Ten Thousand Years, Third Ring! Twin Hands!

Myriad Demon King stared at Lin Ya. Without bothering to hide anything, he got straight to the point and asked:

"Just as Bear Lord said, how about giving you one of my offshoots as your third soul ring?"

"Of course." Lin Ya nodded without a second thought. Only an idiot would turn down such a windfall.

As for whether Myriad Demon King might tamper with the offshoot and leave some kind of backdoor?

Give him a break. Did they think his Spirit Binding and General Summoning was just for show?

Even an immortal like Liu Kunsheng could be easily controlled by Feng Xingtong, let alone a soul ring formed from a single offshoot.

Once it became his soul ring, even a dragon would have to coil up and a tiger would have to lie low. It would be unable to pull even the slightest trick.

Seeing Lin Ya agree so readily, Myriad Demon King no longer hesitated. Green light flashed around him as he revealed his true form—

It was a towering tree over a hundred meters tall, dark green from top to bottom, with demonic aura soaring into the sky!

Its crown was lush with branches and leaves. With a light tremble, an emerald-green branch containing terrifying demonic power broke off on its own and drifted gently down before Lin Ya.

"For an ordinary Soul Elder, the limit for a third soul ring is only fifteen hundred years. Your physique is special, and you have the support of a hundred-thousand-year external soul bone. You can absorb any soul ring below nine thousand years without concern." Myriad Demon King's voice rumbled like thunder.

Lin Ya pondered for a moment before saying with absolute certainty, "I think I can directly absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring."

The moment he said that, Bi Ji's expression changed drastically. She immediately spoke up to stop him:

"Lin Ya, perhaps your body can bear a ten-thousand-year soul ring, but absorbing one will cause terrifying soul tremors. That power attacks the mind directly. Low-level soul masters simply cannot withstand it. Even if you survive, you'll become an idiot. Have you really thought this through?"

Bi Ji tried to dissuade him out of kindness. She truly felt that Lin Ya had no need to absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring. More importantly, she did not want one of her clansmen to dissipate right after making a sacrifice. That would be far too great a loss.

Soul tremors were, put simply, mental attacks powerful to the extreme.

They would be nothing much in the era after Soul Land 2, but in this day and age, they were practically a deadly trial with no chance of survival.

Yet Lin Ya was even more confident. "Soul tremors, is it? Perfect. I have great confidence in my soul."

Spirit Binding and General Summoning was itself an ultimate art that toyed with souls. Its enhancement to one's own soul far surpassed that of other cultivation methods. Otherwise, how could it command countless spirit entities?

Seeing the assured look on his face, Myriad Demon King did not try to persuade him further.

If the boy lacked even this much courage and judgment, he would not get very far anyway.

The next second, Myriad Demon King directly activated his demonic power, pouring boundless energy crazily into that branch!

Green light surged. The branch instantly took root and sprouted, growing into a complete Demon Eye Magic Tree. Its aura rose steadily until it stopped at the level of a ten-thousand-year soul beast!

"Kid, don't absorb yourself to death!"

As his words fell, the ten-thousand-year Demon Eye Magic Tree exploded apart. A pitch-black ten-thousand-year soul ring radiating astonishing pressure floated directly above Lin Ya's head!

Extremely violent soul power poured down in an instant, crashing fiercely into Lin Ya's body!

His meridians felt as though they were about to burst. Excruciating pain coursed through his entire body, his bones groaning in agony as though he had been stuffed into a high-pressure furnace.

But Lin Ya did not give up. With a thought, he immediately guided the rampaging soul power within him toward the hundred-thousand-year external soul bone on his back—the Emerald Swan Wings!

The soul bone acted like an enormous buffer, frantically absorbing the impact and rapidly weakening the power that was on the verge of blowing his body apart.

At the same time, the Emerald Swan martial soul appeared beneath Lin Ya's feet, and his first soul ring began to shine with emerald-green light.

Ultimate vitality swept through his body, rapidly repairing his damaged meridians and flesh. The pain was instantly suppressed.

With his martial soul, a hundred-thousand-year soul bone, and ultimate vitality, even a ten-thousand-year soul ring could forget about destroying Lin Ya's body.

But at that moment, Lin Ya felt an incomparably terrifying mental impact suddenly erupt. Like a gigantic hammer weighing ten thousand jin, it slammed viciously toward his sea of consciousness!

This was the most fatal soul tremor!

Yet before the impact could land, three soul spirits instantly appeared around the outer edge of his sea of consciousness—

Soul-Devouring Demon Spider, Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear, Emerald Swan!

The three great soul spirits struck at once. Before that lethal soul impact could reach his sea of consciousness, it was forcibly shattered and devoured!

Buzz—

As the soul tremor dissipated, the pitch-black ten-thousand-year soul ring settled firmly onto Lin Ya's body. Its light receded as it completely fused with him!

"He actually succeeded!" Bi Ji revealed a relieved smile.

Seeing Lin Ya in such pain just now, she had nearly been unable to stop herself from intervening and interrupting him. But clearly, this young man had shown her another miracle.

Myriad Demon King also returned to human form. Looking at the black third soul ring on Lin Ya's body, he nodded slightly in satisfaction.

"Very good. You did not disappoint me. What a pity..." Myriad Demon King sighed helplessly. "What a pity that my offshoot cannot inherit my ultimate wood. I wonder whether this boy can find an immortal herb and evolve it. Sigh..."

Immortal herbs were things one could only encounter by chance. In all these years, he had only seen one such plant. How could Lin Ya possibly obtain an immortal herb so easily?

At this moment, Lin Ya slowly opened his eyes. A sharp glint flashed through them, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his lips.

"Looks like... I guessed right."

He looked down at his hands. On his palms, a streak of red light and a streak of blue light shimmered against each other, giving off an eerie yet mysterious glow.

"This is your third soul skill? Why does it look so ordinary?" Bear Lord, standing to the side, could not sense anything particularly powerful about Lin Ya's soul skill.

Wasn't it just light on his hands? With one swipe of his bear paw, he could slice open a mountain!

Myriad Demon King also stepped forward. He was very interested in Lin Ya's third soul skill:

"What is your third soul skill?"

"Twin Hands," Lin Ya said, revealing the name of his soul skill.

That was right—Lin Ya's third soul skill was the ultimate medical art among the Eight Extraordinary Skills of Under One Person: Twin Hands!

Twin Hands consisted of two parts: the Nature Hand, Blue Hand, and the Life Hand, Red Hand.

The Nature Hand—Blue Hand—could alter souls, allowing one to detect lies, read and erase memories, and even directly rewrite cognition to control others. Its effects were terrifying!

The Life Hand—Red Hand—could reshape the body, alter one's appearance, heal all manner of illnesses and injuries, and even regenerate severed limbs. It was a divine skill capable of restoring flesh to bare bones!

However, Lin Ya did not reveal the secrets of Twin Hands to these fierce beasts. Red Hand was one thing; while its effects were powerful, Emerald Swan's healing abilities were no weaker.

But Blue Hand was far too terrifying—reading memories, altering memories, mind control!

Who wouldn't be worried upon learning that such a soul skill existed?

Don't assume ordinary people had no secrets. Leaving everything else aside, the one-terabyte cloud drive from Lin Ya's previous life would absolutely make him die of social embarrassment if it were exposed!

"No, no. The secret of Blue Hand absolutely cannot be spread so easily!"

At that moment, Lin Ya silently resolved that from now on, he would only display Red Hand in public. As for Blue Hand...

Naturally, it would be used on the people who deserved it.