Six Years Later! Gu Ling's Second Soul Skill?

"Gu Ling's Bone Dragon Martial Soul was indeed impressive, but no matter how high the quality of a martial soul, it could only determine a person's starting point. How far a Soul Master could truly go still depended on talent and future potential."

"Little San, you were different from him. You possessed the Twin Martial Souls, something seen only once in a hundred years! Over all these years on the Douluo Continent, there had only been two or three people with Twin Martial Souls."

"Although Gu Ling possessed a top-tier beast martial soul like the Bone Dragon, he still fell short compared to you. Once your cultivation reached a certain level and your second martial soul truly developed, the gap between you and Gu Ling would only grow wider and wider."

"Compared to you, he was merely a firefly in the mortal world trying to compete with the brilliance of the full moon."

Although Tang San felt that Yu Xiaogang's words were somewhat exaggerated, he did not refute them. After all, he was equally confident in his Twin Martial Souls.

Yu Xiaogang often reminded him:

"Little San, try to have as little contact with Gu Ling as possible in the future."

"That boy was arrogant and highly prideful. You were both still young, so the gap between you was not obvious yet. But once the advantages of your Twin Martial Souls truly emerged, he would inevitably become jealous."

Although Tang San did not take all those words to heart, he indeed stopped taking the initiative to approach Gu Ling. Thus, their relationship remained in a very subtle state.

They lived in the same dormitory, attended the same academy, and even saw each other every day.

Yet between them, they were like two lines that would almost never intersect.

Naturally, Gu Ling cared even less about this. He could not be bothered with how Tang San cultivated or how Yu Xiaogang evaluated him. Ever since obtaining his first Soul Ring, he had spent most of his time cultivating soul power, familiarizing himself with the Bone Dragon Martial Soul, and studying its strange spatial abilities.

Time passed bit by bit.

One year.

Two years.

Three years...

The children who had once been only six years old gradually grew up through constant cultivation.

In the blink of an eye.

Six years passed in a flash.

Within Notting Junior Soul Master Academy.

The first-year students who had just enrolled back then had finally reached their graduation day.

Six years was not long for Soul Masters, but for children like Gu Ling and Tang San, who were in their golden period of cultivation, it was enough to bring earth-shaking changes.

The current Gu Ling was no longer the six-year-old boy who had just awakened his martial soul. After six years of cultivation, his soul power had already broken through to level thirty half a year ago.

On the Douluo Continent, even if a Soul Master's soul power cultivation reached a bottleneck, they could continue cultivating. As long as they obtained a Soul Ring, their accumulated soul power would be completely released.

In other words, Gu Ling's true soul power level was probably already around level thirty-three.

With Innate Full Soul Power and the support of the Mysterious Heaven Technique, Tang San's soul power had now reached level twenty-nine. He was only one final step away from level thirty.

Judging solely by their soul power levels, the gap between them was not especially large. However, Gu Ling's greatest gain over these six years was not merely the increase in soul power.

After obtaining his first Soul Ring, he had never forgotten the problem exposed during his first fight with Tang San. Although Spatial Rift Bone Spikes allowed bone spikes to alter their attack positions through space, it could not allow Gu Ling himself to travel through space as well.

Therefore, when acquiring his second Soul Ring, Gu Ling's goal had been very clear. He needed a soul skill that would allow his physical body to gain spatial movement abilities too!

For this, he searched for a long time.

In the end, he finally found a soul beast that suited him perfectly: a Void Bone Wolf!

This was an extremely rare assault-type soul beast with a spatial attribute.

Its bones were extraordinarily tough, its limbs long and slender, and its front claws incredibly sharp. Its greatest characteristic was that it could perform short-range spatial travel at the instant it pounced to kill its prey.

Many soul beasts would clearly see the Void Bone Wolf more than ten meters away, yet in the next instant, it would directly cross the distance between them and tear open its prey's body with a single claw.

The Void Bone Wolf Gu Ling encountered at the time had happened to be one thousand years old!

A thousand-year soul beast!

