Mo Lin looked at the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul before him, its seven soul rings purple, purple, black, black, black, black, and red. For his first attempt at eating a martial soul, one of this level was admittedly rather risky.
Previously, Mo Lin had only used Spirit Binding and General Dispatch to eat Qian Xunji's Wraith, and he had even passed out during the absorption process. Strictly speaking, Mo Lin had no experience whatsoever. Starting off by eating a martial soul with seven soul rings was simply too reckless! But Mo Lin could not just grab any soul master and rip out their martial soul. Eating someone else's martial soul was already incredibly evil soul master-like; if he truly did that, he would be no different from an evil soul master.
As for why he did not seek out evil soul masters to prey on them instead, the reason was simple. Evil soul masters' martial souls differed from those of ordinary soul masters. They carried vast amounts of karmic burden and were exceedingly negative, which did not suit Mo Lin's cultivation path of balancing yin and yang. Mo Lin surmised that rashly eating an evil soul master's martial soul would likely cause an unwanted mutation in his own martial soul.
Mo Lin left his spiritual space and opened his eyes. At that moment, he had already activated Spirit Binding and General Dispatch. His eyes emitted an eerie white light as black mist spread outward from his body. Mo Lin deliberately controlled Spirit Binding and General Dispatch, using the talismans he had placed beforehand to confine its power to strip martial souls from soul masters within his immediate surroundings. Not only would it not affect anyone outside, it would not disturb Qian Renxue and Qilin, who were resting.
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