At once, a black ring of light drifted out of the Heavy Armor Beetle King's body and toward Tang Xiao's martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer.
Everything belonging to the Heavy Armor Beetle King surged toward Tang Xiao along with it.
Almost simultaneously, Tang Xiao and Ning Zi finished absorbing their sixth soul rings, both breaking through to become Soul Emperors.
Tang Chen, who had been standing guard beside them, nodded in satisfaction.
After absorbing his soul ring, Tang Xiao reached level sixty-two, while Ning Zi advanced straight to level sixty-four.
The two slowly rose after finishing the absorption and thanked Tang Chen.
Tang Chen waved a hand, indicating that there was no need for courtesy.
The soul skill Tang Xiao obtained this time was the same one Tang San had acquired in the original story: Steadfast Pierce.
Effect: a single-point, penetrating assault soul skill. It concentrated all soul power at a single point on the tip of the Clear Sky Hammer, specifically targeting defenses to pierce armor and shatter shields. It ignored a portion of physical defense, prioritizing breaking through an entire defense at one point rather than wide-area bombardment. Even against thick armor or defensive soul skills, it could punch a penetrating breach.
Ning Zi's soul ring effect provided an attribute boost, just like those of other Soul Masters with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
Its name was Sixth: Boost.
Effect: the sixth tier of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda shone with a glazed radiance, and a beam of multicolored light enveloped the target, automatically identifying and amplifying their strongest innate attribute. It could affect the user herself and applied to a single target, though Heart Separation Control could be used to apply it to multiple people simultaneously.
For example, if the target was a fire-attribute