Soloing the Giant Force Ape (Please Subscribe)

"Me?"

Lin Yan looked at his grandmother in astonishment.

"Mm."

Lin Yuhuan nodded and asked him, "Are you afraid?"

Lin Yan narrowed his eyes, took a deep breath, then said seriously, "Of course not. I'll do it!"

He had merely been surprised just now.

After two years of grueling training, he was no longer the rookie who had just awakened his martial soul and was frightened at the sight of Soul Beasts.

Not only had his soul power reached level twenty, but his physical strength had also improved by leaps and bounds through two years of constant training. He no longer struggled even to lift his own martial soul as he had before. Through sparring with the old steward, he had also accumulated some experience and skills.

Lin Yuhuan's suggestion came at just the right time.

He had long wanted to find an opportunity to test his true strength.

This three-hundred-year Giant Force Ape was the perfect opponent!

"Be careful!" Lin Yuhuan reminded him.

"Mm, I know, Grandma!"

Lin Yan answered, his expression immediately becoming serious and focused.

He turned to face the Giant Force Ape. The next moment, he charged straight at it with great strides.

Ning Tian and Wu Feng both cried out in alarm at the sight.

Lin Yuhuan had perfectly concealed her aura, so the Giant Force Ape had not fled.

No matter what rank they were, Soul Beasts displayed intense aggression when facing humans, an alien race to them.

This Giant Force Ape was no exception.

Seeing Lin Yan charge at it, it let out a roar and swung its enormous fist as it met him head-on.

In the blink of an eye, less than ten meters separated them.

At that moment, Lin Yan kicked off with both legs and leaped into the air. Relying on his exceptional physical strength, he jumped six meters off the ground.

"Ha!"

Lin Yan shouted and summoned his martial soul!

A flash of black light appeared, and the heavy Black Demon Mace materialized in Lin Yan's hands.

Gripping the mace tightly with both hands, Lin Yan brought the six-hundred-pound weapon crashing down from the air. At the same time, his only Century Spirit Ring suddenly lit up.

Rumble—

Thunder exploded.

As he descended, the hair-thin purple arcs of lightning on the mace surged in power, transforming directly into thumb-thick purple-black bolts.

A sharp, piercing aura suddenly burst forth from the mace's conical spikes.

Thunder Awakening.

A seventy percent lightning-attribute boost, with a certain degree of armor-piercing effect.

Faced with Lin Yan's descending blow, the simple-minded and unintelligent Giant Force Ape fearlessly swung its fist to meet it.

Bang!

The two collided violently.

Enhanced by the armor-piercing effect, the conical spikes on the mace easily tore through the tough fur on the Giant Force Ape's fist, leaving several bloody holes in it.

The Giant Force Ape had barely begun to roar in pain when the purple-black lightning from the mace flowed through its wounds and into its body.

A more agonized roar rang out as the Giant Force Ape's body shook violently as though electrocuted.

Lin Yan landed on the ground. Taking advantage of his opponent's paralysis, which left it unable to move, he put all his strength into another swing and smashed the mace into its chest, sending it flying five or six meters away. Several savage bloody holes also appeared in its chest.

No blood flowed from the wounds. Instead, the purple-black lightning released by the mace had seared them black.

"Big Brother Lin Yan is amazing!"

In the distance, Ning Tian watched Lin Yan wield his mace and beat the Giant Force Ape until it could not fight back. Her fair little hands clapped enthusiastically, and her face was full of delight.

Wu Feng looked at the fierce and domineering Lin Yan, and her red eyes held a trace more shock and admiration.

Lin Yuhuan and the old steward were both extremely surprised as well.

"My Lady, the young master's martial soul is very powerful!" the old steward exclaimed.

"Mm." Lin Yuhuan nodded in agreement.

Like the Clear Sky Hammer, the Black Demon Mace was a top-tier assault-type tool martial soul centered on strength.

Because of its mutation, Lin Yan's Black Demon Mace martial soul possessed formidable lightning power. The combination of the two was like adding wings to a tiger. In close combat against opponents of the same level, Lin Yan's martial soul was practically unbeatable.

That was why the Giant Force Ape had been suppressed and beaten so badly.

An ordinary Grand Soul Master without a second Spirit Ring, facing a three-hundred-year Giant Force Ape, would have been lucky to win at all, let alone defeat it so overwhelmingly!

