Third Soul Skill, Grandmaster Appears

By then, Zhou Tong's power would rival the gods, perhaps even surpass them.

Before departing, the Thunder God left behind the requirements for the third trial of the Thunder God Divine Trial.

"Thunder God Divine Trial, Third Trial: Obtain a 100,000-year Thunderous Hell Vine soul ring within three years. Upon completion, you will be rewarded with a God-Bestowed Soul Ring."

This trial was even more terrifying than the ten-thousand-year soul ring; he was expected to obtain a 100,000-year soul ring while only at level forty.

Furthermore, it had to be a 100,000-year Thunderous Hell Vine soul ring.

This powerful plant-type soul beast was the emperor among plant soul beasts, in no way inferior to the Blue Silver Emperor.

Moreover, the difficulty of absorbing a 100,000-year soul ring far exceeded that of a ten-thousand-year soul beast.

Because 100,000-year soul beasts possessed self-awareness and could even take human form, their final struggle before death was absolutely terrifying.

Therefore, this was a massive life-or-death test.

Whether it was his strength or his physical body, Zhou Tong would be under immense pressure.

However, the reward was also incredibly generous.

The God-Bestowed Soul Ring could increase its age along with the soul master's cultivation limit, potentially becoming a million-year soul ring in the end.

With such a powerful soul ring to bolster him, Zhou Tong would undoubtedly look down upon all his peers.

He intended to place the God-Bestowed Soul Ring on his Thunder God Hammer, making the hammer exceptionally powerful.

At this moment, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan were stunned to see that Zhou Tong had taken down a ten-thousand-year soul beast all by himself.

This Zhou Tong was simply too heaven-defying.

"How is this possible?"

Dugu Yan's beautiful eyes widened, unable to believe what she was seeing.

Lying before Zhou Tong was a massive dragon corpse.

It was the Thunder Earth Dragon that had previously been using lightning to temper its body.

Its originally golden scales were completely stained red with blood, and its entire body was riddled with holes scorched by flames, looking quite horrific.

The most critical wound was on its head, which had been pierced through by flames, with bright red blood flowing out from it.

At this moment, Dugu Bo stared at Zhou Tong with a nervous expression; if Zhou Tong showed even the slightest sign of trouble, he would intervene to interrupt him.

Absorbing a ten-thousand-year soul ring was far too dangerous.

Even though Zhou Tong had made many preparations, Dugu Bo was still filled with worry.

As a Titled Douluo, he could forcibly interrupt the soul ring absorption process to save Zhou Tong's life, but it would also bring about unpredictable dangers.

After all, absorbing a ten-thousand-year soul ring as a third soul ring was simply too insane.

However, the pain he had anticipated did not manifest. Zhou Tong did not even show a hint of suffering, and after only half an hour, a black soul ring appeared around him.

Zhou Tong slowly opened his eyes, his face filled with joy.

"Finally, I've absorbed a ten-thousand-year soul ring."

Seeing this, both of them couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Zhou Tong, are you alright?"

Dugu Yan walked forward and used her slender hands to check on Zhou Tong; only after finding nothing amiss did she relax.

"You brat, congratulations on setting the record for a ten-thousand-year third soul ring."

"You really are a prodigy, always doing such miraculous things."

"What kind of soul ring did you obtain?" Dugu Bo couldn't help but exclaim.

"It's all thanks to the immortal herbs from you, Senior, that I was able to absorb the soul ring so smoothly."

Zhou Tong smiled slightly and began to explain.

The soul skill he obtained this time was quite good; it was a long-range attack skill called Thunder Beam!

As long as he gathered the power of lightning and converted it into a beam of light to blast out, it could produce terrifying effects.

"You brat, to actually obtain such a terrifying soul skill—you really are lucky."

Dugu Bo said with a laugh.

This kind of soul skill sounded incredibly powerful; the power of lightning was inherently a highly destructive energy.

Concentrating energy for an attack could certainly deliver massive lethality.

"Just luck, really. This soul skill is indeed powerful; a single release can allow me to fight above my rank. Even a Soul King would be severely injured by it."

He could actually fight above his rank?

The two of them fell silent.

This was simply a lethal weapon. If Zhou Tong became a Titled Douluo in the future, this soul skill would still deal significant damage.

Moreover, Zhou Tong had just demonstrated a flight soul skill, as well as a defensive soul skill. Combined with this high-damage attack skill, Zhou Tong was a powerful soul master who integrated speed, offense, and defense into one.

It was foreseeable that Zhou Tong would undoubtedly become a powerful Spirit Master in the future.

Not long after, the three of them set off to find a third spirit ring for Dugu Yan.

They headed toward the outer perimeter of the Star Dou Forest.

This was a gathering place for thousand-year spirit beasts, and occasionally, a few ten-thousand-year level spirit beasts would appear.

After several days of searching, they finally discovered a suitable spirit beast within a forest.

It was a dense, lush forest containing an open wetland.

Countless serpentine creatures were rolling about within it.

There were even some creatures with horns growing from their snake heads.

"Poisonous Evil Earth Dragon!"

Seeing these subterranean serpentine creatures, Zhou Tong quickly identified them.

The Poisonous Evil Earth Dragon was a burrowing dragon-snake that loved to dig holes underground to launch surprise attacks on its prey.

Moreover, these earth dragons possessed potent toxins within their bodies, making them highly compatible with Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorus Divine Dragon martial soul.

This type of earth dragon was actually a variant of the snake species, but it carried a trace of dragon bloodline, making it a half-snake, half-dragon spirit beast.

"Yan Yan, what do you think of this spirit beast?"

"This Poisonous Evil Earth Dragon is approximately four thousand years old. It possesses a sub-dragon bloodline and a certain level of toxicity, making it very suitable as your third spirit ring."

Dugu Bo spoke up.

Spirit beasts that possessed both toxins and dragon bloodlines were not commonly seen.

"Let's go with this one. The immortal herb has allowed me to undergo quite a transformation; I can absorb a four-thousand-year spirit beast."

Dugu Yan nodded and said.

"Very well, I will capture this Poisonous Evil Earth Dragon, and you will deliver the finishing blow."

Dugu Bo stared at the dragon king among the Poisonous Evil Earth Dragons and said in a low voice.

Most of this group of Poisonous Evil Earth Dragons were around a thousand years old, with the strongest being the dragon king at the center of the pack, which had a cultivation of approximately four thousand years.

Although it would not be difficult for Dugu Yan to deal with one or two earth dragons, it would be easy for her to get injured facing such a large group, so Dugu Bo decided to take action himself to ensure Dugu Yan's safety throughout the process.

"Eighth Spirit Ability: Time Solidification."

"Ninth Spirit Ability: Jade Phosphorus Divine Light!"

The next moment, Dugu Bo moved. A white light shot out from his body, locking onto the Poisonous Evil Earth Dragon King.

Then, the Jade Phosphorus Divine Light struck it heavily, leaving the Poisonous Evil Earth Dragon on the verge of death.

At this moment, the Poisonous Evil Earth Dragon King lay on the ground, twitching occasionally, clearly about to die.

Dugu Bo tapped his toes, leaped into the wetland, and arrived beside the Poisonous Evil Earth Dragon.

He grabbed the earth dragon and leaped back to Dugu Yan's side.

"Yan Yan, kill it quickly and absorb the spirit ring. I will protect you!"

Zhou Tong offered proactively.

Just then, a cold voice interrupted the three of them.