Ten-Thousand-Year First and Second Spirit Rings!

"Xiao Yang, what's wrong?"

Just outside the Ice Crystal Palace, Ice Emperor noticed that Beiming Lieyang had zoned out. "It's not like you still need Ice Auntie to carry you, is it?"

"No," Snow Emperor's pupils narrowed slightly. "The aura on him... has doubled."

Beiming Lieyang closed his eyes to sense it for a moment, then opened them. "It's my martial soul, Solar Star God Apollo. Under the sun, all attributes are increased by one hundred percent."

"?!" Ice Emperor's eyes rounded. "What rank is your martial soul? It doubles under the sun? Solar Star God... kid, you really are related to the gods!"

Beiming Lieyang did not deny it.

Snow Emperor raised her eyes to look at the faint sun high above the Extreme North.

Even with the light this sparse, as long as it was under the sun, it was still enough to cause this child's attributes to double.

The quality of this martial soul was simply too strong.

"Void Mysterious Ice, Solar Star God Apollo... how are all your martial souls so strong?"

Ice Emperor muttered, then grew excited again. "Forget it, whatever! Let's get your spirit ring first! Since your martial souls are all this terrifying, I'm starting to look forward to what kind of level you'll actually be able to grow into later!"

Ice Emperor brought Beiming Lieyang deep into the Ice Jade Scorpion tribe's territory, arriving before a deep ice cave.

Some Ice Jade Scorpions lived here who, due to fighting with other spirit beasts for food in their early years, suffered severe body trauma, could no longer continue growing, and had very little lifespan remaining.

This time, Ice Emperor intended to have them make a sacrifice.

This would achieve Beiming Lieyang's first spirit ring while still retaining a wisp of their souls, preventing them from completely dissipating.

Spirit beast sacrifice ignored the spirit master's upper limits of physical and mental endurance, making it much safer than hunting spirit beasts to obtain spirit rings.

As the ruler of the Ice Jade Scorpion tribe, protecting the group was naturally her duty, and she valued her clansmen immensely.

Now that she had to ask her clansmen to sacrifice themselves, she inevitably felt emotional inside.

Ice Emperor paused for a moment, took a deep breath, and walked inside alone.

When she emerged, an Ice Jade Scorpion cast entirely from ice crystals followed behind her, its giant claws flashing with cold light, its tail hook as green as jade.

According to its normal growth years, this Ice Jade Scorpion should have possessed thirty thousand years of cultivation, but because its origin was damaged in its early years and it could no longer continue growing, its remaining lifespan was now only a few hundred years, and its cultivation had also dropped to around eleven thousand years.

"Begin."

The Ice Jade Scorpion let out a low cry as a crystalline light ignited over its entire body, the light of sacrifice pouring entirely into Beiming Lieyang's body.

Spirit power frantically scoured his meridians, rushing from rank ten to rank twenty.

A portion of that spirit power gathered within the external spirit bone between his eyebrows.

A pitch-black ten-thousand-year spirit ring rose beneath his feet.

At the same time, his height shot up from one meter four to one meter five.

After all, he had been eating and drinking well for the past six years, unlike Tang San who had been stuck with a deadbeat father drinking rice water every day.

Snow Emperor investigated. "The ten-thousand-year spirit beast's soul is too weak, leaving only a wisp to slumber within the external spirit bone."

Ice Emperor set her mind at ease.

After all, only ten-thousand-year spirit beasts could awaken their intelligence; their level of wisdom was inherently low and their souls weak, so being able to retain a single wisp was already a stroke of immense fortune.

"Rank twenty! We can take the second spirit ring too!" Ice Emperor eagerly dove back into the cave.

This one was even older than the previous one, the luster on its carapace already dim, clearly having lived for a much longer time.

It should have naturally grown to possess fifty thousand years of cultivation, but similarly, due to injuring its origin in its early years, it had only grown to around fifteen thousand years, and its lifespan was coming to an end.

The light of sacrifice appeared once more, and spirit power surged violently.

The external spirit bone devoured even more energy, and his spirit power surged directly to rank twenty-nine.

Beiming Lieyang's height once more shot up to one meter six.

He was even taller than the one-meter-five Ice Emperor.

"Good grief, you even grow taller from absorbing spirit rings?" Ice Emperor compared their heights, puffing out her cheeks.

"Normal." Snow Emperor reached out to pat Beiming Lieyang's head, then casually patted Ice Emperor's as well.

"Xue'er, don't pet me!" Ice Emperor's fur stood on end; having her treated like a child in front of a kid made her lose face.

"I grew taller so I can protect Ice Auntie." Beiming Lieyang grabbed Ice Emperor's hand.

"Hmph, figured you had a conscience." Ice Emperor pinched his cheek. "What about the spirit skills? Hurry and show me!"

"First spirit skill, Mysterious Ice Myriad Manifestations." Void Mysterious Ice floated in the palm of his hand. "Energy purity, hardness, and spirit power reserves increased by two hundred percent, capable of shifting shapes at will."

The ice-blue liquid surged from his palm like a living thing, instantly transforming into a sword, a net, a tripod, a bell, a spear, a bow... every single item exuding a bone-chilling cold.

As Beiming Lieyang was demonstrating, he suddenly felt a strange sensation in his right arm.

He lowered his head to look.

His entire right arm had somehow been covered by a layer of ice-blue armor, fitting snugly against flesh and bone with cold light circulating over it.

