After she finished absorbing the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone,
the most immediate impression Zhu Zhuyun gave Jiang Huai was of flowing jade light, her skin lustrous and white as jade.
Coupled with those already terrifyingly magnificent waves, she left even the young Jiang Huai rather reluctant to take his hands off her.
Foolish Dai Weisi, it seems there are some things you simply cannot get a grip on after all.
You cannot handle the big cat, and you cannot handle the little cat either.
Whatever was a man like Jiang Huai supposed to do with such a beauty?
Soon, the three of them arrived at a gathering place for light-attribute Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.
Jiang Huai's first Soul Ring was already over a thousand years old. Naturally, after all his ordeals, he was aiming for around three thousand years for his second Soul Ring.
With the aid of an Immortal Herb and whale rubber, Zhu Zhuyun would likewise have no trouble absorbing a Soul Ring over two thousand years old.
Jiang Huai: Teacher, I think that golden big cat with a third eye on its forehead has a real affinity with my Martial Soul!
Bibi Dong: Really? Xiao Huai, I'll catch it for you right away!
Di Tian: ???
But compared with that, Bibi Dong was more concerned about whether Jiang Huai could absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring for his fourth Soul Ring.
Among the Head Soul Bones she currently possessed, one of the higher-quality pieces was that Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull, over sixty thousand years old.
Even among those old fossils in the Worship Hall, the only Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone they possessed seemed to be the torso bone Golden Crocodile Douluo had obtained when he absorbed his ninth Soul Ring.
And this was precisely what troubled Bibi Dong now.
Jiang Huai had Twin Martial Souls. As long as he had sufficient opportunities in the future, encountering a suitable Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring was only a matter of time.
Although a sixty-thousand-year Head Soul Bone could be considered a supreme treasure, compared with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring...
It seems I will have to make a proper search for a hundred-thousand-year Mental Attribute Soul Beast later.
Bibi Dong could not help thinking to herself.
The three continued deeper inside and soon reached their destination.
A towering mountain stood there. Merely drawing close made the light-attribute power within Jiang Huai begin to boil uncontrollably.
"Xiao Huai, the Soul Beasts living here are called Light Spirits."
"If we want to stimulate your Martial Soul to evolve in a positive direction, there could be nothing better than absorbing a Soul Ring dropped by a Soul Beast of this quality."
Jiang Huai's brow twitched involuntarily. Light Spirits?
Soul Beasts formed from the purest light element?
The last notable powerhouse of that sort was the six-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year Ice and Snow Spirit of the Far North, the Snow Empress.
And according to legend, that Well-Fed Douluo's sixth Soul Ring had come from just such a Soul Beast?
Given that, did the worth of this kind of Soul Beast need any further explanation?
Once his White Tiger Martial Soul truly became a Holy Light Tiger someday, that Dragon Emperor Evil-Slaying Rend could certainly become Holy Tiger Evil-Slaying Rend.
"In that case, sorry for the trouble, Teacher."
Bibi Dong nodded slightly. Within a few breaths, she had brought her chosen Soul Beast before Jiang Huai.
That lord had said that every living creature in the world would experience the most basic emotion of fear when faced with death.
Yet evil Soul Beasts did not display such a response, much less special anomalies such as Light Spirits.
The next second,
a piercing cutting sound accompanied a dazzling white light as it took the shape of an Ultra Slash.
Whether it was because of the unique light-attribute presence here, or his White Tiger Martial Soul's excitement at soon absorbing the Soul Ring of the Light Spirit before him, he did not know.
The Ultra Slash Jiang Huai produced this time was more than twice as large as the one back at Spirit Hall.
And that was not the only change.
As the Ultra Slash continued to spin, wisps of peculiar light orbs peeled away from the Light Spirit's hands and merged into it.
Under Bibi Dong's and Zhu Zhuyun's somewhat astonished gazes, the Light Spirit's presence grew increasingly weak, while the thing in Jiang Huai's hand became ever more imposing.
"Kekekekeke, so it can do this too?"
"If even a Light Spirit ends up like this, what if I were facing an angel?"
Jiang Huai was beside himself with excitement.
As everyone knew, the mother-son relationship between Dongzi and her rebellious daughter had never been particularly good.
Even Hu Liena was constantly called a foolish fox by the other party, who regarded her as the chief culprit who had stolen her mother's love.
Now that he had appeared as an even more doted-upon second disciple, he dared not imagine what sort of bullying Qian Renxue would subject him to once she found out.
And now his Martial Soul seemed capable of exerting absolute control over light-attribute power...
Foolish Qian Renxue, you had better not get any strange ideas!
As energy continued to be drawn from the Light Spirit, its body grew fainter and fainter.
Just then, Jiang Huai tightened his grip on the Ultra Slash and cleaved straight at it!
Riiip-
The sound of shattering glass followed.
Then the Light Spirit's nearly transparent, invisible body dissolved entirely into specks of light that filled the air, before swiftly gathering together again to form a ring of even deeper purple.
Jiang Huai did not hesitate. After briefly regulating his breathing, he sat cross-legged on the spot, drew the Soul Ring onto his Martial Soul, and began absorbing it!
The next second, an even more domineering sacred power awakened within the White Tiger Martial Soul,
making it shine with even more brilliant golden light!
Immediately afterward, a peculiar luminous radiance spread continuously outward, centered on Jiang Huai's own body.
Bibi Dong's gaze suddenly sharpened!
The embryonic form of a domain?
Her beloved disciple Jiang Huai truly had the makings of a deity!
"Your Holiness, Jiang Huai will be all right, won't he?"
Not understanding what was happening, Zhu Zhuyun asked with some concern.
In response, Bibi Dong suppressed the joy in her heart and spoke in a quiet, lingering tone,
"Zhu Yun, you can rest assured about that."
"I have a feeling that by his third Soul Ring at the latest, the sacred light presence contained within Xiao Huai's White Tiger Martial Soul will surpass that of the Six-Winged Angel."
What?
Zhu Zhuyun was stunned!
Although Martial Souls such as the Six-Winged Angel had long since vanished from the Douluo Continent,
legends of this Martial Soul still circulated among both the imperial Dai Family and top noble families such as the Zhu Family.
To think Jiang Huai's White Tiger Martial Soul possessed such terrifying potential!
No, I must get a firm grip on such an outstanding little brother.
Opportunities to defy heaven and change one's fate are scarce to begin with. Perhaps this is one of the few I will have in my life!
What a pity that Jiang Huai is still too young.
Zhu Zhuyun thought to herself with some frustration.