Guardian Angel!

Cultivating while stuck at a Soul Master level brought no benefits!

If his level could not improve, that also meant his body could not be strengthened by a Soul Ring.

Once the body had been strengthened by a Soul Ring, its speed of absorbing Soul Power would certainly be far greater than before it was strengthened.

The quality of Soul Power would also be much stronger than before advancing to a higher major rank.

This was why a certain Master's theories were mocked by those great families.

They made sense, but so did nonsense.

"What should I do?"

Zhu Rong's thoughts raced as he considered how to solve this problem.

He was not stupid enough to remain stuck at a level and wait to break through later.

Before he had a meditation method, Zhu Rong could still endure not cultivating.

But before Tao Ge left, he had given Zhu Rong a basic meditation method precisely so it would not affect his cultivation!

He could not waste an entire three months just like that!

He could search for Soul Beasts and obtain a Soul Ring. Either Soul Hunting Forests or Primeval Forests would work.

Entering a Soul Hunting Forest required a permit issued by Spirit Hall. It would not be difficult for Zhu Rong to obtain one, but there were certainly no rare and powerful Soul Beasts in Soul Hunting Forests.

What Zhu Rong needed was a Soul Beast with sacred and fire attributes.

It was not that he looked down on Soul Hunting Forests.

How could Soul Beasts with those two attributes possibly be captured and thrown into a Soul Hunting Forest?

Most Soul Beasts in Soul Hunting Forests were only suitable for a first or second Soul Ring.

Of course, many quasi-Soul Elders—Soul Masters at level thirty—also obtained their third Soul Rings in Soul Hunting Forests.

On Douluo Continent, aside from certain powerful families and factions,

there were plenty of Soul Masters whose first Soul Ring was a ten-year ring and whose third Soul Ring was a hundred-year ring.

As for Primeval Forests, it was not that Zhu Rong was cowardly. He truly had no way to go!

Never mind the Star Dou Great Forest—even the Sunset Forest, with his current level-ten Soul Power...

"Going there to become monster dung is out of the question. Before I have a life-saving skill, I absolutely cannot act recklessly!"

With that thought, Zhu Rong nodded as though nothing had happened.

The prerequisite for hot-bloodedness was an absolute guarantee of safety.

Take a certain Luffy, for example. It was supposedly a thrilling, hot-blooded adventure, but what was the result?

"My Marine Vice Admiral Grandfather."

"My Rebel Leader Father."

"My Marine Admiral Uncle."

"My..."

What hot-blooded adventure was there to speak of...

Suddenly, Zhu Rong's eyes lit up. The idea in his mind nearly made him laugh aloud!

"Right, I can ask Tang Hao! If I have him take me to a Soul Hunting Forest to obtain a Soul Ring, wouldn't that be easy?"

"In his eyes, I'm a Clear Sky Sect disciple who was left behind outside. If I need a Soul Ring, he'll seriously help me find a suitable one..."

"He wants me to owe him a favor, so I'll do as he wishes and owe him a little more. That way, he can rest easy. Anyway, I'm never paying it back..."

Wasn't Zhu Rong's earlier scheme all about making Tang Hao into a tool? Now that he needed a Soul Ring, wasn't this the perfect time to seek out that tool?

Tang Hao had already been thoroughly fooled by Zhu Rong.

If he truly had to choose between Zhu Rong, this genius with "Twin Martial Souls," Innate Full Soul Power, and a Mutated Sword Martial Soul, and Tang San,

Tang Hao might hesitate, but in the end, he would help Zhu Rong!

In Tang Hao's eyes, Zhu Rong was the hope for the Clear Sky Sect's rise once more.

His future achievements would absolutely surpass Tang San's, who also possessed Twin Martial Souls but had only level-eight Innate Soul Power.

Given the quality of Zhu Rong's Twin Martial Souls, his achievements might very well surpass Tang Chen's!

Tang Chen had been a peerless level-ninety-nine Douluo!

Even though Tang San also had Twin Martial Souls, Tang Hao believed Tang San would at most achieve nine black Soul Rings and reach around level ninety-seven Soul Power.

This was already Tang Hao's greatest expectation for Tang San.

As the Clear Sky Douluo, Tang Hao's loyalty to his sect was certainly greater than his familial affection.

"Then it's settled!"

Zhu Rong decided that first thing tomorrow morning, he would go find Tang Hao and have him help obtain a Soul Ring.

Whether they went to a Soul Hunting Forest or a Primeval Forest, having a Title Douluo with him would max out the safety factor.

"Speaking of Tang Hao, I remember he has a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone."

Zhu Rong's eyes lit up. A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone was an exceedingly rare treasure.

Even if the Soul Bone's attributes did not suit him, its quality could make up for that problem.

"It seems Tang Hao didn't carry that Soul Bone with him. He left it where Ah Yin took root."

"Somewhere near Holy Soul Village, beside a waterfall..."

The more Zhu Rong thought about it, the more excited he became. He quickly searched his memories for the waterfall's location.

After a while, Zhu Rong sighed and muttered to himself,

"For the past two years, I've practically been fighting wits and courage with Tang San. Aside from that small hill, I've rarely gone anywhere else."

"Forget it. What is meant to be will come; what is not meant to be cannot be forced. Once I return from hunting a Soul Ring, I'll look around the area near Holy Soul Village first..."

Even if he could not find the Blue Silver Emperor's location, Zhu Rong would not be too disappointed.

Those two Soul Bone skills of the Blue Silver Emperor were not especially useful to Zhu Rong.

Flight? He had wings!

Healing? Well, he did not have that, but he had equipment! Plenty of defensive equipment had that effect.

If necessary, he could just wear more Warmog's Armor...

Even if Zhu Rong obtained the Blue Silver Emperor's Soul Bone, he only wanted to use it as a vessel.

Speaking of vessels, Zhu Rong actually had one at the moment.

It was the Sacred Redemption Hand Cannon!

The Sacred Redemption Hand Cannon, a Quasi-Divine Artifact and formerly a million-year Soul Bone, had now fused with Zhu Rong's right hand.

It also counted as a vessel!

Zhu Rong had learned this after asking the system.

Without hesitation, Zhu Rong directly fused a piece of equipment with it!

Even Qilin, the artifact spirit despite being part of a divine artifact, did not know about this!

"Guardian Angel!"

Guardian Angel, known in the game as Armor of Resurrection, had one simple and brutal function: resurrection.

When Zhu Rong saw it among the system rewards, he had been utterly ecstatic!

Guardian Angel:

Passive: Resurrection (can resurrect at full health at a designated location; cooldown: 24 hours)

That was right. On Douluo Continent, it did not increase any attributes, but as long as it was not on cooldown, Zhu Rong could not die!

Unlike the Guardian Angel in the game, where one resurrected in place after four seconds only to get beaten again, this one allowed him to resurrect at a designated location!

As long as Zhu Rong set a coordinate somewhere beforehand, he could escape danger upon resurrection and instantly appear at that predetermined coordinate!

It was like resurrecting in the fountain after dying in the game. As long as Zhu Rong survived Guardian Angel's cooldown, he would be safe again...

"I need to equip a few more Guardian Angels!"

In the system warehouse, Zhu Rong only had three Guardian Angels in total!

However, he had plenty of materials to synthesize them!

Zhu Rong's philosophy was simple: secure survival first, then talk about damage.

This was not a game. This was the real world. Once he lost his life, he would truly lose everything...