Soul Rings That Placed No Burden on the Body; If Only My Beast Martial Soul Could Fight Independently

Dugu Bo stared blankly at the icy spring, his pupils trembling as despair filled his heart.

No one understood better than him just how terrifying this icy spring was.

Even when he had been level eighty-nine, he had not dared touch it.

Lu Yuan was only a level-twenty Soul Master. Falling into the icy spring meant he was almost certainly doomed.

"Don't panic. Master will be fine."

Tang Wutong found Dugu Bo's loss of composure somewhat surprising, but she still spoke to reassure him.

The instant her words fell,

ripples spread across the icy spring's surface.

With a splash, a head broke through the water.

Lu Yuan shook the droplets from his hair and let out a long breath. The burning sensation in his body had lessened considerably.

"Don't worry. I'm fine."

"It's good that you're fine. Good, good."

The weight hanging over Dugu Bo's heart suddenly dropped away, and he let out a fierce sigh of relief.

Though he did not understand what had happened, Lu Yuan was safe, at least.

As the icy chill of the spring entered his body,

Lu Yuan suffered no harm whatsoever.

As the heat within him receded, he also sensed the Ice Dragon King's origin being drawn by some inexplicable force.

What was going on?

Filled with confusion, Lu Yuan simply summoned his Ice Dragon King Martial Soul.

Extreme cold surged forth from within him.

A dragon shadow appeared above him, radiating a chilling dragon's might.

An ice-blue and gold Soul Ring circled his body, floating upon the water's surface as it shimmered with light.

"What Martial Soul is that? Such powerful dragon's might—and that Soul Ring..."

Dugu Bo's pupils constricted sharply.

After consuming the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, his Martial Soul had evolved into the Jade-Scaled Flood Dragon.

Yet at this moment, he could feel an immense bloodline suppression from this Ice Dragon Martial Soul.

The quietly standing Dugu Yan and Xiao Wu also abruptly changed expression.

This was their first time witnessing such a powerful Martial Soul.

Tang Wutong said calmly, "This is Master's second Martial Soul, the Ice Dragon King."

"A second Martial Soul? He actually has Twin Martial Souls?!"

Dugu Bo was deeply shaken. Staring fixedly at the cold air within the spring, he sighed in awe.

"Ice Dragon King. What an Ice Dragon King. It actually fears not this frigid icy spring."

Within the icy spring,

strands of extreme cold turned into streams of freezing air that swept in from all directions, continuously surging upward.

They converged upon the phantom Ice Dragon King circling in midair.

The Ice Dragon King's aura grew increasingly powerful as well.

Above Lu Yuan's ice-blue and gold Soul Ring,

another Soul Ring of exactly the same color slowly took shape.

"Using the energy in this icy spring to condense a Soul Ring? What kind of situation is this?"

Dugu Bo's face was filled with shock.

Yet no one could answer his question.

Xiao Wu knew that one-hundred-thousand-year transformed soul beasts could rely on their own origin to condense Soul Rings, but this was clearly different.

As the Soul Ring finished taking shape,

the continuously surging currents of cold gradually calmed and slowly dissipated into the Icefire Yin Yang Well.

Lu Yuan had not expected to trigger such a thing.

"So the Ice Dragon King's later Soul Rings can't be condensed directly and need to rely on external energy?"

He muttered to himself.

This was completely different from an ordinary Martial Soul.

He just did not know whether it could absorb soul beast Soul Rings.

Once he reached level thirty, he would go to the Far North and kill an Ice Jade Scorpion to test it.

If that did not work, he could only seek out places filled with extreme cold energy to condense his Soul Rings.

For example, the Icefire Yin Yang Well or the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow Cavern.

Upon careful thought, Soul Rings were also formed from energy. There was no reason it should not work.

Not dwelling on those questions, Lu Yuan calmed himself and sensed the abilities contained within this Soul Ring.

He had obtained two skills.

Bloodthirsty Ice.

Freeze the enemy target while restoring his own life force.

The more severe his injuries and the worse his condition, the sturdier the ice imprisoning his opponent became, and the longer it lasted.

Ice Dragon Shedding.

The Ice Dragon King could leave his body and fight alongside him, fully wielding every Soul Skill of the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul.

