Douluo Dalu: Ice Snake Martial Spirit, Infinite Evolution

Chapter 167 Tangible but Intangible Spiritual Power
Early the next morning!
The sky was just beginning to lighten!

Elder Wu and the others stood guard beside Dugu Han, waiting for him to absorb the soul ring while they chatted and reminisced.

They were all centenarians, and the topics they discussed were all old stories from decades ago.

Wu Ming couldn't get a word in edgewise and sat alone to the side, pondering how to tell Zhang Lexuan about her relationship with Dugu Han when she was about to return to the academy.

But she thought about it all night and still couldn't figure out what to say.

"What are you thinking about!"

Suddenly, Dugu Han's voice rang out beside her.

"Ok?"

Wu Ming was startled when she suddenly heard his voice. She looked at Dugu Han, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground opposite her, trembled, and turned her head away in fear.

An illusory Dugu Han appeared before her eyes.

"Ghost!"

Looking at the illusory Dugu Han, she instinctively screamed and jumped to the side like a startled rabbit.

While chatting, Elder Wu and the others suddenly heard Wu Ming's shout and quickly got up to look.

"Seniors!"

Dugu Han smiled at Elder Wu and the others.

Elder Wu and the others stared in shock at the illusory Dugu Han, then looked at the Dugu Han sitting cross-legged beside them.

Everyone rubbed their eyes in disbelief and looked again.

There were still two Dugu Hans. One was a physical Dugu Han sitting in the same spot, while the other was a phantom Dugu Han greeting them.

"You...you are Xiaohan?"

Old Ming stared wide-eyed at the illusory Dugu Han.

Both Tenghuang Douluo and Elder Ye looked at him in disbelief.

The simultaneous appearance of two Dugu Han, one materialized and one illusory, is highly illogical!

"it's me!"

Dugu Han smiled and nodded.

"how did you do that?"

Wu Ming looked at the illusory version of him, then at the real version, and still couldn't quite believe it.

How could two Dugu Hans suddenly appear at the same time?

Even if he has the clone soul skill, he can't use the soul skill because he doesn't even have a martial soul attached to him!
"I am the manifestation of my own spiritual power."

After speaking, Dugu Han looked at Elder Wu and Tyrannosaurus Douluo, who seemed to be deep in thought, and smiled, "I suppose the two seniors know what's going on with me!"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately looked at Elder Wu and Tyrannosaurus Douluo.

"Seniors, is he really Dugu Han?"

Wu Ming couldn't help but ask.

"It should be!"

Elder Wu nodded solemnly.

Tyrannosaurus Douluo stared at the illusory Dugu Han, his voice filled with envy as he said, "This is the externalization of spiritual power. Only when spiritual power breaks through to the level of tangible yet intangible can it be achieved."

"Formless!"

Everyone was taken aback upon hearing this, and exclaimed in surprise as they looked at Dugu Han, "Your spiritual power has already broken through the level of tangible yet intangible?"

"What is a tangible but intangible level?" Wu Ming asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Tangent but intangible is a level of spiritual power. You haven't broken through to the Title Douluo level yet, so you don't understand this very well."

Elder Wu explained in a complicated tone: "When a Soul Master reaches level ninety, they need to condense a Soul Core, and the cultivation after the Soul Core is condensed is closely related to their own spiritual power."

"In short, the higher one's mental strength, the faster a Title Douluo can cultivate. At the same time, in order to cultivate to level 95, one must materialize one's mental strength. And the prerequisite for cultivating to level 99 is to first cultivate one's mental strength to the peak of tangible yet intangible."

"Because only with sufficiently strong mental power can one stabilize the first soul core while continuing to condense the second soul core."

After explaining, Elder Wu used Elder Xuan as an example, saying, "Elder Xuan broke through to level ninety-eight many years ago. In these years, he tried to condense a second soul core twice, but both attempts ended in failure."

"The reason is that although his spiritual power has reached the level of tangible but intangible, it is still far from the peak, so he cannot stabilize his first soul core while condensing the second soul core."

After saying that, he looked at the illusory Dugu Han and said with a complicated expression, "From the beginning of the Soul Master system, no one has ever been able to cultivate their spiritual power to a level of tangible yet intangible form at level sixty."

"Even the most talented spirit-type Soul Master in history could only cultivate their spiritual power to the level of tangible yet intangible at the Soul Douluo level."

Tyrannosaurus Douluo added a sentence in a complicated tone.

"So, your mental strength has now reached a level comparable to Elder Xuan's?" Wu Ming looked at Dugu Han in surprise.

"I haven't reached that level yet. Elder Xuan has been at the level of tangible yet intangible for many years, while I have only barely entered this level by absorbing the remnant soul in the soul ring."

Dugu Han shook his head and said, "To reach the level comparable to Elder Xuan, one still needs to absorb that 100,000-year-old spiritual head bone."

"That's not bad either!"

Vine Emperor Douluo sighed, "After all, even if you absorb a spirit ring, you're still just a Spirit Emperor!"

"Yes, a Soul Emperor who has achieved tangible yet intangible spiritual power—if this gets out, how many spiritual-type Soul Masters would be ashamed to death!" Elder Ye said with relief.

Fortunately, he wasn't a spirit-type soul master, otherwise he would have died of shame on the spot.

"You flatter me, esteemed seniors!"

Dugu Han smiled, glancing at the soul bones beside him out of the corner of his eye: "What are these soul bones?" "These are mermaid soul bones collected by our seniors."

