"Are you really going to condense a Soul Ring yourself?"
Rogue Rabbit's large eyes looked curiously at Su Mo, wanting to know whether he was telling the truth.
"Of course!"
Su Mo answered with certainty.
"Then will you really help me hide my identity?"
Rogue Rabbit pressed on.
"That's right. As long as you tell me the detailed process of condensing a Soul Ring."
Su Mo promised.
He really disliked Rogue Rabbit, but if she could truly help him quickly master the Self-Condensed Soul Ring, he was willing to keep his promise.
"Alright, then I'll tell you everything I know!"
Rogue Rabbit stared fixedly into Su Mo's eyes for a moment before breaking into a smile.
Next, in an unoccupied corner of the training ground, Rogue Rabbit vividly explained in detail how she had condensed her own Soul Ring to Su Mo.
[ Ding~ The host has listened to the process of condensing a Soul Ring. His understanding of how to condense a Soul Ring has deepened... ]
The system prompts rang out continuously, and Su Mo's eyes grew brighter and brighter.
The method Xiao Wu described for condensing a Soul Ring was something Soul Beasts possessed uniquely after taking human form. It was clearly unsuitable for humans.
Yet by drawing inferences from her explanation, Su Mo gradually formed his own ideas.
What Su Mo and Xiao Wu did not know was that Tang San stood far away on the other side of the training ground, watching the scene and unable to stop himself from clenching his fists.
He had still come looking for them after all.
Tang San felt stifled. He wanted to go over and hear what Su Mo and Xiao Wu were talking about, but he was too embarrassed to approach them.
Just as Su Mo and Rogue Rabbit were having their friendly exchange.
Heaven Dou City's imperial palace.
The heavy doors of the council chamber were tightly shut, cutting off all noise from the outside world.
Xue Ye sat on the throne. This emperor, who had always been known for his composure, was no longer composed at this moment.
The urgent secret report submitted by the empire's intelligence organization before him seemed to weigh a thousand jun.
"Beginning at the third watch last night, throughout the empire, in the Star Dou Great Forest, the Sunset Forest, and every major Soul Beast gathering area... all Soul Beasts, in the same instant... perished completely! Body and soul annihilated, no corpses left behind! Only brief Soul Ring phenomena remained before dissipating! Combined with the sudden surge in Soul Power concentration between heaven and earth afterward... the conclusion is... the Soul Beast Clan has gone extinct!"
"Impossible... This is absolutely impossible!"
Prince Xue Xing slammed his palm onto the table and rose to his feet. The color drained from his face, and his voice was hoarse with disbelief. "Soul Beast Extinction? Could the intelligence be wrong?!"
"Your Highness, the information... has been verified through multiple sources."
The empire's intelligence chief replied in a dry voice, "It is absolutely not a false report."
Silence.
An even more suffocating silence than before descended over the entire council chamber.
"The Soul Beasts... are extinct..."
Ning Fengzhi, the sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, had also been urgently summoned by Xue Ye. The world's foremost support Soul Master, who had always been poised and confident, had lost his usual calm as well.
Behind Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo both wore expressions of utter disbelief.
"If the Soul Beasts are extinct, how will Soul Masters absorb Soul Rings in the future? Wouldn't the path of Soul Masters come to an end?"
Bone Douluo spoke in a dry voice.
No one refuted Bone Douluo's words. If the Soul Beast Extinction was real, then what he said was the truth.
"Then the continent is about to fall into chaos!"
"We must prepare measures to calm the people!"
Qian Renxue, disguised as Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, spoke with a grave expression. "The best course is to keep the Soul Beast Extinction from others for now. Say only that they have collectively disappeared. We cannot let those Soul Masters know that their path of cultivation has been completely cut off!"
Qian Renxue was extremely anxious inside, yet she still had to maintain her disguise as the crown prince and discuss matters with everyone.
The Soul Beasts were extinct. Her path as a Soul Master had been cut off as well!
"Indeed, the crown prince is right!"
Xue Ye took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the turmoil in his heart. His imperial bearing gathered once more.
He slowly rose to his feet and struck the ground with his Scepter, producing a dull echo. "Deliver my decree!"
Xue Ye quickly made a series of arrangements.
The spread of news regarding the Soul Beast Extinction was strictly forbidden. As for the disappearance of the Soul Beasts, it would be said that a great change in heaven and earth had caused them to vanish, and that the empire would spare no effort in searching for their traces.
Of course, whether the Soul Beasts had truly gone extinct could not yet be confirmed.
The matter still required further verification.
There were also several other arrangements.
In short, the priority was maintaining stability.
"Teacher, this disciple still has important matters to attend to, so I'll see you off here!"
At the palace gates, Qian Renxue personally saw Ning Fengzhi off.
"Mm, go on, then!"
"If anything happens, don't stand on ceremony. Come to the sect and find me anytime!"
Ning Fengzhi nodded, warmly patting Qian Renxue on the shoulder as he reminded her.
"I will, Teacher!"
"Oh, Teacher, this gift is for my junior sister, to celebrate her Martial Soul awakening. Please help me give it to Rongrong!"
Qian Renxue nodded, then took out a gift box she had prepared long ago.
"Good. Qinghe, you are thoughtful!"
Ning Fengzhi nodded in appreciation and accepted the gift.
But at the thought that the Soul Beasts had gone extinct and his precious daughter would no longer be able to absorb Soul Rings, Ning Fengzhi's heart felt especially heavy.
He did not know how heartbroken that girl would be when she learned the news!
"Uncle Jian, Uncle Gu!"
"Do you think something like Soul Beast Extinction is real?"
After Qian Renxue left, Ning Fengzhi could not help asking Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo.
He truly did not dare believe that such a thing had happened.
"Whether it is real or not, we'll know once we see for ourselves!"
Sword Douluo said calmly.
"Alright, then I'll have to trouble Uncle Jian and Uncle Gu to accompany me!"
Ning Fengzhi nodded.
Whoosh~
Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo then took Ning Fengzhi toward the nearest Soul Beast Forest outside the imperial capital.
To confirm it as quickly as possible, Bone Douluo directly transformed into a Bone Dragon and carried Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi swiftly through the air.
"Fengzhi, if the Soul Beasts have truly gone extinct, what do you plan to do?"
Standing on Bone Douluo's back, Sword Douluo asked in a grave tone.
"If the Soul Beasts have truly gone extinct, then our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect will need to bind itself even more closely to the Heaven Dou Empire!"
"If the path of Soul Masters has been cut off, the influence of the major sects and factions will definitely grow weaker and weaker in the future!"
"If Soul Masters cannot find another path, then the future will undoubtedly belong to the two great empires."
Ning Fengzhi's tone was extremely heavy as he spoke.
It was as though he could see the profession of Soul Master nearing its end.
"Sect Master, whatever decision you make, this old bone and I will support you!"
"But don't forget Spirit Hall. Spirit Hall will surely think of this as well. It definitely will not simply wait around..."
"Spirit Hall has always been ambitious. After the Soul Beast Extinction, Spirit Hall may begin to act..."
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