Absorbing Beyond His Level

Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin strolled in right afterward.

Ning Fengzhi's expression grew more solemn. He waved his hand, dismissed all the attendants, and activated the courtyard's soundproof barrier.

"Gu En, regarding your second martial soul, that Blood Dragon, your two grandfathers and I have discussed it."

Ning Fengzhi sat down and said earnestly, "Before you have the ability to protect yourself, you must never attach any soul rings to the Blood Dragon."

Gu En nodded. He naturally understood the cultivation principles of Twin Martial Souls. "Uncle Ning, I understand.

I'll first attach soul rings to the Bone Dragon Martial Soul to strengthen my physique and control over space. Once I reach higher levels, I'll add high-age soul rings to the Blood Dragon Martial Soul. Only then can I bring out the greatest advantage of Twin Martial Souls."

"Good. Calm and steady, neither arrogant nor impetuous."

Sword Douluo Chen Xin nodded approvingly. A streak of sword qi passed over his fingertips. "Your Bone Dragon Martial Soul inherited Old Gu's spatial talent, but it is even purer than his.

As for your first soul ring, we have already chosen a target for you."

Gu Rong took over, a domineering gleam flashing through his eyes. "An ordinary hundred-year soul ring isn't worthy of my grandson.

Tomorrow, that old bastard and I will personally take you to the Star Dou Great Forest. We'll be looking for a top-tier space-type soul beast, the Void Terror Beast, or an 'Asian Dragon species' with exceptional defense."

"Grandpa, I want to try challenging the limits of my body."

Gu En suddenly spoke, his gaze firm. "I can feel that, nourished by the Blood Dragon Martial Soul, my physical strength far surpasses that of others my age. For my first soul ring, I want to attempt one over seven hundred years old, perhaps even close to a thousand."

The three people in the courtyard were all startled.

The limit for a normal soul master's first soul ring was four hundred and twenty-three years, yet Gu En wanted to double it right away?

Though Ning Rongrong did not understand the exact age limits, she could still sense the danger in Gu En's words. Nervously, she grabbed his sleeve. "Brother Gu En, don't do anything reckless."

Gu Rong was about to refuse, but Chen Xin pressed a hand to his shoulder. "Old Bones, don't reject it so quickly. En'er possesses the Blood Dragon Martial Soul, a symbol of ultimate vitality and strength. His physical body truly cannot be judged by ordinary standards."

Ning Fengzhi pondered for a moment before making the decision. "Fine! Tomorrow, we'll go to the forest first. If we encounter a suitable one, your two uncles and I will protect you. At the slightest danger, we will immediately force an interruption."

"Thank you, Uncle Ning. Thank you, Grandpa, Grandpa Sword!" Gu En's heart settled.

That night, Gu En spent his time amid Ning Rongrong's endless chatter.

The little girl pestered him to tell stories until she fell asleep sprawled over the stone table. In the end, Gu En gently carried her back to her room.

Under the moonlight, Gu En looked at his hands. One black and one red glimmer of light flowed around his fingertips.

"The future of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect will be protected by me. Spirit Hall, this time, your Soul-Hunting Operation is destined to crash into an iron wall."

"..."

Star Dou Great Forest, outer region.

The trees here blotted out the sky, and the air was filled with the scent of earth and the wild aura unique to soul beasts.

For ordinary soul masters, this was a perilous place where every step could bring danger. But for Gu En, it was like taking a stroll through his own backyard.

Ning Fengzhi stood in the center, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda appearing in his hand. Seven soul rings pulsed around him. Though he had not activated any enhancement, the bearing of a sect master alone was enough to make the weaker surrounding soul beasts retreat.

Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong stood to Gu En's left and right, protecting him.

"Old Bones, your detection range is broad. Take a look around."

Chen Xin spoke calmly, his two fingers held together as invisible sword qi roamed the area, cutting apart the brambles blocking their path.

Gu Rong closed his eyes. An obscure spatial fluctuation spread out from him.

A moment later, he opened his eyes with a smile. "Found it. Three kilometers southeast, there's a Space Bone Lizard. Judging from its size and the crystalline quality of its bones, it's around nine hundred years old, perhaps even close to a thousand."

"A nine-hundred-year Space Bone Lizard?" Ning Fengzhi frowned slightly. "This soul beast possesses extremely strong spatial jumping abilities, and its bones are as hard as iron. Even a Soul Grandmaster would find it troublesome to deal with. En'er, are you sure you want to try?"

Gu En took a deep breath, sensing the restless Blood Dragon Martial Soul within him, and nodded.

"Uncle Ning, I'm confident. My physical strength improved again last night. The Blood Dragon Martial Soul seems to be gradually transforming my blood and vitality."

"Good. Then it'll be that one."

Gu Rong swept out his hand, and space instantly distorted. In the next moment, the group had crossed several kilometers and appeared amid a field of jagged rocks.

Ahead of them, a giant lizard five meters long and covered from head to tail in silvery-white bone armor stared warily at the uninvited guests.

With every breath it took, faint ripples spread through the surrounding air. It was sensing spatial fluctuations.

"Roar!" The Space Bone Lizard sensed a deadly threat. It abruptly opened its jaws, and a silver spatial rift shot toward the group.

"Playing with space in front of me?" Gu Rong snorted. With merely a focused look, the spatial rift vanished without a trace, and the flow of space throughout the area seemed to freeze in an instant.

"En'er, go. Deliver the final blow."

Gu En stepped forward, his right hand slightly spread as the pale Bone Dragon Martial Soul instantly possessed him.

His arms became covered in a layer of fine bone scales, and his gaze turned cold as ice.

He did not use Soul Power. Instead, relying on the physical strength granted by the Bone Dragon Martial Soul, he shot forward like a fully drawn bow.

"Boom!"

Gu En's fist crashed heavily into the head of the Space Bone Lizard, which Gu Rong had immobilized.

That punch seemed to carry a faint dragon's roar. The Space Bone Lizard's hard skull, capable of withstanding soul skills, cracked apart inch by inch beneath Gu En's blow.

A yellow-purple soul ring slowly emerged from the lizard's corpse. Though its color was deep, it had not yet reached the purple that represented a thousand years. Instead, it was an extremely deep yellow tinged with a faint trace of purple—an unmistakable sign of a nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine-year soul ring!

"This age... it's already the absolute limit for a first soul ring."

Ning Fengzhi's expression was grave. "En'er, begin. If you can't endure it, give up immediately."

Gu En sat cross-legged and drew in that dark yellow soul ring.

"Boom—!"

The instant the soul ring entered his body, Gu En felt a violent energy surge madly through his meridians like rushing magma.

It was not an ordinary impact of Soul Power, but violent energy carrying the attribute of spatial severing, as though it intended to slice his body into pieces.

"Hmm!" Gu En groaned, and his face instantly turned deathly pale.

"This is bad. The energy is too violent!" Gu Rong clenched his fists nervously, ready to intervene at any moment.

At that moment, the deep crimson glow in Gu En's left palm suddenly lit up on its own.