Ultimate Rules Combined with Learning Behavior

A century-old Lone Bamboo?

Su Mu nearly spat blood. After all, he was far too familiar with Lone Bamboo.

"Why don't we forget it? I actually want to absorb a Blue Silver Grass, even one that's only just over a hundred years old."

Su Mu said this not because he thought a Lone Bamboo Soul Ring was weak, but because Lone Bamboo Soul Rings were just too bizarre.

Blue Silver pole vaulting... He did not even dare imagine it. The image was far too beautiful.

However, as they spoke, a faint rustling sounded nearby.

Tang Ya immediately stepped back and moved to the very front of the group. She summoned her Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and sent it probing into the surroundings.

Bei Bei had also entered Martial Soul Possession, with two Soul Rings circling around him.

Jiang Nannan was the same, two Soul Rings winding around her waist.

Almost instantly, Tang Ya fired a volley of Godly Zhuge Crossbow bolts into the grass to one side.

A pitch-black panther-type Soul Beast sprang out. Two steel needles fired from a Zhuge repeating crossbow were lodged in its hind legs as it charged at the group.

Bei Bei took the lead, releasing his first and second soul skills in succession.

His first soul skill was Thunderclap Dragon Claw, and his second was Thunderous Might. He stepped forward to confront the Black Panther.

Tang Ya, meanwhile, activated her Blue Silver Grass soul skill: her first soul skill, Blue Silver Entanglement.

Blue Silver Grass roots burst from the ground, binding the Black Panther's limbs.

As Su Mu watched the Blue Silver Grass in his hand swaying continuously, a sudden realization seemed to strike him. He immediately copied Tang Ya's earlier movements and activated his own Blue Silver Grass.

As his Soul Power circulated, tiny Blue Silver Grass shoots emerged from the surrounding earth.

They had only two leaf veins and looked incredibly frail.

This was the common Blue Silver Grass found throughout Douluo Continent, ordinary Blue Silver Grass that was only a few years old and consisted of just two leaf veins.

Su Mu slapped his forehead. Why was this different from what he had imagined?

He had clearly intended to activate his Blue Silver Grass and, like Tang Ya, entangle his opponent's foundation. Yet when he released it himself, all it did was make Blue Silver Grass grow—and it was only a few years old at that.

As Su Mu sensed this state, he felt that it might have been influenced by his father's Martial Soul and Wallace's Hextech.

After watching Tang Ya use her soul skill, he had gained a new understanding of Blue Silver Grass.

Hextech had chosen to grant him the Ultimate Rule. He possessed his own insight into the power of the Rule. Mastering the Rule allowed one to change the Rule, and that too was part of the Rule.

His original Martial Soul, meanwhile, had provided him with the passive abilities Learning Behavior and Practice Makes Perfect.

Combined, the two could almost allow him to rapidly learn anything he did not understand.

As Su Mu pondered this, the Blue Silver Grass in the area quickly withered away due to his insufficient Soul Power.

The Soul Power that had been consumed recovered, but only fifty percent of it returned.

Retracting Blue Silver Grass could restore Soul Power too!

Su Mu pursed his lips.

By then, Bei Bei had already gained the upper hand.

Seeing the Black Panther trying to press downward, he instantly pulled two loaded Zhuge repeating crossbows from the Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night at his waist and aimed them at the Black Panther's neck.

Two volleys of bolts flew out. The Black Panther fell with a cry, leaving behind only a pale white Soul Ring.

Bei Bei shook his hands and looked at the Black Panther and the white Soul Ring floating above it, unable to stop himself from sighing.

"What a pity. This is also a Soul Beast skilled in speed, but it's only a dozen or so years old."

"If it had grown to a hundred or a thousand years, it would have been a fine Soul Ring choice."

As he spoke, his gaze turned toward Jiang Nannan.

After all, she was an agility-attack type. Both speed and attack power were important to her, and this Black Panther suited her well.

"Alright, Bei Bei. It's only a ten-year Soul Ring. Our goal this time is to find the little boss a hundred-year Life Attribute Soul Ring."

Tang Ya spoke as she once again pushed aside the brush and continued forward.

They searched for two whole days, nearly exhausting all the food supplies Su Mu and the others had brought.

Their location also gradually moved from the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest toward the outer region.

Bei Bei passed through a patch of thorns and opened up a path.

Looking at the deep valley ahead, he said, "If we go farther down, we'll reach the outer region of the Star Dou Great Forest."

"The outer circle of the Star Dou Great Forest is divided into the edge region and the outer region. The edge region is generally where people of ordinary strength like us hunt suitable Hundred-Year Soul Beasts;

"Next is the outer region, which is almost entirely a gathering place for high-level Hundred-Year Soul Beasts. Thousand-Year Soul Beasts occasionally appear there as well."

As Bei Bei spoke, he pointed toward the forest below.

Several treants were slowly moving in the distance, making noises that startled a flock of birds into flight.

"People usually call this a single region, but that only applies to stronger Soul Masters."

"To them, going from the edge region to the outer region is practically like walking on level ground. For us, it's different. The outer region is far more dangerous."

"We've been looking for opportunities in the edge region, but it seems to have had no effect. We can only try our luck in the outer region."

"But let me make this clear first: if we haven't found a suitable Soul Beast before nightfall today, then no matter what, we have to leave the Star Dou Great Forest before the sun sets."

As Bei Bei spoke, Tang Ya checked the dry rations they had brought. They were almost gone, with only enough left for a day or two.

If they did not leave today and encountered some accident in the forest, then by the end of tomorrow,

they would be forced to rely on unsafe food sources within the forest, putting them in an even more dangerous situation.

Jiang Nannan nodded as well.

Seeing that the three of them had been doing their utmost to help him find a Soul Ring over the past two days, Su Mu waved his hand and said,

"It's alright. We've already confirmed that not absorbing a Soul Ring has very little impact on cultivation."

"If we can't find one this time, we can try again after a while."

"Or after I save enough money, I can hire a team of higher-level Soul Masters to accompany me in hunting a Soul Ring."

Bei Bei nodded at that. "With my connections, I'm sure I can introduce you to a few upperclassmen from Shrek Academy when the time comes. We'll definitely be able to hunt down a Soul Ring that satisfies you."

"Of course, that all depends on us having bad luck today."

Bei Bei gave a hearty laugh.

"Let's go. The sun has just risen. The large nocturnal predators are resting, while the powerful daytime foragers have yet to appear. Let's search the forest properly while we have the chance."

With that, he took Tang Ya's hand and used ropes to climb down the cliff beneath the slope, resting along the way and searching for footholds.

Jiang Nannan and Su Mu followed behind, climbing down the cliff face.

The cliff itself was not particularly high, only a little over thirty meters.

There were several trees and shrubs growing from the rocks along the way, which could serve as temporary footholds for the group.

Originally, they had not intended to descend from here, but they had no choice after searching in this direction for an entire day.

They simply could not get around this dead cliff, and this was the lowest point along the entire cliff face.

Halfway down, Su Mu suddenly felt as though rocks were falling from above him.

He looked up, intending to see whether the rope's edge had rubbed against the rock face. If it had, the rope could easily be cut through.

But when he raised his head, he was shocked to discover a clump of grass above him shaking violently.

Then, a gray Rock Snake burrowed out of the cliff face, leaving behind a large hole.

"Watch out!"