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Golden Dragon · Skywalk Pierce

Xu Changqing looked at the yellow Century Soul Ring floating up from the Golden-Backed Dragon Lizard's corpse. His little face flushed red, and he was overcome with excitement.

His First Soul Ring was finally within reach!

Once he had a soul skill, he would no longer be a useless noob who could not beat anyone. He would finally have the strength to fight people his own age!

My martial soul, the Five Dragon Lyre, belongs to the Summoning System. I wonder what soul skill I'll gain after absorbing this Soul Ring, and what kind of companion I'll be able to summon. Xu Changqing began to look forward to it.

"The stench of blood here is too strong. It could easily draw other soul beasts over. We shouldn't delay any longer, Little Changqing. Start absorbing the Soul Ring. Summon your martial soul, then use your Soul Power to guide the Soul Ring onto yourself and absorb its energy. Si Si Jie and I will stand guard for you," Su Yuntao said.

"Alright." Xu Changqing nodded and sat down cross-legged on the spot. With a thought, the Five Dragon Lyre leaped from his palm and quietly floated before him. He then formed the Lotus Seal for meditation with both hands. Curling his fingers inward, he guided the Century Soul Ring circling above the Golden-Backed Dragon Lizard's corpse toward himself. It slowly drifted over, hovered above his head, then gradually descended until it encircled him.

"No matter how the Soul Ring's power strikes your body later, you must keep your mind clear at all times!" Si Si added another reminder from the side, still worried.

Xu Changqing pressed his lips together and nodded lightly. Then he closed his eyes and entered a meditative state to absorb the Soul Ring.

The Soul Power contained within the Soul Ring of a Golden-Backed Dragon Lizard more than four hundred years old was enormous for Xu Changqing at his current stage.

The moment he began absorbing it, he felt his body grow hot. As time passed, that energy gradually spread through his entire body, becoming scorching enough to make him tremble slightly. The Soul Ring's energy was tempering his flesh and widening the meridians within him. Faint stinging pains continuously came from every part of his body.

At the same time, Xu Changqing felt his consciousness arrive in a strange place. It was like a boundless space of darkness.

He sat cross-legged at the center of that dark space. Yellow energy strands stood out vividly around him like threads, constantly appearing from the void and spiraling together. They formed a small vortex of condensed energy that enveloped him.

"An inner vision?"

After a brief daze, Xu Changqing immediately came to himself. He formed the meditation Lotus Seal with his fingers and used his consciousness to control the growing number of energy strands around him, pouring them into the Five Dragon Lyre before him.

As the energy strands flowed in without end, the Five Dragon Lyre began to change. One of the Divine Dragons engraved at the center of the lyre seemed to come alive, as if it had been granted a soul.

The dragon's body, originally white like jade and the same color as the lyre itself, now seemed to be covered in a layer of golden radiance. Starting from the tail, the golden light gradually brightened, then slowly climbed upward and spread. The portions of the tail already illuminated were covered in lifelike golden scales.

Xu Changqing had a feeling that as long as this dragon was fully lit up, he would have successfully absorbed the Soul Ring!

"Keep going."

The progress of illuminating the dragon's body was visible to the naked eye. Excited, he controlled the Soul Ring's energy and poured it in with force.

Outside.

"Phew... He should have passed the dangerous stage of absorbing the Soul Ring!" Si Si watched Xu Changqing's breathing gradually steady and his body stop trembling. She sighed in relief and spoke to Su Yuntao, who was keeping watch some distance away.

"That's good. Little Changqing's absorption of the Soul Ring probably won't be quick. Soul beasts that come out at night are usually quite vicious, and the smell of blood here is too strong. We can't let our guard down," Su Yuntao said. He glanced at Xu Changqing, who sat peacefully absorbing the Soul Ring, then leaped onto a nearby tree and quietly observed every movement around them.

Si Si moved to the other side and pressed herself against the trunk of a large tree. Both had activated their martial souls and assumed combat stances, protecting Xu Changqing between them from two angles.

The sun had long since set.

Time quietly passed into the depths of night.

"Just a little more."

Within the inner vision space, Xu Changqing looked at the engraved Golden Dragon on the Five Dragon Lyre. Its entire body was nearly gleaming with golden light, and he had the illusion that it would fly into the sky at any moment.

