Tang Liu spent one shichen absorbing the Demon Eye Demon Tree's Soul Ring.
One shichen later, the purple Soul Ring slowly merged into Tang Liu's body. Immediately afterward, the Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor in his palm rapidly grew to the height of a person.
Then, one yellow and one purple Soul Ring slowly rose from beneath his feet, pulsing around the Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor.
"Ding!" The system notification sounded.
Host: Tang Liu (male) Age: 6 Soul Power: 34 Martial Soul One: Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor (... Talent Domain: Ethereal Blue Emperor Domain). Soul Ring Two: Soul Skill, Ethereal Stealth [Applies Ethereal Stealth to up to 5 units (upgradeable) within 100 meters (upgradeable) centered on oneself. Units affected by Ethereal Stealth enter a hidden state for 2 minutes (upgradeable). Units in the hidden state cannot be locked onto and may remove locking skills. Hidden units cannot be detected by any means of observation (specific effects depend on your Mental Power). Taking an attack or launching an attack will remove the hidden state (specific effects depend on your Mental Power and the strength of attacks received or launched by hidden units). Multiple instances of Ethereal Stealth cannot be applied to the same unit. Excess instances calculate their duration according to the duration of the first Ethereal Stealth applied to that unit. The duration and concealment effect of Ethereal Stealth are positively correlated with the quantity and quality of your Mental Power.] Martial Soul Two: Clear Sky Hammer (...) Martial Soul Three: Haolan Spell (...) Soul Ring Three: Soul Skill, Haolan · Force Field [Consumes a certain amount of Soul Power to freely create force fields within 100 meters (upgradeable) of the user. The number, size, quality, density, strength, and other aspects of the force fields are positively correlated with the Soul Power consumed. This Soul Skill cannot be used if Soul Power falls below 10% of maximum Soul Power.] Current maximum Soul Ring age your physical strength can endure: 4,300 years. Overall evaluation: After absorbing a roughly 2,900-year-old Demon Eye Demon Tree, your Mental Power has finally been developed. Congratulations, you have also obtained a left-eye External Soul Bone: Demon Eye.
After the system updated his information, the Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor in Tang Liu's palm slowly vanished.
At the same time, a ring of cyan-green markings resembling flames slowly appeared around his left eye socket. Their faintly flickering glow looked as though flames were burning.
With Tang Hao's vast experience, he recognized the green markings at once.
"An External Soul Bone?"
After a moment of mild surprise, Tang Hao snorted and muttered, "At least you had the sense to give Xiao Liu an External Soul Bone."
The already-dead Demon Eye Demon Tree: "..." Boss, I was truly wrong!
Absorbing the External Soul Bone took Tang Liu another half shichen. Only then did he slowly awaken.
When he opened his eyes, Tang Hao discovered that Tang Liu's left pupil had changed from blue-black to cyan-green. Coupled with the flame-like markings around his eye socket, he looked incomparably eerie, yet possessed a seductive charm.
"Dad, I think I got a Soul Bone from the Demon Eye Demon Tree."
The first thing Tang Liu did upon waking was find Tang Hao with his gaze before speaking.
"Mhm, I know. Try it and see what Soul Skill it has." Tang Hao forced out a somewhat stiff smile.
Tang Liu nodded and injected Soul Power into his left eye, activating the Soul Skill carried by the Demon Eye.
The demonic markings around his eye socket lit up, flickering faster and looking even more like flames.
The next moment, Tang Hao sensed a faint wave of Mental Power shoot out from Tang Liu's left eye before landing on a large tree in the distance.
But nothing else happened.
Was it a Mental Power attack skill?
Tang Hao was somewhat puzzled.
Still, Tang Liu was only six years old and could already project his Mental Power outward. Although it relied on a Soul Skill, it was enough to prove that his Mental Power surpassed that of ordinary people.
Even Tang Hao himself had only achieved outward projection of Mental Power when he was close to becoming a Titled Douluo.
"Xiao Liu, how do you feel?" Tang Hao asked.
After absorbing the External Soul Bone, the system updated his information again. Tang Liu checked it first before explaining to Tang Hao, "The Soul Skill this External Soul Bone gave me is called Illusionary Gaze. Once it hits someone, it can make them enter a corresponding illusion according to my wishes. If their Mental Power is weaker than mine, they basically have no chance of breaking free."
Tang Hao nodded, then said, "Not bad. What about your second Soul Skill?"
"My second Soul Skill is Ethereal Stealth, the group invisibility skill I wanted." Tang Liu was rather delighted as he spoke of his new Soul Skill.
Tang Hao nodded again. "The support-type path you've chosen differs from that of other support-type Soul Masters. At present, the Soul Skills you've added don't seem to provide much enhancement to other Soul Masters. But since this was your choice, I assume you already have your own solution."
Hearing that, Tang Liu could not help shaking his head before smiling. "Dad, you're not wrong. But think about it—what if I were participating in a war?"
Tang Hao was stunned.
"Although I can only make five people invisible right now, what if those five people were all Titled Douluo? Then I could take them around behind the enemy lines without anyone noticing and launch a surprise attack. If I can later turn the effect of my first Soul Skill into group intangibility, or gain another group intangibility ability, then what place on Douluo Continent would I be unable to enter?" Tang Liu continued.
"But Star Luo and Heaven Dou have been at peace for nearly a thousand years. Who would start a war?" Tang Hao said with a frown.
A dark look appeared on Tang Liu's face as he looked at Tang Hao. "Star Luo and Heaven Dou are unlikely to go to war, but Dad, don't forget Spirit Hall. You understand Spirit Hall better than I do. Haven't you noticed their ambition?"
Tang Hao came to a realization.
That was right. As Spirit Hall grew increasingly powerful, its ambition was gradually revealing itself as well.
It was simply that no one on the continent believed it yet.
"Now that the Soul Ring has been absorbed, let's go. Where are we heading next?" Tang Liu stood up, brushed the grass clippings from his clothes, and spoke.
"You're not going to absorb your third Soul Ring while we're at it?" Tang Hao asked.
Tang Liu shook his head. "No rush. I plan to add my third Soul Ring when I'm twelve. By then, I should be able to endure a Soul Ring of around fifteen thousand years."
Tang Hao nodded. "Then let's go."
This chapter was honestly far too padded out—and I already cut as much as I could—so there will be another chapter today.
Before you continue