Absorbing a Soul Ring! Perhaps Becoming the Youngest Soul King and Soul Emperor!

"First Soul Skill—Tsukuyomi!!!"

Boom—!

In the Outer Zone of the Star Dou Forest, Taichu glared with the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan in his eyes. After half a day of torment within Tsukuyomi Space, only an instant had passed in the Outside World before this Eight Thousand Year Soul Beast crashed to the ground.

For ordinary Soul Masters, taking down a Soul Beast with more than eight thousand years of cultivation would require the cooperation of at least several Soul Ancestors.

But...

Taichu, a Level 30 Quasi-Soul Elder, had brought it down with a single Soul Skill.

Dugu Bo could not help but sigh when he saw this from the side.

Since there was Bo, why had there to be Taichu?

Truly, the waves behind drove the waves ahead. This old wave was about to be beaten to death on the beach.

"Sister Yan, this Golden Giant Snake is exceptionally suitable as your Fourth Soul Ring, both in terms of age and attribute."

Taichu spoke slowly.

This was a Gold Attribute snake-type Soul Beast. Even among Soul Beasts, it could be considered top-tier. Its scales were like gold and as hard as steel. Ordinary Soul Masters would probably need a Soul King-level Soul Master to deal with a Golden Giant Snake successfully.

However...

To Taichu, it was incredibly easy.

There was no other reason!

He was a Spirit-type Soul Master. So what if the opponent had a powerful body? His First Soul Skill bypassed the body entirely and attacked the spirit. The thing could not defend against it even if it wanted to.

And that was indeed the case.

After merely half a day of torment in Tsukuyomi Space, this Golden Giant Snake had been tortured beyond recognition.

"Then it'll be this one!"

Dugu Yan immediately decided to absorb the Golden Giant Snake's Soul Ring.

She stepped forward.

She aimed her dagger at the Golden Giant Snake's eye. With a Puchi--!!!, the dagger pierced into its eye. She twisted it forcefully, and the Golden Giant Snake died at Dugu Yan's hands. As the Golden Giant Snake died...

A purple Soul Ring slowly condensed above its corpse.

Seeing this...

Dugu Yan sat cross-legged and summoned her Martial Soul, the Nine-Colored Heaven Serpent. She used her Soul Power to draw in the Soul Ring. Then, under Taichu and Dugu Bo's watchful eyes, the Thousand Year Soul Ring steadily settled around Dugu Yan's Martial Soul.

A trace of pain appeared on her face.

Clearly, this Soul Ring of more than 8500 Years was not so easy to endure.

But...

After Dugu Bo's careful calculations, there was definitely no problem with an Eight Thousand Year Soul Ring. Taichu and the others had no need to worry that she would fail to absorb it.

Unless Dugu Yan deliberately chose to fail.

"Once Yanyan finishes absorbing this Soul Ring, this Old Man should take you to find the Void Ancient Snake. Over the past two months, I had people search for it, and we found some traces of Void Ancient Snakes."

"In the Northwest Region of the Mixed Zone of the Star Dou Forest, someone has spotted traces of a Void Ancient Snake. According to the information we gathered, this Void Ancient Snake should be a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast, making it very suitable as your th... third ring!"

Dugu Bo gave his granddaughter a gratified look before speaking to Taichu beside him. Yet as he reached the end, he became somewhat unnatural, even staring at Taichu with reddened eyes.

Jealous!

He was so damn jealous!

Then he looked at himself.

Forget about a Ten Thousand Year Third Soul Ring—even Taichu's Thousand Year First Soul Ring was beyond him.

"Alright, then I'll have to trouble Grandfather when the time comes."

Taichu was filled with anticipation as well.

Of course, he was not looking forward to his Ten Thousand Year Third Soul Ring.

He was looking forward to the Soul Skill that the Third Soul Ring would grant him—Kamui!

Judging from the pattern of the corresponding Soul Skills produced by his first two Soul Rings, as long as the Third Soul Ring followed that same pattern, there would be no issue at all.

Hearing this...

"Don't worry. Leave it all to this Old Man when the time comes."

Hearing Taichu address him that way, Dugu Bo felt secretly pleased. Although he was jealous of the boy, Taichu's future was to become his grandson-in-law. Overall, the more outstanding this kid was, the more glory it brought to him.

With that thought...

His mood immediately improved considerably.

Afterward...

They turned their attention to Dugu Yan. During the short time they had been talking, the furrow in Dugu Yan's brow had already relaxed. At this moment, she had completely passed the first stage of absorbing this Eight Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Next...

She only needed time to slowly absorb the Soul Ring completely.

And it would not take very long.

After all...

This was merely a Thousand Year Soul Ring. If it had been a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, it would have taken relatively longer, but that was normal. Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings came with Soul Shock during absorption.

Bzzzz—!

Dugu Yan slowly opened her eyes. With Martial Soul Possession active, both her pupils and hair instantly turned nine-colored. Yellow, yellow, purple, purple—four Soul Rings slowly rose from beneath her feet, and a Soul Power Fluctuation spread outward.

"Hiss—!"

"Level 48?! Isn't that too outrageous?!"

The instant Dugu Bo sensed his granddaughter's Soul Power Level, his expression changed drastically. He was shocked beyond words.

"It's not that outrageous. This Eight Thousand Year Soul Ring should have given me two levels of Soul Power, while the remaining six levels were most likely from the improvement brought by the Nine-Colored Snake God Flower."

Dugu Yan shook her head and explained.

"That isn't important. What matters is that Yanyan is only sixteen and already Level 48. In another two years, you'll become the youngest Soul King on the entire continent. If you work a little harder, you might even compete for the record of the youngest Soul Emperor on the continent."

Dugu Bo spoke excitedly.

If it were someone else becoming the youngest Soul King, youngest Soul Emperor... or youngest Titled Douluo, he would not care in the slightest, since it had nothing to do with him.

But this was different.

Dugu Yan was his biological granddaughter. If Yanyan was so outstanding, would that not bring glory to the Dugu Family?

"Grandfather, with Little Brother Taichu's talent, it won't take him many years to surpass me!"

Dugu Yan beamed with joy, but after seeing Taichu beside her, she suddenly felt that even if she could claim that so-called "first place," Taichu would probably break it before she could hold it for long.

Hearing this...

Dugu Bo looked at Taichu as well and could not help falling silent.

That was right!

His granddaughter was indeed exceptionally outstanding, but there was an even greater Monster standing beside her!

At the mere age of nine—ah, such a young age—he had already cultivated to Level 30 as a Quasi-Soul Elder. Once this kid absorbed his Ten Thousand Year Third Soul Ring, his Soul Power Level would surely surge by several more levels. Dugu Bo estimated that entering Level 40 at around twelve years old would be no problem for him at all.

At that time...

With the Fourth Soul Ring, he might be able to absorb a Soul Ring of around thirty thousand years, saving several more levels' worth of cultivation time.

By the time Yanyan reached sixteen, four years would probably be enough for him to reach Level 50.

"What a Monster!"

Dugu Bo looked at Taichu with an incomparably complicated expression and uttered those words.

Taichu: ???

Old Bastard, who the hell are you calling a Monster?!