When everything settled, the dagger in Su Ge's hand was already covered in blood. Some of it was his, but most belonged to the Lion-Tiger Beast.
He looked at the Lion-Tiger Beast lying on the ground, completely devoid of life, and the Thousand-Year Soul Ring floating silently above it.
At last, a relieved smile appeared on Su Ge's face, which was spattered with blood.
Without wasting time, he first dragged the Lion-Tiger Beast's corpse into the tiger's den, then dragged the Diamond Tiger's corpse inside as well.
Deep within the cave, Su Ge placed the Diamond Tiger's corpse inside and hid behind it. There, in the depths of the cave, he began recovering his condition and preparing to absorb the Soul Ring.
When a pair of golden eyes opened within the dark cave, Su Ge finally turned his attention to the Soul Ring above the Lion-Tiger Beast and began absorbing it according to the method recorded in the books.
"Estimated at around three thousand five hundred to three thousand eight hundred years. With the bloodline suppression of the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, absorbing this Soul Ring shouldn't be a problem..."
Su Ge sat cross-legged as his Martial Soul Possession activated once more.
His consciousness focused entirely on the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Martial Soul, drawing in the Lion-Tiger Beast's Soul Ring.
As the purple Soul Ring slowly descended onto Su Ge's body, it gradually encircled him.
"Roar—!"
Just as the Lion-Tiger Beast's Soul Ring was about to suddenly constrict and resist Su Ge's absorption, a roar from the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Martial Soul resounded soundlessly throughout the cave.
The Thousand-Year Soul Ring seemed to have suffered some tremendous blow and began to turn docile.
The Soul Ring obediently settled onto his body. There was not the slightest pressure; only a steady stream of energy poured into him, effortlessly breaking through the bottleneck within his body!
Su Ge had originally prepared himself to endure the pressure and pain that came with absorbing a Soul Ring.
But after the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff displayed its might, he no longer felt any pressure at all. Everything went incomparably smoothly.
"So this is what it feels like not having to bear any pressure?"
As he felt the heat spreading continuously through his body, the Soul Power that had not been particularly abundant within him began to rise without stop.
Though Su Ge was somewhat excited, he suppressed it for the moment and focused wholeheartedly on absorbing the Soul Ring.
When he opened his eyes again, night had already fallen. Everything around him was black as ink, yet it still could not conceal the light in his eyes!
Although it was already late at night, he could clearly feel that, after absorbing the Soul Ring, he had grown somewhat taller and his body had developed to a certain extent.
Of course, those were merely secondary. More importantly...
"I actually really inherited the Lion-Tiger Beast's explosive combat power!"
Su Ge raised both hands. A purple Soul Ring emerged from his body and pulsed continuously around him.
He suddenly clenched his fists and activated his First Soul Skill. The golden hair produced by his Martial Soul Possession rose without wind!
The aura around his entire body surged explosively. The Soul Ring's effect of tripling all attributes activated, raising Su Ge's actual combat strength by another enormous margin!
Feeling the power surging through his body, Su Ge felt that if he had to do it all over again, he would not even need to lure the Diamond Tiger over to wear down the Lion-Tiger Beast!
Even if the ten-thousand-year Diamond Tiger and the Lion-Tiger Beast attacked together, he could deal with them calmly!
"Although my First Soul Skill only has an amplification effect, the three-hundred-percent boost to all attributes can last until my Soul Power is exhausted."
"For a first Soul Ring, an effect like this is absolutely top-tier."
Su Ge deactivated his First Soul Skill, his body trembling slightly with excitement.
He felt that, let alone a five-ring Soul King, he could even take on a Soul Emperor!
This conclusion was not baseless, nor was it blind confidence brought about by his sudden increase in power. It came from his domain.
"Not only will this effect remain useful at higher levels, but after activating the Domination Domain, the Soul Ring's effect will also be amplified by fifty percent."
"By that calculation, the amplification granted by my First Soul Ring alone will reach a terrifying four hundred and fifty percent!"
Su Ge had originally been worried about what to do if he lacked a decisive burst attack, but the instant he thought of that terrifying amplification, he no longer felt anxious.
Why would he need attack methods? Overwhelming others with pure stats was the best burst method!
"In that case, I'll call this First Soul Skill Suanni Transformation."
Su Ge had originally wanted to call it Lion-Tiger Transformation, but that name lacked a certain flair. After some thought, he simply borrowed the name Suanni.
"This trip to the Star Dou Great Forest can be considered a perfect success. After gathering some useful things, I can head back."
Looking at the two Soul Beast corpses in the cave, he could not guarantee how lucky he was, but the Diamond Tiger had been killed while failing to find its offspring, while the Lion-Tiger Beast had been schemed against and trapped to death. Both Soul Beasts had a chance of producing Soul Bones.
No sooner said than done. Su Ge took out his dagger again and began inspecting the two corpses piece by piece, removing anything of value.
Without Soul Power sustaining them, the corpses were not particularly difficult to process. Although he was not especially skilled at dissection, he still obtained quite a bit of loot.
Tiger hide, tiger teeth, tiger heart, tiger loin, tiger...
When he reached the final piece of loot, Su Ge's expression paused. Then, without changing his expression, he wrapped two objects in the tiger hide and stored them in his storage ring.
Those things were worth quite a lot of money, especially when they came from a tiger-type Soul Beast with such an age and bloodline. They were extraordinarily valuable.
"Could it be that, aside from specific conditions, producing Soul Bones really also depends on luck?"
Yet while processing the two Soul Beast corpses, Su Ge did not find any trace of a Soul Bone as he had hoped.
Just as he was about to dig out every bone from the Lion-Tiger Beast, his hands suddenly paused. A glimmer of golden light had appeared in his line of sight!
The corners of his mouth lifted slightly, while his hands moved even faster, extracting that golden glimmer completely!
"Is this a leg bone? Or does it count as a metatarsal bone?"
Su Ge looked at the translucent golden Soul Bone taken from the Lion-Tiger Beast's right hind paw. No matter how he looked at it, it did not resemble a right leg bone.
"Could it be an External Soul Bone?"
If he remembered correctly, there had also been a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear claw bone in the original work, and that had belonged to the category of External Soul Bones.
However, he truly had no impression of paw bones.
"Forget it. I'll put it away for now and decide whether to absorb it once I confirm what it is."
Although he knew that Soul Bones from the same source might amplify Soul Skill effects, if it truly was a leg bone, then a three-thousand-year leg bone was far less useful to him than a hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone. Even if it suited him perfectly, he would not absorb it.
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