"Secret Medicine Theory?"
Yu Tianheng shook his head.
Taking forbidden drugs might greatly boost one's strength in a short time, but it came at the cost of one's own potential.
The losses outweighed the gains!
Even if he could not defeat Dugu Yan, even if one day his Soul Power Level was surpassed by Osler, he would never take Yu Cheng's secret medicine!
The team continued onward.
After traveling west for an hour, they arrived at a relatively barren mountain range.
Vegetation was sparse here, leaving large stretches of bare rock exposed.
Occasionally, they could spot clusters of thorny brambles. This was precisely the target for Yu Cheng's second Soul Ring.
Spike Thorn.
This type of thorn bore fruit, its exterior covered in numerous sharp spikes.
The fruit was delicious, and many soul beasts enjoyed eating it. However, the spikes were poisonous. Once a soul beast's skin was cut, the wounds were difficult to heal. The Spike Thorn survived by feeding on that blood.
"Everyone, be careful! Don't get scratched by the thorns!"
Dugu Yan shouted loudly.
Everyone nodded and formed a circle as they cautiously searched the area.
Ye Lingling also summoned her martial soul. In this environment, her Nine Heart Begonia was particularly important.
"Found it!"
Yu Cheng suddenly pointed in a direction and shouted.
Everyone looked where he pointed and saw a Spike Thorn that was over a thousand years old.
"What sharp observation skills!"
Yu Tianheng could not help but exclaim.
Not long ago, when they had been searching for the White Giant Snake, Yu Cheng had also been the first to discover its trail.
"Yu Cheng, how did you find it?"
Osler asked curiously.
His martial soul was the Black Panther, and his observational abilities were the best among everyone present.
Yet he was actually inferior to Yu Cheng, who had not even summoned his martial soul?
Yu Cheng chuckled and ignored everyone's surprise.
With a thought, Youth Yu Cheng drifted back from the distance.
As a Title Douluo, even if Youth Yu Cheng only had a trace of remnant soul left, his spiritual power far surpassed this group of Soul Elders.
What was more, Yu Cheng had stationed Youth Yu Cheng outside.
He was practically a mobile radar!
"Attack! Use long-range attacks, don't engage in close combat!"
Dugu Yan gave the order.
She launched the first attack. Her first and second Soul Rings lit up as red and blue poisonous mists sprayed from her mouth at the same time.
Yu Tianheng's first Soul Ring flashed. His Thunder Dragon Claw tore through the air and crashed toward the thorns.
Green light flared from Yufeng's wings. The next moment, two Wing Blades shot out at high speed.
The Shi Brothers were also worth mentioning. They simultaneously raised their shields and hurled them fiercely. The shields traced two arcs through the air, striking the roots of the Spike Thorn with precision.
The Spike Thorn's outer hide was tough, but against the attacks of a group of Soul Elders, it only lasted a few minutes.
Looking at the dying soul beast, Dugu Yan asked again, "Yu Cheng, are you sure you want to absorb this Thousand-Year Soul Ring?"
As his friend, she naturally hoped that Yu Cheng could break through his limit.
But she was currently the captain. If anything happened to Yu Cheng, she would have no way to answer to Teacher Qin Ming.
"This soul beast is already twelve hundred years old. How about we find another one that is exactly a thousand years old?"
Ye Lingling spoke up.
Over the past year, she and Yu Cheng had not had many opportunities to fight side by side. But whenever they teamed up, Yu Cheng handled support and enhancement while she treated injuries and restored vitality. The two worked together with considerable tacit understanding.
As fellow Support System Soul Masters, she had already come to see Yu Cheng as a friend.
"Hahaha, when have I ever done something I wasn't sure about?"
Yu Cheng laughed, easing everyone's tense mood.
He walked over to the brambles, took a short blade from his Soul Tool, and stabbed it directly into the roots.
A bright purple Soul Ring rose into the air.
Without hesitation, Yu Cheng sat down cross-legged and began absorbing it.
"This guy, honestly."
Dugu Yan could not help but complain.
Yet inwardly, she prayed for Yu Cheng, hoping he would absorb it successfully.
