Douluo: The Unrivaled Demon Lord

Chapter 80 ends, holiday countdown begins.

In the blink of an eye, almost a day has passed.

During those ten-plus hours, the immense energy emanating from the Illusionary Sea Octopus King brought Han Ruoruo to the brink of collapse, but she managed to persevere thanks to her strong willpower.

Her clothes were stained red with blood that had seeped from her body. After the blood congealed, it formed a dark red scab on her exposed skin. But Han Ruoruo had survived the most dangerous stage. Now all that was needed was for her to wake up after she had completely absorbed the blood.

There was a hint of relief in Grandpa Han's eyes, but at the same time, there was also a hint of worry.

It's a foregone conclusion that Han Ruoruo will successfully absorb the eighth soul ring of 100,000 years, but the damage to her body caused by forcibly absorbing the soul ring of 100,000 years should not be underestimated.

For example, Zhang Lexuan, after the bloody battle, forcibly absorbed a 100,000-year soul ring and soul bone before her injuries had fully recovered. Although she barely survived, after returning to Shrek Academy, even with the full-fledged treatment of Elder Zhuang, a healing-type super Douluo, and the infusion of a large amount of precious resources from Shrek Academy, she still needed more than half a year to fully recover.

Han Ruoruo is a control-type Soul Master. As a quasi-Soul Douluo, she is slightly inferior to Zhang Lexuan, who was once a quasi-Soul Douluo, in terms of physical attributes. However, she has an advantage in terms of mental strength. After absorbing the power, it is inevitable that she will need to recuperate.

However, Shu Yan did not have this concern. With the Life Gold, it would not be difficult for him to help Han Ruoruo recover from her injuries.

He had already asked Xie Ji to check on Han Ruoruo. Although her injuries were serious, they were still within a controllable range. With a large amount of life energy, these injuries would heal in a short time.

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It wasn't until dawn on the third day that Han Ruoruo finally completed the absorption.

Shu Yan helped Han Ruoruo up, while Old Master Han also extracted a 100,000-year-old right leg bone from the body of the Illusionary Sea Octopus King.

Most of the soul bones produced by sea spirit beasts are left and right leg bones, and occasionally head and torso bones will also appear, but so far, Shu Yan has never seen left and right arm bones from sea spirit beasts.

Han Ruoruo took the water bag from Shu Yan, drank some water to moisten her throat, and then, just as she was about to say something, her body suddenly stiffened.

In her perception, an incomparably powerful and pure life energy suddenly rushed into her body. The feeling was like rain after a long drought. Countless life energies began to repair the damaged meridians and origins in her body. For a moment, Han Ruoruo almost let out a comfortable groan.

Grandpa Han handed the 100,000-year-old right leg bone to Han Ruoruo. Looking at Han Ruoruo's miserable appearance, the old man sighed softly and then said:
"Girl, thank goodness you pulled through, otherwise I wouldn't know how to explain it to your parents..."

Han Ruoruo smiled gently, then said:
"Grandpa, I'm fine, don't think about those things..."

A smile appeared on Old Master Han's face; he was mostly happy at the moment.

A 100,000-year eighth-ring soul ring! This is the first time in the history of the Soul Master world that a Soul Master has been able to absorb a 100,000-year soul ring at the eighth ring level. Even in the entire Soul Master world, Soul Masters who can absorb a 100,000-year soul ring at the eighth ring level are extremely rare. And without exception, all of these people later became giants in the Soul Master world.

Shu Junyou looked around, and finally spoke up to remind him:

"We should leave; this is not a place to stay for long."

In the past two days, they had already driven away many powerful sea spirit beasts that were lurking in the distance and spying on them. If they stayed any longer, more unexpected events were bound to occur. Everyone nodded in agreement. Yu Bingyan came over and took Han Ruoruo into the air first, followed closely by Shu Yan and the others. Not long after everyone left, more than a dozen sea spirit beasts with cultivation levels of over ten thousand years quickly gathered around and began to fight over and tear apart the corpse of the Illusionary Sea Octopus King...

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After returning to Lingdou City, Han Ruoruo was forcibly confined to her home by Old Master Han for a few days to recuperate. Ye Ruizhe, the old patriarch of the Ye family, personally treated her. With the miraculous healing effects of the Nine Heart Begonia and the enormous life force that Shu Yan injected into Han Ruoruo's body, her injuries had recovered by nearly 80% in less than a week.

This recovery speed is practically miraculous compared to Zhang Lexuan's six months or so. Han Ruoruo herself was extremely astonished by it. She had originally prepared to return to school injured, but now, after only a few days back, her injuries have almost completely healed, which is truly unexpected.

On the eighth day of being confined at home by Old Master Han to recuperate, Han Ruoruo finally snapped. She looked helplessly at the large pot of strange, black herbal medicine in front of her, and then slowly said:
"Grandpa, didn't I tell you? I'm really fine..."

"Girl, Grandpa is doing this for your own good. Health is the foundation of cultivation. If you don't take good care of your health, Grandpa will be constantly worried..."

After a pause, Old Master Han spoke again:
"Grandpa is all old and frail, and you're my only granddaughter. Just listen to Grandpa, focus on getting better before we talk about anything else..."

Han Ruoruo looked at her grandfather suspiciously, and after a moment she spoke:

"Grandpa, are you sure you just want me to stay home and recover, or do you just not want me to go find Ayan...?"

That hit a nerve, and Old Master Han was somewhat taken aback. He took two steps back and slumped into his wicker chair, then said with a hint of heartache:
"Girl, what's so great about that boy from the Shu family? Why have you liked him so much since you were little? You haven't even fully recovered yet and you're already thinking about going to see him. Look, you've been resting for these past few days, and he hasn't even come to see you once..."

Han Ruoruo gazed intently at her grandfather, and after a moment spoke:

“You’ve been waiting outside my courtyard the whole time. Whenever Ayan comes, you find all sorts of excuses to send him away. It’s a wonder he can come to see me openly and honestly…”

"Huh? What do you mean by that, girl!?"

At first, Old Master Han didn't want to admit it, but when he belatedly realized the other meaning in Han Ruoruo's words, he immediately became restless.

"Alright, so that's why that kid stopped coming after only two visits. Turns out he was sneaking in. Girl, you wait here, Grandpa's going to teach that brat a lesson right now. He's not even engaged yet and he dares to sneak into your room. If we get engaged, does that mean you'll have to bring me a grandson next year?!"

The old man spoke with great indignation, and by the end, even his beard was sticking up on its own.

Han Ruoruo swallowed the last mouthful of tonic in her bowl, then looked up at her grandfather and said very seriously:
"Grandpa, it's not that you can't have it, after all, I'm almost thirty, not young anymore..."

Seeing Han Ruoruo's serious expression, Old Master Han opened his mouth, but in the end, he couldn't say a word...

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(End of this chapter)