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Boom!
Red, blue, and green soul power exploded in front of Li Yu, creating quite a force.
Fortunately, with the Water and Fire Spirit Body, the water and fire elements posed no harm to Li Yu.
As for the green, representing the Life Element, it didn't stir any waves either, thanks to Li Yu 70% affinity for the Life Element.
"Damn it, how many times have I tried this already..."
Li Yu muttered under his breath, his brows furrowed in frustration.
It had already been seven days since the battle with Shrek and the others. Over these seven days, aside from spending time with Qian Renxue, his mind had been completely focused on the Magic Cube Schedule.
He now controlled four elements—Water, Fire, Poison, and Life—and the Magic Cube Schedule was already nearing completion.
Naturally, he was giving it his all to try and finish it.
Since the affinities for each element were decent, the dual-element fusions between them didn't take long to complete.
Thus, the Magic Cube Schedule progress had reached "9/10."
Only one step remained to complete it.
However, that step was more difficult than Li Yu had imagined.
In fact, with the four elements he controlled, completing the fusion of single and dual elements should have been straightforward.
But when it came to the fusion of the Poison and Life elements, he encountered repeated failures.
It seemed like there was an "extreme repulsion" between these two elements, not giving him the chance to fuse them at all!
Even when attempting to fuse the three elements, he could feel he was close to completion.
But the Poison and Life elements remained elusive.
Li Yu had temporarily given up on fusing these two elements and turned his focus to the three-element fusion.
However, when the number of elements in the Elemental Cube reached three, the difficulty increased exponentially!
Even Li Yu found himself repeatedly failing and fighting on, but with little progress.
At that moment...
Level: 43
Reward Settlement: Gained 2000 years of free allocation years!
Free Allocation Years: 2000
Magic Cube Schedule: 9/10
...
Looking at the flashing system prompt, Li Yu expressionlessly allocated the 2000 free allocation years to Fang of Absorption once again.
Allocating...
Allocation Complete!
Fang of Absorption: 34,000 years
Extraction:...
Efficiency increased by 40%
...
"40%..."
Li Yu muttered to himself, "With Dugu Bo cultivation, to easily resolve the toxins that have long been in his body, it probably requires the Fang of Absorption to reach the 100,000-year level…"
"A hundred thousand years... another month or so..."
He thought about his next plans.
Right now, if he wanted to quickly increase his strength, the most urgent task was to raise his soul power, but that would take time.
By steadily acquiring free allocation years each day, combined with the Elemental Spirit, his strength was already far beyond that of other soul masters of the same level.
But even that was not enough.
To live freely, he needed strength that would allow him that freedom.
At the same time, as his soul power increased, the free allocation years he could gain daily would also rise.
So, the best course of action now was to wait until a month later, raise Fang of Absorption to the 100,000-year level, and help Dugu Bo resolve the toxins in his body.
At that time, his soul power would make a significant leap.
Moreover, in a month, the medicinal effects of the Clear Frost Dew, Eight-Faceted Frostflower, and Fire Peach Blossom would likely have been fully absorbed.
By then, another round of "herbal buffet" would give his soul power another solid boost.
With that, reaching the Six-Ring Spirit Emperor level would likely be within reach.
With this in mind, Li Yu stopped thinking about other matters and focused his attention back on the three-element fusion.
At that moment, there was a light sound of footsteps.
Li Yu immediately stopped his actions, his gaze falling on the closed palace door, a smile appearing on his lips.
After their heated battle, Qian Renxue had been quite cautious around him.
For these past few days, she had been avoiding him, only appearing at meal times, and Li Yu could only seize that opportunity to be close.
Though it was a little earlier than usual, no one would bother him except for Qian Renxue.
But from the sound of these footsteps, it seemed there was more than one person.
"Guests?"
Li Yu raised an eyebrow but didn't give it much thought, nor did he use his current impressive spiritual power to probe.
This was his way of showing respect to Qian Renxue.
Knock knock!
The door creaked open after a light knock.
Qian Renxue figure appeared as expected, and Li Yu gaze immediately met hers.
There seemed to be an unspoken understanding between them, and both of them smiled slightly.
Compared to before, they trusted each other more now, but there was still a hint of guilt in Qian Renxue eyes.
After the events from seven days ago, after being close to Li Yu, Qian Renxue had asked him about his martial soul.
Li Yu had no reason to hide it, so he directly told her about Elemental Spirit, how each soul ring it obtained allowed him to control a different element.
Qian Renxue had been shocked by this and re-evaluated Elemental Spirit.
In her mind, Elemental Spirit was now no less powerful than Six-Winged Angel!
Just the thought of Li Yu reaching Title Douluo rank and mastering nine elements in the future excited and frightened her!
When that time came, how many people in the world could resist Li Yu?
Because of Li Yu honesty, Qian Renxue trusted her even more, though she often felt guilty for hiding her true identity as a woman from him.
As his wife, she hadn't been able to fulfill the responsibilities of a husband, which made her feel guilty.
"Guests?"
After a brief moment of silent eye contact, Li Yu spoke first, calming the emotions and guilt in Qian Renxue eyes.
"Mm."
Qian Renxue nodded, then stepped inside.
Immediately, Li Yu met a pair of resentful eyes.
Ning Rongrong!
Li Yu furrowed his brows, a displeased expression appearing on his face.
In order to appease Ning Fengzhi and prevent him from siding with Xue Beng, Li Yu had promised Ning Rongrong a reward.
That reward was, of course, the Beautiful Silk Tulip, a rare treasure that could help the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda evolve into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda!
Such an opportunity was invaluable to anyone from Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
But...
This was under the condition that Ning Rongrong would "reform."
Li Yu was no saint; he didn't have to help someone who resented him and offer such an opportunity.
Wait...
Li Yu suddenly realized he had made a mistake.
Due to his subjective bias, he had unconsciously focused on people like Tang San and Ning Rongrong from the main group.
But now, with his current strength, even if he made these people "reform" and turn into his subordinates, they couldn't help him much in the short term.
In fact, he could even say that they were more of a burden!
So, why not focus his attention on someone more deserving, someone who could actually help him?
Beautiful Silk Tulip wasn't something only Ning Rongrong could use!
What about giving it to Ning Fengzhi, who had been suffering from the toxins for years and had already reached the "Seven-Hearted Heart" stage?
If Ning Fengzhi took the Beautiful Silk Tulip, after his martial soul evolved and absorbed a soul ring, his soul power could very well rise toward level 90!
With that, he would have an extraordinary auxiliary Soul Douluo, or even a Title Douluo, assisting him!
Wouldn't that be a thousand times better than helping Ning Rongrong, the rebellious little sister?