Death God Meditation Method

A frigid sense of danger instantly swept through Manyi's entire body. Relying on the astonishing reflexes and speed of a Title Douluo, she turned into an afterimage and retreated at lightning speed. Just before the reappearing wind blades struck her, she narrowly escaped the path of death.

After steadying herself, Manyi looked at the slowly dissipating wind blades ahead and the Soul Power shield that had been silently sliced open. Her face was filled with shock.

She slowly exhaled, her voice carrying an unprecedented gravity:

"Recreating facts that have already happened... This ability is far too dangerous, and far too powerful."

Xu Jiujiu also recovered from her shock. Looking at Yin Chen, her expression became somewhat strange as she muttered:

"Dreamlike Bubble... This soul skill is certainly powerful, but... why does it feel so underhanded?"

It was an attack that could not be defended against. Even someone far stronger than Yin Chen would surely be caught off guard the first time they encountered it if they did not understand his soul skill.

"The soul skill is powerful, but its Soul Power consumption is simply too great."

Although Yin Chen was quite satisfied with Dreamlike Bubble's effect, sensing that nearly half the Soul Power in his body had abruptly been drained still left him somewhat frustrated.

"Moreover, I need to leave behind the 'phenomenon' of the attack beforehand. The restrictions aren't small either."

Time System soul skills had always been known for their enormous Soul Power consumption, and he was no exception.

Besides, with his current cultivation, he could only recreate phenomena that he had personally created. He could not yet directly invoke phenomena caused by his opponents.

This meant that in actual combat, he had to predict the battle beforehand, lay the groundwork for attacks at crucial positions, then wait for or guide his enemies into specific locations before unleashing this fatal strike.

It was a soul skill with immense potential, but it also placed extreme demands on combat intelligence and tactical planning.

Seeing that Yin Chen had obtained such a powerful and unreasonable soul skill yet still seemed dissatisfied, Xu Jiujiu could not help rolling her eyes at him.

"Don't you also possess the innate ability of Future Sight?"

She reminded him.

"If you coordinate your innate talent with this first soul skill and use them properly, challenging stronger opponents across ranks will be no difficult matter."

Yin Chen smiled somewhat sheepishly, realizing that he might indeed have been asking too much.

With his two great talents combined with this first soul skill, even though he was only a one-ring Soul Master, the threat he could pose in battle was indeed no less than that of many high-level Soul Masters.

"How strange. How could a mere hundred-year Soul Ring grant you such a powerful soul skill?"

Xu Jiujiu lightly tapped her lips with a slender finger, her face full of confusion.

Yin Chen's heart tightened slightly.

A hundred-year Soul Ring naturally could not grant such a nearly heaven-defying soul skill. However, the strength of his soul skill had never depended on his Soul Ring. Its true source lay in the unimaginable status of the Archon of Time Martial Soul.

But the truth behind it was a secret that absolutely could not be known by outsiders.

Fortunately, Xu Jiujiu did not dwell on the matter.

After all, soul skills on the Douluo Continent came in every imaginable variety. Yin Chen's Martial Soul was also an exceedingly rare time attribute. It was not entirely unacceptable for him to possess some extraordinarily powerful soul skills that defied common sense.

Having obtained his first Soul Ring and gained a soul skill with a special mechanism, Yin Chen had officially entered the ranks of Soul Masters. He was in quite a good mood.

But he knew that the purpose of this journey had not yet been fully accomplished.

"No matter what, congratulations, Yin Chen."

Xu Jiujiu congratulated him with a smile before continuing.

"Next, it's time to obtain my third Soul Ring."

Yin Chen asked curiously:

"Your Highness, the Star Crown Spirit is so unique. Finding a suitable thousand-year Soul Beast must not be easy, right?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Jiujiu revealed a calm smile tinged with a hint of superiority.

"For independent Soul Masters or small sects, that is indeed the case. They can often only rely on luck. But our Star Crown Sect has been passed down for ten thousand years. Our ancestors have long compiled the Soul Beast types most suitable for the Star Crown Spirit, the corresponding soul skill effects, and even the optimal hunting ages, forming a complete inheritance system."

She patiently explained, as though opening the door to a new world for Yin Chen:

"What type of Soul Beast I need for my third Soul Ring and what kind of soul skill I can obtain were planned by the royal family and the sect long before my cultivation reached its bottleneck. We have even identified the target's general location and activity patterns in advance."

Yin Chen understood. This was the vast difference between having backing and having none.

Ordinary Soul Masters had to risk their lives searching for a needle in a haystack throughout the vast forest. A favored daughter of heaven like Xu Jiujiu, however, only needed to proceed step by step to the designated location and hunt the marked Soul Beast whose age and attributes perfectly suited her.

This greatly reduced the risk while ensuring the quality and applicability of the soul skill.

"So that's how it is."

Yin Chen nodded. This was the foundation of a great power.

"Let's go. The target isn't too far from here."

Nebula Douluo Manyi spoke up. She clearly knew the exact location.

Under her guidance, the three changed direction and headed toward another designated area within the Mixed Area of the Star Dou Great Forest.

The entire journey had a clear objective, without the slightest hesitation. It was completely different from the earlier process of searching carefully and identifying Soul Beasts for Yin Chen.

Meanwhile, deep within the Evil Demon Forest of the Sun Moon Empire, at the headquarters of the Holy Spirit Cult.

Inside a secret chamber filled with a dense medicinal fragrance, its walls inscribed with soul-gathering and strengthening formations, Castorice was soaking in a massive bath carved from some kind of warm jade.

The water was not ordinary water, but a viscous, vibrant jade-green liquid brimming with life.

Dense worldly essence mixed with the extracts of dozens of precious medicinal herbs, forming immense medicinal power. It seeped through every pore of her body, continuously entering her limbs and bones, nourishing her meridians, strengthening her body, and accelerating the recovery and growth of her Soul Power.

This was one of the rewards Ye Xishui had given her after she successfully absorbed her first thousand-year Soul Ring.

Her eyes were gently closed as she silently circulated the core meditation method personally taught to her by Ye Xishui, the Death God Douluo—the Death God Meditation Method.

This meditation method was domineering and efficient, capable of greatly accelerating the condensation of Soul Power. Its effects were especially pronounced in an environment where life energy and deathly aura intertwined, guiding the medicinal power and her own deathly Soul Power into a wondrous balance and cycle.

Scarlet Douluo Feiyan stood guard nearby. Watching Castorice's aura in the pool gradually become more solid, a trace of envy flashed through her scarlet eyes as she casually remarked:

"Little Saintess, this pool of Hundred Herb Jade Marrow Liquid used up quite a few of the cult's reserves. Just one of its main ingredients, the five-thousand-year Life Spirit Grass, is worth five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins. Add the other supplementary materials and the consumption of this Soul Warming Jade Pool... Tsk, tsk. The total value of this pool of medicinal liquid is probably close to eight million Gold Soul Coins. The Supreme Cult Leader is truly generous with you."