First Thousand-Year Soul Ring

Time rewound to a few breaths earlier.

A fierce wind billowed, tossing the boy's loose hair and lashing his skin with pain.

Yet Su Chen did not slow down. Instead, he accelerated, charging straight at the massive Soul Beast's main body!

Closer!

The boy drew a deep breath and poured every last bit of Chakra into his wrist. He could already hear Chrysanthemum Douluo shouting, but Su Chen had no intention of stopping.

His wrist gradually began to glow under the infusion of Chakra.

Seeing the human Soul Master brimming with immense Life Energy abandon his escape and rush toward it instead, Linwu Silkworm's jade-green pupils held not only a trace of confusion, but also the ecstatic joy of having its wish fulfilled!!

As long as it ate him, its injuries would heal in an instant. Then, it could swiftly flee along the branches of the earth veins, leave this forest, and above all, escape its depths.

At the thought of the terrifying Soul Beasts in the central region, Linwu Silkworm could not help but shudder.

But it did not matter. This was all about to end. It—it was about to evolve successfully.

It greedily watched Su Chen's approaching body as though looking at an incomparably precious heavenly treasure!

Although it did not know why this human had come to throw his life away, it could not let down its guard. Humans were the most cunning creatures.

A flicker of cruelty passed through Linwu Silkworm's emerald pupils. Yellow light flashed intermittently in its throat, and then—

"Roar!!!"

Scorching dragon breath, accompanied by a roar that was like both dragon and flood dragon, erupted from Linwu Silkworm's mouth. The blazing heat even warped and trembled the air as it surged toward Su Chen, who was now within arm's reach!!

At that very moment, the boy inhaled a lungful of searing air. The light around his wrist blazed brightly, and a massive war fan suddenly appeared in his hand before he swung it with all his might!

"Uchiha Reflection!!"

Boom!!!!

The violent explosion shook heaven and earth. Blinding white light swallowed everything, incinerating and destroying every root and tendril Linwu Silkworm had spread through the area. Amid the Soul Beast's strange screams, Su Chen gripped the fan tightly and curled behind its leaves, doing everything he could to avoid the devastating shockwave.

A moment later, the white light faded, and the Soul Beast's screams abruptly ceased. Only then did Su Chen cautiously emerge from behind the fan to inspect the situation.

The area that had once been thick with shrubs had become a massive crater over a hundred meters wide. The soil was charred black, and not a blade of grass remained. Only behind Su Chen did a few withered patches of green still linger.

The canopy overhead had also completely vanished, leaving the blue sky and white clouds clearly visible.

As for the Soul Beast that had taken the full force of the explosion head-on, it had been blasted apart at the waist and was dead beyond doubt. Specks of purple light slowly gathered, gradually forming a ring.

"As expected of a treasured weapon forged from the Divine Tree's branches. No wonder Madara liked it so much."

The boy let out a breath and examined the fan, which had already dimmed considerably.

The fan was entirely white with black edges and an exceptionally long handle. On each side were three black tomoe arranged in a revolving pattern.

The Uchiha Clan's supreme treasure, the Blaze Fan!

Forged from a branch of the Divine Tree, it possessed the ability to use Wind Release to control and reflect Fire Release ninjutsu. In the original work, Madara had even used this fan to reflect Naruto's Tailed Beast Bomb.

Of course, it was now Su Chen's spoils of war.

That was also the confidence that had allowed him to counterattack.

With Su Chen's current strength, he naturally could not wield the Blaze Fan. Fortunately, he had prepared for this from the moment he transmigrated, using methods he had researched in his previous life to "charge" it. After several years, he had finally gained this one chance to use it.

After storing the fan in the Storage Soul Tool on his wrist, Su Chen could not help frowning.

Soul Tool research on Douluo Continent at this stage was simply appalling, especially Storage Soul Tools. Even this "treasure," which he had spent a fortune to acquire, seemed incredibly crude to him. Soul Power communication was sluggish, the storage space was tiny, and its locating speed was painfully slow.

If he had not been so proficient in Chakra control, things might have gone badly wrong.

"Looks like I need to develop Storage Scrolls sooner, along with Summoning Jutsu."

The boy rubbed his chin and silently noted down the plan. Then he turned his gaze toward his spoils, and his dark eyes could not help but gleam faintly.

Although he had lost one trump card, the gains from this battle were exceptionally rich!

A Thousand-Year Soul Ring!

And one that looked extraordinarily precious. After all, Su Chen had never seen such a peculiar Soul Beast or Soul Power in the original work.

It was clearly plant-type, yet it carried the aura of a dragon. The two completely opposing traits had fused perfectly, somehow blending into pure energy that possessed no affiliation at all!

Originally, Su Chen had wanted to find a Soul Beast that contained no attributes—or perhaps all attributes—to deal with any potential issues between Chakra and Soul Power. The appearance of this Soul Beast had perfectly fulfilled his requirements.

When his Byakugan saw this Soul Beast's wound, it had also seen the immense energy gathering in its throat, allowing him to realize that it was preparing to launch its final attack.

That was why he had conceived the idea of counterattacking.

Looking at it now, the result had been quite gratifying.

"Well then, since you wanted to eat me, it's only fair that I absorb your Soul Ring now."

The boy chuckled softly, released his Soul Power, and without hesitation guided the profound dark-purple Soul Ring onto himself.

"In theory, only a Soul Elder can withstand the impact of the residual consciousness contained within a Thousand-Year Soul Ring."

Wild energy suddenly surged forth. Tearing pain flooded in from every part of his body, while a venomous malice rose from within his heart and relentlessly battered his consciousness.

Within his spiritual world, the shadow formed by Linwu Silkworm threw back its head and roared. It blotted out the sky and covered the earth, as though it would devour Su Chen's tiny figure in the next instant.

But the boy remained calm, even revealing a faint, disdainful smile.

"But."

"Every complete soul within the Pure Land is subject to my control, let alone the remnant soul of a beast like you."

"Kneel. Before me!!!"

Boom!!!!

A figure as majestic as heaven and earth appeared within his sea of consciousness. A pure white feathered robe exuded a sacred aura, while the spiral Nine-Tomoe Eye was cold and emotionless, as though the Heavenly Dao itself were gazing down upon all living beings. The entire world became nothing more than a backdrop to that figure.

Compared to it, Linwu Silkworm's enormous black body was no larger than a tiny cat.

Its remnant soul stared in utter terror at the figure that was millions of times larger than itself. The next instant, when those sacred and indifferent spiral Nine-Tomoe Eyes turned toward it, it dissolved completely into a wisp of green smoke and vanished without a trace.

At the final moment before its consciousness fully scattered, intense regret finally arose within what remained of Linwu Silkworm's awareness.

Perhaps it should not have taken the initiative to provoke this human.

He was not human.

Outside, Chrysanthemum Douluo had yet to recover from the tremendous shock of seeing a Thousand-Year Soul Beast die when he saw the boy place the Soul Ring around himself. His heart, which had just settled, instantly leapt back into his throat. His roar was even slightly hoarse. "Fuck, don't do it!!!!"

Don't court death like this!!!

Yet in the very next second, the white-haired boy opened his eyes, and the dark-purple Soul Ring was already obediently hovering around him.

The roar came to an abrupt halt, as though someone had seized his throat.

Yue Guan slowly opened his mouth and widened his eyes. His head tilted to one side, and a clear question mark appeared above it.

What had just happened??