Chen Mo sat on the ground, holding the same posture without moving a muscle.
The corpse of the Seventy-Thousand-Year Spirit Vein Brocade-Scale Python lay beside him.
Under the influence of the Soul-Nurturing Art.
Pure soul power washed through his limbs and bones like an endless, flowing river.
The power of its spiritual origin also gradually merged into his sea of consciousness.
Perhaps because his body had been nourished by pure soul power for so long.
A faint glow began to radiate from Chen Mo.
Meanwhile, the color of the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring gradually faded.
Time slowly passed, and roughly seven hours later.
The sky gradually darkened.
Clear moonlight spilled down like droplets of rain.
At night, the Star Dou Great Forest resembled a coldly beautiful, alluring woman draped in an ink-black gauze robe, all her sharp edges concealed.
Quiet and mysterious, yet that mystery harbored boundless danger.
Du Busi and the other Body Sect disciples had stopped here to rest for the time being.
Boom!
Far from the camp.
A surge of soul power erupted from within Chen Mo.
As the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring was drawn into his body.
A sharp crack rang out.
Some shackle within his body had been broken.
One level... two levels... three levels...
His aura began to climb rapidly.
His soul power level finally reached the peak of level thirty-four, then stopped rising as though someone had pressed pause.
The instant Chen Mo raised his eyes.
Jade-green light from his pupils illuminated the darkness.
Invisible Spiritual Power stirred ripples that silently spread outward.
His gaze was clear and profound, as though a single glance could instantly lay everything bare and see through the truth and falsehood of all things.
Fortunately, this spectacle did not last long.
Before long, it vanished without a trace.
He exhaled a breath of stale air.
Chen Mo stood up, taking stock of the changes within himself.
"No wonder soul masters with ultimate martial souls advance so slowly after level thirty."
"A Seventy-Thousand-Year Spirit Vein Brocade-Scale Python only raised me three levels."
Du Busi stepped forward. "You little brat, three levels of soul power still aren't enough for you? Do you know that any other Ultimate Martial Soul Master would probably laugh for three days and nights if they could gain three levels in a row after breaking through level thirty?"
Unlike ordinary soul masters.
Soul masters with ultimate martial souls found their cultivation speed becoming incredibly slow after breaking through level thirty.
But rather than slowing down, it was more accurate to say their bodies had activated a self-preservation mechanism.
Ultimate attributes placed an immense burden on a soul master's body and were highly corrosive to it.
Before level thirty, the body could still barely withstand that energy.
But after level thirty, the ultimate attribute began awakening fully, causing the burden on the body to increase exponentially.
To avoid being crushed by that ultimate energy.
The soul power within a soul master's body would enter a stage of automatic purification and compression.
First, it tempered the body and widened the meridians so they could accommodate higher-level ultimate soul power.
Second, it increased the density of their soul power, laying the foundation for rapid advancement after level seventy!
As long as they could break through level seventy.
Their cultivation speed would far surpass that of ordinary soul masters, and the advantages of their ultimate attributes would fully emerge, making the road to becoming Titled relatively smooth.
Against ordinary martial soul users of the same level, Ultimate Martial Soul Masters possessed overwhelming strength.
They could even challenge opponents above their level.
Of course, all of this depended on an Ultimate Martial Soul Master reaching level seventy without dying along the way.
"A Seventy-Thousand-Year soul beast should have given you a decent soul skill," Du Busi added.
Chen Mo spoke modestly. "It's all right. An auxiliary soul skill. Not very strong, but it just about gets the job done."
"Would you like to try it?"
"Sure."
Du Busi immediately nodded in agreement.
"All right, then. I suppose I'll reluctantly give you a demonstration."
"But let me make this clear first: relax your Spiritual Power and don't resist."
He was not afraid Du Busi would do anything; he was afraid of suffering a backlash himself.
"All right, all right. Why are you so long-winded, brat? I won't resist. Hurry up and use it."
"Then I'll begin."
With that, a gleam flashed through Chen Mo's eyes.
Jade-Eyed Three-Flower Pupils activated!
Three soul rings—purple, black, and black—appeared in succession, descending from above to settle beneath his feet.
"Third soul skill—All-Domain Shared Search!"
As his words fell.
The three layers of floral patterns within his pupils bloomed simultaneously.
Threads of Spiritual Power, fine as hair, entered Du Busi's mind.
Affected by the foreign Spiritual Power.
Du Busi instinctively wanted to resist, but remembering Chen Mo's words, he suppressed that impulse and allowed the Spiritual Power into his mind.
Yet the sight that appeared before his eyes the next moment.
Left him astonished.
Everything within three hundred and fifty meters of him appeared in his vision, covering all three hundred and sixty degrees without a single blind spot.
"That's not all."
"Three-Flower Pupils: Illusion Break!"
Chen Mo once again used the soul skill he had previously comprehended.
The effects overlapped.
His third soul skill changed.
Beyond the earlier effect, Du Busi could now actually see the various currents of soul power and life energy flowing around him.
"All right, next let's test its straight-line range."
Chen Mo's gaze sharpened.
He immediately changed the detection area from a full three hundred and sixty degrees to a straight line.
Very soon.
Du Busi could see things six hundred meters away.
Chen Mo then began to explain.
"This is my third soul skill—All-Domain Shared Search!"
"Centered on me, its normal mode provides three-hundred-and-sixty-degree detection without blind spots over a range of three hundred and fifty meters. Its straight-line range reaches six hundred meters. Nothing within that range can hide, and on top of that, I can share this soul skill with teammates."
"If I add my Three-Flower Pupils: Illusion Break, its effects go a step further!"
"Other than the detection range expanding as my strength grows."
"This soul skill of mine really is nothing special."
After explaining the effects of his third soul skill.
Chen Mo immediately canceled it.
And withdrew his martial soul.
"One soul skill gives you the effects of two, and it can even grow!"
"And you call that nothing special?"
Du Busi spoke irritably.
He was sour.
Sour with envy.
The brat's third soul skill was already strong enough, but who would have thought he could even add another soul skill to it?
Even his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill had no such effect.
They rested for the night.
Early the next morning, Du Busi led everyone back to the Body Sect.
After they left the Star Dou Great Forest.
Chen Mo did not board a carriage with the others.
Instead, he used the Level 3 Soul Tool Flying Device to fly ahead toward the Body Sect.
The other Body Sect disciples watched with utter envy.
After all, no matter who they were.
Everyone carried a dream of flying freely in their heart.
Ordinary soul masters needed to reach level seventy before they could fly using their vast and abundant soul power.
Yet their Young Sect Master was only at Level 30 and could already fly with a soul tool.
"I'll head back to the sect first, then."
With that, Chen Mo activated his flying soul tool.
And soared away toward the Body Sect.
"Interesting."
"It seems this scrap metal isn't entirely useless after all."
Watching Chen Mo's figure fly into the distance.
Du Busi sat atop the carriage, an unusual gleam flashing through his eyes.
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