Eighteenth-Level Soul Power

Although it was his first time absorbing a Spirit Ring, the immense Soul Power had entered his body, and Chen Huang instantly understood what to do. Heh, all he had to do was circulate his cultivation technique. He activated his Pure Yang Limitless Skill. As long as he absorbed and converted this Soul Power into his own unique Pure Yang Limitless Soul Power, it would be a success.

After being circulated once, the Soul Power felt like ordinary matter filling one's intestines, stuffing his meridians full and leaving him bloated.

That Soul Power was merely a byproduct. The Spirit Ring would not remain inside his body; it would be placed around his Martial Soul.

Soul Masters could condense Soul Cores, and Soul Beasts had Soul Cores as well. Weren't Spirit Bones exactly that? In Chen Huang's view, wasn't a Soul Master's Martial Soul the embryonic form of a Soul Core? After all, all Spirit Rings were attached to the Martial Soul. When the time came, he could simply condense his Martial Soul into his own Soul Core. The effect would definitely be excellent.

As the Soul Power was nearly fully converted, Chen Huang truly sensed that threshold. It was incomparably solid, yet as fragile as a sheet of paper.

It seemed that as long as the surging Soul Power charged forward, he could break through that threshold.

"Meow-woof! Meow-woof!"

Having lived two lives, Chen Huang's Mental Power far surpassed that of ordinary people. Although he could not yet open up a Sea of Consciousness, his Mental Space had already begun to take shape. Especially under the influence of an external object like the Chat Group, he was fairly familiar with Mental Power. He was merely lacking some finesse in using it.

Within the empty Mental Space, a Cat-headed Dog wreathed in black mist several feet high bared its fangs and claws at Chen Huang, looking utterly ferocious.

The Cat-headed Dog had been peacefully basking in the sun when it suffered this undeserved disaster. Being killed was one thing, but one person had pinned it down while another came to kill it. That truly humiliated it.

A grudge had to be repaid. I can't beat Tang Hao, but if I attack you now, no one can stop me.

The Cat-headed Dog's resentment and hatred rampaged through Chen Huang's Mental Space. Finally, it lunged at the phantom sitting cross-legged in the center of the Mental Space, its claws slashing down heavily.

Tang Hao and Xiao Shan had seen Chen Huang smile when things had been going smoothly, but now his face twisted into a mask of pain. At times he frowned; at times he shook his head.

The sight made them both nervous.

Xiao Shan asked worriedly, "Dad, what's wrong with Xiao Huang?"

Tang Hao knew that he had encountered a resentful attack from the Soul Beast. Its resentment must have been exceptionally deep. Generally speaking, more vicious Soul Beasts possessed mental attacks fueled by hatred. It was not something that only appeared with Ten Thousand Year Rings. The one possessed by Ten Thousand Year Rings was Soul Shock. Resentful attacks could appear from the First Ring onward.

Tang Hao frowned at this. "Xiao Huang was born with powerful Mental Power. Honestly, when I first saw him, I thought he would awaken a Martial Soul with a mental attribute. Although his Martial Soul is Weed, his Mental Power has not fallen behind. It far surpasses that of ordinary people. In my opinion, it is much stronger than yours. There shouldn't be a problem."

Inside the Mental Space, Chen Huang frowned at the Cat-headed Dog.

In his previous life, what he hated most were cats. When he was young, he had encountered a stray cat. It had looked tiny and cute, so he wanted to pet it. Instead, it bit him, and he had needed rabies shots for quite some time.

The second thing he hated most was dogs. According to his mother, when he was little and still wearing split-crotch pants, even his little brother had nearly been bitten by a dog.

What he liked most were undoubtedly rabbits. They might have been a little dirty, but at least he had never been bitten by one.

Besides, when cats and dogs became unreasonable, they really were not easy to deal with. Even if he attacked them, they might not necessarily be afraid.

This Cat-headed Dog looked like both a cat and a dog. What an unfriendly creature.

Feeling waves of stabbing pain in his mind, Chen Huang finally seemed to have an epiphany. He understood the methods of mental attacks and launched a counterattack against the Cat-headed Dog.

It took nearly an hour before he finally ground away the Cat-headed Dog's lingering consciousness.

First level, second level, third level... Only then did Chen Huang naturally break through that threshold. His Soul Power then began to surge wildly, only stopping once it reached the Eighteenth Level. This was what it meant to accumulate strength and unleash it all at once.

A large part of it was due to the Fifteen Hundred Year Purple Spirit Ring. For a Tenth Level Soul Warrior like him, the increase in Soul Power was simply too great.

When Chen Huang focused his mind on his Martial Soul again, joy appeared on his face, and he opened his eyes.

After anxiously standing guard for an hour, Tang Hao and Xiao Shan finally saw Chen Huang open his eyes. Smiles appeared on their faces as well. If he had succeeded, Chen Huang would become the continent's only Soul Master with a First Ring Thousand Year Spirit Ring.

Tang Hao took out a Crystal Ball and handed it to Chen Huang. "Xiao Huang, see what level your Soul Power has reached."

"Alright."

Chen Huang took the Crystal Ball and poured his Soul Power into it. A faint blue light appeared. He saw one complete circle and another nearly complete ring of light on the Crystal Ball. Eighteenth Level, exactly as he had estimated.

"Eighteenth-Level Soul Power!" Xiao Shan cried out. "Xiao Huang, one Spirit Ring raised your Soul Power by eight levels!"

Chen Huang smiled. "This Purple Spirit Ring did not raise my Soul Power by that much. The extra came from my own accumulation over the years. It probably all erupted today. Still, although my Soul Power Level rose a great deal at once, the quality of my Soul Power seems to have worsened somewhat."

Tang Hao nodded. "When Soul Power rises too quickly, this usually happens. Go back and refine your Soul Power properly. As for your second Spirit Ring, you should wait a little longer before obtaining it. Taking steps too quickly is not a good thing."

After speaking, Tang Hao crouched beside the Cat-headed Dog's corpse and searched it again.

He turned to Chen Huang and Xiao Shan. "Spirit Bones are extremely rare. I think you have both already learned about that. They rarely appear on Hundred Year Soul Beasts, but when it comes to Thousand Year Soul Beasts, you should inspect them. One might appear."

"The most numerous Spirit Bones on the continent are Thousand Year Spirit Bones, because Thousand Year Soul Beasts are also hunted the most. That is why there are so many Spirit Bones. This Cat-headed Dog did not produce a Spirit Bone."

The two nodded.

Chen Huang thought that it would be nice if he had Yang Jian's Heavenly Eye. It was useful for everything. Any eye ability one could think of, he could use. It could even spot the Spirit Bone inside that Maze Tree at a glance. What Tang Hao said about checking the bones after killing a Thousand Year Soul Beast was easy enough to understand. Next time, he just needed to feel around once and he would know.

But what if a plant-type Soul Beast had a Spirit Bone? Vines and grass were simple enough. What he feared was encountering another Maze Tree like before. If he had not used Magic Power to extract it, that excellent material would have been wasted. He would have had to cut it open to find it.

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