Eight-Hundred-Year Ink Smoke Sparrow, First Single-Target Offensive Soul Skill

The red notification box left Bibi Dong in a foul mood.

How dare it mute her, the Pope of Spirit Hall?

She wanted to tear this storybook apart, but she restrained herself.

The contents of the storybook were somewhat strange. Perhaps she needed to read it carefully.

After all, a storybook capable of giving her rewards was definitely no ordinary thing!

Meanwhile, Xiao Wu found the storybook's contents rather miraculous.

Quite a few intermediate and Advanced Soul Master Academies had indeed invited them.

But Yu Xiaogang had turned them all down.

Knowing that Yu Xiaogang had refused them, Tang San had no objections.

They only needed to follow their teacher's arrangements!

So the question was, would Grandmaster really send them to that Shilaike Academy in the end?

She decided to wait and see.

If they really did end up going to that academy, then the storybook's contents could be trusted.

It might even concern their future!

This was a storybook that could predict the future!

Xiao Wu might have been carefree, but since this involved Tang San and herself, she gave it serious thought.

After reading the contents, though unhappy, she still wrote a comment.

Pink Rabbit: 'Looking forward to it! Update quickly!'

After she submitted it, a golden box suddenly popped up.

[Thank you for your enthusiastic comment. Reward: Breath-Concealing Soul Seal!]

Then golden light shot into her forehead, startling Xiao Wu so badly that she nearly cried out.

She hurriedly covered her mouth as some information appeared in her mind.

"It can actually hide my Spirit Beast aura so even a Titled Douluo can't see through it? There can even be rewards?"

Xiao Wu muttered to herself, finding it hard to believe.

But after carefully examining herself, she discovered that her body seemed to have undergone some subtle changes.

Her appearance had not changed at all, but her aura was different.

That faint Spirit Beast aura seemed to have truly vanished.

A comment acknowledged by the storybook could actually earn a reward!

It was as if Xiao Wu had opened the door to a new world.

At that moment, she had come to trust the storybook.

Still, thinking about the contents of the book made her feel miserable.

Because Tang San's father was very likely a Titled Douluo!

As a father, he might appear around the academy.

He might even have appeared long ago and discovered her identity.

But why had he not come out to deal with her?

It was truly strange.

She needed to figure out what was going on!

Several days passed in Spirit City.

Ye Mu's Soul Power had already risen to level ten.

But he did not go hunt for a Spirit Ring. Instead, he continued waiting for an opportunity.

After Soul Power reached level ten, continuing to read could no longer raise it.

He had to obtain a Spirit Ring before he could continue improving.

Obtaining a Spirit Ring could rapidly increase one's strength. The higher the Spirit Ring's age, the more Soul Power it increased.

But he was in no hurry. Instead, he constantly tempered his body.

Day and night, he wrote poetry and verse, and his physical body improved noticeably as well.

Finally, ten days passed, and he felt that his body had been tempered almost enough.

After explaining the general situation to Old Riven, he set off for the Star Dou Great Forest.

Old Riven had wanted to take him to hunt a Spirit Ring.

But Ye Mu refused.

After reading so many books, he was well acquainted with Spirit Beasts.

He knew what kind of Spirit Ring he should hunt!

He arrived at the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

The Spirit Beasts on the outskirts were relatively lower in age.

After searching for several days, he finally found his target Spirit Beast.

An Ink Smoke Sparrow!

It was a palm-sized sparrow, its entire body covered in black feathers streaked with faint golden patterns. Its wing tips could condense thin, silver-thread-like pillars of black smoke, with Soul Power as concentrated as a sword.

This was the Spirit Beast he had carefully selected.

This Ink Smoke Sparrow before him was around eight hundred years old.

He had originally wanted to find one at the thousand-year level, but he found none no matter how he searched.

Ink Smoke Sparrows were very rare Spirit Beasts. They were also extremely fast, making their tracks difficult to find.

They generally lived in groups in the Ink Pattern Forest on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

They fed on the sap of Ink Spirit Grass in the forest, emerging by day and resting at night. When enemies appeared, they fired volleys of Ink Smoke pillars to form a rain of arrows, and were extremely vigilant.

Yet there were hardly any Ink Smoke Sparrows to be seen in the Ink Pattern Forest now.

They had probably been excessively hunted by Soul Masters in the past and were already on the verge of extinction.

Encountering an eight-hundred-year one counted as incredibly good luck.

"I have to kill it in one strike. I can't give it any chance to react!"

Ye Mu lay prone on a tree.

According to the Ink Smoke Sparrow's habits, it would return to its nest to rest at night. That was his best opportunity.

It was already nighttime. The Ink Smoke Sparrow was nestled in its nest with its eyes closed.

It was the perfect chance to act!

He took out the crossbow bolt he had prepared beforehand, carefully took aim, and pulled the trigger.

Whoosh!

A sharp whistle tore through the air as the bolt pierced through the Ink Smoke Sparrow's body.

Suddenly attacked, the Ink Smoke Sparrow woke with a start and desperately tried to flap its wings.

But its entire body had been pierced by the bolt, leaving it unable to struggle at all.

Ye Mu seized the chance to rush over, holding another crossbow bolt as he drove it straight through the Ink Smoke Sparrow's head.

With its head pierced, the Ink Smoke Sparrow died on the spot.

A yellow Spirit Ring floated out, radiating dazzling light.

Ye Mu's eyes lit up, and he immediately sat cross-legged to absorb the Spirit Ring.

He had spent the previous period tirelessly tempering his body, so absorbing an eight-hundred-year Spirit Ring posed no problem.

The absorption process was not complicated. The Spirit Ring floated over his head, then suddenly contracted and settled onto his Wordless Heavenly Book.

The power within the Spirit Ring continuously battered his body.

But an impact of this intensity was practically negligible.

He absorbed the Spirit Ring in less than half an hour and could not help feeling a little regretful.

If there had been a thousand-year Ink Smoke Sparrow, that would have been even better.

"My Soul Power has risen to level thirteen. That's an unexpected delight."

His Soul Power had risen by three levels, which was indeed no small increase.

It also showed just how terrifying the effect of an eight-hundred-year Spirit Ring truly was.

"First Soul Skill—Lone Smoke in the Desert!"

Having obtained his first Spirit Ring, he could not wait to test its power.

The Wordless Heavenly Book unfolded in midair, abruptly firing a vigorous Ink Smoke Sword Qi more than half a foot thick.

The sword qi was straight as a pillar and dark as black iron. It gave off a faint hum as it tore through the air, making the air tremble slightly in its wake.

When it struck a large tree ten meters away, the black smoke exploded and formed a seal-script "Rend" mark that smashed into it.

A huge hole suddenly exploded through the middle of the tree.

Then countless cracks appeared across the trunk and branches.

In the blink of an eye, the tree turned to dust.

"Damn—does it even come with an armor-piercing effect? This single-target offensive skill is truly vicious!"

Ye Mu was secretly thrilled.

His first Soul Skill was incomparably sharp and possessed an armor-piercing effect.

Even against opponents several levels stronger, they would suffer greatly if they let their guard down.

For a Martial Soul like the Wordless Heavenly Book, its first skill being a powerful offensive technique was truly surprising.

Now that his Soul Power had risen to level thirteen, he needed to return to Spirit City quickly. Continuing to increase his Soul Power was the priority.

At the age of twelve, the Protagonist Group had already reached level twenty or above and would soon surge past level thirty.

He did not have much time left!