Massacre in All Directions!

As the system's voice fell silent, Long Yun felt a gentle, mysterious force emerge from his heart. Aside from its mysterious, ethereal aura, there was nothing unusual about it. It did not even produce much energy fluctuation, as though it were the most ordinary kind of energy.

Yet when the Soul Power of the Soul Devouring Magic Wolf King ravaging Long Yun's body encountered this energy, it was like ice and snow meeting lava, melting away in an instant without the slightest ability to resist. This energy began relentlessly devouring the foreign Soul Power within Long Yun's body. At the same time, after devouring the Soul Power contained within the soul ring, it released another kind of Soul Power. This Soul Power possessed neither devouring force nor resistance, like the Soul Power naturally present between heaven and earth, waiting for Long Yun's own Soul Power to fuse with and absorb it.

Feeling the sudden change within his body, Long Yun was delighted, and the weight in his heart was finally lifted. Judging by the current situation, the crisis had basically been resolved. He only needed to wait for this mysterious force to completely devour the soul ring's energy, then thoroughly fuse it with his own Soul Power. At that point, this soul ring absorption would be over.

The system truly is the system. It's ridiculously awesome! Haha! Long Yun rejoiced inwardly. At this moment, he felt exceptionally relieved, filled with the gratitude of having survived a disaster.

After being happy for a while, Long Yun calmed himself down and began focusing on fusing the energy within the soul ring. The processed soul ring energy was easily fused and absorbed by his own Soul Power, so Long Yun's fusion speed was extremely fast.

Now this is the proper way to absorb a soul ring!

As Yue Guan watched Long Yun's body gradually stabilize and the pained expression disappear from his face, surprise appeared in his eyes. Why had he suddenly calmed down? Yue Guan was deeply puzzled. Just moments ago, Long Yun had looked as if he could no longer endure it. How had he changed so completely in the blink of an eye? If Yue Guan had not been watching him the entire time, he would have thought someone else had replaced him and was sitting there absorbing the soul ring.

Though he was full of doubts, Yue Guan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the tension in his heart eased. No matter what, the important thing was that Long Yun had overcome this ordeal. The reason was not nearly as important.

Long Yun's absorption of the soul ring began to progress smoothly. The Soul Power in his body continuously devoured the Soul Power within the soul ring. During this process, the Soul Power in Long Yun's body steadily grew stronger. Not only was its total amount increasing, but even its quality was improving. The cracks that had covered his body also began rapidly healing under the effect of the mysterious force released by the system.

Time passed bit by bit. Nearly an hour had gone by since Long Yun began absorbing the soul ring.

The Soul Power fluctuations around Long Yun had grown increasingly faint. The soul ring that had originally floated above his head had also disappeared, completely merging into his martial soul. The absorption of the soul ring was nearing its end.

At this point, Long Yun had already completed the soul ring absorption. However, he did not open his eyes immediately. Instead, he sat quietly, sensing the gains brought by absorbing the soul ring.

Long Yun sat cross-legged in silence, his aura restrained, like a sharp sword still sheathed.

Yue Guan knew that Long Yun had finished absorbing the soul ring, and a smile appeared on his face. "This kid really is full of surprises," Yue Guan said with heartfelt admiration. He did not disturb Long Yun and simply stood where he was, waiting for him to awaken.

Five minutes later!

Long Yun's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened. A sharp, fierce aura swept outward like a storm, making the surrounding trees creak and groan.

"Long Yun, control your Soul Power. Don't let it leak out carelessly," Yue Guan's voice rang in Long Yun's ears.

Hearing Yue Guan's voice, Long Yun hurriedly focused on controlling the Soul Power within his body. The sudden surge of Soul Power made it somewhat difficult for him to control at first, but Long Yun was highly adaptable. Before long, he had perfectly mastered the Soul Power in his body, and not a trace of it leaked out any longer.

Feeling the surging Soul Power inside him, Long Yun could not suppress the joy on his face. "I feel like I could take on several versions of my former self now!" Long Yun said excitedly as he looked at his hands and clenched them tightly.

