Lin Yu's Fifth Soul Ring

"Mm, the Hell Spirit Cat's soul ring suits me perfectly." Zhu Zhuqing nodded excitedly.

"This soul ring is a two-thousand-year one, granting me the skill Ghostly Slash. It's an extension of my first skill. The claw blades on my fingers rapidly merge together, forming a foot-long blade. When infused with Soul Power, a black blade of light condenses along a straight line and cleaves down with immense destructive force. Not only that, but when I use the skill, it also has a concealing effect." Zhu Zhuqing could no longer maintain her usual cold demeanor; instead, her face was filled with hope for life.

"Not bad." Hearing Zhu Zhuqing's words, Lin Yu felt pleased as well, because from her description alone, he could already tell that the skill she had obtained this time was essentially an upgraded version of her original third soul skill.

"I'm very satisfied with your choice. After we return to Martial Soul City, there's another gift waiting for you." Lin Yu nodded approvingly at Zhu Zhuqing, then continued searching for his own soul ring.

This time, Lin Yu needed to obtain his fifth soul ring. For his fourth soul ring, he had already acquired a fifteen-thousand-year one, so this time he planned to get one around thirty thousand years.

However, this time, Lin Yu probably wouldn't be able to obtain a spider soul ring, since aside from the royal clan, spider-type soul beasts generally didn't have very high age limits.

"Xiao Yu, what kind of soul beast do you plan to get a soul ring from?" As they ventured deeper, the age of the surrounding soul beasts gradually rose to the ten-thousand-year level.

But after searching for a long time, Lin Yu still hadn't found a suitable soul beast.

So now, even Yue Guan couldn't help asking, since the Star Dou Forest was still very dangerous.

It was well known that it harbored two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, and the hidden ones of that age were countless. Yue Guan was starting to worry, as they had already spent a considerable amount of time in the Star Dou Forest.

"Suitable soul beasts are too scarce. Although we did encounter a few fitting ones these past few days, their ages were too low. Let's search a bit more. If we still can't find a suitable one, I'll just pick a lower-aged soul beast for my fifth soul ring." Lin Yu could only shake his head helplessly.

"Eh!? What kind of soul beast is this?" Just then, Dugu Bo, who was scouting ahead for a suitable soul beast for Lin Yu, suddenly let out a surprised exclamation.

"You dead chrysanthemum, come take a look and see if this soul beast fits that kid Xiao Yu." Dugu Bo quickly returned to Lin Yu and the others, directly calling Yue Guan over to check if the beast was suitable.

Although Dugu Bo did have some friction with Yue Guan, he had to admit that Yue Guan's knowledge base far surpassed his own.

"What soul beast could make you, old poison, not recognize it? You're a Titled Douluo." Yue Guan was also a bit surprised after hearing Dugu Bo's words.

"Let's go take a look." Lin Yu, intrigued by Dugu Bo's words, headed straight for the place where Dugu Bo had found the soul beast.

When everyone saw the soul beast, their faces also showed expressions of surprise.

Because the soul beast Dugu Bo had spotted seemed to be one they had never encountered before. It was also a spider-type soul beast, but its entire body was blood-red, with a massive size reaching four to five meters, exuding a terrifying aura.

"If we judge its age by spider soul beast standards, this one just barely fits the requirements for Xiao Yu's fifth soul ring. But this soul beast isn't recorded anywhere, so I don't know if this method of judgment is correct." Ghost squinted slightly as he looked at the soul beast.

Even Ghost found this soul beast somewhat unusual.

"I'll take this one." Lin Yu didn't overthink it and made his decision on the spot.

After all, high-level spider soul beasts weren't common. Reaching the thirty-thousand-year level meant the beast's grade was definitely not low.

"Alright, but we're in the Star Dou Forest. If we can't defeat it quickly, given the strength this soul beast possesses at its age, it might attract the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts here. So, Xiao Yu, don't intervene this time. We'll take it down directly, and then you can just absorb the soul ring." With that, Yue Guan and Ghost made their move.

With two Super Douluo acting, a thirty-thousand-year soul beast was like taking candy from a baby. In just a short while, it collapsed to the ground, completely unable to move.

For this soul beast, Lin Yu released his Eight Spider Lances Soul Bone and stabbed them directly into the blood-red spider's body.

As the Soul Bone's innate devouring ability activated, the energy belonging to this blood-red spider surged entirely toward Lin Yu.

The pitch-black ten-thousand-year soul ring slowly materialized at that moment, then directly merged with Lin Yu.

As the soul ring gradually integrated into Lin Yu's body, his body began to change. His skin started to flush red.

Even Lin Yu's expression turned somewhat pained.

This was the first time such a thing had happened since he awakened his martial soul and began absorbing soul rings.

"What's going on? Has this soul ring's age exceeded Lin Yu's absorption limit?" Dugu Bo watched Lin Yu absorbing the ring with concern.

At this point, even Yue Guan and Ghost grew worried.

"Don't worry, Xiao Yu wouldn't do something without being sure." Although Yue Guan was also concerned, he still spoke words of reassurance.

Zhu Zhuqing watched Lin Yu with a face full of worry, but she said nothing.

Finally, after about an hour, the abnormalities on Lin Yu's body subsided.

Seeing this, Yue Guan and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hoo~, I didn't expect this soul beast's age to reach forty thousand years, but in the end, it was a close call." Lin Yu opened his eyes, a look of having narrowly escaped disaster in them.

Just now, Lin Yu had almost failed to hold on. It was only at the last moment that the Undying Emperor Spider appeared, causing this soul beast to voluntarily restrain its soul power and merge into Lin Yu's body.

In the end, Lin Yu was able to absorb it successfully only because part of the power was channeled into the Eight Spider Lances.

Because of this, Lin Yu finally learned the name of this soul beast.

"This soul beast is called the Blood Jade Spider King. It's a rank lower than soul beasts like the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor. The skill it gave me is called Mandrake's Kiss. When activated, I can absorb the opponent's blood to restore my own state to its peak, and at the same time, my damage output increases by 35%." Lin Yu was pleasantly surprised. He hadn't expected the skill from this soul beast to be so powerful.

"It seems this soul beast was a perfect fit for you." Hearing Lin Yu's words, Yue Guan was happy for him too.

After all, the more powerful the soul skill, the stronger the Soul Master.

"Now it's time to head back." Having obtained a suitable soul ring, they could now return to Martial Soul City, but Lin Yu felt a trace of melancholy.