Shock! A Pale White First Soul Ring, One Minute Old

Beneath the pit might be the Fire Glass Vine Serpent, but there could also be powerful soul beasts lurking below. Going down rashly was far too dangerous!

"I need to scout it out first!"

Ao Yin could not help thinking of a reward he had received for checking in at Holy Soul Village—Vajra Dispels Delusion, a rare second-tier reward with the miraculous ability to perceive minute details and pierce through falsehood.

Vajra Dispels Delusion

Ao Yin instantly activated his Delusion-Breaking Eyes. A layer of flowing golden flame covered his pupils as he began inspecting the area in minute detail!

Beneath the pit, no detail could escape his sight.

Soil shifting, blades of grass trembling, magma surging, water dripping from rocks, insects crawling...

Countless faint sounds entered his senses, mixed with an extremely soft heartbeat!

"There really is a soul beast hiding underground!" Ao Yin immediately concluded.

Below was a natural lava cave.

However, that heartbeat was incomparably weak, only slightly stronger than that of an ordinary person. It lacked even a trace of the savage aura a fierce beast should possess.

"It looks like it was seriously injured and is on the verge of death!"

Combined with the clue marked by the red dot, the Fire Glass Vine Serpent was definitely hiding within this lava cave!

A sharp gleam burst from Ao Yin's eyes, and he was overjoyed.

This was a windfall delivered straight from heaven!

Without the slightest hesitation, he leaped down and landed steadily inside the underground cave.

The cave was covered in crimson crystal rocks, bright as day.

However, the heat was unbearably stifling, several times worse than in the forest above.

Ignoring the scorching temperature, Ao Yin strode straight toward the depths of the cave.

Before long, a slowly flowing underground river of magma entered his view.

The cave was small enough to take in at a glance.

Only the magma flowed through a narrow crevice, just wide enough for a person to pass through.

"Where exactly is the Fire Glass Vine Serpent hiding?"

Just as doubt arose in Ao Yin's mind, the magma river suddenly stirred!

Blub! Blub! Blub!

The scorching surface of the river erupted with bubbles like boiling water, the commotion growing more violent by the moment!

Ao Yin's heart jolted!

Could some living creature actually move about in such lethally hot magma?

Before he could think further—

Splash!

A huge sound exploded as an enormous egg, roughly the size of a human head and covered in crimson patterns, slowly rose from the depths of the magma!

"An egg?"

Ao Yin was dumbfounded.

The infernal heat of the magma had actually failed to cook this giant egg?

Crack!

The crisp sound of a shell splitting was especially piercing in the silent cave.

A fine crack appeared on the eggshell, and the red dot on the map instantly began flashing wildly.

Ao Yin suddenly understood!

"So that's it! There was never an injured adult Fire Glass Vine Serpent!"

"The clue was pointing to an egg... about to hatch!"

Having learned the truth, Ao Yin completely cast aside his concerns, his face relaxing.

No wonder the system said the chance of successfully hunting it was one hundred percent!

Why fear an egg?

It was just a newborn cub. He could handle it with one hand!

He rubbed his hands together and waited for the little creature to break free of its shell.

Crack! Crack!

The shell split one after another, crack...

A tiny ferocious beast's head, no larger than a fist, burst through the first shell. Its eyes suddenly opened, and dazzling flames flashed within them!

Crack...

Another head...

Then came the second, the third... a full nine heads broke through their shells in succession!

Flap!

A nine-headed soul beast completely broke free from the shell and floated in midair above the magma.

"It really is a Fire Glass Vine Serpent!" Ao Yin exclaimed delightedly.

Though it had only just been born, its vicious aura already soared to the heavens. It opened its mouths and let out piercing hisses, locking onto Ao Yin!

A disdainful smile curled at Ao Yin's lips.

A mere newborn cub dared act so arrogantly before him?

Its cultivation age might be low, but it was extremely compatible with his Coiling Dragon Staff martial soul. It would make an excellent soul ring!

"Little one, since you're so vicious, obediently become my first soul ring!"

The newborn Fire Glass Vine Serpent was immensely wild and ravenously hungry. It actually regarded Ao Yin before it as prey.

Flames surged, and the cub pounced at him at full speed with savage ferocity!

