In the time that followed, Yu Xiaowei no longer took the initiative to cause trouble.
After all, if he continued blaming the Spirit Hall, it would easily arouse their suspicion.
Taking advantage of this peaceful period, Yu Xiaowei absorbed the remaining three spirit bones.
Originally, in the eyes of noble families, absorbing spirit bones wasn't considered dangerous.
According to their theory, even if a spirit master absorbed a hundred-thousand-year-old spirit bone, there shouldn't be any problems.
But in reality, that wasn't the case.
As the number of absorbed spirit bones increased, the energy from bones with different attributes would first clash and then fuse. During this process, the body would undergo transformation to adapt to the new energy. The pain caused by this transformation was almost unbearable for Yu Xiaowei.
It took Yu Xiaowei a full six months to absorb the three spirit bones.
Especially the last one—the trunk bone of the Red Flame Turtle King. He rested for four months and adjusted his condition to the best before daring to absorb it.
The absorption process was so painful it sparked a murderous urge in him. Fortunately, he had the foresight to first absorb the Blue Silver Emperor spirit bone, which had the best and gentlest quality.
Under the combined effects of raging fire and spring breeze, he could recover quickly each time from the injuries caused by the spirit bones, and the torn muscles and tendons that healed became even stronger.
After absorbing five spirit bones, he truly felt the benefits of having multiple spirit bones.
The most basic change was that his physical fitness had at least doubled, including speed, strength, defense, and attack. He was one step closer to being able to absorb a hundred-thousand-year-old spirit ring.
Yu Xiaowei also suspected that once all six spirit bones plus an external bone were gathered, the resonance among the seven bones would produce a revolutionary transformation.
It was very possible that it could form a spirit bone suit similar to the Angel God's divine suit, with special abilities.
However, the Yu family only had one incomplete set of the True Dragon Nine Crowns spirit bones and no complete set. Therefore, Yu Yuanzhen couldn't provide much help in this regard, and Yu Xiaowei could only rely on himself to explore further.
After obtaining five spirit bones, Yu Xiaowei's temperament had drastically changed.
His already tall figure had grown to nearly two meters. The petite Ning Rongrong could only reach his elbow when standing beside him.
His muscles were like solid granite. In terms of strength alone, he could even compete with Zhao Wuji.
You have to know, Zhao Wuji possessed the powerful King Kong Bear spirit. Although he couldn't compare to the Strength Clan, he was still a top power-type spirit master far beyond most others.
Considering spirit rings and abilities, Yu Xiaowei felt he might not be able to defeat a true Spirit Saint, but he could definitely beat most Spirit Emperors.
Yu Xiaowei now finally understood why Tang Hao was so powerful and could seriously injure Qian Xunji when he first became a Titled Douluo.
It was because Tang Hao had a complete set of spirit bones and two high-quality familial spirit bones.
The Spirit Hall's spirit bone set—the Angel God suit—was not possessed by Qian Xunji, so the power gap was offset.
Now, Yu Xiaowei was filled with confidence about his future.
However, during this period, he had been stuck in a cycle of absorbing spirit bones, getting injured, recovering, and absorbing again. As a result, his cultivation had been delayed significantly, with his spirit power increasing only one level in the past six months. Now that he had absorbed all available bones, he returned to focusing on cultivation.
Time passed quickly.
In the blink of an eye, another six months had gone by.
The Continental Elite Spirit Master Competition was about to begin in seven days.
With focused training over half a year, Yu Xiaowei's spirit power increased by 4 levels, reaching level 48.
However, he was still missing his final spirit bone, so he wasn't in a hurry to level up.
After all, spirit power growth wasn't tied directly to spirit rings; at most, he'd lack some spirit skills.
For example, when Yu Luomian was promoted to Soul Douluo, he jumped straight to level 84, because before absorbing the spirit ring, he was already level 81.
Over the past year and a half, the Blue Tyrant team's combat power had increased dramatically.
Whether due to the effect of immortal herbs or not, the cultivation speed of Yu Tianheng, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar was clearly much faster than the others.
Yu Tianheng, who used to have the slowest progress, had reached level 48, catching up with Yu Xiaowei.
Ning Rongrong was slightly behind at level 46.
Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar also reached level 43 after obtaining new spirit rings.
In comparison, Dugu Yan and Tai Long were much slower.
Dugu Yan, who had obtained her fourth ring early, only reached level 43 in a year, and Tai Long was still stuck at the level 40 bottleneck—currently at level 42.
In the office, Liu Erlong proudly explained the competition rules to the Blue Tyrant team members.
All of them were now spirit masters.
She wouldn't have even dared to dream of this two years ago.
You know, in the last elite spirit master competition, their Blue Tyrant Academy only had one spirit master.
They were eliminated in the preliminaries.
After the last group of students graduated, Blue Tyrant Academy faced a lack of successors. Except for Yu Xiaowei, no one had a chance of reaching the Spirit Sect level before the tournament.
Moreover, she had quarreled with Yu Luomian at that time and refused to accept his sponsored funding. So, the academy lacked the teaching resources that other schools had.
Due to their poor conditions, noble students from Heaven Dou City were unwilling to enroll.
As a result, Liu Erlong got angry and announced that only civilian students would be admitted.
This stabilized the academy's student supply.
Later, Dugu Bo joined as an honorary teacher and gave weekly classes. Only then did some noble students begin enrolling again.
Then the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect made large investments, providing Blue Tyrant Academy with a wealth of top-level teaching resources.
Yu Xiaowei brought back Shrek Academy's original teachers and carried out major reforms in teaching methods, allowing everyone to fulfill their roles effectively.
Under these changes, Blue Tyrant Academy's strength made significant progress.
In addition to the seven main team members, two veteran students—Jing Ling and Huang Yuan—who were substitutes, had also reached level 41. Jiang Zhu had reached level 39, and even newcomer Meng Yiran had reached level 38.
Except for the absence of a Soul King, Blue Tyrant's team lineup could be considered luxurious.
In particular, Yu Xiaowei's combat strength had been personally evaluated by Dugu Bo, who believed he could defeat most Spirit Emperors.
Liu Erlong didn't think anyone else his age could reach this level.
This time, the championship was in the bag.
On the podium, Flender was speaking passionately, but everyone below looked disinterested.
For the upcoming preliminaries, their mindset was the same as Liu Erlong's—completely unpressured.
They couldn't think of any academy that could compete with Blue Tyrant Academy.
At this moment, the classroom door suddenly swung open, and Qin Ming rushed in, panting.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Qin Ming spoke anxiously:
"Dean, I just got urgent news."
"The top students from all the academies have joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy as exchange students."
"All of these students have been recommended directly to the finals."
"Meng Shenji is calling this new team the Anti-Blue Tyrant Team."