Volume One

Volume One, Chapter 21: First Soul Skill, Blood Blade Dance. [Ding! Would the host like to begin independently selecting a simulated life?] After sighing, Su Xing stretched lazily. Then he slowly raised his right hand, and a faint purple glow bloomed as a purple-black scythe appeared in his palm. The formidable energy within the Blood-Devouring Demon Spider soul ring gradually began to submit to him, and the soul ring and soul master began the process of absorbing and transforming each other. Gradually, a strand of red hair appeared amid Su Xing's messy black hair. Su Xing murmured, gripping the scythe tightly in his right hand. The yellow soul ring on his body suddenly lit up, and he swung it fiercely. Now that he had obtained a soul ring, Su Xing did not wish to remain in the Soul Hunting Forest any longer. It was not because the forest was fraught with danger; he simply could not wait to return and torment Tang San. Su Xing circulated his Soul Power and slowly recalled the scythe, saying in a deep voice. [Ding! The host has obtained one Life Achievement Point.] By noon. "Alright, I understand. Thank you, Uncle." ... It felt as though countless blades were slicing through him, and every one of his internal organs was in excruciating pain. Fortunately, Su Xing's situation differed from that of ordinary soul masters. He possessed Innate Full Soul Power and Twin Martial Souls, and he had also obtained an eighty-thousand-year External Spirit Bone. His body was far tougher than that of an ordinary soul master. As long as Su Xing's willpower was firm enough, absorbing a soul ring seven or eight hundred years beyond his level should not be too much of a problem. A blood-red blade over three meters wide suddenly shot out from the scythe and slammed viciously into a large tree nearby. "Hello, Uncle. I came today to have my martial soul level assessed." Su Xing scratched his head as he replied. After obtaining a soul ring, a martial soul's skills had to undergo a mutation process before they emerged. The same soul ring would produce entirely different skills for different martial souls, and the reverse was also true. Even if soul rings had the same age and type, their skills could differ greatly. After returning to Nuoding Academy, Su Xing did not go straight to class, since he had requested leave from his instructor in advance. Instead, he went to Spirit Hall in Nuoding City, preparing to undergo soul master certification. The tiny beads of blood turned into a pale red mist. As the absorption of the soul ring neared its end, Su Xing's tightly shut eyes suddenly opened. A flash of red glinted through his originally black pupils, giving him an exceptionally sinister air. Then, under the surging Soul Power, Su Xing continued absorbing the soul ring. The tree crashed to the ground, and the magnificent red blood blade had cleaved the enormous tree, three meters in diameter, cleanly into two. Moments later, the lush green leaves on the fallen tree rapidly withered and turned yellow. Amid the rising pale red mist, the crackling of bones could occasionally be heard. Su Xing's body continued convulsing without pause, showing just how intense the pain he was enduring was. By now, Su Xing had stopped trembling, his breathing gradually steadied, and his tightly furrowed brow relaxed somewhat. The absorption of the soul ring was also gradually entering its best phase. It seemed to be continuously tearing Su Xing's body apart, keeping him in a state of extreme agony. The death of the Blood-Devouring Demon Spider had filled the surrounding area with a dense aura of death, making other low-level soul beasts afraid to approach rashly. This created an excellent, safe environment for Su Xing to absorb the soul ring. As violent fluctuations of Soul Power erupted within his body, a layer of tiny beads of blood gradually began to seep from Su Xing's skin. "The power seems fairly good. It also appears to carry some toxicity, though I don't know whether the poison is lethal." "After obtaining the soul ring, the scythe martial soul has indeed changed considerably compared to before. Next, let me see what soul ring skill you possess now." "Uh... I finally got a Life Achievement Point. I don't need it for the moment. I'll simulate after I return." After pondering for a moment, Su Xing said. The guards at the entrance were still the same two Su Xing had met when he came looking for Su Yuntao a few days earlier. When they saw him, they greeted him with a smile. "Kid, what are you doing at Spirit Hall again today?" Compared with the subsidy of one Gold Soul Coin, Su Xing was more interested in his current Soul Power Level. The sky gradually brightened from darkness. Having absorbed the soul ring, he broke through the bottleneck. "Oh, so that's how it is. Hurry on in, then. Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo, who assesses martial soul levels, should be on the first floor. You can go directly to him." Hearing this, the guard's eyes filled with envy as he spoke to Su Xing. Su Xing finally left the Soul Hunting Forest. At the market outside the forest, he hired an ordinary carriage and ordered the driver to head toward Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy. Thus, Su Xing made his way leisurely toward the exit of the Soul Hunting Forest. From time to time, he tested his newly acquired first soul skill on soul beasts he encountered along the way, since soul skills also needed to be mastered through practice. Su Xing answered and quickly entered Spirit Hall. [Ding! Congratulations to the host on obtaining the first soul ring.] Bang! At this moment, Su Xing felt his entire body... Su Xing's first soul skill was called Blood Blade Dance. It was a single-target explosive attack skill with considerable power, and it had inherited some of the Blood-Devouring Demon Spider's toxicity. Although it was not a lethal poison, it was enough to leave an enemy unable to move. Nuoding City, Spirit Hall. Looking beneath Su Xing's feet, a yellow soul ring had silently risen at some point, circling up and down around his body. This was the unmistakable mark of a one-ring soul master. Finally, before Su Xing's powerful will. The following afternoon, Su Xing finally returned to Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy. Everything in the academy was quiet, because the students were in class at this time. "After absorbing the Blood-Devouring Demon Spider's soul ring, I feel that every aspect of my body has improved. Every cell within me seems to be cheering, and my strength, speed, and defense have all increased greatly." In theory, a soul master's first soul ring could not exceed four hundred and twenty-three years. Yet the Blood-Devouring Demon Spider Su Xing had killed had truly cultivated for over seven hundred years, clearly surpassing the limit that an ordinary soul master's first soul ring could absorb. The blade of the scythe in Su Xing's hand was noticeably wider than before, and a faint red gleam had appeared along its edge, clearly a sign that it concealed a potent poison.