Douluo Continent: The Martial Soul is actually Bibi Dong.

Chapter 82 Two Promotions

"I'll wait until I break through level 30 and become a Soul Master!"

"After breaking through to the Soul Master level, my strength will increase further. With your help in scouting the map, avoiding soul beasts over ten thousand years old, and finding Poison Douluo's lair, once we confirm he's not inside, we can raid his base!"

Su Mo said with a smile.

This is where Bibi Dong comes in.

Whether it's entering Sunset Forest to help Su Mo explore the map, searching for the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, or entering the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to determine if Poison Douluo is inside, Bibi Dong's help is needed.

As for the poison circle that Poison Douluo had set up on the outer perimeter, Su Mo didn't care.

He has an external soul bone called the Eight Spider Lances, which can help him absorb all the toxins in the outside world, preventing him from being poisoned, and also strengthening the Eight Spider Lances!

"Breakthrough to Soul Master!"

Upon hearing Su Mo's words, Bibi Dong fell silent for a moment.

If someone with the strength of a Soul Master were to venture into Sunset Forest alone, it would certainly be extremely dangerous, since there are many Soul Beasts with cultivation levels of over ten thousand years in Sunset Forest.

With Su Mo's current strength, encountering a soul beast that is over ten thousand years old would still be quite dangerous.

However, with her conducting the investigation, it could indeed help Su Mo avoid encountering soul beasts with cultivation levels of over ten thousand years as much as possible.

In addition, she knew that Su Mo had the Eight Spider Lances. Even if they encountered a soul beast that was over ten thousand years old, as long as it wasn't the kind of soul beast that relentlessly pursued humans, Su Mo's physical strength was already quite strong, and with the support of the Eight Spider Lances, escaping wouldn't be a problem.

"Then you should hurry up and start cultivating. Now that you know such a treasure exists, the sooner you find it, the better!"

After acknowledging Su Mo's idea, Bibi Dong reminded Su Mo to start cultivating as soon as possible.

"I know!"

"By the way, can't my Eight Spider Lances increase my own soul power by absorbing the soul power of soul beasts? Can I use it for cultivation?"

Su Mo nodded, and then asked Bibi Dong if he could use the Eight Spider Lances to speed up his cultivation.

Su Mo did remember that in the original novel, Tang San used the properties of the Eight Spider Lances to absorb some soul beasts, but that was for the Eight Spider Lances to absorb and evolve.

Therefore, he absorbed spider-type soul beasts, with the exception of the time he absorbed the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.

Tang San had used it on his opponents in other battles as well, but that was only to replenish his own depleted soul power.

Su Mo's most important task right now is to improve his soul power level, which is why he wants to ask Bibi Dong if he can use the Eight Spider Lances' devouring ability to quickly increase his soul power level.

Based on his previous knowledge, using devouring abilities to accelerate cultivation is considered bad.

"Using the Eight Spider Lances' devouring ability to accelerate cultivation?"

Upon hearing Su Mo's words, Bibi Dong frowned, her first reaction being that it wouldn't work.

Although she had once devoured a large number of soul masters to store up soul power in order to unlock the ninth trial of the Rakshasa God, she did not agree with taking shortcuts by using the ability to devour others in cultivation.

"Using devouring abilities to increase cultivation speed is something only fallen individuals and evil soul masters would do!"

"Those with poor martial soul talent are forced to take the wrong path; most talented soul masters wouldn't do that!"

"Because doing this can easily lead to demonic possession, and even if one doesn't, their mind will be corrupted!"

"However, if it's just you using the Devouring technique to increase your cultivation speed before level 30, I think it's still a good option!"

"Your mental strength is quite strong, so you're not easily affected. As long as you don't devour a soul beast with over ten thousand years of cultivation, there shouldn't be any major problems!"

"But that's only up to level 30. After level 30, I suggest you stop. Taking shortcuts by using the Devouring ability isn't a good thing!"

"You possess twin martial souls, and with your continuous physical training, once you break through level 90 and become a Title Douluo, you can quickly level up by adding spirit rings to your second martial soul. This is the safest method!"

Bibi Dong analyzed the situation for Su Mo and eventually agreed with Su Mo's idea, but not completely.

"Level 30 is enough!"

Su Mo laughed upon hearing this.

He knew that using the ability to devour others to take shortcuts was not a good idea, but in order to steal Poison Douluo's lair as soon as possible, Su Mo felt it was still necessary.

He was initially a little worried, but after hearing Bibi Dong say that, he felt relieved.

