"Very good."
"This set of Soul Bones is ideal. Combined with your tempered physique, it will be enough to withstand the impact of ring detonation."
Tang Yue nodded in satisfaction, then continued, "However, although ring detonation is immensely powerful, it is also very dangerous."
"The older the Soul Ring, the greater its power-and the greater the damage."
"Therefore, we need to strike a balance when acquiring Soul Rings."
"If the power of ring detonation is too great for you to withstand, your body will burst, and you will die."
Tang Yue added solemnly, his tone cautious, "Moreover, ring detonation has another drawback: it causes irreversible damage to the Soul Rings."
Startled, Tang Chen asked, "Damage to the Soul Rings? Won't they recover after a few days?"
Tang Yue shook his head with a bitter smile. "In your dreams! You've detonated the rings. Of course they'll suffer tremendous damage."
"Once a ring is detonated, the runic magic formation on it will be damaged."
"Except for the Seventh Soul Ring, which is forcibly bestowed by the heaven and earth rules, the Soul Skills of the other Soul Rings can no longer be used."
"Generally speaking, you're already very lucky if you retain your Soul Skills after one detonation. At most, you can only detonate them twice."
(Chen Xiaojun: Just as I thought. My guess was right.)
Tang Chen was shaken to his core and cried out involuntarily, "What?"
Tang Yue snorted, an unfathomable gleam in his eyes. "Hmph. Since you're wielding a divine skill, of course you must pay a price. Not just physically, either. There are many, many other costs."
Then his body shuddered, as though he had recalled some heroic, tragic episode from the past, and he continued, "Even so, whenever they used ring detonation, it was always when our