A moment later, the battlefield fell quiet.

Lin Yan let out a heavy breath. Looking at the Giant Force Ape lying motionless on the ground, with more air leaving it than entering it, the corners of his mouth rose slightly. He then slung the mace over his shoulder and walked back with a commanding air.

Ning Tian happily ran up to greet him, her eyes sparkling. "Big Brother Lin Yan, you're so amazing!"

Having defeated a three-hundred-year Soul Beast for the first time, Lin Yan's heart was filled with excitement and exhilaration.

Looking at Ning Tian's worshipful expression, Lin Yan happily reached out and patted her head. "It was nothing, nothing. That guy was really too weak. I hadn't even used any strength before I knocked it down!"

As he spoke, Lin Yan looked at Wu Feng. "Little Sister Wu Feng, was I impressive?"

To correct Wu Feng's orientation, he first needed to establish himself in her heart as a male idol she could admire.

To save her, Lin Yan had decided to sacrifice himself and become the idol Wu Feng admired!

Wu Feng blinked, then nodded quickly. "Impressive."

Lin Yan said, "Remember, assault-type Soul Masters should be like I was just now. You have to fight with momentum and unmatched dominance. That's what it means to be an assault-type Soul Master!"

"I'll remember that!" Wu Feng nodded seriously.

At the side, Lin Yuhuan walked over as she looked at the pleased Lin Yan and warned him, "Lin Yan, although you defeated a three-hundred-year Giant Force Ape, don't become arrogant. There are always people stronger than you and skies beyond the sky. No matter what enemy you face, you must never underestimate them or let down your guard. Do you understand?"

"Grandma, I understand!"

Lin Yan hurriedly nodded.

The group gathered around the severely injured Giant Force Ape.

Under Lin Yan's guidance, Ning Tian hesitated for quite a while before finally using a level-one soul tool dagger to kill the Giant Force Ape.

A yellow Spirit Ring emerged above the Giant Force Ape's corpse, radiating dense soul power fluctuations.

Only after Lin Yuhuan gave her a series of instructions did Ning Tian begin absorbing the Spirit Ring.

"Seven Treasures turn forth with glazed light!"

As the summoning chant rang out, a dazzling, crystalline, gleaming pagoda appeared in Ning Tian's embrace.

"So this is the Seven-Treasure Glazed Pagoda?"

Lin Yan studied it closely with curiosity.

To be fair, the Seven-Treasure Glazed Pagoda really did look beautiful. It deserved its reputation as the most beautiful tool martial soul.

When the Seven-Treasure Glazed Pagoda martial soul appeared, the yellow Spirit Ring above the Giant Force Ape's corpse suddenly transferred onto it.

The absorption began!

Perhaps because her physique was not particularly strong, Ning Tian took longer to absorb her first Spirit Ring than Bei Bei had.

Bei Bei had taken an hour and a half, while Ning Tian took a full two hours before successfully absorbing it.

Seeing Ning Tian open her eyes, Lin Yan immediately asked, "Little Sister Ning Tian, is your first soul skill a strength boost?"

"Mm!"

Ning Tian nodded and chanted the spell again to summon the Seven-Treasure Glazed Pagoda.

With an additional Spirit Ring, the light radiating from the Seven-Treasure Glazed Pagoda seemed to have become somewhat stronger.

"Seven Treasures have a name: first, strength!"

The pagoda lit up along with the Spirit Ring. Then, a bright yellow ray of light drifted from it and landed on Lin Yan.

Hmm?

Lin Yan carefully sensed the change and frowned. "My strength increased by around twenty percent. Why is that so little?"

He was not very satisfied with the enhancement, because his Thunder Awakening provided a seventy percent lightning-attribute boost. As the continent's number-one support-type tool martial soul, why did the Seven-Treasure Glazed Pagoda's boost seem so low?

Lin Yuhuan said, "Twenty percent is correct. The Seven-Treasure Glazed Pagoda's enhancement effect depends heavily on the Soul Master's realm. Every additional Spirit Ring increases the boost of all its soul skills by ten percent. It is twenty percent now, but once she reaches the Soul Sage realm, it will be eighty percent."

"Oh, so that's how it is!"

Lin Yan suddenly understood.

Thinking back carefully, that did seem to be how it worked in the original story. He had simply failed to remember it in the rush!