"A twelve-hundred-year second Soul Ring..."
Yu Tianheng shook his head and sighed softly.
At that moment, he felt somewhat miserable. His third Soul Ring was only thirteen hundred years old.
Of course, he was not jealous of Yu Cheng. He was merely lamenting his poor luck.
Truly, every generation produced its own talents!
In the past, Yu Tianheng had loved listening to his grandfather's stories the most. He had hoped to become a Title Douluo admired by countless people, just like his grandfather.
But now, an inexplicable sense of frustration rose in Yu Tianheng's heart.
It seemed he was not the protagonist of the story.
"Ah."
Yu Tianheng let out a long sigh.
In another valley of Sunset Forest.
Ning Rongrong sat cross-legged on the ground, a bright purple Soul Ring hovering above her head.
"You have to succeed!"
Ning Fengzhi stared at Ning Rongrong, his hands unconsciously gripping the corners of his clothes.
It was difficult to imagine that this gentle and refined Soul Saint expert could appear so unsettled.
After obtaining the Whale Rubber Theory, Ning Fengzhi came up with a plan.
He wanted to break the curse that prevented the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda from surpassing level eighty!
Ning Rongrong was the one carrying out the plan.
For this plan, Ning Fengzhi organized people to hunt whale soul beasts while sparing no expense to purchase high-grade Whale Rubber.
In order to absorb a Thousand-Year Second Soul Ring, Ning Rongrong had consumed a full ten pieces of ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber.
Before she absorbed the Soul Ring, Ning Fengzhi secretly organized an experiment.
Ten prospective Soul Grandmasters consumed ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber before attempting to absorb Thousand-Year Second Soul Rings.
Eight successfully absorbed their Soul Rings without any abnormalities. One suffered irreparable damage to their meridians after absorbing the Soul Ring.
One more died.
The success rate was only eighty percent.
Ning Fengzhi had been unwilling to let his daughter take such a risk, but in the end, his obsession overcame his familial affection.
Half an hour later.
"Whew~"
Ning Rongrong opened her eyes and slowly exhaled a breath of foul air.
"Dad, I succeeded!"
She sprang up from the ground and threw herself directly into Ning Fengzhi's arms.
"Rongrong, well done! What is your second Soul Skill?"
Ning Fengzhi said excitedly.
"Hmph!"
Unexpectedly, Ning Rongrong broke free from his embrace, puffed out her cheeks, and said, "Absorbing a Thousand-Year Second Soul Ring was so dangerous, yet you didn't even ask whether I felt unwell! Bad Dad!"
Ning Fengzhi froze for a moment, then rubbed Ning Rongrong's head and smiled. "Good Rongrong, dad was wrong. When we get back, I'll buy you a Soul Tool necklace."
"Hmph."
Ning Rongrong turned her head away and snorted again.
However, she quickly curled her lips into a smile and said proudly, "My second Soul Skill is incredible. Look!"
"Seven Treasures Famous, second: Speed!"
Ning Rongrong's second Soul Ring lit up, and a multicolored beam entered Ning Fengzhi's body.
"A speed enhancement, not bad, not bad!"
Ning Fengzhi carefully sensed the changes in his body. The next moment, his pupils contracted sharply.
"The enhancement ratio actually reached thirty-five percent!"
By convention, a level twenty-one Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Master's Soul Skill enhancement ratio should have been thirty percent. Yet Ning Rongrong had actually broken through the limit!
"Hahaha, what a wonderful daughter dad has!"
Ning Fengzhi laughed heartily and lifted Ning Rongrong into his arms.
Inside the teachers' dormitory in Nuoding City.
Yu Xiaogang scribbled calculations across a sheet of draft paper. A book lay scattered beside him: Master Yu Cheng's Ten Great Theories.
"I understand now!"
Yu Xiaogang stopped writing and shouted excitedly, "I've finally calculated it."
Tang San walked over and asked curiously, "Teacher, what did you calculate?"
"Hahaha."
Yu Xiaogang laughed and rubbed Tang San's head.
"Little San, look. Yu Cheng's Theory actually contains a huge problem."
"And that will be the direction of my next research!"
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