Thousand-Year Ice Silkworm, Part 2 (Newcomer Asking for Votes TvT)

Thousand-Year Ice Silkworm, Part 2 (Newcomer Asking for Votes!!! TvT)

During this tedious search, Ye Wen recalled the comic he had read when he first got into Douluo in his Previous Life.

That Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang told Tang San not to kill Soul Beasts recklessly and to leave a path for future generations, yet when he first hunted a Soul Ring for Tang San, he farted and blasted dozens of wolf Soul Beasts to death in the Soul Hunting Forest just to give Tang San a lesson. The double standard was truly something else.

It got even more absurd with Buddha Tang. From then on, every Soul Beast he killed had to be branded with the name of evil. But how could Soul Beasts have any distinction between good and evil? It was nothing more than the strong devouring the weak. Using human laws to restrain wild beasts was like Qing officials using Ming laws to govern people~

What, were they trying to restore the Ming and overthrow the Qing? That was completely backwards—

"Hehe~" Ye Wen amused himself.

Suddenly, Ye Wen discovered another hollow and viciously chiseled it open. Inside, a snow-white Ice Silkworm over a meter long lay sleeping, but it startled awake, clearly having noticed Ye Wen, this uninvited guest.

There were two silvery-white stripes on its back, while the third had yet to begin changing. This Ice Silkworm should have been around twelve hundred years old. Although his original plan had been to find one that had just broken through a thousand years, with his current strength of thirteen hundred jin, absorbing it would be more than manageable.

Even for a Soul Beast with a Spiritual Attribute, Soul Shock was not a concern before it reached ten thousand years. As long as one could withstand the energy of the Soul Ring and had a sufficiently strong physique, one could absorb it directly.

After weighing the pros and cons, Ye Wen immediately fired an arrow.

"Thousand-Year Ice Silkworm—drop dead!"

Without the slightest suspense, the Ice Silkworm with a cultivation of a thousand years died directly at Ye Wen's hands.

Ye Wen could not help but sigh. The cultivation rules of this world really favored humans. If this were one of those novels from his Previous Life, a twelve-hundred-year Soul Beast would at least qualify as a great demon—tch.

Carefully covering the small opening with ice and snow, Ye Wen entered the cave. Looking at the slowly rising purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring, he took a deep breath. Although he knew that he should theoretically be able to absorb this Soul Ring, it was still like a bride riding in a sedan chair for the first time, leaving him somewhat nervous.

But practice was the only test of truth. Coupled with his understanding of the original work, Ye Wen quickly calmed himself and guided the purple Soul Ring onto his Martial Soul. Just like when he absorbed his First Soul Ring, that energy which seemed to tug at his body starting from his cells appeared again. Ye Wen frowned slightly. It was somewhat swollen and painful, but still within his limits.

At the same time, his Soul Power began circulating on its own, helping Ye Wen relieve the pressure. It seemed that when ordinary Soul Masters absorbed Soul Rings, Soul Power acted as a slow-release agent.

After all, traditional Soul Masters did not put much effort into tempering their bodies. Only some prominent clans paid attention to such things. Even then, it was just the same old methods, like running and blacksmithing. They truly could not be considered particularly effective training methods.

Ye Wen silently refined the energy. His physique, which had already allowed him to wield a tremendous force of thirteen hundred jin, underwent another leap forward. Fifteen hundred jin, eighteen hundred jin, two thousand jin. By the end, the sensation of his body's advancement grew weaker and weaker. Ye Wen estimated that his physical strength had reached around twenty-five hundred jin.

After several hours of effort, Ye Wen finally successfully absorbed his second Soul Ring—a Thousand-Year Soul Ring that would leave the world dumbfounded.

"Still within my calculations. That lingering sense of wanting more from my body tells me that I should still be able to absorb a Soul Ring with a slightly higher age. But the additional improvement would be quite limited. It seems my theory of 'Body Strength and Soul Ring Absorption' is sound.

Soul Power can also play a certain role in absorbing Soul Rings, but it seems to be closely related to the quality of one's Martial Soul. The Soul Power of Soul Masters with Beast Martial Souls and Tool Martial Souls definitely cannot be judged by the same standard.

But my main path is physical strengthening. My Soul Power cultivation seems unable to keep up with my physical cultivation, while the limits of my body are relatively on par with the Soul Ring age I can absorb. Yet my Soul Power cultivation is stuck there. Unless I obtain a Soul Ring from the next realm, it cannot provide much assistance. In my theory, then, Soul Power is not that important.

