Ancient Demon Tree

After Zhu Zhuqing's group departed, Liu Xinghan and the others turned their attention to the Ancient Demon Tree.

The Ancient Demon Tree was in a truly miserable state. Its enormous canopy and half its trunk had been severed by Chrysanthemum Douluo's casual strike earlier. It was already gravely wounded and not far from death.

Looking at the Ancient Demon Tree, Chrysanthemum Douluo frowned. "This Ancient Demon Tree is probably close to four thousand years old, a thousand years beyond what we planned for. Can you absorb it, Xiao Han?"

In Chrysanthemum Douluo's view, based on his assessment of Liu Xinghan's physique, a four-thousand-year Spirit Ring was worth attempting, though it carried a certain degree of risk. It depended on what Liu Xinghan himself wanted.

"Grandpa Chrysanthemum, I want to try!"

Liu Xinghan spoke with a serious expression.

The Ancient Demon Tree was an exceptionally suitable Spirit Beast for him, and its numbers were scarce. They had searched for so many days and only found this four-thousand-year Ancient Demon Tree. If they gave it up, they might not find a better one.

Perhaps this was his only chance to obtain an Ancient Demon Tree Spirit Ring. He wanted to give it a try. It was only a thousand years over, wasn't it? He believed he could succeed.

Chrysanthemum Douluo nodded. "Then give it a try. Don't worry, with Old Ghost and me here, even if you can't absorb it, we can force the Spirit Ring out of your body. At worst, we'll find another one."

Hearing this, Liu Xinghan immediately felt at ease.

He took out a Rank 3 Soul Tool Saber.

This was the first Rank 3 Soul Tool he had created, named the Flame Saber.

With a single slash, a Flame Slash shot straight toward the Ancient Demon Tree's roots.

The roots were the weak point of all plant-type Spirit Beasts. If the Ancient Demon Tree had been at full strength, its four-thousand-year cultivation would have been enough to rival a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beast. Even a five-ring Soul King would have had to take a detour upon seeing it. That was why it could take root in the central region of Jade Forest.

However, it was now severely injured and on the verge of death. Killing it took only one slash.

Boom!

Flames erupted as the airborne Flame Slash directly severed the Ancient Demon Tree's roots, leaving the cut blackened and charred.

Buzz!

The trunk trembled, and a purple Thousand Year Spirit Ring rose up!

At the side, Gu Qing looked at the Soul Tool Saber in Liu Xinghan's hand and asked in surprise, "This is an Attack-type Soul Tool?"

Although Gu Qing was not a Titled Douluo, he was still a legion commander who commanded ten thousand Spirit Masters. He could barely be considered part of Spirit Hall's upper ranks.

He had heard that Spirit Hall had established a Soul Tool Hall that was secretly researching Soul Tools.

However, since Soul Tool Hall was still in its early stages and had few members, its current development focused more on individual Soul Tool research. Attack-type Soul Tools had not yet been mass-produced, so Gu Qing had never truly seen one.

Now that he had seen an Attack-type Soul Tool with his own eyes, he immediately grew curious.

"Xiao Han, may this old man take a look?" Gu Qing asked curiously.

"Of course. Grandpa Gu, go ahead and take a look. I'm going to absorb the Spirit Ring."

Liu Xinghan casually handed the Flame Saber to Gu Qing, then began focusing on absorbing the Spirit Ring.

"Junior Brother, be careful. If you can't endure it, don't force yourself," Hu Liena said worriedly.

"I know, Senior Sister. Don't worry, I'll definitely succeed!"

Liu Xinghan took a deep breath and sat cross-legged beneath the trunk, summoning his Martial Soul. The Summoning Tome appeared in his hand. With a thought, Liu Xinghan directly drew the Ancient Demon Tree's Spirit Ring onto the Summoning Tome!

Boom!

Surging energy entered Liu Xinghan's body through his Martial Soul.

Like terrifying waves, it battered his body without pause.

