[After breaking through level 20 and needing a second Soul Ring, Teacher Jing Hongchen personally led a team to hunt one for me. This time, we came to the Star Dou Great Forest.]
Star Dou Great Forest.
With Jing Hongchen personally leading the team and three Soul Saint-level guards accompanying them, the lineup was quite extravagant.
After all, they were only hunting a second Soul Ring for Sun Moon Lin Qing.
[Teacher Jing Hongchen said our goal was to find the spiritual-type soul beast most suitable for me. After searching for seven days, we finally encountered a top-tier spiritual-type soul beast: the Silver Hero Beast.]
Deep within the dense forest.
A vigorous soul beast was drinking by a stream.
Its eyes glimmered with an unusual pinkish-purple light.
A Silver Hero Beast!
Known as an ancient extinct soul beast, it was a top-tier soul beast among spiritual types.
In the original work, Huo Yuhao's fifth Soul Ring for his Spirit Eye martial soul came from a thirty-five-thousand-year Silver Hero Beast hunted in the Star Dou Great Forest.
[This Silver Hero Beast was undoubtedly an excellent Soul Ring for me, but the problem was that its cultivation was somewhat too high. Teacher Jing Hongchen did not recommend that I absorb it.]
"This Silver Hero Beast is at least five thousand five hundred years old. That's too high."
Jing Hongchen looked at Sun Moon Lin Qing.
"Even if you consumed Thousand-Year Whale Rubber and your physical constitution has improved, five thousand five hundred years is still far too risky."
But Sun Moon Lin Qing stared at the Silver Hero Beast, his eyes flickering.
[Teacher was right. A five-thousand-five-hundred-year cultivation was indeed too high, but...]
"Teacher, I want to try."
Jing Hongchen froze.
"What did you say?"
"I want to try."
Sun Moon Lin Qing repeated himself. His voice was not loud, but it was exceptionally resolute.
"I have calculated the limit of what my body can endure and evaluated the energy characteristics of the Silver Hero Beast's Soul Ring."
"As for spiritual power, I am confident. As for my body..."
He paused.
"With Teacher here, along with a level-seven Milk Bottle and all kinds of protective measures, I believe it is worth taking the risk."
Jing Hongchen stared at Sun Moon Lin Qing for a long time.
In the end, he drew a deep breath.
"Fine. I will allow you to try."
"But remember, the moment there is any sign of danger, I will immediately interrupt the process. Even crippling your cultivation is better than letting you lose your life."
His voice became incomparably stern.
Sun Moon Lin Qing nodded. "I understand."
[Teacher personally made his move and subdued the Silver Hero Beast with ease.]
The strength of a Title Douluo was displayed in full.
With only a single palm strike, the Silver Hero Beast lost its ability to resist.
Sun Moon Lin Qing stepped forward and plunged a dagger into its vital point.
A deep purple Soul Ring slowly rose.
The signature color of a Soul Ring over five thousand years old!
It was richer and deeper than the purple of his first Soul Ring!
[After adjusting my condition, I began absorbing this Soul Ring.]
He sat cross-legged.
The Soul Ring settled around him.
In an instant.
"Boom!!!"
Violent energy surged into his body like a flash flood bursting through a dam!
"Pfft!"
Sun Moon Lin Qing could not hold back and spat out a mouthful of blood right from the start!
The level-seven Milk Bottle in Jing Hongchen's hand had already lit up, ready to inject Soul Power at any moment.
But Sun Moon Lin Qing gritted his teeth and arduously raised a hand, gesturing for him to wait.
He was forcing himself to endure.
[I really did underestimate the terror of a five-thousand-five-hundred-year Soul Ring. I nearly died.]
In the image.
Blood began seeping from Sun Moon Lin Qing's body. Blood flowed from all seven of his orifices, and he had become a completely blood-soaked figure.
His consciousness began to blur, and the image blurred with it.
"I can't..."
Jing Hongchen's gaze sharpened as he prepared to intervene and interrupt the absorption.
But at that moment, the Heavenly Eye between Sun Moon Lin Qing's brows suddenly opened on its own!
Silver light blazed brilliantly!
A strange ripple spread outward.
