Absorbing a Soul Ring!

Roar! The Purple Winged Mad Lion let out an enraged roar, wanting to know who had trapped it. Soon, it saw a figure walking toward it.

Roar! The Purple Winged Mad Lion roared at the human. The rolling sound waves made Long Yun's ears ache, leaving a buzzing echo in them. Long Yun patted his ears. "That roar of yours is really loud! Now I finally understand why there's a technique called Lion's Roar! Lion's Roar truly lives up to its name!" Long Yun said casually.

Looking at the trapped Purple Winged Mad Lion, Long Yun revealed a smile. His eyes shone with fiery excitement as he stared at it as though it were an incomparable treasure, unable to look away.

The Purple Winged Mad Lion grew somewhat unnerved under Long Yun's gaze and roared at him again to express its displeasure.

Long Yun had learned his lesson this time. He circulated Soul Power around his ears to reduce the damage caused by the roar, so the Purple Winged Mad Lion's roar affected him far less than before.

"I think we're rather fated, you and I. Why don't you become my Soul Ring?" Long Yun said to the Purple Winged Mad Lion with a smile.

The Purple Winged Mad Lion's pupils contracted upon hearing Long Yun's words. This human truly intended to kill it and turn it into his Soul Ring! How hateful! Roar! The Purple Winged Mad Lion answered Long Yun with an angry roar.

Long Yun was not surprised by its reaction. He had not come to negotiate with it in the first place. He shrugged helplessly and gave the Purple Winged Mad Lion a slight bow. "Sorry about this."

"Martial Soul Possession!" Long Yun shouted. The Godking Martial Soul instantly possessed him, and a violent aura spread outward with Long Yun at its center. The surrounding air became much heavier as an oppressive presence permeated the area.

"Divine Axe!" A massive Divine Axe appeared in Long Yun's hand, emanating an overbearing and razor-sharp aura.

The Purple Winged Mad Lion had not reacted much when Long Yun used Martial Soul Possession, but when it saw the enormous axe in his hand, black intertwined with blood-red, a sense of foreboding arose in its heart. That axe seemed capable of harming it. Fear appeared in its eyes as it looked at Long Yun.

Long Yun did not choose to kill the Purple Winged Mad Lion with a dagger. He knew a dagger could not even pierce its body. The physical body of a Super Soul Beast over two thousand years old was no joke; it was far tougher than the Ironclad Python Scale Rhinoceros. It was unrealistic to expect an ordinary dagger to pierce it, and he did not want to embarrass himself again. Thus, he directly summoned the Divine Axe. Its sharpness should be enough to kill the Purple Winged Mad Lion!

"Go peacefully," Long Yun said apologetically as he looked at the Purple Winged Mad Lion. "Old Poison, seal its Soul Power!" Long Yun called toward the sky. The Soul Power within a soul beast also enhanced its defenses to some extent, so sealing its Soul Power would lower its defenses to the minimum and make it easier to break through them. The moment his words fell, all Soul Power fluctuations around the Purple Winged Mad Lion vanished. Du Busi had completely sealed its Soul Power. Feeling that the Soul Power within its body was entirely beyond its control, the Purple Winged Mad Lion's fear deepened. It tried to break free, only to find that it was utterly unable to do so.

When Long Yun sensed that all of the Purple Winged Mad Lion's Soul Power had disappeared, he made his move. He swung the Divine Axe in his hand down at the Purple Winged Mad Lion. The axe fell, and its head separated from its body!

Bang! The Purple Winged Mad Lion's corpse crashed to the ground, while a purple Soul Ring slowly emerged from its body.

When Long Yun saw the purple Soul Ring appear, delight flashed through his eyes. He immediately stepped forward, sat cross-legged, and began drawing the Soul Ring toward himself to absorb it.

As Long Yun began absorbing the Soul Ring, an incomparably powerful Soul Power Pressure arose within a hundred meters around him. The pressure made every soul beast in the area flee at once, and none dared enter the region again. Forget those soul beasts—even a Titled Douluo likely would not dare enter lightly. This Soul Power Pressure was naturally released by Du Busi, intended to ensure that Long Yun would not be disturbed while absorbing the Soul Ring.

