Demon Eye External Attachment

It took Tang Liu one hour to absorb the soul ring of the Demon Eye Demon Tree.

An hour later, the purple soul ring slowly merged into Tang Liu's body. Immediately after, the Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor in his palm grew rapidly until it reached the height of a person.

Following that, one yellow and one purple soul ring rose slowly from beneath his feet, rhythmically circling the Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor.

"Ding!" The system's notification sound rang out.

Host: Tang Liu (Male)

Age: 6

Soul Power: 34

Martial Soul I: Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor (...Innate Domain: Ethereal Blue Emperor Domain).

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Soul Ring II: Soul Skill, Ethereal Stealth [Applies Ethereal Stealth to a maximum of 5 units (upgradable) within a 100-meter radius (upgradable) centered on yourself. Units affected enter a stealth state for 2 minutes (upgradable). While in stealth, they cannot be locked onto, and existing locks are broken. Units in stealth cannot be detected by any observational means (specific effects depend on your mental power). Taking or dealing damage will break the stealth state (specifics depend on your mental power and the intensity of the damage dealt or received). Ethereal Stealth cannot be stacked on the same unit; additional applications follow the duration of the first. The duration and effectiveness of Ethereal Stealth are positively correlated with the quantity and quality of your mental power.]

Martial Soul II: Clear Sky Hammer (...)

Martial Soul III: Haolan Spell (...)

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Soul Ring III: Soul Skill, Haolan Force Field [Consumes a certain amount of soul power to create a force field anywhere within a 100-meter radius (upgradable) around you. The quantity, size, quality, density, and intensity are positively correlated with the soul power consumed. If soul power is below 10% of the maximum, this skill cannot be used.]

Current physical limit for soul ring age: 4,300 years.

Summary: After absorbing the approximately 2,900-year-old Demon Eye Demon Tree, your mental power has finally been developed. Congratulations on obtaining a left-eye External Soul Bone: Demon Eye.

Once the system updated his data, the Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor in Tang Liu's palm slowly vanished.

At the same moment, a circle of cyan-green, flame-like patterns slowly emerged around his left eye socket, the faint flickering light making it look as if flames were burning there.

Tang Hao was a man of great experience and recognized the true nature of the green patterns at a glance.

"An External Soul Bone?"

After a moment of slight surprise, Tang Hao let out a cold snort and muttered, "You know when to be sensible, actually giving Little Liu an External Soul Bone."

The now-deceased Demon Eye Demon Tree: "..." Great one, I was truly wrong!

Absorbing the External Soul Bone took Tang Liu another half hour, after which he slowly drifted back to consciousness.

Opening his eyes, Tang Hao noticed that Tang Liu's left pupil had changed from blue-black to cyan-green. Coupled with the flame-like patterns around his eye socket, he looked extremely eerie, yet filled with a bewitching charm.

"Dad, I think I obtained a soul bone from the Demon Eye Demon Tree."

The first thing Tang Liu did upon waking was to locate Tang Hao with his gaze before speaking.

"Mm, I know. Try it out and see what its soul skill is," Tang Hao said, forcing a somewhat wooden smile.

Tang Liu nodded and channeled his soul power into his left eye, activating the skill attached to the Demon Eye.

The magic patterns around his eye socket lit up, the flickering frequency increasing until they looked even more like flames.

The next moment, Tang Hao sensed a faint ripple of mental power shoot out from Tang Liu's left eye, landing on a large tree in the distance.

However, there was no further movement.

Is it a mental attack skill?

Tang Hao was somewhat puzzled.

Still, for Tang Liu to be able to project his mental power at the age of six—even if aided by a soul skill—was enough to prove that his mental power was stronger than that of an ordinary person.

Even Tang Hao himself had only been able to project his mental power when he was on the verge of becoming a Titled Douluo.

"Little Liu, what do you feel?" Tang Hao asked.

After absorbing the External Soul Bone, the system had updated his data once more. 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, I can make the target enter an illusion of my choosing. If their mental power is weaker than mine, there is basically no chance of them breaking free."

Tang Hao nodded and then asked, "Not bad. And what about your second soul skill?"

"The second soul skill is Ethereal Stealth; it's the group stealth skill I wanted." Speaking of his new skill, Tang Liu was quite pleased.

Tang Hao nodded again. "The support-type path you've chosen is different from other support-type soul masters. Currently, the soul skills you've added don't seem to provide much of a boost to other soul masters. But since this is your choice, I assume you have your own solutions."

Hearing this, Tang Liu couldn't help but shake his head and smile. "Dad, what you said is true. But think about it: what if I were participating in a war?"

At these words, Tang Hao was stunned.

"Although I can only put five people into a stealth state right now, what if those five people were Titled Douluo? I could lead them behind enemy lines to launch a sneak attack without anyone noticing. If I can eventually turn my first soul skill into a group etherealization, or obtain another group etherealization ability, then what place in this Douluo Continent would be off-limits to me?" Tang Liu continued.

"But the Star Luo and Heaven Dou empires have been at peace for nearly a thousand years. Who would start a war?" Tang Hao frowned.

A dark look crossed Tang Liu's face as he looked at Tang Hao. "It's unlikely for the Star Luo and Heaven Dou empires to go to war, but Dad, don't forget about Martial Soul Hall. You know them better than I do; haven't you sensed their ambition?"

Tang Hao was struck by a sudden realization.

Indeed, as Martial Soul Hall grew increasingly powerful, their ambitions were gradually being revealed.

It was just that, for now, no one on the continent believed it.

"Since the soul ring has been absorbed, let's go. Where are we heading next?" Tang Liu stood up and brushed the grass clippings off his clothes.

"Aren't you going to absorb your third spirit ring while you're at it?" Tang Hao said.

Tang Liu shook his head. "No rush. I plan to wait until I'm twelve to add my third spirit ring. By then, I should be able to withstand a ring of around fifteen thousand years."

Tang Hao nodded. "Then let's go."

This chapter was honestly a bit too much filler (and I even cut out as much as I could), so there will be another chapter today.