Attribute Stacking Attribute Stacking Attribute!

[Nine Nether Beast's first Soul Ring absorption successful.]

[Soul Ring source: Fifteen-Thousand-Year Blackwood Jiao.]

[Obtained first soul skill: Netherworld Mountain-Splitter.]

[Netherworld Mountain-Splitter: Gathers the power of destruction into the body or the Nine Nether Beast martial soul, launching a frontal strike at the target. After the attack hits, the destructive power erupts a second time within the target.]

A flood of information poured into his mind.

Lin Tian quickly mastered his first soul skill.

Netherworld Mountain-Splitter was not limited to his fists.

His arms, legs, even the Nine Nether Beast's claws and nine massive tails could all serve as vessels for releasing the soul skill.

Once the first attack struck an enemy, the power of destruction would directly invade their body.

After building up briefly, it would erupt from within.

No matter how sturdy their external defenses were, they would find it difficult to block the second wave of damage.

The Prismatic Attribute Forger would also grant the soul skill an additional thirty percent true damage.

The Pearlglow Gauntlet could likewise trigger critical hits on both stages of the attack.

The Blackwood Jiao's remaining Soul Ring energy continued flowing into his body.

Lin Tian's soul power, which had been stalled at level twenty, began rising again.

Level twenty-one!

Level twenty-two!

Level twenty-three!

Only upon reaching level twenty-three did the growth of his soul power gradually stop.

Most of the Fifteen-Thousand-Year Soul Ring's power had been used to strengthen the Nine Nether Beast and temper Lin Tian's body.

Even so, the remaining energy had still raised him three levels in a row.

Lin Tian slowly opened his eyes.

Two pitch-black Soul Rings rose from beneath his feet.

One encircled the Primordial Chaos Azure Lotus.

The other encircled the Nine Nether Beast.

The auras of destruction and life spread simultaneously, and the grass and trees that had just recovered all bent outward.

The system prompt appeared again.

[Host's soul power has increased by three levels.]

[Attribute Stacking Attribute Stacking Attribute has taken effect.]

[Congratulations, Host, on obtaining three Attribute Forgers.]

[Tank Engine has completed three enhancements.]

Three rays of light appeared before Lin Tian.

One Silver Forge.

Two Gold Forges.

Xue Qinghe looked at the three strange objects that had suddenly appeared, curiosity in her eyes.

"What are these?"

"Things that improve one's own abilities."

Lin Tian raised his hand and pressed it against the Silver Forge.

Silver light rapidly spread outward.

[Silver Attribute Forger activated.]

[Body size increased by five percent.]

The silver light merged into his body.

Lin Tian's bones and muscles changed at the same time.

His already upright frame grew taller once more.

His shoulders broadened, while the muscles in his arms and chest became thicker.

Five percent did not seem like much.

But after the Tank Engine's enhancements, his physique was already extraordinarily powerful.

With his body growing larger again, the pressure he gave off became especially apparent.

Lin Tian activated the first Gold Forge.

[Gold Attribute Forger activated.]

[Strength increased by twenty percent.]

Golden light flowed into both his arms.

His five fingers slowly clenched.

Bang!

The air around his palm exploded on the spot.

A visible shockwave spread in every direction.

The ground beneath his feet cracked as well.

The Blackwood Jiao's hard scales were struck by the shockwave, and several tiny cracks actually appeared on them.

Lin Tian looked at the last Gold Forge.

His palm descended.

Rich golden light illuminated the clearing.

[Gold Attribute Forger activated.]

[Stamina increased by twenty percent.]

A warm current spread from his chest through his entire body.

The fatigue from his earlier battle with the Blackwood Jiao swiftly vanished.

The expenditure he had endured while absorbing the Soul Ring also recovered in a short time.

Lin Tian rose to his feet.

Powerful vitality surged from within him.

Level twenty-three soul power.

Twenty-three Tank Engine enhancements.

