Heavenly Fire, Drawn!

Five days had passed since Lang Lei and Griseo entered the inner region of the Star Dou Great Forest.

During that time, Lang Lei had encountered quite a few soul beasts, but none of them felt suitable to him.

"Brother Lang Lei, this one won't work either?" Griseo looked at an unidentified lizard pinned down by Lang Lei and asked for who knew how many times.

"Not really. This lizard has both water and wind elements, so it has nothing to do with the earth element." Lang Lei grabbed the lizard by its tail and violently flung it away.

"Done." Lang Lei dusted off his hands.

Honestly, the Titan Giant Ape in the core region was quite suitable for Lang Lei. But he still was not sure whether he could absorb a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, so he had temporarily set that idea aside.

Lang Lei walked while holding Griseo's hand, pondering to himself.

"Wow, Brother Lang Lei, look! Over there, a bear is digging for something!" Griseo suddenly tugged on Lang Lei's clothes and pointed in a direction with her other hand.

Lang Lei followed the direction of Griseo's finger and, sure enough, saw a bear digging at something.

As if it sensed the two of them watching it, the Earth Tyrant Bear turned its head and let out an angry roar.

"Griseo, get back." Lang Lei stepped forward and met the charging Earth Tyrant Bear's paw with a punch.

Lang Lei was sent flying dozens of meters by the blow, though fortunately, he was not injured.

The Earth Tyrant Bear, meanwhile, remained completely motionless where it stood.

As for Griseo, she had long since been taken into the air by Little Sheep of World-Painting Creation to watch the battle, following Lang Lei's instructions.

"Brother Lang Lei, are you okay?" Griseo gripped her paintbrush, ready to act at any moment.

"No need to intervene, Little Griseo." Lang Lei reassured her. "This big guy can't hurt me."

"Just when I needed one, this guy actually suits me quite well." Lang Lei clenched his slightly numb fist.

"Dust Dragon Domain, activate!" To be safe, Lang Lei took the initiative and charged at the Earth Tyrant Bear, instantly activating his domain skill when he drew near.

"Roar—" The Earth Tyrant Bear seemed somewhat impatient. It slapped the ground, sending several rocks flying toward Lang Lei.

Lang Lei easily dodged the rocks. As he closed in, Earth Dragon Dust condensed into a longsword and slashed fiercely at the Earth Tyrant Bear.

Clang—

The sound of metal striking stone rang out. After failing to land the blow, Lang Lei immediately darted out of the Earth Tyrant Bear's attack range.

"That defense... my First Martial Soul probably can't break through it." Lang Lei dismissed his First Martial Soul. "Sorry, Bear bro. I originally wanted to have a good, hearty fight with you, but if I annoy you too much and you run off, that would be a pity."

Lang Lei and the Earth Tyrant Bear were currently in a stalemate where neither could do anything to the other. Other than honing their combat instincts, the fight served no purpose.

With the Lightning Element God's Eye and his physical qualities enhancing him, his attacks were enough to match the other side's. The Earth Tyrant Bear had tremendous physical defense, while Lang Lei possessed powerful recovery abilities. In the end, no matter how long they fought, neither could gain much of an advantage.

"I want to take Little Griseo outside to see the world sooner, after all~" Lang Lei smiled as a pair of pistols appeared in his hands.

The twin guns shifted forms and merged together, becoming a greatsword.

A strange fear welled up within the Earth Tyrant Bear, making it want to turn and flee. But the Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgment in Lang Lei's hand had already locked onto it, and the terrifying pressure left the Earth Tyrant Bear unable to move.

"Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgment, Zero Rated Power—Heavenly Fire, drawn!"

Towering flames engulfed the area. The nearby soul beasts all sensed a pressure that filled them with terror and fled into the distance.

Griseo's eyes sparkled in the sky. She waved her hand, and the raging flames dispersed like smoke.

"Brother Lang Lei..." Griseo came to Lang Lei's side. He had already dismissed his Second Martial Soul and lay weakly on the ground. "You used the ability Uncle Kevin often uses just now... but this attack was a little strange. Griseo can't quite describe it."

"Even an attack like that counts as a weakened version. It's truly hard to imagine how Kevin could use the normal Zero Rated Power of the Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgment as a basic attack." Lang Lei said with a bitter smile.

"Uncle Kevin is very strong, but Brother Lang Lei is great too!" Griseo comforted him.

"Thank you, Little Griseo. I'm not disappointed." Lang Lei was not so overconfident as to compare himself with Ancestor Kevin. There was simply no comparison.

After all, Kevin was someone who could slash the Herrscher of Finality—an existence capable of easily destroying a civilization and casually blowing up a planet—into a shutdown with a single sword strike.

After resting for a while, Lang Lei stood with Griseo's help and walked over to a glowing object.

"Not bad luck. It even dropped a soul bone." Lang Lei noticed that the Earth Tyrant Bear's body had been reduced to nothing, not even ash remaining. This soul bone had endured only because of some special rule.

Lang Lei picked up the soul bone. Just as he was about to wake Aetheria, who was sleeping within his body, and ask whether it could be identified, the system automatically displayed an information panel.

Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining: Ninety-Thousand-Year Earth Tyrant Bear Left Arm Bone.

It is not recommended that the host fuse with it. Please consider its use carefully.

"Ninety thousand years..." Lang Lei casually tossed the soul bone, which could have sold for an astronomical price outside, to his Second Martial Soul, the Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgment. "A ninety-thousand-year soul ring should be about absorbable, right?"

Lang Lei looked at the soul ring floating in the air. It even had faint red patterns on it, and it was likely already very close to a hundred thousand years.

As for why it had never appeared in the original story...

Something must have happened later, right?

Lang Lei sat cross-legged, gave Little Griseo a few instructions, and began attempting to absorb the soul ring.

Griseo looked at the floating black soul ring and reached out to touch it. A pure aura instantly washed away the resentment lingering on the soul ring.

Lang Lei understood that unlike an Adaptive Soul Ring, absorbing this soul ring should have required consideration of its resentment. Yet for some reason, Lang Lei, who was currently absorbing the soul ring, did not sense any resentment at all.

However, Lang Lei did not dwell on it and calmly continued absorbing the soul ring.

As always, after transferring some Soul Power to his Second Martial Soul, the Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgment, Lang Lei's Soul Power still reached level 27.

Level 27 at seven years old—was that not something rarely seen in the entire world?

When he opened his eyes, Lang Lei felt that even the pain in his body from using the Zero Rated Power of the Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgment had eased considerably.

Speaking of the Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgment, after being supplemented by this soul bone and absorbing the soul ring, its progress toward condensing its first soul ring had successfully reached 310,000 years. A cause for celebration!

Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the Companion Mission: Soul Ring Absorption.

Reward calculation now beginning.

Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Draw Chances ×10, Hundred Thousand Year Earth Violent Bear Torso Bone ×1, Custom Anchor Point ×1.