Strength and Drawbacks!

At this moment, Gui Mei and Yue Guan finally understood everything Xu Xiao had done back then.

Xu Xiao had never needed to stop them. He could have simply let them hunt Soul Rings.

As long as Xu Xiao said nothing, no one would have known these secrets.

Yet Xu Xiao had not done that. Instead, he had gone out of his way to keep them from hunting Soul Rings, so they could obtain the very best Soul Rings later on.

The two were deeply moved. Now that it had all been laid bare, they understood Xu Xiao's painstaking intentions.

A thousand-year first Soul Ring, and one perfectly suited to them and their attributes at that. Across the entire continent, who could achieve that? Who else could do it?

Other than their eldest brother.

The two bowed to Xu Xiao once more. "Big Brother!"

Xu Xiao hurriedly helped them up. "We're brothers. Of course I have to think of my brothers."

In truth, Xu Xiao had his own selfish motives as well. Gui Mei and Yue Guan were two loyal brothers who would become his greatest support.

In the original story, Gui Mei and Yue Guan had reached the rank of Titled Douluo with nothing at all. Their talent went without saying.

Now, with his training and their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, when that day truly came, they might even be able to pin down gods!

Instead of being beaten into a miserable rout by Tang Hao like in the original story.

Xu Xiao was rather curious. With his training, would either of the Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo be able to crush Tang Hao outright when fighting alone?

"Big Brother, let's go hunt a Soul Ring for you now."

"With the three of us, we should be able to beat a Hundred-Year Soul Beast, right?"

As he spoke, Yue Guan became a little less confident. Three nine-year-olds with level-ten Soul Power... it felt like, felt like they could not beat those Hundred-Year Soul Beasts.

Xu Xiao smiled. "A Hundred-Year Soul Beast will do. If the three of us plan carefully, killing one won't be difficult."

"As long as I obtain a Soul Ring, the two of you can rise afterward as well. Hunting Soul Beasts will no longer be hard."

With powerful Soul Rings, Gui Mei and Yue Guan—whose talents were already quite good and whose strength was decent—could handle the hunting of later Soul Rings.

Besides, Xu Xiao was no half-baked amateur.

"Big Brother, if your first Soul Ring is a thousand years old, does that mean you can give us ten-thousand-year first Soul Rings?" Yue Guan looked at Xu Xiao excitedly.

Xu Xiao nodded. "Theoretically, yes. But with our current strength, we can't even defeat a thousand-year Soul Beast."

"And my Martial Soul has drawbacks too."

Drawbacks? The two looked at Xu Xiao, somewhat confused.

Gui Mei seemed to think of something and hurriedly said, "Big Brother, don't tell me you need to sacrifice your life to bestow them?"

"If that's the case, then we don't want those Soul Rings."

"A hundred-year first ring is already top-tier."

Yue Guan quickly added, "That's right, Big Brother. If it's as Second Brother says, then hundred-year Soul Rings will be enough for us."

Xu Xiao could tell they meant every word.

"It's not that serious. You two don't need to worry."

"My Martial Soul has two drawbacks: time and Soul Power!"

Xu Xiao continued explaining, "There has to be an interval before I can bestow a Soul Ring upon the next person."

"And as for Soul Power, the Soul Rings I give you will only have the power of Soul Rings from lower years of the same level. They won't grant the corresponding Soul Power."

"For future cultivation, we can only rely on ourselves."

A Soul Ring that could not add Soul Power was an extremely serious matter on the Douluo Continent.

Without the Soul Power contained within the Soul Ring, one's cultivation speed would be greatly slowed.

It would leave one far behind others of the same rank.

This was the greatest drawback of Xu Xiao's Martial Soul. Time was not much of a problem, but being unable to gain additional Soul Power was rather painful.

Still, the Soul Rings he could bestow were already his greatest advantage, enough to offset the flaws caused by those drawbacks.

Hearing this, the two finally sighed in relief. Good, good. At least it did not require their eldest brother's life.

As for time, they could wait. And that Soul Power did not matter. They could cultivate it back themselves.

At most, it would just take a little longer.

The two were reassured.

They were also delighted. If those were the only two drawbacks, then they could still obtain exceptionally powerful Soul Rings.

"Big Brother, with such a heaven-defying Martial Soul, it makes sense for it to have those two drawbacks."

"Now, let's go hunt Soul Rings!"

The three brothers were brimming with confidence.

In Xu Xiao's heart, although he had been training his body for the past few years, it could not compare to Whale Rubber. The limit of the Soul Ring he could absorb was probably only around seven hundred years.

Seven hundred years was enough to satisfy Xu Xiao. It already surpassed the vast majority of people.

Moreover, Xu Xiao had an even greater secret: he possessed Twin Martial Souls.

The first Twin Martial Souls on the Douluo Continent.

He was the first owner of Twin Martial Souls Bibi Dong had mentioned, the one who had died from his body exploding.

However, Xu Xiao did not intend to reveal that secret yet.

And as the first owner of Twin Martial Souls on the Douluo Continent, Xu Xiao would not die from his body exploding. He would not become a pitiful person like the one in the original story.

The three discussed it and prepared to devise a plan to hunt a Soul Beast.

Among the three of them, Gui Mei was suited for scouting, Yue Guan could attack, and Xu Xiao would deliver the finishing blow. The roles were perfectly assigned.

Within Sunset Forest, three figures carefully moved through the trees.

The Soul Beasts of Sunset Forest were much weaker than those of Star Dou Forest, but they were still somewhat stronger than the Soul Hunting Forests raised by the nations.

It was also relatively freer here.

"Big Brother, why does Sunset Forest not seem as terrifying as I imagined?" Yue Guan stepped lightly, and his cautious manner had already relaxed considerably.

Suddenly, Gui Mei shouted, "Big Brother, Third Brother, move!"

The three turned and ran.

A roar, carrying a terrifying aura, swept toward them.

Only when the enormous creature landed where they had been standing did the three clearly see what had arrived.

The three swallowed in unison.

"A... a six-hundred-year Wild Fallen Earth Python!"

Yue Guan swallowed hard. It was an extremely powerful Soul Beast.

The Wild Fallen Earth Python had six black markings coiling around its body. Each additional marking represented another hundred years of cultivation. After a thousand years, the black markings turned dark purple, and after ten thousand years, they turned pale gold.

"Big Brother, is this thing suitable for you? If not, let's run." Gui Mei stared at the great python with equal vigilance.

Was it suitable for me?

It did not matter to me. As long as my Martial Soul had a Soul Ring, it seemed not to care about the attribute.

"If we can beat it, you'll have six-thousand-year Soul Rings."

"Are you doing it or not?"

The moment he said that, Yue Guan and Gui Mei were pumped up as if injected with adrenaline. Six thousand years!

If it were four thousand years, they might still hesitate, but this was four thousand years.

And judging from Big Brother's tone, it seemed like it would not be much of a problem.

As the saying went, the bold starved no more while the timid starved to death. For even stronger Soul Rings in the future, they would risk it!

"Big Brother, we're doing it!" Gui Mei gritted his teeth and spoke directly.

He had been bullied since childhood. Ever since meeting Big Brother, only Big Brother had bullied him; no one else dared bully him anymore.

Now, Big Brother had given him a chance to grow stronger. Why should he give it up?