twin Spirits, having hunted many high-level Spirit Beasts. She had also had a few soul bones drop.

Many of the soul bones on her person were at the Ten-Thousand-Year Level, and she actually still had two of those five-thousand-year-old ones on hand.

One of them was the Charm Skull, which, like the Wisdom Skull of Mental Condensation, was also 50,000 years old—the very one she gave to Hu Liena in the original story.

That was the External Spirit Bone that had always been hidden: the Tail of the Heavenly Fox.

Using this as a substitute would actually be sufficient, but neither the Offering Hall nor the organizing committee members from Heaven Dou and Star Luo for the Soul Master Tournament would be satisfied. Taking the better one without asking and then returning a slightly inferior one to them was somewhat unjustifiable.

"Nana understands. Nana thanks her mentor!" Hu Liena knelt before Bibi Dong, sincerely grateful to her.

The quality of this one was on par with the Wisdom Skull of Mental Condensation. Even if the mental-type skull was rarer, the Death Spider Emperor Torso Bone was not bad either; after all, the Torso Bone ranked first among the six major parts.

Using this to replace the Wisdom Skull, the Offering Hall would likely have no objections.

But if this one wasn't enough, she had another one: the Torso Bone from a 50,000-year-old Death Spider Emperor.

Bibi Dong nodded. "Nana, this time I authorize you to reveal that final trump card. You must secure the final championship."

This could only be considered an advance on the reward; it was better than the Spirit Hall Academy being defeated by the Flying General and then having all three soul bones taken by Nan Feihuang.

This was something she had obtained by hunting a Spirit Beast herself, so the right to dispose of it was in her own hands.

"Yes!" Hu Liena was both shocked and delighted. She certainly knew what the trump card Bibi Dong was letting her reveal was.

At worst, after Hu Liena won, she could personally return this soul bone to the Offerings.

This soul bone came from a Death Spider Emperor of the same category as her first martial soul, but because Bibi Dong possessed a better Ten-Thousand-Year Torso Bone, she did not need it, and since Hu Liena was not suited for such a soul bone carrying heavy Evil power, it had remained vacant.

Bibi Dong did not show any kindness to anyone, but toward her, she was truly pouring out her heart; even a biological daughter could not be treated better.

It was just that although the quality of this piece was high, its performance was ultimately a notch inferior to the Wisdom Skull, otherwise Bibi Dong would not have kept it as a backup.

In fact, she had obtained this soul bone long ago. In the original story, she was a Soul King during the Soul Master Tournament, and she was still a Soul King when she broke into Slaughter City; she hadn't hunted any Spirit Beasts during that time.

The External Spirit Bone was too special and rare. Bibi Dong had told her not to use it unless it was a life-threatening critical moment, so even when she was defeated by Tang San's Bat Wing Reincarnation, she did not use it.

Or rather, by the time she realized she had to use it, it was already too late; she had already been poisoned by the Eight Spider Lances.

The External Spirit Bone had great growth potential. Actually, when she first obtained this External Spirit Bone, it was only at the thousand-year level, but as she advanced to Soul King, the power of the soul bone also increased to the level of about twenty or thirty thousand years. It could be said that it was no worse than the three pieces offered as prizes.

With such a great resource advantage, she didn't believe she would lose to the Flying General.

This time, she had made up her mind; even if she had to pay everything, she could not let her teacher down.

Hu Liena sat on the ground and began to absorb the Wisdom Skull. Her current level was at the peak of level 51. This soul bone, with a cultivation of up to 50,000 years, could at least raise her by one level; if she was lucky, perhaps two or three levels.

At that time, her chances of winning would be even higher.

Nan Feihuang did not yet know how great the Butterfly Effect he had caused was; he was currently looking at the tournament schedule.

After the matches for the entire day today, only five academies remained.

Besides the Gu Lei Royal Academy, the others were the Star Luo Royal Academy, the Spirit Hall Academy, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Shrek Academy.

Element Academies like Tianshui, Thunder, and Kamikaze were all eliminated today.

Kamikaze encountered the Spirit Hall Academy. Even if the Golden Generation did not make a move, the Spirit Hall Academy was composed entirely of high-level Soul Ancestors. Relying on Feng Xiaotian alone, he simply couldn't fight off so many opponents; he was only level 44.

And Thunder met the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. In this battle between brothers Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin, Yu Tianheng ultimately had the slight edge.

In fact, the strength of Tianheng and Tianxin could be said to be evenly matched.

But Yu Tianheng had Dugu Yan by his side, and her strength far exceeded that of the Thunder Sect's vice-captain, Lei Dong, who had the Thunder Spider Spirit.

After all, she had first practiced Nan Feihuang's Taoist Heart Method, taken the Snake Heart Grass to increase her power, and later obtained a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Bone that Dugu Bo had extorted from the Spirit Hall. Her combat power was even greater than Yu Tianheng's.

Additionally, the Heaven Dou team had the Nine Star Begonia, which made them impossible to kill. It could be said that in this battle between brothers, Yu Tianxin lost due to the team's lack of comprehensiveness.

As for Star Luo and Shrek.

Star Luo had secretly reached an agreement with the Spirit Hall Academy and had been crushing weak teams all the way, winning easily; Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun didn't even need to make a move.

Shrek benefited from Star Luo's light and also encountered weak teams. Otherwise, with their current strength, they would have had a possibility of defeat if they had encountered any of the Four Elements teams. This was because when Dai Weisi agreed to Hu Liena's request, another condition he proposed was that he must face Shrek and thoroughly defeat his younger brother.

This Spirit Fighting match was an opportunity given to Dai Mubai by the Star Luo royal family. As long as Dai Mubai won, he could return to the country and compete with him for the throne. Dai Weisi wanted to completely extinguish Dai Mubai's unrealistic idea.

Therefore, before Shrek met Star Luo, they could not lose.

According to tomorrow's schedule, the Gu Lei Academy was very lucky to have another bye.

And the other four.

Star Luo Royal Academy versus Shrek Academy.

Spirit Hall Academy versus Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

(End of chapter)