Before coming to the Star Dou Great Forest, Mu En and Ye Feng had discussed the choice of soul rings for Ye Qing.
Of course, Mu En had done most of the talking, while Ye Feng listened. As a light-attribute Limit Douluo, Mu En knew far more about these soul rings than Ye Feng, a darkness-attribute Titled Douluo.
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In Mu En's plan, there were several soul beasts they absolutely could not pass up if they encountered them. The Light Unicorn was one of them, and it ranked near the very top of the list.
In terms of bloodline strength, the Light Unicorn was no weaker than the Three-Headed Crimson Demon Mastiff.
According to the soul beast bloodline guide compiled by Shrek Academy, rulers among soul beasts such as the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, Emerald Swan, Evil Eye Tyrant, and Heavenly Snow Woman belonged to the top tier.
Then soul beasts such as the Three-Headed Crimson Demon Mastiff, Hell Demon Dragon King, Titan Snow Demon King, and Light Unicorn undoubtedly belonged to the first tier, just below the top.
Below that first tier, only soul beasts with exceptionally powerful bloodlines or signature abilities of their own, such as the Heaven-Shaking Roar and Silver Hero Beast, qualified for the second tier.
Among all the first-tier soul beasts, those with the light attribute were few and far between.
Naturally, that made the Light Unicorn the first choice among first choices.
Even Mu En himself had never had the chance to find a Light Unicorn for a soul ring.
"To think it's actually a Light Unicorn! My dear grandson, fortune is smiling on you!" Ye Feng looked delighted as he lowered his voice to explain.
"Although the Light Unicorn isn't good at close combat and its body isn't particularly strong, its control over the light element is outstanding. It can attack and defend, and even use its own light element to heal other soul beasts. It has developed its element almost to the limit."
"If its body weren't too weak to withstand ultimate light, I have no doubt that the ferocious beast who leads the Light Unicorn clan could reach the ultimate level in the light attribute, just like that Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion in the Far North!"
"It couldn't be more suitable as your first soul ring!"
Put plainly, it was a glass-cannon mage, and one without a warrior's heart at that. It attacked with light-element soul skills, could cast shields of light to defend itself, and could also provide light-attribute healing.
Ye Qing nodded.
This soul beast was indeed a very good fit for him.
From his first glimpse of the Light Unicorn, Ye Qing had felt the affinity of matching attributes drawing each other in. Even simply looking at it, he seemed to feel the warm light radiating from its body.
"You can tell a Light Unicorn's age by the horn on its head. Its color changes depending on its age, and its length changes as well," Ye Feng explained, teaching Ye Qing about soul beasts.
"This Light Unicorn's horn is cream-colored, which means it's a hundred-year soul beast. The seven spiral ridges on its horn show that it's over seven hundred years old."
"Although it hasn't reached your limit, its innate strength is more than enough to make up for that insignificant shortcoming."
As he explained its various characteristics to Ye Qing, Ye Feng also kept an eye on the Light Unicorn. When he saw that it seemed to have noticed them and was preparing to flee, he acted instantly.
With a deep tiger's roar, Ye Feng thrust out his right hand, forming a gigantic gray-black tiger claw that pinned the Light Unicorn down.
At the same time, Ye Feng carried Ye Qing through the air to land before the Light Unicorn.
"Here. Just stab through its eye and scramble its brain, and you'll get its soul ring." Ye Feng handed Ye Qing a short sword.
Ye Qing nodded, took the short sword, and drew it from its sheath. After glancing at the Light Unicorn's bright, fear-filled eyes, he gripped the hilt, plunged the blade into its eye, and twisted.
Pinned firmly beneath Ye Feng's power and utterly unable to resist, the Light Unicorn had its brain scrambled by Ye Qing's short sword. Its body twitched twice before all signs of life vanished.
After the Light Unicorn died, a rich yellow glow appeared over its corpse.
Ye Qing knew this meant its soul ring was about to appear. With some curiosity, he watched intently to see how the soul ring formed.
Streams of pale yellow light drifted continuously from its corpse, gathering in the air about fifty centimeters above it and gradually forming a pale yellow ring of light.
As more light gathered, the pale yellow ring steadily deepened in color until it became dark yellow.
The process was brief, taking only a little over ten seconds.
"I'm going to start." Ye Qing took a deep breath and sat down directly in front of the soul ring. Using the method he had learned earlier, he entered a meditative state, then used his soul power to draw the ring down.
At that moment, his martial soul and the soul ring seemed to resonate. Under the pull of Ye Qing's soul power, the ring hovering steadily in the air slowly descended onto him.
It passed down over his head, then floated up and down around his torso.
Once Ye Qing began absorbing the soul ring, Ye Feng did not remain idle. While monitoring Ye Qing's condition, he began processing the Light Unicorn's corpse.
As long as a soul beast was not poisonous, it could actually be eaten. The older it was, the more nourishing its flesh and blood were for soul masters.
That was especially true of soul beasts with powerful bloodlines, such as the Light Unicorn. Combining parts of its body with various medicinal herbs would greatly increase Ye Qing's cultivation speed when he ate them.
Something this valuable certainly could not go to waste.
Ye Feng barely seemed to move. Holding the short sword Ye Qing had just used to kill the Light Unicorn, he made a few swift cuts across its corpse, then stored the neatly butchered portions in his soul tool one after another.
But when Ye Feng dissected the Light Unicorn's back, a strange fluctuation of soul power made him freeze.
"This is...?"
Meanwhile,
Ye Qing was enduring tremendous pressure.
That pressure came from the Light Unicorn's soul ring around him, which he was in the process of absorbing.
Vast amounts of soul power surged from the ring and poured into his body. Whether a soul master could absorb a soul ring depended on whether his body could withstand the pressure of the enormous amount of soul power flowing from it.
This uncontrollable soul power flooded into him almost all at once, placing immense strain on his body and meridians.
Had an ordinary rank-ten soul master been in his place, their body would have burst from being unable to withstand the very first wave of soul power from the ring.
This was where the benefits of Ye Qing's earlier training became apparent.
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