The War Halberd Enters the Soul

The night was as still as a pool, as if all living things had fallen into a deep sleep.

Everything was shrouded in darkness, the moonlight was hazy, the shadows of the trees swayed, and a gentle breeze caressed the pale blue grass. In front of the cabin in the woods, fireflies of various colors twinkled like stars falling from the sky.

Inside the house, Ah Yin was alone. Instead of sleeping, she sat by the window, gazing at the cool, still night.

Two hours ago, Ling Yi slept for an hour and, after recovering some of his energy, returned to Gengxin City with Yang Shelly, Tie Futu, and Lou Gao. Ah Yin, on the other hand, chose to stay behind for the time being.

At this time, Tie Futu's treatment was over, and his physical condition had fully recovered, even better than before.

According to Tie Futu's own understanding, he felt that the Soul Power in his body, which had long been stagnant, seemed to have a tendency to advance further. If he focused on cultivation, he might be able to advance from level 79 to level 80.

If this is indeed the case, then the Blacksmith Association will welcome its first core member at the Soul Douluo level!

No matter how high the age requirement for the Eighth Soul Ring is, if there is a real need, the Blacksmith Association is not unwilling to pay a certain price to ask one or two Soul Douluo- level experts to help hunt Soul Beast that are over 50,000 years old.

Furthermore, given that Tie Futu is a blacksmith and not skilled in combat, sending out a dozen or so Soul Emperor -level warriors wearing "Azure Wood Battle Armor" to hunt a Soul Beast with an age of over 30,000 years would basically meet the requirements for advancing to the next level as a Soul Douluo.

Some might argue that even absorbing a level 10 white Soul Ring wouldn't prevent the barrier from being removed every ten levels.

However, setting aside the fact that a white Soul Ring at the tenth level provides only a small boost to strength, essentially resulting in no change before or after a breakthrough, the direct consequence of absorbing a white Soul Ring within any max-level barrier after the First Soul Ring, according to the Martial Soul system, is that one's strength will be stuck at the next barrier, or the one after that.

Given Tie Futu's aptitude, if his Eighth Soul Ring absorbs Soul Ring that is over 30,000 years old, it means he can continue to cultivate and strive for further advancement.

However, if one were to absorb Soul Ring below the ten-thousand-year level, let alone the title barrier at Level 90, even going from level eighty to level eighty-one would likely require more than ten years of painstaking effort!

How many more decades does the Tie Futu, now over eighty years old, have left to be consumed?

The matter of the Tie Futu is over. Even though the other party said before leaving that he hoped to raise his Soul Power to level 80 within a year and become a Soul Douluo, Ah Yin didn't care too much.

For her, the worst that could happen was that she would leave early and avoid meeting the other party again before reaching the Maturity Stage of level sixty.

What's keeping Ah Yin awake right now is that during the treatment of the Tie Futu, Ling Yi's incomprehensible actions somehow managed to eliminate her innate Soul Beast aura!

This phenomenon almost overturned all the information about human form that Ah Yin was born with!

So it turns out that you don't necessarily have to cultivate to level 60, the Maturity Stage, to resolve your own Soul Beast aura?

If Ling Yi knew about this question in Ah Yin's heart, he would tell her clearly that if she could gain the approval of a "Yearning Heartbroken Red" celestial king, she could use this celestial king to conceal her own Soul Beast aura, and even a Level 99 Titled Douluo would not be able to detect it.

"If I could truly eliminate the aura of the Soul Beast, my safety while traveling in the human world would be..."

Ah Yin murmured softly, her eyes becoming hazy as she gazed out the window at the night.

Speaking of which, as a super homebody who has been a recluse for tens of thousands of years, although my mind and consciousness before I took human form were not as agile as they are now, that sense of loneliness was still very real.

After transforming into human form, she suppressed her curiosity about human society because she was worried about giving humans a large gift package of Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and stayed at the [Luyin Junior Soul Master Academy] for six years.

Although she has been traveling for less than half a year and has spent less than two months with Ling Yi and Yang Shelly, Ah Yin is already quite fascinated by the feeling of traveling with others and experiencing all sorts of different scenes.

The problem Ah Yin is facing now is how to get Ling Yi to continue helping her eliminate her own Soul Beast aura, just like before.

