Major Upgrade, Forming the Cavalry Regiment

Sunset Forest.

Xiaomeng, Snow Maiden, Tide Enchantress, and Na'er gathered here.

For several days, four pitch-black wings circled in the sky, hunting, devouring, and evolving.

In the meantime, they also made a trip to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Beyond the known immortal herbs, there were others that had never appeared in the original work.

Their effects were similar to the Water Muscle Jade Immortal Grass, Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, and Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.

There was more than one Aromatic Silk Beauty, though unfortunately, the others had yet to mature.

As the immortal herbs were consumed, their soul power was refined, their physiques were strengthened, and their spiritual power surged.

Everything was fully adapted within a few days.

Snow Maiden completed her first four rings, and with Jiang Ce's devouring feedback, her level was pushed to 50.

After hunting for her fifth ring, the medicinal power erupted upon absorption, breaking her through to level 56 in one go.

Xiaomeng, level 75.

Tide Enchantress, level 65.

Na'er did not need to hunt; she condensed two ten-thousand-year soul rings on her own, reaching level 26.

The Venom tissues Jiang Ce had implanted within the women all reached a seventy-thousand-year age.

The Venom tissue on Xiaomeng reached 100,000 years directly.

"Master, I never expected the soul skills of this Douluo Continent to be so truly marvelous." Tide Enchantress manifested her martial soul and chuckled softly.

According to Jiang Ce's plan, the first six rings were all focused on amplification and mechanics.

The immortal herbs strengthened their physiques, and Venom provided a five-fold amplification, allowing them to absorb ten-thousand-year soul rings starting from their first ring.

In Douluo Continent, the higher the age and the rarer the soul beast killed by a soul master, the stronger and rarer the soul skill.

Tide Enchantress's first soul skill—Sinking Dream Bewitching Smoke:

All attributes increased by 100%, spiritual soul skill effects increased by 200%, and control duration extended by 30%.

Her martial soul, Dream Illusion Butterfly, releases hypnotic scale-powder smoke, causing enemies to become groggy and reducing their reaction time by 30%.

Those with spiritual power lower than hers fall directly into a deep sleep for 2 seconds; the greater the gap, the longer they sleep.

"To think even the first soul skill is this terrifying." Tide Enchantress's eyes were filled with joy.

"The soul skills are indeed formidable, allowing my strength to stack exponentially."

Xiaomeng spoke coldly.

Even without counting the amplification from Jiang Che's abilities, her strength had advanced by leaps and bounds.

Moreover, she was in a symbiotic state with Jiang Ce.

She could also use Yan Lingji's sixth soul skill, Celestial Fox Nine Thoughts.

By consuming half of her soul power, she could manifest a physical clone capable of independent action and shared consciousness.

It could even cultivate, allowing her cultivation speed to increase once more.

The vast amount of experiences, sights, and knowledge Jiang Ce shared with her pushed her Dao to yet another level.

Jiang Ce's tentacles patted Snow Maiden gently:

"After all, these are noble percentage-based skills."

"The stronger you become, the greater the amplification to your own strength will be."

"It's just that..." Tide Enchantress bit her lip, a bewitching look flashing in her eyes, "Young Master's training methods are far too torturous."

When mentioning Jiang Ce's training methods, both Snow Maiden and Na'er blushed.

Those tentacle entanglements, vibration modes, and the "honing" of drawing bows and firing arrows were simply eye-opening and deeply shameful for them.

Who would call training to be a Demon Ninja, where one must remain expressionless and continue attacking enemies while being touched in all sensitive areas, all while activating Shock Bombs and the White Tiger Bell?

It was simply extremely unfriendly to women.

A dual tempering of both body and spirit.

Xiaomeng turned her head away with an expressionless face, though the tips of her ears were burning red.

"Hehehe," Jiang Ce let out a strange laugh, "Isn't this all to hone you? Willpower, focus, and the ability to resist interference during combat—not one can be missing."

"This training of yours..." Xiaomeng began, "is it becoming increasingly terrifying?"

"This is only 5x training; compared to the three-thousand-fold sensory training of a Demon Ninja, you are still far off."

A tentacle patted Xiaomeng's bottom.

Xiaomeng's outward temperament was now increasingly cold and arrogant, indifferent to joy or sorrow, looking down on everything.

However, after being developed by the tentacle monster, her figure became increasingly mature, tall, and voluptuous.

Spirit Masters on the Douluo Continent, due to awakening their spirits and absorbing spirit rings from dawn, develop physically far beyond their peers.

She had already grown to look like an eighteen or nineteen-year-old.

Xiaomeng's figure was originally tall, voluptuous, and proud, standing at about 1.74 meters with 36E measurements.

After several rounds of development and absorbing spirit rings, her height had grown to 1.84 meters, and her 36E had become 38H.

They could simply be called honeydew melons.

Facing Jiang Che's torment, Xiaomeng was helpless.

After all, she had long since promised to let him use her body, as she herself wanted to witness the scenery of reaching level one hundred and becoming a god.

A mere body, what did it matter if it were toyed with by this bastard?

If one hears the Dao in the morning, one can die content in the evening.

