Lan Tian sat cross-legged in the clearing at the center of the Blue Silver Forest as the deep blue radiance slowly receded from his body.
The cultivation of the eighty-thousand-year Blue Silver King had completely merged into his Soul Power. His Soul Power fluctuations had stabilized at Rank 64, nearly twice as robust as before.
He lowered his head to look at his hands, clenched his fists, and felt that heavy power flowing steadily through his meridians.
Then he closed his eyes and sank his consciousness deep into his Martial Soul, reaching for the newly formed Sixth Soul Ring.
The pitch-black Soul Ring slowly revolved within his consciousness, arranged alongside the previous five Soul Rings.
The information regarding the Soul Skill bestowed by the Soul Ring had already been completely imprinted into his instincts. After sensing it carefully for a moment, he opened his eyes, a hint of surprise and satisfaction flashing through them.
"Sixth Soul Skill... Life Lock."
Ah Yin stood beside him. Hearing the name, she tilted her head slightly. "Life Lock?"
Lan Tian rose to his feet, his gaze falling on a Blue Silver Grass plant several feet tall at the edge of the clearing.
He raised his right hand, and a wisp of Blue Silver God Power emerged from his palm, condensing into an exceptionally fine blue-gold needle of light.
He lightly flicked the needle toward the Blue Silver Grass, and it silently sank into the plant's stalk.
The next second, the Blue Silver Grass stopped growing.
Its leaves no longer unfurled, its stalk no longer stretched upward, and even the layer of silver patterns that normally flowed slowly across its surface completely froze, as though someone had pressed a pause button.
The wind swept over the sea of grass, and the surrounding Blue Silver Grass