Sacred Judgment

The Bright Tiger King died a rather unjust death. It never got the chance to display even a single one of its innate soul skills before Tang Hao and Zhu Rong, impatient as they were, hunted it down...

Seeing Zhu Rong unleash such "powerful" strength, Tang Hao felt deeply conflicted.

The stronger the Blade of Sanction spirit became, the less Tang Hao wanted Zhu Rong to casually absorb any soul ring!

Such a powerful martial soul should not be buried simply because there was no suitable soul ring for it!

"Sigh..."

Tang Hao shook his head helplessly. All he could do was take things one step at a time.

Hopefully, Zhu Rong would have better luck the next time he obtained a soul ring.

Sighing would not solve anything. They should first deal with what needed to be done right now.

Seeing Zhu Rong still staring at the Bright Tiger King, Tang Hao smirked and said:

"Kid, stop spacing out. Absorb the soul ring first!"

Not long after the Bright Tiger King died, a ring appeared above its corpse. That was its hundred-year soul ring.

The representative color of a hundred-year soul ring: yellow.

Zhu Rong nodded. He had not been spacing out just now; he had been receiving the passive feedback from the Ascension Stairway.

This Bright Tiger King was no ordinary beast. The power of "redemption" gained from killing it had increased Zhu Rong's overall strength by nearly one-fifth!

His Soul Power, strength, speed, defense, spiritual power, stamina, and more had all improved significantly under the effects of this power of "redemption."

Fortunately, Tang Hao had not examined Zhu Rong closely. Otherwise, he would definitely have noticed the major changes in him.

Two minutes passed. Zhu Rong silently looked at Tang Hao, occasionally glancing at the Bright Tiger King's soul ring. Tang Hao could not make heads or tails of it and said:

"What are you standing around for? Absorb the soul ring!"

Zhu Rong:...

If I knew how to absorb a soul ring, would I have spent eleven Gold Soul Coins to hire you?

"I don't know how!"

Zhu Rong said righteously.

The original novel did mention how to absorb soul rings, but who paid such close attention to that sort of thing while reading?

Besides, Zhu Rong could not possibly test the methods from a book on himself, could he?

The safest approach was naturally to ask someone experienced in absorbing soul rings for guidance.

Hearing Zhu Rong's words, Tang Hao's face darkened, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

Thinking carefully, Zhu Rong really had never learned how to absorb soul rings, nor did he have any experience in that area.

After all, he was only a child whose Martial Soul Awakening had happened not long ago...

"Sit cross-legged, release your martial soul, and use your Soul Power to guide this soul ring..."

Tang Hao did not waste words. He directly told Zhu Rong how to absorb a soul ring, as well as the precautions he needed to take.

"While absorbing the soul ring, you may experience some pain, but you absolutely must not pass out. Once you lose consciousness, not only will all your previous efforts be wasted, but there's also..."

Ten thousand words of lecturing omitted here.

Tang Hao could not be blamed for saying so much. In his heart, even if something happened to Tang San right now, nothing could happen to Zhu Rong!

One could imagine just how much importance he placed on Zhu Rong.

Time passed second by second. Zhu Rong did not grow impatient. Instead, he listened to Tang Hao with utmost seriousness.

After all, this was the cultivation experience of a Title Douluo, shared without reservation!

Even if it was only the portion concerning the absorption of soul rings, if it spread, it would definitely cause an uproar throughout the soul master world...

Countless soul masters had either failed or exploded and died because they touched upon "taboos" while absorbing soul rings.

How precious was a Title Douluo's experience in absorbing soul rings?

Another half hour passed before Zhu Rong finally sat cross-legged and began absorbing the soul ring using Tang Hao's method.

Fortunately, absorbing soul rings would not expose his complete martial soul. Otherwise, even if it killed him, he would not absorb a soul ring in front of Tang Hao.

Other martial souls would have been fine, but an Angel Spirit with wings...

After using his Soul Power to draw over the Bright Tiger King's soul ring, Zhu Rong closed his eyes and began the next step.

"Use the Hero Replicator to replicate a Judgment Heavenly God Kail!"

That was right. The Bond System had previously said that if he used the Hero Replicator while absorbing a soul ring to replicate an identical martial soul, that martial soul could obtain the most ideal soul skill.

The Hero Replicator was not used for free either. The replicated martial soul would enhance certain attributes of the original martial soul.

Upon reaching three, six, or nine identical martial souls, the corresponding star level would increase, and its attributes would double.

"Hmm?"

Zhu Rong frowned as he absorbed the soul ring. Why was this process somewhat different from what Tang Hao had described?

Where was the promised pain? The promised mental impact? The promised trial?

Nothing at all!

A Soul Ring produced by such a powerful Soul Beast should have been special in some way, shouldn't it?

The absorption process was nearly over, yet nothing had happened. It left Zhu Rong feeling somewhat unaccustomed to it...

Zhu Rong felt as though he had returned to nature's embrace—warm and gentle, like a spring breeze washing over him.

He was also like a lone boat resting on calm waters, without stirring even the slightest ripple.

What Zhu Rong did not know was that this Bright Tiger King, in both attribute and quality, was incredibly compatible with Judgment Heavenly God Kail!

The Bright Tiger King had died far too miserably. It should have "jumped out" and struck Zhu Rong while he was absorbing the Soul Ring!

But when the Bright Tiger King sensed Zhu Rong's Martial Soul, it instantly abandoned its original plan and even cooperatively allowed Zhu Rong to absorb it.

That holiness, that light, had been its lifelong yearning! A yearning it had never been able to attain!

Its attributes had been completely suppressed, so it could not even be bothered to resist. Becoming the Soul Ring of such an existence was quite a wonderful thing.

Soul Beasts like the Bright Tiger King had originally been divine beasts under the God of Light. But after the Dragon God War, it...

The God of Light had perished, and the Bright Tiger King had vanished along with him.

This four-hundred-year Bright Tiger King had obtained the essence left behind by that divine beast, allowing it to evolve from a little white tiger into the divine beast Bright Tiger King.

In a battle between opponents of the same level, even the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, which had inherited the Evil God's legacy, might not have been its match!

The Bright Tiger King offered no resistance and was extremely cooperative. On top of that, the Ascension Stairway had passively strengthened Zhu Rong several times.

His physique was simply beyond comparison with that of ordinary Soul Masters, so absorbing this Soul Ring was naturally incomparably smooth.

"So smoothly?"

After finishing the absorption, Zhu Rong asked in confusion.

It had gone too smoothly, which instead made Zhu Rong feel somewhat uneasy.

After a while, unable to figure it out, Zhu Rong gave up thinking about the matter and began examining his Soul Skill.

After absorbing the Soul Ring, information about the Soul Skill had also appeared in his mind. He simply had not had the chance to inspect it yet.

"Hmm? Sacred Judgment?"

Sacred Judgment: Grants one ally immunity to damage for two seconds, and summons six holy swords to purify the area around that ally.

Each use consumes ten percent of Soul Power. It can be used three times within twenty-four hours.

"Starting off with the angel's ultimate?"

Zhu Rong was dumbfounded. He had never expected that the most suitable Soul Skill the system mentioned would actually be Kail's "ultimate" from the game!