I Never Expected You to Be a Wife-Stealer! And You Built a Harem!

The Voice Pack sounded again.

[What kind of Soul Ring did I want?]

[The Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings you considered priceless were nothing special to This Seat!]

[No matter what Soul Ring This Seat absorbed, I was confident I could obtain a Soul Skill that suited me!]

[Its age mattered even less. This Seat had plenty of ways to increase a Soul Ring's age.]

[Back then, This Seat wore nine Soul Rings, each over a hundred thousand years old. The sight nearly blinded you fools!]

[It still made me laugh just thinking about it!]

The Voice Pack's tone was as lofty as ever, though a trace of nostalgia colored its words.

But there was far more condescension than nostalgia.

"Teacher, I want to follow the path of a Power Attack Battle Soul Master. For my next Soul Ring, I hope to get one that enhances my attributes."

Ning Wen ignored the Voice Pack and gave his answer.

He did not need an offensive Soul Skill. He needed one that boosted his own attributes.

When choosing their first three Soul Rings, Power Attack Battle Soul Masters needed at least one enhancement-type Soul Skill.

Only then could they make the most of the advantages gained by manifesting a Beast Martial Soul and improve their overall combat strength.

This was especially important for Ning Wen's Asura Armor.

After all, the Asura Armor came with plenty of abilities of its own.

These principles had been established by countless Soul Masters at Shrek Academy in later generations through their study and development of Martial Souls.

Looking at Ning Wen's resolute expression and remembering the arrogant thoughts he had heard earlier, Ning Fengzhi felt ten thousand curses stampede through his mind.

What was wrong with this kid?

He said one thing out loud and thought another.

Wasn't it exhausting to live like that?

"Little Wen, could you tell me what you're thinking?"

Ning Fengzhi forced his face into a somewhat strained smile and kept his tone as tactful as possible.

In his view—or rather, by the consensus of the age—

a Battle Soul Master gained far more value in combat from an explosive offensive Soul Skill than from a simple attribute boost.

"Uncle Ning, why do you think the Clear Sky Hammer is hailed as the world's number one tool Martial Soul?"

Rather than answer directly, Ning Wen asked, "And why did the Clear Sky Sect become the Number One Sect Under Heaven?"

Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin paused in surprise. Even Gu Rong opened his eyes.

"The Clear Sky Hammer is powerful, no question. But I don't think it comes close to being the world's number one tool Martial Soul. Grandpa Sword's Seven Kill Sword is no weaker."

"The main reason the Clear Sky Hammer holds that reputation is the set of secret techniques Tang Chen, the Peerless Douluo known as invincible across the continent, created specifically for it."

Ning Wen continued without pause. "Uncle Ning, I want enhancement-type Soul Skills because I plan to create my own Soul Skills in the future."

As a Soul Master's Soul Power Level rose and he reached the Titled Douluo stage, the Soul Skills from his first few Soul Rings became of little use unless they were exceptionally powerful.

And every Titled Douluo who created his own Soul Skills was far stronger than others at the same level.

For example, ten thousand years later, Dragon God Douluo Mu En would be hailed as the strongest person Shrek Academy had seen in a thousand years.

The protagonist of Douluo III, Tang Wulin, was much the same. His strength only took a qualitative leap after he created his ultimate technique, the Dragon Emperor Forbidden Art.

Of course, every path had its drawbacks, and this one was no exception.

It demanded extraordinary talent from the Soul Master.

Creating a Soul Skill sounded easy, but it was fiendishly difficult.

The fact that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, one of the Top Three Sects, had no Self-Created Soul Skills in the original story made that clear.

Only then did Ning Fengzhi and the other two understand.

"Little Wen, the road you've chosen will be difficult!"

After a moment of silence, Ning Fengzhi warned him, "Until you create a Soul Skill of your own, you'll be at a clear disadvantage against other Power Attack Battle Soul Masters."

[Ridiculous. Mortals were as ignorant as ever.]

That familiar, cold voice rang out.

[Creating a Soul Skill? Anyone with hands could do that!]

[With the divine techniques This Seat created, I and my mirror swept through the Divine Realm without a single rival. That was how I claimed the throne as its ruler!]

Ning Wen: There he goes, showing off again!

Anyone with hands can create a Soul Skill? Then make one for me!

Anyone can brag!

Ning Fengzhi: "..."

Fine. I worried for nothing.

To a reincarnated God King, creating a Soul Skill was naturally no great feat.

Half a day later, Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, Chen Xin, and Ning Wen arrived in the Great Star Dou Forest.

The Great Star Dou Forest was vast, stretching across Heaven Dou and the Star Luo Empire. Its varied terrain nurtured countless natural treasures, and it was the largest gathering place of Soul Beasts on the Douluo Continent.

This time, they intended to search the forest's outer ring for a Soul Beast suitable for Ning Wen. With Gu Rong and Chen Xin's strength, they could roam that area at will.

Even the mixed zone posed no challenge to them.

Only the deepest Core Circle, and the forbidden zone beyond it, gave them reason to hesitate.

An ordinary Titled Douluo who entered either place would be unlikely to come out alive.

The moment they stepped into the Great Star Dou Forest, the Voice Pack sounded again, touched by nostalgia.

[Great Star Dou Forest, This Seat had returned!]

[Funny, really. This Seat was fonder of this forest than anywhere else.]

[This was where This Seat met my first wife, second wife, third wife, and fourth wife!]

[This Seat could never have created the position of Spacetime God King without my first wife's help.]

[Well... my first wife was beautiful and kind, but she wasn't exactly bright. Still, she spent every day confidently proclaiming that she possessed the Dragon God's astonishing wisdom.]

[The Dragon God's wisdom certainly was astonishing. To this day, This Seat still had no idea what he was thinking.]

[As the first sovereign of the Soul Beasts, he laid down an ironclad rule before his death that Soul Beasts could not become gods.]

[Fortunately, she met This Seat. Otherwise, she would have helped count the money after someone sold her.]

[At this point, though, three of This Seat's wives should be asleep in the forbidden zone, while my fourth wife is trapped by the Lake of Life and cannot leave.]

Ning Wen's face darkened.

He really dared to dream big!

If he had guessed right, the Voice Pack's so-called first wife was Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena, officially recognized as the most beautiful woman on the Douluo Continent.

And his fourth wife had to be the Imperial Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

As for the second and third wives, they were almost certainly Bi Ji and Zi JI, two of the ten great Ferocious Beasts.

Good grief. He'd swept up the whole Great Star Dou Forest in one go.

And Ning Wen remembered clearly that in the original Douluo II and Douluo III stories, apart from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who had sacrificed herself early on, the other three all seemed to be married women.

I never expected you to be a wife-stealer!

And you built a harem!

How enviable... No, how shameless!

Though at this point in time, they were all single.