The Terror of a Ten-Thousand-Year First Soul Ring

Star Dou Forest, Mixed Zone!

The sky gradually darkened, and beast roars occasionally echoed from afar, carrying a dangerous aura that made hearts tremble.

For a full five hours, Lu Chen sat in a pool of blood, repeating the cycle of destruction and rebirth.

His flesh split apart, then instantly healed. His meridians burst, then were immediately reforged.

Golden immortal light and the black energy of the Soul Ring intertwined around his body.

The scene was both bizarre and shocking.

Shrek's group went from initial shock and confusion

to gradual awe.

One after another, they held their breaths, their eyes fixed firmly on the young man.

"It's already been five hours, and this guy still hasn't finished absorbing it!"

Ma Xiaotao sat atop a huge boulder, propping her chin up with both hands.

Her gaze remained fixed on Lu Chen, though no one knew what she was thinking.

Zhang Lexuan handed her a piece of bread and sighed.

"Ordinary people need at most an hour to absorb a Soul Ring.

It's hard to imagine how he endured that constant tearing pain for five hours without even changing expression."

Yan Shaozhe watched Lu Chen and slowly spoke.

"This kid's physique is indeed terrifyingly strong, but what's even more frightening is his recovery ability.

At first, I thought he had fused with a Soul Bone that possessed self-healing abilities.

But when I watched him fight earlier, he used at least five Soul Bone skills.

That means unless he has also fused with a Torso Bone—and an extremely rare one at that, with ultra-fast regeneration—

then this recovery ability can only be an innate ability of his Martial Soul.

But I simply can't imagine what kind of Body Martial Soul could possess such an absurd level of self-healing."

"What?! That kid has fused with at least five Soul Bones?!"

The moment those words were spoken, the other Shrek students were stunned, their faces full of disbelief.

Zhang Lexuan's pupils contracted slightly, her tone complicated.

"The Body Sect really is willing to spend a fortune, giving a Soul Scholar five Soul Bones!"

"Still, that would indeed greatly increase the age limit of the Soul Ring he can absorb," Yan Shaozhe added.

Ma Xiaotao's eyes lit up, and she immediately looked at Yan Shaozhe.

"Teacher, then can I also fuse with Soul Bones first before absorbing Soul Rings?"

Yan Shaozhe rolled his eyes and said helplessly, "How could Soul Bones be so easy to obtain?

Besides, once a Soul Bone is absorbed, it can't be replaced.

If you absorb a Thousand-Year Soul Bone at a low level, you'd be putting the cart before the horse and wasting a Soul Master's potential."

"Dean, are you saying that kid deliberately fused with a full set of Thousand-Year Soul Bones just to absorb high-age Soul Rings?" a student asked.

Yan Shaozhe turned to Lu Chen, his brows furrowing slightly.

"For a genius like him, Thousand-Year Soul Bones are too low-grade. Fusing with them would be a complete waste.

Du Busi, the Body Sect's leader, couldn't possibly fail to understand that.

So I guess the Soul Bones on him should be a set around ten thousand years old."

"Hiss—Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones? That's far too extravagant!"

The students sucked in cold breaths.

They did not even possess a single Soul Bone.

Yet a Soul Scholar like him had already assembled an entire set of Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones.

Comparisons really could drive people mad!

On the other side, Tang Ya watched as Lu Chen still had not awakened and grew somewhat worried.

"Aunt Luo, how much longer until Little Chen finishes absorbing it?"

Luo Wei sensed the energy fluctuations within Lu Chen's body and reassured her.

"Soon, probably. I can feel the Soul Power in his body gradually stabilizing. The Soul Ring energy has nearly completely fused with him."

Long Aotian's eyes were filled with envy, his Twin Fists clenched tight.

"If Brother Lu succeeds, he'll leave a deep mark on the entire history of Douluo Continent!

A Ten-Thousand-Year first Soul Ring—this is an unprecedented feat!"

Just then, the black Soul Ring energy around Lu Chen suddenly contracted, and the final trace of black light completely withdrew into his body.

He slowly opened his eyes, exhaled a breath of stale air, and let out a long sigh.

"Whew... I finally did it!"

The next instant!

"Bzzzz—!"

A Soul Ring as black as ink, so profound it inspired despair, slowly rose from beneath his feet and pulsed endlessly around him.

