Black Demon Mace and Clear Sky Hammer

After thinking it over repeatedly, Lin Yan decided to keep his Second Martial Soul a secret for the time being.

"Cousin, what is your first Soul Skill?"

Bei Bei looked curiously at the spiked club in Lin Yan's hand.

Lin Yan did not raise the spiked club. Instead, he planted it on the ground like a staff.

The thing was simply too heavy. After gaining a Spirit Ring, its weight had increased by another fifty jin for Lin Yan, bringing its actual weight to over six hundred jin—half again as much as before. While the increased weight had strengthened its power, it had also made it much harder to wield.

He had already struggled to swing it before. Now, it was even more difficult.

Lin Yan explained, "Grandmother, Sister, Cousin. My Soul Skill is called Thunder Awakening. It is an Attribute Amplification Soul Skill."

Then, Lin Yan demonstrated his Soul Skill to the three of them.

First, he poured Soul Power into the Black Demon Mace.

The next moment, a sudden change occurred.

The faint purple lightning on the spiked club, once as thin as hair and barely visible, abruptly became clear and thick.

It changed from hair-thin strands into bolts half the width of a pinky finger, flickering between the spikes.

As the currents surged, a violent and powerful aura suddenly spread out.

The crackling of the electricity made their scalps tingle!

Lin Yuhuan and Zhang Lexuan immediately turned their gazes toward it. The two exchanged a look, both with surprise in their eyes.

The lightning power possessed by Lin Yan's mutated Black Demon Mace Martial Soul was even stronger than they had imagined!

"Bei Bei, activate your Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and use your Soul Power to draw out its lightning," Lin Yuhuan said.

"Alright!"

Bei Bei activated Martial Soul Possession with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.

As his Soul Power surged, blue-violet lightning immediately burst from his right arm, which had transformed into a dragon claw.

Lin Yuhuan and Zhang Lexuan examined the two. After comparing them, they were even more astonished.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon was a lightning-attributed Dragon Clan Martial Soul, not some mixed-blooded lesser dragon. Its lightning power was unquestionably formidable. Yet in comparison, it seemed weaker than the lightning on Lin Yan's Black Demon Mace Martial Soul.

"That's enough, Bei Bei. You can withdraw your Martial Soul."

Lin Yuhuan looked at Lin Yan with delighted eyes and said, "Lin Yan, your mutated Black Demon Mace Martial Soul may be the strongest assault-type weapon Martial Soul in the world!"

Lin Yan was immediately stunned upon hearing this.

The strongest?

Although he had always believed his Martial Soul had to be a top-tier assault-type weapon Martial Soul, he had never imagined it could become the best in the world!

Lin Yuhuan explained, "The number one assault-type weapon Martial Soul on the continent is the Clear Sky Hammer of the Clear Sky Sect. Like our Black Demon Mace, the Clear Sky Hammer is an assault-type Martial Soul centered on strength."

"Compared to it, our Black Demon Mace Martial Soul may be slightly inferior."

"But your Black Demon Mace Martial Soul has mutated. While retaining its strength attribute, it has also gained powerful lightning power. That is enough to make up for the gap, or even surpass it."

"I dare say that your Martial Soul definitely exceeds the Clear Sky Hammer."

At the side, Zhang Lexuan agreed. "Her Excellency is right. I feel the same way."

Lin Yan was immediately overwhelmed with joy!

It seemed he had still underestimated this Martial Soul. It could actually become the strongest assault-type weapon Martial Soul in the world!

Seeing the delighted look on Lin Yan's face, Lin Yuhuan earnestly warned him, "Martial Souls and talent are only some of the necessary conditions for becoming strong. Willpower and mentality are equally important. You must never relax your standards just because you have good talent. Do you understand?"

"I understand, Grandmother." Lin Yan nodded quickly.

Zhang Lexuan smiled. "Your Excellency, you need not worry about that. Judging from his meditation last night, Lin Yan is very serious and diligent in his cultivation."

"Mhm." Lin Yuhuan nodded, then said, "Lin Yan, use your Soul Skill. Let us see the amplification effect of your first Soul Skill."

