Level 43, Hextech Tri-Choice

"Dai Mubai! What are you doing?"

Seeing the purple Soul Ring floating from the Man Faced Demon Spider's body,

Tang San's eyes nearly split with rage.

This was a Two Thousand Years Soul Ring that suited him perfectly!

If he absorbed it, he would definitely become even stronger!

His chances of rescuing Xiao Wu would be even greater.

But!

Dai Mubai actually!

Dai Mubai showed no reaction as he looked at Tang San, who was filled with fury.

Though in his heart, he had not been trying to help Tang San.

Originally, Dai Mubai had quite liked that External Soul Bone too.

But Tang San had ignored everyone's advice and insisted on taking this Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring.

He refused to let it go.

Dai Mubai had no way to forcibly snatch it from him.

He could only kill the Man Faced Demon Spider first.

He absolutely could not let Tang San have it.

That was what he thought, but in everyone else's eyes, he was helping Tang San.

So Dai Mubai was not worried in the slightest.

There would naturally be others to speak in his defense.

Sure enough, Ning Rongrong was the first to speak.

"Third Brother, Boss Dai did this for your own good."

Ning Rongrong spoke with a worried expression. "Your condition was already wrong to begin with. If you absorb it again..."

"That's right, Third Brother. Don't be so stubborn. Boss Dai really did this for your own good."

Ma Hongjun spoke as well.

"Tang San, apologize to Mubai!" Zhao Wuji sternly warned him.

This time, the other party had gone too far. Zhao Wuji had a temper too. Even if Tang San had someone backing him, he would still teach him a lesson.

Though Tang San was usually humble, he had never truly thought highly of the others.

Terrified for Xiao Wu's safety, he actually lost control of his emotions.

"What... what do you know?"

Tang San turned around and glared viciously at everyone. "It was only... a Two Thousand Years Soul Ring!"

"Little San, don't be like this!"

Oscar was somewhat worried about Tang San's current mental state.

Just as everyone was worried, an unexpected figure emerged from behind the bushes.

"What? Third Brother, were you calling me?"

Xiao Wu suddenly came hopping back.

"Xiao Wu? Are you all right?"

Tang San froze when he saw Xiao Wu, then immediately pulled her tightly into his arms.

"Xiao Wu, you're back. That's wonderful."

Everyone was extraordinarily happy that Xiao Wu had returned.

They all began speaking at once.

"Hehe, I thought I was done for too. Who knew that big guy would let me go?"

Xiao Wu scratched her head and was the first to explain.

"Oh, right. When I was coming over, I heard you all arguing."

Tang San released Xiao Wu. Xiao Wu looked at everyone curiously. "What were you arguing about?"

"It's like this, Xiao Wu. Just now... Tang San wanted to absorb a Two Thousand Years Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring."

Ning Rongrong had one of the better relationships with Xiao Wu among the group.

At this moment, Ning Rongrong stepped forward and said, "But Boss Dai killed that Man Faced Demon Spider, so Third Brother couldn't absorb it. That's why they started arguing."

"What?"

Xiao Wu was somewhat surprised. She then looked at the Man Faced Demon Spider lying on the ground. "Th-this really is a Two Thousand Years Man Faced Demon Spider."

"Third Brother, if you absorbed it, you would die! That playboy tiger was right. You really shouldn't absorb it."

"Don't you trust Grandmaster's theories the most?"

"Th-this..."

Seeing that even Xiao Wu was not taking his side, Tang San felt utterly stifled.

But...

He looked around, and not a single person stood on his side.

Tang San was left with no choice.

"Boss Dai, I'm sorry. It was my fault."

Tang San gritted his teeth. At this point, he could only choose to apologize.

"It's fine. Just be more careful next time."

Dai Mubai's casual words made Tang San even more displeased.

But he could only swallow it.

"All right, if there's nothing else, let's continue forward."

In the end, Zhao Wuji brought this farce to an end.

With Xiao Wu back, everyone had far fewer worries.

Over the next few days, they carefully searched the area.

They found a five-thousand-year Soul Beast for Dai Mubai.

As Dai Mubai absorbed this Soul Beast's Soul Ring,

Dai Mubai's level also reached Level 41.

The Hextech effect triggered, and he leveled up once more.

He reached Level 42.

His Soul Skill was the same as in the original story: White Tiger Meteor Shower.

Ding! Congratulations, Host, on successfully advancing to Soul Ancestor!

Please choose one of the following three Hextech upgrades.

Rampage to the End: All your Soul Skills are reforged into White Tiger Light Wave. Each time you use White Tiger Light Wave, its power and casting speed increase by 10%.

At All Costs: Immediately advance to Level 68 Soul Power. You will be unable to choose any future Hextech upgrades.

Forge of Life: All your Soul Skills are reforged into powerful random Soul Skills. Soul Ring age doubles.

Another Tri-Choice, but the options were not very strong.

They were not as good as the first Hextech choices.

The first, Rampage to the End,

seemed to have a very high ceiling.

In battle, he could cast his First Soul Skill ten times, using the least amount of Soul Power to stack the maximum number of layers.

Then he could unleash his Fourth Soul Skill at double the power.

The Fourth Soul Skill, White Tiger Light Wave, had the highest attack power and could be used for offense.

Normally, he could use the First Soul Skill's White Tiger Light Wave to stack uses.

However, its weakness was obvious.

He needed enough time to stack layers.

It required time to get going.

Moreover, having everything reforged into White Tiger Light Wave meant he would have no defensive ability at all.

The second option was quite tempting too.

It would directly raise him to Level 68.

A 15 Years Old Soul Emperor, a Quasi Soul Saint—his strength would be unimaginable.

But being unable to choose Hextech upgrades in the future really did mean "at all costs."

The third was easy to understand as well. His Soul Skills would become stronger.

But they would be full of randomness.

This choice was much easier than the first one.

He ruled out the second option first.

It was completely draining his potential.

There was no need for that.

The first had no defensive ability.

He was an Assault System Battle Soul Master.

A warrior-type fighter.

Giving up defense would not do.

As for the third, though the Soul Skills would be random,

as long as one of them randomly became a defensive skill, he would have room for error.

Besides, once he reached the later stages, he would not use his early Soul Skills much anyway.

He would only pick the strongest few to use.

Having thought this through, he already had his answer.

Then this was the one!

"Choose Hextech, Forge of Life!"

As Dai Mubai's words fell,

the system began to work.

Very soon, information about his new Soul Skills appeared in Dai Mubai's mind.

First Soul Ring, 900 years. Soul Skill, Trinity Force. (All attributes increased by 100%)

Second Soul Ring, 1,500 years. Soul Skill, Misty Wind Cloak. (True Form transforms into three Doppelgangers. The Doppelgangers evenly divide the user's Soul Power. As long as one Doppelganger or the True Form survives, the user survives.)

Third Soul Ring, 3,200 years. Soul Skill, Shadow Walker's Claw. (Break free from negative effects, teleport behind the enemy, and launch an explosive attack.)

Fourth Soul Skill, 10,000 years. Soul Skill, Zhonya's Paradox. (Once per day: enter a state immune to damage and untargetable for three seconds.)

As the Soul Ring ages increased, a vast surge of Soul Power suddenly appeared within Dai Mubai's body.

Ding, your Soul Power Level has advanced to Level 43.