First Soul Ring

"Here it comes!"

Grey Wolf trotted over to Feng Tianyu's side, staring at the yellow Soul Ring with a face full of awe.

This was Grey Wolf's first time witnessing the unique practice on Douluo Continent of killing soul beasts to obtain Soul Rings. Even as a wolf, the bloody scene sent chills down his spine.

He was indeed a wolf, but back on Green Green Grassland, he had been a herbivorous wolf who had never eaten sheep.

At this moment, Grey Wolf's legs were actually going weak.

Feng Tianyu was still immersed in the excitement of absorbing his first Soul Ring. With Mu En guarding the area, he had no need to worry about humans or soul beasts interrupting him during the absorption process.

He immediately sat down cross-legged. Grey Wolf was connected to him in mind and assumed the same cultivation posture.

Man and wolf simultaneously began circulating their meditation methods, calling out to the yellow Soul Ring.

In an instant, the yellow Soul Ring trembled and floated over to them. It finally settled around Grey Wolf's body, rapidly contracting before merging into him.

Violent wind-attributed energy rampaged through Grey Wolf's body like countless sharp blades.

The pain made Grey Wolf let out a pig-slaughtering scream. He opened his eyes, his wolfish face twisted in agony, then sprang more than three feet into the air. After landing, he rolled around on the ground again and again.

Fortunately, Grey Wolf, as a Martial Soul, was a pure energy body. Otherwise, if that violent wind-attributed energy had churned through him, his organs, muscles, bones, and flesh would have been torn to shreds.

Under the energy's onslaught, Grey Wolf's body swelled like an inflated ball to three times its original size, as though he would explode at any moment.

Fortunately, after being buffered by Grey Wolf's body, waves of Soul Ring energy flowed back into Feng Tianyu, preventing Grey Wolf from truly bursting apart.

The energy was still immense, stretching Feng Tianyu's meridians until they bulged uncomfortably, but fortunately, it remained within his limits.

Feng Tianyu hastened to absorb the Soul Ring energy. Listening to Grey Wolf's pig-slaughtering screams, he could not bear it and thought:

I really have Grey Wolf to thank. With him sharing the burden, I can absorb the Soul Ring energy with ease.

I have to speed up. The sooner I finish absorbing the Soul Ring energy, the less torment Grey Wolf will suffer.

With that thought in mind, Feng Tianyu devoted himself wholeheartedly to absorbing the Soul Ring energy.

The Soul Ring energy spun through his meridians like a windmill. After being refined, it eventually entered his dantian and merged with his own Soul Power.

Pop!

A faint cracking sound came from Feng Tianyu's body. The bottleneck trapping his Soul Power at level ten was violently shattered by the surging energy, raising his Soul Power to level eleven and officially making him a Soul Master.

At that point, only one-third of the Soul Ring's energy had been absorbed. Two-thirds still remained for Feng Tianyu to take in.

Feng Tianyu felt invigorated. After breaking through the level ten Soul Power bottleneck, his efficiency in absorbing Soul Ring energy greatly increased, allowing him to refine it much faster.

This made things far easier for Grey Wolf. His body, which had been swollen into a ball, began visibly shrinking.

Grey Wolf was still grimacing in pain, but he could at least endure it now. He sat down cross-legged again, circulated his meditation method, and began absorbing Soul Ring energy as well.

Mu En watched the man and wolf absorb Soul Ring energy together and once again clicked his tongue in amazement.

This miraculous detached Martial Soul could actually share the pressure of absorbing a Soul Ring, and it could even actively circulate a meditation method to assist with absorbing Soul Ring energy.

This was truly incredible!

Never in the history of Soul Masters had there been a Martial Soul with such high intelligence.

It made him think even more highly of Feng Tianyu!

An increasingly intense look of anticipation appeared in Mu En's cloudy old eyes:

"This old man has visited the Sun Moon Empire many times over the years. I have watched its Soul Engineer technology change with each passing day and develop at an astonishing rate. The overall strength of the Hand of the Nation's five great Soul Engineer legions has advanced by leaps and bounds. They once lacked the power to threaten Titled Douluo, but now, even ordinary Titled Douluo would likely only be walking into their deaths against them."

