The Rouge Soft-Muscle Python!

(The previous version has already been changed. Being too base is bad; too much is as bad as too little. Let's go with Liu Bei's incubus version, ahem.)

"The item's at the East Sea Spirit Pagoda branch. Here's the password. Just go pick it up."

The call ended, but Ji Fengyu's heart was still pounding, and he could hardly calm himself.

The Rouge Soft-Muscle Python!

Jiang Nannan's Spirit Soul was powerful in battle, and it also had an utterly outrageous ability: it could share its master's Soul Skills!

Jiang Nannan's Teleportation, Invincible Golden Body, Soft Bone Lock... the Rouge Soft-Muscle Python could use them all.

Tell me that isn't overpowered!

Ji Fengyu had had his eye on this Spirit Soul for a long time, but its power also made it highly sought after.

After ten thousand years of people scrambling to get one, this Spirit Soul had become incredibly rare.

It had taken the person backing him two years to finally find a hundred-year Rouge Soft-Muscle Python.

Heart Separation Control was pretty useful, too.

Although the Rainbow Dragon King lasted far longer than the Rainbow Dragon and the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda, it was still important to manage his Soul Power wisely.

Ji Fengyu hurried straight to the Spirit Pagoda, grinning from ear to ear.

Only after he got his hands on the Rouge Soft-Muscle Python—the perfect first Spirit Soul for his Skin Martial Soul—did he finally feel at ease.

Ji Fengyu arrived at his little repair shop in Eastsea City.

Rainbow Mecha Repair.

He'd been a genius when he studied auto repair in his previous life.

He hadn't expected to be even more talented at repairing mechas in Douluo Continent. He'd reached level three as a mecha repairer at just nine years old and was already close to level four.

Still, this second profession wasn't as important as his other ones, and Ji Fengyu's talent in it wasn't quite as eye-catching.

Besides, he wasn't open for business today.

After entering the shop and locking the door, Ji Fengyu took out the Rouge Soft-Muscle Python he'd been longing for.

It was a delicate little snake the color of rouge,

coiled quietly inside its Spirit Soul Ball.

Ji Fengyu grabbed it and refined it in an instant!

A lustrous, jade-white sheen began to flow across his skin, faintly tinged with rouge.

A face as if dusted with powder, lips as if painted with rouge, and the bearing of a hero. Hold on, this setup... was this Liu Bei?

Yellow! Yellow!

Two new hundred-year Soul Rings rose from beneath his feet, their power terrifying!

The Rouge Soft-Muscle Python, which had been quietly coiled inside the Spirit Soul Ball, crawled out and wrapped itself around Ji Fengyu's shoulder.

It had grown quite a bit, reaching two and a half meters long and as thick as a wrist. Its tender pink scales carried a fierce air.

"First Soul Skill, Dragon-Snake Transformation. Increases strength and speed by 100%, defense by 50%, and enhances the body's flexibility."

Strength and speed both rated A?

"Second Soul Skill, Snake Molting. A trick for escaping by shedding its skin. It can avoid one attack, leave behind a decoy, dispel negative effects, and turn invisible."

Ji Fengyu was extremely satisfied with both new Soul Skills.

The first Soul Skill, Dragon-Snake Transformation, gave him a powerful boost. The second, Snake Molting, was useful and could save his life.

Along with the combat boost from his Skin Martial Soul and the Rouge Soft-Muscle Python fighting alongside him,

even this Auxiliary Soul Master now had a little bit of fighting power.

Skin was one of the most important organs of the human body.

As a Body Martial Soul, it was among the very best.

The Rouge Soft-Muscle Python was also an exceptional Spirit Soul. Put two powerhouses together, and of course the result was satisfying.

"I'll call you Rouge."

Ji Fengyu gently stroked the Rouge Soft-Muscle Python's head, then recalled his Spirit Soul.

This hundred-year Spirit Soul could share his Dragon-Snake Transformation and Snake Molting skills. Add in its own constriction and deadly poison,

and it was no exaggeration to say that, with the Spirit Soul alone, it could kill a level-29 Soul Grandmaster one-on-one!