Together with the three Attribute Forgers he had just activated.

His presence was far stronger than when he had killed the Blackwood Jiao.

Xue Qinghe instinctively took half a step back.

Just moments ago, she had still been able to roughly judge Lin Tian's physical strength.

After the three strange devices fused into his body, Lin Tian's size, strength, and stamina had all increased noticeably.

This improvement had not come through cultivation.

Nor did it require taking medicine.

It had taken only a few breaths from start to finish.

"Your presence has grown stronger again."

Xue Qinghe looked at him.

"You can directly strengthen your body?"

"That's right."

Lin Tian rolled his shoulders.

The power filling his body gave him the urge to seek out another Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for a fight.

Xue Qinghe's gaze fell upon the two black Soul Rings.

His first Soul Ring was Ten-Thousand-Year.

The second Soul Ring he had absorbed had likewise reached the Ten-Thousand-Year level.

This was no longer as simple as breaking the Soul Ring limit proposed by Yu Xiaogang.

With his Soul Ring configuration, Lin Tian was overturning the understanding Soul Masters across the continent had formed over thousands of years.

"The first two Soul Rings are both Ten-Thousand-Year."

"This kind of Soul Ring configuration is rarely seen in the world."

Xue Qinghe slowly exhaled.

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that a level-twenty Soul Master could kill a Blackwood Jiao head-on, then absorb its Soul Ring."

Lin Tian put away the Nine Nether Beast and the Primordial Chaos Azure Lotus.

The two pitch-black Soul Rings receded into his body.

"Soul Ring limits were never fixed."

"Every Soul Master's martial soul, physique, and will are different, so the Soul Ring age they can withstand naturally differs as well."

Xue Qinghe nodded.

She looked at the Blackwood Jiao's corpse again.

The Fifteen-Thousand-Year Blackwood Jiao had already been extremely powerful.

Yet Lin Tian had been able to kill it at level twenty.

Once he reached Soul Ancestor and Soul King, the Soul Ring ages he could hunt would only become even more astonishing.

She looked at Lin Tian once more.

There were no longer any soul power fluctuations around him.

Yet the aura that had suppressed even her Seraphim still lingered in her memories.

"I still can't understand it."

"You clearly only have level twenty-three soul power. Why has your physical strength reached such a level?"

"A martial soul can improve a Soul Master's body."

"But there should be a limit to that improvement."

Lin Tian did not explain the system or the Tank Engine.

"You'll see more in the future."

Xue Qinghe lightly pressed her lips together.

"I look forward to it."

The two did not linger any longer.

The Blackwood Jiao's Soul Ring had already been absorbed, and Lin Tian had successfully completed his goal for entering the Great Star Dou Forest.

They headed out along the route they had taken in.

By dusk.

The two reached the edge of the Great Star Dou Forest.

Ahead lay a road leading to Starfall City.

The other road led toward Heaven Dou City.

Xue Qinghe stopped walking.

"I still need to return to Heaven Dou City."

"You should be returning to Spirit City too, right?"

"Mm."

Lin Tian looked toward Spirit City.

"I've obtained my second Soul Ring. I need to return to the academy and continue cultivating."

Xue Qinghe adjusted her fitted golden outfit.

Her fingers rested on the belt around her waist as she retied the slightly loosened golden sash.

Several strands of long hair fell beside her golden crown, brushing against her fair cheek.

She raised a hand and tucked them behind her ear.

"Traveling together this time allowed me to see many things I had never seen before."

"Lin Tian, I will remember your two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings."

Lin Tian glanced at her.

"There will be more in the future."

"I believe you."

Xue Qinghe took several steps toward Heaven Dou City, then stopped again.

She turned around.

The setting sun fell across her golden robes, and the Seraphim's aura had completely receded.

"In two years, the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament will begin."

"The Heaven Dou Empire will send its finest Soul Master team."

"Martial Soul Hall Academy won't be absent either."