"Senior, th-this is impossible!"
Ye Guyi couldn't help looking at Gu Yuejin, who stood nearby with his hands behind his back. Her voice was hoarse, and disbelief colored her words.
"Surprised?"
Gu Yuejin's expression was calm, as if he were talking about something as ordinary as eating or drinking.
"Conventions are meant to be broken."
"Yuhao's body was tempered by the Snow Empress's torso soul bone. His meridians are already stronger than a Soul King's, perhaps even more resilient than yours."
"On top of that, he has an Extreme Ice Martial Soul to protect him, and his Spiritual Power is far beyond that of ordinary people."
At that thought, Gu Yuejin glanced at Ye Guyi, the corners of his mouth lifting in faint mockery:
"The spiritual shock from a mere Ten Thousand Year Silver Moon Wolf King is nothing more than a slightly challenging 'massage' to him."
"..."
Ye Guyi's mouth twitched. She was utterly speechless.
He called the spiritual shock of a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast a massage?
Was this the world of the strong?
Looking at the master and disciple, both utterly unfazed, the despair she had felt after her family was destroyed was replaced by a strange sense of awe and anticipation.
Such domineering defiance of common sense, such arrogance that treated rules as nothing.
Following someone like him might... really let her get revenge!
Several hours later.
"Vmmm—"
The black Soul Power surrounding Huo Yuhao suddenly contracted, all of it pouring into his body like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea.
He abruptly opened his eyes.
Deep within his purple-gold Double Pupils, a flash of silvery moonlight appeared and vanished, accompanied by a heart-stopping, distorted mental fluctuation.
Level 31, Soul Elder!
The instant Huo Yuhao broke through, the system panel appeared before Gu Yuejin.
[Huo Yuhao successfully absorbed his Ten Thousand Year third ring. His strength has increased significantly, and the course of fate has shifted.] [Main Quest completion: 20%.] [Stage reward obtained: Three Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Soul Ring (system-produced, painless absorption, perfect compatibility).]
"Three Hundred Thousand Years?!"
Gu Yuejin's pupils narrowed slightly, delight flashing in his eyes.
This system was worth keeping around!
He instinctively looked at his right hand. The Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul, which he had always treated as an "auxiliary tool," quietly appeared in his palm. Its blue-gold leaves swayed gently, as if yearning for something.
Ever since transmigrating, he had focused on cultivating his Body Martial Soul. Apart from using this Second Martial Soul to travel and show off—through Life Infusion, for instance—he had more or less left it to its own devices.
"I nearly forgot about you."
Gu Yuejin rubbed his chin.
In his storage space, he still had a [Ten Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone] that the system had rewarded him with earlier.
It came with two divine abilities:
Flight.
And the practically immortal healing ability—"Wildfire Burns Unceasingly; in spring winds, it rises again."
"Now that I have a Three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, along with that right leg bone..."
"It's time for my Second Martial Soul to truly awaken."
Gu Yuejin's gaze passed over the stretching mountain range and settled on a distant direction.
As a Transmigrator who had read the Original Work from cover to cover, he remembered clearly.
Right under the nose of the Sun Moon Empire, hidden in a secluded valley, was an "old friend" of his.
A Blue Silver Emperor with a cultivation of nineteen hundred thousand years!
It was the ruler of the plant-type soul beasts, the true master of the Blue Silver Grass lineage on this continent. (Someone like Tang San, who only joined the lineage halfway through, didn't count.)
"A nineteen-hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor... as my Second Soul Ring, that would be..."
A shrewd glint flashed through Gu Yuejin's eyes.
"Add in the system's Three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring."
"My Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul will start with two red rings!"
"Besides, that Blue Silver Emperor controls the valley. It's a natural medicinal garden. If I can subdue it, it'll become an endless supply base for refining medicine and building my forces."
As for whether that Blue Silver Emperor would be willing?
Gu Yuejin gave a cold laugh, tightening his grip slightly on the Blue Silver Emperor vines in his hand.
"I possess the Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul. I'm the emperor of the plant types."
"Submitting to the emperor is its honor."
"If it refuses to recognize what's good for it..."
"Then don't blame me for being merciless with these flowers."
"Master! I did it!"
Huo Yuhao's excited voice interrupted Gu Yuejin's thoughts.
The boy sprang to his feet, feeling the surging Soul Power within him. His face was alight with joy.
"Not bad. You didn't disappoint your master."
Gu Yuejin put his thoughts aside and looked at Huo Yuhao. "Try out your Third Soul Skill."
"Yes!"
Huo Yuhao's expression turned serious as he faced an open area not far away.
"Third Soul Skill—Group Weakness!"
"No... Mental Confusion!"
Vmmm—
The silver-moon pattern on his forehead flashed, and an invisible yet distorted mental fluctuation shot out at once, spreading in a fan shape across the area fifty meters ahead.
It caused no tangible physical damage, but through Gu Yuejin's Spiritual Perception, it seemed to throw the space in that area into momentary disarray.
"Master, this Soul Skill doesn't deal direct damage."
Huo Yuhao explained, his eyes shining with excitement:
"It sends out a Spiritual Shockwave that forcibly disrupts the target's Sea of Consciousness."
"If the target is in the middle of releasing a Soul Skill, there's a high chance it'll be interrupted directly! They might even be injured by Soul Power backlash."
"Even if they aren't releasing a Soul Skill, they'll be briefly paralyzed and confused. They won't be able to tell friend from foe and might even attack their own allies!"
This was Huo Yuhao's Fourth Soul Skill in the Original Work, and the Silver Moon Wolf King's signature control skill.
But with Gu Yuejin's intervention, it had become his Third Soul Skill ahead of schedule.
"Forcibly interrupting skills and causing Mental Confusion."
Gu Yuejin nodded, approval in his eyes.
"This is the legendary combination of 'silence' and 'confusion.'"
"Yuhao, this skill is even more valuable in team battles than your Ice Empress Claw."
"Imagine that Evil Fire Phoenix girl from Shrek Academy getting ready to use a big move and burn the whole field. Then you hit her with this..."
"Bang!"
Gu Yuejin made an exploding gesture and grinned mischievously:
"She'll explode from the inside. Tsk, tsk. What a sight that'll be."
Huo Yuhao pictured it and couldn't help wearing a sly grin of his own. He clearly got the joke.
"Heh heh, you're right, Master."
Watching the master and disciple wear identical, sinister smiles, Ye Guyi couldn't help shivering.
Neither of them looked like good people!
"Now that we've got the Soul Ring, it's time to head back."
Gu Yuejin glanced at the sky. The eastern horizon was already beginning to brighten.
"But before we return to the academy, we need to go somewhere else."
"Yuhao, Guyi, follow me."
"Where are we going?" Huo Yuhao asked instinctively.
Gu Yuejin smiled mysteriously. A flash of blue-gold light flickered in his palm.
"To recruit... a subject."
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