Wu Ming said regretfully, "It's a pity that the silver-crowned mermaid got away, otherwise it would have been another 100,000-year-old soul bone."

"Let them run away!"

Dugu Han didn't care about Lijing's soul bone. He had already obtained the head soul bone with the golden bloodline, and his spiritual power had reached the tangible yet intangible level ahead of schedule.

They have already exceeded their objectives for this trip!

"Seniors, please distribute these soul bones!"

Dugu Han glanced at the soul bones and said.

"Row!"

No one stood on ceremony. Elder Wu was the first to step forward, took out the 50,000-year-old head soul bone from before, put it down, and then put away the other 70,000-year-old head soul bone.

"I'll take this one piece, is that too much to ask?"

"Not too much, not too much!"

No one objected. Although Elder Wu took away the soul bone with the highest age, he also left behind a head soul bone that was 50,000 years old.

Then Tyrannosaurus Douluo stepped forward and took a soul bone.

He also only took one piece, which was the 50,000-year-old head bone that the old witch had put down.

The remaining items are two 20,000-year-old head soul bones, three 10,000-year-old head soul bones, and six 10,000-year-old left and right arm bones and leg bones.

The three, Vine Emperor Douluo, Elder Ye, and Elder Ming, discussed it for a while.

The Vine Emperor Douluo took away a 20,000-year-old head soul bone, a 10,000-year-old head soul bone, and a 10,000-year-old left arm bone.

The same goes for Elder Ye.

Although Elder Ming did not have a 20,000-year-old head bone to take, he was given two extra 10,000-year-old arm bones as compensation.

While the others were dividing their soul bones, Dugu Han also tested the maximum distance his spiritual avatar could travel from his body.

He can freely roam within a radius of one hundred meters centered on his main body.

However, once this distance is exceeded, the consumption of mental energy will increase, and the greater the distance, the greater the consumption.

Dugu Han tested the maximum distance, two hundred meters!
When his spiritual avatar is 200 meters away from his physical body in a straight line, his spiritual power will be greatly depleted and he will no longer be able to move forward. If he continues to move forward, his spiritual avatar will disintegrate due to the excessive distance.

After the test, Dugu Han withdrew his spiritual avatar, and his true body opened his eyes.

"Xiao Han, what level is your soul power now?"

"Old Wu asked curiously."

Tyrannosaurus Douluo and the others also looked at him curiously.

Because Dugu Han's spiritual power was a level higher than theirs, even though they were all titled Douluo, they couldn't tell his soul power level.

Level 63!

Dugu Han sensed his own soul power and said.

"Wow, such a huge increase in soul power!"

Wu Ming was somewhat surprised.

The soul power of a 100,000-year soul ring is enormous, enough to boost the soul power of an ordinary Soul Emperor by at least four levels. However, the soul power of an ultimate martial soul is greatly compressed before level 70, and Dugu Han's attributes surpass the ultimate, so the compression will only be more severe.

Logically speaking, raising one's soul power by two levels would already be quite good!
"I didn't absorb an ordinary 100,000-year-old soul beast. It has the golden bloodline of the mermaid clan, and the soul power provided by its soul ring is enormous. Even after compression, it still increased my soul power by three levels."

After Dugu Han finished speaking with a smile, he stood up and took out the 100,000-year-old head soul bone.

This is a 100,000-year-old spiritual head bone born from a top-tier spiritual beast with golden bloodline. Absorbing it will definitely cause his spiritual power to surge.

Even if he cannot directly break through to a tangible and substantial level, he can still reach a level comparable to the Xuan Elder at level ninety-eight.

Dugu Han looked at the spirit head bone in his hand, thought for a moment, and then put it away.

This place is only two or three kilometers away from the icy sea. A night has passed since Liya's death, and the sea princess may come to avenge her at any time.

His safest option is to return to Shrek Academy, or go to Mingdu and then absorb the spiritual head bone.

With Elder Mu in charge, Shrek Academy is not intimidated even when the Sea Princess comes knocking.

With Kong Deming in charge of Mingdu, even though he is in seclusion, the Emperor of the Sun Moon Empire will definitely summon him when the 600,000-year-old Sea Princess comes knocking. There are also level nine soul masters like Ye Yulin and Jing Hongchen, as well as all sorts of hidden soul tools.

Let alone the Sea Princess, whose strength will drop significantly after entering the land, even the Evil Emperor, a land-based soul beast with a higher cultivation level, would suffer a setback after entering Mingdu.

Moreover, it's closer to Mingdu; at his speed, he could arrive in a day. He could also write letters to Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo to call them over, saving himself the time of running back and forth.

"Seniors, I plan to go to Mingdu to absorb this spiritual head bone again."

After pondering for a while, Dugu Han revealed his plan.

He had no choice but to absorb the 100,000-year soul ring here earlier. At that time, Liya's life force was rapidly fading and she could die at any moment. There was no extra time for her to move away from the icy sea to absorb more soul rings.

But soul bones are different; they can be absorbed either sooner or later.

“Okay, the safety of absorbing soul bones in Mingdu will be greatly improved.”

Everyone agreed with Dugu Han's plan to go to Mingdu to absorb the soul bone.

The Sea Princess could come at any time to avenge her daughter and people. If he absorbs the spiritual head bone here, everyone will be too preoccupied to care about him once the Sea Princess comes for revenge.

Even the aftershocks of the battle could affect his process of absorbing the soul bone.

(End of this chapter)