……

After their battle with the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the Shrek team earned the Silver Badge.

All members of the Shrek team also received silver badges in the individual competition and were promoted to silver battle spirit masters.

Besides Su Mo obtaining the Golden Badge, Tang San also obtained the Golden Badge.

Because his individual and doubles matches, like Su Mo's, were both undefeated.

Xiao Wu is just a little short of points.

After all, she had lost to Su Mo in the individual competition.

As for the original story, Xiao Wu's winning streak was exactly the same as Tang San's, but only Tang San received the Golden Badge while Xiao Wu did not. Su Mo didn't know how her points were calculated.

With all members of the Shrek team obtaining the Silver Badge, the second phase of special training that Yu Xiaogang had designed for everyone was completed ahead of schedule.

It's estimated that Yu Xiaogang didn't expect everyone to be so fierce at first. The special training plan, which was originally planned to last about three months, was completed in just one month.

"I believe you all already know that Shrek Academy will be joining the Heaven Dou Royal Academy!"

"You've all completed the second phase of intensive training, which was originally planned for you, ahead of schedule!"

"That's fantastic! I never expected you guys to do this so well!"

"So for the next two months, everyone should rest well and focus on cultivating their soul power. The third phase of special training will continue after you arrive at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy!"

After Yu Xiaogang gathered Su Mo and the others again, he made new arrangements for them.

"Wow~ Really, Master!"

"Very good……"

"Finally, I can relax a bit..."

"..."

Upon hearing Yu Xiaogang's arrangements, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and the others were very excited, partly because they had been praised by Yu Xiaogang, and partly because they could rest for two months.

Swish~!

After Yu Xiaogang finished speaking, Bibi Dong suddenly appeared next to Su Mo.

"brazen!"

"You make it sound so nice, but it's just because the Shrek team can't find any decent opponents at the Soto City Grand Arena. Even if they play team matches again, they won't get much training benefit!"

It turns out that Bibi Dong heard what Yu Xiaogang said and came out to confront him.

"Shameless, trash!"

After grumbling for a bit, Bibi Dong returned to Su Mo.

"..."

Su Mo was both amused and exasperated by this. Bibi Dong would seize any opportunity to mock or curse Yu Xiaogang, otherwise she would feel uncomfortable!

Su Mo didn't care how Yu Xiaogang arranged things; it was a good opportunity to use the two months to go out and use the Eight Spider Lances to improve his cultivation speed.

After everyone dispersed, Su Mo and Ning Rongrong went to the familiar boulder on the back mountain to enjoy some time alone together.

"I never imagined Shrek Academy would be disbanding!"

"Su Mo, can we leave Shrek Academy now?"

"Otherwise, joining the Heaven Dou Royal Academy along with Shrek Academy would feel a bit embarrassing. It would make it seem like Shrek Academy is some kind of low-class institution, and we'd have to join someone else's academy!"

Then Ning Rongrong talked to Su Mo about leaving Shrek Academy.

If Ning Rongrong hadn't considered leaving Shrek Academy, she probably wouldn't have cared too much.

But since she had already decided to leave, Ning Rongrong felt there was no need to lose face.

"What you said makes a lot of sense!"

Upon hearing Ning Rongrong's words, Su Mo's hands, which were originally helping Ning Rongrong to develop, paused slightly.

He hadn't considered this issue, especially since he was going to the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy this time, and he figured he would face the same difficulties and humiliation as before.

Su Mo had to go along to ensure certain things were done, and he didn't care about being made difficult. But Ning Rongrong didn't need to suffer this injustice at all.

"Well then, there's something I need to confirm with Tang San and the others at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy before I leave!"

"Rongrong, you don't need to go. Isn't Seven Treasures City, where your Seven Treasures Glazed Tile School is located, near the Heaven Dou Imperial Capital?"

"Once you arrive in the capital of Heaven Dou, you can make an excuse to go home and return to your sect first. Then you won't need to rejoin the team. Just write a letter explaining your withdrawal from the Shrek Academy team!"

"Then I'll quickly leave and go find you at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School!"

To prevent Ning Rongrong from suffering this injustice, Su Mo quickly came up with a solution for her.

"You're going to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy before you leave!"

"That's a good idea, but I don't want it. I want to wait until I can go with you!"

After hearing Su Mo's words, Ning Rongrong quickly shook her head. Su Mo's idea was good, but she just didn't want it.

In order to leave with Su Mo, I don't care about losing face!

"You little idiot!"

