Hunting for a Spirit Ring

"I am your homeroom teacher, Wang Jin. I hope we can get along well over the next three years..."

The homeroom teacher, Wang Jin, was a powerful Spirit Saint. The first period was reserved for self-introductions, as it wasn't time for formal lessons yet.

It was meant for everyone to acclimate to the academy. The tedious self-introduction segment was skipped, and after class, the four roommates left the classroom together, asking:

"Want to grab some food?"

"Let's go."

"Seriously, Old Chen, looking at how thin you are, your appetite is actually several times larger than the three of us combined."

"Uh... I can't help it... My constitution is special. Being born with divine strength is just how it is."

The four of them agreed to go to lunch together. Whenever the topic of eating came up, the other three couldn't help but look at Chen Ming. After spending a few days together, they had witnessed his heaven-defying appetite.

"Born with divine strength? Can you let us try it out?"

Hearing Chen Ming claim he was born with divine strength, Huo Tian wanted to test it. Upon hearing this, Chen Ming nodded and reached out, easily lifting the other boy up.

"Whoa! That's too exaggerated!"

Huo Tian struggled in Chen Ming's grip, unable to break free no matter how hard he tried. Feng Rulang and Lei Yuan also hung onto Chen Ming's arm to test his strength.

"Such immense power!"

"Old Chen, are you really a Tool Spirit Master? How is your strength even greater than Old Huo's, who has a Dragon-type Beast Spirit?"

Feng Rulang couldn't help but doubt whether Chen Ming was truly a Tool Spirit Master. After all, overpowering Huo Tian—a Beast Spirit Master with a Dragon-type spirit, which was recognized for having top-tier strength—was just too exaggerated!

"About that... perhaps once Old Huo obtains his first spirit ring, his strength will be greater than mine. I have a spirit ring, so it's normal for my strength to be a bit higher."

After arriving at the cafeteria, Chen Ming took out a large pot of rice he had steamed earlier in My World.

The other three were already used to it, but the other people eating in the cafeteria looked at Chen Ming with curiosity as he finished ten whole basins of rice, one after another, all of them left dumbfounded.

"Old Chen, I suspect that even if you were starving, you wouldn't be full even if you ate me."

Lei Yuan joked with a laugh, and the other two nodded in agreement. They couldn't figure out why he ate so much, yet never gained any weight.

"I don't eat people..."

Chen Ming was speechless. With the measly amount of meat on you, are you trying to feed a beggar? Thinking this, he sighed. He had already grown accustomed to the astonished gazes of the people around him.

"Let's play games together this afternoon."

"Sure."

"That works for me."

"I have something to do this afternoon, I need to head out."

There were no classes in the afternoon, and the three discussed playing games together. However, Chen Ming indicated he had to go out, and upon hearing this, the three didn't press him.

After lunch, Chen Ming parted ways with his roommates. He left the school gates and walked into an empty alleyway. After confirming no one was around, he moved his mind and entered My World.

"Let's go check out the Spirit Beast Forest today."

Chen Ming opened the dungeon menu, and the various dungeons and their descriptions appeared before him.

"Main World": Randomly refreshes spirit beast ages.

"Spirit Ascension Platform": You can increase spirit ring age here.

"Star Dou Forest Outer Perimeter": Spirit beasts range from ten to a thousand years, with a chance for ten-thousand-year ones.

"Star Dou Forest Inner Area": Spirit beasts range from a hundred to ten thousand years.

"Sunset Forest Core": Spirit beasts range from a thousand to a hundred thousand years.

"Far North": Spirit beasts range from a thousand to a hundred thousand years, with a chance for million-year ones.

"Star Dou Forest Core Area": Spirit beasts range from ten thousand to a hundred thousand years.

"Deep Sea Forbidden Land": All spirit beasts are over ten thousand years old.

"Star Dou Forest Forbidden Land": Only spirit beasts over a hundred thousand years old appear.

These were the only dungeons available for now; others like sects or the God Realm were not yet unlocked. Furthermore, the spirit beasts inside My World were randomly refreshed, and they would respawn after being hunted.

Chen Ming chose to head to the Star Dou Forest Outer Perimeter. After selecting the dungeon, his figure flashed and vanished.

[Loading terrain...]

Soon, his vision brightened again. A lush, green world came into view, and the primitive forest environment was refreshing.

Chen Ming turned his head and saw spirit beasts beginning to spawn in the distance. He immediately took flight to search for them.

The surrounding spirit beasts acted like AI, moving about the area, only turning to attack him once he drew near.

He began searching for a spirit beast that caught his eye. He searched for a long time without success. The age wasn't an issue, since there was the Spirit Ascension Platform to increase it—not only did Douluo Continent have one, but My World did as well.

He had to find a spirit beast with high compatibility. Since he was already using a cheat, he definitely had to find an incredibly powerful one.

Thinking this, Chen Ming continued to be picky. Age wasn't the problem; he wanted high compatibility, preferably the kind of spirit beast that was immensely powerful.

Soon, Chen Ming spotted a thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. This guy was very suitable for the Source of Destruction spirit and was a god-tier quality spirit beast.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger mastered the powers of wind, lightning, darkness, time, and evil, though its compatibility with the Golden Dragon King spirit was slightly lower.

Chen Ming descended from the sky, his Golden Dragon Body slamming a fierce strike onto his opponent, while the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger could only approach him with mechanical, sluggish steps before attacking once.

"I can't help but feel this is a bit silly... will there be any issues if I absorb it?"

Chen Ming hesitated, feeling that this Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, which had originated from My World, was rather dim-witted. Forget it, whatever!

Chen Ming switched to his Silver Dragon King martial soul and whittled the opponent down with fireballs, as his Golden Dragon King martial soul's methods lacked the attack range of the AI-programmed Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

After taking two hits, Chen Ming had already lost half his health, which was why he chose to switch martial souls and grind the opponent down with fireballs.

Soon, a soul ring appeared, and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger vanished on the spot, which amused Chen Ming; that was just how My World worked.

Chen Ming sat cross-legged on the ground to absorb the soul ring; even the absorption process only required him to sit down and click to absorb, making the entire experience painless.

Soon, another thousand-year soul ring came into view, and Chen Ming's level reached thirteen. The first soul skill of his Source of Destruction was named God-Destroying Transformation.

Its effect was to master the attributes of wind, thunder, darkness, and evil, increasing all his own attributes by fifty percent, increasing destruction attribute damage by fifty percent, and adding a grievous wound healing-reduction effect.

As a pure augmentation soul skill, Chen Ming's Source of Destruction martial soul had originally possessed only a single attribute of extreme destruction, but now that he had four additional attributes he could apply, his combat style became much more versatile.

After several days of searching, Chen Ming soon found a thousand-year Golden Dragon and a thousand-year Elemental Dragon.

The Golden Dragon King's first soul skill was Golden Dragon Body, an augmentation skill, while the Silver Dragon King's was Elemental Spirit Body, which increased elemental affinity and elemental damage.

Chen Ming's level reached fifteen, and he began to ponder: was he leveling up too quickly? If he were captured for research, it would be all over.

He immediately prepared to slow down; being too conspicuous was not a good thing. He promptly exited My World and returned to the Douluo Continent.

He had stayed inside for several days, but only a few hours had passed in the outside world.

ps: The third update for February 21st, totaling ten thousand words.