A Titan Giant Ape Appears

"Brother Lin Yan, thank you for helping me obtain my Spirit Ring."

Ning Tian looked at Lin Yan with her fair little face flushed red.

"No need to thank me. You already call me brother, so what's the big deal about helping you get a Spirit Ring?" Lin Yan said as he withdrew his martial soul.

After successfully helping Ning Tian obtain her first Spirit Ring, they had completed half the purpose of their journey.

However, the remaining half was the true focus of this trip.

Ordinary Soul Masters only needed to choose a Soul Beast between seven and eight hundred years of cultivation for their second Spirit Ring.

Lin Yan was different. Born with an unusually robust physique, after two years of training, his body's ability to withstand Spirit Rings had already approached a thousand years.

Then Ning Xingzong, the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect Master whom he had never met, had inexplicably given him a piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue.

Taking both factors into account, Lin Yan's target for his second Spirit Ring was a Millennium Spirit Ring—and one from a top-tier Soul Beast at that!

There definitely would not be such a top-tier Millennium Soul Beast in the outer region.

Thus, after resting for a day, the group changed direction. Rather than continuing their horizontal search along the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, they headed deeper into the forest.

Beyond the outer region lay the mixed region of the Star Dou Great Forest.

It was called the mixed region because the Soul Beasts here were numerous and varied, including hundred-year, thousand-year, and ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts.

Most of them were powerful hundred-year and thousand-year Soul Beasts with strong bloodlines. Occasionally, ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts too weak to survive in the central region would come to the mixed region in search of a place to settle.

Because the Soul Beasts were stronger, the mixed region was several levels more dangerous than the outer region.

Still, with Lin Yuhuan, a Titled Douluo, present, there should theoretically be no accidents.

Tired from walking, Ning Tian lay on Lin Yan's back and asked softly, "Brother Lin Yan, what kind of Soul Beast do you want for your second Spirit Ring?"

As soon as she said that, Wu Feng, walking beside them, also cast him a curious look.

Lin Yan said, "My goal is a Millennium Soul Beast that primarily boosts strength. It would be best if it also had some lightning affinity."

After two years of training, although he could now barely handle the weight of the Black Demon Mace, its one-hundred-and-twenty-jin weight still felt rather heavy during use. He could not wield it as freely as he wished.

Therefore, his target was a Millennium Soul Beast with outstanding strength attributes.

Absorbing the Spirit Ring of such a Soul Beast would undoubtedly greatly increase his own strength. That was what he needed most right now.

"A Millennium Soul Beast? Isn't a Soul Master's second Spirit Ring supposed to be seven hundred years?" Wu Feng asked in confusion.

Although she was only six, she still knew some basic knowledge like this.

Lin Yan said confidently, "That's for ordinary Soul Masters. I'm different. Just watch carefully later and see how I challenge my limits and absorb a Millennium Spirit Ring!"

Seeing Lin Yan's confident expression, the admiration in Wu Feng's eyes grew even stronger.

Lin Yan's talent was simply too exceptional, and his mutated martial soul was absurdly powerful.

Lin Yuhuan also had high hopes for this grandson of hers. Naturally, she had extremely high standards for the Spirit Ring he needed—so high that they could even be called harsh.

Even though they encountered several Millennium Soul Beasts that met Lin Yan's requirements along the way, she still frightened them off with her aura.

Her explanation was that while their age and attributes were suitable, they were not the best. They could keep looking.

The strength of a Spirit Ring did not depend solely on cultivation; it also depended on the Soul Beast's bloodline.

Only by considering both could one obtain a truly top-tier Spirit Ring!

Thus, the group wandered through the mixed region for three days.

Heaven did not disappoint those who persevered.

On the afternoon of the fourth day, they finally found a suitable target.

It was a black giant ape, four meters tall. If it stood fully upright, it might reach five meters. The black fur covering its body gleamed with oil-like luster, while its bulging muscles resembled blocks of solid granite.

