Ning Chengjiu stood at the center of the light and poured out every last bit of his level forty-nine Soul Power.
Before the tournament, when he had gone with Dai Mubai to hunt Spirit Rings, Ning Chengjiu had finally steeled himself.
He had abandoned the Soul Master World's obsession with adding high-level Spirit Rings to Twin Martial Souls later in life. Instead, he had given his Second Martial Soul, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, three Spirit Rings at once—purple, purple, and black.
Not only that, after absorbing those three rings, he had forced a ten-thousand-year fourth ring onto his First Martial Soul, the Soul-Eater Spider Emperor.
Of course it pained him to use up those Spirit Ring slots.
But Ning Chengjiu had no choice. Unless he found the legendary Aromatic Silk Beauty or another way to achieve Martial Soul Evolution, his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda would remain stuck at seven tiers for life.
Without slots for an eighth and ninth ring, his Second Martial Soul had been incomplete from the start, incapable of reaching its peak.
In that case, he might as well turn that potential into power he could use in this tournament!
If he kept languishing as a Soul Ancestor, the gap between him and Ning Rongrong would only grow.
They both possessed Twin Martial Souls—a Spider Emperor and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. If he simply followed the usual path, why would the God Trial choose him?
As their Soul Power merged, the pillar of light in midair suddenly contracted.
Martial Soul Fusion Skill—Violence Amid Brilliance: Seven Treasures Heaven-Shaking Hammer!
An enormous hammer of outlandish design took shape in midair.
Its handle was an enlarged Clear Sky Hammer handle, but its head was an upside-down Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda!
With each tier of