Finally, after nearly five hours of effort, the last part—the dragon's head—reflected dazzling golden light. Then, the Divine Dragon engraving on the Five Dragon Lyre truly seemed to come alive. Its tightly shut eyelids slowly opened.

An aura of majesty and sharpness spread outward.

At the same time, Xu Changqing seemed to hear a crisp cracking sound. His consciousness abruptly withdrew from the inner vision space, while the Soul Power in his meridians churned like a stormy sea.

His original Soul Power and the Soul Power from the Golden-Backed Dragon Lizard's Century Soul Ring had completely fused. They raced wildly through his meridians several times before finally gathering in the dantian at his abdomen.

The bottleneck of level 10 Soul Power was officially broken through at that moment!

Xu Changqing, still seated cross-legged, slowly opened his eyes. A yellow Century Soul Ring rose beneath his feet and spiraled upward.

"Success!"

After sensing his current condition, he immediately broke into a wide grin. It felt as though his life had undergone a leap forward. The clearest change was in his body's movements—his strength, speed, reflexes, and more had all received a considerable boost. The meridians within him had widened greatly as well. At that moment, every one of the thirty-six thousand pores across his body seemed to open, greedily breathing in the outside air. The feeling was wonderful.

Su Yuntao and Si Si quickly came over as well, smiling warmly.

"Not bad. You seem to have grown a little taller too," Si Si said with a smile after looking him over from head to toe.

"Really?" Xu Changqing looked down at himself in surprise. His clothes, which had fit perfectly before, did indeed seem a bit shorter now. His wrists and ankles were exposed. He kicked his shoes a little and found that they seemed somewhat tight too.

"That's normal. Soul Rings strengthen a Soul Master's body. Oh, and they also have beautifying and skin-nourishing effects," Si Si explained with a smile.

"I see." Xu Changqing nodded thoughtfully. No wonder the children of Douluo Continent all looked rather mature for their age. Take Dai Mubai—at fifteen, he was already fooling around with two girls at once. Tsk.

As for beautifying and skin care, only female Soul Masters probably cared much about that sort of thing. Xu Changqing himself did not care much about it.

He had been born handsome. Did he need that?

"We should leave first. This area isn't safe," Su Yuntao said, his expression slightly grave.

Xu Changqing looked around. Several soul beast corpses lay farther away, while flowers and grass in many places nearby looked as though they had been crushed.

Clearly, fighting had broken out around them while he had been absorbing the Soul Ring. Su Yuntao and Si Si had protected him. There were now even more soul beast corpses nearby, and the smell of blood was heavier. This was indeed no place to linger.

After a quick discussion, the three circulated their Soul Power and hurried away.

Compared to before, Xu Changqing's agility had already improved beyond comparison. The waist-high weeds of the Soul Hunting Forest could no longer hinder him. When the three had traveled before, Su Yuntao had needed to clear a path ahead of them. Now, there was no longer any need for that.

The moment he circulated the Soul Power in his body, Xu Changqing felt strength filling every inch of him. His body felt light as a feather. The increase in Soul Power level and the strengthening of his physique were like unlocking a shackle within him.

His body was exceptionally nimble now. With a light leap, he could skim over swaths of grass tips and shoot five or six meters forward. Then, with a kick off a tree trunk, he could gain another burst of momentum.

Under such circumstances, the three of them moved who knew how many times faster.

Before long, they found an ancient tree with a thick trunk. The surrounding area was relatively open, making it easier to guard against sneak attacks from soul beasts.

Su Yuntao inspected the area and, finding no danger, said, "We'll spend the night here. We'll set off for Notting City at daybreak tomorrow."

Naturally, neither Xu Changqing nor Si Si had any objections.

Once they had settled on the plan, Su Yuntao naturally took on the task of keeping watch. Si Si held Xu Changqing in her arms, leaned against the tree trunk, and chatted with him in a low voice.

"Little Changqing, we were in the wrong place earlier, so I didn't get the chance to ask. What is your First Soul Skill?" Si Si asked curiously, pinching Xu Changqing's soft little cheek in her arms.

Xu Changqing had been rolling his eyes with a look of utter despair.

When she asked that, he immediately saw a chance to escape her clutches and hurriedly said, "Si Si Jie, my First Soul Skill is Golden Dragon · Skywalk Pierce. It can summon a metal-element Divine Dragon. Let me go, and I'll show you!"

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