Gangzi and Scarface

Lin Chen's Martial Soul and Spirit Ring emerged automatically, along with specks of yellow light that rushed eagerly into his Spirit Ring.

As the yellow glows poured in, the color of Lin Chen's Spirit Ring began to change.

In little more than ten minutes, Lin Chen's sole Spirit Ring had changed from yellow to a deep purple.

It had officially entered the thousand-year tier.

Although the five hundred years of Spirit Ring cultivation had not brought him any soul power, it had caused a qualitative transformation in his first soul skill.

The armor-piercing boost had risen from one hundred percent to one hundred and fifty percent, while its duration had increased from ten minutes to half an hour.

Lin Chen smiled faintly, withdrew his Martial Soul, and inspected the prize pool again.

[Reward One: Gold Soul Coins × 9191.]

[Reward Two: System-Bestowed Spirit Ring × 1.]

[Reward Three: Enchantment Water. Once consumed, one would be consumed by lust and only break free after a day and night of fierce battle. Colorless and tasteless; even Titled Douluo would struggle to resist it.]

[Reward Four: Random Spirit Bone × 1.]

[Reward Five: Dustless Robe. Possesses a certain degree of defense and adaptive properties. Warm in winter and cool in summer, impervious to dust.]

Well, damn. Even dark ads had shown up.

As for the Enchantment Water...

He could not even be bothered to complain. He had no idea what was wrong with this system.

The Dustless Robe was passable, at least.

He just did not know how effective the system's "certain degree of defense" actually was.

System, I choose two, four, and five.

Without further hesitation, Lin Chen made his choice.

The three rewards were stored in the System Inventory.

With a thought from Lin Chen, a white, gold-trimmed robe of fine material and style appeared before him. However, its extraordinary qualities were difficult to discern with the naked eye.

He removed his old clothes and put on the Dustless Robe.

The previously loose-fitting Dustless Robe instantly shrank to fit him perfectly, as though it had been tailored for him.

The Dustless Robe was extremely light. Wearing it felt like wearing nothing at all, without the slightest sense of weight, making his entire body feel much more relaxed.

After studying it for a while without figuring anything out, Lin Chen simply turned his attention back to the System Inventory.

[Thirty-Thousand-Year Right Leg Bone: Can provide a speed-type soul skill.]

"Ah!"

Lin Chen could not help sighing. He felt that the odds of getting something good from a Random Spirit Bone were far lower than those of a random ultimate technique.

"It's time to break through."

With a flip of his right hand, a milky-white bead the size of a fist appeared in Lin Chen's palm.

"I wonder how many thousand years it can reach."

Muttering to himself, he sat cross-legged and released the Dragon Roar Sword Martial Soul.

Crack!

Lin Chen exerted a little force, and the System-Bestowed Spirit Ring suddenly shattered.

Buzz!

As the System-Bestowed Spirit Ring shattered, specks of milky-white light abruptly appeared around his body.

The moment they appeared, the glows began circling above Lin Chen's head one after another.

They continuously fused together, gradually forming a white Spirit Ring.

It was also at that moment that—

Lin Chen clearly felt an invisible energy scanning his body from top to bottom, leaving no corner untouched.

The color of the Spirit Ring above his head also changed continuously under that energy's scan.

White, yellowish, yellow, pale purple...

The changes in the Spirit Ring's color represented the constant increase in its cultivation.

Throughout this process,

Lin Chen felt no pain at all, nor did he feel the slightest pressure.

Time passed bit by bit.

The Spirit Ring above Lin Chen's head ultimately settled into the purple color that represented a thousand-year Spirit Ring.

It failed to continue evolving into black.

As the invisible energy receded, the purple Spirit Ring slowly descended.

A massive amount of soul power poured into Lin Chen's body.

Lin Chen hurriedly circulated the Profound Origin Technique, beginning to refine the soul power flooding into him.

Twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three...

His soul power level rose steadily.

In the end, Lin Chen's soul power level settled at level twenty-four.

Lin Chen secretly felt helpless.

The Ice-Fire Body Tempering had only raised his physique to the Soul Ancestor tier.

His Spirit Ring cultivation was also only five thousand years.

As expected of Douluo Continent. It really cheapened the word "immortal."

The three immortal herbs, including the Star Anise Mysterious Ice Grass, did not directly increase soul power, so all four levels of soul power came from the Spirit Ring.

However, Lin Chen remembered that in the original story, Tang San experienced a small surge in soul power within half a year of consuming the three immortal herbs.

With the Profound Origin Technique providing some additional support,

Lin Chen estimated that he could break through to level thirty in a year and a half at most.

Reaching Soul King before graduation should not be difficult.

Soul Emperor... that was harder to say.

Still, a twelve-year-old Soul King could already be considered unprecedented.

As the final wisp of soul power sank into his dantian, information about his second soul skill appeared in Lin Chen's mind in the form of memories.

Aurora Sky-Piercing Slash: Unleash an extremely fast golden arc of Sword Qi, carrying a two-hundred-percent armor-piercing effect.

"Not bad. Barely passable."

Lin Chen slowly opened his eyes, a satisfied smile spreading across his face.

The next morning.

With the help of the Black Jade Divine Bamboo, Wuhen successfully broke through to level ninety-eight.

The most obvious changes brought by his breakthrough were the distance he could traverse through space and the endurance of his soul power.

Shortly after lunchtime, the two had already returned to Nuoding City.

After returning to Nuoding City, Wuhen slipped back into the shadows.

Lin Chen emerged from an empty alley, but his steps suddenly halted.

He stared dumbfoundedly at an alley across from him.

There, a fierce-looking middle-aged man with a hideous scar on his face had someone pinned against the wall, kissing him.

That person had both arms wrapped around the man's neck and showed no sign of being forced.

Most importantly, Lin Chen knew that person.

It was none other than Gangzi, who had reached fifty years old despite being only level twenty-nine.

Wait, was this right?

Lin Chen had only been gone for two and a half days, and Gangzi had already fallen?

Besides,

that scarred man was clearly Wang Dong, the wanted criminal. Even if Gangzi had become obsessed with that sort of thing, he should not have picked him.

Was the system really hitting this hard?

Scarface seemed to sense Lin Chen. He suddenly broke the kiss and turned his head.

"What are you looking at? Get lost."

As Scarface barked the warning, Gangzi actually buried his face shyly in his arms, sneaking a glance toward Lin Chen.

That single glance made his entire body stiffen instantly.

Damn it, why is he here?

Yu Xiaogang had never expected to run into Lin Chen here.

Was this not too much of a coincidence?

"Cough, cough... well, carry on. I won't disturb you."

Lin Chen looked thoroughly awkward as he turned to leave.

"Stop!"

Yu Xiaogang suddenly shouted, calling out to Lin Chen as he prepared to leave.

He had made this choice to help Xiaosan reclaim the Storage Soul Tool. It was absolutely not because he had experienced its pleasures himself and fallen into depravity.

If word of this got out, would he have any face left?

He was the number one theoretical master in the Spirit Master world.

He absolutely would not allow such a stain, one unacceptable to worldly standards, to remain on him.