Absorbing the Soul Ring

Meanwhile.

"Roar..."

A deafening dragon roar rang out, and the crimson dragon on the Crimson Firmament Sword actually flew from the blade.

It circled within Wang Jingyu's mind, looking down on the Nine Venomous Yin Phosphorus Python from above.

Those enormous dragon eyes were filled with contempt for the Nine Venomous Yin Phosphorus Python.

Faced with the sudden appearance of the crimson dragon, the Nine Venomous Yin Phosphorus Python seemed to have encountered its natural nemesis. It immediately prostrated itself on the ground, trembling all over.

Wang Jingyu stared in disbelief. The giant dragon on the Crimson Firmament Sword could actually suppress the Nine Venomous Yin Phosphorus Python?

Heavens, was this for real? Had the world gone mad?

But he soon understood. The Nine Venomous Yin Phosphorus Python itself possessed a trace of Dragon Bloodline.

However, that trace was far too weak, preventing it from evolving into a flood dragon.

And now, it was facing a crimson dragon that was many levels higher even than a flood dragon.

Before the crimson dragon, it was as though it had encountered its own ancestor.

Just as Wang Jingyu had guessed, the Nine Venomous Yin Phosphorus Python's remnant soul was panicking like crazy.

What kind of being was this human? Why was there even a dragon in his sea of consciousness?!

The crimson dragon roared several times at the Nine Venomous Yin Phosphorus Python, seemingly telling it something. Terrified, it nodded again and again.

With how respectful and obedient it looked, where was even a trace of its previous arrogance?

After intimidating the Nine Venomous Yin Phosphorus Python, the crimson dragon flew back toward the Crimson Firmament Sword and returned to the blade.

The Nine Venomous Yin Phosphorus Python now looked at Wang Jingyu with a hint of fawning in its eyes.

From that moment on, the black Soul Ring above Wang Jingyu's head no longer resisted at all.

It even cooperated fully, allowing Wang Jingyu to absorb it and truly become his fourth Soul Ring.

Once the fourth Soul Ring had been absorbed, Wang Jingyu's nearly depleted Soul Power and spiritual power rapidly replenished themselves and surged forward by leaps and bounds.

When Bibi Dong woke groggily, she found that the entire forest had grown much dimmer. It should have been around five or six in the afternoon.

She tapped her dizzy head with her hand, then shook it, trying to clear her mind.

At that moment, Wang Jingyu's warm, magnetic voice entered her ears.

"You're awake? Good. We should leave the Star Dou Great Forest."

Bibi Dong hurriedly followed the sound and saw Wang Jingyu beside her, full of vigor and smiling at her.

Only then did she finally breathe a sigh of relief. She rushed over and threw her arms around Wang Jingyu.

"You didn't absorb that Soul Ring. What a relief."

But the next second, Bibi Dong remembered something. She shoved him away, glaring at him coldly.

"You bastard! You actually used an Illusion Technique on me! Are you looking to die? Believe it or not, I'll bite you to death."

With that, Bibi Dong opened her red lips and bit toward Wang Jingyu's arm.

That fierce yet adorable look made her seem exactly like an angry kitten.

Wang Jingyu raised a hand and stroked her head.

"Sorry. If I hadn't done that, you definitely would have stopped me from absorbing that Soul Ring.

So I had no choice but to use an Illusion Technique on you and put you to sleep..."

Before Wang Jingyu could finish, Bibi Dong staggered back several steps, looking at him as if he were some kind of freak.

"You absorbed that Soul Ring? W-What kind of joke is that? It was a Soul Ring of nearly twenty thousand years. You..."

Wang Jingyu said nothing more. He directly summoned his martial soul, and four Soul Rings rose into the air around him.

The unmistakable black fourth Soul Ring proved that Wang Jingyu had not been lying.

In other words, he had truly succeeded in absorbing that nearly twenty-thousand-year Soul Ring.

And that was not all. Bibi Dong also discovered that Wang Jingyu's first Soul Ring had turned black as well!

"Jingyu, your first Soul Ring is also a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring? H-How is that possible?"

Bibi Dong pointed at Wang Jingyu's first Soul Ring, her shock impossible to conceal.

"How did your first Soul Ring become a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring too? What on earth happened?"

Seeing Bibi Dong's expression as though she had seen a ghost, Wang Jingyu nearly laughed.

"You mean this Soul Ring? It's nothing special. It simply evolves automatically as my ability to withstand it changes.

Now that the maximum age I can endure has reached nineteen thousand years, my first Soul Ring has also risen to nineteen thousand years."

"A Soul Ring that can evolve automatically? You were already freakish enough, but even your Soul Rings are freakish..."

Deeply shaken, Bibi Dong slumped onto the ground, looking utterly dejected.

"My teacher has always praised me as a genius seen once in ten thousand years, but compared to you, I feel such a deep sense of defeat..."

Seeing how despondent Bibi Dong looked, Wang Jingyu lightly flicked her forehead with a finger.

"Girl, there's no need to belittle yourself. Even though we're both transmigrators,

you haven't read this novel, nor do you have cheats like I do.

Maybe one day, you'll suddenly awaken a system. With your talent, you might surpass me before long..."

After saying that, Wang Jingyu took Bibi Dong's small hand from the ground and headed toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

"The sun is already setting. We need to get out of the forest as soon as possible.

Otherwise, who knows what kind of ferocious beasts we might encounter in the Star Dou Great Forest at night."

As Bibi Dong followed Wang Jingyu's footsteps, she sensed the surging Soul Power within him, and her expression became extraordinarily animated.

"Jingyu, your Soul Power has actually broken through to level 49? And the sheer abundance of your Soul Power far exceeds even mine.

Since when did breakthroughs become so easy? It probably won't be long before you surpass me in level, right?"

Wang Jingyu merely smiled and did not answer her.

Because he knew that before changing his martial soul, he had already been level 47.

After changing his martial soul, each of the four Soul Rings he had replaced was far stronger than his original Soul Rings.

So he had expected his Soul Power to rise.

But the fact that it had only risen by two levels caught Wang Jingyu somewhat off guard.

Just now, he had clearly felt that his Soul Power was enough to break through to level 50.

But just as he was about to cross the level 50 threshold, the system intervened.

Part of his Soul Power was sealed by the system in his lower dantian.

Another part was sealed in his upper dantian, preventing him from successfully breaking through to level 50.

After considering the reason, Wang Jingyu guessed that the system had done this because it felt he was advancing too quickly and his foundation was unstable.

It had sealed part of his strength to solidify his foundation.

Of course, the system might also have other plans for him. It must have had its reasons for doing this.

Wang Jingyu was not in a hurry. Although he appeared to be only a level 49 Soul Ancestor now,

with two thousand-year soul skills, two ten-thousand-year soul skills, and the first four moves of the Crimson Dragon Sword Art, which were being unsealed alongside his strength, as his trump cards,

he could now challenge a level 50 Soul King alone without any problem.

Even against a level 60 Soul Emperor, so long as he did not encounter someone excessively monstrous, he believed he could still put up a fight!!!