When Dugu Yan returned from hunting a soul beast, Xiao Wu woke up almost at the same time.
The two girls exchanged a glance without saying much, then tacitly made their way toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Their bodies were not strong enough to support them going any farther. Otherwise, the violent energy would tear them apart.
But from this distance, they could already clearly see Lu Shiyuan in the spring.
By now, Lu Shiyuan's clothes had long been reduced to dust by the surging energy. Fortunately, the water's surface was shrouded in mist, preventing an 18+ scene.
Xiao Feiyu came over as well. Taking a three-ringed Soul Elder out to hunt a soul beast was no more tiring to her than taking a walk.
"Xiao Wu, what's your third Soul Skill?" The moment she returned, she heard that Xiao Wu had already reached level 35, and she could not help marveling at the tremendous effects of the two immortal herbs.
Especially since the two immortal herbs complemented each other. One could improve aptitude and break through Soul Power bottlenecks, while the other promoted absorption and strengthened the body.
"My third Soul Skill is called Crystalized Eight-Section Throw."
Unlike in the original story, Xiao Wu's Eight-Section Throw had gained the prefix "Crystalized."
When she slammed an enemy into the ground, a patch of crystal would form where they landed.
As long as the enemy touched the crystal ground, the damage they received from the next attack would increase by 10%, stacking up to eight times.
In other words, if the enemy took every hit head-on, the next attack after the Eight-Section Throw could deal 180% damage.
At the same time, her third Soul Skill could also link with her first two Soul Skills, allowing every attack to mark the enemy with a Soft Bone imprint.
"Your Martial Soul evolved too?"
"Mm. My Martial Soul is called the Moon Rabbit now."
Her previous Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul had only been average. It was not terrible, but it was far from a top-tier Martial Soul.
After evolving into the Moon Rabbit, Xiao Wu's cultivation aptitude improved greatly once again, while her first two Soul Skills also received certain enhancements.
For example, her second Soul Skill, Soft Bone, increased the defense reduction from 10% per imprint to 15%.
The imprint could stack up to five times. When used together with Brutal Eight-Section Throw, it could instantly reduce an enemy's defense by 75%.
Just imagine it: when an attack at 180% power struck after the Eight-Section Throw, the enemy's defense would already have been reduced by 75%. Even if the opponent had a turtle shell, Xiao Wu could easily break through their defenses.
Xiao Feiyu was very satisfied. Xiao Wu now possessed extremely powerful armor-piercing capabilities. Combined with Dugu Yan's third Soul Skill, they would definitely become a terrifying duo in the future.
Dugu Yan's third Soul Skill was called [Permafrost Prison]. It could create an ice prison within a twenty-meter radius. Enemies inside would suffer a piercing attack every 0.5 seconds and receive a 50% slow effect. Furthermore, when the ice prison was shattered or dismissed by its user, enemies within its range would be afflicted with Permafrost, forcibly freezing them for two seconds.
Xiao Feiyu had tested this Soul Skill. Even against a Soul King, she could guarantee it would take effect one hundred percent of the time.
As for enemies above the Soul King level, that was harder to say.
You could not expect a thousand-year Soul Skill to truly contend against someone else's ten-thousand-year Soul Skill, could you?
Just as they were discussing their Soul Skills, movement suddenly came from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Lu Shiyuan, who had been soaking in the water for nearly three days, was finally about to wake up.
Rewinding time by half an hour, Lu Shiyuan had vaguely felt his body reach its limit.
The rate at which the ice and fire energies entered his body grew slower and slower, while his muscles and bones underwent enormous changes.
From then on, immunity to ice and fire and resistance to all poisons became his greatest trump card.
Besides that, his Soul Power had leaped from level 24 to level 30. Once he obtained his third Soul Ring, he would become a Soul Elder.
What delighted him most was the left arm bone.
After more than a year of nourishment, the Celestial Rail Left Arm Bone had reached an age of twenty-five thousand years, though its growth had been as slow as a snail's crawl.
Yet in just these three days, by absorbing the energy within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the age of this left arm bone had actually surpassed ninety-five thousand years, only one step away from one hundred thousand years.
His Soul Power gradually stopped rising, and the tempering of his body gradually subsided. Lu Shiyuan knew the time had come.
Half an hour later, he slowly opened his eyes. The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, which had once brought him immense pain, now felt no different from an ordinary hot spring.
Other than being richer in energy, it could no longer harm him in any way.
"Xiao Yuan, if you're awake, come up." Yun Qingluo had also noticed the commotion outside and immediately came to the side of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Seeing Lu Shiyuan open his eyes, she waved at him.
Lu Shiyuan grinned. He had never felt this good before.
"Bang!" With a loud explosion, Lu Shiyuan leaped out of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Sunlight fell across his body. His formerly fair skin now carried a faint wheat-colored tan, and the muscles on his one-meter-seventy frame were clearly defined without becoming as bulky as the bodybuilders from his previous life. He still retained smooth, balanced lines.
Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan both blushed and turned away. Lu Shiyuan found it strange. What was wrong with them?
Only when a breeze swept past did he realize what had happened.
"Fuck, where are my clothes?" He immediately covered his vital parts with his hands. It was not because he felt embarrassed in front of Dugu Yan and Xiao Wu, but because two female hooligans were staring at him without blinking.
"Um, Sister Feiyu, Sister Qingluo, could you find me some clothes first?"
Yun Qingluo raised her brows and smiled. "Oh? Is Xiao Yuan embarrassed? What's there to cover? Feiyu has seen it before, but this big sister has never seen it."
"Qingluo, don't talk nonsense. It's not like I'm by Xiao Yuan's side every moment!" Xiao Feiyu also blushed at her sister's dirty joke.
Soul Masters might live far longer than ordinary people, but could the difference between 220 and 200 years old be compared to the difference between twenty-seven and seven?
Everyone would find the former reasonable, while the latter would only make them call the police.
After the teasing, Xiao Feiyu was still kind enough to bring Lu Shiyuan a brand-new set of clothes.
Once the embarrassing chill of having the wind blow against his butt was gone, Lu Shiyuan finally relaxed. Facing the gazes of his two older sisters, he chuckled. "Sisters, I'm invincible now."
"???"
No, he was only level 30. Was he really getting this cocky already?
Fortunately, they both knew Lu Shiyuan was only joking.
But then again, the ability to be impervious to water and fire and immune to all poisons could indeed be called invincible to a certain extent.
Although he still had no particularly good resistance against abilities like Xiao Feiyu's lightning, immunity to those three types of attacks alone was enough to make the vast majority of people jealous.
It was just that Lu Shiyuan had not expected that, only a few days after resolving the issue of his second Soul Ring mission, he now had to worry about the mission for his third Soul Ring.
Couldn't that damn system update a little faster? What was with always being one major version behind?
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