Blue Silver Emperor, Soul Ring Mutation

After Han Nuan hung up, Han's Father did not mention the matter again.

Han Nuan turned around to look for Ye Lei, only to find that he had vanished.

Just as she was about to call out to him, she saw Ye Lei sauntering out of the nearby woods. Han Nuan hurried over, grabbed him by the ear, and demanded loudly:

"Where did you run off to? What were you doing in the woods?"

Ye Lei grimaced in pain and quickly said:

"Nuan'er, Nuan'er, can you let go first?"

"Tell me what you were doing in the woods first, then I'll let go."

Left with no choice, Ye Lei told Han Nuan what had happened.

When she heard that Ye Lei had spotted a soul beast nearby and had been worried it might threaten their safety, Han Nuan quickly released him. She rubbed his ear and looked at him apologetically.

Seeing the apology on Han Nuan's face, Ye Lei's eyes filled with affection. He raised a hand to pat her head and said:

"Alright, alright. Let's go. It isn't safe to stay here for too long."

With that, he took Han Nuan's hand and left.

Xiao Hei, whom Ye Lei had called a soul beast, lay smoking somewhere, his eyes vacant.

A squad carrying out the Seventh Elder's mission happened to pass by. The leader stopped upon seeing the corpse lying in the middle of the road and raised his left hand. The members behind him immediately understood and hurried over to the body.

The moment the member got a clear look, he instantly took a step back, his eyes full of shock.

The leader was puzzled and shouted:

"What's going on? What the hell are you doing?"

After snapping back to his senses, the member turned to the leader and said:

"C-Captain, this is one of the Sixth Elder's men!"

"What did you say?!"

Half an hour later, Ye Lei quickly led Han Nuan out of Riverside Forest.

After arriving at Han Nuan's home, Ye Lei told Han's Father and Han's Mother about his plan and personally checked on their cultivation progress. Naturally, Han Nuan was no exception.

After returning home, Ye Lei took out the Human-Faced Spider Emperor's and Thousand Jun Ant Emperor's Beast Souls from the System Space.

Looking at the Beast Souls in his hands, each about the size of a solid ball, Ye Lei decided to absorb them both before consuming the Blue Silver Bloodline Essence given by the system to evolve his Blue Silver Grass into the Blue Silver Emperor!

He cleared an open space in the living room and sat cross-legged on the floor. Blue Silver Grass appeared in his hand, and six pitch-black soul rings emerged.

Ye Lei picked up the Human-Faced Spider Emperor's Beast Soul. With a thought, the third soul ring lit up and slowly rose into the air. He closed his eyes as the purple Beast Soul gradually turned transparent. Purple Soul Power slowly poured into the third soul ring, while quite a bit of it flowed into Ye Lei's left leg as well.

A moment later, Ye Lei slowly opened his eyes. He could feel that his Blue Silver Grass's Third Soul Skill had been enhanced. Its range had expanded, the toughness of the Blue Silver Grass had increased, and the poison within it had grown even stronger.

At that moment, Ye Lei discovered that his Human-Faced Spider Emperor's Left Leg Bone had gained another attack method:

It could manifest the Human-Faced Spider Emperor's leg over his own left leg, further improving his close-combat ability.

Ye Lei thought, Doesn't that mean I can imitate Kamen Rider's Rider Kick...?

Just thinking about it felt insanely cool.

Kamen Rider: ...Don't come any closer!

Back to reality.

Ye Lei switched Martial Souls, and the Flame Lord appeared behind him. Three soul rings emerged in sequence, and the temperature of the previously cool room suddenly soared.

Ye Lei picked up the Myriad Ant Emperor's Beast Soul. At that moment, he remembered that he had yet to absorb the Beast Souls of the Heavy Armor Beetle King and Crimson Scorpion King he had killed earlier. So, Ye Lei took those two Beast Souls out of the System Space as well. The three Beast Souls floated silently around him, and as Ye Lei closed his eyes, he began absorbing the Soul Power within them.

Half an hour passed just like that.

Ye Lei slowly opened his eyes. After checking himself over, he got up and drank some water. Having absorbed the Soul Power of four Beast Souls in succession, nearly two hours had passed.

After resting, Ye Lei returned to his spot and sat cross-legged once more.

Ye Lei took out the Blue Silver Bloodline Essence from the System Space. It was a test tube containing roughly 100 milliliters of blue-gold liquid.

Ye Lei pulled out the stopper and swallowed the Blue Silver Bloodline Essence in one gulp. At once, a powerful energy spread through his body.

Blue Silver Grass spread wildly throughout the room, while Ye Lei's body glowed with dazzling blue-gold light. The light was so brilliant that the floor where Ye Lei lived stood out across the entire residential complex. The people downstairs began discussing it:

"What's going on with that household?"

"Who knows?"

"They aren't doing something dangerous, are they?"

"Could be."

"I don't care. I've already called the police!"

As he spoke, the resident who had called the police raised his phone to show the people around him.

Not far away, a woman looked at her husband and said:

"Honey, doesn't that look like our home?"

The man looked in the direction his wife was pointing, and in the next second, he cursed:

"Damn, it really is our home. What kind of trouble is that brat Ye Lei causing again?"

With that, he dragged his luggage and hurried toward the apartment building with his wife.

Inside Ye Lei's home.

Ye Lei, whose Martial Soul had evolved into the Blue Silver Emperor, had undergone a drastic change in appearance. His black hair had turned light blue, and one of his pupils had become light blue as well, before returning to normal the next moment.

Six soul rings emerged beneath Ye Lei's feet. To his surprise, the fifth soul ring was covered in cracks, with red light flickering from within.

This was... a soul ring mutation!