It could cultivate on its own, though it only received fifty percent of the main body's cultivation speed. The soul power it cultivated would then be fed back to the main body.

"A godly skill!"

Lu Yuan was overjoyed, his heart brimming with excitement.

He had never imagined his harvest would be this great.

The Ice Dragon King leaving his body had completely unleashed the terrifying potential of his Twin Martial Souls!

For his own combat strength, this was nothing less than a qualitative leap!

If he were the only person in this world whose Beast Martial Soul could leave his body and fight independently, that would be even better.

Unfortunately, there was still that unlucky Gangzi.

Come to think of it, it was rather strange.

He already possessed three Soul Rings, yet he felt no sign whatsoever of his physical body reaching its limit or nearing saturation.

The Ice Dragon King counted as a part of him, yet the Soul Rings brought by this Martial Soul seemed to place no burden on his body at all.

It truly was astonishing.

This Martial Soul seemed to be both a part of his body and an independent entity.

It felt as though they shared the same origin but differed in nature, close yet separate.

Lu Yuan took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart.

Just then, the final trace of heat within his body vanished.

This meant the medicinal effects of the Whale Glue had been completely refined.

Lu Yuan sensed a clear increase in his physical strength. A faint smile touched his lips. "Girls, turn around. I'm coming out."

As soon as he spoke, Tang Wutong and Xiao Wu turned around in tacit understanding.

Only Dugu Yan stood there foolishly without making the slightest move.

It was not until she saw Lu Yuan leap out of the water and stand naked at the spring's edge that she suddenly came to her senses.

"Ah—"

Dugu Yan hurriedly raised her hands to cover her eyes, yet she left a slight gap between her fingers.

Lu Yuan bent down to pick up the clothes on the ground and put them on unhurriedly. Rather helplessly, he said,

"What are you making such a fuss over? I told you to turn around ages ago."

"Do you know how old I am?"

"Is there really any need to react so strongly?"

"Master, please forgive her." Dugu Bo laughed heartily, his gaze sweeping toward Dugu Yan.

The girl lowered her head, her ears burning red as she looked shy and flustered.

"I'm dressed now."

Lu Yuan said calmly, "Wutong, take out an Earth Dragon Golden Melon and give it to Dugu Yan."

"Then harvest all these immortal herbs. Once we are done, we will leave this place together."

As he spoke, he looked toward Dugu Bo again. "Do you have a soul tool that can store living creatures?"

"Yes!"

Dugu Bo said, "Master, I have a Wishful Hundred Treasure Pouch that can store living creatures. If you have use for it, I am willing to give it to you."

Lu Yuan nodded slightly. "Give it to Wutong. It will be useful for storing the immortal herbs."

"Alright." Dugu Bo nodded, took the small pouch from his waist, and handed it to Tang Wutong.

Tang Wutong then handed the Earth Dragon Golden Melon to Dugu Yan.

There were three Earth Dragon Golden Melons growing at the Icefire Yin Yang Well, and all of them were of high age.

However, neither Lu Yuan nor Tang Wutong had any use for them.

For Dragon Martial Souls at their level, immortal herbs of this kind offered little benefit.

Seeing that precious Earth Dragon Golden Melon placed in Dugu Yan's hands, Dugu Bo immediately beamed with delight.

He raised a hand and lightly patted his granddaughter's head. "Yanyan, what are you standing around for? Hurry and thank Master."

He had been thinking of asking for another Earth Dragon Golden Melon,

but Lu Yuan had unexpectedly bestowed one upon them of his own accord. How could Dugu Bo not be delighted?

This Earth Dragon Golden Melon could evolve their family's inherited Jade-Scaled Snake into the Jade-Scaled Flood Dragon.

If the previous Jade-Scaled Snake Martial Soul lacked a venom sac to store deadly poison,

then after evolving into the Jade-Scaled Flood Dragon, it could store all the poison in its body within the horn atop its head.

Not only could it help them resolve the poison's backlash, it could further purify their poison and increase their potential.

Immortal herbs, a breakthrough, and the promised ninth Soul Ring.

With such overwhelming kindness, how could the grandfather and granddaughter ever repay it all?

Dugu Yan lowered her head and bit her lip. "Thank you, Master."

While the group chatted,

Tang Wutong had already harvested every immortal herb within the Icefire Yin Yang Well.