The Second Spirit's Spirit Skills

The golden sphere enveloping Gu Shenggo slowly melted, turning back into golden fluid that coiled around his body.

"Hm?" Gu Shenggo looked at the many soul beasts surrounding him yet not daring to approach, then at the Nether Wolf's corpse before him, and roughly understood what had happened.

The soul beasts watched Gu Shenggo warily, letting out low growls. Their claws scraped against the ground, leaving trail after trail of claw marks, yet none of them dared make a rash move.

A black soul ring enveloped Gu Shenggo, radiating a powerful aura that made those soul beasts deeply wary and afraid to come near.

Ice Thorn Vine emerged and wrapped around Gu Shenggo's body. After absorbing the soul ring, it had changed as well. Its original width of less than half an inch had grown to three inches, like an ice-blue giant snake coiling around him. Frosty air spread out, lowering the temperature of the surrounding air considerably, while its previously tiny thorns had become thick and sharp.

Not only that, strands of golden lightning coiled around the surface of the Ice Thorn Vine. Ice and lightning intertwined, producing even more terrifying power.

Looking at the Ice Thorn Vine coiled around him, crackling with ice and lightning, Gu Shenggo revealed a satisfied expression. He looked at the soul beasts encircling him, raised a hand toward a Black Horned Leopard, and with a thought, chose it as his first target.

A piercing sound tore through the air as the Ice Thorn Vine shot toward the Black Horned Leopard like a hunting serpent, incredibly fast. Even the air was sliced apart by the thorns on its body, producing a shrill screech!

Seeing the Ice Thorn Vine coming to kill it, the Black Horned Leopard panicked and tried to flee. But the moment it turned and leaped away, it was wrapped up by the vine.

Like a python constricting its prey, the thick thorns of the Ice Thorn Vine tore through the Black Horned Leopard's flesh. Lightning surged and invaded its body, instantly paralyzing it and rendering it unable to move. Then, the Ice Thorn Vine violently twisted and constricted.

Riiip!!

In an instant, flesh and blood flew everywhere. Blood splattered all around as the Black Horned Leopard was directly crushed into a pile of mangled meat by the Ice Thorn Vine. Its destructive power was immense—even its skeleton was twisted into several sections. It was exceptionally brutal!

Seeing that it could now so easily crush a hundred-year soul beast to death, Gu Shenggo smiled faintly. Not bad. This constricting force was at least several hundred pounds.

Gu Shenggo then looked toward the other soul beasts, intending to test it further. However, after witnessing such a savage scene, those soul beasts were so frightened that they immediately scattered and fled.

They might have been beasts, but they were not stupid. They knew to seek benefit and avoid harm.

Seeing this, Gu Shenggo did not pursue them. Still, the Ice Thorn Vine needed much more testing.

Moreover, Gu Shenggo had not even used his first soul skill. He had merely used the evolved Ice Thorn Vine itself to constrict and kill.

Whether in speed, strength, or size, it far surpassed its previous form. It had also gained lightning attributes, and the vine had become harder, comparable to steel.

Gu Shenggo's first soul skill was called: Lightning Instant Kill.

It was a boosting-type soul skill that increased the Ice Thorn Vine's speed, granting it speed equal to lightning. As for exactly how fast it was, that would require further testing.

Retracting the Ice Thorn Vine into his body, Gu Shenggo continued deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest. The Golden Clock in his left eye turned, accelerating time within his body. He teleported in a flash and vanished from where he stood.

One month later~

In the mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest, a Sky Swallowing Python over a dozen zhang long and more than eighty thousand years old fled frantically through the mountains and forest, its eyes filled with human-like terror.

Its enormous serpentine body was covered in claw marks that cut deep into the flesh and gave off a chilling aura. Much of its flesh had already frozen and necrotized. It had clearly just gone through a great battle, and it had lost, leaving it no choice but to flee in panic.

Suddenly, the air in the forest rapidly grew colder, and frost began to form across the ground. The earth churned as a vast number of Ice Thorn Vines burst forth, covering the sky and earth. They directly surrounded the entire forest, forming a vine prison that radiated freezing cold deep into the bones, trapping the fleeing Sky Swallowing Python.

The Sky Swallowing Python looked at the Ice Thorn Vines surrounding it, fear in its eyes. It turned its head, wanting to flee in another direction, only to see a ninety-foot ice dragon separate from the vine prison and charge toward it.

The ice dragon was enormous, ninety feet long, as though carved from ice crystal. It was lifelike and radiated terrifying dragon might, no different from a true dragon!

