"Thanks to the host's efforts, Bibi Dong's potential has greatly increased, dramatically changing her fate."
"After evaluation, the system has awarded the host 250,000 Fate Points and ten years of cultivation experience."
"Would you like to claim your reward now?"
As Ye Tian's consciousness cleared, prompts from the system rang out one after another.
"Claim it!"
The next second, memories surfaced in Ye Tian's mind: every day and night he had spent diligently cultivating Soul Power and creating his own Soul Skills.
When the tenth year came to an end, he opened his eyes again. His Soul Power had surged several times over, and his Soul Power Level had shot straight to level fifty.
At the same time, a fierce spear technique appeared in his mind.
What a rush!
Feeling his strength surge, Ye Tian leaped out of his room and raced straight toward the Sunset Forest, dozens of miles away.
In the forest, a Single-Horned Python with a waist as thick as two grown men stirred from its sleep. Sensing the scent of prey, it climbed easily up a nearby giant tree with its several-dozen-meter-long body and waited for its quarry to come to it.
Ye Tian sped through the forest, sweeping his gaze over every corner. He leaped onto a stretch of tree trunk, then his expression changed. The Overlord Spear appeared in his hand, and with a fierce rush of wind, he swept it toward the empty space on his left.
The next moment, a thick snake tail slammed into the Overlord Spear, and a gaping maw plunged down from the dense canopy.
Ye Tian glanced at the long horn atop the Single-Horned Python's head. Five rings marked its tip.
A Single-Horned Python more than fifty thousand years old was just right to become his fifth Soul Ring.
The third Soul Ring behind Ye Tian lit up, and his body abruptly shifted several meters to the side, letting the Single-Horned Python's sure-to-hit bite snap at empty air.
The Single-Horned Python suddenly let out a pained hiss. Coiled on the ground, it now had a wound over a meter long across the middle of its body.
A pair of bloodthirsty, vertical pupils stared coldly at Ye Tian. Its enormous body threaded between the tree trunks, then its thick tail abruptly swept toward him.
"Just what I wanted!"
Ye Tian smiled faintly and fought the Single-Horned Python with his spear. He needed to get used to his surging strength, and this python was just the right opponent.
In his hands, the spear swept and thrust as he dodged every one of the Single-Horned Python's attacks.
As time passed, Ye Tian gradually adapted to his new strength. He looked at the battered Single-Horned Python, and a chill flashed through his eyes.
"Enough playing around. I'll finish you in one move!"
Ye Tian stood with his spear in hand as the four Soul Rings behind him lit up at once, his aura erupting in an instant.
At that moment, the Single-Horned Python looked at the Martial Soul in the human's hands and felt an unprecedented sense of danger bearing down on it.
The premonition of death kept battering its mind, suppressing its fury toward its prey. The Single-Horned Python hissed as the horn on its head lit up. Crackling sounds rang out across its body, which compressed to half its size.
Its tail swept the ground, blasting open a crater over ten meters deep. The Single-Horned Python shot forward like a heavy missile, a pinpoint of light glowing at the tip of its horn.
Human, die!
Facing the Single-Horned Python's desperate counterattack, Ye Tian didn't dodge or retreat.
At a thought, the four Soul Rings behind him turned into streaks of light and poured into his Martial Soul. The veins stood out on Ye Tian's hands gripping the spear, and strands of azure airflow coiled around the tip of the Overlord Spear.
The airflow twisted around the shaft, and deep fissures several meters long appeared all around Ye Tian.
The moment he finished gathering power, the muscles in Ye Tian's arms bulged. He shouted, "Go!"
The Overlord Spear in his hands seemed to teleport, appearing before the Single-Horned Python. Its tip struck the python's horn.
There was no sound of impact. The azure airflow around the Overlord Spear sliced through the horn with ease. A flash of shock had only just appeared in the Single-Horned Python's eyes when its entire body exploded, leaving a cloud of blood mist behind.
The Overlord Spear continued forward, punching through dozens of giant trees before finally plunging into the ground.
After throwing that spear, Ye Tian nearly lost his balance. He hurriedly swallowed a bottle of pills, and his depleted Soul Power began to recover.
The Single-Horned Python's Soul Ring began to appear. Ye Tian quickly set traps around the area, then started absorbing the Soul Ring.
An hour later, Ye Tian opened his eyes. A fifth Soul Ring appeared behind him, and two sharp glints flashed in his eyes. With ten years of cultivation, he had now broken through to level fifty-three. After putting away the Single-Horned Python's horn, Ye Tian calculated the time. His appointment with the medicine shopkeeper was just two days away.
He searched the System Mall for a while and found an item suited to him.
[Object-Mimicry Bead: When worn, it can conceal Soul Rings.]
He bought it for 5,000 Fate Points, put on the Object-Mimicry Bead, and summoned his Martial Soul. He took one look at the fifth Soul Ring, and the newly formed ring quietly vanished the next second.
Ye Tian also discovered that his aura had dropped from Soul King to Soul Elder. Judging by his Martial Soul, he still seemed to be the same Soul Ancestor in the forties who hadn't broken through.
Another trump card. Not bad.
Two days later, Ye Tian arrived at the medicine shop on time.
The shopkeeper welcomed him warmly and introduced him to a Soul Master team.
"Leader Wang, this is Ye Tian. He's a Soul Ancestor, and he's the capable helper I found for this herb-gathering trip."
"Young Master Ye, this is Leader Wang, the person in charge of the team. Like you, he's a Soul Ancestor."
Ye Tian and Leader Wang nodded to one another, then Ye Tian's gaze passed over him to the people behind him.
The Soul Master team had five members in all. Besides Leader Wang, a Soul Ancestor, there was also a bewitching middle-aged woman who was a Soul Ancestor. The other three were Soul Elders.
"Friend, we're heading into the depths of the Sunset Forest this time. Shall we introduce ourselves?" Leader Wang looked at Ye Tian expressionlessly, his voice utterly flat.
"Ye Tian, level forty-five Power Attack System Soul Ancestor."
"I'm also a Power Attack System Soul Ancestor, level forty-six," Leader Wang added.
The bewitching woman looked at Ye Tian's face, a hint of admiration flashing in her eyes. She approached with a giggle and reached to put a hand on his shoulder. Ye Tian subtly shifted to the side, avoiding her touch.
A flash of annoyed contempt crossed the woman's eyes, but her smile never changed. "Yao Rao, level forty-three control-type Soul Ancestor. Handsome, I look forward to working with you."
The other three Soul Elders also introduced their levels in turn. One was agility-type, and two were defense-type; all were level thirty-nine.
The team's lineup was quite good: an agility-type member for scouting, a control-type member to coordinate from the center, two defense-type members for protection, and the strongest member, a Power Attack System Soul Ancestor.
"Everyone, I wish you a safe return."
The shopkeeper cheerfully saw Ye Tian and the others off.
Leader Wang kept silent as they traveled. Ye Tian followed behind him at an unhurried pace. Yao Rao, who should have been coordinating from the center, was the one who kept coming over to talk to Ye Tian.
"Young Master Ye, you look so young. How old are you?" Yao Rao tilted her head slightly. The loose collar of her clothing slid down, revealing a stretch of snow-white skin and a rounded curve.
"Not yet forty." Unfortunately, Yao Rao might as well have been performing for a blind man. Ye Tian didn't spare her even a glance.
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