Upon hearing Ning Rongrong's words, Su Mo immediately rolled over, pinning Ning Rongrong beneath him, and looked at her face to face.

"Hmm~"

What happened next is self-evident.

……

The next day, after telling Ning Rongrong, Su Mo went out alone.

Shrek Academy won't interfere with students' outings. When you're given free time, you're free to do as you please, as long as you focus on your training.

The next two months were essentially a period of hands-off training for the Shrek team.

Since Su Mo was out alone, he couldn't go to the Spirit Hall's captive spirit beast forest to hunt, so he could only go to the nearest wild spirit beast forest.

Because Su Mo has not yet broken through level 30 and has no need to absorb spirit rings, the Spirit Hall will not allow Su Mo to enter.

Unless Su Mo went in with someone else to help them hunt for spirit rings.

But how could that be possible? Su Mo didn't want to expose the Eight Spider Spears to others, especially since he needed to use their devouring ability for cultivation.

If others saw this, it would definitely be considered the behavior of an evil spirit master!

puff-

After entering the nearest wild soul beast forest, Su Mo quickly hunted down an eight-hundred-year-old soul beast, the Iron Claw Fox.

After having Bibi Dong monitor the surroundings from the air, Su Mo summoned the Eight Spider Spears on his back, and all eight spider legs pierced into the body of the Iron Claw Fox that was about to die.

Glug~ Glug~

When Su Mo activated the Devouring property of the Eight Spider Lances, it was visible to the naked eye that energy was being absorbed by the Eight Spider Lances from the Iron Claw Fox, continuously flowing into the Eight Spider Lances.

The soul power and life force of the Iron Claw Fox were being devoured by the Eight Spider Lances and then gathered into Su Mo's body.

boom--

At the same time, Su Mo also felt a huge surge of soul power coming towards him, just like when he absorbed the soul ring.

Su Mo quickly sat cross-legged on the ground and began refining.

The soul power absorbed through the Eight Spider Lances also needs to be refined before it can be transformed into one's own soul power.

Unless it's simply to replenish one's own consumed soul power.

When Su Mo absorbed the energy of a 1,200-year-old soul ring for his second soul ring, it didn't take him very long. Now, however, he found that it might take him even longer to absorb the energy from an 800-year-old soul beast.

A full hour later, Su Mo finally finished refining the soul power absorbed into his body.

"call--"

"Luckily, I didn't devour any soul beasts with over a thousand years of cultivation, otherwise I might have been overwhelmed and it would have taken me ages to refine them!"

"However, as expected, not all of the energy I absorbed could be converted into my soul power. Most of it evaporated and was consumed, and only a small portion truly became part of my cultivation!"

"Even this small portion is equivalent to half a month of my cultivation!"

"No wonder so many people choose the path of evil spirit masters; taking shortcuts is definitely much faster!"

Su Mo carefully sensed the changes within himself and then made a judgment.

After that, he left the Soul Beast Forest.

He needs to digest and adapt to the soul power he has absorbed for a few days before he can continue to absorb it; otherwise, he will find it difficult to withstand.

And so, Su Mo cultivated at Shrek Academy while going out every few days to use the Eight Spider Lances to devour soul beasts and accelerate his cultivation.

Su Mo, who originally needed four or five months to continue leveling up, rose from level 26 to level 27 in just one month, finally catching up with Ning Rongrong's soul power level.

Before everyone was about to leave Shrek Academy, Su Mo's soul power level increased from level 27 to level 28, surpassing Ning Rongrong.

During this time, the other members of Shrek Academy did not notice that Su Mo's soul power level had been continuously increasing.

As Bibi Dong instructed, Su Mo maintained his soul power at a semi-saturated state when he returned to Shrek Academy, so that no one would be able to detect that Su Mo's soul power had increased.

It wasn't until he went to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy that Su Mo couldn't hide it anymore and said that he had leveled up again, from level 24 to level 25!

In just over two months, while everyone else hadn't leveled up, Su Mo had already leveled up again, which truly astonished everyone.

Su Mo said it was because he had a sudden epiphany while practicing his marksmanship that he improved so much.

Although this situation is not common in the world of Soul Masters, it does occur occasionally.

Ma Hongjun and the others could only envy Su Mo's luck.

"Your envy is useless; this situation is rare even in the entire Soul Master world. You can only say Su Mo is lucky!"

"Let's go, it's time to head to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy!"

Yu Xiaogang addressed everyone at the end.

……

P.S.: Fourth update. There will be another update tonight, a total of 20,000 words.

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