I Want to Absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring

The moment Zhu Zhuqing saw the woman in white, she started in surprise and hurriedly bowed, speaking respectfully:

"Greetings, Qingyue Douluo. Thank you for saving Zhuqing's life."

"Don't thank me. If you want to thank someone, thank the Sixth Prince."

Dai Chengqian looked at the woman in white robes, feeling rather surprised himself.

Before setting out on this journey, he had known someone would follow him to safeguard his life.

Before he left, his mother had also told him not to worry about his safety during this training journey, which was really a hint that someone would be protecting him.

He had thought it would be a Soul Saint or a Soul Douluo.

He had never expected a Titled Douluo.

The woman in white robes was named Bai Qingyue. She was one of the Star Luo Empire's Guardian Douluos, a level-ninety-one Titled Douluo.

The Star Luo Emperor's decision to send her to protect him meant that, after the Eldest Prince's accusations against him, he, the Sixth Prince, had finally caught the emperor's attention.

Dai Chengqian bowed to Qingyue Douluo and said:

"His Majesty said he was punishing me by sending me to train alone in the Star Dou Great Forest,

but as a prince of the Star Luo Empire, there was no way I wouldn't have someone secretly protecting me.

Still, I never expected it would be you."

Qingyue Douluo gave Dai Chengqian an approving look, then smiled and said:

"You're clever enough.

But who gave a mere Soul Grandmaster like you the courage to venture deep into the Star Dou Great Forest?

I saw you kill several thousand-year Soul Beasts earlier. Why didn't you absorb one as your third Soul Ring?

Young people shouldn't reach for heights beyond their grasp. That Vajra Savage Bear earlier was actually a very good match for you."

Dai Chengqian did not argue, readily admitting:

"Qingyue Douluo, I admit I took a risk.

But wasn't that because I knew you were protecting me in secret?"

Bai Qingyue did not respond.

The Sixth Prince might have seemed a little reckless, but not just anyone possessed such courage.

Another prince probably would not have dared take such a risk, even if he suspected someone was protecting him.

Dai Chengqian looked at the Soul Beast that had just attacked them.

It was now immobilized within Qingyue Douluo's Soul Skill, revealing its true form: a small, pitch-black tiger.

It was less than a tenth the size of an ordinary tiger-type Soul Beast, black from head to tail, with faint black mist curling around its claws.

Drawing on the knowledge in his memories, Dai Chengqian recognized the Soul Beast.

It was a ten-thousand-year Shadow Tiger! Among tiger-type Soul Beasts, it was an exceptionally fast species.

Dai Chengqian already possessed extremely powerful offensive abilities. Both his White Tiger Light-Splitting Wave, strengthened by Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, and his Purple Heaven Divine Thunder self-created Soul Skill were formidable assault skills.

The only thing he lacked now was speed.

This Soul Beast's attributes were a perfect fit for him.

Dai Chengqian turned to Qingyue Douluo and said:

"Qingyue Douluo, please help me severely wound this ten-thousand-year Shadow Tiger. I want to absorb its Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring."

"What! You want to absorb this Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast's Soul Ring?"

Dai Chengqian's words startled Bai Qingyue.

For a moment, he wondered whether Dai Chengqian had lost his mind.

A Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring could generally only be absorbed as one's fifth Soul Ring.

For Dai Chengqian to absorb one as his third Soul Ring was unprecedented in the history of the Douluo Continent.

Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun were both astonished to hear that Dai Chengqian wanted to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

They had thought Dai Chengqian had not absorbed those Thousand-Year Soul Rings because their quality was not good enough. They had never imagined he considered them too young!

Bai Qingyue walked over to Dai Chengqian and touched his forehead. Then a gleam of white light blossomed from her hand and pierced into his brain.

A moment later, Bai Qingyue opened her beautiful eyes and looked at Dai Chengqian in shock, saying:

"You don't have a fever, and there's nothing wrong with your brain. You really do want to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Listen to me and give up. It's impossible."

"Qingyue Douluo, of course I haven't lost my mind. I'm serious."

As he spoke, Dai Chengqian released his purple sky divine thunder tiger Martial Soul.

Dai Chengqian understood that no matter how much he explained, words alone meant nothing.

He had to prove that he possessed the strength and at least some chance of absorbing this Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring before she would help him.

