First Soul Skill

Chen Yu held his breath and focused as he slowly approached the Hurricane Eagle. Once he was close enough, Chen Yu drew his bow and fired, aiming straight for the Hurricane Eagle's head.

The Hurricane Eagle was severely injured, and both its senses and reactions had greatly declined. By the time it sensed the danger, it was already too late to react. Chen Yu's arrow pierced through its skull, killing it in an extraordinarily humiliating manner.

After the Hurricane Eagle died, a dark yellow Spirit Ring slowly rose up.

Chen Yu's eyes lit up as he looked at the Spirit Ring. However, he did not rashly rush forward to absorb it. To be safe, he called Little Turtle back first.

Although he had confidence in his physical body, he would not joke with his own life.

[Chen Yu: @Huang Rong, Sister Rong, have Little Turtle come back. I found food for it.]

[Huang Rong: All right, I'll tell it now.]

[Xiao Yan: Haha... Little Turtle got rejected?]

[Huang Rong: Can't be helped. My father is practically being fooled into limping by it.]

A Light Gate appeared in Chen Yu's Sea of Consciousness, and Little Turtle flew out of it. It had clearly been kicked back by someone.

Wherever it left from was where it would return to. Little Turtle had left through Chen Yu's Sea of Consciousness, so naturally, it returned to his Sea of Consciousness.

With a thought, Little Turtle appeared before him.

The moment Little Turtle appeared, it pounced at his feet. "Master, Little Black missed you so much."

Chen Yu kicked it away. "Get lost. You'd miss me? I'm not going to wait on you."

He then pointed at the Hurricane Eagle's corpse. "I'm going to absorb this Spirit Ring. If my life is in danger, remember to devour the excess energy in my body."

Only then did Little Turtle notice the Hurricane Eagle's corpse nearby. It understood what its master intended to do and said seriously, "Don't worry, Master. I won't let anything happen to you."

After putting Little Turtle back into his Sea of Consciousness, Chen Yu sat down cross-legged and began absorbing the Spirit Ring. This was the Hurricane Eagle's territory, and every Soul Beast had a strong sense of territoriality. For the time being, it was still quite safe here.

Chen Yu looked at the dark yellow Spirit Ring before him, took a deep breath, and began absorbing it.

He slowly drew in the Spirit Ring. When it settled over his Martial Soul, a violent surge of energy rushed into his body and rampaged through it. Chen Yu gritted his teeth and endured it.

The years of relentless training he had persisted in finally paid off at this moment. His physical body was not torn apart by that energy.

Little Turtle, within Chen Yu's Sea of Consciousness, stared intently as well, not daring to be the slightest bit careless. This concerned its own life; there could not be even the smallest mistake.

Who knew how much time passed before the pain began to lessen. Chen Yu was delighted. It was finally about to end.

Another quarter of an hour passed before Chen Yu slowly opened his eyes. His first Spirit Ring had finally been absorbed.

He clenched his fist and sensed the Soul Power within his body, then nodded in satisfaction.

With a thought, Little Turtle appeared beside him.

Little Turtle crawled back and forth in front of Chen Yu. "Master, I feel like you could directly absorb a thousand-year Spirit Ring."

Chen Yu rolled his eyes at that. The pain just now had nearly killed him.

At that moment, he could not even be bothered to speak. He simply pointed at the Hurricane Eagle's corpse.

Little Turtle immediately understood what Chen Yu meant. It scampered over to the corpse, opened its mouth, and bit down on one of the Hurricane Eagle's wings.

As time passed, parts of the Hurricane Eagle's corpse began to disappear until, in the end, the entire corpse vanished.

Little Turtle let out a full burp and slowly crawled back to Chen Yu's side.

Looking at Little Turtle beside him, Chen Yu smiled. "Little Black, does your Devouring Divine Ability require contact to devour something?"

"Of course not. I can devour things even without touching them."

Little Turtle was extremely satisfied with its own divine ability.

As long as it had enough keepers, it would not even need to move. It could lie there and grow stronger.

"Master, what is your first Soul Skill? How powerful is it?"