A heavy pressure belonging to a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast abruptly spread outward.

It pressed the surrounding grass and trees into a slight bend.

A Ten-Thousand-Year first ring!

"He really... succeeded!"

Yan Shaozhe looked at that black Soul Ring, his lips trembling slightly as turbulent waves surged through his heart.

He knew that after today, the history of the Soul Master world might be rewritten by the young man before him.

This kid had completely shattered the Soul Ring absorption system established ten thousand years ago by Master Yu Xiaogang.

Lu Chen stood up, his first Soul Ring flickering.

Feeling the power surging through his body like a vast river, Lu Chen suddenly clenched his fist.

"Bang!"

A violent sonic boom exploded through the air.

"This is power!"

After absorbing his first Soul Ring, Lu Chen's Soul Power directly broke through its bottleneck.

With the enhancement from his Soul Bones, his Soul Power had directly reached Soul Grandmaster.

He did not know his exact Soul Power Level.

Of course, Lu Chen did not plan to keep absorbing more.

After all, most of his Soul Power came from the Soul Bones.

Lu Chen needed to dismantle his body first and remove the Soul Bones.

Only then could he calculate his true Soul Power Level.

Otherwise, if he kept absorbing and later lost an arm or a leg in battle, causing him to lose a Soul Bone,

wouldn't he end up dropping in level?

Lu Chen did not care much about levels, but if he lost a Soul Ring he had worked so hard to find, that would be disastrous.

"Hmm, but conversely, could I use this method to find the most suitable Soul Skills?"

If he encountered an unsuitable Soul Skill, he could just cut out the bone and drop levels.

Then absorb another one?

Lu Chen withdrew his thoughts. These were only guesses for now; he would need to conduct experiments later to know for sure.

"That's great! Little Chen succeeded!"

Tang Ya danced with excitement, happier than if she had absorbed a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring herself.

Long Aotian clenched his Twin Fists, his eyes filled with worship for the strong.

Lu Chen possessed such monstrous talent, yet he was never arrogant.

Instead, he was merciless toward himself, constantly surpassing his own limits.

How could someone like that fail to earn others' respect?

Zhang Lexuan stared blankly at the patch of black beneath Lu Chen's feet and murmured to herself.

"The Body Sect has produced a monster! A monster even more terrifying than Shrek's monsters!"

Ma Xiaotao clenched her fists and secretly made up her mind.

"No, I need to raise the age limit of my fourth Soul Ring too!"

As a favored daughter of heaven, if not for the need to suppress the Evil Fire within her body, she might already have become a Soul King.

She refused to be outdone by a Soul Scholar!

Luo Wei forcefully suppressed the excitement in her eyes, stood up, and looked at Yan Shaozhe with an indifferent tone.

"Dead Phoenix, you've seen enough. If you're not leaving, we'll be going first."

With that, she ignored Yan Shaozhe's reaction.

Her Soul Power swept outward, wrapping Lu Chen, Tang Ya, and Long Aotian within it.

When Lu Chen felt the pull of her Soul Power, he casually reached out and grabbed the corpse of the Earth Demon Ape as well.

This was awakening material specially prepared for Sister Xiao Ya. It could not be wasted.

The next instant, the four of them vanished into the night.

Yan Shaozhe watched Luo Wei's departing figure without stopping her.

He merely said to the students behind him, "We'll camp here tonight."

As soon as his words fell, his figure also vanished into the darkness.

The students' training had not yet ended. As long as their lives were not in danger, he would not intervene easily.

Ma Xiaotao looked in the direction Lu Chen had disappeared and pursed her lips helplessly.

"Seriously, I was planning to get to know him better."

"Hm?"

Zhang Lexuan looked over in confusion and teased her.

"Xiaotao, what's gotten into you? Don't tell me you've taken a liking to him?"

"Senior Sister, what are you talking about?!"

Ma Xiaotao's pretty face reddened as she hurriedly explained, "I just felt that whenever I got close to him, the Evil Fire in my body seemed to weaken quite a bit. I wanted to ask him what was going on."

The moment she said that, Zhang Lexuan's expression froze.

"You're saying he can suppress the Evil Fire in your body?"

Ma Xiaotao shook her head, somewhat uncertain.

"It's only a feeling. I'm not sure yet. Maybe it was just my imagination."