First Soul Skill, Cold Abyss Armor Transformation, External Soul Bone, Cold Abyss Ice Bear Palm Bone

In the Soul Hunting Forest, Yun Tian skirted straight around the guards and came to a deserted stretch of wall.

He had no way to obtain a Soul Hunting warrant, so if he wanted to enter the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt Soul Beasts, he could only climb over the wall.

Yun Tian glanced around. After confirming that no one was nearby, he gripped the protrusions on the wall with both hands. Sang Biao pushed off beneath his feet as he exerted himself, and together they successfully cleared the wall.

Once inside, Yun Tian withdrew Sang Biao into his body, then released him again.

Smelling the scent of primeval forest in the air, along with a faint trace of blood, Yun Tian could not help feeling a little nervous.

After all, this was his first time hunting a Soul Beast, and he was hunting alone. He was bound to feel at least a little nervous.

Taking a map out of the pack on his back, Yun Tian crouched down and studied it carefully.

He had bought this map in a town near the Soul Hunting Forest. It marked the territories of some of the Soul Beasts within the forest.

"A Cold Abyss Ice Bear. To think there's a Soul Beast like that in the Soul Hunting Forest."

Yun Tian's gaze landed on a spot on the map, his eyes fixed firmly on the words "Cold Abyss Ice Bear."

The Cold Abyss Ice Bear had an ice attribute and excelled at using it to form a suit of armor over its body. This armor increased its defense and attack.

It was a very good Soul Beast. Though it was not a wolf-type Soul Beast, it was still very suitable as Yun Tian's first Soul Ring.

Finding a suitable Soul Beast was extremely difficult. Finding one with both the right attribute and the right type usually took half a month, or even a full month.

Yun Tian's requirements were not that high. The Cold Abyss Ice Bear's attribute was suitable, and it might even give him a Soul Skill that could enhance his own attributes.

Such a Soul Skill could only be encountered by chance, not sought at will, especially as a first Soul Skill, which would otherwise be practically useless in the later stages.

Rather than spend more time searching, he might as well choose the Cold Abyss Ice Bear now.

Yun Tian put away the map, swung himself onto Sang Biao's back, and headed toward the Cold Abyss Ice Bear's habitat.

As he came within a hundred meters of the Cold Abyss Ice Bear's habitat, Yun Tian abruptly grew vigilant.

He took the spear from within his body into his hand, ready to spring into action.

But just then, Sang Biao sniffed beneath him, then ran swiftly forward with Yun Tian on his back, ignoring his control.

Though puzzled by Sang Biao's actions, Yun Tian knew that Sang Biao could not be foolish enough to lead them both to their deaths.

He simply hunched forward, his eyes fixed ahead, the spear in his hand ready to thrust.

Soon, they passed through a dense stand of trees, and the view before them suddenly opened up. At the same time, a thick smell of blood hit him in the face.

Yun Tian focused his gaze. In the clearing ahead, a massive bear with ice-blue fur all over its body lay on the ground, barely breathing.

Every time the giant bear breathed, a wisp of cold air emerged from its nose.

Meanwhile, the corpse of a pig-type Soul Beast lay beside the giant bear. Above the pig-type Soul Beast's corpse floated a yellow Soul Ring tinged with a trace of purple.

"Holy crap, a gravely wounded Cold Abyss Ice Bear?!" There was a hint of disbelief in Yun Tian's voice.

The Cold Abyss Ice Bear was a formidable fighter, and he had been prepared for a bitter battle.

Yet as it turned out, the Cold Abyss Ice Bear had fought a pig-type Soul Beast that was nearly a thousand years old first.

Although the pig had died, the Cold Abyss Ice Bear had also been gravely wounded.

Yun Tian jumped off Sang Biao's back and circled behind the Cold Abyss Ice Bear.

He drove the spear in his hand hard into the head of the dying Cold Abyss Ice Bear on the ground.

"Roar!"

At once, a cry of extreme defiance and fury burst from the Cold Abyss Ice Bear's mouth.

The next moment, the Cold Abyss Ice Bear's body convulsed, then its breathing ceased. At the same time, a yellow Soul Ring slowly floated up.

The yellow Soul Ring was fairly deep in color, putting it at roughly over five hundred years old.

An ordinary Soul Master might not have chosen this Soul Ring as their first Soul Ring.

But Yun Tian's body had been strengthened by whale rubber, and he had also done exercises to improve his physique before awakening his Martial Soul.

So for him, this five-hundred-year Soul Ring was just right, neither too much nor too little.

Yun Tian sat cross-legged and used his Soul Power to slowly guide the Soul Ring over his body.

At once, a savage, wild force desperately burrowed into his body.

A stinging pain unlike anything he had experienced before struck him, but this degree of pain was entirely tolerable for Yun Tian.

About an hour and a half later, as Yun Tian's aura suddenly surged to rank thirteen, he completely absorbed the hundred-year Soul Ring.

Having finished absorbing the Soul Ring, Yun Tian slowly stood up and clenched his hands hard.

"That feels great. To borrow the words of that angel investor from my previous life..."

"I've never felt so refreshed and clearheaded!"

The Soul Ring had brought more than just a rise in rank. It felt as though Yun Tian's body and soul had both been cleansed.

His strength, speed, defense, and other attributes had all improved enormously.

"Woof, woof, woof!"

Just then, Sang Biao ran over barking. His body was now a full size larger, his muscles more sharply defined, and his fur shinier.

Only his eyes still held that hint of "wisdom."

After giving Sang Biao a vigorous petting for a while, Yun Tian finally remembered the Soul Skill he had just obtained.

"First Soul Skill, Cold Abyss Armor Transformation."

The Soul Ring beneath Yun Tian's feet abruptly blazed with light.

An azure glow lit up over the surface of Yun Tian's body.

The next moment, his head, limbs, and chest were all encased in a layer of blue armor that radiated cold air.

No armor appeared on Sang Biao, but his body had visibly grown another size larger, and his muscles were even more sharply defined than before.

"A hundred-percent increase in defense and attack! That effect is practically on par with Dai Mubai's third Soul Ring!"

After examining the changes in his body, Yun Tian felt a little pleasantly surprised.

He had hoped for an increase of around seventy percent, but instead, it had directly increased them by a hundred percent.

After dismissing the Soul Skill's effects, Yun Tian turned his gaze back to the Cold Abyss Ice Bear's corpse.

He had not forgotten that Soul Beasts could drop Soul Bones after death. Although the Cold Abyss Ice Bear was only a hundred-year Soul Beast, and its chances of dropping a Soul Bone were comparable to getting three Stars of Africa in a single round.

But that was no reason not to search. What if it did drop one?

"Woof, woof, woof!"

Yun Tian walked over to the Cold Abyss Ice Bear's left arm, but Sang Biao began barking furiously at its right paw.

Then Sang Biao bit off that right paw. What had been a bear's paw instantly transformed into a mass of blue light.

"It really dropped a Soul Bone!"

Yun Tian quickly came up to Sang Biao and took the Soul Bone from his mouth.

A bear paw, blue all over and with a texture like blue crystal, appeared in Yun Tian's hand.

"An external Soul Bone?"

Yun Tian examined the Cold Abyss Ice Bear's corpse. Its right arm was intact, so this could not be a right arm bone. That could only mean...

This Soul Bone was an external Soul Bone, even rarer than an ordinary Soul Bone!

"I'm possessed by the god of luck! I never expected it to drop a Soul Bone, let alone an external Soul Bone!"