Beiming Lieyang was stunned.

True Form Armor?

That was something that only existed in the manhua version of Douluo Continent!

After obtaining a spirit ring and becoming a spirit master, True Form Armor would gradually appear on one's body, the coverage expanding with every additional ring.

He looked back at Snow Emperor and Ice Emperor before him.

Their appearances, clothing, and postures all matched the memories of the manhua to a high degree.

Beiming Lieyang's heart skipped a beat.

Could it be that he had transmigrated into the manhua version of Douluo Continent?

"Energy purity, as well as spirit power reserves increased by 200%!"

Ice Emperor stared at the Void Mysterious Ice before her, drooling profusely.

So fragrant, I want to eat it.

"What about the second spirit skill?" Snow Emperor looked at the gluttonous Ice Emperor on the side and helplessly shook her head.

Beiming Lieyang looked at Ice Emperor's expression, which looked as though she desperately wanted to pounce and take a bite out of the Void Mysterious Ice, and suppressed a smile.

"Second spirit skill, Ice Explosion Technique. It can detonate anywhere ice is present. The stronger the frozen target, the greater the explosion's might, while the Void Mysterious Ice's energy purity, hardness, and my own spirit power reserves are increased by 200%."

As those words fell, Ice Emperor went completely blank.

"Ice Explosion Technique?!" Her eyes snapped wide open. "Ice Explosion Technique?! You actually got the Ice Explosion Technique?!"

As the ruler of the Ice Jade Scorpion tribe, Ice Emperor was all too familiar with the three words "Ice Explosion Technique".

This skill was extremely rare and uncommon within the Ice Jade Scorpion tribe; it could be said to be a talent among talents, and only a one-in-a-ten-thousand lucky person could possibly awaken it.

Even she, as the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, did not possess this skill within her innate talents.

She had lived for a long, long time, and the number of Ice Jade Scorpions she had seen was countless, yet those who had awakened the Ice Explosion Technique could be counted on one hand.

And now this little brat had popped out an Ice Explosion Technique the moment he absorbed a spirit ring?

"I... I knew it!" Ice Emperor lunged forward, grabbing Beiming Lieyang's head and rubbing it fiercely. "Xiao Yang, you really are a monster! Twin martial souls, all attributes doubling under the sun, second spirit skill Ice Explosion Technique—"

The more she spoke, the more excited she became, her golden pupils glowing astonishingly bright. "Are you going to let anyone live?! Even your little aunt here doesn't have this thing, and you rolled it out on your second spirit ring!"

Beiming Lieyang was knocked back and forth by her rubbing, the expression on his face utterly comical.

Ice Emperor's gluttony was completely hooked. She leaned close to the chunk of Void Mysterious Ice floating in mid-air and swallowed hard.

"Um... Xiao Yang, this mysterious ice of yours... you still get a triple boost from licking it, right? Oh right, you, you mustn't use the Ice Explosion Technique."

Snow Emperor looked at Ice Emperor with a teasing expression. "Bing'er, you'd better think carefully. You were controlled the last time you took a lick, and you want to go for round two?"

Ice Emperor's movements stiffened. Remembering the shameful act of making "orcs never be slaves" under Beiming Lieyang's control last time, the excitement on her face immediately faded quite a bit.

Yet as she looked at that crystal-clear chunk of Void Mysterious Ice again, that alluring fragrance still rushed toward her face, and she ultimately couldn't hold back. "Forget it! Anyway, we've got spirit rings now, it's definitely going to taste even better!"

With that, she thrust her head forward and swiftly took a lick of the Void Mysterious Ice.

In an instant, the aura around her surged wildly.

Beiming Lieyang: "..."

Snow Emperor: "..."

Ice Emperor smacked her lips, finding the aftertaste endless. "Mm! It really is even better! The energy is even purer! How can this be so delicious!"

"Mm, still a triple boost to all attributes, nothing changed, but it lasts a bit longer."

A moment later, the aura around Ice Emperor receded, but her golden pupils remained glued to the mysterious ice. "If I swallow the whole thing, will it last even longer?"

Beiming Lieyang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He condensed a few chunks of mysterious ice and shoved them into her arms, then handed a few more to Snow Emperor.

The control ability could be chosen to activate or not of its own accord; if not activated, it would not consume spiritual power.

His enhancement of the Void Mysterious Ice was precisely to grow quickly and reach Title Douluo, so that he could attach spirit rings to the Solar Star God Apollo martial soul.

At the same time, it was also to increase their strength.

This cheat was exceedingly useful.

When energy was abundant, it could continuously heal injuries and could even create the Void Illusion Realm.

Though he couldn't trap a Title Douluo for very long just yet, it was hard to say for the future.

Furthermore, he discovered that the Void Mysterious Ice seemed to have solidified a few core attributes:

Energy purity, hardness, and his own spirit power reserves.

Otherwise, the Ice Explosion Technique wouldn't have inherited these traits either.

"Delicious!" Ice Emperor was already hugging the mysterious ice and gnawing on it completely devoid of image. "This is 500% purity Void Mysterious Ice?! Too tasty!"

She swallowed a mouthful, then suddenly froze. "Huh? This energy... just like the Ten-Thou-Sand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow, it can raise cultivation!"

Snow Emperor had still been chuckling, but her expression changed slightly upon hearing this.