Calamity Tribulation Vine? Nirvana Blood Burn!

"A Lan, help me assess the age of this Plant System Soul Beast."

Zi Yao asked inwardly.

Among the abilities A Lan had inherited was powerful sensory perception. As long as a human or beast's cultivation was below hers, she could easily see through them.

"Alright, Master."

As a soul residing within a Soul Ring, A Lan could temporarily use the Soul Ring's abilities as well. However, she was far from being as proficient as a Soul Spirit, and every use consumed soul power.

Fortunately, with Blue Silver Grass's incredibly exaggerated recovery ability, she only needed to rest within the Soul Ring for a while. Zi Yao also tried to use it as little as possible, so there should not be any problems.

Blue Silver power spread out.

Soon, A Lan's voice rang out.

"Master, this Soul Beast is around two thousand nine hundred years old."

"Great! That's exactly within the absorption limit for my age!"

Zi Yao was thrilled.

"However," A Lan continued, her gaze toward the vine filled with wariness, "Master, I advise you not to absorb this Calamity Tribulation Vine."

"Calamity Tribulation Vine? It seems you know something about it."

Zi Yao realized.

A Lan was one of the kings among plant types. Logically speaking, she should know everything about every Plant System Soul Beast on the continent.

A Lan nodded and continued, "Ordinary Soul Beasts only need to undergo tribulation after surpassing one hundred thousand years. Yet this one must endure a lightning tribulation as soon as it becomes a Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and it is struck once every time it passes another thousand-year threshold. That is why it is called the Calamity Tribulation Vine."

"They call it a lightning tribulation, but it definitely cannot compare to a true Heavenly Tribulation. Still, killing a hundred-year Soul Beast would be effortless for it. For this Calamity Tribulation Vine to cultivate to its current level has truly not been easy."

Zi Yao could not help asking, "Then why won't you let me absorb such a rare Soul Beast?"

"This Soul Beast has been rejected by the plane since its birth and afflicted with calamities. Any living creature that approaches and comes into contact with it will be implicated. It is said that even if it becomes a Soul Master's Soul Ring, it will inherit this cursed power and bring down Heavenly Thunder."

A Lan slowly explained the reason.

Upon hearing this,

Zi Yao was already completely certain.

This so-called Calamity Tribulation Vine was clearly the predecessor of the strongest Plant System Soul Beast—the Thunder Hell Vine!

It was just that it had obviously not yet grown into a top-tier Soul Beast with boundless potential. Perhaps the Thunder God had not yet fallen and attached himself to it, so it was unable to absorb lightning power. Otherwise, it would surely become a disaster in its own right.

"I'm taking this Soul Beast. Even a God King couldn't stop me!"

he said excitedly.

Heavenly Thunder? Calamity?

Perfect. I was just worried about how to cultivate an Extreme Attribute.

Now it seems that as long as I take this Soul Beast, Heavenly Thunder will surely come without end in the future. Extreme lightning is practically guaranteed!

A Lan hesitated, unable to understand why Zi Yao wanted to invite trouble upon himself.

But after thinking it over, she ultimately said nothing more. A wife followed her husband, whether he was a chicken or a dog; now that they had fused into one, there was nothing more to say. She retreated back into the Soul Ring.

Zi Yao opened his eyes.

He had been communicating with A Lan through Spiritual Power the entire time. To Nan Shui Shui and Nan Qiu Qiu, he had simply been sitting there with his eyes closed in meditation.

"Xiao Yao, how is it? If it really won't work, we can switch to another Soul Beast..." Nan Shui Shui asked worriedly.

"Switch? How could we switch? This Soul Beast is only a little over two thousand years old. It's the perfect age for me to absorb!"

Zi Yao stood and walked to the Calamity Tribulation Vine's side. His Purple Soul Ring lit up.

"Blue Silver Overlord Spear!"

A blue-gold Long Spear around two meters long appeared in his left hand, lightning occasionally flickering across its shaft.

The Blue Silver Emperor Soul Ring had left behind many abilities.

He had spent three years perfectly mastering this ability that Tang San had only obtained from his Fifth Soul Ring. Its single-target offensive power was astonishing.

However,

his current strongest single-target explosive attack only penetrated about five centimeters into the Calamity Tribulation Vine's roots before coming to a halt.

Zi Yao sighed helplessly and placed his right hand on the spear shaft as well, exerting force.

Destruction Power spread across the spear too. Its extreme destructive force merged with Thunder Spirit Power to form lightning of destruction, easily finishing off the Calamity Tribulation Vine that was barely clinging to life.

At the same time,

the Blue Silver Overlord Spear shattered across the ground and turned into dust.

Destruction Power was terrifyingly powerful,

but it was also extremely prone to backlash.

Even the Destruction God King did not dare claim that he had fully mastered Destruction Power.

"Aunt Shui, protect me. I'm going to absorb the Soul Ring."

"Alright. Be careful. Notify me immediately if anything feels wrong."

Nan Shui Shui spoke with some concern.

If anything happened to Zi Yao, would those two lords not chop her into mincemeat?

Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened during the entire absorption process.

No matter how extraordinary the Calamity Tribulation Vine was, its Soul Ring age was still within Zi Yao's absorption range. Nothing major could go wrong.

The Soul Skill was called Nirvana Blood Burn. It burned ten percent of his life force to increase his strength by thirty percent.

At first glance, it seemed terrible—not even worth mentioning beside White Tiger Body Shield.

But the truly absurd part of this Soul Skill was that the burning could stack.

In other words, if he burned one hundred percent... ninety-nine percent of his life force, the strength increase he gained would approach three hundred percent!

And this was only a Thousand Year Soul Ring skill.

Even ordinary Beast Martial Soul true forms absolutely would not possess such a powerful amplification ability!

But theory was theory; everything had to be put into practice, or else one would become a paper strategist like Yu Xiaogang.

In reality, let alone burning ninety-nine percent,

an ordinary Soul Master would need to rest for several days after burning just twenty or thirty percent. Repeated use during that period would inevitably lower their maximum life force, turning this Soul Skill from spending blood into spending one's life.

But he was different.

His First Soul Ring, the Blue Silver Emperor, could perfectly offset this Soul Ring's side effects. His stamina could recover extremely quickly, while his maximum life force could slowly be restored as well.

The key was that this Soul Ring was only at the Thousand Year Level.

If it could gradually rise to ten thousand years or even one hundred thousand years in the future, perhaps the proportion of strength it increased could continue to grow!

God Realm,

A middle-aged man looked at the lightning in his hand, then at Zi Yao below, who had just finished absorbing his Soul Ring. For a moment, he sank into deep thought.

To strike or not to strike—this was a question worth considering.

He was the Rank One God of elements—the Thunder God.

The Deities of the God Realm were not entirely useless. They needed to supervise the lower realms.

And his duty was to eliminate certain creatures that might threaten the lower realm, such as that plant known as the Calamity Tribulation Vine.

If he did not strike, he would be neglecting his duty.

If he did... was this a joke? Who did not know that Zi Yao was the son of two God Kings? Was he tired of living, daring to strike him?

Elemental gods indeed held no low status in the God Realm. They were among the top Rank One Gods.

But even so, he could not afford to offend two God Kings, especially the only remaining first-generation Life Destruction of the God Realm Committee.

At that moment,

a cloud of gray mist swept over and took the form of the Destruction God King.

"Lord Destruction, I'll file the report, and you approve it. The Calamity Tribulation Vine can immediately be removed from the dangerous creature list."

The Thunder God said tactfully.

He desperately wished for the Destruction God King to come resolve this predicament, so he would not be branded as having neglected his duty.