Gu Yue's Killing Intent

After listening to Su Mo's introduction, Wu Zhangkong instinctively looked toward Gu Yue.

If Su Mo and Gu Yue had not looked completely different and shared no similarity in their surnames, Wu Zhangkong would truly have suspected that they came from the same family.

There was no other reason. Su Mo's Martial Soul was simply far too similar to Gu Yue's Martial Soul.

To a certain extent, Gu Yue's Martial Soul was the superior version of Su Mo's.

Gu Yue, standing nearby, also looked at Su Mo with a face full of surprise.

Gu Yue knew better than anyone why she could control every element.

After the Dragon God's fall, she, as one half of the Dragon God, had inherited the Dragon God's authority over all elements.

And now, Su Mo, a mere human, could actually gain the same ability to control all elements by adding Soul Rings.

How could Gu Yue not be astonished?

One had to know that Elemental Control was not as simple as one plus one.

Every additional element mastered brought a qualitative leap in power.

Moreover, the seven elements of water, fire, wind, earth, space, light, and darkness existed everywhere throughout the world.

If Su Mo truly gathered all seven great elements in the future, along with his spiritual-type Martial Soul...

Gu Yue had no doubt that Su Mo could take that final step, condense Godhood, and attain godhood.

At that thought, Gu Yue could not help developing killing intent toward Su Mo.

At such a critical juncture, Gu Yue would absolutely not permit the human side to produce a god who could obstruct her plans.

Is this stupid mother dragon planning to kill me?

Catching the fleeting killing intent in Gu Yue's eyes, Su Mo was utterly confused. He did not understand why Gu Yue had suddenly developed killing intent toward him for no reason.

But Su Mo quickly came to a realization.

It had to be because his abilities were too similar to hers, causing Gu Yue to develop killing intent toward him.

Gu Yue was far too petty. He had merely displayed abilities similar to hers, yet she wanted to kill him.

No, he had to think of a way to dispel Gu Yue's killing intent.

Su Mo's mind raced as he tried to come up with a way to eliminate Gu Yue's desire to kill him.

Although Su Mo only needed to tell Gu Yue his identity to dispel the killing intent in her heart.

If he revealed his identity now, however, Gu Yue would be able to restrain him in many matters afterward, especially regarding his attitude toward Tang Wulin.

Su Mo was now one hundred percent certain of Tang Wulin's identity.

Tang Wulin possessed Blue Silver Grass and a mysterious bloodline. He had to be either Tang Hao's or Tang San's son.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain why Tang Hao had deliberately sent the Silver Dragon King to Tang Wulin in the first place.

One had to know that Tang San was not a generous person.

If Tang San had to choose between letting an outsider benefit from the Silver Dragon King or personally dealing with the Silver Dragon King himself.

Tang San would definitely choose the latter without hesitation.

For someone like Tang San, not profiting meant taking a loss.

This could be clearly seen from what that fellow named Huo Yuhao had gone through.

"Then what was that spiritual attack you used during the Class Promotion Tournament?"

Wu Zhangkong's sudden question gave Su Mo a reminder, making him think of a way to resolve Gu Yue's killing intent.

The reason Gu Yue had developed killing intent toward him was nothing more than the fact that his abilities were too similar to hers.

Then all he had to do was let Gu Yue know that he could not control every element as she could.

Su Mo spoke calmly. "Although my Martial Soul can grant me corresponding attributes through Soul Rings, I can only add the six attributes of water, fire, wind, lightning, earth, and spirit."

"If I forcibly absorb an attribute outside those six, I can only obtain a blank Soul Ring."

This time, Su Mo was not lying. He simply had not told the whole truth.

Besides the six attributes above, Su Mo could also add the Yang Attribute.

But Su Mo had no clues regarding the Yang Attribute for the time being.

Yet as the saying went, "A lone Yin cannot give birth, and a solitary Yang cannot grow; thus heaven and earth are paired through Yin and Yang."

Since Douluo Continent possessed spiritual power corresponding to the Yin Attribute, there had to be power corresponding to the Yang Attribute as well.

As long as Su Mo was willing to spend the time, he would eventually find a person or Soul Beast with Yang-Attribute power.

