Can You Choose Two of Four Spirit Skills Too? Pick Both Percentage Boosts! Did Mom and Dad Enter Slaughter City?

"Okay, stay close to Grandpa!"

Tuoba Xi led Yin Changqing deeper into the forest's outer reaches. He let a hint of his Titled Douluo pressure seep out, and the weaker spirit beasts nearby scattered.

Before long, Tuoba Xi stopped and looked toward a valley not far away. He smiled.

"Good luck!

"There's a Light Wyvern up ahead, about six hundred years old. It's perfect for your Light Saint Dragon!"

With that, Tuoba Xi struck out with one hand. His immense Soul Power formed a giant white-armored claw that slammed the roaring Light Wyvern to the ground, leaving it gravely wounded and near death.

"Changqing, come finish it off!"

Yin Changqing hurried forward, drew a short blade, and drove it cleanly through the Light Wyvern's throat.

A bright yellow Soul Ring rose from the beast's corpse.

"Sit cross-legged and draw the Soul Ring into your body!"

Tuoba Xi stood guard beside him.

Yin Changqing sat as instructed and channeled his Soul Power into the yellow Soul Ring.

The instant the ring entered his body, a vast, warm power surged through him. That cold mechanical voice sounded in Yin Changqing's mind again!

[Host detected absorbing first Soul Ring. "Choose Two of Four Spirit Skills" triggered!]

[Please choose two of the following four Spirit Skills:]

[Option One: Light Roar (area-of-effect sonic attack with a stunning effect)]

[Option Two: Sacred Dragon Body (increases all of the user's attributes by 50%)]

[Option Three: Light Protection (creates a barrier of light that blocks damage)]

[Option Four: Light Power (increases attack power and light affinity by 50%)]

Yin Changqing was delighted by the prompt in his mind.

I can choose two of four Spirit Skills too?

And I can pick two at once!

How is that any different from a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring granting two Spirit Skills?

"I won't be short of attack skills early on. Percentage boosts are the way to go!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Yin Changqing made his choice in his mind.

"System, I choose options two and four!"

[Selection successful!

Spirit Skills acquired:

Sacred Dragon Body, Light Power!]

As the system's voice faded, two surges of power flowed into Yin Changqing's meridians and bones.

The yellow Soul Ring fully merged with him and began circling his body.

Yin Changqing opened his eyes, let out a long breath, and stood.

Tuoba Xi hurried over. After looking him up and down, he asked with concern,

"Changqing, how do you feel?

"Did the absorption go smoothly?"

Yin Changqing smiled and nodded.

"Very smoothly, Grandpa.

"I don't feel any discomfort."

Tuoba Xi breathed a sigh of relief, then asked with open curiosity,

"Quick, tell Grandpa what Spirit Skill this six-hundred-year first Soul Ring gave you."

Yin Changqing channeled his Soul Power. A bright yellow Soul Ring rose beneath his feet, and the faint image of his Light Saint Dragon Martial Soul appeared behind him.

"Grandpa, my first Soul Ring... gave me two Spirit Skills."

"What?!

"Two Spirit Skills?!"

Tuoba Xi's eyes went wide, and he cried out in disbelief.

"How is that possible?

"Only a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring can grant two Spirit Skills!

"Yours is just a six-hundred-year Soul Ring!"

Yin Changqing blinked and offered an explanation that was half true.

"Maybe my Martial Souls are so powerful that having Twin Ultimate Martial Souls let me break the usual rules."

Tuoba Xi sucked in a sharp breath, then clapped his hands and burst out laughing.

"Good!

"Excellent!

"Twin Ultimate Sacred Dragons, and two Spirit Skills from your very first Soul Ring!

"A miracle! This is an absolute miracle!"

When his laughter subsided, Tuoba Xi pressed him again.

"What exactly do these two Spirit Skills do?"

Yin Changqing replied,

"The first is called Sacred Dragon Body. It increases all my attributes by 50% when I use it.

"The second is called Light Power. It increases my attack power and light affinity by 50%."

Tuoba Xi's mouth fell open wide enough to fit an egg.

"Fifty percent to all attributes?!

"And another fifty percent to attack and light affinity?

"These are percentage-boost Spirit Skills!

"The stronger you get, the more terrifying they'll become. The quality of your first-ring skills even surpasses that of ordinary ten-thousand-year Spirit Skills!"

Tuoba Xi patted Yin Changqing's shoulder, too excited to stop pacing.

"Changqing, one Soul Ring and two Spirit Skills. Do you know what that means?"

"Even a hundred-year Soul Ring can give you two Spirit Skills.

"So what about the rings after that?

"Thousand-year rings? Ten-thousand-year rings?

"They're bound to work the same way!"

The more Tuoba Xi spoke, the more excited he became. He could not keep the grin off his face.

"Changqing, just imagine it!"

"When you reach the rank of Titled Douluo, you'll have nine Soul Rings. Even without counting Spirit Bone skills, one Martial Soul alone will give you at least eighteen Spirit Skills!"

"And you?"

"You have both light and dark Martial Souls!"

"Two Martial Souls mean at least thirty-six Spirit Skills!"

By this point, Tuoba Xi nearly jumped for joy. He had lost every shred of a Titled Douluo's dignity.

Yin Changqing looked just as excited and cheered along with Tuoba Xi.

But inwardly, he could not help thinking.

Awakening my Martial Souls triggered Choose Two of Four.

Absorbing a Soul Ring triggered it too.

The Choose Two of Four System doesn't seem that hard to trigger.

I wonder how Mom and Dad are doing. Has Dad become a Titled Douluo yet?

Once his excitement passed, Tuoba Xi gradually calmed down.

He scanned their surroundings warily, his expression turning grave as he warned in a low voice,

"Changqing, remember this.

"From now on, you must never reveal your second Martial Soul, the Dark Sacred Dragon, to anyone!

"Until your parents return, only you and I can know that you have Twin Martial Souls. Do you understand?"

Yin Changqing's expression tightened, and he nodded solemnly.

"Don't worry, Grandpa. I know the tallest tree is the first to be felled by the wind. I won't breathe a word of it to anyone."

"Good boy. Knowing when to hide your strength is true wisdom."

Tuoba Xi gave Yin Changqing's head an approving pat. Then he swept him up in another gust of wind, and they rose from the ground.

The two streaked out of Star Dou Great Forest and flew straight back to Holy Dragon Sect.

Inside the sect master's study at Holy Dragon Sect.

Tuoba Xi poured Yin Changqing a cup of warm tea.

Yin Changqing took the cup. After a moment's hesitation, he asked,

"Grandpa, have you heard anything about my father and mother lately?"

At the mention of them, Tuoba Xi's smile faded. He let out a deep sigh.

"A while ago, our scouts sent word back.

"Your parents were last seen outside a strange town on the far northern frontier."

Tuoba Xi paused, then said gravely,

"If I'm right, the two of them... have entered Slaughter City."

"Slaughter City?!"

Yin Changqing raised his eyebrows in surprise.

That place was the most dangerous den of depravity on the continent. People could enter, but they could not leave.

Across the whole of Douluo Continent, only a handful of people had dared enter Slaughter City and come out alive in all these centuries.

With so many Titled Douluo on Douluo Continent, how many had ever gone in?

"Yes. That place."

Worry showed in Tuoba Xi's eyes. He shook his head and sighed.

"Your father had been stuck at Level 89 for too long. Desperate to reach the rank of Titled Douluo, he chose the most dangerous path.

"All I can do now is hope he and your mother stay safe in there and fight their way out soon, so they can see you again..."