The First Spirit Ring

"Okay!"

When Qian Daoliu heard Ye Fan's request, he nodded and agreed.

At that moment, the young lady in orange had a sharp gleam in her eyes as she looked at the only remaining thousand-year Dark Burst Demon Wolf, a flash of determination passing through them.

She slowly raised her hand and gripped the sharp short dagger tightly, her body leaning forward slightly as she gathered her soul power, about to step in and kill the soul beast to take this excellent third soul ring.

At the critical moment, Ye Fan's gaze sharpened, and he immediately barked in a low voice, "Grandpa, now!"

Hearing this, Qian Daoliu answered, "Okay!"

Then he instantly released his Six-Winged Angel martial soul, and a terrifying angelic pressure swept out, wrapped in the Angel Domain.

In an instant, it bore down on Ju Zi and her guard squad. All of them were crushed to the ground by the angelic pressure, unable to move.

The instant Qian Daoliu released his aura, Qian Daoliu's incomparably powerful angelic soul power swept across the entire Evil Demon Forest, and deep within the woods, three terrifying existences that had long lain dormant opened their eyes in unison.

A colossal beast wreathed entirely in lava turned its head and said in a deep voice to its own kind beside it, "Fire Evil Tyrant, an unmatched expert has come to the Evil Demon Forest. You must not go out alone in the coming days."

Atop a giant altar, a woman in red had spiritual power surging at her fingertips. Sensing that pure, holy aura of a Limit Douluo that restrained her own evil power, her expression shifted several times, and she turned as if to set out and investigate.

A handsome man in black beside her reached out to stop her, warning in a low voice, "Ye Xishui, have you lost your mind? That person is a Limit Douluo, and the angel attribute naturally restrains you. If you go, it's no different from seeking your own death. Leave this matter to me to investigate."

As he spoke, the handsome man in black flashed and disappeared from where he stood.

On Ye Fan's side, Ye Fan had long been prepared. He quickly took out a black cloth and covered his face, concealing his figure. Immediately after, he activated his Six-Winged Life Angel martial soul, his light body turning into an afterimage as he shot toward the Dark Burst Demon Wolf at extreme speed.

He raised his hand and took out the sharp dagger he carried with him. His movements were clean and decisive. Right in front of Ju Zi, who was sprawled on the ground with a face full of shock, he struck with precision and instantly ended the thousand-year Dark Burst Demon Wolf's life. A purple soul ring condensed above the Dark Burst Demon Wolf's body.

At this time, Qian Daoliu and Ye Guyi also flapped their angel wings and arrived beside Ye Fan.

They prepared to protect him while he absorbed the soul ring.

It was not hard to see that they were still somewhat worried about Ye Fan choosing a thousand-year soul ring as his first soul ring.

Although Ju Zi was firmly suppressed by the angelic pressure and unable to move, towering fury churned in her eyes as she gritted her teeth and shouted harshly:

"Brat, you stole my soul ring! Even if you covered your face, I'll hunt you to the ends of the earth!"

There were also several richly dressed young men and women being suppressed alongside her. Among this group, one noble youth in brocade clothes had been shrieking at Ye Fan the whole time.

That noble youth in brocade had a frosty expression. Gritting his teeth, he shouted coldly, his voice filled with indignation and arrogance, "Brat, you've got some nerve! You actually dared to steal the soul ring of a student from my Sun Moon Imperial Academy in public. You're simply courting death!"

The remaining young man and young woman also glared fixedly at Ye Fan, thick unwillingness and anger surging in their eyes.

When Qian Daoliu heard this, his brows furrowed slightly. He deliberately turned his head and asked Ye Fan loudly, "Good grandson, should Grandpa take action and wipe out this team to eliminate any future trouble?"

"Brat, you dare?"

Before the noble youth in brocade could finish speaking, Ye Fan's voice had already entered everyone's ears.

"Well, about that~!"

"Grandpa, we're not evil soul masters, so let's not?"

"Just knock them out."

Qian Daoliu did not object to Ye Fan's suggestion. Instead, he directly used a soul power shockwave and knocked the entire group unconscious.

Afterward, Qian Daoliu devoted himself entirely to standing guard beside Ye Fan, and Ye Guyi did the same.

