Purple Thunder Transformation

After a round of self-PUA, the faint barrier between Qian Mo and his disciple vanished at once.

After giving Dan Lei some time to recover, Qian Mo did not immediately urge him to absorb the Soul Ring.

Instead, he thrust his sword through the Purple Lightning Python's head, pinning it firmly to the ground.

Seeing Dan Lei's baffled expression, Qian Mo spoke earnestly.

"Among animals, snakes are especially tenacious. Even an ordinary snake can remain quite active after its head has been cut off.

"If you accidentally provoke it, it may even leap up and bite you.

"So, Xiao Lei, if you ever lead a team to hunt this kind of Soul Beast on your own, remember to finish it off.

"Otherwise, whether you are refining a Soul Ring or your teammates are doing something else, if you end up capsizing in a gutter because of it, that would be a joke."

Dan Lei immediately looked enlightened and took Qian Mo's lesson to heart. Then, under Qian Mo's guidance, he began refining the Soul Ring.

As Dan Lei began absorbing the Soul Ring and entered a state of deep meditation, Qian Mo stared at him without blinking.

Qian Mo wanted to see whether Dan Lei's Coiling Dragon Spear truly had a dragon within it.

As everyone knew, any Martial Soul connected to dragons was never simple on the Douluo Continent.

Take the Pan-Dragon Staff, a Martial Soul similar to the Coiling Dragon Spear.

Even the weakest users Qian Mo knew of from later records could cultivate to the realm of Soul King or Soul Emperor.

The very strongest among them could even reach the Quasi-God realm of Limit Douluo!

Qian Mo knew of only two people who had reached Limit Douluo: Qian Gu Dongfeng and Qian Gu Dieting from the era of Legend of the Dragon King twenty thousand years later.

Qian Gu Dongfeng's Pan-Dragon Staff contained the sealed soul of an exceptionally special dragon.

The Break Evil Dragon, also known as the Heaven-Awakened Sacred Gold Dragon.

This dragon was born from the righteous energy of heaven and earth. It suppressed all evil and was not subject to the bloodline suppression of dragonkind. It was an extraordinarily special dragon soul.

However, Qian Mo did not know whether possessing a dragon soul would make much difference for Dan Lei.

Although Qian Gu Dongfeng possessed a Pan-Dragon Staff with a special dragon soul, according to the established setting, his father, Qian Gu Dieting, was the one hailed as the number one in explosive power on the Douluo Continent at the time. Thus, Qian Gu Dongfeng might have been slightly weaker than him.

But Douluo was Douluo. Those who knew, knew—the setting always got overturned.

So Qian Mo still felt that a Pan-Dragon Staff with extra ingredients should be stronger than one without them. Naturally, he hoped Dan Lei's Coiling Dragon Spear contained a dragon soul as well.

Moreover, Qian Mo remembered that Thunderclap Hellvine on the Douluo Continent was said to have mutated after absorbing the blood of a fallen Thunder God.

Dan Lei's Coiling Dragon Martial Soul itself possessed lightning attributes.

Therefore, Qian Mo boldly guessed that if Dan Lei's Martial Soul truly contained a dragon soul, Dan Lei might have some connection to the Thunder God.

But unfortunately, Qian Mo ultimately withdrew his gaze in disappointment.

Because no unusual phenomenon appeared during Dan Lei's absorption of the Soul Ring.

Still, Qian Mo thought that made sense. It was merely a first Soul Ring, and only from a subdragon at that. If that alone could awaken the dragon soul within the Coiling Dragon Spear, then that would be ridiculous.

Dan Lei slowly opened his eyes, and a flash of violet passed through them.

At that moment, Dan Lei had finally become an official Soul Master.

Yet his gaze remained calm, without much excitement. After all, there was no longer anyone with whom he could share this joy.

At that moment, Qian Mo asked, "How was it, Xiao Lei? What kind of Soul Skill did you gain?"

Dan Lei sensed it briefly, then replied as he rose to his feet.

"Teacher, my first Soul Skill is called Purple Thunder Transformation. Once activated, it increases both my lightning attribute and all my physical attributes by one hundred percent for ten seconds."

After standing up, Dan Lei looked toward Qian Mo.

"Would you like to try it, Teacher?"

Upon hearing the effect of this Soul Skill, even Qian Mo was stunned.

As far as Qian Mo knew, Soul Skills capable of granting a one-hundred-percent increase should require at least a thousand-year Soul Ring.

Typical examples were Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng. Their all-attribute enhancement Soul Skills only achieved that level through their third Soul Rings, which were thousand-year Soul Skills.

Yet Dan Lei had gained such a terrifying Soul Skill from his first Soul Ring, one that came from a mere three-hundred-year Purple Lightning Python. This was truly beyond Qian Mo's expectations.

In Qian Mo's original assumptions, the worst outcome would have been for Dan Lei to gain a powerful offensive burst Soul Skill.

A better outcome would have been an enhancement Soul Skill that increased his own attributes by several dozen percent.

However, Qian Mo quickly calmed down.

Such examples were not unheard of. If a Martial Soul and Soul Ring were exceptionally compatible, a few top-tier Soul Skills could indeed occasionally appear.

Even with a one-hundred-percent increase, though, Dan Lei would only be comparable to a Soul Elder at most in Qian Mo's eyes.

Thus, Qian Mo immediately accepted the challenge.

After activating Purple Thunder Transformation, Dan Lei's overall strength shot straight up to the level of a Grand Soul Master.

Then Qian Mo knocked him down in just a few moves.

And held his sword blade against Dan Lei's throat.

The two stopped. Qian Mo sheathed his sword and gave a satisfied assessment.

"An excellent Soul Skill. As long as you can master it proficiently, you can use an instant burst and a surprise attack to take down a Soul Elder."

Dan Lei nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

Then he heard Qian Mo speak earnestly again.

"However, Xiao Lei, you must remember not to rely too heavily on Soul Skills. A Soul Master's true strength lies in his own foundation. Otherwise, he will only become trash."

As he spoke, the image of those naturally evil eyes appeared in Qian Mo's mind.

A top-tier Martial Soul paired with top-tier Soul Skills, yet he had been beaten senseless by a group of commoner Soul Masters in the Soul Fighting Arena right from the start.

Isn't that right?

Trash War God Dai Mubai~

Thus, this Soul Beast hunt came to an end.

Qian Mo also put away the Purple Lightning Python's corpse. He planned to take it back and make a full snake banquet, avenging the humiliation that damn snake had caused him!

Elsewhere, in a remote Soul Beast Hunting Forest.

At that moment, Flender beat his wings furiously as he carried Yu Xiaogang through the forest at high speed.

His expression was terrified, as though something dreadful was chasing them from behind.

Yu Xiaogang looked back with a pale face at the vast black cloud pursuing them.

A constant buzzing sound came from within it.

But if anyone looked closely, they would discover that it was no black cloud at all. It was an insect swarm formed from tens of thousands of Black Jade Bee Soul Beasts!

Not long ago, the two had discovered a Black Jade Bee hive.

Yu Xiaogang had immediately become excited!

According to records he had read in books, Black Jade Bee honey was a top-grade heavenly treasure. Not only could it increase Soul Power, but it could also nourish the meridians and improve one's aptitude.

It was absolutely the perfect target for breaking through his bottleneck at Rank 29!

With his vast store of knowledge, Yu Xiaogang also knew that Black Jade Bees feared the smoke produced by burning a dried herb called Aila Grass.

Once they smelled that smoke, they would lose their ability to move and be left entirely at his mercy!