In addition, when Ling Yi was controlling the Soul Power at that time, was it possible that Ling Yi, with his keen senses, noticed something?

Thinking about this, Ah Yin began to feel somewhat anxious and uncertain.

[Water Wood Duchy] On the western border, within the ' Howling Wind Canyon ', more than 120 li away.

Zhang Lei wielded a dark halberd over two and a half meters long, wielding it with the speed of the wind, as he fiercely battled Soul Beast covered in earth-yellow stone armor and resembling a lizard.

On a boulder dozens of meters away, Li Zhishu, Long Yin, Zhang Mufeng, Qingqiu Xin, Dugu Xin, and others stood ready, their eyes fixed on Zhang Lei's battle without blinking.

Unlike others who focused on Zhang Lei's control of power and rhythm of attack and defense during the battle, Zhang Mufeng's attention was more than half on the battle halberd in Zhang Lei's hand.

Seemingly sensing Zhang Mufeng's intense gaze, Zhang Lei stumbled after swinging his Stone Armor Earth Dragon and then pushed off the ground to retreat, widening the distance between them.

Zhang Lei's breathing became heavy, and the muscles in his arms, back, legs... almost his entire body were starting to ache slightly from overexertion. He waved to Li Zhishu, Zhang Mufeng, and the others, while shouting loudly:

"Stop looking, hurry up and get started, I can't take it anymore!"

Upon hearing this, Li Zhishu and the others did not hesitate and immediately leaped off the boulder, arriving at Zhang Lei's side in a few bounds.

Before anyone else could say anything, Zhang Mufeng stared eagerly at the battle halberd in Zhang Lei's hand and asked, "Brother Lei, how is it? How do you feel after this battle halberd was imbued with your soul?"

The War Spear was crafted by Ling Yi himself, with the shaft made from the heartwood of a 330-year-old "Iron Birch Tree" and the head from an alloy with a hardness comparable to "Cold Heart Iron Essence".

After four years of refining with his Soul Power, and more than 1,500 days, Zhang Lei finally achieved a compatibility of over 99% with the battle halberd a few days ago.

At that very moment, Zhang Lei's "Hoe" Martial Soul completely merged with the battle spear, becoming inseparable.

It was under the stimulation of this battle that the bottleneck in Zhang Lei's Soul Power, which had been trapped for half a year, was finally broken.

Back in the year 2608 of the Douluo Calendar, when Dugu Bo brought his son Dugu Xin to the Blue Silver Territory, Zhang Lei's Soul Power had already reached level nineteen.

Now, the year 2609 of the Douluo Calendar is coming to an end, and Zhang Lei's Soul Power has only just reached level 20.

At twenty-one years old, with Soul Power level of twenty, it's difficult for outsiders to judge whether Zhang Lei's aptitude is high or low.

There was no other way. Zhang Lei, Innate Soul Power was only level 0.1, was able to break through level nine and reach level ten by tempering his body and strengthening his Qi and Blood to forcefully drive his Soul Power to take that final step.

Zhang Lei Martial Soul Awakening at the age of six. With the help of Ling Yi, who provided him with a series of advantages, such as body-tempering techniques and highly nutritious food, Zhang Lei finally reached level ten Soul Power at the age of seventeen.

At this rate of progress, anyone who sees it would think that Zhang Lei's achievements in life have come to an end.

However, after absorbing the 330-year-old "Iron Birch Tree" Soul Ring, Zhang Lei's Soul Power not only increased to level eleven on the spot, but he was also able to maintain a considerable speed in his subsequent cultivation.

In Ling Yi's test, Zhang Lei's Martial Soul "Hoe" was enhanced to a certain extent by the 330-year-old "Iron Birch Tree" source, and his Innate Soul Power seemed to have increased from level 0.1 to about level 0.5.

With such talent, it's not surprising that Zhang Lei was able to successfully cultivate to level nineteen within the One-Ring Soul Master realm, thanks to the little cheats Ling Yi provided.

However, Zhang Lei was still stopped when faced with the barrier of the transition from the first ring road to the second ring road.

Fortunately, as Zhang Lei refined the battle halberd into his Martial Soul, the barrier was finally broken, and Zhang Lei became a level 20 quasi- Grand Soul Master.

Accompanied by Li Zhishu and his friends, he came to the "Howling Wind Canyon" to hunt for his Second Soul Ring.