The instant the Soul Ring entered his body, Long Yun felt an unimaginably powerful surge of Soul Power rush into him. Along with it came a pressure as heavy as a mountain. As soon as that pressure appeared, Long Yun's body bent slightly and began to tremble. Clearly, it was not easy to endure.

The energy within the Soul Ring entered Long Yun's body and immediately displayed its ferocious nature. Like a storm, the Soul Power ravaged his body, constantly tearing at his tendons, blood vessels, and flesh. An unimaginable pain flooded Long Yun's nerves, making his body convulse.

Veins bulged across his forehead, sweat fell like rain, and he clenched his teeth tightly. His expression became somewhat twisted, making him look terrifying.

Along with the tearing sensation came a bursting sensation. The Soul Ring's energy was too immense, while Long Yun's internal capacity was too limited to contain all of that Soul Power. The energy began swelling the tendons within his body, as though it intended to burst them apart.

Refine for me! Long Yun roared inwardly. He would not allow this energy to ravage his body without restraint. He immediately circulated the Soul Power within him to refine the energy from the Soul Ring.

After Long Yun absorbed the Soul Devouring Magic Wolf King's Soul Ring, the Soul Power in his body gained a unique ability: devouring.

That was right. Long Yun's Soul Power now possessed the ability to devour Soul Power. The instant his Soul Power came into contact with the Purple Winged Mad Lion Soul Ring's energy, it was like a hungry wolf seeing sheep, frantically devouring that energy.

But was the Purple Winged Mad Lion's Soul Ring energy sheep? Of course not. Its energy was countless times stronger than the Soul Power within Long Yun's body. Thus, when Long Yun's Soul Power tried to devour it, it met fierce resistance. Some of his Soul Power was even ground away by the opposing energy.

However, this was ultimately Long Yun's home ground. The Soul Power within his body was the king here. Though it encountered fierce resistance from the Soul Ring's energy, it eventually devoured some of that energy. Once it did, the Soul Power within Long Yun immediately began rapidly digesting and absorbing it, strengthening itself in the process.

After completely digesting and absorbing it, it continued devouring more Soul Ring energy. In this virtuous cycle, the energy within the Soul Ring was gradually absorbed and converted by Long Yun's Soul Power.

The Purple Winged Mad Lion's Soul Ring energy would not be completely absorbed so easily. Fully absorbing it would take at least several hours, perhaps even more than ten. It could not be accomplished in one stroke.

Throughout this process, Long Yun continued to endure immense pain. The energy kept battering his tendons and blood vessels, tearing at his flesh. The pain nearly drove Long Yun to collapse, and he had ten thousand curses he wanted to spit out to ease it.

Even as his flesh was torn apart, the Soul Power within his body repaired the damaged flesh. Tearing and healing proceeded simultaneously. Long Yun sensed that after each cycle of destruction and repair, his body seemed to grow somewhat stronger. This discovery gave him a little comfort. At least the suffering was worth it.

Thus, the process was both painful and pleasurable for him!

Cracks also began to appear across Long Yun's body, and black blood seeped out from them. That black blood seemed to contain many impurities. It was clearly the impurities within Long Yun's body, now being expelled along with his blood. After they were expelled, Long Yun's body became cleaner and more translucent than before, which would also greatly benefit his future cultivation.

Time slowly passed. The sun sank behind the mountains, and cold moonlight shone down upon the forest, raising a thin mist within it. The damp fog slightly soaked Long Yun's clothes.

Long Yun sat quietly in meditation, like an ancient Buddha in deep concentration, without the slightest disturbance. Nearly ten hours had passed since he began absorbing the Soul Ring, and the process was nearing its end.

The blood that had flowed from his body had already congealed into clots, and the cracks that had appeared on his body had long since healed, as though they had never existed.

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