835-Year First Soul Ring

"Sister Ya, let's go find a soul beast."

Xu Hanfeng wiped his forehead.

"Alright."

Tang Ya's face was also smudged with dust.

Xu Hanfeng had requirements for the soul beast they were seeking.

It had to be under a thousand years old, preferably seven or eight hundred years old.

Second, it had to be large, slow, and preferably have weak defenses.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to deal with.

A small body would make it hard to enter the pit.

If it was fast, he and Tang Ya could easily be caught.

Sister Ya was one thing—if she died, she could be summoned again after a while. But if he died, he would truly be dead.

So they had to play it safe!

Xu Hanfeng and Tang Ya cautiously searched the forest for soul beasts. There truly were not many soul beasts here.

After searching for an hour, they had only seen seven or eight.

"Sister Ya, none of these soul beasts are the right age."

Xu Hanfeng put away the Douluo Compendium.

The Douluo Compendium had a special function: scanning and analysis.

It could easily reveal a soul beast's condition, age, and other information.

It could also be used on Immortal Herbs in the future.

It was extremely convenient.

Most importantly, Xu Hanfeng discovered that the Douluo Compendium could scan real-life characters and turn them into Character Cards.

However, it only worked on female characters. Not even soul beasts could be scanned.

It was not until the sun began to set in the afternoon that Xu Hanfeng and Tang Ya found a suitable soul beast.

Soul Beast: Rock Armor Giant Snail

Attribute: Earth

Age: 835 years

Rock Armor Giant Snails usually lived in rocky valleys or caves and preferred damp environments.

They were also massive, slow-moving soul beasts with relatively weak defenses.

Although their backs were covered in rocky shells that looked tough, they were actually extremely fragile, filled with cracks and hollow spaces that could easily be shattered by powerful attacks.

Their soft bodies were an even more fatal weakness.

Although they possessed a certain degree of offensive and control abilities, they were incredibly slow and essentially had no combat power.

"Sister Tang Ya, this is the one!"

Xu Hanfeng was somewhat excited. It was not easy to find an eight-hundred-year-old soul beast that weak.

This soul beast had probably been barely surviving for a long time.

"Got it."

Xu Hanfeng then threw out two Equipment Cards. Two identical Soul Tool Pistols appeared in his and Tang Ya's hands.

The pistols even had Silencers on the front, perfect for sneak attacks.

They raised their guns and fired.

Da da da—

More than a dozen bullets struck the Rock Armor Giant Snail's head, instantly spraying blood.

These two Level One Soul Tools were neither particularly powerful nor weak against the Rock Armor Giant Snail. After all, its head did not have much defense.

The Rock Armor Giant Snail let out a cry, its fury palpable.

It charged toward Tang Ya and Xu Hanfeng.

Calling it a charge was generous—its speed was truly slow.

It was not even as fast as a six- or seven-year-old child running.

Tang Ya and Xu Hanfeng simply led it around.

Continuously firing bullets.

The Rock Armor Giant Snail suddenly shot sharp rock fragments from the cracks in its shell, knocking the bullets away.

"Oh... impressive accuracy!"

Xu Hanfeng smiled and gave it a thumbs-up.

With the Silencers, the pistols were not very loud and would not attract soul beasts from elsewhere.

"Sister Ya, we're almost there."

"I know."

Only ten meters remained between Xu Hanfeng and the Rock Armor Giant Snail.

The Rock Armor Giant Snail slowly wriggled forward, mucus dripping from its body and leaving a sticky trail across the ground.

Just as it was about to reach the edge of the large pit, Tang Ya and Xu Hanfeng exchanged a glance. In perfect sync, they both exerted force, their bodies shooting forward like arrows as they leaped over the pit.

Their movements were crisp and clean.

The surface of the pit was covered by a thick layer of leaves and soil, making it look no different from ordinary ground.

The Rock Armor Giant Snail's Spiritual Power was nearly nonexistent, so it could not sense the danger ahead at all.

The moment it stepped onto the pit, the soil and leaves beneath it instantly collapsed.

Boom—

The Rock Armor Giant Snail slid directly into the pit, where the Mysterious Ice Thorns below pierced its soft abdomen like swords.

Chill rapidly spread from the Mysterious Ice Thorns, eroding its body.

The Rock Armor Giant Snail let out a pained shriek, low and yet somewhat mournful.

Tang Ya and Xu Hanfeng stood at the edge of the pit, watching the Rock Armor Giant Snail below.

Tang Ya lightly brushed the dust from her hands, a smile curling at her lips.

"Looks like the plan went smoothly."

"That's right. And it seems our other two traps didn't even get used."

As Xu Hanfeng spoke, he removed the Soul Tool from atop his head and threw it into the pit.

A Poison Silk Net suddenly unfurled, covering half of the Rock Armor Giant Snail's body as the poison seeped in.

Accelerating its death.

A quarter of an hour later, the Rock Armor Giant Snail was already half-dead.

Xu Hanfeng immediately fired several bullets, finishing it off.

A yellow soul ring rose up.

Xu Hanfeng immediately crushed six Soul Bone Cards, allowing the soul bones to enter his body. He could clearly feel his physique improving.

All six Soul Bone Cards were Thousand-Year Soul Bones. Two of them were even nearly ten thousand years old.

He then sat cross-legged and began absorbing it, using Soul Power to draw the soul ring down to the top of his head and slowly absorb it.

Tang Ya waited at his side while keeping watch over their surroundings, making sure no other soul beasts came to disturb Xu Hanfeng.

An hour later.

Xu Hanfeng's face was filled with joy. Through the Soul Bone Cards, he had successfully added an eight-hundred-year First Soul Ring to himself.

It far surpassed other First Soul Rings. In that case, a thousand-year Second Soul Ring would soon be within reach.

The First Soul Ring raised Xu Hanfeng's Soul Power by three levels.

He had reached Level 13.

His first soul skill was called Recall.

It could Recall Character Cards.

This soul skill was quite useful.

Every permanent Character Card possessed its own thoughts and could act independently, even leave Xu Hanfeng.

However, she would be one hundred percent loyal.

With this soul skill, any character within the skill's summoning range could be Recalled at will.

After obtaining his First Soul Ring, Xu Hanfeng immediately opened the Douluo Compendium and flipped to Tang Ya's page.

Tang Ya was also Level 13 at the moment.

She had likewise obtained her First Soul Ring. Tang Ya's first soul skill was Entangle.

That's right... it was Tang San's original Entangle.

However, Tang Ya's Entangle did not have Tang San's poisonous effect, but Tang Ya's was stronger.

That was because Tang Ya's martial soul possessed the potential of Dark Blue Silver Grass, with the effect of devouring life.

This was the Douluo Dalu World. As long as one did not slaughter people indiscriminately, they would not be an Evil Soul Master.

Unlike Douluo 2, where having an Evil martial soul basically made one an Evil Soul Master. It was simply absurd.

Going by Douluo 2's standards.

Even Bibi Dong would have to be dragged out and shot.

Looking further down, Xu Hanfeng saw what Tang Ya needed to advance to One Star.

There was not much required—just one Soul Bone Card. However, it had to be permanent.

That was a bit troublesome.

Then he could only try using the permanent draw chance obtained after acquiring the soul ring just now.

Tang Ya stood beside him, somewhat nervous as well.

After all, drawing cards depended too much on luck.

My turn—

Whoosh—

Purple light again!!