"Qin boy, come over and kill it," Guang Ling Douluo called out.
Hearing this, Qin Heng summoned the Asura Wind-Cleaving Claw and teleported in front of the ten-thousand-year Ice Mist Frost Butterfly, slashing down with one claw.
Clang! Qin Heng's Asura Wind-Cleaving Claw actually missed.
More precisely, the Ice Mist Frost Butterfly vanished the instant the Asura Wind-Cleaving Claw pierced it.
"A clone?" A trace of surprise flashed through Guang Ling Douluo's eyes.
He was a level 97 Super Douluo, yet this Ice Mist Frost Butterfly had evaded his senses and secretly created a clone without his notice. How interesting.
Guang Ling Douluo flew into the air and fully released his spiritual power. He quickly locked onto the Ice Mist Frost Butterfly's trail. At some point, it had hidden itself within the Ice Spring.
Guang Ling Douluo drew his bow and fired. The arrow blasted apart the Ice Spring, then he fired another arrow that pierced straight through the Ice Mist Frost Butterfly's body.
Seeing this, Qin Heng did not wait for Guang Ling Douluo's reminder. He teleported to the dying Ice Mist Frost Butterfly and finished it with a claw.
This time, there were no more surprises. A black Soul Ring floated up from the Ice Mist Frost Butterfly's corpse.
Qin Heng sat cross-legged and released his aura, connecting it with the Soul Ring in midair and drawing it down onto the Asura Armor.
The next instant, the enormous energy of the Soul Ring surged into his body along his Martial Soul and meridians like a great river. Visible streams of energy poured out from the Soul Ring, absorbed by the Asura Armor and by Qin Heng.
Meanwhile, within Qin Heng's Sea of Consciousness, an Ice Mist Frost Butterfly suddenly appeared. As it flapped its wings, waves of icy mist spread from its body, attempting to freeze Qin Heng's Sea of Consciousness.
"Is this the Mental Shock of a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast?" Qin Heng murmured softly. Within his Sea of Consciousness, he too donned the Asura Armor. Then, ignoring the icy mist released by the Ice Mist Frost Butterfly, he rushed before it with lightning speed and shattered it with a single claw.
Qin Heng's spiritual power was now comparable to that of a Soul Douluo. A mere ten-thousand-year Soul Beast, even one like this Ice Mist Frost Butterfly with spiritual attributes, could do nothing to him.
After dealing with the Ice Mist Frost Butterfly's soul attack, Qin Heng focused all his attention on absorbing the Soul Power within the Soul Ring.
With Qin Heng's current physique, absorbing a Soul Ring barely over ten thousand years old would not have been a problem. However, this Soul Ring was as old as 12,000 years, already exceeding Qin Heng's absorption limit.
His eyes remained tightly shut as he circulated the Pure Yang Infinite Skill, doing his utmost to break down the immense pressure brought by the Soul Ring.
Qin Heng pushed his cultivation method to its limits, tirelessly absorbing the energy transmitted by the Soul Ring.
The Soul Ring's energy was ice-cold and bone-piercing as it flowed through the meridians across his body. Every inch of flesh within him endured needle-like pain.
Yet alongside that pain came a clear increase in his Soul Power. The sensation of steadily growing stronger allowed Qin Heng to ignore the agony of transformation.
The sky gradually brightened, and dawn broke in the east.
After an entire night had passed, intense Soul Power fluctuations suddenly swept out from Qin Heng's body. The black Soul Ring that had pulsed around the Asura Armor all night instantly contracted and fused into it.
"Is it over?" Guang Ling Douluo muttered.
However, in the very next moment, another vast surge of Soul Power erupted around Qin Heng, and his expression became pained once more.
Guang Ling Douluo froze, then seemed to realize something as he watched Qin Heng with anticipation.
Another two hours passed. This time, Qin Heng's Soul Ring absorption was truly complete.
He got up from the ground and instinctively raised a hand to touch the spot between his brows.
There had always been a purplish-red, pupil-like object on the brow of the Asura Armor. However, it was not actually an eye, but a special crystal capable of launching lightning attacks.
But now, Qin Heng clearly felt that he had gained another eye, located right between the brows of the Asura Armor.
"You brat really have enviable luck! You actually obtained an External Soul Bone while absorbing your Third Soul Ring." Guang Ling Douluo's words interrupted Qin Heng's thoughts.
Qin Heng was first stunned, then suddenly understood. He dismissed the Asura Armor's possession state and raised his hand to touch the spot again. He could still feel the eye.
Qin Heng walked to the edge of the Ice Spring and looked down. The pupil was silver, exactly like the eye on the Ice Mist Frost Butterfly's brow.
It really is an External Soul Bone. I've hit the jackpot this time! Qin Heng thought to himself, then sensed the Soul Bone skills of this eye.
Qin Heng named this External Soul Bone the Illusion Pupil. The Illusion Pupil had granted him two exceptionally good Soul Bone skills.
One was called Illusion Body. As its name suggested, it could create a clone constructed from Soul Power and spiritual power, realistic enough to pass for the real thing. The clone could be touched and could use Qin Heng's Cloud Ladder Step, Taiji Fist, and Taiji Sword. It could even undergo Armor Fusion with the Asura Armor. However, only one of the original body and clone could fuse with the armor, since there was only one set of Asura Armor. The clone would vanish only after suffering a fatal injury.
The second Soul Skill was called Illusion Dream. When used, it could pull an enemy into a spiritual illusion. Its effect depended on the strength of Qin Heng's and the enemy's spiritual power.
In addition, as long as he activated the Illusion Pupil, Qin Heng gained a 50% increase in mental resistance and enhanced dynamic vision.
At first glance, both active Soul Bone skills of the Illusion Pupil, as well as its accompanying passive traits, were extremely useful.
However, the Illusion Pupil's consumption was also immense. The moment it was activated, regardless of whether he used its Soul Skills, Qin Heng would instantly lose 10% of his spiritual power, despite his spiritual power being comparable to that of a Soul Douluo.
For every minute the Illusion Pupil remained active, it consumed 1% of his spiritual power. Without using the Third Soul Skill, Qin Heng could keep the Illusion Pupil active for only an hour and a half at most.
Furthermore, the Illusion Pupil's two Soul Skills were also costly. Creating an Illusion Body consumed 50% of Qin Heng's spiritual power and Soul Power, while using Illusion Dream consumed varying amounts of spiritual power depending on how realistic the illusion was.
Fortunately, an Illusion Body could be created in advance and stored within the Illusion Pupil. However, only one could be created at a time. Only after the current Illusion Body vanished could he create another.
After confirming the Illusion Pupil's abilities, Qin Heng willed it closed, and it vanished. Now, there was no trace of the Illusion Pupil at all.
"Qin boy, what are your Third Soul Skill and Soul Bone skills?" Guang Ling Douluo asked curiously.
Qin Heng did not hide anything and directly told Guang Ling Douluo about the Illusion Pupil's Soul Bone skills.
Guang Ling Douluo nodded after hearing this. "Both of those Soul Skills are quite good. A clone skill is useful in many situations and can even produce miraculous results. What about your Third Soul Skill?"
"Grandpa Guang Ling, my Third Soul Skill can be said to complement my Illusion Pupil."
"Could it be that your Third Soul Skill has a very high spiritual power amplification ratio?" Guang Ling Douluo asked tentatively.
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