When the morning sun rose, Su Zui finally opened his eyes.
He lay sprawled on the ground without a shred of dignity, letting the warm sunlight fall on him. His chest was still heaving violently, and it took several minutes to return to normal.
Absorbing two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings last night had truly been dangerous!
Although the Great Luo Sword Embryo and the Silvermoon Spirit Cat had spared him the vast majority of the risks, the pain that had nearly torn his soul apart had tormented Su Zui all night.
But fortunately, he had finally succeeded!
Not only did he now possess two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings at once, but he had also raised his Soul Power Level to 37.
Eleven years old, level 37, a ten-thousand-year third Soul Ring, and Twin Martial Souls.
Pick any two of those four traits and put them on anyone, and they would be a one-in-ten-thousand genius.
Yet Su Zui had all four.
"Hahahaha! From now on, the sky is high enough for birds to fly, and the sea is wide enough for fish to leap... cough, cough..."
Just after Su Zui let loose a few unrestrained laughs, a pungent stench suddenly hit his nose.
The smell immediately made Su Zui feel physically sick, and even his earlier joy was forgotten.
"Fuck, who the hell took a shit here?!"
Su Zui sprang to his feet with a carp kip-up and looked around in shock.
To his left, the little Silvermoon Spirit Cat was still fast asleep. In front of the little cat was only a frog quietly shuffling along, and aside from that, he could find no source of the stench anywhere around him.
Su Zui looked down and discovered that his entire body was covered in a layer of black filth.
As it turned out, the stench was coming from him.
"Fuck! Wasn't I absorbing Soul Rings last night? Which bastard did this?"
Su Zui's first thought was that some bastard had dumped a basin of shit on him.
But reason told him that was impossible. After all, he had been absorbing Soul Rings inside the magnetic field formed by a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. How could anyone have snuck in?
He tried hard to recall what had happened last night. He remembered that while he was absorbing the Soul Rings, the Silvermoon Spirit Cat had continuously refined his body with her vast vitality.
"So these things are all impurities expelled from my body?"
Su Zui immediately understood what had happened last night. These things had been expelled from his body; this seemed to be the so-called cleansing of the sinews and marrow.
Now that he knew where the stench came from, all he needed to do was deal with it.
In his current state, these clothes were definitely beyond saving.
There was no one around anyway, so Su Zui had nothing to worry about. Without another word, he stripped off all his dirty clothes and tossed them aside.
Then he immediately summoned his Second Martial Soul, the Chaos Wine Gourd, and used the wine inside to wash his body.
Before long, every bit of filth had been washed clean from Su Zui's body.
After his bath, Su Zui took out a mirror and studied himself in it.
"Holy shit, is that still me? How did I get so beautiful?"
Su Zui looked at the beauty in the mirror, unable to believe it for a moment.
Those intoxicating peach blossom eyes, the high bridge of his nose, his rosy lips, and his long, glossy black hair made it almost impossible for Su Zui to accept that this was him.
Before, Su Zui had already been a bona fide pretty boy, but he had been nowhere near this outrageous.
After his transformation, Su Zui's overall looks and bearing had improved several times over.
His once slightly blemished skin had become exceptionally smooth and delicate.
Su Zui reckoned that his skin as it was now could even rival Snow Sister's, back when she had been his age.
His features were so beautiful that it was impossible to tell whether he was male or female. His long, glossy black hair and rosy lips, paired with his peach blossom eyes, made every frown and smile captivating enough to steal a soul.
Su Zui reckoned that if he returned to Spirit Hall now, he would probably become Snow Sister and Sister Pope's "doll" on the spot.
Moreover, aside from the change in his looks, Su Zui's physical strength had also risen by more than one level.
Su Zui reckoned that his current physical strength was enough to rival that of a high-level Soul King.
Now, Su Zui could feel an explosive power in his every movement.
But what concerned Su Zui most at the moment was still his current strength.
"Great Luo Sword Embryo, possess me!"
Su Zui gave a low shout, and the Great Luo Sword Embryo immediately appeared in his hand.
His Soul Rings then began to emerge one after another.
Yellow, purple, black!
When the third Soul Ring appeared, black as ink, the surrounding space seemed about to freeze.
On a tree not far away, Ghost Leopard Douluo watched the Soul Rings emerge beneath Su Zui's feet, his heart nearly leaping into his throat.
"A ten-thousand-year third ring... the second young master really did it! Heaven blesses Spirit Hall, heaven truly blesses my Spirit Hall!"
As a veteran utterly loyal to Spirit Hall, Ghost Leopard Douluo felt boundless pride well up in his heart as he watched Su Zui display his astonishing talent.
Moreover, if things had truly gone as Ghost Leopard Douluo had imagined yesterday, the young master's Second Martial Soul should also possess a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, and one from a fifty-thousand-year-old Silvermoon Spirit Cat at that.
A full two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings! And there was also the improvement brought by the Soul Beast's sacrifice.
Ghost Leopard Douluo reckoned that the young master's current strength was probably already comparable to that of a high-level Soul King.
Su Zui slowly closed his eyes and felt the skill this Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring had brought him.
The Soul Skill this Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring had given him was called Xuanming Netherlight Slash.
As its name suggested, this Soul Skill was related to the power of Xuanming.
If there were no shadows nearby, this Soul Skill could only release Xuanming Sword Qi to attack enemies.
But if there were shadows nearby, it was nothing short of a divine skill.
Su Zui gripped the Great Luo Sword Embryo, his gaze instantly sharpening.
He locked onto a large tree a hundred meters away and activated his third Soul Skill.
"Xuanming Netherlight Slash!"
The instant Su Zui activated the Soul Skill, a streak of Sword Qi suddenly emerged from the tree's shadow and sliced the entire tree in half at the waist.
The enormous tree crashed to the ground with a rumble, kicking up a great cloud of dust.
This was the ultimate form of Xuanming Netherlight Slash.
As long as there were shadows nearby, Su Zui could use them as a medium to release Sword Qi directly from within them and attack his enemies.
In other words, as long as an opponent had a shadow, they were within range of Xuanming Netherlight Slash.
And at night, this move would be even more terrifying. After all, at night, shadows covered all of heaven and earth, so Su Zui's Sword Qi could appear anywhere to attack his opponent. It was truly impossible to guard against.
Even Su Zui found it somewhat unbelievable.
"Holy crap, isn't this Soul Skill a little too broken? It fires Sword Qi straight out of the opponent's shadow to attack them."
Su Zui swallowed, and then wild joy surged from the bottom of his heart.
He then went on to test his Second Martial Soul's Soul Skill.
Another Soul Ring, black as ink, emerged from beneath Su Zui's feet. Its color was even darker than the Great Luo Sword Embryo's third ring, its dense blackness almost swallowing the surrounding light.
Su Zui then silently recited the incantation.
Grape wine in a luminous cup, before we can drink, the pipa urges us to horse; wound-healing, health-restoring grape wine!