Chen Yu stood up upon hearing that, summoned his bow and arrow Martial Soul, drew the bow, and fired at a cliff face dozens of meters away.

Boom! A huge hole was blasted into the cliff face.

Chen Yu did not stop. He fired another arrow at a more distant cliff face.

With another boom, another large hole was blown open, and the second explosion was slightly more powerful than the first.

After firing both arrows, Chen Yu explained, "My first Soul Skill is Hurricane Arrow. The arrow acts as the eye of the wind. After being fired, it absorbs the energy around it. The farther it travels, the more energy it carries when it hits the target, and the greater the explosion's power."

A thoughtful gleam appeared in Little Turtle's eyes. "It doesn't seem that impressive. It would be better if the arrows could track and lock onto targets. With a tracking and locking function, enemies could only take them head-on."

Chen Yu nodded. "That's right. Later, we should ask around about which Soul Beasts can provide tracking and locking abilities."

Little Turtle asked, "Master, the explosion from your arrows doesn't affect you, right? After all, your arrows are physical."

Chen Yu could not help rolling his eyes. "Do you think every physical Martial Soul is like you? If summoned Martial Souls being damaged also injured their Soul Masters, would plant-type Soul Masters still dare to fight?"

"Besides, there are benefits to my arrows being physical. This set of bow and arrows is called the Destruction Bow and Destruction Arrow. They pursue destructive power, and any new Spirit Ring skills will be focused on the arrows."

"Others can only use one Soul Skill at a time, but I can use all my Soul Skills at once."

Little Turtle's eyes lit up. "That's good. In the future, we can find a highly venomous Soul Beast. Even if the explosion doesn't kill the enemy, the poison can."

Watching Little Turtle continue to fantasize, Chen Yu put it back into his Sea of Consciousness with a thought, then turned and headed out of the Soul Hunting Forest.

He would rest and recover first, then absorb the energy stored in Little Turtle's body and reach level twenty as quickly as possible to obtain his second Spirit Ring.

As for the second Spirit Ring, he definitely could not obtain it in the Soul Hunting Forest. He was not a member of a soul hunting group, so entering the Soul Hunting Forest repeatedly within a short time would easily arouse suspicion.

Moreover, he wanted a thousand-year Soul Beast for his second Spirit Ring. Thousand-year Soul Beasts were pitifully scarce in the Soul Hunting Forest, and he had yet to learn of any information about one.

When he left the Soul Hunting Forest, the carriage Chen Yu had hired was still waiting for him. This had been their agreement; the driver could only return on his own after three days.

He boarded the carriage and returned to Nuoding City.

[Chen Yu: Friends, I've obtained my first Spirit Ring.]

[Ye Fan: That fast?]

[Chen Yu: ???]

[Chen Yu: Even if you're fast, I wouldn't be that fast.]

[Ye Fan: I meant you obtained your Spirit Ring quickly.]

[Xiao Yan: Explaining is covering up.]

[Ye Fan: ...]

[Yan Lingji: What are you talking about? Isn't being fast a good thing?]

Chen Yu and the other two stopped talking. How were they supposed to explain this to Yan Lingji?

To avoid awkwardness when they met in the future, it was better to stay silent!

Silence was the Cambridge of tonight.

It was not until noon the next day that Chen Yu returned to Nuoding City.

However, Chen Yu did not return to Nuoding Academy. Instead, he found an inn and stayed there.

If he returned to Nuoding Academy, his Spirit Ring might be exposed. His first ring was already a Spirit Ring close to a thousand years old, and it would inevitably attract a great deal of attention. That did not fit his principle of developing quietly.

For the next period of time, Chen Yu stayed at the inn. He absorbed the energy stored in Little Turtle's body while chatting in the group, and his days were rather comfortable.

If Ye Fan had not given him the Gold Soul Coins in his possession, Chen Yu would not have told the dean about leaving. He probably would have continued lying low in Nuoding Academy.

With an ample supply of funds, Chen Yu stayed in the inn for ten full days without leaving. His meals were delivered to his room on schedule.

Ten days later, his Soul Power successfully broke through to level twenty. It was time to find his second Spirit Ring.