Second Soul Ring: Thousand-year Spirit Fox

Second Soul Ring: Thousand-year Spirit Fox

Eight blades and swords emerged from the Aether Gates. The next second, they would pierce the snow fox's body!

Just as Su Yuntian was about to kill the snow fox, its eyes suddenly turned red.

Two soul-stirring gazes crashed into Su Yuntian's eyes, instantly changing the scene before him.

The forest was still the same forest, but the fox that had been lying in the snow was gone, replaced by a woman.

??

Su Yuntian was utterly baffled.

Because the woman lying in the snow was the golden-haired young lady he often thought of—the one who had saved him outside Nuoding City two years ago!

The young woman leaned painfully against a tree, one hand pressing against her right leg. A sharp feathered arrow was embedded at the base of her thigh.

That arrow had rendered her unable to move, and the pain was unbearable. Her delicate brows were tightly furrowed, yet her phoenix eyes carried a faintly seductive charm.

Seeing the young woman injured, Su Yuntian instinctively wanted to step forward and help her up. He could not stop his heart from aching.

Yet at the same time, Su Yuntian clearly understood that everything before him was an illusion.

Leaving aside the fact that the golden-haired young lady was so powerful, how could she possibly have been injured in a place like Soul Hunting Forest? What would she even be doing here?

More importantly, her temperament was completely wrong.

When he had seen her last time, she had been peerlessly beautiful—one glance enough to topple a city, a second enough to topple a nation.

The otherworldly air about her made her seem like an immortal maiden from the heavens, untouched by mortal dust.

How could someone like that look so pitiful and use the alluring eyes of a vixen to entice someone?

It was precisely this enormous contrast in temperament that convinced Su Yuntian that what he saw was not real.

Besides, Su Yuntian caught a faint, musky odor.

If he was not mistaken, it was probably that randy fox smell.

At that moment, the golden-haired girl before him called out in a coy voice, "Darling, help me."

She stretched out both hands toward Su Yuntian, her beautiful face brimming with deep attachment to him.

Su Yuntian could not help closing his eyes.

That snow fox truly deserved to be called a thousand-year soul beast. It could actually disguise itself as the person he longed for most and create the scene he desired most in his heart.

Whether or not Su Yuntian had seen through its scheme, he had to admit that over the past two years, his longing for that mysterious golden-haired girl had only grown stronger with each passing day.

He even hoped that the scene before him was real, because he truly wanted to see her!

"Fake. It's all fake."

Behind Su Yuntian, eight pale golden Aether Gates gradually emerged.

"Meeting the girl of my dreams is certainly wonderful, but she can't possibly be here."

"So... die, you mongrel!"

As soon as he finished speaking, all eight blades and swords shot toward the golden-haired girl and killed her.

The scene before him rapidly shifted, and Su Yuntian returned to where he had started.

The forest was still the same forest. Lying in the snow was a fox with snow-white fur and vivid crimson blood—the thousand-year soul beast he had just hunted down.

Seeing Su Yuntian strike so decisively, Lu Renjia and Lin Mengzhui beside him finally breathed sighs of relief.

Whether it was the level 45 Soul Ancestor or the level 28 Soul Grandmaster who kept her face covered year-round, both could tell from Su Yuntian's reaction that he had been bewitched by the snow fox!

In that brief minute, Su Yuntian's expression and gaze had changed again and again. Lu Renjia had once worried that he would be unable to break free from the snow fox's enchantment, but Lin Mengzhui had stopped Lu Renjia in time, preventing him from forcibly intervening.

Now that they saw Su Yuntian break the illusion through his own strength, both of them felt fortunate.

As the snow fox died, a purple soul ring slowly rose from its corpse, radiating an enticing glow.

Lu Renjia inspected the snow fox and its soul ring once more, then suddenly reached out to stop Su Yuntian. "No! You can't absorb this soul ring!"

Su Yuntian looked confused. "Why?"

"This is a snow fox that's fully one thousand seven hundred years old. A soul ring of this age is still too much for you! If you forcefully absorb it, you could be in danger!"

Lu Renjia's concern was not unreasonable, because for most soul masters, the upper limit for a third soul ring was only around one thousand seven hundred and sixty years.

If Su Yuntian were level 30 now, absorbing this one-thousand-seven-hundred-year soul ring should not have been a problem.

The problem was that Su Yuntian was only level 20!

Lin Mengzhui, standing nearby, also revealed an envious expression. A one-thousand-seven-hundred-year soul ring would have been perfectly suitable as her third soul ring, but unfortunately, she was only level 28 and had not yet reached the threshold for absorbing a third soul ring.

Su Yuntian watched the purple soul ring slowly revolve in the air. He did not hesitate for long before quickly making his decision.

"I'll try absorbing it first. If it doesn't work, Brother Lu, interrupt me and send me back to Heaven Dou City."

Seeing the serious look on Su Yuntian's face, Lu Renjia's gaze wavered.

Over-level Soul Ring Absorption was naturally extremely dangerous. Even if Lu Renjia stood guard outside, he could not guarantee that Su Yuntian would emerge unscathed.

Before leaving Heaven Dou City, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe had told him that he must protect Su Yuntian's safety at all costs.

But now Su Yuntian wanted to absorb a soul ring beyond his level... What should he choose?

Should he stop Su Yuntian and search for another soul beast, or should he stand guard for Su Yuntian and place his hopes in this young man?

Su Yuntian said at that moment, "A highly respected elder once told me that the path of a soul master is more complicated than an ordinary person's life, filled with danger and challenges. Brother Lu, give me a chance. Even if I ultimately fail, my life should not be in danger. When that time comes, I'll personally explain the situation to His Highness. You won't be implicated."

After hearing those words, Lu Renjia took a deep breath and nodded.

"I'm counting on you!"

Su Yuntian wasted no more time. He sat down cross-legged on the spot, used his Soul Power to draw the soul ring above his head, and began the fusion.

Lu Renjia silently turned around. Although his expression remained calm, his appreciation for Su Yuntian continued to grow.

...If Sir Yuntian were not the Crown Prince's trusted confidant, I'd really like to recruit him into my team as well.

Meanwhile, Lin Mengzhui did not keep watch over their surroundings like Lu Renjia did, because there was no need. As a level 45 Soul Ancestor, Lu Renjia's sharp hawk eyes, which matched his martial soul, gave him a detection range far beyond Lin Mengzhui's senses.

In fact, once Su Yuntian killed that thousand-year snow fox, Lin Mengzhui's task was already complete. After all, she was here for "Auxiliary Soul Hunting," which did not include the step of "assisting with soul ring absorption."

The reason Lin Mengzhui had not left was that she wanted to see whether the "Sir Yuntian" Lu Renjia spoke of could truly absorb a one-thousand-seven-hundred-year soul ring beyond his level.

During the brief battle just now, Lin Mengzhui had already discovered two of Su Yuntian's soul skills. One was the golden Gate of Treasure Vault, while the other seemed to be teleportation. But the problem was that Su Yuntian was only level 20—how could he possess two soul skills?

Could they be Self-Created Soul Skills?

With his mere level 20 strength, that should have been impossible.

This guy was simply too abnormal. No one could see through him.

For the first time since she was born, Lin Mengzhui found herself interested in someone of the opposite sex.