The ink-black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring had barely settled around Jiang Lan when a scorching, violent energy surged into his body, flooding every meridian with a fierce, swelling ache.
Jiang Lan endured the pain and hurriedly circulated his Soul Power to absorb and refine the ring.
Fortunately, his physical and spiritual defenses had increased by 300%. Absorbing the ring put him under some strain, but he was still far from his body's limit.
As for the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring's Soul Shock, Jiang Lan saw only a venomous remnant soul rushing toward him.
Then he heard a dragon's roar, and the black-mist remnant melted away like cream.
Four hours later, night shrouded the entire Frozen Forest.
Shui Bing'er and the other two had gone to sleep in their tent. Shui Qinghan sat cross-legged before Jiang Lan, guarding him.
Her powerful spiritual sense swept the surroundings again and again, lest some unwary Soul Beast draw near.
The Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, which had been pulsing up and down around Jiang Lan, gradually began to contract into his body.
Clearly, his absorption was nearing its end.
Jiang Lan had already made up his mind about his Third Soul Skill.
From Starlight King's skill pool, he chose Starlight · Water and Sky as One as his Third Soul Skill.
In the game, Starlight · Water and Sky as One was a powerful skill combining crowd-control removal, healing, and retaliation.
It could not only grant immunity to and reflect every status effect received, but also remove any reductions to the user's abilities.
If it successfully removed such an effect, the user gained +2 priority for the next two turns.
The skill also restored the user's HP to its maximum. If the user's HP was below half, it dealt an equal amount