Compared to it, the hundred-year Giant Force Ape they had encountered in the outer region three days ago instantly seemed laughably weak!

Lin Yan's pupils narrowed slightly, and his heart began pounding uncontrollably.

What kind of Soul Beast was this?

How could merely looking at it from afar give him such an intense sense of danger?

At that moment, the old butler's shocked voice sounded beside him.

"Madam. Is that a Millennium Titan Giant Ape?"

"Yes." Lin Yuhuan nodded slightly. After her initial shock, a look of delight suddenly appeared in her eyes.

"A Titan Giant Ape?"

Lin Yan's expression froze, and he was equally astonished inside.

He was no stranger to this kind of Soul Beast. It was a super Soul Beast with an exceptionally powerful bloodline. A ten-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape could fight an ordinary hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast or a Titled Douluo alone, earning it the title of King of the Forest.

In the first Douluo story, one of the two lackeys of that hundred-thousand-year old rabbit was a hundred-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape named Er Ming!

Later, he had been hunted down by Bibi Dong, the Pope of Spirit Hall, along with a group of powerful experts. Gravely wounded, he had ultimately sacrificed himself to Tang San.

After Tang San became a god, Er Ming was revived. By now, he should be serving as the vice sect master of the Clear Sky Sect.

It was rather amusing when one thought about it.

A Bull Python and a giant ape had actually become the sect master and vice sect master of the Clear Sky Sect, the greatest sect in the world, after being revived!

What would the founding ancestor of the Clear Sky Sect think if he knew...?

Lin Yan studied the Titan Giant Ape.

Titan Giant Apes were top-tier strength-attribute Soul Beasts, possessing the power to move mountains.

Even ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts had to take a detour when they encountered a Millennium Titan Giant Ape.

If he could absorb its Spirit Ring...

Lin Yan took a deep breath and hurriedly asked, "Grandmother, I read about Titan Giant Apes in a book before. They're super Soul Beasts with incredibly powerful strength attributes. You said this one has a thousand years of cultivation. Can I absorb its Spirit Ring?"

Ning Tian and Wu Feng, who did not know what a Titan Giant Ape was, did not react much. They merely observed it cautiously.

The old butler, however, looked at Lin Yan.

A Great Soul Master absorbing the Spirit Ring of a Millennium Titan Giant Ape—

It truly sounded terrifying!

"You can!" Lin Yuhuan nodded without hesitation. "What a coincidence. Judging by its size and aura, this Titan Giant Ape should have only recently reached a thousand years of cultivation, making it perfect for you. We're truly lucky. Our Black Demon Mace is a top-tier strength-type assault tool martial soul, and it is practically a perfect match for this Titan Giant Ape with its immense physical strength!"

As she spoke, Lin Yuhuan stepped forward impatiently before Lin Yan could even respond, as though she feared the Titan Giant Ape might run away.

However, after taking only a few steps, she suddenly stopped.

"Why did Grandmother stop?"

Lin Yan was puzzled by her sudden action.

The old butler also frowned, but he quickly seemed to sense something and urgently said, "Not good. A tremendously powerful aura is approaching!"

The instant his words fell, a streak of black light shot forth from the other direction where the Titan Giant Ape stood, transforming into a towering figure two meters tall.

This man was immensely muscular, like an iron tower. His two-meter height exuded an overwhelming sense of oppression. He held a pitch-black long-handled warhammer, its grip alone two meters long. The massive hammerhead stood one meter tall and had a cross-sectional diameter of half a meter. It resembled graphite, dark and dull, its surface engraved with intricate, profound patterns!

Two yellow, two purple, five black!

Nine dazzling Spirit Rings displayed his Titled Douluo-level cultivation.

Lin Yuhuan's solemn voice rang out. "The Clear Sky Hammer... May I ask which Titled Douluo of the Clear Sky Sect you are?"