Blade Mantis

Although he bore no resentment toward Bibi Dong, the thought of his miserable ordeal today left Yu Xiaogang unable to dispel the anger in his heart. In the end, he could only blame it all on Spirit Hall.

Damn Spirit Hall!

Damn Spirit Hall Guards!

I was merely a little weaker. Those people from Spirit Hall did not even give me a chance to explain myself before treating me as a spy and dragging me here to torture me!

What a brutal sect!

Yu Xiaogang thought resentfully, secretly vowing that he would one day take ruthless revenge on Spirit Hall.

But before that, he still had to rely on Bibi Dong to read as many of Spirit Hall's Hidden Books as possible and find a way to evolve his degenerated Martial Soul, Luo Sanpao, back into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul.

Perhaps what happened today could be an opportunity?

Thinking of how Bibi Dong seemed deeply guilty toward him because of today's events, Yu Xiaogang's eyes flickered as he sensed hope for realizing his dream.

"Your Ladyship, I do not blame you for what happened today. It was simply my bad luck. It is just... just that I finally got the chance to enter the Fourth floor and read, yet before I could even finish my books, I was dragged here. From now on... sigh!"

In the dim prison cell, faced with Bibi Dong's choked, guilt-ridden apology, Yu Xiaogang suddenly spoke in a hoarse voice. A bitter smile appeared on his face as he sighed.

Hearing Yu Xiaogang's words, Bibi Dong's heart stirred, and she sneered inwardly.

He really knew how to scheme!

He wanted me to keep taking him to the Fourth floor of the Central Library?

Fine! I'll grant your wish!

Seeing the true face of the man before her and recalling how she had once thought he was a great scholar devoted to academic research and dreaming of benefiting the continent, Bibi Dong felt utterly nauseated.

Yet outwardly, Bibi Dong put on a delighted expression, as though she had finally found a way to compensate Yu Xiaogang, and hurriedly said,

"Xiao Gang, you do not need to worry about that. Whenever I have time from now on, I will keep taking you to the Fourth floor of the library!"

Although she knew that Yu Xiaogang had approached her solely for Spirit Hall's Hidden Books,

logically, Bibi Dong should not have continued indulging his intentions.

But because she knew that even if Yu Xiaogang read every book in the Spirit City Central Library, he still would not be able to change his fate as trash,

Bibi Dong was not worried that Yu Xiaogang would accomplish his goal.

On the contrary, in order to win Yu Xiaogang's trust and make it easier to continue tormenting him in the future, Bibi Dong planned to give him a little sweetness.

"Really?"

Hearing Bibi Dong actually promise to continue taking him to the Fourth floor of the Central Library, Yu Xiaogang was instantly overjoyed.

"Of course it is."

Bibi Dong merely smiled faintly and said in a feigned gentle voice.

"Alright, focus on recovering first. Once you are better, come find me at my home. Then I will continue taking you to the Fourth floor of the library to read."

After the incident in which Yu Xiaogang was severely beaten, several days quickly passed.

At last, Spirit Hall arranged for someone to take Su Mo to hunt his First Soul Ring.

However, perhaps because Bibi Dong had also strongly insisted on accompanying Su Mo, Spirit Hall ultimately assigned Yue Guan and Gui Mei to take Su Mo hunting for his First Soul Ring.

Of course, it was also possible that Spirit Hall valued Su Mo's potential.

Several days later, in the Star Dou Great Forest,

after setting out from Spirit City and traveling all the way to the Star Dou Great Forest,

following a period of searching, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Bibi Dong finally found a Blade Mantis with more than three hundred years of cultivation in the outer region for Su Mo. They intended to use it as the Soul Beast for Su Mo's First Soul Ring.

With Bibi Dong, a control-type Soul Master, as well as Yue Guan and Gui Mei, whose cultivation had reached Soul Douluo level, capturing the Blade Mantis went very smoothly.

Under Yue Guan and Gui Mei's herding, Bibi Dong easily used her First Soul Skill: Spider Web Restraint, to bind the Blade Mantis into a dumpling and restrain it.

Next, as long as Su Mo killed the Blade Mantis, he could absorb this Soul Beast's Soul Ring and advance from a Soul Scholar with Innate Full Soul Power to a Soul Master.

"Alright, Xiao Mo, go kill this Blade Mantis with the dagger!"

In the dense forest, after Bibi Dong restrained the Blade Mantis, she handed Su Mo a sharp dagger and had him kill it.

"Whew!"

Taking the dagger and looking at the Blade Mantis not far ahead, tightly bound by pale purple spider silk, Su Mo could vaguely make out its silver body, as large as a millstone, and its pair of blade-like scythes gleaming with sharpness. He took a deep breath and walked toward it.

Such a huge mantis, and it looked so cool too. If it had been on Earth in my previous life, who knew how many insect enthusiasts would have gone crazy over it!

As he walked toward the Blade Mantis, Su Mo could not help feeling a little sentimental as he looked at its silvery-white form.

As Su Mo approached, the Blade Mantis seemed to sense the approaching danger. It began struggling desperately, trying to break free from the spider web restraint around its body.

But unfortunately, there was an absolute gap in strength between a hundred-year Soul Beast and a Soul King-level Soul Master.

A Blade Mantis with only three hundred years of cultivation could never break free from the spider web restraint released by Soul King-level Bibi Dong.

In the end, Su Mo very smoothly killed the restrained Blade Mantis.

As countless yellow motes of light drifted from the Blade Mantis's corpse, the outline of a yellow hundred-year Soul Ring quickly condensed above it.

"Sister Dong Er, Senior Yue Guan, Senior Gui Mei, why do you say this three-hundred-year Blade Mantis is the most suitable for me? Shouldn't the higher the Soul Ring's age, the better?"

While the Soul Ring was taking shape, Su Mo recalled the Soul Ring Absorption Limit Theory that Yu Xiaogang would propose in the future. His heart stirred, and he pretended to ask Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei with curiosity.

Su Mo had always been somewhat disdainful of Yu Xiaogang's Soul Ring Absorption Limit Theory from his previous life.

A Soul Master's physical constitution varied entirely depending on factors such as the type of Martial Soul, differences in sex, and whether they had undergone training after birth. Even at the same Soul Power Level, their physical constitutions could be completely different.

According to Yu Xiaogang's theory, determining Soul Ring absorption solely by Soul Power Level, and even specifying it down to exact years, could easily lead to accidents.

It was only fortunate that hardly anyone believed Yu Xiaogang's theory. Otherwise, Yu Xiaogang would have long since become notorious throughout Douluo Continent for getting people killed!

But if Yu Xiaogang could propose a Soul Ring Absorption Limit Theory, Spirit Hall should have conducted similar research too, right?

That was what Su Mo wanted to test.

Bibi Dong found Su Mo's question rather amusing and said,

"Who said that a higher Soul Ring age is always better? When Soul Masters absorb Soul Rings, they must do so according to the limit their bodies can withstand."

"If they absorb one recklessly and take in a Soul Ring whose age is too high, once their body cannot endure it, they could easily explode and die!"

"Then Sister Dong Er, how many years do you think is the highest Soul Ring I can absorb?"

After hearing Bibi Dong's words, Su Mo frowned slightly on his cold little face, as though he had become even more curious.