Absorbing a Soul Ring, Two Skills from One Ring

The fierce battle lasted a full five minutes. Under Yu Qingfeng and Ma Zhiyu's combined assault, the Ice and Fire Sub-Dragon Lizard lay weakly on the ground, "enjoying" the final moments of its life.

Yu Qingfeng and Ma Zhiyu, despite winning the battle, were not in much better shape. Yu Qingfeng's arm trembled slightly from exhaustion, while Ma Zhiyu bore quite a few wounds as well.

The fact that it had held out for so long against two attack-type Soul Grandmasters and even inflicted considerable injuries on them showed just how formidable the Ice and Fire Sub-Dragon Lizard was.

Simply mentioning the Ice and Fire Sub-Dragon Lizard might not give everyone a clear impression.

Put it this way: under normal circumstances, a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster could reliably defeat any Soul Beast under five hundred years old.

With that common knowledge in mind, one could understand just how powerful the Ice and Fire Sub-Dragon Lizard was, as well as why so few people chose this kind of Soul Beast as their target.

"Xiao Yan, it can no longer resist. Come deliver the final blow."

Riding atop the Ice and Fire Sub-Dragon Lizard and suppressing it, Yu Qingfeng called Yu Yan over to finish it off.

Yu Yan took out the dagger he had bought in the small town outside, walked up to the Ice and Fire Sub-Dragon Lizard, and plunged it into its neck.

The Ice and Fire Sub-Dragon Lizard tried to resist, but Yu Qingfeng firmly restrained it from behind. Yu Yan took that chance to stab it a second time.

More than ten seconds later, the Ice and Fire Sub-Dragon Lizard stopped struggling. It had completely left this world.

After the Ice and Fire Sub-Dragon Lizard died, faint yellow motes began gathering above its body. A Hundred-Year Yellow Soul Ring appeared before Yu Yan.

Standing before the yellow ring, Yu Yan could feel the immense energy emanating from it even before he began absorbing it.

After taking a deep breath to steady himself, Yu Yan sat cross-legged before the Soul Ring, summoned the Ice and Fire Twin Fish, and drew in the Ice and Fire Sub-Dragon Lizard's Soul Ring.

The Ice and Fire Sub-Dragon Lizard's Soul Ring descended onto Yu Yan, then quickly settled upon the Ice and Fire Twin Fish swimming around him.

The instant the Soul Ring took its place, Yu Yan felt a surge of energy mixed with heat and cold rushing wildly into his body. Once inside, that energy displayed an intensely aggressive nature.

Yu Yan used the Meditation Method to mobilize his own Soul Power, suppressing, guiding, and absorbing the rampaging energy.

His high-quality Soul Power and powerful mental strength played an enormous role at this moment.

Yu Yan easily suppressed the violent energy produced by the Soul Ring and forced it to follow the Meditation Method's circulation route.

"So this is the mutated Martial Soul you mentioned, the Ice and Fire Twin Fish. It really does look unusual. No wonder you chose a Soul Beast like the Ice and Fire Sub-Dragon Lizard. It truly suits him."

Having briefly treated his wounds, Ma Zhiyu curiously watched the Ice and Fire Twin Fish circling Yu Yan. After all his years of travel, this was the first time he had seen such a peculiar Martial Soul.

"It really is unusual. I was shocked when I first saw it too. I heard that when Spirit Hall awakened his Martial Soul, they nearly thought he had Twin Martial Souls."

Yu Qingfeng picked up the conversation and described how he had felt upon seeing Yu Yan's Martial Soul.

"Do you think Xiao Yan can successfully absorb the Soul Ring produced by the Ice and Fire Sub-Dragon Lizard?"

What Li Rong cared about was whether Yu Yan could successfully absorb this Soul Ring. Whether he could absorb it smoothly represented many things.

"There shouldn't be a problem. Li Rong, look carefully. From the moment the Soul Ring landed on him until now, the kid hasn't shown the slightest pained expression, nor are there any signs of his Soul Power going berserk. If I'm not mistaken, he should wake up soon."

