It Sounded Like I Could Not Use It Without a Soul Ring

Jin Jiuxiao sat cross-legged immediately after selecting his first soul skill.

The other Ferocious Beasts had no intention of leaving either, for according to Jin Jiuxiao's temperament, he would depart right after condensing his first soul ring.

It would only take a few minutes, so waiting a little longer was no hardship.

Di Tian sat in a small lakeside gazebo, glancing from time to time at Jin Jiuxiao, who was currently condensing his soul ring.

Now that he has taken human form, with Jiuxiao's talent, he is bound to become a god within fifty years.

Human cultivation speeds were far faster than those of soul beasts.

Moreover, Jin Jiuxiao had the backing of beasts like them, which could push his cultivation speed to even greater heights.

He sensed a certain urgency and... ambition from Jin Jiuxiao.

Logically speaking, Jin Jiuxiao had received Zi Ji's enhancement...

This two-hundred-thousand-year ferocious beast soul ring was enough to directly elevate Jin Jiuxiao's cultivation to rank twenty.

After condensing his second soul ring, it might even exceed rank twenty-one or twenty-two.

By then, whether contracting with Xiong Jun or Bi Ji, his soul power level could be forcefully pushed to rank thirty.

Yet this brat used the vast majority of his soul power entirely to reinforce himself.

Judging by his estimation, the first soul ring Jin Jiuxiao was condensing definitely started at five thousand years.

The stronger Jin Jiuxiao's physical body and the higher his stats, the faster he could reclaim his original power.

"A strong physical body... condensing high-age soul rings, reclaiming more of his original power..."

Di Tian pondered the reasons for Jin Jiuxiao's actions in his mind.

"Unless..."

A conjecture surfaced in Di Tian's heart.

Rey was not yet Jin Jiuxiao's strongest form.

Thunder God’s Dawn Flash was also not Jin Jiuxiao's strongest skill.

Jin Jiuxiao wanted to use a human body to evolve once again.

Or rather... recover his peak?

If that were the case, then the logic behind Jin Jiuxiao's actions made sense.

Drawing on his own experience and Jin Jiuxiao's origins, Di Tian guessed seven or eight parts of the truth.

Rey indeed was not his strongest form, and could even be said to be merely his base form.

At the same time, he was also considering when to awaken his lord.

The god level and beneath the god level were completely different tiers.

While Jin Jiuxiao could restore Zi Ji's state, it did not necessarily mean he could restore a god's state.

What was more... the Silver Dragon King at her full strength was at the God King level.

Jin Jiuxiao's current cultivation was merely that of a rank sixteen soul master.

The gap was simply too vast...

He had waited through so many years, so a few more decades made no difference.

By the lakeside, Bi Ji and Zi Ji sat together in soft conversation.

"To be honest, do you want to go out and play as well?"

"Not entirely." Zi Ji spoke the truth: "It's inconvenient for any of you to go out, so the most suitable candidate is only me."

"Although Xiong Jun has an extremely good relationship with little brother Jiuxiao, you know his explosive temper."

"If someone displeases him, he'll lash out with a claw."

"The human world isn't our territory after all, so it's best to keep a lower profile."

Zi Ji truly believed this.

They were not actually going to the human world to play.

On one hand, it was to make Jin Jiuxiao's cultivation smoother, and on the other, it was to investigate that matter.

"Mm... That makes sense."

A slight fluctuation of soul power caught the attention of both.

"Hm?" Bi Ji looked toward the source of the fluctuation: "Jiuxiao is almost finished."

"With my soul ring's enhancement, the age of little brother Jiuxiao's first ring definitely won't be low." Zi Ji lifted her chin and puffed out her chest, the corners of her mouth curling into an arc.

A white soul ring was seen descending from the top of Jin Jiuxiao's head.

The color of the soul ring gradually turned yellow.

Yellow then gradually turned purple.

One thousand years, two thousand years, three thousand years, four thousand years...

When the age of the first soul ring reached five thousand years, the expressions of the Ferocious Beasts changed.

"Is little rhino- Wait, is little Jiuxiao trying to break straight through to ten thousand years for his first soul ring?" Scarlet King drew in a sharp breath.

Such talent, even placed on the human side, had already shattered historical records since antiquity.

"Looking at this momentum, it's a bit forced." Xiong Jun sensed it for a moment and gave his evaluation.

Zi Ji's cultivation was still too low; if Jin Jiuxiao had contracted with him, he definitely could have pushed the first soul ring of the Rey martial soul to the ten thousand year level.

Of course, Xiong Jun still did not voice these words aloud.

If he said that out loud, Zi Ji would definitely fly into a rage with him.

While they were chatting, the first soul ring Jin Jiuxiao had condensed was already a deep purple.

Purple to the point of turning black.

The age had already reached nine thousand years.

Black gradually engulfed all the purple.

A Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, achieved!

It still had not stopped.

Ultimately, the age of this soul ring stopped at eleven thousand years.

Seeing that Jin Jiuxiao had finished his cultivation, the other Ferocious Beasts also walked over toward this side.

"Little Jiuxiao, what did you pick for your first soul skill?" Xiong Jun was the first to speak up and ask.

When it came to these Ferocious Beasts, if anyone was most familiar with Jin Jiuxiao's skills, it had to be Xiong Jun.

He had sparred with Jin Jiuxiao eighty or ninety times, if not a hundred.

Both parties were unbearably familiar with each other's soul skills.

"You might really not know this skill, Uncle Xiong."

"What type is it?"

"Amplification type."

"Amplification type? Let me think." Xiong Jun recalled the scenes of his past spars with Jin Jiuxiao: "Thunder God Awakening? Or Lightning Battle Aura?"

Both of these skills were amplification skills belonging to Jin Jiuxiao.

"Neither." Jin Jiuxiao wore a smile and shook his head gently: "My first soul skill is Charge."

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Never mind Xiong Jun; the other Ferocious Beasts were also somewhat dazed.

You, a lightning-type sprite (soul beast), are telling me you picked Charge for your first soul skill?

Really?

"I've never seen you use this skill before?" Xiong Jun was momentarily at a loss.

"That's because I've been using it the entire time I sparred with you." Jin Jiuxiao laughed heartily: "During the activation period of the soul skill, the power of all self-owned lightning-type skills is multiplied by 2."

In other words, the power directly doubled.

The original effect of Charge was to multiply the user's lightning-type skill power by 2 on the next turn, but he did not expect that after transforming into a soul skill, it became multiplying the power of all lightning-type skills by 2 during the skill's activation period.

Which was normal, as this was not a turn-based game.

Upon learning the effect of this skill, Xiong Jun came to a sudden realization: "No wonder the power of your Thunder God’s Dawn Flash was so erratic."

"Sometimes the power could even differ by as much as eightfold; it turns out it was because of this skill."

Thunder God’s Dawn Flash was Rey's signature ultimate technique.

While its damage was terrifying, it also had a 10% chance to deal quadruple damage!

"Right, out of nine soul rings, I definitely have to carry this skill."

The most crucial part was... Rey's next evolution would be Thunder God Rey.

Several skills would receive further enhancement.

This Charge skill was one of them.

"Then the offensive soul skills you can choose from are a bit lacking. You can't just not bring Thunder God Awakening and Lightning Battle Aura, can you?"

Jin Jiuxiao smiled with a crooked mouth: "It sounded like I could not use it without a soul ring."

"Uncle Xiong, take this-Extreme Lightning Thousand Birds!"