Silver Hero Beast, Imprint!

The battle between the Silver Hero Beast and the Dark Gold Bear ended quickly.

The former had somehow Imprinted a set of soul skills. All three Imprinted soul skills were of the spiritual attribute, and through a proper combination, it crushed the Dark Gold Bear on the mental level.

"No wonder it managed to survive and cultivate to ten thousand years. This Silver Hero Beast isn't stupid."

"It's not just intelligence. It must have a substantial Imprint library. It has probably gathered information on all kinds of nearby soul beasts."

The two Soul Emperors analyzed the situation.

Director Chi nodded.

"Correct. But no matter how clever it was, it still fell for it. It used up all three of its Imprint opportunities."

"Yeah."

The two Soul Emperors did not hesitate. Above one of their heads appeared the phantom of a Blazing Wolf King. Crimson flames coiled around his body, and his hands had transformed into wolf claws. Fiery power surrounded the tips of his claws, and every swing unleashed several Crimson Flame Claws.

The other Soul Emperor let out a piercing cry as a pair of enormous wings appeared at his sides. With every flap, powerful currents of air surged forth.

Wind fueled the flames.

In the blink of an eye, the crimson wolf claws slammed into the Silver Hero Beast.

The Silver Hero Beast was caught completely off guard by the sudden attack.

It looked toward the direction Su Fan and the others had appeared from, its face filled with shock.

How could this be?

There shouldn't have been anyone over there.

It checked its surroundings every day.

It had checked them before this hunt as well.

It never expected—

Before it had time to regret anything, the Silver Hero Beast used every means at its disposal and struggled to flee.

Director Chi snorted coldly. The Diamond Shield flew out and smashed down directly onto the path ahead of the Silver Hero Beast, blocking its way.

Behind it, the crimson wolf claws struck again.

In only a few breaths, one Soul Saint and two Soul Emperors joined forces to subdue the Silver Hero Beast.

"How is it? Do you have a more powerful Soul Tool?" Director Chi asked.

Su Fan nodded.

He took out a fourth-grade Soul Tool dagger.

The dagger was engraved with numerous repeated sharpness and Armor-Piercing Core Arrays.

As Soul Power flowed into it, a dazzling, razor-sharp light immediately shot from the tip of the dagger.

With a swift rise and fall of his hand—

The dagger plunged into the Silver Hero Beast's body.

Boom!

The Silver Hero Beast's Soul Power abruptly collapsed within its body, then began to gather under an invisible law of heaven and earth.

A pitch-black Soul Ring slowly formed.

Su Fan took a deep breath and calmed himself.

He sat cross-legged and drew in the Soul Ring.

Everything proceeded with familiar ease.

Boom!

Terrifying Soul Power erupted within his body.

The Heavenly Circuit Apertures had long since begun operating, reinforcing his meridians and suppressing the surge of Soul Power.

Outside, Su Fan merely let out a muffled groan, showing no other adverse reaction.

Seeing this, Director Chi let out a breath of relief.

He had withstood the impact of the Soul Power.

Next would come the spiritual shock.

Hopefully, having opened his Sea of Consciousness would allow this kid to endure it.

Within the Sea of Consciousness—

Su Fan condensed his spiritual form.

He watched the streams of silver energy continuously pour into his Sea of Consciousness, his expression calm.

After waiting for a long while, the silver streams gathered into the shape of the Silver Hero Beast.

It roared at Su Fan, then began charging wildly through his Sea of Consciousness.

Su Fan snorted coldly.

The sole Soul Aperture in his Sea of Consciousness began to operate.

Spiritual power flowed into the Soul Aperture. After passing through it, it seemed to awaken, becoming active and transforming into a huge, ferocious beast that directly wrapped itself around the Silver Hero Beast's remnant soul.

It devoured it madly!

That was right—devoured it.

Su Fan possessed no spiritual talent.

So he had to seize every opportunity to improve his spiritual power.

The spiritual shock from this Ten-Thousand Year Soul Ring was called a crisis, but it was also an opportunity.

