No sooner had he finished speaking than, with a smack, a heavy hand landed on Yu Xiaogang's shoulder. A burly figure stepped out from behind Gangzi. A Jie, wearing black-rimmed glasses, pushed them up, licked his lips, and said, "Destroy Spirit Hall at any cost? So you're pretty brave, huh!"
Yu Xiaogang's maggot-like body trembled as if struck by electricity. He stared at A Jie in shock. "Y-you, who are you...?"
Smack. Another heavy hand landed on Yu Xiaogang's shoulder. Another bare-chested man, his upper body naked and covered in devilish muscles, stepped out from behind Yu Xiaogang. Dragon Brother said, "Who we are isn't important. What matters is that we've been watching you all along, my adorable Ginseng Fruit."
Scar's hand hooked powerfully around Yu Xiaogang's neck from behind. His vicious, centipede-scarred face drew close to Gangzi's delicate, tender face and sniffed lightly. "We've been observing you from the shadows."
A silvery-white icefield blanketed the northern reaches of the continent. This place was surrounded by biting wind and snow all year round, with ice-element Soul Beasts scattered throughout the region. It was humanity's forbidden zone—the Far North.
A great chase was underway.
A massive fleshy grub wriggled frantically through the ice and snow. Behind him, an emerald-green scorpion pursued him relentlessly.
"Tian Meng, stop right there and let me eat you!"
As the huge grub wriggled wildly, he twisted his head back and shouted at the Ice Empress, "No way! You already said you wanted to eat me. I'd be an idiot if I stopped!"
Suddenly, the sky ravaged by blizzards split open. The two Soul Beasts froze. A purple-gold spear pierced through the snowstorm, descending from the heavens with an unparalleled stream of purple-gold Soul Power, aimed directly at the Ice Empress.
The Ice Empress hurriedly gathered her Soul Power and condensed a green barrier around herself.
But it was completely useless. The spear pierced through the Ice Empress's Soul Power barrier as though passing through layers of wax paper, then through her hard shell, pinning her to the Far North's pristine white canvas of ice and snow like a thumbtack.
The huge grub wriggled twice, staring blankly at the Ice Empress pinned to the ice and snow.
"Bing'er..." Tian Meng said complicatedly.
The next moment, a dazzling golden Soul Ring emerged from the Ice Empress's remains. The appearance of the Soul Ring marked the fall of this Far North overlord.
"Bing'er..." Tian Meng wept in agony.
Though the Ice Empress was his natural enemy, though she had just been hunting him down, though she had declared that she would eat him, he could not hide the deep love he held for her.
The beast hunting him, the beast he loved, had died right before his eyes.
Yet before he had time to grieve, an unparalleled force of Soul Power directly suppressed Tian Meng.
Above Tian Meng hovered a purple-gold angel.
Qian Xunyi emerged from the wind and snow, looking at the angel circling above Tian Meng.
It was one of his Eighth Soul Skills, Overlord Angel Twin Bodies. It could split off a clone that possessed eighty percent of his combat strength, could use his first six Soul Skills, and would remain until Qian Xunyi recalled it himself or its Soul Power was exhausted.
"Watch this worm and stand guard for me," Qian Xunyi ordered.
The angel nodded and intensified its all-encompassing, inescapable suppression of Tian Meng.
Qian Xunyi, meanwhile, came before the Ice Empress's corpse and drew over her Soul Ring to absorb it.
Before long, Qian Xunyi had completely absorbed the Ice Empress's Soul Ring.
This Soul Ring unlocked one of the Overlord Body's Nine Divine Forms, the Suanni Divine Form, as well as one of the Nine Secrets, the Lin Secret Technique, for Qian Xunyi!
The Ice Empress's Soul Ring circled Qian Xunyi. It also came with a unique effect: each of the Soul Ring's four positions bore the same character—Lin.
After absorbing this Soul Ring, his Soul Power Level officially rose to Rank 92. With only a single rank increase, immense and boundless Soul Power surged through the Far North like an ocean...
This was an exponential improvement, with no possible comparison. Qian Xunyi could only compare his current self to the self he had been not long ago.
His current self could defeat his former self with a single punch. He had truly realized the difference of one level, one heaven, between Title Douluo.
However—
The Suanni Divine Form was not like a Soul Skill, but more like an awakening of talent, similar to the advancement of the Holy Angel Martial Soul from two wings to four wings, then to six wings.
Divine Forms did not need Soul Skills to activate. They acted directly upon the Martial Soul and directly raised its attributes. Some Divine Forms enhanced offensive power, some enhanced defense, and some enhanced speed.
Once all Nine Divine Forms were gathered, his Overlord Body would transform from a large hexagonal Martial Soul into a gigantic hexagonal Martial Soul.
As for Soul Skills? Why would he need Soul Skills? Qian Xunyi's normal attacks were other people's ultimate moves.
Of course, Qian Xunyi secretly guessed that the dogshit author was probably too lazy to come up with more settings.
After mastering the Lin Secret Technique, Qian Xunji would no longer need to be like other Soul Masters, light up his Soul Ring, and roar, "first soul skill, Lin Secret Technique!"
He could activate it whenever he wanted. Even without activating the Overlord Body Martial Soul, he could use the Lin Secret Technique through his first Martial Soul, the Overlord Angel Martial Soul.
The Lin Secret Technique's effect was this: it activated the Divine Forbidden Domain, suppressing all domains. Within the domain, one was immune to all negative effects, impervious to all techniques, and one's divine sense spread through every area of the domain. Even when using this technique without activating the Overlord Body Martial Soul and while using another Martial Soul, one could remain invincible across several major ranks.
In one word: ridiculously overpowered!
"But... Author, since the Suanni Divine Form doesn't need a Soul Ring to activate a Soul Skill, and once I possess the Lin Secret Technique, I don't need to rely on a Soul Ring to use it either, then what meaning does this Soul Ring have for me?"
Quiet Apocalypse: "Although the settings of my Martial Soul go beyond the fundamental rules of Martial Souls in the Douluo world, and these hula hoops are indeed optional for your Overlord Body Martial Soul, I've decided to retain this setting. I think only by keeping this part will others feel that what I wrote is a Douluo Martial Soul."
The Ice Silkworm beside him shrank its body, trying to reduce its presence as much as possible. It could sense that this human's level was actually quite low—Rank 92 was indeed not high for a Soul Beast of its level—but why did he feel as though he were facing an ancient Beast God?
After finishing, Qian Xunyi turned his gaze toward the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. "Now, it's your turn. I'll take you with me to become a god."
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