Behind Lin Ye, a pair of golden wings suddenly grew!
"This is...! An External Soul Bone!"
"Good boy! What incredible fortune! He actually dropped an External Soul Bone!!" Qian Daoliu cried out inwardly.
Dropping even a single Spirit Bone required extraordinary luck.
Dropping an External Soul Bone was practically heaven-defying fortune!
The golden dragon wings had fully unfurled behind Lin Ye. They were dazzling, radiant, and exquisitely crafted.
They were not particularly large.
With both wings spread, they spanned over three meters.
They looked incredibly flashy and cool.
Lin Ye opened his eyes, his face filled with delight. "An External Soul Bone is even rarer than a Spirit Bone. Though it's only seven hundred years old, its age can continuously increase along with the Soul Master's cultivation!"
"In the future, it can rise to a thousand years, ten thousand years, a hundred thousand years, and even become a divine artifact!"
Excitedly, he flapped his dragon wings and rose into the air!
For someone from Blue Star, the sensation of flying for the first time was incredibly wondrous!
And the Bright Dragon Wings gave him more than just flight. His strength, speed, physique, and even the power of his light attribute were all enhanced by fifty percent.
This undoubtedly greatly increased Lin Ye's strength.
"Disciple, come down. Let your teacher examine your External Soul Bone."
"Yes, Teacher." Lin Ye flew down and landed before Qian Daoliu.
Qian Daoliu reached out and touched the Bright Dragon Wings, then nodded. "Not bad. Dragon wing bones are extremely hard. If used for defense, they can completely block ordinary hundred-year Soul Skills from regular Soul Masters."
"Disciple, you now have another defensive ability."
"Tell your teacher, what Soul Skill did your first Soul Ring grant you?"
Lin Ye withdrew his External Soul Bone and said, "My first Soul Skill is a self-enhancement skill called Angel Sword Domain. It increases all of my physical attributes by one hundred percent, as well as my spiritual power, vision, hearing, smell, touch, taste, and the power of my light attribute by one hundred percent!"
"Good boy! This is a full-spectrum enhancement!" Qian Daoliu was shocked once again. He knew that even enhancement skills from ten-thousand-year Soul Rings might not produce such results.
"Very good. As an assault-type Soul Master with a sword Martial Soul, enhancement skills are necessary." Qian Daoliu clasped his hands behind his back and turned around. "Come. We'll talk as we walk."
"Alright." Lin Ye started forward and followed alongside him.
"Your teacher heard that you began training in swordsmanship at four years old and often sought sparring partners. Even children of seven or eight who had already awakened their Martial Souls were no match for you, so long as neither side used Martial Souls or Soul Power?"
"Yes, Teacher." Lin Ye smiled modestly.
"It seems you already possess a certain foundation in combat." Qian Daoliu nodded approvingly, then asked, "You should have studied and understood your own Martial Soul somewhat last night, correct?"
"Two hundred meters away at your nine o'clock, there is a hundred-year Wind Wolf. Fight it with all your strength. Your goal is to last twenty exchanges."
"Go. Let your teacher have a good look at your swordsmanship, your combat foundation, and the abilities of your Martial Soul."
"What! My first lesson as a Soul Master is direct combat against a Soul Beast? And a hundred-year Soul Beast at that!" Lin Ye's heart tightened.
This was a real life-or-death fight with blades and blood!
I'm just a six-year-old kid who just awakened his Martial Soul!
Isn't this going a little too far?
Lin Ye could not help looking at Qian Daoliu, thinking, Does he really want to see what I can do, or does he want to see me accidentally get bitten to death by a Soul Beast?
Yet for some reason, Lin Ye's blood seemed to begin boiling!
"I understand, Teacher." Lin Ye's eyes turned sharp. He looked toward the nine o'clock direction and sprinted away.
Very soon, he rushed before the Wind Wolf.
The Wind Wolf had just hunted a deer-type Soul Beast and was eating it. Deer meat still hung from its mouth, and blood dripped from its jaws. The moment it saw Lin Ye charging toward it, a ferocious gleam appeared in its eyes.
It bared its fangs and growled viciously.
It seemed to be telling Lin Ye: Take one more step closer, and I'll bite you to death.
"A hundred-year Soul Beast possesses strength comparable to a human Soul Grandmaster. I only have level fourteen Soul Power and no experience fighting Soul Beasts, but I have a god-tier Martial Soul. I may not be unable to fight it." Lin Ye's nervousness carried a trace of excitement.
Without hesitation, he released the Angel Holy Sword Martial Soul. A Soul Ring appeared beneath his feet.
The sword in his hand radiated extreme flames and light.
"Hundred-year Wind Wolf! Let me test myself against you!"
"Awoo!~"
The Wind Wolf attacked without hesitation, pouncing forward with a claw strike.
"So fast!"
Lin Ye twisted away at the limit and evaded the claw.
The Wind Wolf pounced several meters past him.
"First Soul Skill, Angel Sword Domain!" Lin Ye activated his enhancement skill. His strength surged, while his spiritual power and five senses doubled.
The Wind Wolf had already turned back and pounced again with another claw strike.
"I can see it clearly! Its speed has slowed in my eyes!" Lin Ye no longer dodged and swung his sword as well.
The wolf claw nearly brushed past his shoulder.
The two crossed head-on, but Lin Ye's sword viciously slashed across the Wind Wolf's body!
Splat!
"Awoo!" The Wind Wolf howled in agony.
But it was completely enraged and began attacking frantically.
Lin Ye also seemed to have fully entered a combat state. Using the swordsmanship he had painstakingly trained for two years, he fought the Wind Wolf fiercely for nine exchanges!
The tenth exchange.
The Demon Wolf struck with a claw.
Lin Ye swung his sword.
It was the first direct clash of strength between the two sides.
"Get lost!!"
Gritting his teeth, Lin Ye exerted force and sent the Wind Wolf flying several meters away with a single slash.
Qian Daoliu was rather surprised. "Although the Wind Wolf is an agility-type Soul Beast, it also possesses considerable strength. Yet in a frontal clash, this child Lin Ye actually sent a hundred-year Wind Wolf flying several meters!"
"The Angel Holy Sword's attack power truly is impressive!"
"Awoo!"
The Wind Wolf swiftly got back up. A sharp whirlwind was gathering around its claw.
Qian Daoliu warned, "Disciple, this is the Wind Wolf's Soul Skill, Wind Wolf Blade. Dodge quickly. Do not confront it head-on."
But Lin Ye did not move, appearing ready to meet it head-on.
Qian Daoliu frowned. "Disciple! Why aren't you dodging?"
"Because I do not fear it!" Lin Ye tightly gripped the Angel Holy Sword in both hands and raised it instantly. "Teacher, didn't you wish to see the abilities of my Angel Holy Sword Martial Soul?"
"This is one of the abilities your disciple currently knows. Watch carefully!"
As his words fell.
The Soul Power energy permeating the heavens and earth transformed into crimson flames.
Countless flames began madly converging into the Angel Holy Sword.
"This... this is actually Sun True Fire!!!" Qian Daoliu was greatly shocked.
The Angel God could absorb and wield the power of the sun, but due to the limitations of the divine position, the Angel God could only borrow a small portion of the Sun True Fire's power. Even so, it was enough to greatly enhance lethality.
The Angel God's divine artifact, the Angel Holy Sword, could likewise draw upon the power of Sun True Fire.
And Lin Ye's Martial Soul possessed this ability as well.
"Can you withstand this sword strike?"
Lin Ye swung the sword gathering immense Sun True Fire and met the Wind Wolf's strongest claw head-on.
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