Nourished by the remains of the Golden Demon Empress, a demigod who had possessed a divine body, Jiang Hai's physical strength had already surpassed that of a Titled Douluo. With his martial soul's assistance as well, his absorption of the soul ring went smoothly, even though Kun King's cultivation had reached five hundred and fifty thousand years.
The Level 80 bottleneck loosened little by little.
Within the layered coffins, Kun King's corpse and soul bone gradually melted into a black liquid. The liquid consisted of countless vortices, with specks of golden light forming within them.
Boom!
After an unknown length of time, a black coffin condensed from the vortices of black liquid. The bottleneck within Jiang Hai shattered completely, and the vast energy within Kun King's soul ring surged forth in an endless stream, merging into the soul power within him.
Level 81, Level 82, Level 83.
In mere moments, Jiang Hai's soul power broke through the Level 82 bottleneck and only slowly stopped rising once it reached Level 83.
Soul rings from different soul beasts granted vastly different increases in soul power. Kun King's immense physical body had stored far more soul power than ordinary soul beasts, so the increase his soul ring brought Jiang Hai exceeded all expectations.
He was not an ordinary Level 81 Soul Douluo, but a Level 83 one.
For Jiang Hai, who cultivated the Ninefold Coffin Scroll, each increase in level meant more than an increase in soul power. It also meant a nine-in-one increase in magic energy, battle aura, vital blood, mental power, and the power of his ultimate attributes. Thus, advancing each level was nine times harder for him than for an ordinary Soul Douluo.
Of course, the increase in soul power also enhanced his strength far more than it would a