"Can you withstand it?"
Tang Hao frowned.
"Do you know how violent the energy of a Thousand-Year Soul Ring is?"
"How many talented Soul Masters have exploded and died while absorbing Thousand-Year Soul Rings? You're only six. Absolutely not!"
"Foster Father, hear me out."
Chen Mo said earnestly, "Ever since I awakened my Martial Soul, I've felt my body growing stronger every day."
"You know my Martial Soul is a plant type, with incredibly vigorous vitality."
"During this time, my strength, speed, and constitution have all been improving rapidly. I feel that my body is already strong enough to withstand a Thousand-Year Soul Ring."
Tang Hao looked at Chen Mo doubtfully.
"Is that true?"
"If you don't believe me, Foster Father, you can test me."
Chen Mo pointed at a large rock nearby. "That rock weighs about three or four hundred jin, right?"
Tang Hao glanced at the rock and nodded.
"About that."
Chen Mo walked up to the rock, bent down, and wrapped both hands around its base.
"Hah!"
With a low shout, Chen Mo exerted his arms and actually lifted the enormous rock weighing three or four hundred jin!
Not only did he lift it, he supported it with one hand and raised it over his head!
Tang Hao's eyes widened, his face filled with shock.
A six-year-old child lifting a rock weighing three or four hundred jin with one hand?
What did that mean?
Even an ordinary Soul Grandmaster might not possess such strength!
"Look, Foster Father." Chen Mo set the rock down and dusted off his hands. "My body is strong enough, isn't it?"
Tang Hao fell silent for a moment before saying:
"You have enough strength, but absorbing a Soul Ring doesn't depend on strength alone. It also depends on how much your meridians and Soul Power can withstand. The energy of a Thousand-Year Soul Ring isn't something you can endure just by being strong."
Chen Mo smiled and said:
"Foster Father, I know you're worried about me."
"But I can sense that your life magnetic field is extraordinarily powerful!"
"Even if I really can't absorb it, you can stop me in time, right?"
"At worst, I'll only be weak for a couple of days. My life won't be in danger."
Tang Hao paused.
Indeed, he was a Titled Douluo!
With him standing guard, even if Chen Mo couldn't absorb it, he could interrupt the process in time and force the Soul Ring's energy out.
At worst, Chen Mo would be weak for a couple of days. His life wouldn't be in danger.
Besides, if Chen Mo really could absorb a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, his ability to accelerate growth would become stronger, and there would be greater hope of reviving Ah Yin.
Tang Hao took a deep breath and nodded.
"All right, I agree," Tang Hao said seriously. "But remember, if anything feels wrong, stop absorbing it immediately. I'll help you."
"Don't worry, Foster Father," Chen Mo said with a smile.
Tang Hao nodded and summoned his Clear Sky Hammer.
The black Clear Sky Hammer appeared in Tang Hao's hand, and a terrifying pressure spread outward.
Sensing this pressure, the surrounding Soul Beasts fled in all directions.
Tang Hao stepped forward, his figure streaking like lightning toward the Man-Eating Flower.
Chen Mo followed behind him and saw an enormous Man-Eating Flower slowly writhing in a clearing ahead.
The Man-Eating Flower was about three meters tall, its flower head two meters across. Its petals were blood-red, and at its center was a huge mouth filled with sharp fangs.
Sensing Tang Hao's presence, the Man-Eating Flower let out a piercing hiss. Its flower head snapped open and lunged to bite him.
"Hmph." Tang Hao snorted coldly and swept his Clear Sky Hammer sideways.
Bang!
With a tremendous crash, the Clear Sky Hammer slammed into the Man-Eating Flower's head.
The Man-Eating Flower's head was flattened outright, its stem snapped, and the entire flower flew backward into a large tree.
A Thousand-Year Soul Beast couldn't withstand a single blow from a Titled Douluo.
Tang Hao walked over and left the Man-Eating Flower more than half dead with a single strike of his hammer.
"Xiao Mo, the rest is up to you."
Hearing this, Chen Mo didn't hesitate. He drew a short knife he had found in the blacksmith shop's junk pile from his waistband and finished off the Thousand-Year Man-Eating Flower with a single stab.
A purple Soul Ring rose from the Man-Eating Flower's corpse. It was a Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
"Xiao Mo, start absorbing it," Tang Hao said seriously. "I'll stand guard beside you. Tell me immediately if anything feels wrong."
Chen Mo nodded, sat cross-legged, and began absorbing the Thousand-Year Man-Eating Flower's Soul Ring.
The Thousand-Year Soul Ring's energy was indeed violent. The instant it surged into Chen Mo's body, intense pain shot through his meridians.
But Chen Mo's constitution had been strengthened by the system. Combined with his Divine Tree of Creation Martial Soul's ability to neutralize it, he easily absorbed the Thousand-Year Soul Ring's energy.
The purple Soul Ring revolved around Chen Mo as vast streams of vitality poured into his body.
Chen Mo's Martial Soul grew furiously within his dantian, its roots becoming more developed and its canopy more luxuriant.
Tang Hao watched nervously from the side, ready to intervene and interrupt at any moment.
But soon, Tang Hao discovered that Chen Mo's breathing remained steady, and there wasn't any expression of pain on his face.
Two hours later, the Soul Ring was fully absorbed.
Chen Mo opened his eyes, sensing the tremendous increase in his Soul Power. At the same time, he learned the effect of his first Soul Skill.
First Soul Skill: Life Drain.
Effect: Absorb the vitality of surrounding plants and convert it into one's own Soul Power. Can also absorb an enemy's vitality through direct contact.
Chen Mo was overjoyed.
This Soul Skill is incredibly useful!
With Life Drain, he could quickly recover his Soul Power anywhere there were plants.
Moreover, he could absorb an opponent's vitality through direct contact. In battle, this was practically a bug-level ability.
"Xiao Mo, did it work?" Tang Hao asked excitedly.
"It worked, Foster Father," Chen Mo said with a smile. "My first Soul Skill, Life Drain, can absorb a Soul Beast's power to replenish me, or use my own Soul Power to replenish a Soul Beast."
"Good! Good! Good!"
After hearing Chen Mo describe his Soul Skill's effects, Tang Hao said "good" three times in succession.
"Come on, I'll take you to test your Soul Skill!"
Tang Hao led Chen Mo to a patch of shrubs.
"Xiao Mo, try using your Soul Skill."
Chen Mo nodded and unleashed his first Soul Skill.
Soul Skill: Life Drain.
As soon as the words fell.
A soft green light poured from Chen Mo's palm, enveloping the shrubs ahead.
Wherever the Soul Skill reached, the shrubs withered at a speed visible to the naked eye, while the Soul Power Chen Mo had consumed using his first Soul Skill rapidly recovered.
As a Titled Douluo, Tang Hao could naturally perceive the changes within Chen Mo's body.
"What a powerful Soul Skill!" Tang Hao exclaimed in shock. "It can actually absorb plants' vitality directly!"
Chen Mo smiled without speaking.
This was only a basic operation.
Over the next few days, Tang Hao took Chen Mo hunting Soul Beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest, letting him familiarize himself with using his Soul Skill.
Chen Mo's strength improved rapidly, and he soon gained a rough understanding of his Soul Power, which was in the twenties.
Once he felt he was more or less ready, Chen Mo suddenly said to Tang Hao, "Foster Father, I've discovered something."
"What did you discover?" Tang Hao asked.
"After fully mastering my First Soul Ring over the past few days, I feel as though my Green Wood Tree Martial Soul has gained another ability."
Chen Mo feigned hesitation as he spoke.
"I seem to be able to sense the life magnetic fields around me."