The Soul Ring rose above Qin Tian's head, and a vast energy poured down, threatening to destroy his body.
Having already absorbed a Soul Ring once, Qin Tian was well prepared. He circulated his Soul Power with all his might, refining the energy of the Soul Ring as it entered his body.
The energy contained in a nine-thousand-five-hundred-year Soul Ring was terrifying. The Diamond Tiger was no ordinary Soul Beast; its bloodline was extraordinary, so the Soul Ring it produced upon death contained far more energy than its appearance suggested.
Qin Tian had a powerful physique, but even he gritted his teeth and endured the impact of such tremendous energy.
"Roar!"
A tiger's roar rang out in his Divine Sea.
Qin Tian's brows knitted tightly, and his expression turned grim. He hadn't expected the Diamond Tiger's Soul Ring to unleash a spiritual shock. Caught completely off guard, he had nearly suffered a serious setback.
Fortunately, he had crossed over with the souls of two lives combined, giving him spiritual power far beyond that of ordinary people. On top of that, absorbing a Soul Ring once before had further strengthened his spiritual power.
He peered into his Divine Sea and saw the Diamond Tiger appear within it. Without the slightest hesitation, he manifested his Martial Soul, the Holy Light Tiger King.
"You're dead and still won't rest. I could kill you once when you were alive. Do you think I'd fear the remnants of your soul now?"
Qin Tian paid no heed to the Diamond Tiger's lingering soul. His Martial Soul was the Holy Light Tiger King, a supreme Beast Martial Soul with sacred and light attributes. How could the Diamond Tiger compare?
They were both tiger-type Soul Beasts, and his Martial Soul could easily suppress any tiger-type Soul Beast. Besides, the Divine Sea was his battlefield, while the Diamond Tiger was nothing more than a remnant soul. How could it possibly defeat him?
Furthermore, the Diamond Tiger's spiritual power wasn't strong. It hadn't truly reached ten thousand years. The reason its soul had lingered in its Soul Ring before then came down to two factors.
The first was the Diamond Tiger's age: nine thousand five hundred years, just a few hundred years short of becoming a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
The second was the power of the Diamond Tiger's bloodline, which showed just how much potential it had.
A moment later, Qin Tian watched as the Diamond Tiger's remnant soul dissipated. Its remaining soul power turned into specks of light and strengthened his spiritual sea.
Snake Lance Douluo watched Qin Tian's furrowed brows relax and finally breathed a sigh of relief. The knot of worry in his heart had at last loosened.
He had safely weathered the spiritual shock. Now all he had to do was refine the Soul Ring's energy. With Qin Tian's physique, it was only a matter of time.
After destroying the Diamond Tiger's remnant soul, Qin Tian once again looked inward. As he refined the Soul Ring's energy, he channeled his immense Soul Power to force open his blocked meridians.
Time slipped by unnoticed. Before long, three hours had passed.
The sun had been high in the sky when they arrived. Now the stars shone brilliantly overhead.
The rustling all around them was constant, and the roars of beasts came one after another.
Qin Tian opened his eyes and let out a long breath of stale air, excitement gleaming in his gaze.
His Second Soul Ring was nine thousand five hundred years old, and he'd succeeded. The process had been a little rocky, but the result was cause for celebration.
A nine-thousand-five-hundred-year Soul Ring far surpassed the Fourth Soul Ring of an ordinary Soul Ancestor. It was even twice the age of many Soul Ancestors' Rings. An ordinary Soul King's Fifth Soul Ring was only eight or nine thousand years old.
"Xiaotian, did anything go wrong?"
Hearing Snake Lance Douluo's question, Qin Tian shook his head slightly. His movement made his body crack and pop.
After refining the Soul Ring, he had grown taller once more. He was now around one meter sixty.
His height had shot up, and once again his clothes had grown too small. Looking at his sleeves, he felt rather helpless.
"Xiaotian, we should head back. If we don't return soon, the Young Master will start to worry."
At that, Qin Tian raised his eyes to check the sky, then immediately stood up.
"Elder Snake Lance, we should go back. Sister Xue is waiting for us!"