[I don't remember anything. I only know that the last thing I saw was a field of silver light, and then I lost consciousness.]
The image went dark.
When it lit up again, several days had passed, and he was already in the academy infirmary.
Sun Moon Lin Qing slowly opened his eyes.
Jing Hongchen sat beside the bed, his expression exceptionally complicated.
"Teacher..."
Sun Moon Lin Qing spoke with difficulty, his voice somewhat hoarse.
"Did I... succeed?"
Jing Hongchen remained silent for a long time.
Then he slowly nodded.
"You succeeded. You absorbed the five-thousand-five-hundred-year Silver Hero Beast Soul Ring..."
Sun Moon Lin Qing froze.
Then overwhelming joy surged through his heart.
He tried circulating his Soul Power. His Soul Power Level was twenty-four!
Two Soul Rings rose beneath his feet, one purple and one deep purple!
[I successfully absorbed this Soul Ring. Honestly, even I was surprised.]
"This..."
Lin Qing no longer knew how to evaluate Sun Moon Lin Qing's actions.
Not only did he dare to absorb a five-thousand-five-hundred-year second Soul Ring, but he had actually succeeded!
"This guy definitely has a cheat!"
Perhaps Sun Moon Lin Qing's golden finger was simply heaven-defying luck.
[After calming my excitement, I began carefully experiencing the second Soul Skill granted to me by this five-thousand-five-hundred-year Silver Hero Beast Soul Ring. It was somewhat unexpected: my second Soul Skill was called "Spirit Replication Fusion"!]
The narrator's voice suddenly carried a hint of excitement.
[It sounds somewhat similar to Huo Yuhao's fifth Soul Skill, "Spirit Replication," but the difference is enormous. My Soul Skill is not the simple, one-time Imprint of Huo Yuhao's fifth Soul Skill. Instead, it Imprints Soul Skills and then fuses and permanently solidifies them!]
Lin Qing knew that Huo Yuhao's fifth Soul Skill from his Spirit Eye martial soul, Spirit Replication, came from the Silver Hero Beast.
Not only did he know, he had also carefully studied this ability.
In the original work, this Soul Skill was quite good.
The instant an opponent used a Soul Skill, it could completely replicate that Soul Skill and store it within the user's body.
It could be released at any time when needed.
Moreover, because the replication was completed purely through spiritual power, it was not restricted by any attributes.
Whether the opponent used fire, ice, lightning, or anything else... as long as the replication succeeded, Huo Yuhao could use it.
Of course, its limitations were also obvious.
First, a replication could only store one Soul Skill at a time. Only after it was released could the next one be replicated.
Second, the number of times it could replicate each day was limited.
The original work did not specify how many times, but it was at least three.
"Very powerful, but... its limitations are significant."
That was how Lin Qing evaluated it in his heart.
It was a one-time-use ability. Once used, it had to be replicated again.
But Sun Moon Lin Qing's was different.
Lin Qing stared at the final-message projection, his eyes shining.
[My Soul Skill has two effects. The first is "Imprint," and the second is "Copy Fusion."]
[Imprint: It has the same effect as Huo Yuhao's Soul Skill, but the number of Imprints is reduced to once per day.]
[Copy Fusion: It can replicate and fuse three Soul Skills used by other people, creating a brand-new Soul Skill most suitable for me. This new Soul Skill will be permanently solidified, becoming the second Soul Skill of my own second Soul Ring!]
"Replicate three Soul Skills, fuse them into a new Soul Skill, and permanently solidify it?!"
This effect was far too heaven-defying!
Huo Yuhao's Spirit Replication only borrowed abilities temporarily; once used, they were gone.
Yet Sun Moon Lin Qing's retained the first effect while also allowing him to directly create his own permanent Soul Skill!
"The difference is way too great..."
Could it be a mutation caused by an over-limit Soul Ring, as well as the Heavenly Eye and Spirit Eye being different martial souls?
After all, a second Soul Ring that was already five thousand five hundred years old had broken all common sense.
With different martial souls, it made sense for the Soul Skill to mutate as well.
But no matter what, this was absolutely a divine skill!
It could permanently solidify the Soul Skills of others and optimize them through fusion. If used well, it could grant him an incredibly powerful ability!
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