"Xiao Gang, Xiao Gang, don't be like this, don't do this..."
"You need to use more force. Slapping like that won't do anything."
Tang San shouted at Yu Xiaogang.
Yu Xiaogang was utterly dumbfounded when he heard Tang San's words.
What?
Use more force?
Tang San grabbed Yu Xiaogang's left hand and slapped his face repeatedly.
After a few slaps, she felt they still were not enough.
"Xiao Gang, let me do it."
Tang San raised her right hand and breathed into it a few times.
"Ha! Ha! Ha!"
Then she slapped Yu Xiaogang across the face.
Slap!
The enormous sound was deafening.
Even Ye Ying, who was standing nearby, could not help but shudder.
Were these two actually in a relationship? Tang San was a girl, so did she get some kind of B U F F bonus when she hit someone?
Wouldn't that hurt like hell?
With that slap—
A clear red handprint appeared on Yu Xiaogang's face.
Ye Ying changed "stop" into "slap," and Tang San immediately began urging Yu Xiaogang to slap himself harder.
[Modification successful. "Stop" changed to "slap." Points +1. Current Points: 289.] [Tang San hurried forward, grabbed Yu Xiaogang's hand, and began urging him to slap himself.]
"How was that, Xiao Gang? Was it enough? If not, I'll give you another one."
Tang San said with a smile.
Yu Xiaogang was even more confused.
"No, Xiao San, why did you slap me?"
Tang San was equally confused.
"Then why were you slapping yourself, Xiao Gang?"
Yu Xiaogang: ...
That single sentence left Yu Xiaogang speechless.
He did not know how to answer.
Tang San continued, "Could it be that you're a little unhappy because I saved your life, Xiao Gang?"
Yu Xiaogang was speechless again.
Was that why?
At first, he could have solved it himself just by treating the poisoned blood.
But then she cut off his arm.
"Forget it. Since it's already happened, I won't say anything more."
Yu Xiaogang raised his only remaining left arm and waved it.
"No matter what, you did save me."
"Now that I'm like this, I can't hunt any high-level Soul Rings for you anymore."
"Do you remember the Charm Fox we encountered just after entering the Soul Hunting Forest?"
Ye Ying froze for a moment when he heard the words Charm Fox.
They chose the Charm Fox?
He had thought it was just some insignificant extra, but now it had actually become the protagonist?
Tang San recalled what had happened earlier.
"At the time, Xiao Gang, you said that if there wasn't a better choice, it would be her."
Yu Xiaogang nodded. "Now, there clearly isn't a better choice."
"Pack up a little, then let's leave. It's still somewhat dangerous here."
"Let's go find that Charm Fox."
Yu Xiaogang looked at the dead Mandala Snake.
"What a pity. We can't take this Mandala Snake with us."
"By the way, has its Soul Ring already dissipated so quickly?"
Ye Ying spoke quietly.
"I absorbed it."
Yu Xiaogang froze instantly.
He stared wide-eyed at Ye Ying.
"Hm? You absorbed it?"
"You killed the Mandala Snake?"
"And how could you absorb the Mandala Snake's Soul Ring?"
"It obviously doesn't suit you. What is your First Soul Skill? Let me see."
Ye Ying nodded.
His Martial Soul appeared, and he activated Martial Soul Possession.
After Martial Soul Possession, Snow King's phantom behind him did not disappear.
A massive Snow King ice cream cone simply appeared in Ye Ying's hand.
A yellow Soul Ring rose and fell beneath his feet.
"The Soul Ring mutated?"
"What is going on? It's actually close to a thousand years?"
The scene before him completely overturned Yu Xiaogang's understanding.
"How did the Soul Ring of a four-hundred-year Soul Beast become over nine hundred years after absorption?"
Ye Ying played dumb.
"I dunno."
Yu Xiaogang said,
"Let me see your First Soul Skill."
Ye Ying's first Soul Ring flashed.
He swung the enormous ice cream cone in his hand forward.
"First Soul Skill, Ice Cream Cone Impact!"
A huge phantom ice cream cone immediately shot out from the cone and slammed heavily into the tree trunk ahead.
Boom!
A thunderous crash rang out from the tree.
Then, with a crack, it snapped in half and crashed to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
The birds perched in the surrounding trees were instantly startled into flying away.
Yu Xiaogang could not help swallowing.
Its power was actually this great. It could blast through a tree trunk at the waist.
Ye Ying had still held back.
There was a second ability: completely freezing the tree trunk ahead.
Although what he launched was an ice cream cone, it was actually an ice spike.
After absorbing his first Soul Ring—
Ye Ying could also summon another kind of drink.
Mi Xue Shaved Ice Cup. After consuming it, it could permanently strengthen ice-element power while temporarily increasing ice-element power by thirty percent.
As the mighty Snow King, it was perfectly reasonable for a battle-type Soul Master to moonlight as a food-type Soul Master, right?
A day later—
The three of them finally found that Ten-Year Charm Fox.
"Do it."
Yu Xiaogang said slowly.
"Charm Foxes are naturally aligned with charm and can strengthen mental power. It suits your Blue Silver Fox very well."
"A Ten-Year Charm Fox is not very aggressive, and its mental charm ability is not very strong either. Just go up and kill it..."
"Alright, Xiao Gang."
Tang San answered and quickly stepped forward with a Short Sword in hand.
The Charm Fox's eyes widened.
A star-shaped pattern appeared in the center of its eyes.
The Charm Fox activated its ability and directed it at Tang San.
A flash of purple passed through Tang San's eyes.
She had used Purple Demon Eye to temper her mental power for several years. Her mental power could be considered exceptionally strong.
The tiny Charm Fox's mental attack was completely useless.
"Take my Shuriken!"
Tang San flicked the Short Sword in her hand out like a Hidden Weapon.
The Short Sword sliced across the Charm Fox's neck before finally embedding itself in the ground.
After struggling briefly, the Charm Fox stopped moving.
Soul Power slowly rose from the Charm Fox's body.
It condensed into a white Soul Ring in the air.
Tang San quickly summoned the Blue Silver Fox.
When the Blue Silver Fox appeared, she looked at the scene before her in confusion.
She was stunned for a moment.
"A Ten-Year Soul Ring?"
Yu Xiaogang commanded in a deep voice,
"Sit cross-legged, use Soul Power to guide it, and focus your mind on your Martial Soul!"
Tang San nodded and quickly took action.
The Blue Silver Fox began shouting anxiously.
"I'm going to absorb a Ten-Year Soul Ring?"
"No, no, at the very least I should absorb a Hundred-Year Soul Ring."
"How can I absorb a Ten-Year one?"
The Blue Silver Fox looked at Yu Xiaogang.
"Grandmaster, you can't just watch Tang San absorb a Ten-Year Soul Ring."
Only then did she notice—
Yu Xiaogang's right arm seemed to be gone?
"Grandmaster, where is your right arm?"
Yu Xiaogang was furious inside.
She had to bring up exactly what he did not want to talk about.
He kicked the Blue Silver Fox.
If she was not going to absorb a Ten-Year Soul Ring, what did she think she was going to absorb?
She had even caused his right arm to be cut off.
At this moment, Yu Xiaogang also had a somewhat vindictive mindset.
He deliberately made Tang San absorb the Ten-Year Soul Ring.
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