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A scarlet, blood-like red halo circled the golden mist; just one glance at that red halo was enough to shake the hearts of most people present.
A 100,000-year soul ring; he had truly achieved a 100,000-year soul ring.
And it was at the incredible milestone of the Sixth Soul Ring, no less.
That meant that Yu Xiaogang's next three soul rings—the seventh, eighth, and ninth—would all be 100,000-year soul rings.
Setting aside the fixed Martial Soul True Body of the seventh soul ring, when Yu Xiaogang fully matured in the future, he would have three 100,000-year soul rings, each possessing two Spirit Abilities.
A total of six 100,000-year Spirit Abilities; this number was already greater than all of Yu Xiaogang's previous Spirit Abilities combined.
Coupled with the 100,000-Year Soul Bones that were bound to drop when Yu Xiaogang acquired 100,000-year soul rings in the future, everyone dared not imagine just how powerful Yu Xiaogang would be once his full strength was realized.
One had to know that Yu Xiaogang could already defeat Tang Hao, who was at the Spirit Emperor level, when he was only a Spirit Ancestor.
Then, once Yu Xiaogang became a Titled Douluo, just how powerful would he be?
The several Titled Douluo from the Supreme Pontiff Palace who had accompanied Bibi Dong looked at one another, their gazes involuntarily turning towards their own Supreme Pontiff.
They discovered that their Supreme Pontiff also wore a serious expression, but this seriousness would gradually relax whenever her gaze shifted to Bibi Dong and the High Priest.
After a moment of thought, the several Titled Douluo also relaxed.
That was right; what was there to be nervous about? Spirit Hall had the invincible High Priest and the promising Bibi Dong; what did they have to worry about?
However, what they did not know was that the two people they considered their trump cards were also feeling exceptionally complicated at this moment.
There was no need to mention Bibi Dong; the moment Yu Xiaogang's 100,000-year spirit ring appeared, she understood that unless she cultivated her second Spirit, she would absolutely have no way to compare herself to Yu Xiaogang.
Bibi Dong remembered that when she first arrived at Spirit Hall and her teacher took her as a Disciple, the path planned for her was to first Cultivate her first Spirit, and then Cultivate her second Spirit after reaching a certain level.
According to her teacher's vision, the final configuration of her second Spirit would be a few high-year Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings paired with a few 100,000-year soul rings.
But now, Bibi Dong felt that she might need her second Spirit to have all 100,000-year soul rings.
Otherwise, she really did not have that much confidence in defeating Yu Xiaogang.
Qian Daoliu's complicated mood mainly stemmed from the fact that, as someone who had been invincible on the Douluo Continent, he was now personally experiencing what it meant for the new wave to push the old wave, only for the old wave to be slapped dead on the beach.
No one knew better than Qian Daoliu what kind of rewards the Gods Trial would provide.
Looking at Yu Xiaogang's first six soul rings now, they were Purple, Purple, Black, Black, Black, Red.
But this was only for now; the future content of the Gods Trial would definitely contain rewards for increasing the age of his spirit rings.
With Yu Xiaogang's level, Qian Daoliu believed he could complete the trials of his God Ancestor.
Then, Yu Xiaogang's spirit ring configuration would be able to improve once again.
Thinking back to himself, his First Soul Ring was still a yellow hundred-year soul ring, and Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings only started being added from the fifth soul ring.
Yet, even he, after going through the Gods Trial, now had a spirit ring configuration of eight Black and one Red.
Then, after experiencing the Gods Trial, what level would Yu Xiaogang's spirit rings ultimately reach?
The first two thousand-year soul rings could definitely be upgraded to Ten Thousand Year ones.
The fifth soul ring, which was second only to the 100,000-year soul ring, could also likely be upgraded to 100,000 years if everything went as expected.
By that logic, the other party's final configuration would at the very least be a Heaven-Defying one of four Black and five Red.
"Hehe, I didn't expect him to be able to reach this point; it's truly incredible."
Qian Daoliu looked at Yu Xiaogang, who was still increasing the age of his spirit ring, and sighed in his heart.
In front of Yu Xiaogang, he, Tang Chen, and Bo Saixi were surprisingly a bit underwhelming.
Who could have thought of this?
On the other side, Yu Xiaogang, who had successfully raised his spirit ring to 100,000 years, suddenly felt the pressure increase drastically.
Whether it was the Soul Power gradually surging into his body, or the mental pressure coming from the god-bestowed spirit ring, both were suppressing Yu Xiaogang.
"Has the pressure of the god-bestowed spirit ring actually increased this much after reaching 100,000 years?"
"Looking at it this way, a spirit ring beyond 100,000 years is truly not something an ordinary person can absorb."
Yu Xiaogang clicked his tongue.
One had to know that when he absorbed the god-bestowed spirit ring, he had increased the age little by little.
He could adapt to 99,999 years first, then push for 100,000 years, and afterwards increase it bit by bit.
He had this process of adaptation.
However, absorbing a 100,000-year spirit ring directly involved no process of adaptation; one brought a 100,000-year spirit ring directly into the body and endured the dual impact of Soul Power and mental force within the 100,000-year spirit ring.
The pressure could not be compared at all.
If one were even more unlucky and absorbed a 120,000-year or 150,000-year one, then being exploded instantly would be perfectly reasonable.
Because there were so many Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts, Spirit Masters had ways to judge the age of a Soul Beast, allowing them to know the range of the spirit ring they would obtain.
But there was no way to judge a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast.
A 100,001-year Soul Beast and a 190,000-year Soul Beast were both Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beasts.
But the energy contained in their spirit rings was vastly different.
"Little Dragon, we need to perk up from here on out. For every bit longer we can hold on, the final age of the spirit ring will be that much higher!"
"Roar!"
Within the mental space, Yu Xiaogang and Little Dragon communicated quickly.
With Little Dragon there, he could undoubtedly push for a higher age.
Thus, from then on, Yu Xiaogang and Little Dragon shared the pressure brought by the spirit ring, constantly pushing towards a higher age.
101,000 years, 102,000 years...
105,000 years, 107,000 years...
110,000 years!
As the years increased, Yu Xiaogang once again experienced the feeling of his body being gradually stretched open, just like when he absorbed his First Soul Ring.
Pain swept through his entire body; Yu Xiaogang gritted his teeth and endured it.
115,000 years, 116,000 years...
Every minute and every second now seemed so difficult to endure for Yu Xiaogang.
Sometimes Yu Xiaogang even wondered if he had become a masochist; clearly, the age of his spirit ring had already reached 100,000 years, and he had no need to pursue a higher age.
If he stopped now and opened his eyes, he would be able to see the joyful faces of his father and the Grand Elder, and see the looks of shock cast at him by others.
It was clearly already enough.
But Yu Xiaogang insisted on wanting more.
It could only be said that at this moment, Yu Xiaogang suddenly understood why those who possessed immense wealth would still work desperately, even harder than ordinary people.
Because if one gritted their teeth and put in the effort, the results one reaped were truly far greater than the effort put in.
120,000 years, 121,000 years...
In the end, Yu Xiaogang's Sixth Soul Ring stopped at the number 128,000 years.