The Sky Swallowing Python's injuries had been inflicted by this ice dragon.

"Hiss~ Hiss~ Hiss~"

The Sky Swallowing Python looked at the ice dragon and flicked its tongue. Knowing it could not escape, it decided to fight to the death. It opened its bloodthirsty maw and bit toward the ice dragon, a devouring force rising from its mouth as it sought to consume the dragon completely!

The ice dragon did not yield either, diving straight at the Sky Swallowing Python and engaging it in battle.

How could the heavily wounded Sky Swallowing Python be a match for the ice dragon? The dragon claws seized the python with immense strength, pinning it firmly to the ground. The Sky Swallowing Python continuously struggled, opening its huge maw to bite the ice dragon, only for the dragon's other claw to seize its head and press it hard against the ground, leaving it unable to move.

Then the ice dragon exerted both claws, erupting with tens of thousands of pounds of force and forcibly tearing off the Sky Swallowing Python's head. Its snake bones were violently ripped out, flesh and bone separating as blood gushed forth and gathered into a river.

Even the snake bones continued to writhe and struggle. The ice dragon opened its mouth and gathered golden lightning, blasting it onto the bones and reducing them directly to powder. Lightning coiled around its dragon claws and surged in all directions, electrocuting the Sky Swallowing Python's head into charcoal.

In merely a few exchanges, the more than eighty-thousand-year-old Sky Swallowing Python was brutally slaughtered by Gu Shenggo.

With the Sky Swallowing Python's death, a deep-black soul ring floated up from its corpse, along with a soul bone. Judging by its appearance, it was a head soul bone.

The lifelike ice dragon transformed back into Ice Thorn Vine, and the surrounding Ice Thorn Vines also returned to Gu Shenggo's body, leaving behind only a devastated stretch of forest.

Seven black soul rings surrounded Gu Shenggo, gleaming brilliantly and radiating formidable power.

The Sky Swallowing Python's soul ring was precisely the eighth soul ring Gu Shenggo needed.

Void Archive once again enveloped Gu Shenggo and the soul ring, allowing him to absorb it without worry.

The Ice Thorn Vine wrapped around the Sky Swallowing Python's soul ring and began absorbing it.

Over the past month, Gu Shenggo had searched for soul beasts that met his requirements and had finally gathered eight soul rings.

His first soul ring came from a forty-thousand-year Golden Thunder Electric Roc. Boosting-type soul skill: [Lightning Flash]. It granted the Ice Thorn Vine speed comparable to lightning, along with lightning attributes.

His second soul skill came from a fifty-one-thousand-year Ironclad Rhinoceros. Boosting-type soul skill: [Steel Body]. It granted the Ice Thorn Vine hardness comparable to refined iron, and it would only grow harder as Soul Power was infused into it.

His third soul skill came from a fifty-seven-thousand-year Death Spider Empress. Active-type soul skill: [Death's Kiss]. It granted the Ice Thorn Vine potent venom. As long as a living creature was cut by one of its thorns, the intense poison would be injected into its body, directly reaching the heart and killing at the sight of blood!

His fourth soul skill came from a more than twenty-three-thousand-year Desire Poppy. Active support-type soul skill: [Illusionary Desire]. The Ice Thorn Vine secreted an enhanced liquid. As long as one drank it, all attributes would increase by 50% for thirty minutes. For every additional soul ring, the duration would increase by five minutes and all attributes would increase by another 10%.

His fifth soul skill came from a more than sixty-four-thousand-year Sky Pillar Tree. Active-type soul skill: [Giantification]. Upon using this soul skill, the Ice Thorn Vine's size would double, and its strength would also increase.

His sixth soul skill came from a ninety-two-thousand-year Thousand Pound Ant Emperor. Active-type soul skill: [Thousand Pound Divine Strength]. Upon using this soul skill, the Ice Thorn Vine's strength would double.

His seventh soul skill came from a seventy-nine-thousand-year ice dragon. Active-type soul skill: [Spirit Avatar: Ice Dragon Incarnation]. Upon using this soul skill, the Ice Thorn Vine could transform into an ice dragon.

As Gu Shenggo gradually refined the Sky Swallowing Python's soul ring, his eighth soul skill was born as well.

Eighth soul skill: [Soul Devour], passive-type soul skill. As long as someone was entangled or cut by the Ice Thorn Vine, that person's Soul Power would be devoured, then fed back to Gu Shenggo for him to refine or transfer to others.

(Quick enough! Hard enough! Big enough! Strong enough!)