Ten-Thousand Year Fourth Ring

A Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Snake—and a two-headed one at that!

"A mutated Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Snake. No, it should be a Two-headed Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Snake."

It was not uncommon for Spirit Beasts to attack Spirit Masters. The suspicious thing was when they did not attack on their own initiative.

This Two-headed Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Snake happened to be exactly ten thousand years old, and Ye Tianxing's eyes lit up.

Two-headed Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Snake, you're the one!

As blue and red intertwined, a bow appeared in Ye Tianxing's hand. It had an ancient, simple appearance, its body dark black. The instant Ye Tianxing drew the bowstring, red and blue demonic patterns immediately crawled across both sides of the bow.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two piercing sounds rang out as a Fire Arrow and an Ice Arrow shot forward.

Faced with Ye Tianxing's attack, the Two-headed Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Snake found it laughably insignificant. It had lived in Sunset Forest for ten thousand years—what sort of people had it not encountered?

An attack like this was simply too...

What?

Where the two arrows of different attributes passed, vast stretches of forest were ignited by the Fire Arrow's grazing path. Some plants were likewise frozen into ice sculptures by the frigid aura leaking from the Ice Arrow, turning the area into a world blanketed in white snow.

Extreme Ice and Extreme Fire intertwined, becoming two different arrows that struck the Two-headed Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Snake directly.

Flames and freezing air soared into the sky, while the anguished hiss of the Two-headed Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Snake echoed through half the forest.

When Ye Tianxing stepped forward to inspect it, the Two-headed Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Snake was dragging lightning behind it as it flew toward the depths of the forest at an astonishing speed.

One snake head had been left behind, its mouth opening and closing as its venomous vertical pupils stared fixedly at Ye Tianxing. The power of those two arrows was truly extraordinary.

"Trying to run?" Ye Tianxing smiled faintly. The Third Spirit Ring beneath his feet lit up as he drew the bowstring back to a full moon.

"Third Spirit Ability, Lock On."

Guided by the Spiritual Skull, Ye Tianxing's spiritual power rapidly spread outward. From his perspective, everything before him turned grayish-white, and a world composed of countless tiny grids appeared before his eyes.

"Found you!"

The arrows Ye Tianxing fired were the same as before. The ice and fire arrows followed the trail of the Two-headed Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Snake in relentless pursuit.

Under the deluge of flames and freezing air, the Two-headed Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Snake was covered in burns and frostbite. Pain mingled with fear as it fled deeper into the forest at an astonishing speed.

No matter how fast it flew, the two arrows always followed it.

Boom!

With a thunderous explosion, the Two-headed Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Snake finally collapsed to the ground.

The reason Ye Tianxing had spared its life was because he intended to drag it back to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and absorb the Fourth Spirit Ring with that treasured land at his back.

The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Right Hand Bone appeared. Ye Tianxing brutally plunged it into the massive body of the Two-headed Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Snake, then rapidly left the scene with the enormous creature in tow, heading toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Crunch, crunch...

The Two-headed Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Snake was dead. Countless black motes emerged from its corpse, and before long, a Spirit Ring marked with black demonic patterns appeared before Ye Tianxing.

"So this is what a Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Ring looks like."

Ye Tianxing had seen black Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Rings before, but those belonged to others. The Spirit Ring from this freshly ten-thousand-year-old Two-headed Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Snake was truly his.

With the uniquely favorable environment of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well at his back, Ye Tianxing sat cross-legged. The three Spirit Rings beneath his feet lit up one after another. Drawn by his Soul Power, the Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Ring descended through the air above Ye Tianxing's head and slowly settled around him, truly falling above the thousand-year Spirit Ring.

"Let's begin!"

With that, he shut his eyes. The tyrannical power brought by the black Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Ring was truly extraordinary. Ye Tianxing felt as though his soul were under attack, beginning to tremble with unrest.

Soul Tremor.

The soul tremor produced after the death of a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast was exceedingly terrifying. If a Spirit Master was even slightly careless while absorbing its Spirit Ring, they could suffer backlash and become an idiot.

Ye Tianxing's mind was clear and empty as the effects of the soul tremor gradually faded. All of this was thanks to the Spiritual Skull he had obtained at the age of six. His spiritual power turned into flowing water, continuously soothing the wounds left by the spiritual tremors. While weakening the resentment of the Two-headed Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Snake, it also accelerated Ye Tianxing's absorption of his Fourth Spirit Ring.

"Grandpa, what exactly is so important that you had me rush all the way here from the academy? The All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament starts in two years, and our training has been intense lately. In a few days, we also have to travel to other towns for training as arranged by Teacher Qin Ming. Time is precious!"

A slender young woman dressed in blue-violet clothing, with short hair of the same color, followed Dugu Bo here.

Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo's granddaughter. Her martial spirit was the Jade Phosphorous Serpent. She was also Old Poison's only living relative and emotional support.

Dugu Bo smiled but did not immediately tell Dugu Yan why. Instead, he said, "I'm taking you to meet someone. They'll properly treat what's wrong with you."

"What's wrong with me? There's nothing wrong with me! I think you're the one with a problem, Grandpa!" Dugu Yan pulled a long face and complained, "Tian Heng and I agreed to go shopping in Heaven Dou City after class today. How could you do this, Grandpa?"

"You're not even married yet, and you're already taking his side." Dugu Bo put on a heartbroken expression, deliberately clutching the healthy body that had long since recovered, looking dejected.

Dugu Yan was speechless. Her grandfather was good in every way except that he was too erratic. Sometimes, even she, his own granddaughter, had no idea what the old man was thinking. He always acted on whatever whim struck him.

With a wave of Dugu Bo's hand, a path appeared through the mountain that had originally been wrapped in a poison formation. Grandfather and granddaughter smoothly entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Dugu Yan had naturally been here before. The ailment she had carried from her mother's womb, her body concealing toxins, had long since adapted to the harsh environment of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Yet it continued to worsen as she grew older, and she would eventually become a second Dugu Bo.

This had always been Dugu Bo's greatest worry. It did not matter if he suffered, but if his granddaughter ended up like this as well, he would never rest in peace even after death.

Completely unaware of this, Dugu Yan did not understand what Dugu Bo truly cared about. Her gaze was deeply shaken by the sight before her.

A handsome youth she had never met before was absorbing a Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Ring, while the remains of a Two-headed Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Snake beside him were impossible to miss.

And the Spirit Ring he was absorbing was his Fourth Spirit Ring. Heavens!

The absorption limit for a Fourth Spirit Ring was five thousand years, yet this youth had started straight from ten thousand years. What was Dugu Yan seeing?

"Grandfather, is this the person you wanted me to meet?" Dugu Yan was utterly stunned.

Dugu Bo was equally shocked. His eyes grew grave as he stared at Ye Tianxing's Fourth Spirit Ring. His intuition told him that this youth named Ye Fan had already completed the absorption of his Fourth Spirit Ring.

"To be valued by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, this kid truly isn't bad. A Ten-Thousand Year Fourth Ring—this old man has truly had his eyes opened."

Dugu Bo had an eccentric temperament. Under normal circumstances, he might have interfered, but times were different now. He still needed Ye Fan to treat his granddaughter.