One Ring Absorbs Ten Thousand Years!

Beibei and Tang Ya had been walking through the Star Dou Great Forest for some time.

"Why haven't we encountered a suitable soul beast yet..."

Tang Ya was just complaining about her bad luck today.

As she spoke, she suddenly stopped mid-sentence.

"Beibei, there's someone over there!"

Beibei looked in the direction she was pointing.

Under a thick oak tree, a person was indeed lying on the ground.

When he saw the person's face clearly, Beibei's pupils constricted, and he exclaimed in shock.

"Isn't that little Yuhao?!"

Hearing this, Tang Ya focused her gaze and confirmed his identity as well.

The two walked over quickly.

Beibei crouched down and reached out to check his pulse.

"His blood flow is steady, and the soul power in his body is quite normal..."

"Then why is he..."

Beibei's gaze swept over the dead Lone Bamboo nearby, and he fell into deep thought.

Surely no one could be defeated by a ten-year Lone Bamboo.

Tang Ya saw it too, covering her small mouth in shock, "Could it be that little Yuhao was soloed by this ten-year Lone Bamboo?"

Fortunately, Beibei had some sense. Looking at the wounds on Huo Yuhao's body, he guessed, "It was likely caused by a Wind Baboon."

"Is that so..."

Meanwhile, the unconscious Huo Yuhao was in his own spiritual world, receiving an unbelievable conversation.

The voice of the Sky Dream Ice Worm rang out in his mind, sounding significantly weaker than before, as if it had just suffered a major illness.

"Kid, I'll keep this brief."

"I am a million-year soul beast, the Sky Dream Ice Worm."

"Just now, I turned myself into your first soul ring. So, even though your first soul ring is white, it actually possesses four soul skills."

"Furthermore, this soul ring can increase in age as your soul power improves, becoming stronger and stronger."

"In addition, I have helped you open up a blank ice-attribute martial soul slot, so you can awaken another martial soul in the future."

The Sky Dream Ice Worm spoke very quickly.

"I was injured by that crazy woman—the Sky Phoenix True Fire—it hurts like hell."

"I need to sleep for a while to recover. Be careful during this time; don't go dying on me."

With that, the voice vanished.

Huo Yuhao stood in his spiritual world, completely dazed.

It took him a long time to digest the words of the Sky Dream Ice Worm.

A million-year soul beast.

Four soul skills for his first soul ring.

A soul ring that could grow in age.

And an extra blank martial soul slot.

He had become a soul master.

He had truly become a soul master.

Huo Yuhao's hands began to tremble, his eyes grew hot, and a surge of immense joy welled up from his chest, almost drowning him entirely.

Now that he was a soul master, he could avenge his mother!

But immediately after, thinking of what had just happened, another emotion overwhelmed the joy.

His heart was filled with grievance and rage.

Rage at that Titled Douluo, and grievance at his own powerlessness once again.

He knew very well that the Titled Douluo had attacked most likely because of the Tian Meng in his mind.

But so what?

That was his destiny.

It was a destiny he had earned only after suffering for eleven years in the White Tiger Duke Mansion and nearly being soloed by a Wind Baboon in the Star Dou Great Forest.

So what if they were a Titled Douluo! To try and snatch it away without a word.

How were they any different from that group at the White Tiger Duke Mansion?!

They were all bad people!

Huo Yuhao clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug into his palms.

Revenge.

He had to have revenge.

He had memorized the appearance of that Title Douluo.

Fiery red hair, a stunningly beautiful face, and behind her, the phantom of a massive phoenix formed from flames.

And, the boy she held in her arms.

He had memorized that boy's face as well; he looked a few years younger than him.

Huo Yuhao carved the images of these two people deep into his mind.

From this day on, his list of enemies had grown to include two more figures, in addition to the White Tiger Duke Mansion.

He suppressed the emotions in his heart, forcing himself to calm down.

He could not forget that he was still in the Star Dou Great Forest.

With that thought, his consciousness returned to his body.

Huo Yuhao opened his eyes.

The first things he saw were the familiar faces of Beibei and Tang Ya.

When Tang Ya saw him wake up, her eyes lit up, and her tone was clearly relieved.

"Little Yuhao, you're finally awake. You scared me to death."

"If you hadn't woken up, I wouldn't have known how to keep you safe."

Before Huo Yuhao could speak, he heard a rustling sound from not far away.

Beibei's voice came from beside him.

"Tang Ya, get ready. The Datura Snake is here."

Tang Ya's expression immediately turned serious. She stood up, and her Blue Silver Grass martial soul appeared in her hands.

"Great, my third soul ring is finally within reach."

Huo Yuhao pushed himself up from the ground and looked toward them.

Soon, a giant snake with a completely pink body slithered out from the woods, its snake eyes cold, its tongue flicking in and out.

The model employee of Douluo Continent, the thousand-year Datura Snake, had arrived!

It had come once again to offer its soul ring to the Blue Silver Grass.

Meanwhile.

On the other side of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Gu An sat cross-legged on a flat bluestone.

His consciousness had completely submerged into his body, and he was in the midst of finalizing the contract with the Green Blade Falcon.

Leng Yaozhu stood guard nearby, her gaze fixed intently on Gu An.

If anything went wrong, she would immediately intervene to stop it.

She would never let anything happen to Gu An.

The phantom of the Green Blade Falcon appeared before Gu An.

As a soul beast with thirty thousand years of cultivation, even on the verge of death, the aura it emitted still carried a sharp, ferocious edge.

But it did not resist.

When Leng Yaozhu had captured it, she had already used "peaceful" means to weaken its will to resist.

She had left behind only the purest form of submission.

The phantom of the Green Blade Falcon snuck a glance at Leng Yaozhu. After the human and the falcon locked eyes, the latter immediately lowered its head.

It had accepted its fate.

"Screech—"

It let out a cry, spread its wings, and the entire person... no, the entire bird transformed into points of light, merging into Gu An's body.

To be precise, it merged into the Dragon Phoenix Soul Sound Flute.

Leng Yaozhu nodded in approval.

"As expected of a Green Blade Falcon with phoenix bloodline; it possessed intelligence at the ten-thousand-year level and knew which choice was better for it."

The next instant.

A pitch-black soul ring detached from the Green Blade Falcon and descended toward Gu An's body.

A black ten-thousand-year soul ring.

Gu An's body shuddered violently.

Cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead, sliding down his cheeks in large, heavy drops.

Blood seeped through the surface of his skin, staining his clothes in patches of red.

Leng Yaozhu's dark brows furrowed tightly, a flash of heartache crossing her eyes.

Even though the Green Blade Falcon had actively cooperated to minimize the impact of the spirit ring, it was still far too much for Gu An's current body to handle.

"Xiao An's physical constitution is still too poor," she murmured to herself.

"It seems that once he finishes absorbing the spirit ring, I must personally help him hone his foundation. I only wonder if I can bring out some immortal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well."

To become a true powerhouse, a solid foundation was indispensable.

Yet, at this moment, Gu An had no idea what Leng Yaozhu was thinking as she watched him.

His current sensation was nothing but pain, pure and simple!

Pain that defied description.

And it was not merely physical.

The energy of the ten-thousand-year spirit ring surged back and forth through his meridians incessantly.

Every inch of his blood vessels was being torn apart, only to be forcibly repaired by spirit power, then torn apart and repaired all over again.

Beyond the physical torment, one could not forget the mental agony.

Although the soul shock belonging to the ten-thousand-year spirit beast had been neutralized by the Dragon Phoenix Soul Sound Flute, that did not mean his soul was completely unscathed.