If he consumed this remnant soul, his spiritual power would likewise be nourished.

The giant beast wrapped up the Silver Hero Beast's remnant soul and threw it directly into the Soul Aperture.

The Soul Aperture began to operate.

"Refine it for me!"

Su Fan sat at the center of his Sea of Consciousness, fully controlling the Soul Aperture.

Once his body outside gradually adapted to the Soul Power impact of the Ten-Thousand Year Soul Ring, he even withdrew the Heavenly Circuit Apertures.

Within his Sea of Consciousness, he condensed countless illusory Aperture phantoms, strengthening this sole Soul Aperture.

Rumble!

The Silver Hero Beast first struggled, then let out terrified roars that echoed through Su Fan's Sea of Consciousness.

Yet no matter how it wailed, it was useless.

At that moment, Su Fan had only one word in mind.

Refine!

Time passed.

Five hours later.

Su Fan slowly opened his eyes.

Director Chi let out a breath of relief.

"You're finally awake."

The time spent absorbing this Soul Ring had already exceeded the usual duration for a soul master to absorb one.

He had also been worried that something might go wrong.

Failure on the spiritual level could manifest in many ways.

What if it was the kind where he never woke up again?

After all, the Soul Power fluctuations in Su Fan's body had actually settled down an hour earlier.

His continued unconsciousness likely meant he was engaged in a spiritual battle.

Only now that Su Fan had awakened did Director Chi finally relax completely.

"Director, Teachers, thank you."

Su Fan rose to his feet and gave them a solemn bow of thanks.

He had gained enormously from this Soul Hunting trip.

The appearance of an Imprint soul skill was crucial to him.

"The academy has gained another outstanding student. We're happy to see that too."

Director Chi laughed heartily and waved his hand.

"Let's go. The Star Dou Great Forest isn't safe either. We should leave early."

Lingdou City.

After returning to the academy, Su Fan plunged straight into his dormitory.

He was still young, so the academy had never assigned him a roommate.

"Imprint."

This was not a spatial-type soul skill. It did not fit Su Fan's original requirements at all.

Yet the moment he saw the Silver Hero Beast, Su Fan had decided to take it.

"My Apertures are sorely lacking all kinds of soul skills to fill them."

The smile on Su Fan's face deepened.

He glanced at his right hand.

"Imprint!"

His consciousness sank into his body.

An Aperture in the center of his right palm glowed faintly.

This was an Aperture he had condensed, and it was now under Martial Soul Possession.

A searing sensation rose up, and even the surrounding meridians felt a faint burning pain.

Raging flames burst from his palm.

"Crimson Flame Claw, Teacher Wang's soul skill."

This was the soul skill he had Imprinted from Teacher Wang, who had helped him hunt the soul beast.

At that moment, he used the soul skill without directing it outward, merely quietly feeling it.

"This feeling..."

Su Fan took a deep breath and continuously poured in Soul Power.

The Aperture operated.

The Heavenly Circuit Apertures all responded, carefully sensing the changes in the flow of Soul Power.

To be honest, he could not sense anything.

However, the feeling of those Soul Power changes was deeply etched into his mind.

This soul skill lasted for a full half hour.

Su Fan did not release it.

He only maintained it.

Until his Soul Power was exhausted.

During that time, he took out a Milk Bottle and used the convenience of his Apertures to rapidly restore his Soul Power.

The half hour was not because his Soul Power had run out.

It was simply because the surrounding meridians could no longer bear the strain.

"Phew. If I experience it like this every day, I wonder whether I can permanently Imprint this soul skill into this Aperture."

Su Fan thought to himself.

He knew he was dreaming.

But he could not stop himself from thinking that way.

If his Martial Soul was cultivated to the extreme, every Aperture would contain its own space.

It was only reasonable for each one to contain a soul skill.

That was—the Heavenly Circuit Apertures, one Aperture, one soul skill.

Simple Imprinting definitely would not be enough.

So at this point, he needed other forces to intervene.

"Soul Tools, Core Arrays..."