With a firm Dao heart, I shall search high and low.

The figures of the other women were also developing rapidly.

Snow Maiden's A-cups had all turned into 36D, and there was still room for further growth.

Na'er also lowered her head shyly.

"Brother, can you lower the gear a little?"

Every time she fought against spirit beasts, she couldn't even hold the Silver Dragon Spear steady.

But she still had to fight hard; she couldn't let her brother down.

Yet, after continuing for several days, she was also nearly unable to hold on.

"Alright, since your spirit ring configurations are complete, I will let you rest for a while."

As these words fell, the gears on the women's bodies suddenly shifted down.

The wave after wave of vibrations finally subsided, and the women all breathed a sigh of relief.

At least this was more comfortable.

"Since the spirit rings are done, it is time to capture some spirit beasts to form a cavalry unit."

Jiang Ce's voice rang out.

"Young Master, which spirit beasts should we go to capture now?" Snow Maiden asked.

"Since it is for cavalry, they naturally need to look more formidable.

This world has unique horses called Horned Scale Horses.

They have a gentle temperament, excel at carrying heavy loads and long-distance charges, and can use defensive spirit skills like

Black Scale Body Protection and Sky Horn Shield to protect their riders.

They are perfectly suited to match the heavy cavalry of the Heavenly Strategy Army."

"The Northern Great Plains of the Heaven Dou Empire, where the Horned Scale Horses are located, is hundreds of kilometers away from here."

The women nodded.

Immediately after, the Venom tissue on his back surged with a "pfft" sound, manifesting a pair of massive, pitch-black wings.

The wings flapped violently.

BOOM--

Streaks of pitch-black light cut across the sky like lightning, leaving behind a series of sonic boom clouds as they rushed toward the distance.

Northern Great Plains.

Four pairs of pitch-black wings swept across the high altitude, dragging long sonic boom clouds behind them.

Xiaomeng, Tide Enchantress, Snow Maiden, and Na'er dispersed to search, marking the largest Horned Scale Horse herds on the grassland one by one.

The first large herd had over three thousand, the second two thousand eight hundred, the third two thousand five hundred... adding in the scattered small and medium-sized herds, the total number had already exceeded ten thousand.

Na'er, relying on the sensory abilities of her Silver Dragon King bloodline, found another super herd of over five thousand.

Leading them was a three-thousand-year-old Horned Scale Horse King nearly five meters in length.

"The hunt begins."

Xiaomeng struck first.

Colorless World.

An ink-wash domain instantly shrouded the entire grassland.

The movement speed of all things plummeted by ninety percent.

Immediately following, her fourth spirit skill, Thousand Shadow Light Splitting, transformed into dozens of sword shadows, sealing off all possible escape routes from every direction.

The main body instantly teleported in front of the leader of the herd, the tip of the sword pressed against its brow; the thousand-year Horned Scale Horse bowed its head in submission under the pressure of a Soul Emperor.

Tide Enchantress launched her actions in synchronization.

Her first soul skill, Sinking Dream Bewitching Smoke, covered a hundred-meter radius, purple scales spreading like a thick fog; those Horned Scale Horses with insufficient mental power fell asleep and collapsed to the ground immediately.

Her second soul skill, Mirror Flower Butterfly Shadow, manifested nine lifelike clones, surrounding the herd completely.

Her fourth soul skill, Soul-Confusing Dance Steps, released invisible mental fluctuations, subtly altering the perception of the Horned Scale Horses, gradually leading them to view her as "someone who can be trusted."

Finally, her sixth soul skill, Eternal Night Soul Burial, implanted a soothing command into the collective consciousness of the herd.

Fear dissipated, and the herd waited quietly.

Snow Maiden put away her Jasper Flute; her battlefield was further south.

Her first soul skill, Cold Abyss Frost Melody, spread out silently, the freezing sound waves infiltrating the body of every Horned Scale Horse.

Their body temperatures began to drop, and their reactions grew sluggish.

Her fourth soul skill, Snow Dance Heavenly Splendor, brought down a sky full of blizzards, the bone-chilling cold causing the Horned Scale Horses to instinctively gather toward the only "heat source."

Twelve hours later, Horned Scale Horses from multiple herds had been integrated and gathered.

The total number exceeded twenty-five thousand.

Among them, about ten thousand were adult horses fit for battle, over two thousand were century-level, and there were thirty thousand-year-level lead horses.

There was one three-thousand-year-old Horse King.

Na'er rose high into the sky, silver light blooming, two pale gold soul rings pulsing as dragon might was released, covering the earth and sky.

Over twenty thousand Horned Scale Horses raised their heads in unison, their eyes devoid of fear, filled only with submission.

"Follow me."

To avoid disturbing the towns and villages along the way, the women drove the herd away from the main roads and densely populated areas, detouring toward the western mountain range.

Over twenty thousand Horned Scale Horses galloped through the valleys, the sound of hooves like thunder, dust filling the sky.

The women guarded the four directions from the air:

Na'er flew above the formation, continuously releasing dragon might to ensure the herd dared not act out of turn.

Apologies everyone, today's update is a bit late; I had to go out for some matters. There will be one more update later.