Second Soul Skill! Divine Machine Hundred Refinements!

"Roar..."

A low growl, incredibly weak yet no longer filled with savagery, emerged from the giant bear's throat. Instead, it carried a trace of submission and pleading.

When its enormous beastly eyes looked at Lin Ya, the last remnants of unwillingness and struggle finally faded away, replaced by a sense of entrustment and... resigned trust?

Boom!

The final trace of resistance within the Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear's massive body vanished. Its vast life force and origin soul power no longer resisted, instead actively drawing together and gathering!

An unprecedented purple soul ring, as deep as a starry night sky, slowly emerged from its body!

This soul ring had not dropped upon death. Rather, it carried the aura of a willing sacrifice. As its light flowed, the phantom of a miniature Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear could vaguely be seen roaring within it!

"Trust me, Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear. I definitely won't let you down!!"

Confidence blazed in Lin Ya's eyes. They said that the Eight Extraordinary Skills together could create an immortal!

If they could create an immortal, why couldn't they help me become a god!

Without hesitation, Lin Ya sat cross-legged and fully circulated his soul power!

As though summoned, that deep purple soul ring slowly descended, carrying the Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear's final lingering will and all its origin power as it settled around Lin Ya's body!

"Th-this is impossible! A soul beast... willingly sacrificing itself?!" Soul Douluo Zhi Lin completely lost his composure. The calm indifference on his face vanished without a trace, leaving behind only incomprehensible shock!

Of course, he knew of sacrifices, but he had only ever heard of them as legends.

Why would a soul beast sacrifice itself to you?

What he was witnessing had completely overturned his understanding of the relationship between soul masters and soul beasts!

Prince Xue Xing was trembling with excitement as well. He knew Lin Ya possessed the divine skill Spirit Binding and General Summoning, but witnessing such a shocking process of "persuasion" with his own eyes still made his blood boil!

"His first and second soul rings are both thousand-year soul rings! Hahaha! As expected of the most outstanding genius my neph... I know!"

In his excitement, Xue Xing nearly revealed Lin Ya's true identity. Fortunately, he caught himself in time, and Zhi Lin, still overwhelmed by shock, noticed nothing strange.

Buzz—!

The instant the Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear's sacrificial soul ring completely merged into Lin Ya's body, a terrifying torrent of violent, domineering soul power, carrying the sharpness to tear everything apart, exploded within him!

"Urgh—!"

Lin Ya let out a muffled groan, his body trembling violently. Absorbing a two-thousand-year soul ring at level twenty was a little too much even for Lin Ya's physical constitution.

However, the Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear had sacrificed itself, and sacrifice had one most important benefit: as long as the soul beast was willing, even a level ten soul master could absorb a million-year soul ring!

The immense soul power only crashed through him once before quickly becoming gentle. It slowly flowed into every limb and bone of Lin Ya's body, so comfortably that he nearly moaned aloud.

Lin Ya silently circulated the Golden Light Mantra. Guided by it, that vast torrent of energy finally began moving along a specific path.

One portion merged into his limbs and bones, strengthening his body;

One portion poured into his dantian, raising his soul power level;

And the most core, most fundamental power transformed into his second soul ring—a purple, thousand-year soul ring!

At that moment, a jade-green figure in the skies above the Star Dou Great Forest sensed this aura as well.

"A soul beast actually... chose to sacrifice itself?"

Sacrifices were something that might not happen even once in a hundred years within the Star Dou Great Forest. Even she could not help stopping for it.

Lin Ya suddenly opened his eyes. Deep within them, a dark-gold glint flashed and vanished!

He had successfully absorbed the Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear's sacrificial soul ring, and his soul power level instantly broke through to level twenty-two!

And he was only eight years old!

Lin Ya dared say that aside from freaks like Qian Renxue, who possessed innate full soul power at level twenty, no one on Douluo Continent was more talented than him!

Yet, a rise of two levels was not enough to delight Lin Ya. More importantly, an entirely new "skill" and "principle" had been branded into the depths of his soul!

He slowly raised his right hand. The soul power in his palm was no longer a diffuse halo; it gathered and took shape on its own. A cluster of dark-gold flowing light appeared out of thin air, as though alive, nimbly swirling in his palm.

Lin Ya slightly raised his fingertips, and a pebble dropped into his palm. Golden light instantly covered the pebble. In just one breath, the ordinary stone became an incomparably sharp throwing knife! With a flick of his wrist, the knife shot through the air and embedded itself deeply in the tree trunk ahead with a pfft, leaving only half the handle exposed.

"What is that?" Prince Xue Xing wore a puzzled expression. With his knowledge, he could not yet see the mystery of this soul skill. Soul Douluo Zhi Lin, meanwhile, furrowed his brows slightly in thought.

A confident smile rose on Lin Ya's lips as he announced, word by word:

"This is my second soul skill—Divine Machine Hundred Refinements!"

Divine Machine Hundred Refinements, one of the Eight Extraordinary Skills from Under One Person!

It combined mechanism techniques, artifact refining, object control, and transmutation into one, representing the pinnacle of all mechanical creations in the world.

It could transmute and control objects within three to five breaths, efficiently refine magical artifacts, operate Divine Machine mechanisms powered by qi, and even mass-produce treasures and magical artifacts. It was truly a divine skill of creation!

After listening to Lin Ya's explanation, Prince Xue Xing looked entirely unimpressed. "A two-thousand-year soul ring, and that's all it does?"

"That's all?" Lin Ya stared wide-eyed at his uncle.

Did this guy even understand how terrifying Divine Machine Hundred Refinements was?!

In the world of Under One Person, the available materials had been nothing more than ordinary iron, copper, silver, and gold. Yet even with that, Ma Xianhong had forcibly used this ability to create Divine Machine constructs like Flower-like, creations that surpassed the Yushu robots of 2026!

In Douluo Continent, the magical treasures Lin Ya could create would definitely be even more terrifying! At the very least, they would be several times stronger than Tang San's pile of mechanical hidden weapons.

Lin Ya picked up another chunk of iron ore. With a movement of Divine Machine Hundred Refinements, the large stone turned into a seamless steel pipe one meter long.

After using the steel pipe to sweep aside a patch of Blue Silver Grass, Lin Ya said confidently:

"Uncle Xue Xing, do you believe that one day, the magical artifacts I create... I mean, soul tools, will be enough to let an ordinary person defeat a Titled Douluo?"

"Soul tools? An ordinary person? Defeat a Titled Douluo? Hahaha... cough, cough." Xue Xing nearly burst out laughing, but quickly held it in.

No, he absolutely could not discourage his nephew.

Sigh, he was still too young. He simply did not understand how terrifying a Titled Douluo was.

Seeing this, Lin Ya offered no further explanation. He merely spread his hands slightly and softly uttered four words:

"Spirit Binding and General Summoning!"

Buzz—buzz!

Two soul cries rang through the forest. The two thousand-year purple rings on his body suddenly blazed with light, transforming into the phantom forms of two overwhelmingly imposing soul beasts that stood at his side!

One was the Soul-Devouring Demon Spider he had subdued earlier. The other was, astonishingly, the Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear that had just sacrificed itself!

The Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear, now transformed into a soul spirit, lowered its head to look at its solid bear paws, then turned to glance at its body in the distance, which still retained some warmth. An incomparably fervent light erupted from its huge bear eyes.

Lin Ya had not lied to it!

It had truly survived—in another form!