The Terrifying Titan Force!

It no longer felt like a trickling stream or a roaring river, but like a real mountain crashing down from above. Every meridian in his body endured a burden far beyond its limit at the same time.

The meridians widened by half a year of medicinal baths showed their worth now. They were stretched to the limit, yet never ruptured.

His bones crackled within the torrent of soul power. His muscle fibers were compressed to their limits, but they remained intact.

Every inch of flesh endured the cleansing surge of six-thousand-five-hundred-year soul power energy. That force brutally flooded into his limbs and bones, trying to tear his body apart from within.

But he endured it.

The body of a three-ring Soul Elder unleashed the resilience it deserved at this moment. The walls of his meridians trembled ceaselessly under the immense pressure without tearing, while his bones gave off continuous dull rumbles beneath the crushing weight without ever shattering.

His body was like a block of iron being forged, repeatedly hammered beneath blazing heat and a heavy mallet, growing ever more compressed and solid as it gradually digested and absorbed that violent soul power energy.

Sweat poured down like rain.

His clothes had long since been soaked through. Sweat dripped from his chin onto the Iron Rod before his knees, only to be evaporated into a faint white mist by the scorching soul power.

His face was taut, his teeth grinding audibly, yet his breathing maintained a steady rhythm throughout, undisturbed by the agonizing pain.

Time passed second by second in the silence.

After one incense stick's time, the peak of the soul power impact began to subside.

The pressure in his meridians gradually decreased, and the walls stretched to their limits slowly rebounded, like a riverbed gradually emerging after a flood receded.

After two incense sticks' time, the circulating soul power energy changed from violent to turbulent, then from turbulent to steady.

Li Long's expression gradually relaxed, and his breathing became deep and even.

Time slowly passed through the silent valley.

After three incense sticks' time, he suddenly opened his eyes.

Qian Shengyuan stood beside him, maintaining a posture that allowed him to intervene and interrupt at any moment, his gaze fixed on Li Long.

The glow of the purple soul ring gradually softened, shifting from a violent vortex into a stable circulation.

When the fourth incense stick burned out, Li Long suddenly opened his eyes.

A purple soul ring rose from beneath his feet. A deep violet halo slowly rotated in the air, a full circle wider than an ordinary purple soul ring, its sheen even richer.

Third soul ring, six thousand five hundred years.

Li Long exhaled a breath of turbid air. The sweat on his forehead streamed down his jaw in droplets.

His body trembled faintly, but the light in his eyes shone brighter than ever.

He clenched his fists and felt the information about his third soul skill pour into his mind.

"Master... I succeeded."

Qian Shengyuan looked at the purple soul ring beneath his feet. Standing in the dim twilight, his calm face was filled with profound shock.

A miracle of the soul master world had been born!

First soul ring, five hundred years!

Second soul ring, one thousand years!

Third soul ring, six thousand five hundred years!

Since the birth of soul masters, he was the first!

This was his direct disciple!

The face of Spirit Hall!

He walked over and pressed a hand onto Li Long's shoulder. The force was light, but that hand was steady and strong.

"Congratulations, Little Long. You have broken another record."

"Perhaps you are the first, but you will also be the last."

"Because not everyone can be as monstrously gifted as you."

"It seems my choice was not wrong. I made the right bet."

After calming down, Qian Shengyuan burst into hearty laughter.

His laughter echoed through the valley for a while before gradually fading.

He glanced at the purple soul ring beneath Li Long's feet, which had not yet completely faded, and a lingering awe still remained in his eyes.

"Test your soul power first."

He took a soul power testing orb from the storage pouch at his waist.

It was a circle larger than Fanolan's, crystal clear throughout, with a gentle glow flowing over its surface.

This was his personal soul power testing orb, far more precise than those used by ordinary branch halls.

Li Long took the testing orb and held it in his palm.

The sphere was slightly cool and smooth to the touch. He took a deep breath and slowly poured his soul power into it.

Buzz!

The soul power testing orb abruptly lit up, its radiance more dazzling than any Li Long had ever seen.

