Challenging the Impossible Limit: Absorbing Three Ninety Thousand Year Soul Rings at Once

Ninety thousand year soul rings!

And there were three of them!

Lin Qing stared at them, his eyes shining frighteningly bright as his heart pounded wildly.

Having cultivated to Level 82, his Soul Ring Configuration was not bad either.

But top-tier treasures like these, so close to the hundred-thousand-year threshold, were something he was seeing for the first time.

After waiting for so long, he had finally reached this point!

He drew a deep breath. Only when the damp, cool forest air filled his lungs did he barely suppress his surging excitement.

The Sky Azure Bull Python gently swayed its bull head.

A gentle yet irresistible invisible force brought the three little girls, who had been protected inside the Protective Barrier all this time, before him.

The barrier silently vanished.

"Dad!"

"Dad, are you okay?"

The three petite figures immediately rushed over like little birds.

Lin Wu'er charged ahead first. Her tiny hands carefully touched Lin Qing's right arm, which was still hot and bore lingering Dragon Scale Texture. Her Small Face was full of worry.

Lin Rourou looked up at him, her large eyes watery as she asked softly, "Dad, are you tired?"

Lin Qingzhu said nothing. She had always been the quietest one.

The little girl simply took a clean handkerchief from her arms, stood on tiptoe, and gently yet earnestly wiped the fine beads of sweat from Lin Qing's forehead.

The weariness and tension in Lin Qing's heart were instantly washed away by that warmth.

These three precious daughters of his really were Little Cotton-Fitted Jackets, each one warmer than the last.

He gave his daughters a somewhat weary but utterly gentle smile.

"Dad is fine. I'm just a little exhausted. I'll be better after resting for a while."

After saying that, he turned to face the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape, then solemnly clasped his fists in salute.

He lowered his posture considerably and said sincerely, "Da Ming, Er Ming, I have you two to thank this time. I won't speak of such great kindness lightly. I, Lin Qing, will remember it in my heart."

He paused and glanced at the three floating Soul Rings, his expression turning grave.

"Absorbing these three Soul Rings next will probably take some effort, and the commotion may be considerable."

"I'm not worried about myself, but my three daughters... and I cannot be distracted while absorbing them. I'll have to entrust our safety during this time to you both!"

The Sky Azure Bull Python's enormous bull head slowly nodded.

"With Er Ming and me standing guard here, no outsider will dare disturb you."

The Titan Giant Ape, Er Ming, understood as well. It let out a low roar in response.

Then it raised a massive fist as large as a millstone and thumped its thick chest twice, indicating that it had this covered.

Afterward, it immediately turned its enormous body, its giant bell-like eyes vigilantly sweeping the shadowy forest around them.

Two streams of white vapor shot from its nostrils. It looked exactly like the most dependable and most terrifying guardian deity.

Seeing the two Forest Overlords make such a declaration, the final stone in Lin Qing's heart finally fell into place.

He hesitated no longer and walked to the center of the three slowly rotating, energy-churning Ninety Thousand Year Soul Rings.

He sat down cross-legged.

The ground was still damp, carrying the scent of soil and grass, but he noticed none of it now.

Closing his eyes, he adjusted his breathing and gradually entered a long, steady rhythm of inhalation and exhalation.

The nearly depleted Soul Power within him slowly began to recover as his Cultivation Technique circulated, like streams gathering once more.

He knew that what came next was the true challenge—a critical juncture where he would gamble with his life.

Absorb three Ninety Thousand Year Soul Rings at once?

Throughout the history of Douluo Continent, perhaps no one had ever dared do such a thing, nor had anyone been blessed with such "good fortune."

The risks involved were obvious even without thinking. It was absolutely a nine-deaths-and-one-life situation.

Yet there was not the slightest trace of fear in his eyes. Instead, a flame burned within them.

Afraid? It was too late for that.

He had to succeed!

The Soul Rings would dissipate in about an hour. He could not wait to absorb them one by one.

For Wu'er and the others to have a more secure future, and for himself to truly gain a foothold in this world and live freely.

About ten minutes later, Lin Qing abruptly opened his eyes.

A sharp glint flashed through them, like golden lightning streaking through the dark night.

His Soul Power had recovered considerably, and his mental state had returned to its peak.