Hearing Qin Tian's words, Snake Lance Douluo immediately took him toward Heaven Dou City.
The aura of a Titled Douluo kept the Soul Beasts in Sunset Forest at a distance. They encountered no danger along the way.
After returning to the Crown Prince Palace, Qin Tian went to the main hall. Seeing Qian Renxue seated there, he smiled.
"Sister Xue, I'm back."
Qian Renxue had been lost in thought. At the sound of Qin Tian's voice, she gathered herself and turned to look at him.
"Xiaotian, were you satisfied with what you gained on this trip?"
Qin Tian nodded. "Sister Xue, listen—I didn't get just one Soul Ring this time. I got two."
Qian Renxue frowned at his words, confusion and doubt in her eyes.
"Two Soul Rings?"
"Xiaotian, come with me."
As if she had remembered something, Qian Renxue's expression darkened as she headed toward the study.
Qin Tian immediately followed her.
Once they reached the study, Qian Renxue opened the secret passage and walked straight inside.
Seeing this, Qin Tian glanced around before stepping in after her.
In the secret chamber, Qian Renxue looked at Qin Tian and spoke in a low voice.
"Xiaotian, did you give your Second Martial Soul a Soul Ring?"
Qin Tian was taken aback, then shook his head.
"Sister Xue, I didn't give my Second Martial Soul a Soul Ring. After I got a Soul Ring for my First Martial Soul, my Soul Power reached level twenty, so I asked Elder Snake Lance to find a suitable Soul Beast for my Second Soul Ring."
Qian Renxue's expression shifted slightly as she listened. She let out a deep breath.
"Good. It's good that you didn't give your Second Martial Soul a Soul Ring."
Qin Tian immediately explained.
"Sister Xue, did you forget? I refined quite a lot of Whale Rubber before. Its energy had been accumulating in my body. Then I fused with a fifty-thousand-year-old left leg bone, and on top of that, there was the energy from my First Soul Ring. With all of that combined, it's not impossible that my level reached twenty."
Qian Renxue nodded slightly at his explanation.
"Mm. Whale Rubber does contain quite a lot of energy. Even I gained two levels after refining it."
"Xiaotian, how old is your First Soul Ring? And your Second?"
At her question, the corners of Qin Tian's mouth lifted, and a smug smile spread across his face.
"Hehe!"
"Sister Xue, my First Soul Ring came from a Golden Light Tiger. It's over four thousand five hundred years old. My Second came from a Diamond Tiger, and it's over nine thousand five hundred years old."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Tian summoned his Martial Soul and activated Martial Soul Possession.
Qian Renxue looked at Qin Tian after his Martial Soul Possession, then at the two Soul Rings around his feet. Even though she had been prepared, she couldn't keep calm.
His First Soul Ring was already a thousand-year purple Soul Ring—and not a pale shade of purple, but a pure, vivid purple.
His Second Soul Ring was black tinged with purple, rather than purple tinged with black.
Anyone could see at a glance that the two Soul Rings were vastly different in age.
"Xiaotian, what can your two Soul Skills do?"
"Sister Xue, both of my Soul Skills are percentage-based enhancement skills. I named my First Soul Skill White Tiger Battle Body. It boosts my attack, defense, strength, and speed by one hundred and fifty percent, increases my resistance to abnormal states, and lets me ignore one of the enemy's control skills."
"My Second Soul Skill is called White Tiger Diamond Transformation. It boosts my attack, defense, and strength by two hundred percent, and gives me an additional one-hundred-percent boost to Soul Power."
"Most importantly, I can stack my Second Soul Skill with my First."
By the time he finished speaking, Qian Renxue was already stunned.
She knew about enhancement skills and percentage-based boosts, but she had never seen anything this powerful.
Whose First Soul Skill boosted them by one hundred and fifty percent? Whose Second Soul Skill gave a two-hundred-percent boost? And these skills enhanced everything—attack, defense, speed, and strength. They even increased Soul Power.
They also increased resistance to abnormal states and let him ignore one of the enemy's control skills.
How could this be an enhancement Soul Skill? This was practically...
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