Five-Star Specialist Weapon! Five-Star Specialist Support! The Continent's Number One Support-Type Martial Soul!

"Cough, cough..."

Lin Qing coughed twice, rubbed his nose, and tried his best to look more natural.

He walked up to Er Ni, reached out, and gently patted her shoulder, his tone warm and earnest.

"Sister Er Ni, thank you for liking me so much."

He said it with complete sincerity.

"Wah..."

Hearing Lin Qing's straightforward response, Er Ni's neck turned red as well.

She let out a small, animal-like whimper and lowered her head even further, wishing she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

"Alright, alright, I won't tease you anymore."

Seeing that she was nearly steaming from embarrassment, Lin Qing quickly changed the subject and turned serious.

"Tell me more about your Soul Skill. Aside from locking onto a single target, does it have any other characteristics? For example, how is it related to Soul Rings?"

At the mention of serious matters, Er Ni finally managed to pull herself slightly out of her embarrassment.

She tried hard to calm her racing heart, thought for a moment, then spoke softly.

"Um... the Soul Skill Lovesick Heartbreak doesn't seem to be affected by the type of Soul Ring."

"That is, no matter what kind of soul beast Soul Ring I absorb, the skill's effect will always be the fixed 'Lovesick Heartbreak.'"

"The strength of its effect only depends on the age of the Soul Rings."

"The higher the combined total age of all my Soul Rings, the stronger the enhancement effect will be."

After thinking for a moment, she added, "Right now, I don't have any Soul Rings, so the base enhancement is a 100% increase to all attributes."

"What?!"

Lin Qing's previously calm expression instantly shattered.

His eyes widened as he wondered if he had heard wrong.

"With no Soul Rings, it provides a 100% increase to all attributes, and that effect will keep growing as the total age of your future Soul Rings increases?"

This effect... could no longer be described as merely "powerful"!

It was simply heaven-defying!

After all, for most support-type Soul Masters, a First Soul Skill that could boost a teammate by twenty or thirty percent was already considered quite good.

Even the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, hailed as the strongest support-type Martial Soul, only boosted a single attribute with each Soul Skill.

And its enhancement effects were nowhere near this absurd.

The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda was preset to provide a 10% boost to all attributes, including strength, speed, Soul Power, defense, and so on.

For every Soul Ring acquired, the enhancement to all attributes increased by an additional 10%.

In other words, a one-ring Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda only provided a 20% boost to a single attribute, while even six rings only gave 70%.

Yet Er Ni's innate Soul Skill, Lovesick Heartbreak, had a terrifying base enhancement of 100% even with zero rings—and it applied to all attributes!

What kind of concept was that?

It meant directly doubling the combat power of whoever received the support!

And this was only the beginning.

If the Soul Rings Er Ni absorbed in the future had a combined total age of ten thousand years, several tens of thousands of years, or even a hundred thousand years...

Lin Qing did not dare imagine just how outrageous the enhancement would become!

Two hundred percent? Three hundred percent? Or something even more terrifying?

This would forcibly elevate an ordinary Soul Master to the level of a monster!

Unfortunately, Er Ni's Soul Skill could only target him.

Otherwise, Lovesick Heartbreak Red would have been the continent's number one support-type Martial Soul.

"Th-there's more..."

Seeing how excited and happy Lin Qing was, Er Ni hurriedly revealed the remaining information, afraid she might leave something out.

"My Martial Soul itself also comes with an innate trait called 'Revive the Dead, Regrow White Bones.'"

She looked at Lin Qing and spoke every word with utmost seriousness.

She tried to convey the information that had clearly surfaced in her mind as accurately as possible.

"This trait has three effects."

"First, a full-state recovery that can only be activated once per day. It can instantly heal all injuries of myself and the person I love, while completely restoring Soul Power and physical strength."

"Second, a... self-resurrection that can only be activated once in a lifetime."

When she said the word "resurrection," even her voice became a little unsteady.

Clearly, she understood how outrageous it was.

"Third, a resurrection... for the person I love, which can only be activated once in a lifetime."

She nearly exhausted all her courage to say that last sentence, her face flushed red.