White light burst from the core of the sphere, brightening the surrounding twilight.

The halo rapidly circulated within the orb. Numbers surfaced on its outer layer, flickered a few times, then stabilized.

Thirty-four.

Qian Shengyuan stood beside him, his gaze resting on that number without speaking.

Even Li Long was startled by it.

Level thirty-four.

Before absorbing it, he had been level thirty. A six-thousand-five-hundred-year third soul ring had directly raised him four levels.

"Four levels," Li Long murmured.

This was far more in line with his expectations than he had thought.

After all, once one became a Soul Elder, every level represented a qualitative change. The energy required would only increase, and there were further transformations to undergo. Raising four levels was already quite good.

Qian Shengyuan slowly exhaled, his tone carrying a rare, undisguised sense of wonder. "A six-thousand-five-hundred-year soul ring directly raised your soul power by four levels, saving you two or three years of arduous cultivation compared to ordinary people. The feedback from a six-thousand-five-hundred-year soul ring truly is terrifying. Your first five-hundred-year ring raised you three levels, your second thousand-year ring raised you four levels, and your third ring also raised you four levels. But four levels as a Soul Elder are not the same as four levels as a Grand Soul Master. And your foundation will only grow stronger and stronger."

He paused, shifting his gaze from the testing orb to Li Long's face. "Level thirty-four soul power. Three soul rings: one five hundred years, one thousand years, and one six thousand five hundred years. If this news gets out, it will turn the entire soul master world upside down."

Li Long returned the soul power testing orb to Qian Shengyuan and clenched his fists.

Level thirty-four soul power surged through his meridians, thicker and more powerful than it had been at level thirty.

That power weighed heavily within his dantian, carrying the warm lingering afterglow of its recent absorption, as though it were still slowly merging into every inch of his meridians.

"By the way, what is your third soul skill?" Qian Shengyuan asked.

Li Long closed his eyes and sank his awareness into his body.

The glow of the purple soul ring slowly circulated within his consciousness, and information about the soul skill clearly rose from his martial soul.

"Third soul skill, Titan Force."

He opened his eyes, his tone steady with certainty. "After activation, both the Iron Rod and my body gain Titan Giant Ape strength. My overall strength increases by one thousand percent, and during its duration, the stacking effects of my first and second soul skills gain an additional one-hundred-percent increase. At the same time, the Iron Rod's weight and size can expand freely according to my will. At its largest, it can reach three zhang in length, and the weapon's base physical destructive power increases in proportion to its volume. But the cost is a huge expenditure, and my speed decreases while it is active. At present, I can only maintain it for around fifteen seconds."

After he finished speaking, Qian Shengyuan fell silent for several breaths.

"A one-thousand-percent increase in strength... plus an extra one-hundred-percent amplification to both soul skills."

Qian Shengyuan repeated those two sets of numbers, then assessed, "This is a finishing move that settles the battle in one strike. Fifteen seconds is not long, but for your current combat rhythm, it is already enough to deal with most opponents. The high consumption and reduced speed are serious drawbacks, but your second soul skill's speed boost can offset part of that. Under normal circumstances, you can activate your second soul skill to gain speed, then switch to your third soul skill for an explosive burst at the crucial moment. This tactical combination will be very difficult to counter. As for soul power consumption, you can only control and recover it flexibly yourself."

"As expected of a pure-strength soul beast—and a subspecies of the Titan Giant Ape at that. Its strength amplification alone is truly terrifying!"

Li Long nodded. His thoughts were the same as Qian Shengyuan's.

His second soul skill, Gale Giant Force, provided a three-hundred-percent boost to speed and strength, covering his weakness in speed.

His third soul skill, Titan Force, provided an extreme one-thousand-percent burst of strength, serving as a finishing method.

With the two soul skills used one after the other, combined with the defensive foundation of his first soul skill, his combat system had now taken preliminary shape.

"Come. Strike me with your full strength. I want to see just how terrifying your power has become now."

Qian Shengyuan said expectantly.