Absorbing a Thousand Year Soul Ring

The Swift Growth Tiger smashed into a rock, denting it, then slid down to the ground.

The Swift Growth Tiger was on its last breath, its life force gradually fading away.

Flender exclaimed, "What a monster."

Although the Swift Growth Tiger had been beaten half to death by him, it was still a Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and one with extremely tenacious vitality at that. Forget a rank-ten Soul Warrior—even a rank-twenty Soul Master could not have finished it with a single punch.

Flender had been with Ye Yu for less than an hour, yet he had already been shocked far too many times.

"No wonder Xiao Gang allowed you to absorb a Thousand Year Soul Ring. Your physique really is terrifyingly strong. Perhaps you really can do it. But we still have to find Xiao Gang first."

Purple motes of light gathered above the Swift Growth Tiger's body, quickly forming a soul ring that shone with a Purple Soul Ring's radiance. Even watching it from afar without touching it, one could feel the extremely vast energy contained within.

Flender said, "Xiao Gang said that after hunting the first soul beast, we have to find him before you absorb the soul ring. This soul ring is eleven hundred years old. With Xiao Gang by your side, if anything happens while you're absorbing it, he can guide you."

Ye Yu nodded. The soul ring would only disperse on its own after an hour, so there was time.

Holding the soul ring, Ye Yu grabbed Flender's arm. The wings on Flender's back beat, and he shot up above the forest, heading toward the outskirts of Soul Hunting Forest at tremendous speed.

The rushing wind was piercing. In the blink of an eye, they had traveled ten thousand meters. Ye Yu marveled inwardly, So fast. This is Dean Flender's true speed.

They soon reached the outskirts of the forest. Flender's hawk-like eyes swept sharply around, and he quickly found Master and Xiao San.

However, Flender's expression changed drastically, because Master seemed to be injured.

Flender brought Ye Yu whistling down and strode forward.

Unease filled Flender's heart, because his gaze had caught sight of the Mandala Snake's corpse off to the side. It was a full four meters long, and four hundred years old.

Master lay on the ground, his body stiff. Blackness had spread across his face, and his lips had turned black.

"Xiao Gang has been poisoned." Flender was tense.

Although Tang San had used every Hidden Weapon at his disposal to kill the Mandala Snake, Master's help had also been involved. Tang San quickly lifted Master's sleeve. His right arm had swollen by a full circle, and the bitten area was blackish purple.

Tang San felt Master's pulse and let out a breath. "Thankfully, the poison hasn't reached his heart yet. He can be saved."

Tang San took a dagger and swiftly made two cuts at Master's wound and beneath his armpit. Blackish-purple blood flowed out. At the same time, Master's complexion improved slightly.

Master's swollen arm returned to normal, the blackish-purple color gradually fading, and his complexion slowly improved.

When the blood was no longer black, Tang San quickly bandaged him with the white cloth he had prepared.

Master slowly woke. His body was still somewhat weak and in pain, and the poison inside him had not been completely cleared.

Ye Yu said, "I'll absorb the soul ring now. My first skill should be Healing. Maybe it can heal Teacher completely."

"I'm fine." Master forced himself to look as if nothing was seriously wrong and asked with concern, "Xiao Yu, what soul beast did your soul ring come from?"

"Swift Growth Tiger."

Ye Yu was moved. Master was injured, yet the first thing he cared about after waking up was asking what soul ring he had obtained, then deducing things for his sake.

"Not bad. The Swift Growth Tiger is an ideal soul beast suited to you. However, I'm worried about rejection. Although the Swift Growth Tiger is the most suitable, what I originally had in mind was for you to obtain a moderately suitable Plant System soul beast."

"According to one of the Ten Core Competencies of the Martial Soul world that I proposed through my research, Plant System martial souls are best paired with soul rings from Plant System soul beasts as well. There won't be rejection during absorption. Xiao San's martial soul is Blue Silver Grass. Although it is weak, its advantage is that it has no rejection; absorbing any soul ring won't produce rejection. But your martial soul isn't an equally weak Waste Martial Soul like Black Tail Flower. It is the mutated Nine Spirit Black Tang, so there will be rejection, and it will be very severe."

