The Sixth Soul Ring: Coiling Dragon's Break

The shockwaves rolled, stripping layer after layer of earth from the ground around them.

Broken branches and shredded leaves were swept into the sky, flying wildly.

In the distance, Qiangu Aoshi watched Qian Jun and Jiang Mo display their might and felt his own hands itch for battle.

He raised a hand and summoned his Coiling Dragon Staff. Five soul rings—yellow, purple, purple, black, and black—pulsed up and down around him.

"Third Soul Skill, Coiling Dragon Might!"

"Fifth Soul Skill, Coiling Dragon Stacking!"

Qiangu Aoshi continuously poured Soul Power into the Coiling Dragon Staff, building up strength.

"Roar—"

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger let out a pain-filled roar. Dark red wind blades and dark blue lightning suddenly burst from its body, finally knocking away the two Coiling Dragon Staffs pinning it down.

The badly wounded Dark Demon Evil God Tiger escaped death.

Its once sleek, jet-black fur was now tattered and smeared with sticky blood.

Half its body sagged crookedly. Countless bones had apparently been broken, and it staggered with every step.

At that very instant!

Qiangu Aoshi moved!

His body shot forward as he swung the Coiling Dragon Staff, transforming into a Red Dragon. Empowered to the fullest by his third and fifth Soul Skills, his aura surged to its peak.

With the speed of lightning, he roared as he slammed into the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

"Awroo—"

Had it not been injured, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger could have charged forward and torn apart the Red Dragon Qiangu Aoshi had become.

But now, it had been severely wounded by the two Douluo, Qian Jun and Jiang Mo.

Its enormous body was sent flying directly by Qiangu Aoshi's strike.

Boom, boom, boom!

It smashed through seven or eight towering trees that would have required an adult's outstretched arms to encircle.

The next instant, countless lights erupted from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's body.

There was a black soul ring, a black bead, and over a thousand red clusters of blood-energy light.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was truly miserable. Not only had its soul ring burst out, but even its origin bead had been forced out.

Its body began to undergo a drastic transformation. Its black fur gradually faded, turning white.

The dark wings on its back, symbols of its corruption, rapidly shrank until they vanished completely.

Its bony, barbed tail also degenerated into an ordinary tail within a few breaths.

Legend had it that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had originally been an ordinary White Tiger. Only after being possessed by the Evil God's power had it mutated into the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

Qiangu Aoshi's single blow had knocked the possessing Evil God power out of it, and the mutated Dark Demon Evil God Tiger reverted into a White Tiger.

Jiang Mo stepped forward and used his staff to lift the White Tiger soul beast's head.

"It's still breathing. Aoshi, aren't you going to kill this soul beast?"

Qiangu Aoshi rushed into the clusters of light and absorbed the blood-energy clusters one by one. Feeling his physique rapidly strengthen, the smile on his face grew broader.

"Second Father, soul rings left behind by ten-thousand-year soul beasts retain traces of resentment after they are killed. If I don't kill it, it'll be easier for me to absorb its soul ring."

Jiang Mo lifted the White Tiger, preparing to toss it farther away.

"I see. Then it's lucky. Since you won't kill it, I'll spare its life too."

"Without its cultivation and with its blood energy depleted, this White Tiger has less than ten thousand years of cultivation left. It won't amount to much anymore."

As he spoke, Jiang Mo carried the White Tiger toward the depths of the forest.

Qian Jun walked up to the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's black origin bead. After taking one look at it, he frowned.

"What pure evil power. Rumor has it that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger mutated after the Evil God's power possessed a White Tiger. Could this bead be a condensation of the Evil God's power?"

After absorbing over a thousand blood-energy clusters, Qiangu Aoshi looked flushed with vitality. His blood boiled within him, and his muscles, tendons, and bones were strengthening as never before.

"First Father, please keep that black bead for me for now. It may be useful in the future. I need to absorb this soul ring first."

Qian Jun nodded and put away the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's black origin bead.

Qiangu Aoshi sat cross-legged on the ground and summoned the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's sixty-thousand-year soul ring.

The soul ring floated over and merged into his body.

Overbearing, scorching, violent!

Given the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's strength, this sixty-thousand-year soul ring was fully comparable to a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

Only Qiangu Aoshi, who had absorbed vast amounts of blood-energy light and possessed a body no weaker than a soul beast of the same rank, could absorb the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's soul ring.

Otherwise, if it were any other Soul Emperor, there would be only one outcome: their body would explode and they would die.

The violent energy rampaged through Qiangu Aoshi's body. He circulated the Mysterious Heaven Skill, guiding that energy through a full cycle in his meridians.

Very soon, the absorption of the soul ring settled onto the right track.

Hour after hour passed!

Zhu Zhuqing was the first to awaken. She was undoubtedly thrilled. In less than a month, she had gone from a level 27 Soul Grandmaster to a level 33 Soul Elder.

That's right!

Her Soul Power was not level 31, but level 33.

Moreover, her third Soul Skill had come from a three-thousand-year Ghost Leopard.

The power of that Netherworld Slash could even threaten a four-ring Soul Ancestor.

She stood up and saw Qiangu Aoshi in the distance, likewise absorbing a soul ring.

Qian Jun noticed that Zhu Zhuqing had awakened and made a silencing gesture.

Zhu Zhuqing hurriedly nodded and carefully walked over, afraid of disturbing Qiangu Aoshi. Her eyes were filled with tenderness.

Another three hours passed!

Only then did Qiangu Aoshi open his eyes and awaken. A flash of excitement crossed his gaze—his Soul Power had risen to level 65.

And he had obtained his sixth Soul Skill, the Break Character Formula!

Coiling Dragon's Break carried the power of wind and thunder. Nothing could withstand it, nothing could remain unbroken, and it pushed the Coiling Dragon Staff's offensive power to its limit.

He now even dared to say that he could fight a Soul Sage head-on and perhaps even kill one. Even challenging a Soul Douluo was not out of the question.

Seeing that Zhu Zhuqing had already awakened, he greeted her.

Then he shared his gains—his increased Soul Power and newly acquired Soul Skill—with Qian Jun and Jiang Mo.

Qian Jun and Jiang Mo were also happy for Qiangu Aoshi.

Jiang Mo laughed heartily and said:

"Our luck is truly good. On the very first day after entering, we found suitable soul rings for little Zhuqing and Aoshi."

"Let's go. It's time for us to leave the Star Dou Great Forest."

Qian Jun handed the black bead to Qiangu Aoshi.

"Aoshi, this bead is filled with pure evil power. You'd better not try to absorb it."

"Our Coiling Dragon Staff possesses the power of Evil Breaker and is naturally opposed to the evil power within this bead. Absorbing it would do you no good."

Qiangu Aoshi glanced at Zhu Zhuqing.

"First Father, I understand. I have another use for this black bead."

Afterward, the group of four returned to Spirit Hall.

A lively light flickered in Qiangu Aoshi's eyes.

After I return, I'll find an opportunity to personally execute Tang Hao. The Soul Power that bursts out of Tang Hao should definitely allow me to break through to level 70. Then I'll absorb the Blue Silver Emperor's soul ring as my seventh soul ring and unlock my Martial Soul Avatar.

The Blue Silver Emperor's life power is an all-purpose attribute, and it is also a hundred-thousand-year soul ring. It suits me perfectly.