Third Soul Ring.

At present, the only trait Li Chang'an had shown was that he cultivated quickly, but his martial soul had not displayed any overly exaggerated power. Perhaps in the eyes of the Heaven Dou Emperor and the others, his future was immeasurable. But to Qian Renxue, who came from Spirit Hall, possessed innate rank-twenty Soul Power, and was even the inheritor of the Angel God, it was just so-so.

Even if he could become a Limit Douluo in the future, he would have no power to resist before a Divine Being. He posed no threat at all.

But if, while cultivating quickly, he also showed that he could absorb Soul Ring Age beyond his level... then Qian Renxue would one hundred percent suspect that he also had a God-level martial soul. Or perhaps that he was simply a trial taker chosen by a Divine Being. Someone with a chance to become a god in the future. That would threaten Spirit Hall's grand ambition!

In that case, she would absolutely, one hundred percent, make a move against him.

So Li Chang'an, who was still very weak at this stage, would rather appear a little more normal than take that kind of risk and force Qian Renxue to kill him. Besides, Soul Ring Age was something that could be increased in the future by taking the God Exam. There was no need to bring danger to his own personal safety over such a tiny bit of profit.

This trip to obtain his third soul ring was still led by one of the Three Education Commissioners, who brought him over to acquire a soul ring. After all, Li Chang'an was now Heaven Dou's precious treasure, and he was even regarded as the future guardian of the empire. Naturally, not the slightest mishap could be allowed.

A Soul Douluo had brought him here to hunt a Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and on top of that, the Soul Beast Forest was an artificially created forest. The highest-aged soul beasts inside were only a few tens of thousands of years old, so it was absolutely impossible for any accident to occur.

Bang!

A giant ape six meters tall, its entire body covered in spike-like golden fur and its appearance incomparably ferocious, collapsed to the ground. The Education Commissioner slowly withdrew his hand, then turned his head slightly, signaling for Li Chang'an to go up and end its life.

This was an Adamantine Tyrant Ape. Its whole body was as hard as steel, and it belonged to the Metal Attribute soul beasts. Its innate skill was Adamantine Body, and its effect was extremely plain and simple. It merely increased all of its attributes in every aspect, such as bodily strength, agility, power, and so on.

The reason Li Chang'an chose this kind of soul beast was mainly because he had his eye on its attribute-boosting ability. And while the Adamantine Tyrant Ape might not be able to compare with a top-tier soul beast like the Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear, it still belonged among the upper-echelon peak soul beasts.

As a third soul ring, it was not bad.

The Azure Scale Sword easily pierced through the skull of this Adamantine Tyrant Ape. A moment later, a purple Thousand Year Soul Ring condensed and formed.

Li Chang'an directly sat down cross-legged, drawing it with his Soul Power and making that purple soul ring drift toward him.

The absorption process went very smoothly.

He only used half an hour to perfectly absorb this soul ring. However, in order not to arouse the suspicion of the Education Commissioner guarding him, he still put on an act and continued meditating. Only after another three hours passed did he pretend that he had finally finished absorbing it and open his eyes.

"How is it? What soul skill did you obtain?" the Education Commissioner hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

Li Chang'an held the Azure Scale Sword and carefully sensed it. Only after a moment did he let out a low shout. "Third soul skill: Sword Bone!"

As soon as the words fell.

The Education Commissioner discovered that his aura instantly surged by quite a lot at that moment. It seemed that what he had obtained this time was an amplification-type soul skill. He just did not know whether it amplified Soul Power, bodily strength, or the sword's attack power.

"This soul skill can increase my Soul Power by thirty percent!" Li Chang'an said.

"Good."

When the Education Commissioner heard him say this, his eyes lit up. He stroked his beard and nodded in praise.

Do not think thirty percent was little.

One had to know that for this kind of amplification-type soul skill, a thirty percent increase was already very considerable.

In battle, having thirty percent more than others could sometimes be the key that decided victory or defeat. The increase to one's own combat strength was not as simple as just thirty percent.

In truth.

Li Chang'an was still concealing something about the effect of the soul skill. That was, his soul skill did not only increase Soul Power, but also included physical constitution, agility and speed, resistance to blows, and even the sharpness of the sword. It could be called an all-round enhancement!

This kind of comprehensive amplification soul skill was completely different for a Soul Master from a soul skill that simply increased Soul Power. Their combat power could not be compared at all.

If one used this kind of comprehensive enhancement in battle, then one would definitely possess an overwhelming advantage!

It could be said that this soul skill taken from the Adamantine Tyrant Ape had simply inherited its innate talent perfectly.

It might not be too obvious now while his level was still low, but if he became a Soul Douluo, or even a Titled Douluo, and then received a thirty percent all-round increase at that level... then one could almost foresee just how powerful the effect would be.

At the same time, a doubt also arose in Li Chang'an's heart. That was, after a Soul Master reached rank one hundred and became a god, would their soul skills still exist?

If they existed, would the effects of the soul skills still remain unchanged at thirty percent?

If that was the case, then this really would be perverse.

But Li Chang'an felt that was not very likely.

Because he remembered that in the Original Work, the skills of soul rings had a kind of limit. For example, Xiao Wu's Invincible Golden Body was said to be able to nullify damage for several seconds. But that was only limited to Soul Masters. Once it encountered Divine Power, or a hundred-thousand-year soul skill of the same level, it might be broken.

So this kind of rule-like soul skill should only be limited to the mortal stage. After reaching God-level, it probably would no longer have such an effect.

"It's time to go back."

Since the purpose of coming here had already been achieved, he naturally was not prepared to stay long in this Soul Beast Forest.

On the way back, I need to buy Yanzi a gift. While I'm at it, it's about time to confirm our relationship.

Li Chang'an thought.

After spending this period of time together, he and Dugu Yan could be considered only one step away. All that remained was a confession, and they could confirm their relationship as lovers.

And he felt that the timing was about right. It was time to take this Beauty Snake into his arms.

Otherwise, what if Yu Tianheng, that four-legged lizard, poached her from him?

He knew that lately, that fellow Yu Tianheng had always been trying to curry favor around Dugu Yan. What idea he was playing at was something even a blind man could see.

At the same time.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

"Yu Tianheng! I've already told you, I'm not interested in you! Stop bothering me." Coldness surfaced in Dugu Yan's beautiful eyes, and her tone was chilly.

"Yanzi..." Yu Tianheng looked at Dugu Yan with an affectionate expression. Just as he opened his mouth and was about to say something, the other party cut him off without the slightest hesitation!

"Stop!"

"Are you someone who can call me Yanzi?"

Dugu Yan finally lost patience and cut him off without any politeness. "Please call me Student Dugu!"

"...Fine."

Yu Tianheng was so angered by her attitude that his face alternated between green and white. No woman had ever dared to speak to him like this before. If not for the fact that your Grandpa is a Titled Douluo... Thinking this, he forcefully suppressed his anger and tried his best to maintain a calm appearance as he said, "Student Dugu, I came to find you today because I wanted to tell you something."

"If you've got something to say, spit it out!"

Dugu Yan thoroughly stopped concealing her disgust toward him. During this period of time, she had truly been harassed by this young master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to the point that she was almost suffering a nervous breakdown.

Second update!

The remaining two chapters will be updated this afternoon. They still need another round of careful polishing.

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