First Spirit Skill: Undying Thunder!

Killing intent surged from the Undying Thunder Vine as bright arcs of electricity emerged from its vines and instantly struck toward Zhou Tao.

"Flight!"

Zhou Tao had been prepared. A brilliant blue-gold radiance burst from his right leg, then swiftly spread across his legs and limbs.

Propelled by the blue-gold light, his entire body instantly escaped gravity and slowly rose into the air.

The Spirit Skill bestowed by the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone was now fully revealed.

Hovering in midair, he calmly watched the Undying Thunder Vine.

He had long anticipated the Undying Thunder Vine's reaction.

Before setting out, Zhou Tao had carefully asked Ah Yin about the Undying Thunder Vine's habits before devising this hunting method.

With his Flight Spirit Skill, he could remain invincible.

Sensing Zhou Tao's miraculous transformation, Undying Thunder instinctively began to tremble violently. Arcs of electricity gathered along the vines and shot up from the soil toward Zhou Tao.

However, it was all futile.

Zhou Tao flew in the air and would not be affected by the lightning power on the ground at all.

Even without the Flight Spirit Skill, he could have stayed far away from the Undying Thunder Vine. After all, lightning power had an attack range as well.

"The Spirit Skill brought by the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone is indeed impressive. It has a suppressive effect on plant-type soul beasts."

"I only need to wait for the Undying Thunder Vine to burn to death in the Fierce Fire Oil, then sit back and absorb its Spirit Ring."

Standing in midair with his hands behind his back, Zhou Tao spoke calmly.

"Although the Undying Thunder Vine possesses nearly immortal life force, it has no means of fighting back against such terrifying flames."

"Even if it can root itself underground, once its main body is destroyed, I only need to find its remaining roots to kill it."

Zhou Tao smiled faintly.

Under the blazing fire, the Undying Thunder Vine rapidly withered. Its surrounding tendrils lashed about wildly, trying to find an enemy to attack.

However, it was all futile.

Zhou Tao sensed the Undying Thunder Vine's fear and fury, yet his expression remained calm.

The Undying Thunder Vine's weakness was fully exposed. It was deeply rooted underground and unable to move its main body, leaving it with no choice but to take the blows.

Time passed bit by bit, and the Undying Thunder Vine's shoots rapidly withered away, no longer holding the slightest trace of life.

The Fierce Fire Oil burned the Undying Thunder Vine until only a small section of underground rootstock remained. Charred branches and withered leaves littered the ground.

Zhou Tao sensed that the Undying Thunder Vine's life aura had become extraordinarily weak and entered a dormant state.

Given enough time, the Undying Thunder Vine could restore its vitality and revive.

That was the true essence of the Undying Thunder Vine.

But Zhou Tao had no intention of giving it time to recover.

"It's time to finish this."

Only then did Zhou Tao slowly descend before the Undying Thunder Vine.

He took out a small hoe again and dug away the soil around the Undying Thunder Vine's roots, one strike at a time.

At last, an enormous root system spreading across a hundred-meter radius and reaching ten meters deep appeared before him.

"Well, damn. There are so many roots underground. No wonder it's called undying. Even if every vine aboveground dies, it can keep growing as long as the roots remain."

"Still, you're too unlucky. You ran into me."

Smiling, Zhou Tao took another barrel of Fierce Fire Oil from his Soul Tool and poured it down.

Ignite!

Though digging had been somewhat exhausting, he had practically killed the Undying Thunder Vine without taking any damage.

Clearly, when dealing with similar plant-type soul beasts, he could follow the same method and replicate this proven strategy.

"Against plant-type soul beasts that can't move, the Great Emperor of Fierce Fire Oil is simply invincible."

Zhou Tao smiled.

Half an hour later, the ground fell silent. The Undying Thunder Vine gradually lost its life force and died completely.

Immediately afterward, a light-purple Spirit Ring slowly emerged from the corpse. It spun as it drifted into the air, releasing dense life energy and lightning power.

"The Undying Thunder Vine was said to have originally been an Immortal Vine that was struck by a terrifying bolt of lightning. From then on, it possessed thunder power within its body."

"This is a Spirit Ring that perfectly suits me."

"Let's begin."

Zhou Tao looked at the floating light-purple Spirit Ring, and a satisfied curve formed at the corner of his lips.

He had already inspected the surroundings.

Few soul beasts lived in this swamp, and no one came here to hunt soul beasts. It was the perfect place to absorb a Spirit Ring.

He immediately sat cross-legged and reached out, guiding the light-purple Spirit Ring to slowly descend before him.

"Fusion!"

The light-purple Spirit Ring suddenly dropped and encircled his body.

He began gathering his Soul Power and fusing with the Spirit Ring.

"Buzz!"

Zhou Tao's eyes snapped open. A terrifying surge of Soul Power had rapidly poured down from the Spirit Ring and flooded into his body.

Like a raging river, the Soul Power flowed without end.

"So this is a thousand-year Spirit Ring. Such surging Soul Power."

Zhou Tao was somewhat shocked.

"But I like it!"

Although Zhou Tao discovered that the thousand-year Spirit Ring's Soul Power was rampaging through his body and making him faintly uncomfortable, it remained within his limits.

"Fortunately, I absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, which greatly enhanced my physique."

"I also consumed Millennium Whale Glue, allowing my physique to transform once again."

"Only then could I withstand the power of a thousand-year soul beast."

Zhou Tao muttered. There was not a trace of fear in his eyes; they were filled instead with anticipation, excitement, and a... thirst for revenge!

With sufficient strength, Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, Tang Hao—sooner or later, all these enemies would be beneath his feet!

Several hours later, the Soul Power within Zhou Tao's body rapidly rose until it finally reached a new height.

His Soul Power was no longer level 10. It became level 13, level 15, level 16, then level 19!

"My Soul Power actually soared by a full nine levels!"

"What incredible power!"

Zhou Tao looked at the blue-gold Martial Soul before him in delighted surprise and smiled.

"It must be the accumulated Soul Power from the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and the thousand-year Spirit Ring that raised my Soul Power so much."

Immediately afterward, a light-purple Spirit Ring slowly rose from beneath his feet and finally hovered in the air.

"What Spirit Skill will my first Spirit Ring bring me?"

"Undying Thunder!"

As long as the Blue Silver Grass rooted itself in the ground, it could draw endless life force from the earth and surrounding plants, transforming it into inexhaustible thunder power!

"As expected, my first Spirit Skill inherited the Undying Thunder Vine's characteristics, perfectly combining life force and lightning power."

"Let's test its effects."

He extended both hands. The Blue Silver Grass in his palms rapidly thickened, then spread across the ground and transformed into lightning-charged Blue Silver Vines rooted in the earth and extending across dozens of meters.

Thick golden arcs of electricity flickered over the Blue Silver Vines.

"Attack!"

With a thought, a thick golden electric arc rapidly formed on the Blue Silver Vines and instantly struck a furtive hundred-year Mandala Snake a hundred meters away.

The enormous Mandala Snake convulsed all over, and before long, it breathed its last.

A hundred-year Spirit Ring slowly emerged from the Mandala Snake's body.

"Mandala Snakes are easy to kill."

"Yu Xiaogang, you're a level 29 Soul Grandmaster, yet you can't even kill a snake. What a useless piece of trash."