After his Skin Martial Soul absorbed the Rouge Soft-Muscle Python Spirit Soul,

Ji Fengyu took out the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect's Heart Separation Control method and began reading.

In this era, people had a thorough understanding of spiritual power, making Heart Separation Control—a cultivation method that tested and trained spiritual power—all the more precious.

Ten thousand years ago, the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect had backed the wrong side and been wiped out, with only a thin remnant escaping to the other two continents.

The Heart Separation Control method had been lost on Douluo Continent.

It was even harder to obtain than the Rouge Soft-Muscle Python.

"My spiritual power is 108 points, at the Spirit Connection Realm. I can just manage two hundred-year Spirit Souls."

"If I want to steadily increase my spiritual power, I have to start with Heart Separation Control."

After committing the Heart Separation Control method to memory, Ji Fengyu closed his eyes and began to meditate.

The stages of Heart Separation Control were:

Three-Orifice Control Heart, Four-Orifice Constant Heart, Five-Orifice Dispersion Heart, Six-Orifice Wishful Heart, and Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart.

With his current spiritual power, he could reach the first stage, Three-Orifice Control Heart, with ease. But advancing further would be difficult until his spiritual power improved.

Even so, Three-Orifice Control Heart brought him a considerable boost.

Before, he'd relied on the Rainbow Dragon King's ability to cover everything for a long time. Now he could release three Soul Skills at once and precisely assign them to three teammates.

"I can only keep an eye on three ordinary teammates, but if they have Dragon attributes, I can precisely support five."

"What's the story behind my Rainbow Dragon King Martial Soul?"

"Why is it so good with Dragon attributes? It's more than a cut above an ordinary Rainbow Dragon!"

Ji Fengyu remembered the setting from Douluo II: the Rainbow Dragon was the queen of the Dragon Clan, and every Rainbow Dragon would become a Dragon King's wife.

So what about the ruler of the Rainbow Dragon Clan?

Her other half had to be at least on the level of one of the Nine Great Dragon Kings.

And he dared say his Rainbow Dragon King Martial Soul could absolutely rival the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. If his teammates had Dragon attributes, it was even stronger than the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

"Level 24..."

After absorbing the Rouge Soft-Muscle Python, his Soul Power had risen by one level as naturally as water flowing into a channel.

Ji Fengyu let out a soft breath.

He activated a specialized Soul Tool, checked Eastsea City's weather, and studied where a rainbow might appear.

His Martial Soul was the Rainbow Dragon King, and his Seven-Colored Crown Spirit Soul could absorb the power of rainbows. A rainbow was the perfect simulated environment for him.

Ever since awakening his Martial Soul, Ji Fengyu had been chasing rainbows.

Unfortunately, the weather in Eastsea City had been clear lately, with no conditions for a rainbow to form.

It seemed he'd have to wait until after the typhoon in the story and try his luck.

Ji Fengyu put away the Soul Tool and focused on meditation.

For the next while, he meditated and cultivated, practicing Heart Separation Control.

He didn't return to school until the opening ceremony was almost upon them.

"Hey, Brother Ji!"

When he saw Xie Xie again, the guy's face was full of frustration and dejection.

He and Ji Fengyu had been in the same class,

but after fighting Tang Wulin, he'd been kicked down to class five. Xie Xie was absolutely miserable.

"Xie Xie, how've you been lately?"

Ji Fengyu took one look at Xie Xie's drooping, dispirited expression and guessed what had happened, but still asked with a suppressed laugh.

"Don't even ask!"

"That damned Tang Wulin got me transferred from class one to class five!"

"I spent tens of thousands to get him to fight me, but I got beaten up twice instead. There's something strange about that kid!"

Xie Xie poured out his grievances.

Tang Wulin had also arrived at the field, but when he heard Xie Xie talking about him, he stayed far away instead of coming over.

Tang Wulin wasn't angry.

After all, he was the winner. He'd not only won Xie Xie's money, but also dragged him from class one to class five. He'd won both face and fortune.

He could let Xie Xie say a couple of things.

But Tang Wulin still had to curse him.

"Damn city folk, how dare you talk behind my back?"

"You've brought death upon yourself!"