Douluo: I'll take the benefits, you bear the side effects

Nearly five years have passed, and Ning Fengzhi has aged considerably. He no longer has the spirited demeanor he once had, and now resembles an old man on his deathbed.

But those eyes were not cloudy; on the contrary, they were full of light.

All of this is because of Ning Chuan, who not only joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School but also brought a large number of geniuses to the school.

Even if he dies, he'll definitely die with a smile on his face.

"Ahem." Ning Fengzhi coughed lightly, his voice aged as he said, "Uncle Gu is right."

While they were talking, Ning Chuan had already finished his swordsmanship match with Sword Douluo.

Jian Dou laughed loudly, "Good lad, you've really broadened my horizons. It seems that your swordsmanship hasn't declined over the years and has improved rapidly. Come, let me see your Seven Kill Sword Technique."

The seventh spirit ring on his body shone brightly, and Sword Douluo activated the Seven Kill True Form, transforming into a hundred-meter-tall giant of light and shadow, wielding the giant Seven Kill Sword and slashing out a "kill" character.

"As you wish, senior."

Ning Chuan's body trembled, and his seventh soul ring and the Spider God's torso bone on his chest simultaneously shone with brilliant light.

Two beams of light, one gold and one red, intertwined to form a giant cyan figure clad in blood-red armor.

This giant's aura was also hundreds of meters tall, and it wielded a giant green bamboo bee cloud sword, no less impressive than the Seven Kill True Body.

This is precisely Ning Chuan's true spirit form.

All Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword skills have their attack power increased by 100%, allowing you to freely control the Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder without relying on the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword.

When activated simultaneously with the Spider God's possession of the torso bones, the resulting boost is no longer solely to the attack power of all Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword skills, but rather to all attributes.

As for the spider-body possession of the torso bones, without activating the divine-level Eight Spider Lances, it increases all attributes by 100%.

Only when activated simultaneously with the Eight Spider Lances can it reach 200%.

In other words, even without the Spider God's possession, Ning Chuan's attributes would still be three times higher than before after activating the true form of the weapon spirit.

If the Eight Spider Lances are activated, the power can be increased fourfold.

However, if it's just for friendly sparring, three times the amount is enough.

With such a huge increase, Ning Chuan's killing intent erupted, and he unleashed seven "kill" characters in succession.

Sword Douluo's killing intent, unleashed with his level 96 soul power, only managed to block the first three of Ning Chuan's killing intents; the remaining four were too much to withstand and shattered.

Only by relying on his Seven Killings True Body was Sword Douluo able to withstand Ning Chuan's attack.

"Such powerful killing intent! That must have been the Killing God Domain. And with your unique Soul Bone Technique combined with your Weapon Soul True Body, I'm afraid there are few Title Douluos below level 95 who can rival you. But this shouldn't be your true strength yet. Come on, let me see your full power."

Sword Douluo grew increasingly excited as the fight progressed, gripping the Seven Kill Sword and transforming into a streak of blue light that intertwined with Ning Chuan.

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Sparks flew as Ning Chuan caught the sword, his third spirit ring lit up, and his body split into seven.

Then, by exerting force with his left leg, he activated his stealth skill, and his true form instantly disappeared from everyone's sight, becoming undetectable even by mental energy.

The six clones are all one entity, each with its own role: one acts as the killer, two as the bonders, one as the ally, one as the opportunist, and one as the hermit.

The Slayer's swordsmanship is fierce and invincible, utterly devastating.

Those who are bound to the enemy attack in pairs, paving the way for their allies.

Speculators, like ghosts, strike from the sidelines, making them impossible to defend against. They can sway the outcome of a battle.

Although the hermit did not conceal his form like his true self, his aura was completely concealed.

This is Ning Chuan's current third soul skill, Sword Shadow. After his soul level increased to 100,000, all his clones not only possessed 100% of the original's strength, but could also use soul bone skills.

And it was precisely because of this that Ning Chuan was able to multitask, recreating the Six Sword Slaves of Qin's Moon in the Douluo Continent. "A Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart," Ning Fengzhi exclaimed in surprise.

The worries in Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling's hearts were swept away, after all, they had witnessed Ning Chuan's combined attack technique.

It's practically a weapon for killing people of a higher level.

Sword Douluo had never seen such an attack pattern before.

Under Ning Chuan's siege, he only managed to block the first wave of the killer's attack. In the second wave, when he faced the bondage user and the helper, his sleeve was slashed. This was only because Ning Chuan did not intend to hurt him; otherwise, it would have been more than just a slashed sleeve.

It was his entire arm.

The third wave of speculators and the fourth wave of hiders tore his clothes and collar open.

"What a bizarre combination."

Sword Douluo suddenly felt immense pressure. If Ning Chuan hadn't held back, he probably would have died three times over.

More importantly, he couldn't find any trace of Ning Chuan's true form.

However, compared to the humiliation of losing to a junior, he felt more excited.

It turns out that soul power is not the only factor.

At this moment, Sword Douluo's mind became clear, and his nine spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, and five black—were completely integrated into his Seven Kill Sword, unleashing a powerful spirit force far exceeding that of before.

Under this soul power, even Ning Chuan, who had already concealed his figure, had to activate his two domains to resist, thus revealing a trace of his aura.

"You broke through ahead of schedule?" Ning Chuan was greatly surprised. He didn't make any more moves, but instead put away his clone and martial soul and said, "Congratulations, Senior Sword Douluo."

In the original story, Sword Douluo defeated three of the four Title Douluos who attacked from the Spirit Hall, risking losing his right arm, and only broke through to the next level when he was on the verge of death.

Just now, although Ning Chuan held back, there is no doubt that Sword Douluo had indeed sensed the aura of death.

Thus, he broke through to level 97.

After all, Sword Douluo had been stuck at level 96 for twenty years before this.

According to the original setting, from level 95 onwards, in addition to accumulating soul power, one also needs to gain enlightenment.

Of course, all of this is based on the premise that this person has a single martial soul.

For example, with twin martial souls, Tang San didn't seem to comprehend them much in the original novel. He simply relied on absorbing soul rings to raise his soul power all the way to level 99.

"I owe all of this to you. I lost the sparring match just now."

Sword Douluo took a deep breath and sighed.

Ning Chuan smiled without saying a word, and the two of them flew down to the city gate tower.

Everyone immediately jumped down from the city gate tower to greet them. Ning Rongrong was the first to rush into Ning Chuan's arms, crying, "You big bad guy, you finally decided to come back."

"Sorry." Ning Chuan smiled. He let Ning Rongrong throw herself into his arms, then opened his arms, gesturing for Ye Lingling and Zhu Zhuqing to come over.

Ye Lingling smiled happily and threw herself into Ning Chuan's arms. Zhu Zhuqing rolled her eyes at him, but her body was very obedient, and she rushed over before Ye Lingling.

But she wasn't the fastest. The fastest was Xiao Wu, who instantly teleported behind Ning Chuan and hugged him from behind.

This scene shocked many people.

The others could understand Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong, since they had been hanging out with Ning Chuan for a long time.

But what's with Xiao Wu? Isn't she from the Shrek Academy team? (End of Chapter)