A Massive Boost in Cultivation

"It really... sentenced him straight to death? If the target were another upper fourth-grade Grandmaster with just as many crimes to his name, could it seize his soul too?"

Yang Ling was startled. Although he had already guessed the outcome of Soul-Seizing Judgment, seeing it firsthand was still shocking.

"No wonder class skills are called divine abilities. Whether it's a Curse Daoist's skills or my Soul-Seizing Judge skills, ordinary martial artists simply can't defend against them in some respects. They wouldn't even know how they died."

"Skills like this definitely aren't unique. There should be quite a few varieties. If those Third-Grade Great Grandmasters or Second-Grade Human Immortals used them..."

Yang Ling's heart lurched, and a chill ran down his spine.

He certainly didn't want to die one day without knowing why.

"The Martial Dao Furnace seems to have some effect on divine abilities."

"When Qi Baiyan used his Deep-Sea Curse on me, the Sacred Qilin Martial Dao Furnace instantly broke it and refined it."

"So even if an ordinary Fourth-Grade Grandmaster uses a skill like this against me, it'll leave some sign instead of killing me outright."

At that thought, Yang Ling breathed a sigh of relief.

"My Soul-Seizing Judge class progress really did increase by one point. That icy sensation just now... felt a little like experience points?"

"If that was experience, it gave me quite a lot."

Yang Ling had recently mined blood essence ore. That icy sensation had been equivalent to at least a day or two's worth of mining experience—a considerable amount!

It was somewhat different from ordinary experience, though, so he couldn't be sure yet.

"If it really is experience, just two successful Soul-Seizing Judgments should be enough to take me from level 212 to 213!"

Yang Ling's eyes lit up. This was another