First Soul Skill, Chaos Anomaly

"First Soul Skill?"

Ye Ling was quite satisfied when it came to this.

He said nothing, but the Soul Ring beneath his feet lit up at once.

His whole body simply vanished from Du Busi's sight.

Even with Du Busi's eyes and Soul Power Level, he actually could not detect where Ye Ling had gone.

"Old Poison, I'm behind you."

Almost the instant the voice rang out, Du Busi reached back and grabbed behind him.

But what greeted him was a sharp wind blade.

What kind of strength did Du Busi possess?

Although the wind blade had come suddenly, the Soul Power around him surged slightly and shredded the wind blade attacking him to pieces.

"As expected of a Level 98 Super Douluo."

Ye Ling's figure appeared in front of Du Busi once more. After a brief pause, he continued.

"My First Soul Skill is called Chaos Anomaly. I can instantly move to any position within a hundred meters, and each Instant Movement leaves a wind blade behind where I was."

"How much Soul Power does your Instant Movement consume?"

Du Busi hurriedly asked.

"It doesn't consume any Soul Power, but the interval between each Instant Movement can't be less than three seconds."

Ye Ling sighed, as if he was still somewhat dissatisfied with this Soul Skill of his.

"It can only teleport within a hundred-meter range, and there's an interval too. This Soul Skill really is a bit weak."

Du Busi's brow twitched when he heard that.

Although he did not know what showing off humbly meant, he instinctively felt that the Ye Ling in front of him was extremely punchable.

Even if he was his master, he was still very punchable.

"A First Soul Skill that is a cost-free Instant Movement and also comes with a wind blade attack. A Soul Skill of this strength can probably compare to an ordinary Spirit Master's fifth or sixth Soul Skill."

Du Busi snorted.

"And your wind blade's attack is also very strong. At the very least, it can threaten Spirit Masters with three rings or below."

"It's just that the gap between you and me is too great, which is why it can't hurt me."

After a pause, a trace of doubt flashed through Du Busi's eyes.

"Although it's a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, the strength of your First Soul Skill has already far surpassed Spirit Masters of the same level. Could it be the effect of that golden rune that fused into the Soul Ring?"

"Who knows?"

Ye Ling shrugged.

Congratulations, host, for completing Growth Mission One: absorb a Soul Ring beyond the age limit! Reward cultivation art: "Nine Revolutions Witch God Art"

"Nine Revolutions Witch God Art": a body-refining divine art created by a mighty ancient shaman of the shaman race, using the Daoist "Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art" as reference and combining it with the physique of shaman people. Its realms are divided into nine revolutions. Legend says that cultivating it to the great accomplishment realm is enough to transform one's body into Pangu and split heaven and earth apart.

Before Ye Ling could react, a stream of obscure text poured straight into his mind.

The Bloodline Power throughout his body also surged wildly as those words entered him.

The energy of heaven and earth around him flooded into every pore on his body as if it cost nothing, even forming a Soul Power vortex beside him.

This energy circulated through his body along a wondrous route, continuously breaking through all kinds of profound barriers within him.

Du Busi's expression changed drastically, but with his cultivation, he could naturally tell that Ye Ling seemed to be undergoing some sort of breakthrough or sudden enlightenment.

But this breakthrough and enlightenment had come somewhat out of nowhere, which could not help but make him worry.

Layer after layer of brown blood scabs seeped out from Ye Ling's body, as if all the impurities inside him had been forced out.

Du Busi released his aura and sat cross-legged five meters beside Ye Ling, protecting him.

This time, Ye Ling actually spent three days comprehending the cultivation art.

"Whew!"

On the morning of the fourth day, Ye Ling slowly opened his eyes.

His tyrannical Bloodline Power directly shook the thick layer of blood scabs on his body into pieces, revealing skin even fairer and more delicate than a woman's.

"Nine Revolutions Witch God Art. As expected, it really is the cultivation art most suited to the shaman race physique."

Ye Ling let out a long breath of turbid air. His physical strength was more than a hundred times stronger than before.

The shaman race's cultivation arts mainly focused on cultivating one's own flesh and strengthening one's Bloodline Power.

From this point of view, it was rather similar in effect to some of the Body Sect's cultivation methods.

"It seems Young Master has gained enormous benefits this time. In terms of physical strength alone, I'm afraid you're no weaker than some three-ring Spirit Masters."

Du Busi, who had been protecting him at the side, also opened his eyes and spoke with some amazement.

"It's all right. Mainly, I have to thank Old Poison for protecting me."

Ye Ling cupped his hands toward Du Busi.

Growth Mission Two: absorb a Soul Ring beyond the age limit as your second Soul Ring. Reward: the Spiritual Power cultivation art most compatible with yourself.

Hearing the mechanical voice by his ear, Ye Ling's eyes instantly lit up.

The shaman race only cultivated the body and not the spirit. The Nine Revolutions Witch God Art was also a body-cultivation art and did not involve Spiritual Power at all.

And if he obtained a cultivation art specifically for Spiritual Power, then his greatest weakness would be patched up in an instant.

"Old Poison, we've already lingered in the Star Dou Great Forest for quite some time. It's time to go to the Heaven Dou Empire and meet up with Elder Kong."

Ye Ling stood up and said to Du Busi beside him.

"Has Young Master forgotten something?"

Du Busi, however, was not in a hurry. Instead, he looked at Ye Ling with a mysterious expression.

"What is it?"

Ye Ling was a little puzzled.

Whether it was hunting a Spirit Beast to obtain a Soul Ring or gaining the cultivation art reward, his mission in the Star Dou Great Forest had indeed been fully completed.

"After killing a Spirit Beast, doesn't Young Master plan to check whether the Spirit Beast dropped a Soul Bone?"

Seeing that Ye Ling still had not reacted, Du Busi finally spoke up to remind him.

"I actually forgot about that."

Ye Ling patted his head, then reached out, preparing to cut apart the Void Mantis Beast's corpse.

"The drop rate of Soul Bones is so low, how could a mere thousand-year Spirit Beast possibly... holy crap, there really is one!"

Before Ye Ling could finish speaking, his own curse cut him off.

He carefully took out a silver-glowing Right Leg Bone from the Void Mantis Beast's seemingly slender leg joint.

Because it had been produced by a Thousand Year Spirit Beast, this Soul Bone was not complete, but the silver light flickering on it proved that its quality was extraordinary.

"Old Poison, did you already know the Void Mantis Beast would drop a Soul Bone?"

Looking over the Soul Bone before him, Ye Ling could not help asking.

Du Busi shook his head.

"The birth of a Soul Bone depends on three points."

As he spoke, Du Busi raised his fingers.

"First is the age of the Spirit Beast. Second is the degree of hatred the Spirit Beast bears toward the Spirit Master. Third is the rarity of the Spirit Beast itself."

"Although this Void Mantis Beast's age wasn't high, it was extremely rare, so the chance of it dropping a Soul Bone was naturally higher."

As he spoke, Du Busi took the Soul Bone from Ye Ling's hand, examined it for a moment, and said.

"This Soul Bone most likely comes with the Void Mantis Beast's Instant Movement skill, but neither its age nor quality is worthy of you, Young Master."