Third Soul Ring

After speaking with Tang Feng, Yang Tianlang accelerated away from Yang Dong and the others, racing alone toward the depths of the forest.

After spending several days together, Yang Dong and the Tang Hao brothers had grown much closer. However, Yang Dong remained wary of Tang Feng.

Half a day passed in the blink of an eye.

Yang Tianlang successfully returned to Yang Dong and the others with a silver-white fox.

A Thousand Year Silver Fox.

It was a soul beast that was not particularly powerful, yet exceptionally intelligent. Though it had only lived for a thousand years, even some three-thousand-year soul beasts could not match its intelligence. Yang Tianlang had captured it solely by overwhelming it with his cultivation.

"This fox is sixteen hundred years old. It's a perfect fit for you to absorb, Dong'er."

Yang Tianlang casually tossed the silver fox in his hand onto the ground and smiled at Yang Dong.

Normally, a Soul Elder could absorb a Soul Ring of around seventeen hundred years. Although this silver fox was slightly below that limit, Silver Foxes were exceedingly rare. They generally granted halo-type skills to those who absorbed them, and many Support Type Soul Masters wanted a Soul Ring from a Silver Fox soul beast.

Yang Dong drew his Immaculate Sword. Although the fox was beautiful, to Yang Dong, it was merely a Soul Ring he was about to absorb.

With Yang Tianlang's help, the Silver Fox could not put up even the slightest effective resistance and could only die beneath Yang Dong's sword.

The moment the Silver Fox died, a purple Soul Ring rose beside its corpse.

Yang Dong had already absorbed Soul Rings twice, so naturally, he no longer needed anyone else's guidance.

The instant the purple Soul Ring rose, Yang Dong sat down cross-legged. The Ghost Hand Martial Soul immediately possessed him. The newly risen purple Soul Ring did not even need Yang Dong to draw it in; like a young girl desperately infatuated with a man, it eagerly flew toward Yang Dong—or, more precisely, toward his left arm.

Just as with the previous two times, the purple Soul Ring shattered the moment it neared Yang Dong's body, like a moth flying into flame. It broke into fragments and flew toward his left arm, toward that Ghost Hand wreathed in black-purple mist.

Before Yang Dong's eyes, the panel bearing the words Ghost God appeared once more. An icon on it flashed continuously, and Yang Dong knew that it was his Third Soul Skill.

Perhaps because it sensed that there were many people around Yang Dong, or for some other reason, after flashing for several seconds, the icon on the panel transformed into a stream of ink-black water that flowed from the panel into his left arm.

Suddenly, all the black-purple mist surrounding Yang Dong's Ghost Hand Martial Soul dispersed. What appeared before everyone was an arm covered in blood vessels and black veins.

Yet after only two or three breaths, the black-purple mist reappeared. This time, a trace of crimson was mixed within it.

The first yellow Soul Ring encircled his left arm, followed by the second yellow Soul Ring. Finally, unlike the previous two, a purple Soul Ring slowly formed around his arm.

"Success!"

Seeing this, Yang Tianlang let out a long breath. Succeeding on the first try could not have been better.

So fast!

Tang Hao watched Yang Dong and muttered inwardly. This guy, who was only a few months older than him, was already a three-ring Soul Elder. I can't fall too far behind either!

"Whew!"

Yang Dong opened his eyes and raised his left arm for a look. A purple Soul Ring floated around it.

With a thought, the purple Soul Ring suddenly flashed.

A phantom snow-white magic array appeared in a five-meter radius around him.

Third Soul Skill: Ice Array.

Within the Ice Array's range, enemies had their movement speed and attack speed reduced by twenty percent, with a five percent chance per second of being frozen.

"Hm?"

Seeing the snow-white magic array around Yang Dong, Yang Tianlang cautiously took several steps forward and entered the Ice Array's range.

He immediately felt that his body was being affected.

Seeing Yang Tianlang enter it,

Tang Hao also walked in curiously. Unlike Yang Tianlang, frost had already condensed beneath his feet. Fighting within it would greatly affect the entire body.

"What a powerful slow."

Neither Yang Tianlang nor Tang Feng had felt much at first, but after seeing Tang Hao's changes, they finally realized the effect of this skill.

"This is my Third Soul Skill, Ice Array. Enemies who enter it will have their movement speed and attack speed reduced by twenty percent, with a five percent chance of being frozen."

Yang Yu stood up and explained the effects of the Ice Array to the others.

There was one thing he did not mention: his Ghost Hand had evolved. For some reason, while learning of his Third Soul Skill, another skill had also appeared in his mind.

This skill was called Liberation.

It could allow the Ghost Hand to absorb an array, then unleash a Powerful Strike carrying that array's effects.

That's all?

Tang Feng felt that he had been overthinking things. This youth from the Wind Sword Sect was following the Support Type path. Even if his victory over Tang Hao had not been a fluke, as time passed and Soul Power levels rose, how could a Support Type Soul Master like him possibly remain Tang Hao's opponent?

Though that was what he thought, Tang Feng kept a smiling face. "Since we've already obtained the third Soul Ring, let's head out now and see whether we can leave this forest before nightfall."

Naturally, Yang Dong and the others had no objections, and the group headed outward.

However, they ultimately failed to leave the forest before dark and could only choose an open area with a wide field of view to set up camp temporarily.

The Spirit Hunting Forest was far more dangerous at night than during the day.

Even with Yang Tianlang and Tang Feng present, they could not guarantee that no soul beasts would attack their camp.

"You take the first half of the night, and I'll take the second. How about it?"

Tang Feng suggested this to Yang Tianlang.

"No problem."

The two quickly settled the matter of keeping watch. What they did not know was that a crisis was approaching them.

At this very moment,

In a dense forest some unknown distance from Yang Dong and the others, five figures hid among the trees.

These five were known in the soul master world as the Shining Five Freaks, fairly famous independent cultivators. No one knew why they had appeared here, but their target was Yang Dong and the others.

"Boss, they're about three kilometers ahead. When do we make our move?"

The speaker was Fifth Brother of the Shining Five Freaks, a level fifty-three Soul King. Though his strength was not outstanding, his Hyena Martial Soul made him exceptionally skilled at tracking.