After Tang Hao had shown Tang San and Xiao Wu that immense killing intent—cold, grim, evil, terrifying, and powerful enough to make one tremble—Tang San naturally wanted to learn it immediately. Having suffered a crushing defeat against Mo Lin, Tang San knew that even among people his own age, he was still far from strong enough.
Although Tang San did not have a skull bone, and his Purple Demon Eye had fallen just short of reaching the Mustard Seed Realm, leaving his spiritual power inferior to that of the original story, it still far surpassed that of his peers. Tang Hao still took Tang San to the forest where Ah Yin was likely born to obtain his fifth soul ring. They would try that first; if it failed, they would hunt a soul beast for a soul ring instead. Xiao Wu was somewhat resistant at first. Obtaining a soul ring meant killing a soul beast, after all, and she did not really want to go along. But such things could not be avoided. She could only hope that the soul beast Tang San killed would be one with an especially terrible reputation even among soul beasts.
However, Xiao Wu's worries were clearly unnecessary. With the help of the Blue Silver King, Tang San once again awakened his own ten-thousand-year soul ring through his own abilities. Its starting point was a little low, at only twenty thousand years, but the soul ring could grow stronger along with Tang San's strength, so in the long run, it should not have much impact.
When Tang San emerged from the forest with an entirely new appearance, Xiao Wu froze the moment she saw him. But when her gaze drifted downward, she instantly covered her eyes.
Tang San also noticed that he was currently standing