Su Xin was actually a little baffled by the Little Snake.
She didn't understand why the Little Snake was so lively, nor did she realize that this seemingly ordinary little snake was the legendary Unyielding Soul Spirit.
Soul Spirits like this had a will of their own and terrifying combat prowess.
Now, with Chen Zhou and the power of destruction he wielded from the Primordial Sea, the two forces combined to make Chen Zhou just as formidable.
The two of them killed their enemies quickly, and they also encountered a few groups of Soul Beasts.
For example, just then, a two-headed rhinoceros with enormous horns charged straight at Chen Zhou.
The rhinoceros charged without hesitation. Su Xin's brow furrowed slightly; she didn't think Chen Zhou could dodge it.
But to Su Xin's utter disbelief, the rhinoceros charged right through Chen Zhou's body.
Chen Zhou stood there motionless, his whole body seeming to be made of water.
As the rhinoceros passed through him, the next instant, the Sword of Destruction in his hand pierced straight through its body, killing the Hundred-Year Soul Beast.
Su Xin was dumbfounded by the sight. But as the battle continued, although Chen Zhou dodged some attacks, most of the time he simply let them hit him.
Countless attacks struck his body, as if they were hitting a flowing stream. They couldn't affect him at all.
Even when Soul Beasts as huge as the rhinoceros charged into Chen Zhou and scattered his body,
he would return to normal the very next instant.
And as his body took hit after hit, a seemingly illusory stream of water appeared in the sky.
The water slowly flowed into Chen Zhou's body, restoring his strength.
Su Xin was stunned by the sight. In the time she'd been watching, Chen Zhou had killed at least fifty Ten-Year Soul Beasts and more than twenty Hundred-Year Soul Beasts.
And if she counted the ones the Little Snake had killed, Chen Zhou's total was even higher.
As Su Xin watched with growing seriousness, the Hundred-Year Soul Ring around Chen Zhou began to turn pale purple, until it became completely purple.
Feeling the First Soul Ring within him reach purple and hearing the Little Snake call out before him, Chen Zhou finally came to a slight halt.
After returning the Little Snake to his hand, he pressed the teleport button and left the Spirit Ascension Platform.
As Chen Zhou sat up, he slowly closed his eyes. A yellow Soul Ring appeared around him, then gradually turned purple.
Su Xin clicked her tongue at the sight of the purple Soul Ring, but said nothing.
Only when Chen Zhou opened his eyes did Su Xin smile and offer her congratulations.
"Congratulations, Young Tower Master. Your very first Soul Ring has already reached a Thousand-Year Soul Ring! At your age, I've never met a genius like you!"
There was a rare hint of flattery in Su Xin's voice, but she was telling the truth. She really had never met a genius like Chen Zhou.
To withstand a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, one needed not only great strength, but also, more importantly, powerful mental strength.
But neither Su Xin nor Neuvillette knew just how strong the Young Tower Master's mental strength was.
Under normal circumstances, the Qiangu Clan tested mental strength after a person awakened their Martial Soul.
But Chen Zhou had been the last to complete his awakening, and so much time had passed that they hadn't tested his mental strength.
After arriving here, Chen Zhou hadn't brought it up himself, so Su Xin hadn't tested him either.
Of course, Su Xin had mentioned it later, but Chen Zhou had managed to brush it off every time.
Chen Zhou had already realized that his mental strength was absurdly high. Anyone would find it suspicious for a six-year-old to have more than a thousand points of mental strength.
So naturally, he wouldn't reveal just how strong his mental strength was.
Now, as he opened his eyes, he could feel that the Little Snake had changed just as much as he had.
The scales on the Little Snake were noticeably thicker, and its body had grown to nearly a meter long.
"As expected of an Unyielding Soul Spirit. If it were an ordinary Soul Spirit, then even if it could fight alongside me, the boost it gave me would still be limited."
"Looks like from now on, if I'm going to look for Soul Spirits, I should seek out Unyielding Soul Spirits. And preferably ones like this, similar to snakes or dragons. Soul Spirits like these should give me a much bigger boost."
Chen Zhou spoke, then muttered under his breath. He wasn't talking to himself, of course. He was talking to Neuvillette.
Neuvillette hadn't spoken since yesterday. He was obviously busy dealing with Fontaine's affairs.
But by now, Neuvillette had likely had some time to himself.
So when he heard Chen Zhou deliberately speaking to him, Neuvillette added in a grave voice:
[That's true, but you still need to train your combat skills.]
[Your immortality is powerful, but if you ever face someone with powerful fire-based abilities or various light-based abilities that can wear you down, you could still be exhausted to death.]
"Could he use up the entire Primordial Sea?"
[Uh... no, but you should still be on your guard. Who knows whether the strong people in this world might be able to sever your connection to the Primordial Sea?]
Neuvillette fell silent for a moment after saying this.
He'd never met the strongest people here, but he didn't think they could sever Chen Zhou's connection to the Primordial Sea.
Especially as Chen Zhou grew stronger and gained more of its authorities, he would eventually become a ruler of the Primordial Sea as well.
In that case, cutting Chen Zhou off from it would be nearly impossible.
Chen Zhou had actually wanted to argue, but remembering that Neuvillette was at least his master—more or less—he held his tongue and simply rolled his eyes.
Su Xin had noticed Chen Zhou muttering under his breath while sitting there. She'd already realized that their Young Tower Master liked talking to himself.
But she didn't say anything, simply standing quietly off to the side.
"Sis Su Xin, I'm mentally exhausted. I'm going back to rest. Add some red-braised dragon meat for dinner tonight. I'm really craving it!"
As he spoke, Chen Zhou stood up and scampered away, leaving Su Xin behind, completely bewildered.
She had no idea what red-braised dragon meat was. Did he mean the meat of a dragon-type Soul Beast? But they didn't eat things like that.
At that moment, in the corridor, Neuvillette was clearly irritated.
"First of all, I'm human. Although I'm an ancient dragon, I'm not related to that kind of dragon in any way."
"Oh."
"Second, continuing your training is good for you. I've killed you more than twenty times, but I've helped you improve a great deal too."
"Oh."
Neuvillette was completely sincere, but Chen Zhou still replied with nothing more than an "Oh."
"You brat! If you don't experience pain, how can you grow stronger quickly and gain greater power?"
"Whatever. Instead of getting killed dozens of times by you in dream training, I'd rather get a good night's sleep. I'm not fighting you unless you suppress your strength to the absolute minimum."
As he spoke, Chen Zhou opened the door and threw himself onto the soft bed.
Looking at Chen Zhou acting like such a sore loser, Neuvillette was truly at a loss.
In Fontaine, he was the Chief Justice, holding the judicial authority over the entire nation and renowned for his stern, rigid manner.
But with this disciple he'd just taken in—a boy from another world—he truly didn't know what to do.