When Ye Fan saw that Ju Zi and the others had all fallen unconscious, he secretly let out a breath of relief. No longer holding back, he withdrew his Life Angel martial soul and released his Death Angel martial soul.

He sat cross-legged on the spot, preparing to absorb the thousand-year soul ring.

The purple thousand-year soul ring slowly floated above Ye Fan's head, threads of purple aura surging without end. Qian Daoliu and Ye Guyi stayed on high alert, and Qian Daoliu gathered a gentle holy light at his fingertips, ready at any moment to stabilize Ye Fan's soul power. The worry between his brows was impossible to hide.

Ye Fan closed his eyes, stilled his mind, and drew the soul ring into his body. Just as the three of them thought this soul ring absorption process would be exceptionally dangerous, the soul power collision and intense pain they had expected did not descend.

The expected soul power collision and intense pain did not descend. The purple soul ring was incomparably docile, and threads of soul power flowed warmly into his meridians.

In just a little over ten minutes, the soul ring was firmly branded onto the Death Angel martial soul. His first soul ring had adapted perfectly. He opened his eyes with ease, his aura rising steadily and sharply.

"It's done."

Ye Fan felt the newly obtained first soul ring, and his heart was filled with incomparable delight.

"It's done just like that!"

"It's done just like that!"

As for Qian Daoliu and Ye Guyi, they were both shocked at this moment.

They truly could not have imagined that someone could choose a thousand-year soul ring for their first soul ring, and even complete the absorption so smoothly.

"Yes. I didn't expect absorbing my first soul ring to go so smoothly either."

Ye Fan replied to the two of them like this.

That left Qian Daoliu and Ye Guyi at a loss for words.

All they could say inwardly was, "Monster!"

After that, Qian Daoliu changed the subject.

"Xiao Fan, is your soul power at rank 20?"

Hearing this, Ye Fan sensed it for a moment, then said to Qian Daoliu, "Grandpa, it should be. I can feel that my second soul ring slot is empty."

Qian Daoliu's face lit up at once. "Good. Then Grandpa will take you to obtain your second soul ring right now."

After Qian Daoliu finished speaking, he pointed Ye Fan toward Ju Zi, who lay sprawled on the ground nearby, along with her companions and the squad members guarding her. "Xiao Fan, how do you plan to deal with these people?"

Ye Fan said, "Grandpa, although we aren't evil soul masters, we aren't overly charitable people either. Let's just leave."

"As for whether they live or die, that depends on their own fortune."

As he spoke, Ye Fan left with Qian Daoliu and Ye Guyi.

Only Ju Zi, her unconscious companions, and the soul engineers guarding her were left behind.

A long while later, a handsome man in black appeared at the place where Ju Zi and the others had fallen unconscious, and looked at the people lying scattered across the ground.

He could not help frowning slightly, because he discovered that Qian Daoliu had already left, while a great deal of death, annihilation, and dark aura still lingered in the area.

"Interesting?" the handsome man in black murmured to himself. Then he vanished from where he stood.

Another long while passed, and it was deep into the night.

Ju Zi was the first to wake from unconsciousness, then she roused her companions and her guards one after another.

In the end, after discovering that her companions and guards were all unharmed, she finally let out a sigh of relief.

After practicing against Qian Daoliu's soul pressure and haggling with Ye Guyi, Ye Fan finally set the age of his second soul ring at around five thousand years.

As night deepened, the roars of evil beasts kept echoing from the shadows of the Evil Demon Forest. Qian Daoliu found a safe cave shrouded in holy light and set up an angel barrier to block out the dangers around them.

The three decided to rest for the night, then head out tomorrow after the sky brightened to search for a compatible five-thousand-year soul beast.

Ye Fan sat cross-legged, regulating his breathing to stabilize the soul power from the thousand-year soul ring he had just absorbed, while Qian Daoliu and Ye Guyi took turns standing guard at the cave entrance.

Outside the cave, a faint wisp of evil power quietly probed toward the holy light barrier. Qian Daoliu caught the disturbance at once, his eyes snapping open as he shouted sternly, "Who is it? Why are you skulking around here playing tricks?"

Ye Fan, who had been steadily regulating his breathing, and Ye Guyi, who had been resting with her eyes closed, woke with a start. Both unfurled their angel wings and rose to stand on guard.