A Thousand-Year First Soul Ring?! (Thanks to Jin Shuye for the recommendation vote~)

"Third Soul Skill—Cold Bud Cage!"

Before the female Soul Ancestor named Ye Rui had even finished speaking, countless ice crystal flower buds suddenly appeared at Dai Mubai's feet, then exploded with a boom!

In an instant, they encased Dai Mubai within a translucent cage of icy mist.

Dai Mubai roared and slashed fiercely with his claws, but the ice walls condensed from icy mist bore only faint claw marks and could not be broken at all!

Instead, bone-piercing cold invaded his meridians through his tiger claws, making the soul power throughout his body sluggish.

Ye Rui strolled up to the ice prison and watched the boy continuously clawing from behind the ice wall, as though looking at a young beast trapped in a cage.

"Little tiger, you're pretty strong~"

She tilted her head and lightly tapped the ice with her fingertip.

"Unfortunately, your attacks are too straightforward. Big sister saw through them at a glance."

Having said that, she did not even use another soul skill. She merely raised one foot and lightly kicked the bottom of the ice wall.

The entire ice-wall cage, along with Dai Mubai inside it, was sent flying by a deft burst of force. It sailed over the edge of the arena and crashed heavily onto the ground!

Dai Mubai's limbs were stiff and numb, his tiger markings faded away, and he lay on the ground in humiliation, unable even to stand.

The entire venue fell silent for a moment before erupting into earth-shaking jeers and laughter.

Just moments ago, this young man had boasted that he would definitely conquer this woman.

Yet he had been knocked off the stage so quickly. How embarrassing!

Ye Rui brushed the dust from her skirt and looked smilingly at everyone present.

"He's the toughest opponent I've encountered so far.

"Unfortunately, the gap in our soul power levels is too great. Otherwise, I might not have won!

"Is anyone stronger than him? You can come up and give it a try! Of course, your strength cannot exceed that of a Soul Ancestor!

"As long as you can defeat me, this Storage Crown will be yours!"

As she spoke, Ye Rui removed the crown-shaped golden bracelet from her wrist.

The bracelet immediately expanded, transforming into a magnificent crown embedded with gemstones!

At the sight of this storage soul tool, everyone's eyes lit up. They were clearly very interested in this item that symbolized royal authority!

Looking at those pairs of wolfish eyes, Ye Rui smiled faintly.

"But if you lose, you must either give me fifty gold soul coins, or sign a contract with me and serve as my servant for one year!

"Counting this little tiger, four people have already lost to me! Who else dares to come?"

As Ye Rui's words fell, the people who had been coveting the soul tool immediately looked at one another.

A level 49 Soul Ancestor—unless a Soul King stepped in, even a level 50 Soul Ancestor would not dare claim they could defeat this woman with certainty.

Even after fighting four matches, she showed no sign of fatigue.

But as soon as she truly felt tired, she would most likely stop the matches immediately and continue tomorrow after resting.

Using this gimmick, she had already earned one hundred and fifty gold soul coins!

Even soul masters would find it difficult to earn such a large sum in a short time!

As for the remaining person who had lost, no one knew whether he could not afford the fifty gold soul coins or had set his sights on the woman's beauty and chosen to become her servant for a year.

But whether that was a blessing or a curse, no one knew...

Of course, most people present did not dare gamble away a year of their lives.

After all, the prettier a woman was, the better she was at deceiving people, and the more likely she was to harbor terrifying ideas...

Seeing everyone looking at each other without daring to step onto the stage, Ye Rui immediately lost interest and muttered.

"How boring..."

But at that moment, a burly figure with exceptionally long arms suddenly leaped onto the spirit arena and gave Ye Rui a brilliant smile.

This person was none other than Taishi Ci, who had taken the stage at Zhuge Ming's instruction.

Zhuge Ming watched Dai Mubai leave in dejection but did not go up to greet him.

The other party had probably only recently broken through to Soul Elder.

Being able to force a level 49 Soul Ancestor to use a soul skill was already impressive enough and showed his extraordinary potential.

Zhuge Ming neither disliked nor particularly liked Dai Mubai.

The man was clearly a playboy, yet when facing Zhu Zhuqing, he put on the air of a devoted victim. It truly disgusted him somewhat.

Either remain a playboy to the end, or be like Tang San and stay devoted to Xiao Wu from beginning to end.

Switching back and forth like that was simply too hypocritical.

When it came to devotion, perhaps that little bastard Tang San's only virtue was his faithfulness.

Still, after Xiao Wu sacrificed herself, the sight of him crazily using Invincible Golden Body was truly unbearable...

Of course, Zhuge Ming did not deny that Dai Mubai was genuinely strong.

To become the leader of the Shrek Seven Monsters, he certainly had the strength for it.

It was just that he was still too weak at present.

Even once he grew stronger in the future, he would be far less threatening than Tang San, the child of destiny.

Zhuge Ming withdrew his gaze and turned to Taishi Ci and Ye Rui on the stage.

Ye Rui frowned slightly as she looked at the man whose eyes burned with fighting spirit.

For some reason, she sensed an inexplicable pressure from him.

She immediately raised her right hand, and a transparent ice crystal flower bloomed in her palm.

"Ye Rui. Martial Soul: Ice Crystal Begonia. Level 49 battle Soul Ancestor. Please advise."

Seeing her announce her name and level, Taishi Ci instantly understood the rules.

He raised both hands, and two Wild Song Halberds emitting a cyan glow instantly appeared in his grip!

At the same time, under his deliberate concealment, only three soul rings appeared beneath his feet.

But when the first soul ring flashed with a streak of purple light, both Ye Rui and the crowd below widened their eyes!

Some even thought their eyes were playing tricks on them and hurriedly rubbed them!

Yet that dazzling streak of purple only became clearer!

The first soul ring was actually a purple thousand-year soul ring?!

Th-this was impossible?!

How could a normal person's first soul ring absorb a soul ring over a hundred years old?!

Even that legendary Grandmaster had stated that the limit for a first soul ring was only a little over four hundred years, hadn't he?

That was already the limit of what the human body could absorb!

Unless he... wasn't human at all!

Could he be a soul beast that had taken human form?

But the martial souls possessed by transformed soul beasts all represented their original bodies, and they were all animal or plant martial souls.

Yet this man's martial soul was a pair of halberds, clearly a weapon martial soul!

So he definitely was not a transformed soul beast.

As everyone was still reeling in shock, the second purple soul ring lit up as well.

With the first soul ring to cushion the blow, everyone was not quite as shocked that the second soul ring was also purple.

However, when a trace of black light emerged from the third soul ring, everyone in the venue sucked in a cold breath once more!

The third soul ring... a ten-thousand-year soul ring?!

Oh, heavens!!

Was this really a soul ring a human could absorb?!

According to that Grandmaster's theory, the third soul ring should only be around a thousand years old.

Yet this guy had forcibly raised it by at least nine thousand years?!

This black soul ring might even be tens of thousands of years old!

This guy was one hundred percent not human!

He was a monster!!

Fortunately, after the third soul ring appeared, no more soul rings emerged.

That allowed Ye Rui, who was equally shocked, to breathe a slight sigh of relief.

Although she did not understand why his soul ring configuration was so abnormal,

as long as he had not reached Soul Ancestor, she would most likely be able to win!

And even in the worst-case scenario... it was not as if she had no trump cards!