Absorbing the Third Soul Ring, a Chance Encounter with the Dragon Duke and Dragon Matriarch

Noticing Xiao Wu's strange behavior, Chen An immediately shook off her hand.

"Hiss..."

"What is this sticky stuff?"

"Ugh!" He rubbed his hands together. "Why does it smell rotten?"

"Mmm, mmm, mmm..."

Xiao Wu narrowed her eyes, her mouth constantly making strange, soft noises.

Then she slowly took off her pink dress, gradually revealing her fair, tender arms, shoulders, body, and thighs...

Chen An frowned.

He felt a tingling numbness creep over his entire body and couldn't help thinking.

What on earth is she doing?

I didn't ask for this!

Maybe this is a little perk for a gentleman like me?

The dazzling white light gradually grew brighter.

He saw "Xiao Wu" shake her head.

She turned the pink dress in her hands straight into a puddle of muddy water.

Sensing that something was wrong.

Chen An instinctively raised his hand to shield his eyes.

When he felt the blinding white light disappear, he quietly opened a gap between his tightly pressed fingers.

Through that gap, his eyes caught a shocking sight.

White, so white!

The figure had almost no features such as eyes, a nose, or a mouth, leaving only four limbs and a head. Overall, it looked very much like a smooth, white clay figure.

"Holy shit!"

"What the hell kind of monster is this? It can't possibly be a Soul Beast, can it?"

Chen An's expression turned ugly, and he was even frightened from the bottom of his heart.

Part of it was an instinctive physical fear, and part of it was that this thing really smelled far too strong.

The clay figure reeked of a swamp-like rot, letting out a roar through the single slit left at the edge of its mouth.

"Heh!"

"You think I'm really scared?"

Flames flickered at the corners of Chen An's eyes as he spun his Martial Soul, Lone Bamboo, releasing the Ultimate Fire stored within its space.

A crimson flame dragon slowly rose, gradually coiling above Lone Bamboo.

"Flame Slash!"

Gripping the bamboo sword that Lone Bamboo had transformed into, Chen An swung at the clay figure before him.

The sword Qi carrying Ultimate Fire hurtled past like a mighty dragon.

Boom!

A deep blast rang out instantly, and a passage was cleaved through the air, visible to the naked eye.

The clay figure's reaction was very sluggish-or rather, it barely reacted at all.

In the blink of an eye.

The sword Qi imbued with Ultimate Fire passed through the clay figure's body just like that.

Seeing the clay figure turn into a puddle of foul water, Chen An immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He thought that if he had known this thing would go down so easily, he would have tried his second Soul Skill.

Chen An generally only used his self-created Soul Skills based on Ultimate Attributes when facing experts or extreme danger.

Moreover, he rarely took the initiative to use them. After all, his Soul Power Level was very low, so even when he used them, their power was greatly reduced.

In truth, Zhao Wuji and Dai Mubai had both suffered because of their carelessness.

If they fought seriously, Chen An probably wouldn't even entertain the thought of winning.

"Xiao An!"

"So you were here! Everyone's been looking for you for ages!"

Chen An whipped around and found Xiao Wu standing quietly behind him.

Her hair and pink dress were soaking wet, and sweat kept beading on her forehead.

"Ah!"

"Xiao Wu, I just..."

Chen An had only taken one step forward when a pungent stench instantly assailed him.

"Fucking hell!!!"

"I really have to hand it to you! You still dare to use Xiao Wu's face to swindle me!"

"Second Soul Skill, Explosive Fire!"

Chen An gripped the bamboo sword with both hands, and the instant thick flames enveloped it, he slashed downward.

Boom!

The instant it made contact, "Xiao Wu" turned into a puddle of muddy water and disappeared.

"Xiao An!"

"It's me, Xiao Wu! Wu as in dancing!"

"Xiao Wu" appeared behind Chen An again, her voice trembling slightly with fear.

"Still calling out!"

"What the hell are you yelling for!!!"

Chen An gritted his teeth, swinging the bamboo sword in his hands relentlessly.

His fury shot straight into the clouds as he circulated the Ultimate Fire stored in Lone Bamboo at light speed.

Roar!

A long, thunderous dragon's cry echoed through the surroundings.

A thick, long crimson flame dragon burst out of his Martial Soul, Lone Bamboo, and flew straight upward.

It circled back and forth in the air, seemingly waiting for something.

Suddenly.

The entire sky gradually turned crimson, rays of light shooting in every direction as though the sun were about to explode.

Roar!!!

Another dragon's cry.

The crimson flame dragon slammed heavily toward the ground like a meteor.

Bang!

The howling gale it whipped up buzzed in Chen An's ears.

He quietly watched Ultimate Fire devour everything around him.

About three minutes later.

Everything fell quiet again.

Chen An panted heavily, feeling exhausted and empty all over.

"Oh...?"

"So... so many Soul Rings?"

He slowly walked forward and saw white mushrooms scattered all over the ground, with many white Ten-Year Soul Rings floating in the air.

"Heh..."

"So all that effort I just put in was to kill these mushrooms?"

Chen An's face turned ashen, and he remained silent for a long time.

He was beginning to wonder whether he really was trash, and whether this ultimate power was any use at all?!

"Ten... ten thousand years?"

Just as Chen An was about to leave, he noticed a black Soul Ring slowly rising from one of the colorful mushrooms.

[Ding-dong, detected that the host has met the conditions for absorbing a third Soul Ring!]

The system's voice suddenly rang out in his mind.

Chen An clapped his hands excitedly.

He thought that, being at rank twenty-nine, didn't he happen to need a third Soul Ring?

Picking a good-looking one from among several white mushrooms, Chen An sat down to meditate and absorb the Ten-Year Soul Ring.

[Ding-dong! Detected that the host has absorbed a Ten-Year Soul Ring. The Return to Simplicity hidden Easter egg has been activated!

Host: Chen An

Age: thirteen

Martial Souls: Lone Bamboo, bamboo flute

System-bound object: Lone Bamboo

Hidden Easter eggs:

First Soul Skill randomly imbued with ice and grass elements, and a growth attribute awakened.

Second Soul Skill randomly imbued with the fire element, and a growth attribute awakened.

Third Soul Skill randomly imbued with the lightning element, and a growth attribute awakened.

Additional hidden Easter eggs:

Martial Soul Lone Bamboo has gained Ultimate Ice!

Martial Soul Lone Bamboo has gained Ultimate Fire and can change shape!

Martial Soul Lone Bamboo has gained Ultimate Lightning and a 200% speed Soul Skill bonus!]

Hearing the cold electronic announcement, Chen An suddenly felt strength fill his entire body.

As he slowly opened his eyes, the system's voice sounded in his ears again.

[Ding-dong, detected that the host has collected three ultimate elements. Reward: the first three Soul Rings have been secretly upgraded to the thousand-year level.]

"Ahh?!"

Chen An was filled with wild joy.

At last, he would no longer have to worry about his Soul Skills lacking power.

"Xiao An!"

"What are you doing here? We've been looking for you for ages!"

Hearing the familiar voice, Chen An turned to look.

Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, and everyone else had arrived.

"Ah."

"You're finally here."

Chen An had only taken a small step when dizziness washed over him and his vision went black.

Just before his eyelids closed completely, he saw Xiao Wu running over anxiously...

A faint fragrance stimulated his brain.

In his daze, Chen An grabbed something soft.

So comfortable!

His awareness slowly cleared, and he could even hear a heated argument beside him.

"Hand over the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent! Do you know who I am?!"

"Pah!"

"Old hag, do you even know the rules? Whoever lands the finishing blow gets it!"