Soul Power Surge, Mountain Suppression!

"Change 'Weak Abdominal Armor' to 'Extreme Weak Abdominal Armor'!"

[Blue Weak Abdominal Armor: The abdomen had no heavy armor protecting it and was as fragile as paper.]

As soon as the entry changed, the Mountain-Shaking Heavy-Armored Rhino immediately became cautious. It felt as though its lower abdomen was made of paper; it did not even need the human before it to break it—an overly large movement of its own might tear it apart.

"It worked!"

Yun Tian's eyes lit up. He could tell that the Mountain-Shaking Heavy-Armored Rhino's behavior had clearly become more guarded.

He leaped into the air again, his body enveloped in grayish-blue light. Then he plummeted downward, smashing the Sky-Piercing Spear heavily into the ground.

"First Soul Skill, Clouds Hang Low!"

His Soul Power erupted in full, but it did not strike the Mountain-Shaking Heavy-Armored Rhino directly. The crushing pressure and spear intent surged through the earth toward it.

"Roar!"

The Mountain-Shaking Heavy-Armored Rhino was still watching the human before it and did not notice the ground beneath its feet beginning to loosen. Its entire body promptly toppled over.

"Die!"

Squelch!

The Sky-Piercing Spear stabbed viciously into its lower abdomen. Compared with the creature's heavy armor, Yun Tian felt as though this strike had pierced straight through it.

"Roar..."

The Mountain-Shaking Heavy-Armored Rhino's cries gradually weakened, and the fury in its eyes faded away. Its life force ebbed, and a purple Soul Ring slowly rose from its corpse.

Wiping away his sweat, Yun Tian found that his Soul Power was nearly depleted as well. He had continuously been activating his Soul Bone skill, and he had poured all his Soul Power into the final strike of Clouds Hang Low.

"That was close. I probably could have killed it without changing the entry, but changing it made things much easier!"

After scattering some herbs that repelled Soul Beasts around the area, Yun Tian began restoring his strength and brought himself back to peak condition.

"Come on!"

The Sky-Piercing Spear slowly floated in the air as the thousand-year Soul Ring drifted toward him, finally entering Yun Tian's body. At the same time, the Sky-Piercing Spear began radiating an earthy yellow glow.

As this was a thousand-year second ring, Yun Tian had to endure not only physical pressure but also a faint mental impact. The thousand-year Whale Rubber he had consumed earlier had already widened his meridians, allowing them to withstand this violent Soul Power.

The colorful entry bestowed upon him by his transmigrator status, [Fate-Changer], granted him innately powerful spiritual strength.

Drawing upon the Sky-Piercing Spear Martial Soul, the Soul Ring transformed into an earthy yellow torrent within his body, continuously tearing at his limbs. Even the ground beneath him cracked under the pressure as the Mountain-Shaking Heavy-Armored Rhino's tremor origin began merging with the second form of the Sky-Suppressing Spear Art, Mountain Suppression.

Yun Tian endured the soreness and swelling in his body as his mind unconsciously practiced spinning the spear. A circular domain of gravitational force unfolded before him.

Unseen, Yun Tian's entry also began to change.

A faint trace of purple appeared above the [Blue-Supporting Spear Art] entry, clearly indicating that it was nearing purple quality.

[Blue-Supporting Spear Art: A self-created spear technique. The first form, Clouds Hang Low, had reached mastery, while the second form, Mountain Suppression, had yet to be fully mastered.]

Nearly four hours passed. For an ordinary person, absorbing a second Soul Ring might only take two and a half hours, but Yun Tian's Soul Ring was more than 2,400 years old. Even though it suited his Martial Soul, it still required a longer time.

Boom!

A pale golden shockwave burst from his body in all directions, shaking the entire forest until it rustled violently.

The bottleneck within his body shattered, and his Soul Power began soaring alongside the energy of his Soul Bone.

Level twenty-one.

Level twenty-two.

Level twenty-five!

Yellow and purple Soul Rings appeared beneath his feet, accompanied by an earth-element spear aura circling his body.

"Second Soul Skill, Mountain Suppression!"

Pale yellow Soul Power enveloped Yun Tian, while the tip of the Sky-Piercing Spear was coated in a heavy earth-element spear aura.

Second Soul Skill, Mountain Suppression: It coated the spear with a heavy earth-element spear aura, increasing the user's total strength and suppressive force by seventy percent. All spear techniques carried the effect of earth-vein tremors, shattering a portion of the target's buffs upon impact.

Furthermore, his physical resistance to blows rose drastically, and stomping the ground could temporarily expand the range of gravitational suppression.

"With this feeling, I can take on ten Tang Sans now!"

Excitement flashed through Yun Tian's eyes. It was too powerful. The boost from this Soul Skill was downright absurd—seventy percent! What kind of Martial Soul was the Sky-Piercing Spear?

Even Yun Ming, the Sky-Piercing Spear wielder from Soul Land 3, had nearly been able to create a Divine Position of his own. Though the Divine Realm no longer existed at the time, it still counted as half a Divine Position.

With a seventy-percent boost under such circumstances, Yun Tian was already looking forward to his future battles!

Retracting his energy and Martial Soul, Yun Tian was not foolish enough to use a Soul Skill with such a massive disturbance in the Star Dou Forest, no matter how happy he was.

It would be bad if he attracted other Soul Beasts.

"Then... next, I'll head to Heaven Dou City. If I'm lucky enough to run into those three education committee members, I might be able to enroll."

He did not hold much hope for this. They were important figures, after all, and he did not dare expose himself too casually to the attention of people like Xue Qinghe.

An overly flamboyant genius was not worthy of being called a genius. Only one who survived counted.

Therefore, if he wanted to enter Heaven Dou Royal Academy, either his level and talent had to be sufficient for the education committee to recruit him personally, or he had to rely on a recommendation.

Shaking his head, Yun Tian decided to take things one step at a time.

After packing his things and tidying himself up, he activated his Soul Bone skill and flew toward the entrance.

He did not encounter any Soul Beasts along the way, so he returned to the inn without incident.

Finding a seat, Yun Tian called over a waiter and began ordering. It was already evening, and it was time to eat something. Absorbing a Soul Ring consumed considerable stamina, especially since Yun Tian's daily expenditure was already high.

"Waiter, I'd like some ham and eggs, a large piece of premium fried Soul Beast meat with every side dish, all covered in plenty of thick gravy."

The waiter, who was taking notes, paused with his pen midway through writing. A trace of disbelief appeared in his eyes as he said, "That will cost quite a bit, sir."

"I know. And bring me a large glass of iced fruit juice. I'm underage, so I can't drink alcohol."

The waiter said nothing more for a moment before taking the slip of paper toward the kitchen. As a waiter, he possessed at least some basic ability to judge people; the customer spoke with complete confidence and clearly did not seem short on money.

"What's wrong?"

The receptionist became curious when he saw the waiter's expression.

"A customer ordered so much food. I was worried he might dine and dash."

As he spoke, the waiter covertly pointed at Yun Tian. When the receptionist looked over, his expression changed. Pulling the waiter closer, he whispered, "This guest only recently bought Whale Rubber from us. How could he possibly be unable to pay?"

"Huh? Sorry, sorry. I was judging him by his appearance. Good thing I didn't say much more, or I'd have been in serious trouble if I offended him."

Yun Tian, who was waiting for his food, had no idea that two ordinary people were discussing him. He was still studying the map of the Heaven Dou Empire in his hands.

It recorded several official roads and travel routes within the Heaven Dou Empire.