Sixth Soul Ring

Just like his previous trips to the Star Dou Great Forest, it took Lin Chen three to five days to get there.

Without much hesitation, after resting for one night, Lin Chen headed deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest.

To avoid unnecessary battles and slaughter, Lin Chen took out a Soul Tool called Invisibility Gauze and draped it over himself. At the same time, he activated his Life Domain, assimilating his aura with the life energy around him.

Invisibility Gauze was a versatile Soul Tool capable of concealing one's figure, and it consumed very little Soul Power. Even a level-10 Soul Scholar could use it for an entire day. For the current level-60 Lin Chen, using it continuously for a month would not be a problem.

However, Invisibility Gauze could not conceal one's aura. When facing Soul Beasts with powerful Spiritual Power, especially Spirit System Soul Beasts, it was highly possible for one's location to be exposed. Paired with the Life Domain, however, the two complemented each other perfectly.

The place where Lin Chen intended to obtain his Soul Ring this time was home to quite a few powerful Soul Beasts, so Invisibility Gauze would be immensely useful to him. Though it was only a Level-2 Soul Tool, Lin Chen considered it more practical than ordinary level-four or level-five Soul Tools.

As he walked, Lin Chen carved small symbols into the trees one by one.

Steady was just one word, yet it had followed me for so many years!

If anyone said Lin Chen was not usually cautious, that was only when powerful experts accompanied him. If an unexpectedly powerful enemy still appeared under those circumstances, then even if he died, he would accept it. Now that he was alone and weak, he naturally had to be more careful.

After walking along casually for half a day, Lin Chen arrived at a relatively inner region of the Star Dou Great Forest, where there were quite a few Soul Beasts that were twenty or thirty thousand years old.

I still need to go deeper. The Soul Beasts here are still too young, Lin Chen thought, then headed farther into the Star Dou Great Forest.

With Invisibility Gauze and the Life Domain, Lin Chen continued to stroll through the Star Dou Great Forest as though taking a leisurely walk.

The closer he got to the depths, the more abundant the life energy became, and the more powerful the Life Domain grew.

After walking for nearly another day, Lin Chen only stopped going deeper when Qian Renxue spoke to warn him.

"Lin Chen, you cannot go any deeper. If you continue, you may encounter Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts."

Hearing Qian Renxue say that, Lin Chen grew curious and asked, "Sister Renxue, what do you think of the Star Dou Great Forest?"

"Back then, I always believed the rulers of the Star Dou Great Forest were the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python. But after I became a god, I sensed a terrifying aura. That aura seemed no weaker than mine."

It seems Gu Yuena had long since settled at the Lake of Life to recuperate, Lin Chen thought.

But he had no other ideas. Setting aside the fact that they were of different races, with his insignificant Soul Emperor cultivation, he probably would not be able to withstand even a single glare from the Silver Dragon King.

It was already late at night. Lin Chen took out the supplies he had brought, set up a simple tent, then went inside to rest with his eyes closed.

The depths of the Star Dou Great Forest were filled with danger. One could not sleep while hunting Soul Beasts here; at most, one could rest with closed eyes. Although Lin Chen had a Soul Tool and the Life Domain protecting him, no one knew what sort of Soul Beast they might encounter. Thus, Lin Chen merely rested with his eyes closed, maintaining his awareness of the outside world at all times.

The night passed without incident. Though sounds of fighting could occasionally be heard, Lin Chen never sensed any Soul Beast approaching the area where he was.

After searching for three or four days straight, Lin Chen still had not found a suitable Soul Beast. He finally understood why Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei'er had brought Zhang Lexuan to obtain her Ninth Soul Ring during the holiday. Finding Soul Beasts really was a time-consuming task!

Suddenly, a group of Soul Beasts appeared within Lin Chen's Spiritual Power perception.

The most conspicuous Soul Beast was clearly much larger than the others.

"Sabertooth Tiger?" After getting closer, Lin Chen identified the species by its appearance.

It had a pair of long, sharp saber teeth that protruded prominently and curved backward like two sharp daggers. Its forelimbs were longer, its hind legs held a crouching posture, and sharp blade-like ridges ran along both its front and rear limbs. These traits undoubtedly marked it as a Sabertooth Tiger.

This Sabertooth Tiger was fighting an entire tiger pack alone—or rather, with the strength of one tiger. It was truly unbelievable.

Most of the tiger-type Soul Beasts in the pack had cultivation of ten to twenty thousand years. Yet the saber teeth of this Sabertooth Tiger, which was fighting one against a hundred, had already reached seventy centimeters in length. Clearly, this Sabertooth Tiger had cultivated for more than seventy thousand years.

While in the academy library, Lin Chen had learned from books that Sabertooth Tigers were extremely rare Soul Beasts. Once their cultivation reached one thousand years, they grew their distinctive saber teeth. For every additional thousand years of cultivation, the teeth grew one centimeter; for every ten thousand years, they grew ten centimeters. After reaching ten thousand years of cultivation, each Sabertooth Tiger would awaken a different innate skill. Some were enhancement skills for close-quarters combat, while others were sonic skills for long-range attacks.

An even smaller number of Sabertooth Tigers could awaken area-of-effect skills, and every one that awakened such a skill was an exceptionally powerful existence.

"That tiger pack must be controlled by a person or another Soul Beast to be so united. Living in groups is not the habit of tiger-type Soul Beasts." Looking at the seemingly endless tiger pack, Lin Chen began pondering again.

Tigers were kings of the mountains and forests by nature, and they were born combative. Encountering their own kind was like having two kings in the same forest; they would inevitably fight until one died. Therefore, nearly all tiger-type Soul Beasts were incompatible with one another and tended to kill each other. Lin Chen therefore had reason to suspect that the one controlling the tiger pack was also a tiger-type Soul Beast.

"I wonder what skill this Sabertooth Tiger awakened. It would be great if it were an area-of-effect skill," Lin Chen muttered.

If the Sabertooth Tiger before him had awakened an area-of-effect skill, then after Lin Chen absorbed its Soul Ring, he would most likely inherit that skill as well and obtain an area-of-effect Soul Skill.

And that Soul Skill was Sword Douluo's Myriad Swords Returning to Origin from Ten Thousand Years Ago!

In the next instant, the Sabertooth Tiger roared, and countless saber teeth appeared in the sky, falling upon the opposing tiger pack like raindrops.

Wherever the saber teeth fell, countless tigers on the other side died instantly. Blood flowed like a river, Soul Beast corpses carpeted the entire ground, and one black Soul Ring after another floated in the air.

The Sabertooth Tiger raised its head and roared at the heavens, as if declaring that it alone was the king of tigers!

Seeing this, Lin Chen was instantly thrilled. It really was just what he had been hoping for!

The Sixth Soul Ring—it would be this one!

But the battle was not over. Gradually, one tiger head after another emerged from every direction. All of them had cultivation between thirty and forty thousand years, and they stared greedily at the Sabertooth Tiger.

From afar, another tiger's roar rang out. The surrounding tigers instantly pounced on the Sabertooth Tiger, whose condition had begun to decline.

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