The Atmosphere Turned Cheerful Again!

One embarrassing Soul Skill was enough. If he got another one, Li Yuan really wouldn't be able to take it.

Sitting where he was, a black Keyboard slowly appeared in Li Yuan's right hand. He used his Soul Power to gradually draw the black Soul Ring toward himself, merging it with his body.

A moment later, the Soul Ring suddenly shrank and fused into his Keyboard Martial Soul.

Immediately afterward, a surge of violent Soul Power, mixed with the unwilling resentment Tyrannosaurus Beast had harbored before its death, crashed into Li Yuan.

Compared to a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring was obviously far more difficult. Even with Li Yuan's extraordinary physique—one that could barely even be considered human—he was struggling to endure it. An unnatural flush spread across his face.

Inside his body, the violent Soul Power ravaged him endlessly, as though it wanted to tear both his body and consciousness to pieces.

Fortunately, Li Yuan's body was tough enough that even a ten-thousand-year Tyrannosaurus Beast could not shake it.

Thus, although Li Yuan looked somewhat disheveled, his body was not seriously harmed. At most, the process of absorbing the Soul Ring had been just a tiny bit painful.

A long while later.

Li Yuan let out a long breath, then opened his eyes.

The instant he opened them, his pupils suddenly turned pale gold, covered in dense red patterns.

However, the change vanished in a flash. The next moment, Li Yuan's eyes returned to normal.

Three Soul Rings then rose from his body, floating around him.

Of the three Soul Rings, two were purple, while the other carried a faint black tint, marking it as a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Fortunately, this was deep within the Sunset Great Forest, where few people ever came and Human Soul Masters rarely appeared. Otherwise, anyone who saw this scene would probably go insane on the spot.

In the Soul Master world, the universally acknowledged optimal Soul Ring configuration was two yellow, two purple, and five black. In other words, under normal circumstances, a Soul Master could only absorb the Soul Ring of a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beast as their fifth Soul Ring.

Anyone capable of breaking that rule could be called a total cheater. For example, the protagonist Tang San had once broken this rule.

But even Tang San's cheating had not been this outrageous. He had only absorbed a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beast's Soul Ring as his fourth Soul Ring. Unlike Li Yuan, who had started cheating from his very first Soul Ring.

Come to think of it, doesn't that mean I'm cheating too? Li Yuan slowly rose to his feet, unable to stop a strange smile from appearing on his face.

"Hey, Little Slave, stop spacing out. I'm asking you, what's your Third Soul Skill?"

But the next moment, Juhua's voice sounded from behind Li Yuan.

Li Yuan turned around instinctively and found Juhua and his brothers all staring at him with curious expressions. Clearly, they were very interested in what his Third Soul Skill was.

"My Third Soul Skill..." Li Yuan wore an indescribable smile. "Well, it's a support skill. It's called Collective Frenzy. It boosts every aspect of my teammates' abilities for a short time. As long as there's enough Soul Power, there's no limit on the number of targets."

"The only drawback is that teammates lose their reason and become rather... impulsive!" Li Yuan tried his best to suppress the urge to roll his eyes.

He knew it. There was no way his Soul Skills could be normal. Sure enough, his misfortune had proven him right.

Li Yuan's Third Soul Skill was just as unserious. Rather than Collective Frenzy, it might as well have been called Keyboard Knight's Wrath or Zaunite Blessing.

If one only considered its supportive effects, it was actually quite good, perhaps not even inferior to a top-tier support Martial Soul like the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.

But the negative effect was just too awful. Everyone would lose their heads and their reason. If used at the wrong moment, it would most likely lead to the entire team getting wiped out. It was truly attacking his own teammates while supporting his enemies!

Therefore, like his First Soul Skill, Taunt, this Third Soul Skill could not be used carelessly either. If mishandled, the results would be even worse than with his First Soul Skill.

If the First Soul Skill was used improperly, only Li Yuan would die. But if Collective Frenzy was mishandled, a whole group would die.

"Ahem, well, Little Slave, be careful in the future. Without this kitty's permission, don't use that Soul Skill on this kitty." Juhua had clearly seen the flaw in Collective Frenzy as well. Holding back his laughter, he gave Li Yuan a serious warning.

"Right, right, me too."

"Same here."

The other four brothers seemed to wake from a dream and hurriedly chimed in with their own warnings.

They were genuinely worried that during a group battle, Li Yuan might pull something like that on them. Then all five of them would lose their heads at once and, after a wild bout of fighting, end up with a collective GG.

So it was better to warn Li Yuan in advance. Although it sounded a little hurtful, it was still better than losing their lives for no reason.

"Got it. Do I look like someone who'd just use it randomly?"

Li Yuan answered irritably, deeply bothered by these Spirit Beasts' lack of trust in him.

He was obviously super reliable, okay? When had he ever screwed them over?

"Heh, when you get reckless, you're not even human."

"Little Slave, can you have at least a little self-awareness? Have you forgotten the crazy stunts you pulled when you fought Dugu Bo four years ago?"

Juhua gave Li Yuan absolutely no face. Right in front of all the Spirit Beasts, he began dredging up Li Yuan's embarrassing history.

Li Yuan was immediately at a loss for words. Veins bulged on his forehead as he widened his eyes and shouted, "How can you slander me out of nowhere like this..."

"What slander? That day, this kitty personally watched you pull off a flurry of moves like a tiger and nearly get this kitty killed."

"I was drunk! Those were crazy moves I made after getting drunk. Do drunk moves even count as crazy moves? Besides, when it comes to Soul Masters, how can that be called crazy moves?"

Li Yuan continued arguing, spouting a pile of incomprehensible nonsense such as "At the pinnacle of the Keyboard, I reign over the world" and "One key press opens the heavenly gate," making all the Spirit Beasts burst into laughter. The Sunset Great Forest was filled with cheerful air.

Another month later, inside Li Yuan's large wooden cabin.

"Juhua, I've made up my mind. I'm planning to leave the Sunset Great Forest."

Li Yuan had already returned to his usual handsome and carefree appearance, no longer looking broad-backed and burly. He wore a solemn expression as he seriously discussed leaving the Sunset Great Forest with Juhua.

Counting from when he had entered the Sunset Great Forest, he had already spent a full four years there.

When he had first entered, he had only been a two-meter-tall child. Four years later, he had grown into a young man whose actual height exceeded three meters, yet who looked only around one meter seventy, handsome and dashing, incomparably beautiful—well, at least on the surface.