"Alright!"

Lin Yan answered, then activated his first Soul Skill the next moment.

The bright yellow Spirit Ring on the spiked club suddenly erupted with a dazzling glow.

As the light flashed, the spikes on the club abruptly gave off a sharp aura, as though they had become even more pointed.

Meanwhile, the purple lightning coiling around the spiked club grew thicker and more violent. A faint black aura of destruction could be sensed within the current.

"Very good. The effect of this Soul Skill should be Attribute Amplification, and the ratio has reached an astonishing seventy percent. Percentage-based Attribute Amplification is an extremely powerful Soul Skill. Even after you reach the realm of a Titled Douluo, this Century Spirit Ring will still provide you with powerful amplification instead of becoming useless!" Lin Yuhuan said delightedly after carefully observing it.

"Also, the spikes on the club seem to have become sharper. This attribute may come from the sword-like ridge on the Horned Thunder Dragon's back. It adds a certain armor-piercing effect, making its attacks more damaging," Zhang Lexuan added with her own assessment.

All in all, as far as a first Spirit Ring went, Thunder Awakening was practically a divine skill.

It had percentage-based Attribute Amplification, came with an armor-piercing effect, and could increase the damage of ordinary attacks.

Lin Yan frowned. "But this Soul Skill does not seem to amplify my strength much. My strength increased a little after gaining the Spirit Ring, but the spiked club also became heavier. Grandmother, it is very difficult for me to use now!"

Lin Yuhuan smiled. "Silly boy, for a Century Spirit Ring to provide seventy percent Attribute Amplification and a certain armor-piercing effect is already extremely rare. How could it possibly increase every attribute for you?"

"As for not being able to lift it, just train your body more in the future. Strengthen your physique and increase your own power. Wouldn't that solve the problem naturally?"

Zhang Lexuan added, "Her Excellency is right. When Lin Yan obtains his second Spirit Ring in the future, we can also seek out a Soul Beast with outstanding strength attributes. That should improve matters considerably."

"Alright, then." Lin Yan nodded.

As a transmigrator, he also understood that a powerful Soul Master needed more than just a Martial Soul and Soul Power. Their physique could not be lacking either. Only a powerful physique could withstand stronger cultivation.

This was especially true for an assault-type Soul Master like him, who had high demands for strength.

With that, the group's mission to Thunder Grand Canyon to obtain a Spirit Ring came to a successful conclusion.

Half a month later, the group returned to Nine Treasure City by carriage.

After staying with the family for two days, Zhang Lexuan prepared to bid farewell with Bei Bei.

"Cousin, come visit when you have time, and we can cultivate together. Sister, you have to come see me too!"

Before parting, Lin Yan looked at them with an unwilling expression.

"Mhm." Zhang Lexuan nodded with a smile.

Bei Bei also said somewhat reluctantly, "Cousin, if you have time, you are welcome to visit Shrek City as well."

"I'll definitely go if I get the chance."

Lin Yan nodded.

The current Shrek was not the Shrek of ten thousand years ago.

As the continent's number one academy, where geniuses gathered, he naturally wanted to see it for himself if given the chance.

Watching the carriage carrying Bei Bei and Zhang Lexuan disappear from sight, Lin Yan's expression turned serious.

Next, it was time for him to cultivate seriously and improve his strength!

He would strive to break through to rank thirty Soul Power before the age of twelve.

A twelve-year-old Soul Elder was the standard for a genius Soul Master.

He was currently around six years and two months old.

After absorbing the Horned Thunder Dragon's Spirit Ring, his Soul Power had reached rank twelve.

In other words, over the remaining five years and ten months—nearly six years—he needed to raise his Soul Power by eighteen ranks. If he improved by an average of three ranks a year, he could become a Soul Elder before turning twelve.

Lin Yan was still confident in this pace!

He was a genius with Innate Full Soul Power. If he could not even raise his Soul Power by three ranks a year, that would be an utter disgrace to Innate Full Soul Power!