Nine-Leaf Sword Bamboo and Twelve Sword Souls

Lin Tianyi looked away, his face full of shock.

Such... such a terrifying ten-thousand-year soul skill.

Even a Soul Emperor probably couldn't withstand this, no matter how powerful their defensive martial soul was. It couldn't be dodged, and it pierced straight through the heart. Wouldn't that mean certain death?

After a long while, Lin Tianyi calmed his surging emotions, unable to suppress the smile at the corners of his lips.

He then had Guardian Puppet No. 2 take him out of the Star Dou Great Forest and find a secluded spot at random.

Then, he took out the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone for his right arm, which emitted a crimson glow.

Staring intently at the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone before him, Lin Tianyi murmured to himself:

"Absorbing a Soul Bone can also raise Soul Power. I wonder how many levels a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone can raise my Soul Power by..."

Rather than absorbing it immediately, Lin Tianyi communicated with Lin Xianxian through his mind.

"Xianxian, stand guard for me."

"Okay!"

Lin Xianxian obediently replied. A dense white light surged out of Lin Tianyi's body and transformed into an adorable little girl, delicate as a doll.

Lin Xianxian possessed the same martial soul, Soul Power, and soul skills as Lin Tianyi. She now also had level thirty-six Soul Power, more than enough to stand guard in this remote place.

Not long after he left the Star Dou Great Forest, the system recalled Guardian Puppet No. 2.

Sitting cross-legged on the ground, Lin Tianyi used his Soul Power to guide the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone floating before him toward his right arm and began absorbing it.

Soul Bones differed from Soul Rings. They had no restrictions based on Soul Power Level or physical constitution. Even someone with level one Soul Power could absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

He felt a warm current slowly pour into his right arm, as though it had become a furnace radiating scorching heat.

As time passed, the Soul Bone gradually fused into his right arm. At the same time, a heated current containing immense energy surged through his body.

His Soul Power steadily and resolutely rose.

Before he knew it, three days had passed.

The right-arm Soul Bone that had floated before him had vanished completely, fully merging with Lin Tianyi's right arm.

By then, Lin Tianyi's Soul Power had long since reached level forty. In truth, his Soul Power Level had definitely surpassed level forty, but since he had yet to absorb a Soul Ring, he could not determine exactly what level he had reached.

Lin Tianyi, who had kept his eyes closed for three days, suddenly opened them. A flash of crimson light flickered within them, alternating between bright and dim for a moment before slowly fading away, leaving behind his original bright black eyes.

Seeing Lin Tianyi awaken, Lin Xianxian, who had stood guard for three entire days, broke into a happy smile.

She ran up to Lin Tianyi and happily said:

"Tianyi, you're done absorbing it!"

Lin Tianyi smiled and nodded, raising a hand to rub Lin Xianxian's little head.

"Thanks for your hard work, Xianxian."

Lin Xianxian gave an adorable giggle. Then, having not slept for three days, she yawned and fell headfirst into Lin Tianyi's arms, fast asleep.

"Go back and sleep." Lin Tianyi stroked Lin Xianxian's little head in his arms.

Lin Xianxian had not yet fallen into a deep sleep. Upon hearing him, she turned directly into a dense white light and merged into Lin Tianyi's body, disappearing.

Lin Tianyi slowly stood up and stretched lazily. His bones crackled like popping beans.

This time, absorbing the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone had not only granted him two powerful Soul Bone skills, but also greatly increased his Soul Power.

The Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone Lin Xianxian had personally selected for him was naturally a top-tier Soul Bone.

Its two Soul Bone skills were Extreme Sharpness and Extreme Defense.

Extreme Sharpness: It could elevate the sharpness of a sword weapon to the utmost extreme, reaching a state where nothing could not be cut and nothing could not be severed. It lasted ten seconds.

Extreme Defense: It formed a protective barrier with a radius of three meters. No matter how powerful an attack was, as long as it was below god-level, it could withstand it without breaking for five seconds.

These two heaven-defying skills were complete opposites, yet they coexisted within the same Soul Bone. This showed just how precious this Soul Bone was.

"As expected of the finest Soul Bone Xianxian personally chose for me!"

