One Spirit Ring, Two Spirit Skills

"This is a Thousand-Year Solitary Bamboo. Its defining trait is toughness, making it highly suitable for Blue Silver Grass."

Bei Bei pointed at a ten-meter-long bamboo stalk.

If you want to harm me, just say so. Wang Xiao grumbled inwardly.

He muttered to himself. Earlier, he had refuted Yu Xiaogang's theories a couple of times. Could this descendant of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon be holding a grudge against him?

"Bei Bei, what you suggested isn't good. I'm the expert when it comes to Blue Silver Grass." Tang Ya patted her chest and stomach, looking utterly confident.

"Come with me. I've already found the best Spirit Ring combination for Little Wang Xiao."

Wang Xiao's eyes lit up. Could it be...

The group arrived in an area covered in black vines.

Wang Xiao's face fell. Pointing at a pitch-black Ghost Vine ahead, he said, "You can't be talking about that thing, can you?"

"Little Wang Xiao, you're so smart. This Ghost Vine is nine hundred and ninety-nine years old. It'll definitely suit you."

Tang Ya said excitedly, "You don't know this, but Ancestor Tang San's second Spirit Ring was also absorbed from a Ghost Vine, and it was nine hundred and ninety-nine years old too."

Looking at the dark, ugly vine, Wang Xiao's face turned green. If he had to absorb that thing, he would rather find a ten-year Lone Bamboo.

If he remembered correctly, Tang San had absorbed a Ghost Vine, causing his Blue Silver Grass to turn black in every aspect and become a black weed. From then on, it lost its healing and recovery attributes.

If he absorbed that thing, his Blue Silver Emperor would truly be finished.

"My dear Sister Xiaoya, I don't need a plant-type Soul Beast anymore. Any Soul Beast with tremendous vitality will do. Please stop tormenting me." Wang Xiao was out of options.

He had completely surrendered. The two of them had not listened to his requirements at all; they were choosing Soul Beasts purely based on their own experience.

"All right."

Tang Ya was still somewhat worried. "But no one on the continent has ever given Blue Silver Grass the attributes you mentioned. According to that master's theory, Blue Silver Grass should follow the control path, so it needs paralysis or poison attributes."

"Someone has to blaze a new trail. I'm willing to be the first." Wang Xiao sighed helplessly.

Seeing how ambitious he was, Tang Ya could not help but feel moved.

"Then all right, Little Wang Xiao. Big Sister will wait for you to become the first person you spoke of."

Bei Bei secretly shook his head. Having individuality was a good thing, but Wang Xiao was far too hot-blooded.

Once he entered the academy and learned Martial Soul theory, he would most likely regret what happened today.

Next, the four of them searched extensively for a suitable Soul Beast.

Of course, their range of activity was limited to the outermost area. Even a level-seventy Soul Saint would not dare set foot in the central region lightly.

In the blink of an eye, two and a half hours passed...

Wang Xiao got his wish and finally encountered a suitable Soul Beast.

The Life Origin Tree was a plant-type Soul Beast. It resembled a short tree five meters wide, with lush branches and leaves. The vegetation around it was especially flourishing, brimming with incredibly dense life force.

The four surrounded it. After subduing the Life Origin Tree, Wang Xiao delivered the final blow.

However, he stabbed it eighteen times in succession and still failed to kill it. Its wounds healed far too quickly.

Wang Xiao was delighted. That was precisely proof that this Soul Beast possessed vigorous vitality.

In the end, he borrowed chakra from Kurama and smashed the entire short tree apart with one punch, finally completing the kill.

A purple Spirit Ring floated into view.

"What dense life force." Even from far away, Huo Yuhao could sense the life force it emitted. It felt as comfortable as soaking in spring water.

Tang Ya asked worriedly, "Little Wang Xiao, don't force yourself. If I remember correctly, this Soul Beast is twelve hundred years old."

The limit for ordinary Soul Masters was under five hundred years. Even genius Soul Masters could only absorb seven or eight hundred-year Spirit Rings. Those who dared challenge a thousand-year Spirit Ring had all exploded and died.

"High risk, high reward. Besides, if we always cultivate according to the experience of those before us, we'll only remain where we are. Someone has to break the limit."

Wang Xiao sat down, summoned his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul, and drew the purple Spirit Ring over, merging it into his body.

It was not as though he had no confidence. He possessed two top-tier Martial Souls: the Blue Silver Emperor and the Ice Devil Fruit.

His physical constitution had long surpassed that of Soul Masters his age.

Besides, he had Nine-Tails as his safety net.

Looking at Tang Ya's worried expression, Huo Yuhao was deeply puzzled. He asked the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm inwardly, "Brother Sky Dream, is absorbing a Millennium Soul Ring really that difficult?"

As someone whose first Spirit Ring began at a million years, he naturally could not understand.

"It's not merely difficult. It's extremely difficult. If he succeeds, he'll be the first person in ten thousand years to do so."

"Ah? Then if Brother Wang fails, won't he end up in pieces?"

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm thought of the great terror within Wang Xiao's body and said, "This kid will definitely succeed."

At first, Wang Xiao's process of merging with the Millennium Soul Ring went very smoothly, without any discomfort.

However, the energy contained within this Millennium Soul Ring was far greater than imagined, exceeding the limit of what he could endure.

Gradually, bloody tears appeared across Wang Xiao's face, arms, and neck. More and more emerged, and his entire upper body was dyed red with blood.

"This is bad. These are signs that his body is about to explode." Tang Ya covered her mouth, her heart leaping into her throat.

Bei Bei shook his head. This was the price of being too arrogant. Today, he might have to watch a genius youth fall.

However, what happened next exceeded everyone's expectations.

Wang Xiao looked as though he was on the verge of collapse, yet astonishing red chakra surged from within him and enveloped his entire body. From the outside, it looked as though he had been wrapped inside a red bubble.

His entire body brimmed with vitality. The wounds that had split open were healing at a visible rate, creating an astonishing sight.