Second Spirit Ring

Snake Lance Douluo looked at Qin Tian, immediately took two quick steps, grabbed Qin Tian's shoulders, and channeled his soul power into his body to begin an examination.

"Xiao Tian, don't resist, I'm going to check your physical body and soul power."

Listening to Snake Lance Douluo, Qin Tian closed his eyes slightly and did not resist, instead allowing him to proceed with the check.

He was not worried about his soul bone being discovered; even if it were, Snake Lance Douluo would not move against him.

Having a soul bone shortly after awakening, one didn't need to guess where it came from; how could Elder Snake Lance not be clear about these things?

After the examination, Snake Lance Douluo looked at Qin Tian with the expression of someone looking at a monster.

"What a powerful physique. Your body is already comparable to a high-level Soul Ancestor. It's a pity your mental power doesn't meet the standard, otherwise, you could have directly absorbed a ten-thousand-year soul ring."

"Xiao Tian, the Young Master is truly good to you, to have even given you a soul bone."

"A four-thousand-five-hundred-year soul ring plus the energy of the Whale Rubber, along with a soul bone and twenty levels of soul power, it really is..."

Speaking to the end, Snake Lance Douluo felt quite emotional. A soul bone—that was a treasure of the blood river; even a thousand-year soul bone, if leaked to the outside world, would cause a storm of blood.

Thinking that he himself didn't have many soul bones, while Qin Tian had one just after awakening his martial soul, he felt quite...

Hearing Snake Lance Douluo's words, Qin Tian just chuckled but didn't say much.

"Xiao Tian, with your current physique, you can absorb any soul ring under ten thousand years. Do you have any ideas for your second soul ring?"

Listening to Snake Lance Douluo's inquiry, Qin Tian did not rush to answer, but instead began to ponder.

In his understanding, a soul master's first few soul skills were basically rarely used after reaching the Title Douluo realm; for no other reason than that their lethality was too low.

If he sought an offensive soul skill, it would definitely be phased out in the future. To maximize benefits, the best choice was to continue acquiring augmentation soul skills.

An augmentation soul skill could bring him great benefits even after becoming a Title Douluo.

After some contemplation, Qin Tian made his decision.

"Elder Snake Lance, I want to acquire another augmentation soul skill. As for the choice of soul beast, it would be best if it were a tiger-type soul beast."

"My martial soul is the Holy Light Tiger King, which has a natural advantage over tiger-type soul beasts."

Hearing Qin Tian's words, Snake Lance Douluo looked at him and pondered to himself.

"An augmentation soul skill, a tiger-type soul beast—that's a pretty good choice. Your martial soul is the Holy Light Tiger King, so choosing a soul beast that is also a tiger for your soul ring is an excellent selection. It's just that augmentation soul skills from tiger-type soul beasts are few and far between; I need to think carefully."

A moment later, a light appeared in his eyes.

"I've got it. The inherited martial soul of the Star Luo Imperial Family, the Evil Eye White Tiger, although not as good as your Holy Light Tiger King, has a soul skill among its first three that has always used the Diamond Tiger as its soul ring, and this soul skill is a percentage-based augmentation skill."

"Xiao Tian, how about choosing the Diamond Tiger for your second soul ring?"

Listening to Snake Lance Douluo and thinking of Dai Mubai's third soul skill, Qin Tian immediately nodded in agreement.

"Elder Snake Lance, then I will take the Diamond Tiger as my second soul ring. As for the age, I hope for around nine thousand years."

Snake Lance Douluo nodded slightly, his eyes scanning the surroundings, a sharp glint flickering within them.

"The Diamond Tiger—the Sunset Forest should have them. A nine-thousand-year Diamond Tiger; I'm afraid we'll have to search quite a bit."

After Snake Lance Douluo finished speaking, he grabbed Qin Tian by the collar and flew toward the sky.

Being lifted by Snake Lance Douluo and flying through the void, Qin Tian really wanted to say that he could also fly after using Martial Soul Possession, but after thinking about it, he didn't speak up.

If he were to fly himself, it would consume quite a bit of soul power. Even though he now had twenty levels of soul power, being in the Sunset Forest, a gathering place for soul beasts, meant he should save every bit of soul power he could.