"The three empires of the original Douluo Continent are still clinging to the old ways, unwilling to fully develop Soul Engineer technology. They believe high-level Soul Masters can decide everything. Even Shrek Academy shares that mindset."

"But how could they know that unless one breaks through to Limit Douluo, ordinary Titled Douluo are no longer enough to dominate the battlefield?"

"Heaven has eyes. With Ancestor Tang San watching over us, Shrek Academy has been sent Feng Tianyu. Not only does he possess Twin Martial Souls, but one of them is a Body Martial Soul. As long as Tianyu grows strong and attaches nine hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings to his Body Martial Soul, he will become the continent's strongest person beneath the gods."

"I would not dare say he could stand against the Sun Moon Empire alone, but at the very least, he could make them wary and buy more time for the three empires of the original Douluo Continent and for Shrek Academy."

"This old man does not have much time left. At most, I can hold on for another ten years. During my lifetime, I must nurture Tianyu into Shrek Academy's pillar that holds up the heavens and supports the seas."

Because Mu En held such high hopes for Feng Tianyu, he was extremely attentive while standing guard.

No humans or soul beasts could approach within a hundred meters of the area.

Four hours later, Feng Tianyu successfully absorbed the Soul Ring. A yellow Soul Ring slowly rose beneath his feet, rhythmically pulsing up and down while radiating a faint sense of pressure.

Feng Tianyu opened his eyes. A radiant gleam shone within them as he rose to his feet. He had grown another ten centimeters taller, his shoulders broader. Though he still looked rather lean, the outlines of his muscles were clearly visible beneath his clothes, giving him a capable, powerful air.

Though it was only a five-hundred-year Soul Ring, it had come from the top-tier soul beast, the Gale Two-Headed Wolf, and the improvement it gave Feng Tianyu was tremendous.

Grey Wolf had already forgotten the pain once the wound healed. Completely forgetting how he had rolled around and screamed like a slaughtered pig earlier, he threw back his head and shouted smugly:

"Woo!"

"Now this great king is filled with power! If I returned to Green Green Grassland, those little sheep would never escape this great king's grasp!"

"This world is amazing! It can actually grant this great king such formidable power!"

Seeing Feng Tianyu and Grey Wolf awaken one after the other, Mu En's brows relaxed. He seemed extremely pleased as he asked with a chuckle:

"How does it feel? A five-hundred-year Soul Ring, and one from a Gale Two-Headed Wolf at that. I believe the improvement it brought you is quite considerable!"

There was no need for Feng Tianyu to hide anything that was not secret:

"I can feel that my Soul Power has reached around level thirteen and a half. This five-hundred-year Soul Ring is no worse than a thousand-year Soul Ring."

"Also, Grey Wolf, show Elder Mu what you can do!"

Grey Wolf was connected to Feng Tianyu in mind. As the Soul Ring beneath Feng Tianyu's feet lit up, roughly one-third of the Soul Power in his body flowed into Grey Wolf's body.

A rich azure light erupted around Grey Wolf, completely different from his previous pale cyan glow. His ability to control the wind attribute was now incomparable to before.

"Watch this, Wind Blade Array!"

Grey Wolf shouted, swinging both claws and launching eight wind blades more than half a foot long. They were formed from highly compressed gales, gleaming azure and emitting a chilling edge that made one's hair stand on end.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The wind blades tore through the air with sharp shrieks and struck the Gale Two-Headed Wolf. In an instant, the beast was dismembered, blood, rotten flesh, and organs scattering across the ground, making the already bloody scene even more horrific.

Mu En's eyes lit up.

"Not bad at all. Truly eye-opening!"

"The attack power of these wind blades is no weaker than that of a thousand-year soul skill. This old man can guarantee that if these wind blades struck a person, even some Soul Elders would be unable to withstand them."

"A five-hundred-year Gale Two-Headed Wolf Soul Ring can be regarded as a relatively ordinary five-thousand-year Soul Ring."

"If this old man is not mistaken, the improvement in your Grey Wolf Martial Soul's control over the wind attribute is what is truly astonishing. It has already reached a level close to Ultimate Wind."