Lan Fozu Speeds Up Her Pursuit

"Level twenty-four..."

After finishing his meditation for the day, Su Ming stopped and slowly opened his eyes.

He was quite satisfied with the increase in his Soul Power.

Then, with a thought from Su Ming, one yellow and one purple Spirit Ring appeared around him—a total of two.

However, the second Spirit Ring equipped to his Kyogre Martial Soul was not from the roughly three-thousand-year-old Mirror-Shadow Jellyfish that the Demon Empress had found for him that day.

It was not because Su Ming had forgotten, nor because he had deliberately chosen not to absorb it.

Rather, after Rayquaza's Demon God Manifestation had been activated that day, the Mirror-Shadow Jellyfish had been frightened to death alive.

Because of this, Su Ming realized that the descriptions in ancient texts were not necessarily correct and could differ drastically from reality.

Relieved, Su Ming decisively gave up on the idea of using a Spirit Ring from the Mirror-Shadow Jellyfish.

As for where this thousand-year Spirit Ring had come from...

Naturally, he had found a Sea Soul Beast from one of his backup choices on the way back and used it as a replacement.

Since it had only been a backup Soul Beast, it was similarly rare, and there were few records of it in the ancient texts.

Having just learned his lesson from the Mirror-Shadow Jellyfish, Su Ming had been more cautious. He deliberately tested one first before choosing another.

Before choosing the source of a Spirit Ring in the future, unless I can be certain that the Soul Beast is absolutely extraordinary, I must test it first.

Su Ming thought to himself with some relief.

This could be considered a blessing in disguise.

The Mirror-Shadow Jellyfish incident had taught Su Ming a lesson and made him more rigorous in the future.

Moreover, the backup source he had found for his second Spirit Ring had truly provided Su Ming with an unbelievably powerful Soul Skill.

Second Soul Skill—Tidal Ring

The instant it was activated, a three-dimensional ring of water etched with moon phases would appear around Su Ming.

By continuing to channel his Soul Power, he could alter the moon phase displayed on the water ring.

There were broadly two modes: High Tide and Low Tide.

High Tide: The water ring expanded, providing allies with a protective film of water that could withstand and negate damage.

Those under its protection recovered Soul Power faster, and their injuries healed more quickly.

When the tide rose, it was the Sea God's generous gift.

Low Tide: The water ring expanded and generated immense gravitational force, dragging enemies in and restricting their movements...

When the tide ebbed, it was the Sea God's wrath.

When he had first obtained such a Soul Skill, Su Ming had been somewhat surprised.

But after considering that Kyogre was a Sea God, he accepted it.

High Tide.

Low Tide.

Having finished cultivating, Su Ming activated the second Soul Skill he had acquired only a few days ago and conducted a simple test.

The advantages of a true god Martial Soul were finally becoming increasingly apparent.

Perhaps once the age of my second Spirit Ring rises, the High Tide and Low Tide forms can fully merge and become even more perfect.

After dismissing the moon-phase water ring, Su Ming began looking forward to the future.

Although his second Spirit Ring was currently only around one thousand seven or eight hundred years old,

after using Devouring Talent, Su Ming basically no longer cared about Spirit Ring ages.

There was no need to worry that Spirit Rings absorbed early on would be too low in age to remain useful later.

The best choice was whatever suited him most.

After all, Su Ming would later raise the age of all these Spirit Rings to at least one hundred thousand years.

Besides making his existing Soul Skills stronger and more perfect, they could also grant him a second Soul Skill.

"Hiss... Looking at it this way, I'll have so many Soul Skills that I won't be able to use them all."

Thinking of the innate abilities of the Three Divine Martial Souls, the nine Spirit Ring slots for each one, and a full set of matching Spirit Bones...

"Looking at it this way, being too happy can sometimes be a kind of trouble." Others might worry about exploding from absorbing too much power, but Su Ming had no need to worry about that.

The Three Divine Martial Souls were inherently perfect. Coupled with the Demon Empress's sacrifice, which had boosted Su Ming so greatly, and his continued improvements afterward,

even if all his Spirit Rings started at one hundred thousand years in the future, Su Ming would not face the slightest burden.

"Big brother, aren't you going to sleep yet?"

"Aren't we leaving Salted Fish Village tomorrow for the Heavenly Dragon Sect?"

At that moment, a soft voice came from within the room.

The speaker was Lan Fozu, who had woken up in the middle of the night.

That was right—even during these days after returning to Salted Fish Village, Su Ming and Lan Fozu still slept in the same room, in the same bed.

Originally, Su Long and Zhou Yun had intended to have Lan Fozu stay in another guest room.

Although they were both children, the adults still believed that boys and girls should keep their distance.

But Lan Fozu insisted on sleeping with Su Ming, saying that she was afraid and could not sleep otherwise.

And so, Lan Fozu naturally succeeded in continuing to sleep with Su Ming.

The extra quilt that Su Long and Zhou Yun had specially prepared also ended up serving no purpose.

Because Lan Fozu had long since put it away.

Only during the daytime would she take the quilt out of her storage bracelet as a pretense.

"Alright, alright. Time to sleep."

After speaking softly, Su Ming rose from his meditation cushion and prepared to go to bed.

"Big brother, hug!" Lan Fozu opened her arms and spoke coquettishly.

At that moment, all her sleepiness had vanished.

A while ago, although Lan Fozu would occasionally act spoiled and make intimate gestures, she had still restrained herself somewhat.

But now, things were completely different.

Not only had she stopped caring about being embarrassed, she practically wanted the whole world to know how close she was to Su Ming.

The reason was very simple. During the days she had spent living with Su Ming in Salted Fish Village, she had learned many things.

For example, Su Ming had a fiancée in the Heavenly Dragon Sect who was two years older than him.

And, on the way back to Salted Fish Village from the Heavenly Dragon Sect, Su Ming had even rescued a very pretty little girl.

Because of this, Lan Fozu realized how urgent the situation was.

It also made her resolve that she had to win Su Ming's heart as soon as possible.

Even if she failed, those other little vixens would still have to submit to her.

"Alright, alright, hug." As he spoke, Su Ming opened his arms and picked Lan Fozu up.

However, Su Ming had an enormous headache right now.

Once we return to the Heavenly Dragon Sect, there's bound to be trouble.

Of course, Su Ming knew why Lan Fozu's advances had suddenly become so fierce.

When he thought about Nan Qiuqiu and Jiang Nannan waiting for him back at the Heavenly Dragon Sect,

the saying that three women made a drama applied just as well to girls.

Su Ming's future days were sure to be lively.

As for that, Su Ming felt both happy and miserable.

All he could say was: let the storm come even more fiercely.