Absorbing a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, Dugu Bo Personally Stands Guard!

Dugu Bo leaped down from the treetop, his gaunt figure landing steadily on the ground.

His dark green pupils were fixed intently on Lin Ye.

"Senior, long time no see..."

Lin Ye said awkwardly.

"Hmph, we've been apart for less than half a day, and you call that a long time? My ass!"

Dugu Bo's voice gradually turned serious.

"Kid, did water get into your brain?"

"You dare absorb a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring as your Third Spirit Ring? Are you trying to get yourself killed?!"

Lin Ye froze for a moment.

Not because he had been yelled at.

But because he had never expected Dugu Bo to still be here.

Hadn't the old man left with Dugu Yan before dawn?

"Senior, didn't you leave?"

"I did leave." Dugu Bo snorted coldly.

"After taking Yanyan back, I came right back."

He clasped his hands behind his back, his tone unpleasant.

"You promised to cure Yanyan's poison. How could I not keep an eye on you? How could I not protect you from the shadows?"

The corner of Lin Ye's mouth twitched slightly.

Well, damn.

This Old Poison really was dedicated to his duty.

He kept saying he would "keep you safe," and he truly meant every word of it.

"Senior, what did you think of that little show just now?"

Lin Ye asked half-jokingly.

"A little show?" Dugu Bo's face darkened like the bottom of a pot.

"You call that a little show?"

He strode over to the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, his bony finger pointing at the spinning black halo.

"A fifteen-thousand-year Earth-Rending Dark Armor Tiger! A Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring!"

"You're just a brat who's barely reached Level 30. Do you know how terrifying the energy contained within a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring is?"

Dugu Bo lowered his voice.

"Once that energy floods into you, your meridians will be blown apart! Your body will be torn to shreds by the impact! Even if you're lucky enough not to die, you'll become crippled!"

Lin Ye fell silent for two seconds.

He knew what Dugu Bo was worried about.

By the common knowledge of Douluo Continent, a Level 30 Soul Master absorbing a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring was no different from suicide.

"Senior..."

"You brat, stop calling me Senior this and Senior that!"

Dugu Bo cut him off, his voice suddenly rising.

"If you die here, Douluo Continent will lose a top-tier genius in the future!"

"And if something really happens to you, who's going to cure Yanyan's poison?"

The moment he said that, Lin Ye understood.

The old man's words carried both regret at the fall of a genius and concern for his granddaughter, Yanyan.

"Senior." Lin Ye's tone turned serious.

"I know what you're worried about. But my Physical Constitution is far beyond that of an ordinary Level 30 Soul Master."

Dugu Bo immediately sneered.

"Hmph, Physical Constitution?"

"Senior, you saw it before. Both of my Spirit Rings are of Thousand-Year Quality."

Lin Ye raised two fingers.

"My First Spirit Ring was at the thousand-year level, and my Second Spirit Ring was also at the thousand-year level. Haven't I broken convention every time?"

"Haven't I absorbed Spirit Rings beyond my level every time?"

After hearing Lin Ye's words,

Dugu Bo opened his mouth, but for a moment, he could not find a response.

Because Lin Ye was telling the truth.

A Great Soul Master with Double Thousand-Year Spirit Rings was itself an existence that shattered the understanding of Douluo Continent.

"And besides, Senior, think about it."

Lin Ye continued.

"When I demonstrated the Devour Skill before you tonight, you felt the precision of my Spiritual Power control as well."

"That definitely wasn't a level a Level 30 Soul Master should possess."

At that moment, Dugu Bo's tightly furrowed brow loosened slightly.

It was true.

This brat's Spiritual Power control was incredibly precise. He could draw out the poison that had accumulated in his body for seventy-eight years, thread by thread.

That level of precision was something not even many four-ringed Soul Ancestors could achieve, much less a Level 30 Soul Master.

"Senior, to be honest, my current Spiritual Power has already reached the level of a Soul King."

Lin Ye laid his cards on the table.

"My Physical Constitution has also been strengthened. Withstanding the energy impact of a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring is entirely within my control."

At that moment, Dugu Bo stared at him intently.

In those dark green eyes, hesitation and conflict clashed wildly.

The risk of absorbing a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring beyond one's level was simply too great.

Not to mention that Yanyan's poison had yet to be cured.

If this brat died here, everything would be over.

But if he stopped him...

Dugu Bo's gaze fell on Lin Ye's feet.

Two purple Thousand-Year Spirit Rings.

Six years old.

Level 30.

Soul King-level Spiritual Power.

This brat had already created far too many miracles.

Before him, Double Thousand-Year Spirit Rings had been unheard of throughout all Douluo Continent.

Perhaps...

This time, he could do it too?

To be honest, Dugu Bo truly did not want to stop the birth of a powerful expert!

Then Dugu Bo fell silent for a full ten seconds.

His heart was pulled back and forth again and again.

If anyone else had said such words, he would have slapped them away without hesitation.

But the one saying it was Lin Ye!

Then Dugu Bo took a deep breath.

"Kid, are you really sure?"

"Absolutely."

"Absolutely? If you're lying to me, I'll dig you out of your grave with my own hands!"

"Rest assured, Senior. My life is precious. I'm more afraid of dying than anyone."

Dugu Bo fell silent again for several seconds.

His gaze shifted from Lin Ye to the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, then from the Spirit Ring back to Lin Ye.

"Ha..."

Dugu Bo let out a long sigh.

"Since you've already made up your mind, I won't stop you any longer."

He walked to Lin Ye's side and stood with his hands behind his back, his voice low.

"But remember this, brat. Nothing must happen to you."

Then he swept his gaze over the surroundings. His Soul Power spread slightly, forming an aura barrier within a hundred-meter radius.

"I'll stand guard for you from now on. Absorb it without worry."

Lin Ye looked at this hard-mouthed, soft-hearted Old Poison, and a trace of warmth rose in his heart.

He said he was only afraid that no one would cure the poison if Lin Ye died, yet he had already volunteered to stand guard for him.

"Then Lin Ye thanks you, Senior!"

Without further hesitation, Lin Ye sat cross-legged before the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, closed his eyes, and began guiding it into himself.

Buzz!

The dense black Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring slowly began to spin.

The instant he began absorbing it,

Lin Ye felt as though an enormous mountain had crashed down onto his body.

The energy was simply too violent.

And the energy of a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring was on a completely different scale from that of a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.

If a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring was a river, then a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring was a vast ocean.

Yet Lin Ye's body ultimately endured it.

The physical foundation reforged by the Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum played a crucial role at this moment.

His meridians were stretched open, then snapped back.

His bones let out crackling sounds, but they did not shatter.

Then came the soul tremor.

An invisible shockwave charged directly into his sea of consciousness.

This was the lingering will left behind after the death of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

When ordinary Soul Masters encountered such a soul tremor, they would fall unconscious at best and suffer an immediate mental collapse at worst.

But Lin Ye's Spiritual Power had already been raised to the level of a Soul King by the Autumnwater Dew.

That soul shockwave was like a stone thrown into the sea.

It stirred up a few ripples.

That was all.

Dugu Bo, standing guard at the side, watched Lin Ye closely the entire time.

He watched Lin Ye's expression shift from initial solemnity, to a slight frown, and then gradually relax.

Four hours.

A full four hours.

The sun had already climbed from the eastern horizon to directly overhead.

However, at that moment,

Suddenly,

Buzz!

A black radiance suddenly surged from Lin Ye's body, followed immediately by three Spirit Rings lighting up beneath his feet.