Human nature was undoubtedly greedy. No matter how rationally one analyzed things beforehand, when a great treasure lay before one's eyes, reason would be clouded by suddenly awakened greed.
Although Fang Yuan's earlier display had made Meng Shu deeply wary, the moment the blood-red Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring appeared before his eyes, a trace of greed inevitably rose in Meng Shu's heart.
The three of them gradually slowed their retreat, maintaining a relatively safe distance from the battlefield. They could observe the changes within the battle while retaining a certain degree of safety.
Spirit Rings produced after a Soul Beast's death had a time limit. If they were not absorbed within a certain period, they would turn into ownerless energy and dissipate into the world.
Therefore, Meng Shu knew that after killing the Myriad Beast Demon Spirit, that mysterious young man would definitely absorb the Spirit Ring it had produced within a certain time.
And if things truly turned out as the Myriad Beast Demon Spirit had said—if absorbing the Spirit Ring could only result in one's body exploding—wouldn't he have a chance to pick up the leftovers?
When enormous profits lay before them, people often chose to ignore certain things.
Meng Shu turned his head and looked at the dead Myriad Beast Demon Spirit, as well as Fang Yuan standing atop its enormous body.
However, that single glance made his expression change drastically.
Fang Yuan looked at the blood-red Spirit Ring before him, a satisfied smile on his face.
With the many Immortal Herbs he possessed, drawing out a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in a place as perilous as the Star Dou Great Forest was no difficult task.
The only thing he needed to consider was what to do if the Soul Beast he attracted surpassed his own strength.
Fang Yuan possessed the Killer Move Incomplete Freedom Transformation, formed from the three Gu of Attitude, Mutation Gu, and Adaptation Gu. This move granted him immense strength and defense, allowing him to spit thunder and contain all things within his belly.
With his current cultivation, the enhancement granted by Incomplete Freedom Transformation could immediately raise his strength beyond that of an ordinary Titled Douluo.
By Fang Yuan's own estimation, his actual combat strength in this state was roughly equivalent to that of a level ninety-seven Super Douluo.
Although he did not possess the nine Soul Skills of an ordinary Super Douluo, with As Before's formidable recovery ability, he could absolutely wear down and kill a genuine Super Douluo.
On top of that, the Fang Yuan phantoms created by Myriad Self could coordinate with one another, bringing Fang Yuan's own combat strength extremely close to the level of a level ninety-eight Super Douluo.
However, while a level ninety-eight Super Douluo sounded impressive enough, he still could not run rampant within the Star Dou Great Forest.
Fang Yuan did not know how many Hundred-Thousand-Year ferocious beasts were hidden in the Star Dou Great Forest, but he was certain that there were absolutely beings within it that surpassed level ninety-eight.
There might even be Soul Beasts capable of defeating a level ninety-nine Limit Douluo.
The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts known to the current Soul Master world, were by no means the entirety of the Star Dou Great Forest's strength.
This Myriad Beast Demon Spirit Fang Yuan had lured out with Immortal Herbs possessed strength roughly equivalent to that of a level ninety-six Titled Douluo. In terms of combat power, it stood completely on the same level as the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape.
Yet it was virtually unknown in the Soul Master world. No one knew that such a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast existed.
If Fang Yuan had not happened to lure it out with Immortal Herbs, then even ten thousand years from now, Soul Masters would likely still find it difficult to obtain any information about this Myriad Beast Demon Spirit.
During his battle with the Myriad Beast Demon Spirit, Fang Yuan sensed the chaotic and violent power within its body and knew that its words were true.
This type of Demon Spirit differed from ordinary Soul Beasts. Even when Soul Masters tried to absorb the Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings produced by ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, they faced a situation where survival was almost impossible.
The resentment of Soul Beasts contained within Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings was immensely heavy, while their energy also placed an extreme burden on a Soul Master's body. Unless both their physical constitution and mental strength met the required standards, an ordinary level ninety Soul Master could never absorb a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.
The Spirit Ring produced by this Myriad Beast Demon Spirit possessed even more chaotic energy and even stronger Soul Beast resentment than an ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.
Even Soul Masters whose bodies and spiritual power were sufficient to absorb an ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring would be far too fragile when facing the Myriad Beast Demon Spirit's Spirit Ring.
It could be said that Soul Beasts like the Myriad Beast Demon Spirit held almost no value for Soul Masters. The Spirit Rings and Soul Bones they produced were both beyond what Soul Masters could control.
That was why it had felt so depressed after discovering that Fang Yuan was relentlessly pursuing it.
But Fang Yuan did not care.
If anyone had something to say, they could say it to his Supreme Immortal Embryo Physique!
Drawn by his Soul Power, the blood-red Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring above the beast's corpse slowly flew toward Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan smiled calmly, grabbed the Spirit Ring, and refined it in an instant!
This Spirit Ring, whose energy was chaotic and whose resentment was so heavy that almost no one could absorb it, became Fang Yuan's eighth Spirit Ring in that very instant.
The Supreme Immortal Embryo Physique's property of not rejecting any form of energy proved its worth at this moment.
Fang Yuan slowly closed his eyes and examined his eighth Spirit Ring. After sensing the power of the two Gu he had chosen beforehand, he smiled faintly.
The Soul Skills other Soul Masters obtained after absorbing Spirit Rings were abilities formed through the combination of the Soul Beast's species and the Soul Master's own Martial Soul, resulting in skills with a certain degree of randomness.
Fang Yuan, however, differed from ordinary Soul Masters. The Soul Skills possessed by his Martial Soul, the Supreme Immortal Embryo, were all powers of Gu that had existed in the Gu World of his previous life.
These Gu powers would not undergo any change in effect due to the type or age of the Spirit Rings Fang Yuan absorbed.
For example, Fang Yuan's first Spirit Ring was only at the hundred-year level, but the power of the As Before Immortal Gu attached to it would not change its restoration effect even if it were placed on a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring. The Spirit Ring itself did not affect the numerical strength of a Gu's ability.
For that reason, when Fang Yuan selected Gu, he mostly chose those with powerful utility.
The numbers would not increase with their age? No matter—my mechanics were above yours!
That was also why Fang Yuan did not have many requirements for the Soul Beasts he hunted. Even if he had absorbed not a Myriad Beast Demon Spirit this time, but a plant-type Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, his two eighth Soul Skills would not have changed.
After checking his two eighth Soul Skills, Fang Yuan reached his hand into the Myriad Beast Demon Spirit's corpse beneath him.
Drawn out by his Soul Power, a Soul Bone of variegated colors and brilliant radiance fell into his hand.
This Soul Bone was over a meter long. Its multicolored light swayed and flowed, gleaming brilliantly beneath the sunlight.
Fang Yuan recognized it as a torso bone.
Among the six major Soul Bone positions across the body, the torso bone was the most precious. The enhancement it could grant a Soul Master was the most comprehensive.
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