Tang San, Spirit Power, Level 0!

"Lin Jing!"

Tang San's brows were knitted together, his voice laced with obvious panic.

"What are you doing?"

"Stop it now!"

"Hurry up and stop!"

Veins bulged on his forehead, and his eyes were filled with anxiety.

However, Lin Jing was not in the habit of taking orders from others.

Feeling the spirit power in his body rising bit by bit, Lin Jing's brows slowly furrowed.

This rate of increase... was really not very good.

It was too slow.

Sensing the feedback from his Dark Blue Silver Emperor, Lin Jing could clearly perceive the state of Tang San's body.

In just this short moment, Tang San's original level ten spirit power—his innate full spirit power—had already plummeted to level seven.

The extraction was fast, but looking at his own side, the bit of spirit power that had risen was pitifully small.

"This conversion ratio... is way too much of a rip-off, isn't it?"

Lin Jing couldn't help but curse in his heart.

Judging by the current conversion ratio, even if he drained all of Tang San's level ten innate full spirit power, he would probably only be able to increase his own spirit power by about one and a half levels.

However...

One and a half levels...

It was enough.

After absorbing the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone, his spirit power was roughly at level eighteen and a half.

Stacking that extra level and a half on top would be just enough to steadily break through the bottleneck of level twenty and officially step into the threshold of a Great Soul Master.

Absorbing spirit power not only had a concerning conversion rate, but the absorption speed was also ridiculously slow.

Only when the enemy was completely restrained could this move be of any use.

If the opponent had even the slightest ability to struggle, it would be impossible to succeed.

If he truly wanted to increase his spirit power level without limits, he still had to absorb blood...

Just as he was thinking this, a crisp notification sound suddenly rang out in his mind.

[Ding!]

[Host, your Dark Blue Silver Emperor originally could only rely on absorbing blood to increase cultivation.]

[But Tang San's martial soul is an unawakened Blue Silver Emperor, which is similar to the origin of your martial soul, which is why you are able to absorb his spirit power and convert it for your own use at this moment.]

"So that's how it is."

The confusion in Lin Jing's heart dissipated, and a look of sudden realization appeared on his face.

"I knew it, how could my perception of my own martial soul's information be wrong."

"Lin Jing... please..."

Tang San's voice trembled, his eyes fixed intently on Lin Jing.

"Stop... please, stop..."

His voice grew lower and lower, carrying a hint of a sob.

By now, the spirit power in his body had been drained to level five, and he was truly becoming desperate.

Even as a transmigrator living his second life, it was difficult for him to accept this calmly.

However, what he thought in his heart was different from his outward appearance.

Damn you, Lin Jing!

Once I forge my hidden weapons... I will definitely make you know what it means to have a path to death!

Lin Jing did not care about Tang San's words or his thoughts.

He calmly felt the rise of spirit power within his body and the rapid depletion of spirit power within Tang San's.

Level five...

Level three...

Level one...

Finally, Tang San's body was completely empty.

His innate full spirit power of level ten had been drained clean.

"Tang San, spirit power, level 0! Rank: Low-tier!"

Tang San's eyes dimmed completely as he felt the emptiness of his spirit power.

It was over.

Everything was over.

The Mysterious Heaven Technique he had practiced for six years had all been contributed to this guy who had always been against him!

However, Lin Jing's brows furrowed.

Tang San's spirit power had been drained clean by him, but his own spirit power was stuck at the peak of level nineteen, still a sliver away from level twenty.

"Tsk."

Lin Jing clicked his tongue, his gaze falling on Tang San's trembling wrist.

"Then let's have a little more..."

As his words fell, the Dark Blue Silver Emperor pierced directly into Tang San's wrist.

Warm blood flowed slowly into Lin Jing's body along the Dark Blue Silver Emperor.

Tang San's eyes widened abruptly, his lips moving, but he didn't even have the strength to scream, only able to let out a wheezing sound.

Not only did he drain my spirit power, he actually wants to drink my blood!

Is this the world of Soul Masters? Compared to the world of my previous life, it is simply too dangerous!

At this moment, Tang San realized the cruelty of the Soul Master world.

As the blood surged in, the stagnant spirit power in Lin Jing's body finally moved again.

"Boom—"

An invisible wave of air exploded from Lin Jing's body.

Level twenty!

Lin Jing slowly opened his eyes, feeling the abundant spirit power in his body, and a satisfied arc curled at the corner of his mouth.

Great Soul Master.

Holy Soul Village, village entrance.

It was still early.

The sun was still hanging in the east, far from the center of the sky.

Lin Jing stood under the old locust tree at the village entrance, looked at the sky, and estimated the time.

There was still some time before noon.

After absorbing Tang San's spirit power and breaking through to level twenty, he didn't want to wait even a second longer.

After absorbing his second spirit ring, he would not only become a Great Soul Master, but he would also be able to trigger the Special Opportunity Roulette draw once again.

For his second spirit ring, Lin Jing's target was a thousand-year spirit beast.

That five-hundred-year Whale Glue, combined with the physical enhancement from the Vast Sea Glazed True Dragon, was enough for him to withstand a thousand-year second ring.

However, his target was not the Star Dou Forest, but the Soul Hunting Forest.

What kind of place was the Star Dou Forest?

It was a notorious death zone on the continent; not to mention thousand-year spirit beasts walking everywhere, ten-thousand-year spirit beasts were as common as dogs.

While they weren't exactly rare, if his luck was bad and he ran into some ten-thousand-year monster, his life would be forfeit.

After the last Special Opportunity Roulette draw, he was firmly convinced that his luck had been completely exhausted.

He had just prepared to return to Holy Soul Village to hide for a few days when he was found by that dead rat.

He really couldn't guarantee he wouldn't run into a ten-thousand-year spirit beast on the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest.

The Soul Hunting Forest was different.

It was a hunting ground raised by the empire; the spirit beasts inside generally didn't have high cultivation years, but there were a few thousand-year ones.

With Lin Jing's current strength, dealing with a single thousand-year spirit beast alone was not a big problem.

He had that confidence.

But if he ran into two at the same time...

He might get a little hurt or suffer a loss, but it wouldn't be a huge problem.

Any more than that, and it would be a life-or-death situation.

In short, the uncertainty and variables of the Star Dou Forest were simply too high.

He didn't like this kind of gambling where he handed his life over to luck.

He would try his luck at the Soul Hunting Forest first.

If he could find a suitable thousand-year spirit beast, he would take it down directly and smoothly absorb his second spirit ring.

If there really wasn't one...

Then he would have to take some risks and find a way to go to the Star Dou Forest.

Actually, with the spirit skills "All Rivers Run into Sea" and "Wildfire Cannot Burn It Out, Spring Wind Blows and Regenerates," he wasn't too worried.

Lin Jing went through both possibilities in his mind without dwelling on them for too long.

That was how things were: pick the safe path first, and if the safe path didn't work, then consider the risks.

Thinking this, he took a step forward.

His direction was outside Nuoding City, the Soul Hunting Forest!

Time passed slowly, and the sun moved to the very top of the sky.

Lin Jing walked into the gates of Nuoding City.

He had originally wanted to head straight to the Soul Hunting Forest, but he suddenly remembered that he didn't have a permit.

However, this wasn't a big deal. He vaguely remembered that in the original story, that piece of trash Yu Xiaogang had introduced it to that little brat.

As long as a Soul Master's spirit power reached the level required to hunt for a spirit ring, they could go to Spirit Hall to apply for a permit.