Ao Yin immediately raised his brows. Being looked down upon by a newborn soul beast was truly laughable!

"A mere cub wants to eat me? How presumptuous!"

Icy Cotton Palm, Dragon Claw Hand, Myriad-Jun Strength

"Get down here!"

Just as the Fire Glass Vine Serpent, wreathed in endless flames, pounced before Ao Yin!

Ao Yin suddenly empowered himself with the two martial techniques, Icy Cotton Palm and Dragon Claw Hand. In an instant, icy energy spread from his palms. Combined with Myriad-Jun Strength, he actually yanked the Fire Glass Vine Serpent down in one grab!

Icy energy burst from Ao Yin's palms, suppressing the blazing flames around the Fire Glass Vine Serpent cub. Seizing the chance, he turned his palms into claws and precisely locked onto the pouncing young beast's body. Ice and fire clashed, sending streams of white smoke hissing into the air.

The newborn Fire Glass Vine Serpent had a weak foundation and could not resist at all!

Ao Yin activated his Myriad-Jun Strength and slammed it down fiercely!

Bang!

The hard rock wall instantly exploded and cracked!

The young beast crashed heavily to the ground, suffering grievous injuries!

"If you had grown for another year or two, I might have needed to be wary of you."

"But you dared provoke me right after being born. You're simply courting death!"

Ao Yin snorted coldly, wild with joy inside.

This truly was an enormous stroke of luck!

Even as a cub, its flesh still carried a scorching heat, and its talent far surpassed that of ordinary soul beasts.

Unfortunately, no matter how great its talent was, today it could only become his first soul ring!

The heavily wounded nine-headed Vine Serpent refused to yield, struggling as it tried to pounce again.

Ao Yin showed no more mercy. With a thunderous shout, he unleashed a Myriad-Jun heavy punch!

Boom!

Sparks flew as the force exploded!

The young beast was sent flying, dragging a long scorched trail across the ground.

It struggled desperately several times before finally collapsing completely.

The Fire Glass Vine Serpent was dead!

It had lived for one minute, making it the shortest-lived Fire Glass Vine Serpent ever!

A faint, transparent white glow slowly rose, and a brand-new soul ring quietly floated in midair.

Ao Yin's eyes lit up, and joy filled his face!

"It worked!"

"The Fire Glass Vine Serpent's soul ring!"

Ao Yin was overjoyed, but when he looked closely at the soul ring's color, he froze.

Absurd!

This soul ring was far too pale!

A normal ten-year soul ring was pure white, while this one was a nearly transparent pale white!

But there was nothing to be done. This Fire Glass Vine Serpent had only been alive for one minute.

Ao Yin immediately got over it, a confident smile appearing on his lips.

A low cultivation age? It did not matter at all!

What mattered was that it was an Asian dragon-type Fire Glass Vine Serpent soul ring, and its attributes matched the Coiling Dragon Staff!

Others cared about cultivation age, but he did not need to!

Because he could freely increase a soul ring's cultivation age!

Before the soul ring dispersed, Ao Yin immediately sat cross-legged.

"Absorb!"

"Fire Glass Vine Serpent, become my first soul ring!"

The pale white soul ring gently drifted, slowly merging into Ao Yin's body along the currents of air around him.

Its cultivation age was extremely low, causing no pressure whatsoever. It was absorbed and fused in an instant!

The Coiling Dragon Staff's first soul ring—Fire Glass Vine Serpent!

"Appear!"

Ao Yin gave a low shout!

A pale white soul ring, faint as smoke, slowly rose from beneath his feet.

The instant the soul ring appeared, the Coiling Dragon Staff martial soul faintly trembled.

If outside soul masters saw this, their jaws would surely drop.

What soul master's first soul ring did not begin at ten years?

Yet Ao Yin had directly absorbed the soul ring of a newborn Asian dragon!

He was perhaps the greatest oddity among soul masters since ancient times!

But so what?

"So what if its cultivation age is at the bottom? Others simply don't understand my trump card!"

Ao Yin's gaze was proud, and his heart felt incomparably exhilarated.

A fire dragon coiled around the Coiling Dragon Staff, and traces of true dragon aura actually seeped forth?!