Companion Treasure Purple Spirit Crystal, Innate Soul Skill Amethyst Body Protection

After absorbing the strange information in his mind, Qin Yao immediately sat cross-legged and pressed his palms together.

Purple soul power surged wildly from his palms.

The residual golden soul power on the corpse of the Golden Lion King nearby was drawn by the pull, converging between Qin Yao's hands.

The purple soul power transformed into a vortex, swallowing and refining all of this golden energy.

The two types of energy intertwined in mid-air, emitting faint crackling sounds.

"Grandfather, what is His Highness doing?" Dugu Yan leaned in, lowering her voice.

"How would this old man know!" Dugu Bo stared at the Golden Lion King's corpse. "Could it be a soul bone? Is His Highness forcibly extracting a soul bone?"

Dugu Bo narrowed his eyes, attempting to find the outline of a soul bone within the radiance.

After watching for a long time, there was nothing but pure energy.

It was definitely not a soul bone.

Strange! Truly strange!

Time passed.

Half an hour later.

The light between Qin Yao's hands gradually faded.

The soul power of the Golden Lion King's corpse had been completely refined, and a purple crystal about twenty centimeters long floated in his palm.

The crystal was translucent, with purple flames flowing within. A wave of pure energy radiated from it.

Qin Yao gripped the crystal, his fingers tracing its smooth texture, and smiled.

It was actually a Purple Spirit Crystal.

The extra information in his mind was precisely about this item.

According to the memories of his past life, the Amethyst Winged Lion King would only shed one Purple Spirit Crystal every twenty years.

Although the Purple Spirit Crystal had little effect on the Lion King itself, it was a treasure for cultivators capable of refining grade-five pills.

But now, as he broke through to level fifty and his martial soul origin awakened further, this trait had been completely triggered.

The rules of Douluo Continent were different from those of the Great World of Cultivation; he did not need to wait twenty years.

As long as he absorbed a soul ring, he could use the residual soul power within the soul beast, combined with his own Amethyst origin, to condense a Purple Spirit Crystal.

When he eventually broke through to become a Titled Douluo, he wouldn't even need to hunt soul beasts; he could condense them himself using his own vast soul power.

To others, this item was a treasure that could only be used once in a lifetime.

For anyone below the Titled Douluo realm, absorbing one could directly increase their soul power by one level, or even cleanse their marrow and improve their cultivation talent.

Its effects were comparable to the vast majority of ordinary immortal herbs. If put up for auction, it would definitely cause those great families to fight tooth and nail for it.

But for Qin Yao himself, the significance of the Purple Spirit Crystal went far beyond that.

This thing was a massive energy storage device.

If his soul power was exhausted in battle, absorbing one would instantly restore a large amount of soul power. His endurance was effectively maxed out.

It was just as overpowered as the Energy Purple Crystals in Lolo's Adventure!

More importantly, there was his martial soul's innate talent: Amethyst Seal.

It forcibly sealed the target's full strength, turning them into an ordinary person.

This skill was incredibly domineering, but the side effects were equally severe; using it once would leave him in a state of extreme weakness. On this dangerous continent, weakness was equivalent to seeking death.

Now, with the Purple Spirit Crystal, he could absorb one after using the seal to significantly alleviate that sense of weakness and replenish his overdrawn origin.

With this safeguard, Amethyst Seal could be used as a standard trump card.

In the future, if he encountered a tough opponent he couldn't beat, he would simply seal their strength and then pin them to the ground for a beating.

Not only that, but the stream of information from earlier also contained another surprise.

Martial soul innate talent: Amethyst Body Protection.

It required no soul ring and didn't consume much soul power to activate.

It was a defensive skill originating entirely from the depths of his martial soul's bloodline. As long as he willed it, it could form instantly.

"Your Highness, what kind of treasure is that in your hand?" Dugu Bo couldn't help himself, rubbing his hands as he approached.

The pure energy radiating from that purple crystal made even a Titled Douluo like him feel a stir. His intuition told him this was a good thing.