Yet her gaze remained firmly fixed on Lin Qing, making her meaning obvious.

The "person I love" was him.

"Hiss!!!"

This time, Lin Qing truly sucked in a sharp breath, feeling the back of his head go numb.

Full-state recovery!

Self-resurrection!

Resurrecting him!

Th-this wasn't some innate trait at all!

These were clearly three extra lives!

They were cheat-level life-saving divine skills straight out of a game!

Especially that "resurrect the person I love" ability.

Although it could only be used once in a lifetime, and although the target was restricted, the effect alone was enough to drive anyone who learned of it mad!

What did that mean?

It meant that as long as Er Ni was alive, Lin Qing effectively had an absolute life-saving trump card written into the rules themselves!

Even if he really did die someday.

As long as Er Ni was still around, she could pull him back from the gates of hell!

"Wouldn't Er Ni become my exclusive support?"

Lin Qing muttered to himself as a gaming term inexplicably popped into his mind.

Five-Star Specialist Weapon!

Five-Star Specialist Support!

A bonded healer!

The kind that came with resurrection armor!

This setup was way too incredible!

"Good! Good! Good!"

Overwhelmed by the enormous surprise, Lin Qing excitedly said "good" three times in a row, slapped his thigh hard, and nearly jumped out of his chair.

He looked at the still-embarrassed Er Ni before him, his eyes shining astonishingly bright.

"It's decided! Er Ni!"

"Once you've adapted a little, I'll take you hunting for a soul beast right away!"

"We have to find you the best Soul Ring possible and bring out the strength of this 'exclusive support' as soon as we can!"

That was what he said.

But Lin Qing was not some reckless fool.

Though he shouted about immediately taking Er Ni to hunt soul beasts, he knew perfectly well that this could not be rushed.

Hunting soul beasts was not like buying groceries at a market, where one could simply pick and choose.

It was a matter of risking one's life, especially when trying to obtain high-age Soul Rings.

Before setting out, he had to help Er Ni build as solid a foundation as possible and improve her physique and endurance.

Only then could he ensure that she could absorb higher-age Soul Rings and raise the base enhancement of Lovesick Heartbreak, this divine skill, by another huge margin!

Lin Qing first took out the two melted pieces of Ten-Thousand Year Whale Rubber he had left over, which were no longer of much use to him, from the Relic Space.

Er Ni had experience consuming Whale Rubber too, so he did not need to explain much.

But the effects of Ten-Thousand Year Whale Rubber were still overwhelming.

Those two pieces of Whale Rubber kept them busy for an entire night.

When the sky began to brighten with the pale light of dawn.

The surging medicinal power inside Er Ni finally gradually calmed down.

The alluring pink flush around her body slowly faded, and her breathing became even and deep.

Her entire body seemed to have undergone a transformation. Her skin became increasingly lustrous and radiant, while her aura grew much more solid.

She slowly opened her eyes.

A trace of confusion and exhaustion remained in them after being battered by the fierce medicinal power.

But soon, the fragmented yet vivid memories from the night before flooded into her mind.

It seemed she had made strange sounds?

And... and twisted around?

Her clothes, her clothes also seemed a little disheveled!

With a bang, Er Ni's face flushed crimson again.

Even her ears and neck, which had only just returned to normal, were not spared.

She quickly lowered her head.

She did not dare look at Lin Qing at all, so embarrassed that she wished she could disappear immediately.

Lin Qing also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she had awakened.

Seeing her act like an ostrich, he found it amusing, yet felt an inexplicable softness in his heart.

He stood and walked over, deliberately teasing her in a relaxed tone.

"You're awake? How do you feel? Ten-Thousand Year Whale Rubber tasted pretty good, didn't it?"

"Wah... Ah Qing, don't say that..."

Er Ni buried her face in her knees, her voice muffled and filled with embarrassment.

"Alright, alright, I won't say it."

Lin Qing stopped while he was ahead and did not tease her further.

His expression turned serious.

From the Storage Soul Tool, he took out the last and most precious treasure—the 100,000-Year Lovesick Heartbreak Red Torso Bone!