First Soul Skill

The instant Yang Ming killed the Void God Leopard's remnant soul, the leopard's corpse turned into a stream of silver energy and burrowed into Yang Ming's body.

Seeing this, Yang Wudi thought something else had gone wrong. But then he saw Yang Ming's Spirit Ring stabilize completely as his body began to undergo subtle growth and changes. His heart filled with wild joy—not only because Yang Ming had successfully absorbed the Void God Leopard's Spirit Ring, but also because Yang Ming had broken the Soul Master World's record. A First Spirit Ring nearing six hundred years in age was unprecedented. As for whether there would be anyone like him in the future... well, that would be difficult too, wouldn't it? Yang Wudi was not certain whether an even greater genius than Yang Ming would appear in later generations.

By the time Yang Ming had completely refined the Spirit Ring and opened his eyes, dusk had fallen. Absorbing the Spirit Ring had taken roughly three hours. Feeling the abundant strength in every movement of his body, as well as the Soul Skill he had gained, Yang Ming was overjoyed.

Watching Yang Ming's undisguised delight, Yang Wudi's normally cold face revealed a smile. The facts had once again proven that Yang Ming was indeed worthy of trust.

After calming down from his excitement, Yang Ming saw what seemed to be a kindly smile on Yang Wudi's face. Smiling as well, he stepped forward and said,

"Grandfather, I succeeded!"

"I gained an amazing Soul Skill!"

Yang Wudi looked at the excited Yang Ming, nodded, and spoke in an even tone.

"Mm."

"Ming Er, remember this!"

"Never take the initiative to ask about someone else's Soul Skills, and never voluntarily reveal your own Soul Skills to others!"

Yang Ming was somewhat surprised by his grandfather's response. This was not what he had expected! Yang Wudi had even smiled, which was rare. Under normal circumstances, shouldn't he have congratulated and praised him? Why had he immediately started teaching him common knowledge of the Soul Master World instead? Still, Yang Ming did not dwell on it. He simply listened and answered seriously to show that he understood.

"Yes, Grandfather!"

Yang Wudi nodded in satisfaction. He was curious about Yang Ming's First Soul Skill as well, but he would learn about it sooner or later. On the other hand, opportunities to educate his genius grandson came only once in a while! He had to cherish them! Cherish them twice as much!!!

As they spoke, Yang Ming noticed that the Void God Leopard's corpse was gone, so he asked his grandfather about it.

"Grandfather, where is the Void God Leopard's corpse?"

Hearing Yang Ming's question, Yang Wudi told him how, while he had been refining the Spirit Ring, the Void God Leopard had turned into silver energy and entered his body.

After hearing this, Yang Ming raised his hand and summoned the Atlas Spear. He looked at the Void Pattern that had appeared on the spear after it absorbed the silver energy.

Yang Wudi also noticed the new pattern on the Atlas Spear and asked,

"How is it? Has anything changed?"

Yang Ming observed and sensed it for quite a while but found nothing unusual. He replied to his grandfather,

"No changes. Perhaps this is a characteristic of the Void God Leopard's Spirit Ring. Its Soul Power is divided into two portions? Only after successfully absorbing the Spirit Ring can one obtain the remaining Soul Power!"

Yang Wudi felt that this was possible. After all, Void God Leopards were far too rare. Other than Yang Ming, Yang Wudi had never even heard of anyone absorbing a Void God Leopard's Spirit Ring.

At that point, grandfather and grandson stopped thinking about it. They built a campfire, roasted another huge chunk of Ironclad Bear meat, and enjoyed a satisfying meal.

Over the following days, in order to stockpile some resources for Yang Ming's future cultivation of Absolute Dominance, Yang Wudi began leading him toward the Mixed Zone of the Star Dou Great Forest. Along the way, Yang Wudi left Soul Beasts under two thousand years old and from relatively weaker species for Yang Ming to handle.

Soul Beasts that had surpassed a thousand years of cultivation were indeed fundamentally different from hundred-year Soul Beasts. Even the weakest among them were troublesome, such as the two-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit currently standing before Yang Ming.