"It's time."

At the command of his thoughts.

The power of the Golden Dragon Martial Soul fully awakened and stirred within him.

A powerful and unique suction force spread from his body at the same time, precisely enveloping the three black Soul Rings floating in the air, symbols of power.

"Come!"

Lin Qing let out a low cry in his heart.

It was both encouragement for himself.

And a summons to the Soul Rings.

His Soul Power surged.

The three Ninety Thousand Year Thousand Jun Ant Emperor Soul Rings, which had been floating quietly, suddenly trembled.

Like three black tidal waves pulled by an invisible colossal force, they howled and spun as they surged toward Lin Qing, seated cross-legged at the center.

The terrifying energy, vast enough to make an ordinary Titled Douluo Explode and Die, instantly swallowed him whole!

Those three Ninety Thousand Year Soul Rings, black as the abyss and rimmed with bewitching red light, had finally found their master.

Like black giant pythons maddened by hunger, they burrowed violently into Lin Qing's body all at once!

Good heavens, that instant was enough to make anyone suffer.

It was simply unbearable!

Indescribable agony erupted from the gaps in his bones and from within his meridians!

It felt as though countless red-hot iron spikes were aimed at every inch of his body, slowly and mercilessly driving inward.

The Soul Power brought by those three Soul Rings was like a herd of wild horses breaking free of their reins, charging recklessly through his body and trampling everything in their path.

Lin Qing felt as though his Five Viscera and Six Bowels and his Limbs and Bones were about to be blown apart by that brutal force, like a balloon inflated to its absolute limit.

"Urgh—!"

He clenched his teeth, but he still could not stop a suppressed groan of pain from escaping his throat.

The veins on his forehead bulged one after another, like earthworms writhing beneath his skin.

Every muscle in his body was stretched taut, and a layer of fine blood droplets even seeped from his skin, making him look horrifying.

This pain was more than ten times fiercer than he had anticipated!

After all, three Ninety Thousand Year Soul Rings were hitting him all at once.

With their energies stacked together, the result was far from simple addition. It was rising by leaps and bounds.

"Roar—!!"

Just as he felt himself on the verge of splitting apart, an incomparably majestic Dragon's Roar suddenly exploded from the deepest depths of his soul!

It sounded as though it had slumbered for ten thousand years, only to awaken today.

Immediately afterward, brilliant golden light, utterly beyond his control, burst from every pore of his body with a boom!

The Golden Dragon Martial Soul automatically protected its master and boldly possessed him!

His eyes instantly transformed into majestic Golden Dragon Eyes, golden light flowing within them.

At either side of his forehead, a pair of small yet sturdy Dragon Horns burst through his skin.

From the base of his spine, a powerful Dragon Tail extended outward.

Fine, solid golden Dragon Scales emerged across the surface of his skin like the most exquisite armor.

An Ultimate Power from the deepest depths of his bloodline, one that stood above all ordinary things, descended with a resounding eruption alongside the Martial Soul Possession!

That power was incomparably domineering, forcibly entering the chaotic battlefield within his body.

Like a supreme general, it began brutally yet effectively suppressing and guiding the three rampaging torrents of Soul Power.

Strangely enough.

The agony in his flesh, which had felt as though it would tear him apart.

Rapidly lessened and subsided beneath the suppression of that pure and domineering Dragon Might.

Lin Qing had just begun to relax slightly, silently praising his Martial Soul for coming through, when his expression changed again.

The real hard part had only just arrived!

He felt his consciousness suddenly sink with a plummet.

As if someone had kicked him off a cliff and into an endless deep sea.

The light vanished in an instant.

Only boundless pressure and darkness remained.

His Sea of Consciousness had already been turned upside down.

The once relatively calm Sea Surface was now raging with furious waves.

Gales whipped black waves dozens of meters high into the air, creating an apocalyptic scene.

Within those violent waves stood three enormous, savage spiritual phantoms, radiating endless resentment and madness.

Like evil Ghosts crawling out from the deepest level of hell, they tore through the waves and roared as they lunged at him!

Their appearances vaguely resembled the three Thousand Jun Ant Emperors from earlier.

But now, only pure hatred remained within them.

In place of their eyes were two clusters of scarlet light, firmly Locked On Lin Qing's Consciousness Core.