Fourth Soul Skill

After confirming the target, Azure Luan Douluo acted decisively. He was now a level 98 Super Douluo, had condensed his first Soul Core, and had even cultivated the Wuji Technique. Catching a thirty-thousand-year Soul Beast was effortless, even if it could fly.

Before long, Azure Luan Douluo brought back a Wind-Thunder Flying Dragon just over thirty thousand years old, barely clinging to life.

"Finish it," Azure Luan Douluo said.

Qin Heng nodded. Asura Armor covered his body, and the Asura Cloak Claw ended the Soul Beast's life directly. He then sat cross-legged and began absorbing its Soul Ring.

Azure Luan Douluo casually cut open the Soul Beast's corpse to see whether it had produced a Soul Bone. Naturally, he found nothing.

The chance of a Soul Bone appearing was extremely low. Of Azure Luan Douluo's nine Soul Rings, only one had ever produced a Soul Bone: a Left Arm Bone dropped by an Ice-Fire Spirit Kite slightly over eighty thousand years old from his eighth Soul Ring.

Qin Heng's absorption of this Soul Ring went exceptionally smoothly. It took only an hour from start to finish, and he experienced no discomfort whatsoever.

After he finished absorbing it, Azure Luan Douluo handed him a Crystal Ball. After Qin Heng tested himself, his Soul Power had reached level 44.

Part of those four levels of Soul Power came from absorbing a Soul Ring beyond his limit, part came from refining Evil Spirit Orca Whale Rubber, and part came from absorbing the Wisdom Skull of Mental Condensation.

"You really are a freak, kid. Every time you absorb a Soul Ring, you jump several levels. You skipped four levels as a Soul Ancestor. Even someone with Innate Full Soul Power would probably need over a year to cultivate those four levels of Soul Power."

Qin Heng chuckled but said nothing.

Azure Luan Douluo did not mind. He changed the subject and asked, "Xiao Heng, what is your fourth Soul Skill?"

Qin Heng did not hide it. His fourth Soul Ring flashed beneath his feet, and wind- and lightning-attributed Soul Power immediately coiled around the Asura Cloak Claw.

Qin Heng swung his claws toward the distance. Three claw marks entwined with wind and lightning Soul Power slashed outward, severing every tree in their path.

Upon reaching their target, the claw marks instantly exploded. The wind-attributed Soul Power transformed into countless invisible wind blades that sliced at the target, while the lightning-attributed Soul Power detonated directly, causing massive damage.

"Not bad. It rivals the full-force strike of some Soul Saints using their Martial Soul Avatar," Azure Luan Douluo commented.

"Grandpa Azure Luan, that's only one form of this Soul Skill." As he spoke, Qin Heng removed the Summoner and pressed lightning, lightning, lightning. A short sword appeared in his hand. Its blade had two forms, closed and unfolded. It was Asura Armor's second weapon, the Asura Magic Dagger.

Holding the Asura Magic Dagger, Qin Heng used his fourth Soul Skill again. This time, it released a long azure line.

The line was incredibly sharp. Everything that blocked its path was cut apart.

Qin Heng then swung the Asura Magic Dagger again. This time, it unleashed a streak of lightning. It was so fast that even Azure Luan Douluo needed to rely on his spiritual power to catch its trajectory.

The lightning carried explosive damage. Violent thunder could tear through every obstacle.

"You can actually separate the wind and lightning Soul Power? This Soul Skill is even stronger than I imagined!"

"Grandpa Azure Luan, this Soul Skill can also be applied to myself. Wind-attributed Soul Power can enhance my cutting and armor-piercing abilities, while lightning-attributed Soul Power can make my attacks carry a paralysis effect."

As he spoke, Qin Heng used his fourth Soul Skill again. This time, it became azure-violet light that swirled around his body. Then Qin Heng swung the Asura Magic Dagger at Azure Luan Douluo.

Azure Luan Douluo covered his right hand with Soul Power and raised it to catch the Asura Magic Dagger.

The instant Azure Luan Douluo touched the Asura Magic Dagger, he could clearly feel his Soul Power being cut apart. At the same time, a faint numbness spread through his right hand.

A Soul Skill that could make a level 98 Super Douluo feel something while its user was only a Soul Ancestor was not something even Soul Saints would dare take lightly.

Qin Heng was also extremely satisfied with his fourth Soul Skill. Choosing the Wind-Thunder Flying Dragon had undoubtedly been the right decision.

"Xiao Heng, is your fourth Soul Skill the Wind-Thunder Burst of the Wind-Thunder Flying Dragon?" Azure Luan Douluo asked.

"More or less. Its characteristics are the same as Wind-Thunder Burst, but its forms of expression are different."

Azure Luan Douluo nodded and did not ask further.

Qin Heng then dismissed the transformation.

After obtaining his fourth Soul Ring, Qin Heng deliberately made a detour to Suotuo City.

Naturally, he went there to split off another clone.

This time, the clone Qin Heng created had reached level 41 Soul Power. It could also use the Illusion Pupil, the Wisdom Skull of Mental Condensation, and all of Asura Armor's abilities. After Armor Fusion, it was invincible beneath the Soul Saint rank.

Even against a Soul Saint, the clone had nothing to fear as long as the opponent did not activate their Martial Soul Avatar. If the opponent did use their Martial Soul Avatar, the clone would probably be unable to win. After all, it possessed only half the main body's Soul Power and spiritual power.

Moreover, a Soul Saint's Martial Soul Avatar provided far too great a boost. Even Qin Heng's main body did not dare claim a one-hundred-percent chance of defeating a Soul Saint using a Martial Soul Avatar.

Qin Heng estimated that he could not defeat assault-type or control-type Soul Saints. Agility-attack and defense-type Soul Saints, however, were simply his toys.

After arranging matters for the clone, Qin Heng returned to Spirit City with Azure Luan Douluo.

During that time, Azure Luan Douluo did not ask why Qin Heng had left the clone in Suotuo City. Qian Daoliu had specifically instructed him not to pry into Qin Heng's secrets and to let him do as he pleased.

After the main body left, Qin Heng's clone returned to the appearance of a seven-year-old child.

Over the past half year, the clone had not displayed a slow cultivation speed. It had raised its Soul Power by three levels and was publicly known as a level 6 Soul Scholar.

With Innate level 3 Soul Power, raising three levels in just over half a year had earned the clone the attention of the teachers at Suotuo City Junior Soul Master Academy.

Under normal circumstances, that rate of improvement was comparable to a Soul Scholar with Innate level 6 Soul Power.

Unfortunately, the clone's Martial Soul certificate stated that its Martial Soul was an eye. What use was an eye?

To Soul Masters of this era, a Body Martial Soul was nothing but a useless Martial Soul and not worth cultivating.

The teachers all felt regret for the clone. If its Martial Soul had been a Beast Martial Soul or an offensive Tool Martial Soul, its cultivation speed would have surely led to great achievements in the future.

The clone did not care in the slightest about their reactions. The reason it displayed such rapid cultivation was to ensure that it could smoothly enter an intermediate Soul Master Academy a year later.

At its learning speed, it would take at most another half year to finish all the knowledge taught at the junior Soul Master Academy. By then, it would have read nearly all the books in the library as well.

At that point, it could naturally move on to an intermediate Soul Master Academy, then begin honing its combat skills through spirit battles and researching Self-Created Soul Skills.