But this Thousand-Year Soul Ring seems to have enhanced more than just my physical strength. Perhaps due to the Ice Silkworm's Spiritual Attribute, my five senses are more sensitive than ever. I can even detect the slightest movement of cold air.

And my Second Soul Skill...

Between Mimicry? Compared to Huo Yuhao's Mimicry, which merely changed his own aura, my Soul Skill seems capable of creating a Mimic Cultivation Environment. It can even hide the color of my Soul Rings. This is truly the Soul Skill of my dreams!

That way, I won't need to deliberately hide my Soul Rings anymore.

And Nab Cloth's space has expanded to five cubic meters. Not bad, not bad~"

A satisfied smile appeared on Ye Wen's face. He then summoned his Martial Soul, Nab Cloth. It was still the same pitch-black cloth as before, but the two Soul Rings emerging from it were yellow.

"Perfect mimicry. There isn't the slightest flaw visible to the naked eye. Unless they're high-level Spiritual Attribute Soul Masters or Titled Douluo, there's absolutely no way they can see through my Soul Ring disguise."

Ye Wen then took out a Soul Power crystal ball to test the Soul Power within him. Having been stuck at level twenty for so long, he had no idea what level he was at now.

"Level twenty-nine!? How is that possible?" Ye Wen exclaimed in shock.

Half a year ago, he had only just broken through level twenty. Even if his cultivation had progressed quickly, he should not have reached level twenty-nine in a year. Was the boost from exceeding the limit to absorb a Thousand-Year Soul Ring really this great?

Ye Wen was utterly baffled. In the original work, even Tang San had not improved this much after exceeding his limit to absorb a two-thousand-year Man-Faced Spider as his Third Soul Ring. By Ye Wen's own estimate, reaching level twenty-six now would have already been quite good.

While Ye Wen's thoughts ran wild, his gaze suddenly caught sight of something seemingly hidden beneath the already dead Thousand-Year Ice Silkworm. He pushed aside the Ice Silkworm's corpse and saw a blue-white object resembling jade before him.

"What is this?" Ye Wen examined the jade-like object and picked it up. Suddenly, his brow furrowed as a powerful chill surged out of it.

Seeing this, Ye Wen seemed to recall something. A flash of inspiration struck him, and he cried out, "This is Ten Thousand Year Cold Ice!"

Saying it like that might make the jade before him seem unremarkable, like one of the many heavenly treasures in fantasy stories. But in Douluo 2, treasures like this appeared the most frequently and were also the most important.

Whether it was the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow devoured by Sky Dream Ice Silkworm or the Ten Thousand Year Cold Ice Jade Marrow Bed stored within the Clear Sky Sect, they belonged to the same category of heavenly treasures. They could greatly increase the cultivation speed and cultivation of Soul Beasts and Soul Masters, without any side effects.

The piece of Ten Thousand Year Cold Ice in Ye Wen's hand had a nearly imperceptible crack on its surface. Looking at the hollow inside the Ten Thousand Year Cold Ice, this had probably originally been a piece of Ten Thousand Year Cold Ice Marrow.

The cause of the crack was unknown for now, but the essence leaking from it had likely been absorbed by him while he was absorbing the Soul Ring. Otherwise, his cultivation would not have improved so dramatically. However, the extreme cold around him had greatly dulled Ye Wen's senses, and his complete focus on absorbing the Soul Ring had prevented him from noticing the abnormal surge in his cultivation.

Ye Wen was delighted by this discovery and could not help wanting to shout, "Heaven's mandate is with me!"

But after glancing at the thin layer of ice above him, he dismissed the idea. He did not want to be buried alive.

Now that his Soul Power had reached level twenty-nine, Ye Wen temporarily abandoned any thought of returning home. He had a plan: break through to level thirty here, then obtain his Third Soul Ring.

And his target for the Third Soul Ring would still be an Ice Silkworm.

As for why, Ye Wen had discovered that he could now summon multiple Nab Cloths and summon them from a distance.

But that was not enough. Ye Wen needed more precise control, which meant his Third Soul Ring had to come from a Spiritual Attribute Soul Beast. And what Spiritual Attribute Soul Beast could be easier to hunt than an Ice Silkworm?