The Three-Eyed Golden Ni, Qiu'er? (Seeking Recommendations, Seeking Updates)

About half an hour later, Liu Lin took a deep breath and slowly opened his eyes.

Feeling the first soul skill bestowed upon him by the Earth Fire Lizard Dragon, a look of joy appeared on his face.

After absorbing the soul ring, his soul power level was already nearing level 12; he would be able to break through in less than five days. Furthermore, the Earth Fire Lizard Dragon had granted him a rather impressive soul skill.

The Crimson Radiance Burning Heaven Dragon's first soul skill, Burning Abyss, was an area-of-effect skill. It possessed crowd-clearing capabilities, and the more soul power injected, the larger the range.

Just as Liu Lin stood up, a pink handkerchief was held out in front of him.

"Here, wipe the sweat off your forehead."

Seeing Xu Jiujiu's haughty expression, Liu Lin felt a sudden urge to tease her. He took the handkerchief, wiped his sweat, and said deliberately, "Thank you, wifey Jiujiu."

"Who... who is your wife!?" Upon hearing Liu Lin's words, Xu Jiujiu's face turned bright red in an instant. Her deep blue eyes widened, and even her speech became stuttered.

"Then, do you still want this handkerchief back?" Liu Lin finished wiping his sweat and waved the handkerchief at her.

After Xu Jiujiu glared at him with a frown, she huffed, "It's yours!"

With that, Xu Jiujiu quickly ran back into the carriage.

Seeing this, the smile on Liu Lin's face grew even brighter. He suddenly felt that life like this was quite good.

The guards standing nearby all consciously turned away, unanimously pretending they hadn't seen a thing.

Elder Lin, who had been standing by to protect Liu Lin, saw Xu Jiujiu leave and used his soul power to condense a protective barrier around himself.

He then walked up to Liu Lin and asked what kind of soul skill he had obtained.

When Liu Lin told him the effects of his first soul skill, Elder Lin was deeply shocked.

He signaled for Liu Lin to use his first soul skill to attack him with full force.

Liu Lin nodded and released his martial soul. A deep yellow soul ring emerged beneath his feet; his originally black pupils turned crimson-gold, and the temperature around him rose.

Following that, the first soul ring lit up. The ground within a ten-meter radius of Liu Lin instantly turned into molten lava, and under Liu Lin's control, a pillar of crimson-gold fire erupted beneath Elder Lin's feet.

Elder Lin used his soul power to condense a protective barrier to shield himself. Feeling the power of this hundred-year soul skill, he couldn't help but be astonished.

The power of this hundred-year soul skill was enough to rival a thousand-year soul skill, combining both control and high-damage output.

Seeing his fire pillar neutralized, Liu Lin formed several more in succession. After about 30 seconds, feeling that his soul power was nearly exhausted, he retracted his soul skill.

"Your soul skill is very powerful, comparable to a Soul Elder's third soul skill, though the consumption is quite high."

Liu Lin nodded in agreement. His first soul skill was an area-of-effect attack; it had only lasted 30 seconds when focused on one person. If he were to use it as an indiscriminate attack within a 10-meter radius, he probably wouldn't even last five seconds.

After Liu Lin demonstrated his soul skill, the caravan headed deeper into the Star Dou Forest to find a suitable soul ring for the soul master who was about to break through to the Soul Emperor rank.

Before leaving, Old Wang and his subordinates collected all the valuable materials from the 700-year-old Earth Fire Lizard Dragon before heading into the depths of the Star Dou Forest.

Over the next few days, the group helped the Soul King find a suitable soul ring within the Star Dou Forest.

The primary objective of Old Wang's team in coming to the Star Dou Forest this time had been to hunt a ten-thousand-year soul beast as a sixth soul ring for Sun Heng, the man who was about to break through to the Soul Emperor rank.

Helping Liu Lin hunt for a soul ring was a task assigned to them entirely by their superior, Count Su.

About three days after they entered the depths of the Star Dou Forest, Old Wang and his team finally hunted a 20,000-year-old Golden Armored Turtle as Sun Heng's sixth soul ring.

About two hours later, Sun Heng successfully absorbed his sixth soul ring.

Having absorbed the ring, Sun Heng went to his brothers to show off his newly acquired sixth soul skill.

On the other side, deep within the Star Dou Forest.

Inside a cave, a soul beast covered in golden fur lay on a bed made of straw.

The soul beast was about one meter long, with a body like a lion and a head like a dragon. Most striking of all was the golden vertical eye on its forehead.

It was the Emperor Auspicious Beast of the Star Dou Forest, the Three-Eyed Golden Ni.

Suddenly, the vertical eye on the Three-Eyed Golden Ni's forehead erupted with blood-red light. The sleeping Three-Eyed Golden Ni was pulled into an illusion.

After feeling a sense of vertigo, the sleeping Three-Eyed Golden Ni finally saw the scene around her.

She saw a man with long black hair holding a severely injured woman, fleeing from the pursuit of countless Titled Douluo.

The woman in the black-haired man's arms had a face of peerless beauty, with golden hair and crimson eyes, but she was breathing her last, as if she would die the next second.

"Liu Lin, go, don't worry about me."

"Why hasn't Di Tian arrived yet? Does he really intend to watch you die?"

"It's useless, he won't come. I can feel a powerful force sealing off the aura here. And Liu Lin, stop saying silly things. I cannot survive; you must live well for me." The young girl shook her head gently and said weakly to Liu Lin.

After she finished speaking, crimson-gold flames ignited around her body.

"Quickly kill them both! That soul beast is about to perform a sacrifice for its companion!"

The Three-Eyed Golden Ni, who had been pulled in to silently watch the drama, saw the golden-haired, crimson-eyed girl transform into her own likeness to sacrifice herself for the man.

"Is that me?" The Three-Eyed Golden Ni looked at the version of herself sacrificing, falling into a sudden silence.

"No, I can definitely take you away, believe me." Seeing the girl begin the sacrifice, Liu Lin could no longer hide the panic in his eyes.

"No, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have been hunted down by them. Let me be the one to end this chaos."

"Then I will ask you one last time: do you love me, Liu Lin?" Before she dissipated, the golden-haired, red-eyed girl asked her final question.

"I love you, Qiu'er, don't go... Qiu'er!"

The dozen Title Douluo who had been pursuing them had been unable to move the moment the woman began her sacrifice.

A phantom of a crimson-gold giant dragon appeared behind the black-haired man, and eight soul rings—six black and two red—emerged beneath his feet.

The crimson-gold soul ring that the woman had transformed into met no resistance, and Liu Lin successfully fused with it in an instant.

After fusing with the soul ring, Liu Lin did not choose to flee; instead, he picked up his twin blades once more and charged at one of the Title Douluo.

"All of you will die today, and all of you will go down to keep her company."

Fear appeared in the eyes of the dozen Title Douluo whose movements were locked; they exhausted all their strength to mobilize their soul power, yet they could not break free from the restraint.

When only six Title Douluo remained, the power that had been binding them vanished. The six Title Douluo exchanged a glance and launched a simultaneous attack on Liu Lin.

The scene flashed, and the man with long black hair was kneeling amidst a ruin, holding a jade pendant engraved with the character "Qiu" in his hand, his eyes filled with confusion.

Seeing this, the Three-Eyed Golden Ni suddenly felt a sharp pain in her heart, and tears flowed uncontrollably down the corners of her eyes.