The observant Ma Zhiyu pointed out what was happening with Yu Yan.

Prompted by him, Yu Qingfeng and Li Rong observed Yu Yan, whose expression had barely changed, and found that it was indeed as Ma Zhiyu had said.

During the tenth circulation of the Meditation Method, a sudden flash of light appeared in Yu Yan's consciousness.

In a daze, Yu Yan seemed to see his Ice and Fire Twin Fish devouring and absorbing the Ice and Fire Sub-Dragon Lizard formed from energy.

The Ice and Fire Sub-Dragon Lizard split into two. The flame-bearing energy fell into the Fire Fish's mouth, while the frigid energy fell into the Ice Fish's mouth.

After dividing up and absorbing the Ice and Fire Sub-Dragon Lizard, the Ice and Fire Twin Fish began to change.

The fiery aura around the Fire Fish grew denser. Its body became slightly longer and more slender, its scales harder, and the whiskers at the corners of its mouth lengthened as well.

The changes that occurred to the Ice Fish were similar to those of the Fire Fish.

The instant the Ice and Fire Twin Fish completed their transformation, the level-ten barrier holding Yu Yan back shattered, and the remaining energy within the Hundred-Year Yellow Soul Ring became gentle.

That gentle energy flowed through his entire body, bringing Yu Yan a minor evolution.

When Yu Yan opened his eyes, he found that the sky had already grown dark. The moon hanging overhead showed just how long he had spent absorbing the Soul Ring.

After rising to his feet, Yu Yan could clearly feel that he had grown taller. Though he had originally looked like a six-year-old child, people would now believe he was nine.

With every movement, Yu Yan could feel that the strength in his body had more than doubled.

Yu Qingfeng, seated beside the campfire, immediately spoke when he saw Yu Yan stand up. "Xiao Yan, you're finally awake. Come tell me, what Soul Skill did your first Soul Ring give you?"

Yu Qingfeng was very curious what Soul Skill Yu Yan's unusual mutated Martial Soul would produce after absorbing the Ice and Fire Sub-Dragon Lizard.

Yu Qingfeng was not the only one curious about this. Li Rong and Ma Zhiyu also looked toward Yu Yan, eagerly awaiting his answer.

"Um... Brother Yu, it seems my first Soul Ring has two Soul Skills."

After pondering in place for a while, Yu Yan ultimately decided to tell part of the truth, though not the complete truth.

There was no way to hide something like this. As soon as Yu Yan used his Soul Skills in the future, the fact that he possessed two Soul Skills from one Soul Ring would be exposed.

Since it would be exposed sooner or later, there was no need to conceal it from Yu Qingfeng and the other two and ruin their favorable impression of him.

"What?"

Yu Qingfeng's expression was even more exaggerated than when he had learned Yu Yan had cultivated to level ten.

Reaching level ten at most showed that Yu Yan cultivated quickly, but gaining two Soul Skills from one Soul Ring was somewhat beyond human comprehension.

The calmness vanished from Ma Zhiyu's face. He pinched one of his injured spots and felt pain. This was not a dream.

Li Rong rubbed her temples, wondering whether she had misheard.

"In essence, it's still one Soul Skill. It just manifests a little differently because the Ice Fish and Fire Fish are different."

Yu Yan told a small lie, disguising his two Soul Skills.

"I see. That's still reasonable enough, considering it's the mutated Ice and Fire Twin Fish Martial Soul."

Upon hearing this answer, Yu Qingfeng hesitated and thought for a moment, inwardly marveling at the wonder of Martial Souls.

After giving up on such a complicated question, Yu Qingfeng raised his original question again. "Show us your Soul Skill?"

Ma Zhiyu and Li Rong, who had also given up thinking about it, watched Yu Yan expectantly. They truly had never seen anything like two Soul Skills from one Soul Ring.

Today had truly broadened their horizons.