After awakening his martial soul, Huo Yuhao discovered that his mutated Spirit Eyes, which should really be called the Glazed Divine Fire Eyes, were extremely sensitive to the auras of light and flame.
Even Qian Daoliu might not have been as perceptive as he was.
Even while traveling at breakneck speed, he spotted a light-attribute soul beast in the distance at a glance.
Although Huo Yuhao could not see exactly what it looked like or how old it was, he could sense the exceptionally rich light attribute emanating from it.
So Huo Yuhao instinctively pointed it out to Qian Daoliu. Upon hearing Huo Yuhao's voice, Qian Daoliu stopped in midair and looked in the direction he had just indicated.
Although his divine sense was active, he could not cover every angle. His mental power was ultimately limited, and he could only focus on the area ahead of him. It was perfectly normal for him to miss something off to the side.
Sure enough, when he probed in the direction Huo Yuhao had pointed, he soon discovered a white swan radiating golden light as it wandered across the lake.
"A hundred-year Jade-Light Goose! What a find-and there's more than one."
After examining them, Qian Daoliu was overjoyed. He had never expected a casual gesture from his own grandson to save them more than half their work.
There were four Jade-Light Geese here, all with a hundred years or more of cultivation, making them highly suitable for the brother and sister to acquire soul rings.
It did not really matter if the soul beasts were the same species, because differences in age and soul ring placement would also have a tremendous impact.
In other words, even absorbing soul rings from two identical soul beasts at the same time would not produce identical soul skills.
The Angel Clan considered only a few things when absorbing soul rings: whether the attribute was suitable and whether the beast had wings.
Those were the only two points. As long as the beast had wings, it could grant them a flight-related soul skill, and a suitable attribute would strengthen their own sacred attribute.
As for what the soul skill actually was, that truly was not very important.
Their Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul was a divine-grade martial soul of incomparable power. In battle, they relied on its powerful elemental abilities and flight capabilities, or on exquisite swordsmanship.
The three soon flew to the lakeside and slowly descended. Looking at the four snow-white swans swimming in the middle of the lake, Qian Renxue immediately wore an expression of reluctance.
"Grandpa, do we really have to kill these soul beasts? These white swans look so kind."
At Qian Renxue's words, both Qian Daoliu and Huo Yuhao burst out laughing.
"You've only just seen them for the first time today. How do you know they're kind soul beasts?"
Huo Yuhao directly undercut Qian Renxue, leaving his dear little sister no graceful way out.
Huo Yuhao had always known that Qian Renxue was a sucker for good looks. Whether in the original novel or during the six years he had spent with her, he had personally experienced what it meant to believe that beauty was justice.
This was a terrible habit, and he had to correct it, lest she see Tang San after his transformation later on and be drawn to him all over again.
Although Huo Yuhao was confident he could kill those three scourges, he could not determine exactly when. No matter how gifted he was, he could not become a Titled Douluo overnight.
To kill Tang Hao, he would have to reach the Titled Douluo level at the very least. Otherwise, even a Soul Douluo would not measure up.
He had to kill those three personally and could not leave it to anyone else. Otherwise, although the mission would be completed, he would receive no reward.
Without a reward, all his work would amount to nothing.
He estimated that it would take more than ten years to kill Tang San. There were far too many uncertainties in that span of time. Who knew whether Qian Renxue might happen to run into Tang San?
After all, he could not stay by Qian Renxue's side forever. In another few years, he would probably leave Spirit Hall to seek his own opportunities.
While the brother and sister bickered, Qian Daoliu had already captured the four Jade-Light Geese and brought them over.
Against Qian Daoliu's strength as a Limit Douluo, these four hundred-year soul beasts had no power to resist.
It was clear that these soul beasts were a family: parents and their children.
The two older Jade-Light Geese were both approaching a thousand years of cultivation, while the two younger ones had only three or four hundred years.
Holding the Jade-Light Geese as though they were mere chicks, Qian Daoliu first placed the two with lower soul power beside Huo Yuhao and Qian Renxue, one for each.
All Huo Yuhao wanted now was to grow stronger. After taking the soul beast from Qian Daoliu, he immediately pulled a dagger from his Storage Soul Tool. Crack! With a single stroke, he ended the hundred-year soul beast's life.
After a few shudders, the corpse went completely still. Bright red blood flowed across the ground into the lake, staining the water crimson and lending the scene an eerie air.
Soon, energy rippled above the Jade-Light Goose's corpse, and a yellow soul ring slowly condensed into existence.
Huo Yuhao immediately released his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul. Under his guidance, the soul ring moved along his body and floated above his wings.
As powerful soul power poured into him, Huo Yuhao could clearly feel the soul ring's pure energy flowing through his martial soul into every limb and bone in his body, where it was slowly absorbed.
Because their martial souls were exceptionally powerful and could endure so much, the standards ordinary people followed when absorbing soul rings did not apply to them. As long as a ring was under a thousand years old, the divine-grade six-winged angel could absorb it with ease.
The process went smoothly. In just half an hour, Huo Yuhao successfully absorbed his first soul ring.
Soon, a pale yellow soul ring slowly rose from beneath his feet. His soul power also soared straight to level twenty, where it was once again halted by the bottleneck unique to Douluo Star, unable to advance another inch.
However, Huo Yuhao felt that his actual soul power should have been at level twenty-three.
"First soul skill, Angel Wing Shield!"
Huo Yuhao shouted, and the yellow soul ring around him flashed. With a beat of his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul's wings, three pairs of illusory golden wings appeared before him, then combined into a transparent golden shield.
After absorbing a flight-attribute soul ring, one's own flight capabilities would automatically improve, extending the time the martial soul could remain in use. Its sacred aura would also grow stronger.
Only after those two benefits came the effect of the soul skill itself.
And the skill Huo Yuhao had obtained was indeed quite good.
"Very good, Little Han. You've obtained an extremely powerful defensive soul skill."
Huo Yuhao likewise thought it was excellent. After testing it a few times, he began adjusting his condition in preparation for absorbing his second soul ring.
By the time another yellow soul ring appeared beneath his feet, Qian Renxue had finally finished absorbing her first soul skill as well.
Qian Renxue's first soul skill was called Angel Thrust. There was nothing particularly special about it; it enhanced her offensive or defensive capabilities by condensing golden light.
It could be considered a very good skill.
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