Third Soul Skill-Cauldron Cook

Within Sunset Forest.

The instant that black spirit ring touched Xiao Yin's body, it was as though a massive boulder had been dropped into a placid lake!

The boundless resentment of the Dragon Claw Violent Bear before its death surged straight into the depths of Xiao Yin's soul!

"Ugh, ah—!"

Xiao Yin suddenly let out an uncontrollable roar!

His body began to tremble violently!

Veins bulged across the surface of his body like twisted dragons, turning an unnatural purplish-black!

It was as if countless violent energies were raging wildly beneath his skin!

The Dragon Claw Violent Bear's lingering unwillingness was like countless poisoned blades, viciously stabbing into Xiao Yin's sea of consciousness!

Frenzied roars, a desire for Destruction, and savage emotions that wanted to tear everything apart sought to drown his consciousness completely!

This was the backlash of a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring!

A life-or-death struggle on the level of the soul!

Liu Erlong's heart leaped into her throat!

She saw blood beginning to seep from Xiao Yin's seven orifices. His teeth ground together, and the muscles in his face twisted from unbearable agony!

She clenched her fists, her nails digging deeply into her palms. She desperately wanted to intervene and stop it, but forcibly held herself back.

She knew this was Xiao Yin's own choice!

"Hold on! Xiao Yin! Guard your mind! Circulate your cultivation method! Activate your Martial Soul!"

A faint, almost imperceptible tremor colored Liu Erlong's voice as she used Soul Power to send her words clearly into Xiao Yin's ears.

As if he had heard Liu Erlong's voice, the savagery within Xiao Yin, suppressed to its limit, erupted completely!

"Roar—!!!"

A Taotie roar from the deepest depths of his soul exploded within Xiao Yin's sea of consciousness!

The phantom with a dragon's head and a goat's body instantly solidified. It opened a huge maw lined with savage fangs, unleashing a terrifying suction force capable of Devouring heaven and earth!

"Devour—!!!"

It was as if an invisible black-hole vortex had formed inside Xiao Yin's body!

The Taotie Martial Soul's instinctive power of Devouring erupted at full force!

The violent torrent of energy flooding into his body was forcibly swept into the vortex!

The savage resentment assaulting his soul was viciously bitten apart and devoured by the Taotie phantom's gaping maw!

Xiao Yin's body became a battlefield!

Destruction and rebirth clashed fiercely within every inch of his flesh and blood!

Liu Erlong stood guard anxiously at his side. Her powerful Soul Power formed a tangible barrier around Xiao Yin, blocking out every possible disturbance.

As she watched the wounds on his body continuously split open and rapidly heal, her heart clenched, complex emotions churning within her.

There was worry, heartache, and an even more intense sense of shock!

Time crawled by second by agonizing second.

An hour felt as long as a century.

At last, when the final wisp of violent energy had been devoured and refined by the Taotie's power, and when the Dragon Claw Violent Bear's last resentment had been torn apart and erased.

That black spirit ring finally stabilized completely, perfectly imprinting itself upon Xiao Yin's Martial Soul and merging with him as one!

"Phew—!"

An aura far more powerful than before burst explosively from Xiao Yin's body!

An invisible shockwave spread outward from him, scattering fallen leaves all around!

Level thirty-three Soul Elder!

A Ten-Thousand-Year third ring!

Successfully absorbed!

Xiao Yin slowly opened his eyes!

Two substantial-looking dark golden beams shot from his eyes like sharp swords!

"Third soul skill—Cauldron Cook!" With a thought from Xiao Yin, the black spirit ring beneath his feet flashed, and the phantom of a massive illusory black cauldron abruptly appeared before him!

The cauldron was ancient and unadorned, covered in profound patterns. Its opening was black as an abyss, radiating a heart-pounding pulling force!

As though it could devour all things and refine heaven and earth!

Seeing Xiao Yin stand up successfully and sensing the stable, powerful aura around him, the tightly wound string in Liu Erlong's heart finally relaxed completely!

"Phew..."

She let out a heavy breath. Her tightly clenched fists slowly loosened as well, her palms soaked with sweat and even marked by deep nail indentations.

A relieved smile appeared on her tense face.

"Beautifully done!"

She strode forward and threw herself into Xiao Yin's arms. "I knew you could do it!"

"Don't worry. There's never been a time your man couldn't do it!"

"Hmph! You jerk!"

For some reason, Liu Erlong's cheeks instantly flushed red, and she buried her head deeply in his chest.

"What is your third soul skill? That cauldron looks very unusual!"

"This..." Xiao Yin slid the arm around Liu Erlong's waist down a little. "This cauldron of mine... you might not believe it, but it's actually a support skill."

"What?"

However, just as the two were discussing it—

"Roar—!!!!"

A terrifying beast roar, far more savage than the Dragon Claw Violent Bear's and filled with grief, fury, and boundless killing intent, erupted from the direction they had come from like thunder from the nine heavens!

The roar made the entire forest tremble!

Along with the beast's roar came an aged, exasperated voice:

"You beast! I merely picked an herb! Why the hell are you going insane?! Damn it! Why isn't this damned thing afraid of poison?!"

Rumble—!!!

The earth shook violently!

Whole swathes of distant forest collapsed, and dust soared into the sky!

Terrifying Soul Power fluctuations swept toward them like a tsunami, mixed with poisonous Soul Power strong enough to make even Liu Erlong change expression, as well as an even more violent soul beast aura!

"A Title Douluo-level existence... and... an even stronger soul beast?!"

Liu Erlong instantly stepped in front of Xiao Yin. Her Red Dragon Martial Soul appeared again, and her expression became incomparably grave!

Xiao Yin also became alert at once, the phantom of his Taotie Martial Soul appearing behind him. He sensed the two terrifying auras rapidly drawing closer, and... they seemed to be locked in a fierce battle?

Their target... was unmistakably this very direction!

Amid the swirling dust, a disheveled dark green figure flew backward like a cannonball, crashing through several giant trees before stopping. It was Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, his face livid!

His emerald eyes were filled with shock, fury, and disbelief!

Chasing after him was a terrifying colossal beast nearly twice as large as the Dragon Claw Violent Bear from before, its eyes red as molten lava!

With every step it took, the earth cracked beneath it, and its violent aura carried a destructive pressure!

When its crimson gaze swept across the valley and saw the Dragon Claw Violent Bear's corpse on the ground, its towering grief and rage instantly turned into frenzied killing intent that sought to burn everything away!

"Roar—!!!"

A terrifying sound wave mixed with a tangible shockwave blasted viciously toward Xiao Yin and Liu Erlong, who stood before him!

Dugu Bo also saw Liu Erlong and Xiao Yin. Especially when he saw the profound black Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring beneath Xiao Yin's feet, his emerald pupils suddenly contracted, and he cried out:

"A Ten-Thousand-Year third ring?! Was it... was it you, kid, who killed its cub?! Run! This damned thing is a seventy-thousand-year Dragon Claw Violent Bear! It's immune to ninety percent of my poison! Even I can't beat it!"

A desperate situation!