Although this rabbit had low attack power and weak overall strength, it could jump! A single leap carried it two zhang away. Not only could it jump, but its Soul Skills also included multiple life-saving Divine Skills. Aside from Teleportation and Invincible Golden Body, which Yang Ming had already seen this Soft Bone Rabbit use, the Star Dou Soul Beast Compendium recorded that once the Soft Bone Rabbit race broke through ten thousand years of cultivation, it could gain a third life-saving Divine Skill: Void. Possessing three life-saving Divine Skills, just how beloved must it be by the beasts of Star Dou?

Yang Ming looked helplessly at the Soft Bone Rabbit that had used Invincible Golden Body to evade two of his spear strikes. He could let it go if he did not want to fight, but when he thought of its skills, he became curious about why it was so popular. That made him want to keep it for a barbecue.

While Yang Ming was thinking such impolite thoughts, the Soft Bone Rabbit opposite him suddenly sensed a familiar malice. Alarm bells rang in its heart, and it hurriedly teleported past Yang Ming to flee.

Yang Ming immediately threw the silver spear in his hand at the Soft Bone Rabbit.

Seeing the long spear hurtling straight toward it, the Soft Bone Rabbit felt helpless. It had already used Invincible Golden Body twice, and Teleportation had been used as well. Its abilities needed time to recover before they could be used again, so it could only halt and dodge.

Using the pause caused by the Soft Bone Rabbit's evasive maneuver, Yang Ming erupted with Soul Power beneath his feet. The Atlas Spear appeared in his hand, and he launched an explosive thrust. A cold glint flashed from the spear tip as it shot directly toward the Soft Bone Rabbit.

The Soft Bone Rabbit hurriedly dodged to the side again. After that dodge, however, Yang Ming had completely cut off its escape route.

Faced with the situation of a child blocking its path with a spear ahead and an old man eyeing it covetously from behind, the Soft Bone Rabbit was furious. Even a rabbit would bite when driven into a corner!

Pink Soul Power surged across the Soft Bone Rabbit's body, transforming it into a pink meteor that crashed at Yang Ming's back with incredible speed.

Yang Ming did not dodge. The only Yellow Soul Ring beneath his feet blazed brilliantly. Nothing seemed to change about Yang Ming's appearance, yet when the Soft Bone Rabbit struck him, it passed straight through him. Yang Ming was like an illusion as the two overlapped for that instant before crossing through one another.

The moment they crossed, the Soft Bone Rabbit froze. This Soul Skill felt familiar! But before it could land and stop its current movement, Yang Ming had already exited his void state. With a raised hand, he thrust his spear directly through the Soft Bone Rabbit's soft neck, leaving it hanging from the long spear. The pain jolted the Soft Bone Rabbit back to its senses, but it was too late. Its vital point had been pierced. After struggling only a few times, it lost all life, and a Purple Soul Ring rose from the ground.

With his First Soul Skill in use, Yang Ming had easily killed the Soft Bone Rabbit in three strikes.

Although Yang Wudi had expected something like this, he was still shocked. Yang Ming's first ring did seem to have inherited the Voidification Soul Skill he had hoped for, but he had not expected its effect to be so powerful.

Yang Ming noticed his grandfather's surprise and explained at the right moment.

"My First Soul Ring skill is called Source of Void, an attribute-enhancing Soul Skill!"

Hearing Yang Ming's explanation, Yang Wudi asked in confusion,

"Not Voidification? Then what was that just now?"

Yang Ming continued explaining.

"The two abilities displayed by the Void God Leopard can both be evolved through Source of Void. This is its most core ability: powerful spatial Origin."

Yang Wudi was stunned by Yang Ming's introduction. As expected of a Super Soul Beast Spirit Ring absorbed beyond one's level!!! The benefits from this Spirit Ring were simply enormous.

After recalling the entire battle, Yang Wudi roughly understood just how much Yang Ming's First Soul Ring had enhanced his strength. Though he had seemingly used only three moves, every move had been necessary. The first two had forced the Soft Bone Rabbit into a position where it could neither retreat nor escape, leaving it no choice but to attack forward if it wished to survive. Source of Void caused the Soft Bone Rabbit's strength to miss its target—not only its physical power, but its Soul Power as well—preventing it from using its life-saving Soul Skills. One move led into the next, resulting in the final killing thrust.

Such a simple and efficient battle plan! Perfect Atlas Three Spears!!!