"Hehe, Young Sect Master, did old Huang step in just in time?"
A white-haired old man stood in front of Huo Yuhao. He was a full nine feet tall, but his build was decidedly odd. Rubbing his head, he grinned at Huo Yuhao.
The white-haired old man's proportions were extremely strange. His legs were far longer than an ordinary person's and covered in knotted muscles, making their explosive power plain to see.
Nine soul rings shone around his body: two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red. And he was not the only one. Du Busi and Jin Peng, standing farther ahead, also had Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings gleaming around them. Their display was far more impressive than Shrek Academy's.
The Holy Spirit Cult possessed secret techniques that could increase a soul ring's age through methods such as sacrificing souls. When absorbing soul rings, they could also use secret techniques to temporarily stimulate their bodies and strengthen their physiques, allowing them to absorb older soul rings.
The Body Sect, meanwhile, relied entirely on the physical enhancement provided by body martial souls. Even when their cultivation was still low, they could absorb soul rings beyond their level, then use those older soul rings to strengthen their bodies further. This snowball effect allowed them to absorb increasingly older soul rings afterward.
Generally speaking, a soul master with a body martial soul could absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring without difficulty at the Soul Douluo stage, provided they had sufficient talent. A genius-level soul master could even attempt to absorb one at the Soul Saint stage.
But that was only in theory. In reality, every Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was immensely precious to the Star Dou Great Forest, with the potential to advance into a ferocious beast. Killing too many would