This had already exceeded the normal limit that an ordinary Soul Master could bear for a second Soul Ring.

However, with his experience of absorbing the Sky-Splitting Bone Leopard's Soul Ring beyond his level the first time, along with his ever-improving physical condition over the years, Gu Ling ultimately succeeded in absorbing this thousand-year Soul Ring.

And the second soul skill granted by the Void Bone Wolf did not disappoint him.

Second Soul Skill—Void Dragon Assault! After activating the soul skill, Gu Ling could instantly use the power of space to cross a certain distance and attack while traveling through space.

Especially while fused with his martial soul, Gu Ling could use his bone claws as the core of his attack. The moment the soul skill activated, his entire body would vanish into space.

In the next instant, he could directly appear before an enemy, at their side, or even behind them, unleashing explosive attacks with the sharp claws granted by his Bone Dragon Martial Soul!

Moreover, this was not simply a movement soul skill for attacking. Spatial travel and the attack itself were one and the same. Aside from attacking, it could also be used to evade enemy attacks and control.

This was exactly the soul skill Gu Ling wanted.

His first soul skill, Spatial Rift Bone Spikes, had made his long-range attacks difficult to predict.

His second soul skill, Void Dragon Assault, allowed him to suddenly change positions through space, launch close-range ambushes against enemies, or directly evade their attacks.

One was long-range and one close-range. Both were related to space, yet each had its own purpose.

The "ultimate and bizarre assault" Gu Ling had initially envisioned for his Bone Dragon Martial Soul had finally begun to form into his own true combat system.

After completing the graduation procedures, Gu Ling did not remain at Notting Academy for long.

Inside Seventh Dormitory.

Everyone was packing their belongings. Six years had passed, and the group of immature work-study students from back then had all grown up considerably.

"Gu Ling, where are you planning to go next?"

One roommate looked at Gu Ling, who had already packed his luggage, and could not help asking.

Gu Ling placed several changes of clothes and the Gold Soul Coins he had saved over the years into his bundle, then casually replied, "I'm planning to obtain my third Soul Ring first."

"Your third Soul Ring?" Hearing this, envy appeared on his face. "Innate Full Soul Power really is different. We only just graduated, yet you're already about to become a Soul Elder."

Several work-study students nearby could not help sighing as well.

Over the years, they had long grown accustomed to Gu Ling's cultivation speed, which far surpassed that of ordinary students. Yet reaching level thirty at twelve years old was still something they envied immensely.

"Then be careful. If you become a Titled Douluo someday, don't forget us old classmates from Seventh Dormitory."

Gu Ling smiled and cupped his hands.

"Of course I won't."

The others gathered around as well.

"Gu Ling, have a safe journey."

"If you become a powerful Soul Master someday, you have to come back and see us."

After a simple farewell, Gu Ling slung his luggage over his back, gave the dormitory where he had lived for six years one last look, then turned and left.

He had been an orphan since childhood, so naturally, he had no home to return to. Notting Academy was the place where he had lived the longest, but with graduation, that part of his life had officially come to an end.

The first thing he needed to do next was obtain his third Soul Ring.

As for afterward... naturally, he would find an advanced Soul Master academy and continue cultivating. However, Gu Ling had not yet fully decided which one to attend.

Heaven Dou Imperial Academy? Or another advanced Soul Master academy? Or perhaps an academy with decent strength and cultivation resources? All of those were possibilities he could consider.

Only Shrek Academy had never been under consideration from the start.

Putting aside everything else, given his relationship with Yu Xiaogang over the years, he would never voluntarily follow Tang San's path. More importantly, the most important things about an academy were cultivation resources, teaching strength, and the powerful figures one could encounter in the future.

Shrek Academy possessed none of these things. As for which advanced Soul Master academy he would ultimately choose, he planned to consider it slowly after obtaining his third Soul Ring.

With that thought, Gu Ling no longer lingered and directly set off from Notting City.

He also bought a map leading to the Star Dou Great Forest, prepared sufficient dried provisions, fresh water, and basic wilderness supplies, then set out alone on the road to the Star Dou Great Forest.