The process of absorbing the Emperor Blood Tiger's Spirit Ring was far more difficult than Dai Chengfeng had imagined.
Although it was only a 1,500-year spirit beast and could not actively use Mental Power to resist the fusion like a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast, nor impact a soul master's spirit...
The unwilling resentment it had felt at death still remained...
Dai Chengfeng had the Innate Geng Metal Qi protecting him and stabilizing his body, so a 1,500-year Spirit Ring did not affect his body too greatly.
But the assault of that resentment had to be withstood by Dai Chengfeng himself.
At that moment, Dai Chengfeng only felt endless malice crashing against his soul again and again, as if it wanted to tear his soul apart. The pain sank into his bones.
Time passed, minute by minute, second by second.
Dai Chengfeng's forehead was covered in dense beads of sweat. His body trembled slightly, and his entire body was soaked through.
It was not hard to see what kind of pain he was enduring.
But from beginning to end, he only gritted his teeth tightly.
Even though his lips had been bitten until traces of blood appeared, he held on the entire time without letting out a single howl of pain.
Fortunately, when the Innate Skill completed its Heavenly Cycles, it would pass through Dai Chengfeng's Shangguan Yuzhen Gate, allowing his Mental Power to be tempered to a certain extent without him realizing it.
Though the effect was far inferior to directly using the Innate Geng Metal Qi to repeatedly refine his body, it still far surpassed soul masters of the same level.
Finally!
After roughly two hours, the violent Soul Power and resentment within the Emperor Blood Tiger's Spirit Ring were completely tamed by Dai Chengfeng and perfectly fused into his body.
"Whew!"
Dai Chengfeng let out a long breath of foul air and opened his eyes, which were filled with excitement and thrill he could not conceal.
"As expected of a natural king, a mutant, the Emperor Blood Tiger!"
"The Soul Skill attached to its Spirit Ring actually completely exceeded every guess I made before. This really is... an unexpected joy!"
"This risk was more than worth it!!!"
Opposite him.
Zhu Fan looked at Dai Chengfeng and saw that he had truly done it. In an instant, he was wild with joy.
He even could not help blurting out a curse. "Holy shit!"
"You brat, you actually broke the record for the highest age of a Second Spirit Ring on Douluo Continent and created brand-new history!"
"Your uncle never imagined I'd have a damn day where I witnessed history too!"
"This is witnessing history!"
Immediately after, he rushed excitedly to Dai Chengfeng's side. "Come on, hurry and let your uncle have a look..."
"What's the name of the Soul Skill attached to your thousand-year Second Spirit Ring, and what does it do?"
The corners of Dai Chengfeng's mouth lifted slightly. "My Second Soul Skill?"
"I'm planning to name it..."
"Second Soul Skill: White Emperor Domain!"
As soon as the words fell, a thousand-year purple Spirit Ring lit up beneath Dai Chengfeng's feet.
Immediately after, a lifelike white tiger descending the mountain slowly appeared behind him.
The white tiger first narrowed its lightning-like eyes slightly and let out a deep, majestic roar, as if announcing its arrival to the world. Then...
Roar—!
A tiger's roar that shook heaven and earth suddenly rang out.
The sound was like rolling thunder. At the same time, an incomparably vast aura swept out in every direction like a surging tide.
Zhu Fan looked at Dai Chengfeng in shock...
He only felt that Dai Chengfeng, who stood before him at this moment, was emitting a kind of majesty that made people feel reverence from the heart.
It was an Imperial Aura he had previously only felt from the Star Luo Emperor, Dai An.
"Uncle, how is it?"
Only after hearing Dai Chengfeng's question did Zhu Fan come back to his senses.
In an instant, Zhu Fan's pupils shrank slightly.
He was astonished to discover that his Soul Power, strength, speed, defense, and all other abilities had actually increased to a certain degree at this moment.
Although the increase was not large, almost negligible.
But Zhu Fan understood in his heart...
This was because, as a Soul Douluo, the gap in strength between him and Dai Chengfeng was far too enormous.
"If it were an ordinary Soul Grandmaster or Soul Elder, the increase might even reach around five percent?!"
"I remember that even the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, known as the Number one support Martial Soul in the world, could only increase one attribute by around twenty percent with a Soul Skill in the early stages, right?"
"But that's a single attribute!"
"And my nephew's enhancement directly increased every attribute!"
At that thought, Zhu Fan could not help giving him a thumbs-up and praised him from the bottom of his heart. "So this is your Second Soul Skill, Chengfeng? Strong! So strong!"
Dai Chengfeng smiled and shook his head. "Uncle, this is only the beginning."
As he spoke, he turned to look at the majestic phantom of the Emperor White Tiger descending the mountain behind him. "Uncle, you haven't forgotten what the Blood Tiger Clan's innate talent is, have you?"
"Of course I haven't. It's devouring killing intent."
At that point, Zhu Fan froze slightly and looked at Dai Chengfeng in disbelief. "Chengfeng, you suddenly brought that up... Could it be?"
"That's right!"
Dai Chengfeng nodded with a smile. "The enhancement effect of my Second Soul Skill actually doesn't come from me."
"It comes from..."
As he spoke, Dai Chengfeng raised his hand and pointed at the imposing phantom of the Emperor White Tiger. "It!"
"This is its innate ability."
"Therefore, strictly speaking, my Second Soul Skill should be called: Summon Emperor White Tiger Avatar!"
"It's just that my own killing intent is not yet strong enough to fully manifest it. But as long as the killing aura around me is dense enough, after it devours that aura, it can likewise turn from illusory to real—a true... descent of the Emperor White Tiger!"
"Gulp!"
Zhu Fan's eyes went wide. He looked at Dai Chengfeng and could not help swallowing, his eyes filled with shock.
"It-it-it... it's actually that strong?"
"The all-attribute enhancement is only an incidental effect of your Second Soul Skill, not the true Second Soul Skill itself..."
"And that white tiger is the Second Soul Skill itself?!"
"This is my nephew?"
"My nephew... has the bearing of a great emperor!"
As he spoke, Zhu Fan could not help laughing excitedly. "Hahaha... As expected of my, Zhu Fan's, nephew... My nephew has the bearing of a great emperor!"
He laughed as he paced back and forth excitedly, as if he had already seen the scene of Dai Chengfeng ruling the world in the future.
As Dai Chengfeng listened to Zhu Fan's praise, he was a little proud at first. After all, he also believed his Second Soul Skill was incomparably powerful.
But by the end, he could not help feeling black lines cover his head. "Uncle, those words of yours... carry some major karma!"
In the end, however, Dai Chengfeng only shook his head and said nothing more.
After all, this was not the world of Shrouding the Heavens. That Old Ye Six shouldn't be able to follow the internet cable and find him, right?
Mm, he probably couldn't!
Only when Zhu Fan was finally a little less worked up did Dai Chengfeng speak again.
"Uncle, let's go back."
"These five and a half months of endurance should also come to an end!"
"In this battle, I will sweep everything away!"
Dai Chengfeng was extremely confident. After all, that was the War Immortal's art of war.
What could Wu Ping City use to resist?!
Zhu Fan was still brimming with excitement. He nodded hard, his eyes full of anticipation. "Good!"
"Then let Uncle see what kind of scheme lies beneath those absurd orders of yours."
"And!"
"Since your Second Soul Skill, Chengfeng, needs to devour killing intent..."
"Then where else could there be more killing intent than on a battlefield?"
"Let Uncle take a proper look at your Second Soul Skill—the true form of the Emperor White Tiger's descent!!!"
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