Upon hearing that Su Mo could only add six attributes, Wu Zhangkong felt a little disappointed.

But Wu Zhangkong quickly began consoling himself. "Being able to master five attributes plus spiritual power is already an excellent Martial Soul."

Gu Yue, meanwhile, visibly breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

I knew it. How could a mere human possess the same authority as me, the majestic Silver Dragon King?

Just moments ago, Gu Yue had already been prepared to return and inform Di Tian, then find an opportunity to kill Su Mo.

But now, Su Mo, who could only add five attributes, was no longer as dangerous as Gu Yue had imagined.

At most, Su Mo was a human with decent talent. There was no need for Gu Yue to risk being discovered by having Di Tian make a move.

After all, judging by Su Mo's earlier display, his background was certainly far from ordinary.

Otherwise, Su Mo could not have recognized the Tang Sect's secret techniques so easily.

"If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving first?"

After introducing his Martial Soul, Su Mo was already impatient to slip away.

But before Su Mo could even take a step, Wu Zhangkong stopped him. "Then doesn't that mean you can't..."

"That's right, exactly what you're thinking. My Martial Soul cannot add Soul Spirits like other people's can."

"Here, these are my Soul Rings!"

As he spoke, Su Mo revealed his Soul Rings before everyone as if he had simply given up trying.

"Wulin, I'm not dreaming, am I?"

Xie Xie rubbed his eyes hard, completely unable to believe what he was seeing.

But Xie Xie quickly realized just how much Su Mo had held back against them during the Class Promotion Tournament the day before yesterday.

Tang Wulin, standing nearby, was dumbfounded as well.

Tang Wulin now felt immensely fortunate that he had not followed Lao Tang's suggestion.

Otherwise, the three of them would definitely have been thrashed by a serious Su Mo.

Gu Yue stared at Su Mo with a complicated expression, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Those are 9,999-year Soul Rings?"

Seeing the two purple-black Soul Rings behind Su Mo, Wu Zhangkong was shocked despite having mentally prepared himself.

Wu Zhangkong had considered that Su Mo's Soul Rings might have high age limits, but he had not expected them to be this high.

The Old-Era Soul Master Cultivation System was truly terrifying.

Wu Zhangkong could now be one hundred percent certain that Su Mo followed the Old-Era Soul Master Cultivation System.

The so-called Old-Era Soul Master Cultivation System referred to the Soul Master system from before the Spirit Ice Douluo created the Spirit Pagoda ten thousand years ago.

Back then, Soul Masters could only obtain Soul Rings by hunting Soul Beasts.

Of course, the old system had not been eliminated because it was outdated and inferior to the current Soul Spirit System.

On the contrary, the old system was even more powerful than the current Soul Spirit System.

Among the Federation's top factions, the old cultivation system was still very popular.

The Soul Spirit System had become mainstream only because the present number of Soul Beasts was insufficient to support the vast number of Soul Masters continuing along the old cultivation path.

In the past, becoming a Titled Douluo required hunting at least nine Soul Beasts to gather nine Soul Rings.

But now, if one dared hunt Soul Beasts without the Federation's approval, one would be thrown into prison in no time.

Choosing the Soul Spirit System was merely a helpless choice for most Soul Masters.

Artificial Soul Spirits, aside from eliminating the need to hunt Soul Beasts...

Whether in terms of the Soul Skills they provided or the enhancement they gave Soul Masters themselves, they were far inferior to the old system.

For someone like Su Mo to possess level 29 cultivation at the age of nine, the two near-ten-thousand-year Soul Rings behind him had contributed enormously.

But how could Wu Zhangkong know that these two Soul Rings, infinitely close to ten thousand years, had been nurtured by Su Mo using his own Soul Power?

When Su Mo had transformed into a human, he had deliberately used the Strength of a Hundred Technique to store away part of his Soul Power for precisely this moment.

As the era progressed, increasing a Soul Ring's age limit had long ceased to be anything remarkable on Douluo Continent.

As long as one's Soul Power and physical constitution could keep up, Soul Rings below ten thousand years could have their age limits raised at will.