Consuming it would definitely be of great use.

Dugu Yan followed, looking on with curiosity. She could feel that the energy within the crystal held a massive attraction for her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor martial soul.

"Want to know?" Qin Yao stood up and casually tossed the Purple Spirit Crystal into his storage soul tool.

Dugu Bo nodded repeatedly, his eyes still fixed on Qin Yao's soul tool.

"If you perform well in the future, I will reward you with one. The same goes for you, Yan-yan." Qin Yao brushed the dust off his clothes.

Dugu Bo's eyes lit up, and he immediately stood at attention:

"Rest assured, Your Highness. This old man's life belongs to you; I strike wherever you point! Whoever dares to disrespect you, I shall be the first to poison them to death!"

Dugu Yan's cheeks flushed slightly as she responded in a soft voice, "Thank you, Your Highness."

Qin Yao ignored Dugu Bo's display of loyalty. He took a deep breath and let out a low shout, "Amethyst Body Protection."

A blinding purple light erupted instantly from the surface of Qin Yao's body.

Dark purple soul power gathered rapidly across his skin, and in the blink of an eye, a heavy, magnificent set of Amethyst Armor encased his entire body.

The surface of the armor shimmered with a translucent luster, featuring a ferocious lion head relief on the chest and sharp crystal spikes protruding from the shoulders.

A formidable aura radiated from him, and paired with Qin Yao's 1.9-meter stature, he looked every bit like a god of war.

Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan stared blankly at the Amethyst Armor that completely covered Qin Yao.

This soul skill looked incredibly powerful.

Qin Yao moved his limbs, feeling the sense of security the armor provided.

He looked at Dugu Bo and spoke:

"Elder Dugu."

"What are your orders, Your Highness?" Dugu Bo collected his thoughts and stepped forward respectfully.

"Use an attack at the level of a Soul Emperor and hit me with all your might," Qin Yao said.

Dugu Bo was stunned, thinking he had misheard.

"Your Highness, this..."

What kind of joke was this!

He was a level 92 Title Douluo; even if he suppressed his soul power to the level of a Soul Emperor in his sixties, that punch was not something a flesh-and-blood body could withstand.

If the Holy Son suffered even the slightest mishap, the Fourth Worship would surely scatter his ashes to the wind.

"If I tell you to hit me, then hit me. Why so much nonsense?" Qin Yao's tone allowed no room for refusal. "I want to test the limits of this armor."

"Grandfather, Your Highness is..." Dugu Yan grew anxious on the side, her face full of worry.

"Rest assured, His Highness knows what he is doing," Dugu Bo comforted his granddaughter before taking a deep breath and facing Qin Yao.

He knew this was the Holy Son testing him, as well as showing off his trump card.

"Then take care, Your Highness!"

Dugu Bo let out a low shout, and soul power began to condense in his right fist.

He did not release his martial soul, merely mobilizing pure soul power and precisely controlling its intensity to the level of a level 65 assault-type Soul Emperor.

A ball of dark green light lit up on his fist, and the surrounding air began to hiss faintly.

"Come." Qin Yao stood firm, feet slightly apart, bracing himself in a horse stance.

Dugu Bo hesitated no longer. His figure flashed, and his right fist, carrying a fierce gale, slammed heavily into Qin Yao's chest!

"Bang!"

A dull, thunderous sound echoed.

Dugu Yan covered her mouth in nervousness.

The scene she had imagined—the armor shattering and the figure flying backward—did not occur.

Qin Yao stood where he was, completely motionless.

The Amethyst Armor on his chest only showed cracks where Dugu Bo's fist had struck; it did not shatter.

Beyond that, Qin Yao was completely unharmed.

"This... how is this possible?"

Dugu Bo abruptly retracted his fist and took two steps back, his face filled with shock.

The defense of this soul skill was truly formidable.

With a thought from Qin Yao, the Amethyst Body Protection on his body slowly faded, dissipating into specks of purple light.

This immense defensive power left Qin Yao very satisfied; this innate skill of his martial soul was truly overbearing.