Dai Chengqian smiled at Bai Qingyue and said:

"Qingyue Douluo, you should already know that my Martial Soul has mutated.

Look at how powerful it is. Absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring will be absolutely no problem."

Bai Qingyue's gaze fell on Dai Chengqian's Purple Heaven Divine Thunder Martial Soul.

After examining it carefully for a while, a flash of shock crossed her eyes.

The Sixth Prince's mutated Martial Soul was simply too powerful!

Previously, she had been protecting him in secret from far away and had never closely examined Dai Chengqian's Martial Soul.

Although she had seen that Dai Chengqian's Martial Soul had mutated and acquired a lightning attribute, she had not paid it much mind.

After all, as a Titled Douluo, she had seen her share of mutated Martial Souls.

Now that she was up close and inspecting it carefully with her spiritual power, she discovered that Dai Chengqian's mutated Martial Soul was completely different from anyone else's!

The Martial Soul itself was incomparably powerful, and the purple lightning it contained was even wearing away the spiritual power she used to probe it!

That left her faintly alarmed.

She had never seen such a powerful mutated Martial Soul. Even the world's foremost tool Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, probably fell far short of it.

Struggling to suppress her excitement, Bai Qingyue said to Dai Chengqian:

"Heaven truly blesses our Star Luo Empire.

I never imagined that such a powerful mutated Martial Soul would appear among this generation of princes."

With that, she looked at Dai Chengqian solemnly and said:

"Sixth Prince, I can help you absorb this Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

But before that, I must test you thoroughly.

A Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring isn't so easily absorbed.

To absorb one, you must withstand 'Soul Shock.' If you can't endure it, a mild outcome would merely mean failing to absorb the Soul Ring.

But a severe outcome would be terrifying. Either your body would explode and you would die, or you would be left an imbecile.

Please forgive my caution."

"No problem. Test me however you wish."

"Get ready. I'm starting. If your spiritual power isn't sufficient, I'll help you find a suitable Thousand-Year Soul Ring."

Qingyue Douluo spread her hands, and nine Soul Rings appeared around her in succession: yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black.

"Seventh Soul Skill, Soul Light."

A grayish-white beam shot toward Dai Chengqian.

Dai Chengqian felt his entire body grow heavy, followed by a powerful wrenching sensation.

It was as though a pump were frantically drawing his soul out of him.

Dai Chengqian held his mind steady and resisted with all his strength.

Three minutes later, the wrenching sensation vanished.

Dai Chengqian opened his eyes and caught a fleeting flash of shock in Bai Qingyue's gaze.

Bai Qingyue looked at Dai Chengqian with mixed emotions and said:

"I'm a control-type Soul Master, and spiritual control is one of my main specialties.

I restricted this Soul Skill to roughly the same intensity as a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast's 'Soul Shock.' I never expected you to last three minutes.

Now I believe you have a chance of absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring."

Dai Chengqian smiled. "Then I'm sorry for the trouble."

He rested where he was for an hour to recover.

Dai Chengqian took a deep breath and said, "Qingyue Douluo, I'm ready. We can begin."

Bai Qingyue nodded and used a Soul Skill to severely wound the ten-thousand-year Shadow Tiger, leaving it barely alive.

Dai Chengqian stepped forward and ended its life with a single punch.

The next moment, a black Soul Ring slowly rose into the air.

Dai Chengqian sat cross-legged, summoned his purple sky divine thunder tiger Martial Soul, and beckoned to the black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

A second later, as though it had found an entrance, the Soul Ring surged toward Dai Chengqian.

Dai Chengqian felt a warm current enter his body. Then a violent surge of energy began rampaging through him.

As the energy careened wildly through his body, it also began gradually transforming it.

But the transformation was far too savage. He felt as if his entire body were about to burst apart and could not help coughing up a mouthful of blood.

Beside him, Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun watched Dai Chengqian with worried faces.

Zhu Zhuqing turned to Bai Qingyue and asked:

"Qingyue Douluo, do you think the Sixth Prince can succeed?"

Bai Qingyue furrowed her brows, gave Dai Chengqian a grave look, then said to the two young women:

"Absorbing a Soul Ring is dangerous to begin with, let alone a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Once an arrow leaves the bow, there's no calling it back. All we can do now is believe in him."