"Reflective Light!"
Lin Yan murmured to himself, his mind racing as he immediately realized just how powerful this Soul Skill was.
Any power-attack Martial Soul would inevitably possess elemental energy attacks.
Take the White Tiger Martial Soul, for example. It was a typical close-combat power-attack Martial Soul, yet it also possessed many long-range energy-based Soul Skills.
For instance, its second Soul Skill, White Tiger Light-Splitting Wave.
Its fourth Soul Skill, White Tiger Meteor Shower.
And its sixth Soul Skill, White Tiger Annihilation Strike.
All of these counted as energy-attack Soul Skills, meaning their power could be reflected by Reflective Light.
Furthermore, once reflected, the Soul Skill's power would rise to one hundred and fifty percent of its original strength.
Reflective Light appeared to be a defensive skill.
Yet it actually possessed tremendous offensive power and could even be considered a counterattack-type offensive skill.
This Earth-Spirit Black Tortoise was very intelligent. When it saw Lin Yuhuan flash over and rescue Lin Yan, it seemed to realize that something was wrong. Its short, thick limbs moved rapidly, and it was unexpectedly nimble as it rushed toward the nearby river.
However, how could its speed and reactions compare to Lin Yuhuan's?
Having prepared herself long ago, Lin Yuhuan reacted immediately. She flashed forward and made a grabbing motion through the air. A powerful surge of Soul Power burst forth, effortlessly dragging the Earth-Spirit Black Tortoise back.
"Judging by this Earth-Spirit Black Tortoise's size and the color of its shell, its cultivation should be between four and five thousand years. Whether in terms of attributes or age, it is perfectly suited to become your third Spirit Ring," Lin Yuhuan said with a smile, ignoring the Earth-Spirit Black Tortoise's struggles.
"Then it'll be this one!" Lin Yan immediately nodded.
If he could obtain its godlike Reflective Light skill, it would be equivalent to gaining a powerful Soul Skill that combined offense and defense.
With Lin Yuhuan's help, Lin Yan finally managed to kill this Earth-Spirit Black Tortoise.
Otherwise, given his cultivation, even if the Earth-Spirit Black Tortoise lay there and let him attack it for three days and nights, he would still have been helpless against it.
As the Earth-Spirit Black Tortoise's life force faded away, a noble purple Spirit Ring floated above its corpse.
After taking a single look, Lin Yan immediately began absorbing it without hesitation.
As expected, the process of absorbing the Earth-Spirit Black Tortoise's Spirit Ring was extremely easy. It took only an hour for him to complete the absorption.
Behind the Millennium Spirit Ring of the Millennial Titan Giant Ape, another purple Millennium Spirit Ring appeared on the pitch-black Black Demon Mace Martial Soul. This one had a larger diameter and a deeper color.
At this point, Lin Yan possessed three Spirit Rings.
He had also officially become a genuine Soul Elder!
Huff—
Lin Yan opened his eyes and slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, unable to hide the excitement in his gaze.
"How did it go?"
Seeing this, Lin Yuhuan, who had been guarding him nearby, immediately asked.
"Grandma, my third Soul Skill is the Earth-Spirit Black Tortoise's innate Reflective Light skill. I named it Reflective Hammer. As long as my opponent's cultivation does not exceed mine by one realm, I can reflect their energy attack back at one hundred and fifty percent of its power."
"If they exceed me by one realm but are within two realms, Reflective Hammer can neutralize one attack for me, but it cannot reflect it. If my opponent exceeds me by more than two realms, then it will be ineffective."
For example, Lin Yan was currently a Soul Elder. He could reflect any elemental attack from a Soul Elder or below back at his opponent with one hundred and fifty percent of its power.
If his opponent were a Soul Ancestor, Reflective Hammer could help Lin Yan neutralize one attack, but it could not reflect it.
And if his opponent were a Soul King, then Reflective Hammer's effects, whether in reflection or defense, would be greatly weakened.
"It is still a very good Soul Skill," Lin Yuhuan said with a smile.
It might not seem all that astonishing right now.
