A Different First Soul Ring

Void Mantis Beasts were extremely rare Spirit Beasts, and it was actually difficult to judge their age from their appearance alone.

But who was Du Busi?

He was a genuine Level 98 Super Douluo with Three 100,000-Year Spirit Rings.

With just one look at a Soul Ring, he could estimate its age with near-perfect accuracy.

"This Void Mantis Beast was approximately 2,200 years old."

Du Busi sensed the fluctuations of Soul Power within the Soul Ring and immediately gave his conclusion.

"The essence of absorbing a Soul Ring is the evolution of one's Martial Soul. The greatest advantage of our Body Spirits is that this evolution can directly affect our bodies."

"Once our bodies evolve to a certain level, Beast Martial Souls and Weapon Martial Souls will be nothing before us."

Ye Ling listened quietly without speaking.

When it came to understanding Body Spirits, no one in the entire Douluo Continent surpassed Du Busi.

"The Young Master's Martial Soul is tougher than any I have ever seen."

"Although absorbing a two-thousand-year Soul Ring is somewhat risky, for us Body Spirits, absorbing Soul Rings beyond our limit is nothing unusual."

Ye Ling nodded. After releasing his Martial Soul, he waved his hand and used Soul Power to draw the Soul Ring to his side.

"Ugh!"

Ye Ling's body suddenly trembled.

Violent, tyrannical Soul Power surged wildly through every meridian in his body like boiling water.

The little innate Level 10 Soul Power within Ye Ling was as insignificant as a firefly compared to the Void Mantis Beast's 2,200 years of cultivation.

Although Ye Ling's current physique was not yet at risk of exploding, refining this violent Soul Ring power was still nothing more than a fool's dream.

Damn it, Du Busi set me up.

Ye Ling cursed inwardly, but he could only do everything in his power to gather the energy rampaging through his body.

At that moment, however, his heart suddenly thumped.

A strand of mysterious yellow energy slowly flowed from his heart through the meridians across his body.

The Void Mantis Beast's Soul Ring power melted away like ice and snow the instant it touched that strand of energy, turning into pure energy that nourished Ye Ling's flesh, blood, and bones.

As he watched the purple Soul Ring gradually take shape around Ye Ling, Du Busi let out a sigh of relief.

The Soul Power gathered in his hand, ready to intervene in Ye Ling's absorption at any moment, slowly dispersed as well.

What he had told Ye Ling earlier was not entirely true.

At the very least, absorbing this two-thousand-year Soul Ring was nowhere near as easy as he had made it sound.

Even Du Busi, who also possessed a Body Spirit, had only absorbed hundred-year Soul Rings for his first two rings.

After all, the greatest issue with Body Spirits was that during the early stages of cultivation, their Martial Souls were far inferior in quality to those high-grade Martial Souls.

Put simply, although Body Spirits possessed immense potential, they were weak in the early stages.

That was why Body Spirits were considered useless Martial Souls in this era.

"The Soul Ring has already stabilized. It looks like this two-thousand-year Soul Ring is secure."

Du Busi chuckled twice.

Even in the history of the Body Sect, a first Soul Ring of two thousand years was unprecedented.

But before he could rejoice for long, an unexpected change suddenly occurred around Ye Ling.

A Golden Incantation that had appeared on Ye Ling's body due to Martial Soul Possession suddenly detached itself from him.

It transformed into a streak of golden light and shot directly into the Soul Ring that had yet to fully form.

Everything happened too quickly. Du Busi had no time to stop it, nor did he know how he could have stopped it.

Everything that had just happened to Ye Ling exceeded Du Busi's understanding of Soul Rings and Body Spirits.

He watched helplessly as a silver-white rim appeared around the originally purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring, giving it an exceptionally mysterious appearance.

Fortunately, apart from that, nothing else happened.

After another full half-day passed, Ye Ling slowly opened his eyes. A silver-white gleam flashed through them.

He abruptly rose to his feet and stretched, his bones crackling like fried soybeans.

"That felt great!"

Ye Ling rolled his neck and shook out his legs, looking completely refreshed.

"How is it, Young Master? Does your body feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

Seeing Ye Ling awaken, Du Busi's expression eased somewhat, though his face remained stern.

"Uncomfortable? I've never felt this good before."

Ye Ling sighed in satisfaction.

He truly felt that his body had never been better.

"What's wrong, Old Poison? I successfully absorbed a Thousand-Year first ring, so why are you making that face?"

Ye Ling noticed Du Busi's expression and could not help but pause.

"You should take a look at your own Soul Ring, Young Master."

Du Busi spoke irritably.

Although Ye Ling did not understand why, he still lowered his head and looked at the Soul Ring beneath his feet.

The purple Soul Ring was fine, but the silver-white rim was rather pretty.

Ye Ling was about to raise his head and speak when his body suddenly froze.

A silver-white rim?

Where had that silver-white rim come from?

Why would a Thousand-Year Soul Ring have a silver-white rim?

"Old Poison? What's going on? Where did this silver rim come from?"

Once he reacted, Ye Ling immediately asked Du Busi.

"How would I know?"

Du Busi rolled his eyes.

"You should know that when you use Martial Soul Possession, golden incantations appear on your body, right?"

Ye Ling was briefly stunned before immediately nodding. "That's right. Golden incantations do indeed appear on my body when I use Martial Soul Possession."

"When the Young Master was absorbing the Soul Ring earlier, one of those incantations fused into the Soul Ring. Then your Soul Ring gained this silver-white rim."

Du Busi explained what had happened.

"The golden incantations on my body fused into the Soul Ring during Martial Soul Possession?"

Ye Ling frowned.

He carefully examined his body and found nothing unusual.

"Martial Soul Possession."

As if recalling something, Ye Ling immediately used Martial Soul Possession.

After a Body Spirit possessed a Spirit Master, there were generally not many obvious changes.

After Ye Ling used Martial Soul Possession, aside from becoming slightly taller, the most noticeable thing was the golden incantations flickering across his body.

"Old Poison, help me see exactly how many golden incantations appear on my body after Martial Soul Possession."

Du Busi moved close to Ye Ling and circled around him before finally speaking.

"Eleven... no, it should be ten and a half. One of them is much dimmer than the others."

"Ten and a half?"

Ye Ling lowered his head in thought.

Could the golden incantations on his body be the source of Ancestral Witch Power?

Only when these golden incantations fused with Soul Rings could he display the power of the Ancestral Witches through Soul Skills?

"Since there's nothing wrong with your body, don't overthink it. At worst, your Soul Ring's color is just a little strange."

Du Busi was quite optimistic. After pausing, he continued with another question.

"May I ask what the Young Master's First Soul Skill is?"