Second Soul Skill, Fleeting Bloom!

Eastsea Academy.

Inside a training room specially provided for Class Zero students.

Zhao Tao sat cross-legged with his eyes shut, continuously circulating the Time Meditation Method.

At this moment.

A small vortex seemed to have formed within Zhao Tao's Dantian, spinning without pause.

As it rotated, Soul Power from the training room continuously poured into Zhao Tao's Dantian.

Along with the Soul Power, strands of mysterious silver energy that ordinary people found difficult to perceive were absorbed as well.

This energy was precisely the Power of Time.

As strands of the Power of Time entered Zhao Tao's Dantian.

They were transformed into Soul Power by the Spring Autumn Cicada and refined by Zhao Tao.

As he refined the vast amount of Soul Power, Zhao Tao repeatedly struck at the bottleneck of level twenty.

Once, twice, three times...

He had no idea how many attempts had passed.

Finally.

A crisp popping sound suddenly rang out in Zhao Tao's sea of consciousness.

At that moment, Zhao Tao felt incomparably comfortable, as though he had returned to the womb.

His Dantian and meridians continuously expanded, allowing them to contain even more Soul Power.

The Spring Autumn Cicada, Zhao Tao's Martial Soul, also conveyed waves of joy.

"Success! I've finally broken through to level twenty!"

"Next, I'll fuse a Soul Ring, obtain my Second Soul Skill, and officially break through to Soul Grandmaster!"

Feeling the changes in his body, Zhao Tao could not help smiling faintly.

He rose to his feet and briefly moved his somewhat stiff body.

Several minutes later, once he had adjusted himself to peak condition.

Zhao Tao sat down cross-legged once more, cleared away distracting thoughts, and summoned the Spring Autumn Cicada Martial Soul and the Aged Silkworm Spirit Soul.

"Second Soul Ring, form!"

At Zhao Tao's command, streams of purple Spirit Energy began appearing around the Aged Silkworm Spirit Soul.

Very quickly, the purple Spirit Energy gathered into a Purple Soul Ring.

Then, urged by Zhao Tao, the Purple Soul Ring left the Aged Silkworm Spirit Soul's body and encircled the Spring Autumn Cicada Martial Soul.

As time passed, the Purple Soul Ring steadily contracted, resonating with the Spring Autumn Cicada Martial Soul.

In the end, it fused completely with the Spring Autumn Cicada Martial Soul.

With the fusion of the Soul Ring.

Streams of tyrannical heat surged into Zhao Tao's body.

They helped him strike at the Soul Grandmaster bottleneck.

Under the impact of this heatwave.

Zhao Tao's physical constitution and Spiritual Power continuously improved.

The meridians and Dantian within his body that carried Soul Power steadily expanded.

The Soul Power within his meridians and Dantian was constantly compressed, becoming increasingly pure and condensed.

Ten minutes, twenty minutes, half an hour...

Time flew by, and half a day passed in the blink of an eye.

Another crisp cracking sound rang out.

The Soul Grandmaster bottleneck restraining Zhao Tao shattered completely.

As the bottleneck broke through, dense Soul Power and Power of Time continuously poured into Zhao Tao's Dantian.

As the immense Soul Power and Power of Time were refined.

Zhao Tao's Soul Power and aura steadily rose.

His Spiritual Power and physical constitution soared once again as his cultivation officially broke through.

His Spiritual Power in particular quietly broke through to the Late Spirit Connection Realm.

Even his height increased slightly, while his temperament became even more handsome and carefree.

"Haha, this master has made it!"

"I'm already a level twenty-two Soul Grandmaster!"

Slowly opening his eyes, Zhao Tao's gaze flashed with delight.

After three and a half full years of cultivation, his cultivation had finally returned to the Soul Grandmaster realm.

This progress was not slow at all.

After all, in his first life before reincarnation, even with Innate Full Soul Power.

At the same age, Zhao Tao's cultivation had only reached level twenty-five.

The current Zhao Tao was only three levels away from catching up to the progress of his cultivation before reincarnation.

Moreover.

If factors such as Spiritual Power, Soul Spirit cultivation, and Soul Power quality were taken into account.

Zhao Tao's current hard strength absolutely crushed that of his previous life.

As for soft strengths such as combat techniques...

They were leagues beyond his past life!

Although he had achieved a measure of success.

Zhao Tao did not feel the slightest bit complacent.

Only after witnessing Tang Hao and Tang San's Divine Sense and their true strength.

Did Zhao Tao truly understand that although Quasi-gods and True Gods differed by only one word.

The gap between them was like an insurmountable chasm!

Although Zhao Tao had already possessed strength beyond Yun Ming's in his first life.

Even the Divine Sense Tang San had left behind was ten times stronger than Yun Ming!

Not to mention Tang Hao, who had inherited the authority of the Plane Master!

He was still far from having the right to be arrogant.

He still had to work tirelessly and keep growing stronger!

Only then could he protect himself, his precious Na'er, and Gu Yue!

"Let's see what my Second Soul Skill can do!"

With that thought, Zhao Tao willed it and summoned the Spring Autumn Cicada Martial Soul again.

At once.

Two Purple Soul Rings circled around Zhao Tao.

Information about Zhao Tao's newly acquired Soul Skill continuously flowed into his sea of consciousness.

The Second Soul Skill Zhao Tao had obtained this time was called Fleeting Bloom.

So-called Fleeting Bloom meant that flowers bloomed and withered in an instant, living out the entirety of a flower's life.

Put simply, this was an auxiliary Soul Skill with an exceptionally powerful overall effect—

It could alter the flow of time for a target!

For himself or his allies, Zhao Tao could use Fleeting Bloom to accelerate them!

As the saying went, under heaven, no martial art is unbreakable if it is fast enough.

This Soul Skill could greatly enhance Zhao Tao's explosive power while also making it difficult for enemies to evade his attacks!

Against enemies, Zhao Tao could also use Fleeting Bloom to slow them down!

Once an enemy's flow of time was slowed.

Their attacks, which they considered sharp and fierce, would appear incredibly sluggish to others, perhaps even riddled with openings!

Strengthening himself and weakening the enemy.

That was the power of the Soul Skill Fleeting Bloom!

Naturally, to achieve such heaven-defying effects, Fleeting Bloom also consumed an enormous amount of energy!

Even when accelerating or slowing a target at the same Soul Grandmaster level by onefold.

Zhao Tao's current Soul Power could only sustain it for around three minutes!

If the Soul Skill targeted someone with higher cultivation, altered the flow of time to a greater extent, or affected multiple targets at once.

The drain on Zhao Tao's Soul Power would only become greater!

Fortunately, Zhao Tao could also flexibly control how long this Soul Skill affected a target!

He only needed to alter the flow of time at the most critical moment!

That way, the Soul Power consumption of this Soul Skill could be kept under control.

"Not bad. This Soul Skill's effect far surpasses what it was before my reincarnation!"

"After all, the Aged Silkworm was the First Spirit Soul I had carefully selected before reincarnation, the one most compatible with the Spring Autumn Cicada!"

"But as a Thousand-Year Spirit Soul, the Aged Silkworm can only grant me my first three Soul Skills."

"When I break through to Soul Ancestor, I'll also have to choose my Second Spirit Soul!"

"Of course, a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Soul perfectly compatible with the Spring Autumn Cicada won't be easy to obtain..."

"However, I made preparations long ago!"

Nodding in satisfaction, Zhao Tao rose to his feet and walked out of the training room!