Relying on his powerful physique and resilient spirit, he struggled through wave after wave of impact. In the end, he succeeded by the narrowest of margins!

As he opened his eyes, the Ancient Demon Tree's Spirit Ring had completely fused with him, and its corpse had also merged into the Summoning Tome.

Two purple Spirit Rings floated quietly. Compared to the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's Spirit Ring, the Ancient Demon Tree's Spirit Ring was a deeper shade, clearly due to its Year Limit.

After the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Spirit Ring advanced to a Thousand Year Spirit Ring, Liu Xinghan's Soul Power had risen several more levels. After carefully observing the Spirit Ring,

he discovered that while a Spirit Ring's Year Limit did grow stronger alongside his cultivation, the growth was far too slow. At this rate, even if he cultivated to the level of a Titled Douluo, it would be difficult for the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Spirit Ring to reach the ten-thousand-year level, much less become the legendary Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring.

The reason it had risen from a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring to a Thousand Year Spirit Ring

was because advancing from a hundred years to a thousand years was relatively easy.

Besides, the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear had possessed around seven hundred years of cultivation before its death. Although the Hundred-Year Spirit Ring becoming a Thousand Year Spirit Ring seemed like a huge improvement, its Year Limit had only increased by three hundred years.

Seeing Liu Xinghan open his eyes, Hu Liena quickly moved closer and asked, "Junior Brother, did you succeed?"

Liu Xinghan nodded. "I succeeded. This Spirit Ring is quite good. The energy it contained was so powerful that it directly raised my cultivation to level twenty-two."

"Xiao Han, here you go."

Gu Qing walked over and returned the Flame Saber to Liu Xinghan.

The more he examined this Soul Tool, the more shocked he became. If close-combat Soul Elders and Soul Ancestors could wield such a Soul Tool, their strength would definitely soar.

Once such Soul Tools were equipped on a large scale among Spirit Hall's Spirit Master Legion in the future, who on this Douluo Continent could still stand against Spirit Hall?

What two great empires, what Seven Great Sects!

They could simply crush them head-on!

Liu Xinghan had successfully obtained his Spirit Ring. Next came Gu Qing's Ninth Spirit Ring.

Gu Qing's Martial Soul was called the War Ancient Tree. Like Chrysanthemum Douluo's, it was a top-tier plant-type Martial Soul. That was why he had come to Jade Forest to obtain a Spirit Ring.

Compared to animal-type Spirit Beasts, plant-type Spirit Beasts cultivated with greater difficulty, and the Ninth Spirit Ring had extremely high Year Limit requirements. It had to be at least Fifty Thousand Year. Jade Forest was not like the Star Dou Great Forest, so plant-type Spirit Beasts of that level were difficult to find.

That night.

Inside the tent, Liu Xinghan looked at the sleeping Hu Liena and carefully moved away the arm she had draped across his chest before quietly sitting up.

He entered the system.

After obtaining his Second Spirit Ring, his Main Quest 2 had already been completed. He received Mysterious Spirit Fragment x1 and Divine Artifact Fragment x1 as rewards.

He accepted the rewards.

The Mysterious Spirit Fragment was simple. As long as he gathered three, he could randomly obtain a Mysterious Martial Soul.

Doesn't that mean I'll have Twin Martial Souls too? Liu Xinghan thought happily.

Two Martial Souls were certainly stronger than one.

In the original work, Tang San possessed Twin Martial Souls: one Blue Silver Emperor and one Clear Sky Hammer. Once he obtained a Mysterious Martial Soul, he would be no worse than Tang San.

As for where the remaining Martial Soul fragments would come from?

Main Quest 3 had already begun. Break through level thirty Soul Power and obtain the Third Spirit Ring. The rewards were the same as Main Quest 2: Mysterious Spirit Fragment x1 and Divine Artifact Fragment x1.

Liu Xinghan guessed that the rewards for the next Main Quest would probably be the same.

If that was the case, then once he reached level forty Soul Power, wouldn't he be able to gather three Martial Soul fragments and obtain a new Martial Soul?