Lin Tianyi exclaimed with a broad smile.

Then, he stepped out of the secluded area and let the bright sunlight fall over his body and shine upon his face.

"Now that I've reached the level forty bottleneck, it's time to absorb a Soul Ring."

Lin Tianyi suddenly felt that breaking through to level seventy within seven years did not seem so difficult after all. Wasn't it easy as long as he had hands?

At that moment, a cold mechanical voice rang out in his mind.

Detected that the host has broken through level forty and urgently needs to obtain a Soul Ring. Guardian Program activated.

Guardian Puppet issued (comparable to a level ninety-six Title Douluo). The Guardian Puppet will be recalled after the host obtains a Soul Ring.

Lin Tianyi curled his lips into a grin and gazed toward the vast, lush Star Dou Great Forest in the distance.

"Hehehe, Fourth Soul Ring, here I come."

In the blink of an eye, five days passed.

It took Lin Tianyi a full five days to finally find a super ten-thousand-year soul beast suitable for his Fourth Soul Ring.

It was a super plant-type soul beast called Nine-Leaf Sword Bamboo, with a cultivation of around sixteen thousand years.

The Nine-Leaf Sword Bamboo was an exceedingly rare super soul beast. There was likely not a second one anywhere on the entire continent.

This soul beast perfectly possessed the toughness and sharpness required of a sword weapon, and it even came with its own domain!

If No. 2 had not been there, Lin Tianyi truly would not have been able to take it down.

After absorbing the Nine-Leaf Sword Bamboo's Soul Ring, he obtained a skill called the Nine-Leaf Sword Array.

Nine-Leaf Sword Array: Summon nine flying swords and combine them into a sword array. All of the user's attributes are increased by one hundred percent while the enemy's attributes are suppressed. The stronger the enemy, the weaker the suppression, with a maximum suppression of thirty percent of the enemy's total attributes. Lasts five minutes.

Upon learning the effects of this Fourth Soul Skill, Lin Tianyi was so shocked that he stood there dumbfounded.

This Nine-Leaf Sword Array was even more badass than a damn domain!

The Nine-Leaf Sword Bamboo truly deserved to be a super soul beast that was nearly extinct!

If he had not been lucky, he could never have encountered such a top-grade soul beast.

Furthermore, his Soul Power had reached level forty-seven!

Yes, that was right, level forty-seven!

The Soul Power gained from the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, combined with the Soul Power gained from absorbing the fifteen-thousand-year Soul Ring, had propelled him directly to level forty-seven!

Lin Tianyi's grin nearly reached his ears.

Once he absorbed the top-grade immortal herb later, he would gain at least three more levels of Soul Power and break through to level fifty in one go.

And he was only eight years old now!

An eight-year-old Soul King!!

Unprecedented!!!

Without further delay, Lin Tianyi had Guardian Puppet No. 2 take him out of the Star Dou Great Forest and back to that remote, secluded area to absorb the top-grade immortal herb.

Not long after they landed, Guardian Puppet No. 2 was recalled by the system.

Watching the Guardian Puppet disappear, Lin Tianyi curled his lip.

"You'll still have to guard me later."

Entering the secluded spot, he immediately sat cross-legged on the ground and took out from his storage Soul Tool the top-grade immortal herb he had long selected, one exceptionally suited to him.

The instant it appeared, a sharp sword aura that seemed to shoot into the heavens burst forth. The surrounding weeds and rocks were sliced into pieces like tofu.

It was a sword-shaped immortal herb of deep bluish-green color. Its dark green flower stem was as thick as a thumb and held up a palm-sized flower that radiated a deep green glow.

The flower had twelve petals, each shaped like a tiny sword. Like twelve small dark green swords, they guarded the stamen within and emitted an invisible, razor-sharp sword aura.

This was called the Twelve Sword Souls, a peerless immortal herb. Its effect was to greatly improve the quality of sword weapons and massively enhance their sharpness.

Staring intensely at the Twelve Sword Souls before him, Lin Tianyi used his Soul Power to resist the cutting sword aura, grabbed its stamen, and stuffed it straight into his mouth. It melted upon entering, fresh and sweet.