But once Lin Yan reached the realm of a Titled Douluo in the future, if he directly reflected another Titled Douluo's ninth Soul Skill of the same rank back at them with one hundred and fifty percent power, who could withstand that?
For a third Soul Skill from a Millennium Spirit Ring, achieving this much already made it an exceedingly rare godlike skill!
"Grandma, did this Earth-Spirit Black Tortoise produce a Spirit Bone?" Lin Yan asked, looking down at the Earth-Spirit Black Tortoise's corpse.
The fact that it possessed such a powerful Soul Skill was enough to show how formidable the Earth-Spirit Black Tortoise's bloodline was.
And Soul Beasts with such powerful bloodlines were often more likely to produce Spirit Bones.
"Silly boy, Spirit Bones are not so easily obtained. The Titan Giant Ape producing an External Soul Bone only meant that you were lucky. How could a Spirit Bone appear every time you hunted a Spirit Ring?" Lin Yuhuan scolded with a smile.
Hearing that, Lin Yan smiled awkwardly as well.
"Test your Soul Power now."
Lin Yuhuan handed Lin Yan a crystal ball used to test Soul Power.
Lin Yan took the crystal ball and pressed his palm against it. The number thirty-two immediately appeared within the crystal ball.
"One Spirit Ring raised your Soul Power by two levels. Not bad," Lin Yuhuan said.
"Mm." Lin Yan smiled and nodded.
Under normal circumstances, absorbing a third Spirit Ring that was one thousand seven hundred years old would raise a Soul Master's Soul Power by at most one level.
It was precisely because his Spirit Ring exceeded four thousand years that his Soul Power had risen by two levels. That additional level of Soul Power had saved him at least three months of arduous cultivation.
After successfully obtaining a satisfying third Spirit Ring, the grandmother and grandson returned the way they had come.
Once he left the Star Dou Great Forest, he could head to Shrek Academy to enroll.
A Soul Elder barely over ten years old, with an Spirit Ring configuration of one yellow and two purple that surpassed the limits—there probably was no genius like him even at Shrek Academy, right?
As the two retreated into the Outer Zone, they suddenly heard the sounds of battle.
Curious, Lin Yan approached to watch the commotion. However, before he could see the situation clearly, a pinkish-white ball of light radiating intense Soul Power fluctuations happened to fly straight toward him.
Lin Yan's gaze sharpened, and a black short-handled Spiked Club immediately appeared in his hand.
After obtaining his third Spirit Ring, Lin Yan's Black Demon Mace Martial Soul underwent another transformation. It now weighed a thousand jin, while the boost it gave Lin Yan's strength had surpassed two hundred and fifty jin.
Lin Yuhuan, who had been about to act, also withdrew her hand in time and turned her gaze toward Lin Yan.
Soul Power began circulating within Lin Yan's body, and the third Spirit Ring he had obtained not long ago blazed brightly.
The next instant, a layer of black light resembling rippling water emerged over the Black Demon Mace's surface.
"Reflective Hammer."
Lin Yan gripped the Spiked Club with both hands and fiercely swung it out.
The Spiked Club struck the pinkish-white ball of light, yet did not shatter it. Instead, it sent it flying away like a baseball. As it flew, its volume actually expanded somewhat, and it radiated even more powerful Soul Power fluctuations.
Boom—
A deafening explosion rang out. Only after the smoke and dust cleared did Lin Yan see a pink fox covered in blood from the rebounding light ball's blast, its fluffy fox tail nearly torn off.
Lin Yan carried the Spiked Club over one shoulder with one hand and strode out with an imposing air.
Without the vegetation on either side blocking his view, he finally saw the white fox's opponents: two humans, both women.
The older one looked to be around thirty. Her appearance was utterly ordinary, and her Martial Soul was a machete that appeared to have nothing remarkable about it. Her three Spirit Rings—one white and two yellow—showed that she was a Soul Elder.
The other was a very young girl who appeared to be around Lin Yan's age.
She had long golden hair and a pair of golden eyes. Her features were exquisitely beautiful, like a porcelain doll sculpted from pink jade. Most eye-catching were the pair of rabbit ears amid her golden locks, which added an extra touch of cuteness.
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