Breaking Through Level 30 (Revised!)

Bang~

Outside Notting City, another small soul beast had been caught by Mo Bai.

But looking at the low-level soul beast before him, the Wind Spirit Rat, Mo Bai shook his head. He just could not bring himself to eat it!

Forget whether it was disgusting or not. Although it was also a small soul beast, it was still too big. Even if he forced it into his mouth, it would not fit, let alone be swallowed.

"Forget it, I'll let you go!"

Mo Bai sighed and casually tossed the unconscious ten-year soul beast, the Wind Spirit Rat, to the side. It could run off on its own once it woke up.

It could consider itself lucky, having escaped disaster.

Mo Bai was beginning to realize that ultra-small soul beasts tiny enough for him to swallow were becoming harder and harder to find.

"This method can't be used forever either!"

"Once I reach a higher level, spending two years just to swallow a few hundred years' worth of Soul Ring age won't be worth it at all. It'll only be better than nothing."

"Also, once a Soul Ring's age gets high, devouring these low-age ones might not even have any effect!"

On the way back, Mo Bai began thinking about whether he could come up with another method.

Relying on himself to eat them all the time was unreliable!

"Can I make my spirit, Blue Silver Grass, eat instead? For example, have it absorb the Soul Ring of a Man-eating Flower soul beast, then use the Blue Silver Grass spirit to swallow a soul beast alive, and I quickly take the spirit back!"

"Then I'll kill the soul beast inside my body at the end. That way, I won't need to rely on myself to swallow it!"

"I just don't know whether, after the spirit swallows the soul beast into its stomach, it can be retracted back into my body along with it!"

"If it can, then the rest should work too!"

The more he thought about it, the brighter Mo Bai's eyes became. He felt that this idea was pretty good.

It all depended on whether the spirit could swallow the soul beast and then be withdrawn back into his body.

"Someone may not necessarily have failed to try an idea like this before. I'll go back and see if there are any relevant records!"

Mo Bai suddenly thought that since he could come up with such a method, people in the past should have been able to as well.

After returning to Notting Academy, Mo Bai went to the library and began looking through the records.

Unfortunately, Mo Bai searched everywhere but did not find any relevant records like that.

"Forget it. If I didn't find it, then I didn't find it. I'll just try it myself in the future!"

"And even if there were records, they probably wouldn't be of much use. Anyone who tried it without my Jing Yu Secret would be lucky if their Soul Ring didn't explode!"

"I can only do it myself in the future!"

"But before that, I should still find a guinea pig to test it on, so I don't waste one Soul Ring slot absorbing a Man-eating Flower's Soul Ring!"

Since he could not find anything, Mo Bai gave up. Notting Academy was probably too small and did not have the books Mo Bai wanted.

There was another way, which was to ask Grandmaster for advice.

But after slapping Grandmaster in the face last time, Mo Bai was not shameless enough to go up to him again and ask for guidance.

A few days later, Mo Bai had another idea, which was to control Blue Silver Grass to wrap tightly around a soul beast, then retract his spirit.

The result was failure. What came back was only the Blue Silver Grass spirit. The soul beast remained outside.

It seemed he could only find a guinea pig to test it on.

Only, even when graduation was nearly upon him, Mo Bai still had not found a suitable guinea pig.

There were students with Beast Spirits in the academy, and he could experiment if he tied one up, but since the other party had not provoked him, Mo Bai would not harm them.

Who knew how serious the consequences might be?

Moreover, he did not want anyone to know about this kind of experiment.

Although Mo Bai had been an assassin in his previous life, the people Mo Bai killed were usually those who deserved to die, at least in Mo Bai's view.

As for other targets with no misdeeds, Mo Bai would not accept the mission.

Mo Bai was not claiming to be a saint. He just felt that as a Chinese citizen with normal values, he ought to have his own bottom line.

In his previous life, assassin had only represented his profession. It did not represent who he was as a person.

As graduation approached, Mo Bai also successfully broke through to level 30, becoming the first student to break through to level 30.

Tang San and Xiao Wu, on the other hand, were both still at level 29.

"Good, good!"

"Student Mo Bai, you truly didn't disappoint me. To think you reached level 30 before graduation!"

"You are the first person since the founding of our Notting Academy to break through to level 30 before graduating!"

After learning that Mo Bai had broken through to level 30, the Dean personally sought out Mo Bai and commended him.

"Student Mo Bai, do you need the academy's help with your third Soul Ring?"

Then the Dean asked Mo Bai whether he needed help hunting for a Soul Ring.

"Is that all right?"

Mo Bai looked at the Dean.

If it was possible, that would be pretty good. The age limit for a third Soul Ring was 1,700 years, and a soul beast over a thousand years old was indeed very difficult to deal with without the strength of a Soul Elder.

Although Mo Bai could now increase the age of his Soul Rings by swallowing soul beasts, if possible, Mo Bai still hoped to directly absorb a Soul Ring close to the limit.

After all, there were limits to swallowing them, and it was not that easy.

The source of ultra-small soul beasts was the biggest difficulty!

"Of course. If you absorb your third Soul Ring, then our Notting Academy can rightfully say that a Soul Elder has come out of our academy!"

Hearing Mo Bai's words, the Dean immediately laughed.

In the future, Mo Bai would become a signboard for Notting Academy. Whatever achievements Mo Bai gained in the future, Notting Academy would share in that glory.

"Mm, thank you, Dean!"

"No matter where I go in the future, I will never forget that I graduated from Notting Academy!"

Mo Bai sincerely thanked him when he heard that.

Notting Academy had indeed helped him a great deal!

"Haha, good, good, good!"

"I know you must have your own choice again this time. Go on, tell me. Which soul beasts have you taken a liking to this time?"

Hearing this, the Dean immediately burst into hearty laughter, then asked Mo Bai what soul beast's Soul Ring he wanted to hunt.

He now also understood Mo Bai's personality. He was extremely opinionated and had his own ideas, so there was no need to consider for Mo Bai what soul beast he should hunt. He knew Mo Bai would definitely have his own thoughts.

"As expected, Dean understands me. For my third Soul Ring, I want to hunt a soul beast called the Soul Power Sacred Wood!"

Mo Bai had indeed long since decided what soul beast to hunt for his third Soul Ring, and immediately said it.

The Soul Power Sacred Wood was a plant-type soul beast.

The reason it was named Soul Power Sacred Wood was because of its special characteristic: abundant soul power.

This type of soul beast was born with abundant soul power, and the Soul Ring it produced could bring a percentage increase to a soul master's overall soul power value.

As for how much of a percentage it could increase a soul master's soul power by, that depended on its age.

The Soul Ring skill produced by the Soul Power Sacred Wood was also a decent Soul Skill: Soul Power Blessing. After casting the Soul Skill, it increased one's own soul power value by one hundred percent for five minutes!

This kind of Soul Ring characteristic and Soul Skill was generally something only support-type soul masters would choose.

Very few Battle Soul Masters chose it.

The reason Mo Bai chose it was because he had discovered that his soul power value was not quite enough. Throwing and shooting out a single Blue Silver Grass leaf definitely did not consume as much as releasing one during a Soul Skill, but once he threw a lot of them, the consumption of soul power became great. On top of that, using Hidden Weapon Technique also required soul power, so Mo Bai discovered that his soul power value was somewhat insufficient.

During his last duel with Tang San, Mo Bai had discovered this problem of his.

Overall, using Soul Skills definitely consumed more soul power, but Blue Silver Grass was only the lowest-grade spirit. Jing Yu Secret only increased Mo Bai's cultivation speed, not his soul power value.