Tang San's Ten-Year Second Soul Ring
Although Radiant Feather Douluo said that, his expression clearly screamed, "Look how amazing I did!"
It really was amazing.
Shi Yueyi thought so too.
With that explosion, Tang San's right hand was instantly blasted into a bloody mess.
"That attack only severely injured his right hand, yet didn't sever it?" The smug little expression on Radiant Feather Douluo's face froze for a moment.
"Grandpa Radiant Feather, roughly how powerful was that attack just now?" Shi Yueyi asked quietly.
"That rare treasure wasn't fully absorbed. The small portion left behind, once I triggered it, was enough to kill a Soul Ancestor at the very least," Radiant Feather Douluo replied. "Tang San must have trained his body before. His physical constitution is definitely beyond that of an ordinary Soul Master, or even a Soul Grandmaster."
"I agree. Even if he has Twin Martial Souls, and the other one is the strength-type Clear Sky Hammer, that still shouldn't be possible." Shi Yueyi nodded. "My own martial soul is a Body Martial Soul, so I'm very sensitive to the strength of the human body. He must have eaten some soul beast meat beforehand, or possessed some other body-tempering method that strengthened his physique."
You couldn't possibly say he got that way from running.
An Immortal Grade was comparable to a hundred-thousand-year plant-type soul beast, while in terms of medicinal quality, a rare treasure was comparable to a ten-thousand-year one. That was why this Demonic Eye Tree, which had been over nine hundred years old, could directly leap past two thousand years in just two days.
Moreover, its Spiritual Power had greatly increased, allowing it to control so many branch demon eyes as it had just done.
After all, its attributes weren't compatible, so it hadn't completely made use of the rare treasure after absorbing it. It had merely increased part of its cultivation and energy. If it had been a plant-type soul beast with the light attribute, it would probably have reached over five thousand years by now.
Radiant Feather Douluo had triggered the remaining small portion of energy, but that didn't mean he had personally acted with his light-attributed Soul Power. He had merely pressed the switch; the force that struck Tang San was still that remaining energy.
Tang San was sent flying backward, but he still endured the agonizing pain and grabbed a nearby tree, stabilizing himself once more.
"Oh, what determination," Shi Yueyi said expressionlessly.
"Crackle—" At that moment, the faintly glowing object in Radiant Feather Douluo's other hand went dark.
"It could only record this much." Radiant Feather Douluo spoke regretfully. "Someone begged me to take this Soul Guiding Recording Crystal years ago. Looks like it isn't all that effective."
"Who gave it to you?" Shi Yueyi asked curiously.
"That was decades ago." Radiant Feather Douluo scratched his head. "Back then, I hadn't... gone into seclusion yet. He said I was his idol and wanted me to record what I looked like after becoming a Titled Douluo and regaining my youth."
"Forget that, Little Shiyue. Look over there." Radiant Feather Douluo lowered his hand and pointed into the distance.
Shi Yueyi looked over and found that Tang San had returned to the thousand-year soul beast. He was clutching it tightly, as though imagining that his Eight Spider Lances still existed and wanting to deliver the fatal blow!
In reality, he was continuously smashing the beast with the iron weapons he had forged, along with his second martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer.
But unfortunately, after the ambush and explosion just now, he had barely any Soul Power left.
"I think he still wants to struggle," Radiant Feather Douluo said.
Shi Yueyi narrowed her eyes.
"He still wants a thousand-year soul ring?" Shi Yueyi sneered. "Just wait. I guarantee he'll return with a full load."
That was because the area didn't contain only the Demonic Eye Tree as a plant-type soul beast. There were also some very ordinary ones, such as ten-year Solitary Bamboo and twenty-year shrubs.
Tang San's mind was already somewhat muddled from the explosion.
That had been powerful enough to kill an ordinary Soul Ancestor. Even though he had forcibly endured it, the meridians in his body were now in disarray, and he was gasping for breath.
"I'll give him a hand." Shi Yueyi sighed. "I can't stand seeing people suffer."
Shi Yueyi stretched out her right hand. At that moment, her External Attached Palm Bone activated one of its skills—Lightning Element Control.
A purple flash of lightning appeared behind the trunk of the Demonic Eye Tree, delicate and concealed, from nowhere at all.
A killer's instinct—if you could launch a sneak attack while attacking, never face your opponent head-on.
Thus, Tang San, who was sprawled against the front of the trunk like an octopus, failed to notice it.
Shi Yueyi narrowed her eyes. In that instant, she drew out eighty-five percent of her Soul Power, firmly controlling that strand of surging purple lightning before suddenly launching it into the Demonic Eye Tree's "heart" from behind!
Tang San suddenly felt the thousand-year soul beast beneath him shudder, and his heart filled with delight.
But what he didn't know was that just as he thought he was about to take the life of this battered soul beast, someone had beaten him to it!
Shi Yueyi directly used eighty-five percent of her Soul Power to control a delicate bolt of lightning, instantly killing the battered Demonic Eye Tree!
But Tang San didn't know that. He sensed that the large tree before him had stopped shaking and thought he had finally hammered it to death.
His gaze was weary. Before him were a white soul ring, a yellow soul ring, and a bright purple soul ring...
That's it! This purple soul ring would be my second soul ring this time!
As long as he could make an exception succeed once, he would be able to prove to Grandmaster that he had the ability to absorb soul rings beyond his level!
He could no longer suppress the wild joy in his heart. After all, this was the second ring he had bought with a human life. He couldn't wait another moment and wanted to absorb it as soon as possible!
His eyes burned with fervor. He grabbed a handful of restorative supplements, meditated briefly to recover some Soul Power, then released his Blue Silver Grass martial soul, intending to draw over that thousand-year soul ring.
After all, he was alone here. There was no one to guard him.
If he delayed and absorbed it too late, only to be discovered by another Soul Master team hunting soul beasts, he would die.
"Seeing how enthusiastic you are, I'll lend a hand too." Radiant Feather Douluo spoke with interest.
Then, together with Shi Yueyi, he manipulated things from afar, causing a white soul ring and that purple soul ring to fly toward Tang San.
Tang San looked at the white soul ring in confusion. He remembered that this white soul ring should have been produced by a Blue Silver Grass that had stubbornly grown for ten years.
Tang San thought his eyes were playing tricks on him. He assumed that while drawing in the soul rings, some tiny, tiny misunderstanding had occurred, and this ten-year Blue Silver Grass soul ring had also been pulled over by a martial soul of the same kind.
The process was incredibly fast. Just as the white and purple soul rings were about to arrive, Tang San immediately linked his martial soul to the fluctuations of the soul rings over there.
However, the purple soul ring did not move at all!
Instead, the ten-year Blue Silver Grass soul ring, which seemed to have been drawn over by the Blue Silver Grass martial soul, sensed Tang San's pull. Then, as if it had instantly returned home, it charged onto Tang San's martial soul.
Absorbing a ten-year soul ring was already fast, and this was a soul beast of the same type as his martial soul.
It was practically instantaneous!
"No!!!"
Because everything had gone his way in the past, he had made the mistake of being far too confident this time.
It was unavoidable.
And so, he paid the price.
Terror filled Tang San's face as he looked at the bright yellow and white soul rings on his Blue Silver Grass martial soul. The blow was too much, and he fainted on the spot.
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