A Millennium Soul Skill!

You had to be kidding. Bibi Dong had already been worried sick when Li Chang'an proposed absorbing a nine-hundred-year Soul Ring. Now this kid had set his sights on the Azureblue Tiger and wanted to absorb its Soul Ring. How could that be allowed?!

But this time, Li Chang'an did not obey as he usually did. Instead, he stubbornly looked at Bibi Dong. His eyes seemed to say nothing, yet also seemed to say everything.

"Ah, forget it. Go ahead and try. At worst, your teacher will save you."

Bibi Dong truly could not withstand that stubborn little look. She could only rub her forehead and wave her hand helplessly, signaling for Li Chang'an to begin.

At the same time, Bibi Dong released her pressure, silencing every Soul Beast in the Tianhun Great Forest. Her eyes remained fixed on Li Chang'an's small figure as she prepared to act at any moment.

Although forcibly interrupting the absorption of a Soul Ring might cause irreparable harm to Li Chang'an's foundation and future, it was still better than having him burst apart while absorbing it.

Li Chang'an, meanwhile, sat down with an outwardly calm expression. After giving Bibi Dong a reassuring look, he took out the Pangu Axe and ended the Azureblue Tiger's life!

A moment later, a light-purple Soul Ring appeared in midair. Its color was not the deep violet of a millennium Soul Beast's Soul Ring, but a very elegant pale purple. This was a quasi-millennium Soul Ring!

Of course, the Azureblue Tiger's Soul Ring differed from those of ordinary Soul Beasts. After all, it possessed the bloodline of a king, so the difficulty of absorbing this quasi-millennium Soul Ring was no less than that of some two- or three-thousand-year Soul Rings.

Li Chang'an began using his consciousness to draw in the light-purple Soul Ring, silently repeating to himself:

Great System, don't screw me over. If I explode while absorbing it, I'm finished...

At that moment, the Soul Ring slowly settled over Li Chang'an's head, and a consciousness suddenly began assaulting his mind.

That consciousness seemed to be saying, A mere human dares to absorb this lord?

Then, before Li Chang'an could even react, he felt his Pangu Axe martial soul suddenly stir. That consciousness was incredibly simple, amounting to just one word:

"Scram!"

In an instant, the violent aura calmed down and began merging with Li Chang'an with utmost gentleness and obedience, as if it feared making him unhappy again.

This one was also the type to bully the weak and fear the strong!

When Bibi Dong saw the struggle on Li Chang'an's face, she knew the Azureblue Tiger's consciousness was attacking his sea of spiritual awareness. Yet before she could act, Li Chang'an had already finished absorbing the Soul Ring. The entire process had been absurdly fast!

What kind of operation was that?!

At this point, Li Chang'an was already consolidating the gains from absorbing the Soul Ring. The surging Soul Power allowed him to rise three levels in a row, making him a level-thirteen Soul Master. He was even only halfway away from level fourteen.

Only after stabilizing his gains did Li Chang'an open his eyes and look at Bibi Dong, putting on a surprised expression.

"Teacher, I... I succeeded!"

Bibi Dong was still rather stunned. Li Chang'an's performance had completely overturned her understanding. It was one thing for his first Soul Ring to be a quasi-millennium king-level Soul Ring, but to absorb it so quickly? How was that possible?!

"Ding! You showed off in front of Bibi Dong. Points +16..."

Without realizing it, I've shown off so much in front of Teacher. This really wasn't my intention. What's the point of showing off in front of Teacher? It's only fun when...

"Release your Soul Ring and let me see it!"

Bibi Dong still found it hard to believe. Was that really all there was to it?

Li Chang'an stood up from the ground and obediently summoned the Pangu Axe. At the same time, a light-purple Soul Ring rose from beneath his feet, looking deep and resplendent!

"Ding! You showed off in front of Bibi Dong. Points +16..."

"A quasi-millennium Soul Ring. It truly is a quasi-millennium Soul Ring. Chang'an, you've created history!" Bibi Dong said seriously as she looked at Li Chang'an's martial soul and Soul Ring.

"Come, let me see you use your first Soul Skill," Bibi Dong continued.

Li Chang'an nodded his little head, his expression turning serious as well. He gripped the axe handle with both hands and raised it high above his head. At the same time, the light-purple Soul Ring suddenly lit up, its radiance incomparably dazzling!

"First Soul Skill, Heaven and Earth Cleave!"

A layer of pale-purple light suddenly appeared along the Pangu Axe's dark yet gleaming blade. At the same time, Li Chang'an swiftly swung the axe downward!

A vertical purple beam roughly one meter long shot out from the Pangu Axe. It looked exceptionally sharp, carrying an unstoppable momentum!

Moreover, Bibi Dong noticed that wherever the purple beam passed, deep furrows appeared in the ground, and the beam itself was incredibly fast!

"Rumble..."

Several towering trees before Li Chang'an fell one after another, each one cleanly split in half from the middle. The furrows in the ground continued onward as well...

At that moment, Li Chang'an seemed to have been completely drained. He recalled the Pangu Axe and lay motionless on the ground. His Soul Power had been drained dry again...

Still, he had the Eastern Emperor Bell to protect him. After finishing one axe strike, he could simply lie on the ground with the Eastern Emperor Bell protecting him and tell his opponent:

"I'm done for. Come on up and do it yourself. If you can break through my defense, I'll admit you're impressive..."

Bibi Dong promptly came to Li Chang'an's side and propped him against herself, not finding anything inappropriate about it. She placed her palm against his back and poured some of her pure Soul Power into him.

Li Chang'an absorbed it quickly, but after feeling the softness behind him, he did not want to get up right away. Instead, he jokingly said, "Teacher is so soft... so comfortable..."

Only then did Bibi Dong realize that Li Chang'an had already recovered. She casually flicked him on the forehead and put him back on the ground. This kid even dared to take advantage of his teacher...

"Chang'an, is this first Soul Skill of yours just this single strike? Its power is indeed immense, comparable to the third Soul Skill of some very weak Soul Elders, but the consumption is far too great."

Bibi Dong gave an objective assessment.

Li Chang'an's current strength was still insufficient to fully unleash the power of this Soul Ring, so being able to match the third Soul Skill of some weak Soul Elders was already quite remarkable. But the expenditure was far too obvious. After one axe strike, he would practically lose all combat power.

Yet Li Chang'an gave a mysterious smile, rubbed his nose, and said, "Teacher, my Heaven and Earth Cleave doesn't only deal physical damage. If I want, I can also add spiritual damage to it..."

Bibi Dong's beautiful eyes narrowed. No one understood better than she did what spiritual damage meant. And Li Chang'an's first Soul Skill could actually carry spiritual damage as well. This...