After all, no one knew what would happen in the next second.

High in the sky, Qin Tian looked at the Sunset Forest below, his eyes scanning constantly.

If he remembered correctly, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was in the Sunset Forest, but he didn't know the specific location.

The Sunset Forest was not as large as the Star Dou Great Forest, but it was not small either, and its core area was quite vast.

Right now, as Snake Lance Douluo took him through the high altitude to search for soul beasts, he could take the opportunity to look for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

There was poisonous miasma near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and the aura it emitted would certainly be unusual.

With this in mind, Qin Tian began his search.

When they had been searching in the central area for half an hour, Qin Tian looked at the poisonous miasma below, and his heart couldn't help but jolt.

The mountain peak was surrounded by poisonous miasma, and the outer perimeter was covered in Green Scale Seven Absolute Flowers—large patches of them. At this moment, he was certain that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was right here.

Qin Tian steadied his emotions, glanced at Snake Lance Douluo, then looked at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. After noting the location in his mind, he stopped thinking about it.

"Xiao Tian, found it."

Snake Lance Douluo looked at the Diamond Tiger below and immediately dove down.

After landing, Qin Tian looked at the Diamond Tiger not far away, his brows furrowed slightly.

The Diamond Tiger before them was over eight meters tall with thick limbs. Its entire body was covered in brownish-yellow fur that looked like it had been cast from metal, with some of the fur being dark gold. Its tiger head was broad, the white fur on its forehead formed the character 'King', its fangs were exposed, and its eyes were golden, with an exceptionally fierce gaze.

"Xiao Tian, the skin of a Diamond Tiger is as tough as metal and iron, with extremely strong defense. Coupled with its sharp claws and teeth, this Diamond Tiger should be over nine thousand five hundred years old. Its powerful defense and attack power are such that even a Soul King would take a detour upon encountering it, and a Soul Emperor wouldn't want to provoke it either."

The Diamond Tiger looked at the two humans who had appeared before it and was immediately stunned. It was just patrolling its territory as usual; how did two humans suddenly break in?

"Roar!"

Looking at the one large and one small human before it, it felt a threat from the tall human.

Snake Lance Douluo heard the tiger's roar, but he didn't care at all; in his eyes, a nine-thousand-year-old Diamond Tiger was something he could kill with a wave of his hand.

"Elder Snake Lance, I'll have to trouble you to take action so we can finish this quickly and head back."

Hearing Qin Tian's words, Snake Lance Douluo looked at the Diamond Tiger, no longer holding back the aura of a Title Douluo as a massive pressure descended upon the beast, causing it to tremble in fear.

Under the manipulation of Snake Lance Douluo, terrifying soul power pinned the beast down firmly.

Seeing this, Qin Tian took a short sword from his storage Soul Tool and headed toward the Diamond Tiger.

The Diamond Tiger stared fixedly at Qin Tian with its tiger eyes; if it could, it would definitely swallow Qin Tian whole.

Looking at the Diamond Tiger, Qin Tian did not hesitate in the slightest, plunging the short sword into its eye and giving it a forceful twist.

After finishing, he withdrew the short sword, stepped back a few paces, and waited quietly.

A moment later, specks of purple light diffused from the Diamond Tiger's body, converging in the void to form a ring of light.

This ring was different from the previous ones; while the earlier rings were pure purple, the one before him was black with a hint of purple, with black occupying the majority and purple being extremely scarce.

"A nine-thousand-five-hundred-year-old soul beast, just a few hundred years shy of being a ten-thousand-year soul beast. I wonder if there will be any lingering vengeful spirits in the soul ring?"

Just as Snake Lance Douluo was pondering this, Qin Tian had already sat cross-legged and begun to draw the soul ring in to absorb it.

Seeing this, Snake Lance Douluo sighed helplessly; it was too late for him to interrupt now. All he could do was wait patiently, and if Qin Tian truly encountered a crisis while absorbing the soul ring, he would then step in to forcibly stop the process.

However, if that were to happen, Qin Tian would inevitably be affected, suffering damage to his meridians at best or his foundation at worst, but that would still be better than exploding and dying.