"It is already a Thousand Year Soul Ring to begin with, and with rejection added on, I'm worried..." At this point, Master's brows furrowed.

Although the Swift Growth Tiger's soul ring was very suitable, if he failed to absorb it, he would lose his life. It would not be worth it.

"Xiao Yu, why don't we look for a Thousand Year Plant System soul ring instead? That way, the success rate would be higher," Master suggested.

Ye Yu shook his head. "This one. Since it's the most suitable, then this is the soul ring I'll use."

Master had no choice. "All right. Xiao San, you begin absorbing your soul ring as well."

"Mm!" Tang San nodded.

Flender began protecting the two of them. One was a Four Hundred Year Soul Ring, the other a Thousand Year Soul Ring. Absorbing them would definitely take a long time, especially for Ye Yu. He believed it would be extremely difficult, no less dangerous than taking a walk through hell.

Ye Yu and Tang San sat cross-legged separately, focusing their minds on their martial souls as they began absorbing their soul rings.

The Nine Spirit Black Tang appeared in Ye Yu's right hand, while Blue Silver Grass appeared in Tang San's right hand.

The Nine Spirit Black Tang emitted Black Radiance, while the Blue Silver Grass emitted a blue glow. The Mandala Snake's soul ring followed the blue light, floating toward the Blue Silver Grass, and gradually shrank until it was the size of a bracelet, settling over the Blue Silver Grass.

At the same time, Tang San's brows immediately furrowed. He felt an extremely powerful pressure, as if a huge boulder were pressing down on him, and the bones throughout his body let out faint sounds under the compression.

At the same time, Tang San felt his right hand become extremely scorching, as if he had thrust it into lava. This heat soon was not merely burning the outside of his body, but the inside as well. Tang San felt as if his internal organs were being burned. Pain showed on his face, and his body trembled.

Master was extremely nervous and reminded him, "No matter how the soul ring's power impacts your body, you must keep your mind clear. You absolutely have to hold on and unleash your greatest willpower."

Tang San closed his eyes and began absorbing that terrifying energy with all his heart and unyielding determination.

Master was extremely worried. He looked toward Ye Yu, thinking, A Four Hundred Year Soul Ring from a Mandala Snake, and it won't produce rejection with Xiao San's Blue Silver Grass, yet it is already this difficult and painful for Xiao San to absorb. Let alone Xiao Yu absorbing...

When Master's gaze fell on Ye Yu, he instantly froze, utterly stunned.

At the same time, Flender also looked at Ye Yu worriedly. His thoughts were the same as Master's. Tang San was in such pain absorbing a Four Hundred Year Soul Ring; there was no need to mention Ye Yu, who was absorbing an eleven-hundred-year soul ring, and one that would produce rejection.

However, after looking at Ye Yu, Flender froze as well, his face blank with confusion.

The two of them wore identical expressions, each wondering if their eyes were playing tricks on them.

Because Ye Yu had already begun absorbing the soul ring—and his expression had not changed at all!

As if what he was absorbing was not a Thousand Year Soul Ring, but a ten-year one!

Flender was utterly stunned. He looked at Tang San, who was in pain yet resolute, gritting his teeth and holding on, then glanced at Ye Yu, whose expression had not changed at all and who looked completely relaxed.

Flender even wondered whether the two of them had absorbed the wrong ones.

But that was clearly impossible. Whoever killed the Soul Beast would draw the Soul Ring toward them. He had also seen it just now—the Swift Growth Tiger's purple Soul Ring had indeed approached Ye Yu.

"Xiao Gang, this... what's going on?" Flender looked at Master in astonishment, casting him a questioning look.

Master also looked utterly bewildered and simply could not make sense of it.

If Tang San opened his eyes and saw this scene, he would probably sigh softly and say, We're both human, so why is the gap so huge?