Just as Long Yun was still immersed in the joy of his explosive increase in strength, Yue Guan stepped in front of him and carefully examined him. Long Yun had undergone quite a few changes. The most obvious was his height. Originally only around one meter fifty-five, he had grown to approximately one meter sixty-five. His muscles had also become firmer, his features more mature, and the contours of his face more defined. At the same time, he looked far more spirited than before, brimming with youthful vigor.

"Mm, not bad. It seems you gained quite a lot from absorbing this soul ring," Yue Guan praised with a nod.

Hearing Yue Guan's praise, Long Yun snapped out of his excitement. He steadied his emotions and nodded with a smile. "Mm, I really gained a great deal this time. The improvement a soul ring brings to a Soul Master is truly astonishing."

He now understood more deeply just how important soul rings were to Soul Masters. Absorbing a soul ring not only granted a Soul Master a soul skill, but also transformed the body. This transformation was comprehensive. After gaining a soul ring, he felt as though his entire being had been elevated, leaving him with an almost weightless, transcendent sensation.

"Of course. The importance of soul rings to Soul Masters goes without saying. However, a large part of your tremendous change comes from the quality and age of this soul ring," Yue Guan said with a nod.

Long Yun nodded in deep agreement. Having read the original work, he perhaps understood even more clearly than Yue Guan how important high-quality, high-age soul rings were to a Soul Master. Hadn't Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, before its awakening, changed after its First Soul Skill absorbed the soul ring of a four-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake?

That Mandala Snake could at most be considered a top-tier soul beast, and a rather ordinary one at that. Yet it still caused a certain mutation in Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, greatly increasing its toughness and even giving it venom. It could be said that it brought tremendous changes to Tang San's martial soul. This showed how important soul rings were to Soul Masters. Their effects were not limited to Soul Masters alone; they also had a significant impact on martial souls.

After that, Tang San successively absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider and the Crypt Demon Spider. The modification those soul rings brought to his martial soul had likely already made his Blue Silver Grass no weaker than most high-grade plant-type martial souls. Added to that were the cleansing of Immortal Herbs and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Even before it awakened into the Blue Silver Emperor, his Blue Silver Grass had begun to touch the threshold of a top-tier martial soul.

This was enough to show just how important soul rings were to Soul Masters.

"Long Yun, what is your First Soul Skill?" Yue Guan asked curiously. Even as a Titled Douluo, he was somewhat interested in the kind of soul skill a soul ring provided by a Super Soul Beast over seven hundred years old would bring.

At the mention of his soul skill, a proud smile appeared on Long Yun's face. He was clearly extremely satisfied with it, and also somewhat surprised, because this soul skill was rather unusual.

"My First Soul Skill is called... Massacre in All Directions," Long Yun said. That was right—his First Soul Skill was Darius's Q skill from the game in his previous life, and its effects were roughly the same. He swung the Giant Axe in a circle. The inner ring dealt less damage, while the outer ring dealt the greatest damage and also had a lifesteal effect. Of course, after becoming a soul skill, the lifesteal effect had changed somewhat, becoming attribute theft.

Long Yun was quite satisfied with this change. After all, this was not a game. What use did he have for lifesteal? He was not a vampire, nor did he want to drink anyone's blood.

If the First Soul Skill is Massacre in All Directions, the Q skill, then the Second Soul Skill should be the W skill, right? The third and Fourth Soul Skills would be the E and R skills. Then what would the fifth soul skill be? Don't tell me there won't be one!

However, he quickly shook his head. How could there be no more? Wouldn't that be ridiculous? This was Douluo Continent. Absorbing soul rings would definitely grant soul skills. He was overthinking things.

"Massacre in All Directions? What a domineering name. I just wonder what this soul skill does. Would it be convenient for you to show me?" Yue Guan asked Long Yun with a smile.

Among Soul Masters, soul skills were considered private secrets. Other than a few trusted individuals, Soul Masters normally would not casually reveal their soul skills to others, much less demonstrate them. That was an extremely dangerous thing to do. Therefore, under normal circumstances, one would not ask another person to display their soul skill. It was a taboo.

"Sure!" Long Yun did not refuse and readily agreed.

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