Wild Haki Dance, Unexpectedly Hit by a Ball.

Douluo Continent, border of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Ye Xuan raised his eyes to look ahead, his palms slightly damp with sweat.

As a transmigrator, this was his first time visiting the Star Dou Great Forest.

Even with a Soul Emperor powerhouse leading the way.

His heart remained incredibly tense.

At this moment, his gaze was locked tightly onto the forest clearing ahead, which had been violently cleared of vegetation.

A giant bear over three meters tall, its fur like dull steel, lay collapsed on the ground, no longer breathing.

A four-hundred-year-level Dark Silver Bear.

Its defensive power was astonishing.

Its strength was savage.

It was the very first "pet" he had meticulously selected for his first soul ring.

The person who had dealt with this soul beast.

Was Lin Yue, the Dean of their Martial Soul Academy.

A level 67 Soul Emperor.

He had just ended this brief hunt with overwhelming, destructive force.

The phantom of his Mad Lion martial soul slowly dissipated behind him.

Yet, that suffocating, ferocious aura still lingered in the air.

"Ye Xuan, hurry up." Lin Yue's voice was low, carrying an unquestionable majesty.

Beside him, the other three students wore expressions of satisfaction mixed with a hint of fatigue.

All three of them possessed Innate Soul Power of level seven or even eight.

They could be considered the true pride of the Martial Soul Academy.

This soul-hunting trip had allowed each of them to successfully obtain their desired century-level soul rings.

At this moment, they were looking at Ye Xuan, the "genius" with level nine Innate Soul Power, with either curiosity or a faint sense of superiority.

After all.

Ye Xuan's Red and White Poké Ball martial soul was far too bizarre.

No one knew its properties.

Even finding a suitable soul beast had taken him far longer than it had taken them.

"Yes, Dean Lin."

Ye Xuan replied.

Suppressing the trace of anxiety and anticipation he felt toward that martial soul.

He stepped forward.

He extended his right hand.

Soul power surged in his palm.

A strange sphere, roughly the size of a fist.

Red and white in color.

With a black button in the center, it materialized.

It was his martial soul.

Poké Ball.

According to the vague information he received when he awakened his martial soul.

His martial soul seemed to possess the ability to "capture" just like in the Pokémon world.

The method of obtaining a soul ring might be different from the natives of the Douluo Continent.

He channeled his soul power.

Aiming at the corpse of the Dark Silver Bear on the ground.

He prepared to throw the Poké Ball.

Perhaps it was nerves.

Or perhaps his control over his soul power was not yet refined.

At the very moment he exerted force to throw it.

His finger actually... slipped...

The trajectory of the red and white sphere suddenly veered off course.

With a "whoosh."

It did not fly toward the Dark Silver Bear.

Instead, it traced an awkward arc.

And plunged straight into a cluster of bushes that were excessively dense.

"Ah, this..."

Ye Xuan's expression shifted.

Because he could feel that his Pokeball Martial Soul seemed to have struck something.

"Hmm?"

Lin Yue, standing to the side, furrowed his brows.

His gaze swept toward the bushes like lightning.

Xiao Ran and the other two also looked over in surprise.

In the very next second.

"Ah!"

A crisp, melodious.

Yet panicked and pained cry from a young girl.

Suddenly erupted from behind the bushes!

Immediately following.

Under the astonished gazes of everyone.

The bushes shook violently.

Accompanied by a faint, barely perceptible flash of pink light.

Ye Xuan's off-target Pokeball.

Actually bounced off with a "bang."

And then.

Transformed into a stream of light, flying back into his body.

At the same time.

A strange energy fluctuation instantly surged around him.

Inside Ye Xuan's mind.

It felt as if something had "buzzed" and connected.

A warm.

Supple.

Yet surging with immense life force, a strange energy.

Established an unbreakable link with him through his Martial Soul.

Spirit Ring... absorbed successfully? No, this feeling is...

Ye Xuan was stunned.

Completely stunned.

His first Spirit Ring in life.

Just like that... obtained in such an absurd way?

And the object wasn't even the Spirit Beast he had targeted?

After obtaining this Spirit Ring.

He discovered that he could seemingly look inward at a narrow space of about ten square meters.

A petite figure was currently sitting down, stumbling within it.

It was a little girl who looked to be only six or seven years old.

She wore a pink dress.

A long scorpion braid hung behind her head.

The tips of her hair were also a faint pink.

A pair of extremely lively, large eyes.

Were currently filled with incredulous horror.

Sensing this.

Ye Xuan fell silent.

Good heavens.

What kind of incredible luck had he stumbled upon?

Starting off with a hundred-thousand-year-old transformed soul beast as his soul ring?

And how on earth could Xiao Wu possibly be here?

Meanwhile.

Trapped inexplicably in such a cramped space, Xiao Wu forced down the terror in her heart.

She had originally intended to wait for this group of wicked humans to finish absorbing their soul rings and leave before quietly slipping away.

Having transformed at the hundred-thousand-year level, her strength had to be cultivated from scratch.

At this moment, she was incredibly fragile and feared nothing more than being identified by a human expert.

Yet, she never imagined.

That a... ball would fall from the sky?

It struck her squarely on the forehead, without the slightest deviation.

Even more terrifying was that.

The moment she was struck.

A strange, irresistible force of law acted forcibly upon her soul.

Before she could even react.

She found herself firmly bound to the human youth who had thrown the ball.

She could clearly feel.

That a portion of her most core origin power and a part of her soul.

Had already been restrained.

No.

It should be said that they had been fused.

Forming something similar to... a soul ring?

Becoming the possession of that youth?

But how could this be possible!

What kind of wicked soul skill was this?!

But soon.

She could feel.

A warm current spreading throughout her entire body.

And at this very moment.

The name, appearance, and even the aura and scent of Ye Xuan.

Were completely branded into her mind.

A sense of security, born from within, enveloped her entire being.

At this moment, she no longer felt terror.

Nor did she feel fear.

It was as if, as long as Ye Xuan was there, she would never be harmed by anyone else.

Meanwhile.

Outside.

A soul ring of an exceptionally rich color appeared behind Ye Xuan.

With a thought.

The Pokeball he had just retracted into his body appeared in his hand once more.

Only this time.

He could feel that his Pokeball was no longer empty.

At this moment.

The three students traveling with him were all curiously gathered around him.

Even Lin Yue, the director of Martial Soul Hall, was looking at him as if he were a monster.

"Ye Xuan, have you successfully obtained your first soul ring?"

Hearing Lin Yue's inquiry.

Ye Xuan nodded, his mood somewhat complicated.

"Yes, Director Lin, I have indeed successfully obtained my first spirit ring."

In truth, Ye Xuan did not know whether to consider this good luck or bad.

However, through a twist of fate, Xiao Wu had become his exclusive "Pokémon."

This could also be considered helping the protagonist, Tang San, resolve his puppy love issues.

Witnessing this scene.

Lin Yue, having lived for half a lifetime, was seeing such a bizarre method of absorbing a spirit ring for the very first time.