The Soul Ring's energy flowed into him like a gentle stream. Or rather, this Ten Thousand Leaf Grass had only three hundred years of cultivation. Absorbing a mere three-hundred-year Soul Ring was a piece of cake for Gu Chen, who was already a prospective level-20 Soul Master.
Without the slightest pressure, he refined the Soul Ring in an instant.
His Soul Power Level soared.
Level 25!!!
His Soul Power Level had overtaken Xiao Wu's in one leap, leaving her to eat his exhaust.
"A level-25 Soul Grandmaster at six years old. Since the dawn of time, I'm probably the only one... No, maybe not. The Qian Family has Soul Power bestowed by the Angel God, giving them level-20 Innate Soul Power upon awakening. After absorbing two Hundred-Year Soul Rings, even if they only reached level 22 instead of 25, a year would be more than enough for them to cultivate to level 25!"
"Looks like I'm not the only hero under heaven. But Qian Renxue had a brain-dead episode and ran off to go undercover instead of cultivating properly. In that case, there's no one my age in this era who can match me. Being invincible under heaven really is lonely!"
He had wanted to be modest, but when he thought of Qian Renxue's actions, Gu Chen couldn't help feeling proud.
It wasn't that he was too outstanding, but that his opponent was too brain-dead!
Leaving aside the fact that he had already left his peers in the dust,
he gathered his thoughts
and turned his gaze to the Second Soul Ring he had just absorbed.
The contents of the leveling panel were clear before his eyes.
[Item: Hundred-Year Soul Ring] [Effect: Grants the hundred-year Soul Skill "Unending Life." Activating the Soul Skill slightly increases the Blue Silver Emperor's growth rate.] [Level-up effect: Thousand-Year Soul Ring] [Effect: Grants the thousand-year Soul Skill "Wild Growth." Activating the Soul Skill greatly increases the Blue Silver Emperor's growth rate.] [Level-up requirements: 10 hundred-year life-type Soul Rings, 1 hundred-year life-type medicinal herb]
After reading it,
he silently took out ten hundred-year-old Blue Silver Grass plants. As the emperor of the Blue Silver Grass Clan, Gu Chen felt a little embarrassed about harvesting and using Blue Silver Grass like this, but once the blade fell, his conscience only hurt for a second.
Then he took out a hundred-year-old life-type medicinal herb.
The level-up requirements were met without a hitch.
"Level-up requirements met. Level up?"
"Level up!"
He didn't hesitate for a moment.
In the blink of an eye, the level-up materials turned into golden light and poured into his Second Soul Ring. The Soul Ring shone gold for a moment, but the light lasted only briefly before the level-up was complete.
It was just like Kiri's reinforcement machine in Dungeon & Fighter: reinforcement was quick, but the result was always either heaven or hell. Fortunately, his Leveling Cheat had a hundred-percent success rate, or he might have cried!
The level-up was complete.
Both of his Soul Rings were now Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
Their effects
were astonishing too.
"Brother Chen, how about we have a fight?"
Xiao Wu, who was standing nearby, saw this and her eyes darted about. She immediately came up with a sneaky idea.
"You want to fight? Sure!"
Gu Chen saw through Xiao Wu's intentions at a glance. She simply wanted to defeat him face-to-face and let him know who the real boss was. Just because she called him "Brother Chen" a couple of times didn't mean he could really ride roughshod over Sister Xiao Wu.
"Sister Xiao Wu won't bully you. You can make the first move!"
Xiao Wu stood opposite Gu Chen, confidence written all over her face. The fight hadn't even begun, and she already had victory in the bag.
And that was indeed how it was.
In her eyes, Gu Chen was ultimately a control-type Soul Master. His Martial Soul might be top-class, but how strong could a life-type Blue Silver Emperor be? She was the esteemed owner of a space-type Martial Soul. Taking down a control-type Soul Master would only take her minutes.
"Sure!"
Gu Chen smiled, and his First Soul Ring lit up.
"First Soul Skill-Power of the Earth!!!"
As he activated his First Soul Skill, he quietly opened his Blue Silver Domain. A patch of Blue Silver Grass sprang up, brought forth by Soul Power, and grew wildly. In the blink of an eye, it was already half a person's height.
"Hahaha!!!"
But just then, Xiao Wu burst out laughing.
"Your puny Blue Silver Grass can't hurt me at all. Gu Chen, today I'll show you what a crushing defeat feels like!"
As she spoke, she entered her Martial Soul Possession state. Two Hundred-Year Soul Rings rose from beneath her feet, and then her First Soul Ring lit up.
"First Soul Skill-Space Jump!!!"
Just as the Blue Silver Grass spread wildly toward Xiao Wu, she vanished in an instant. The next moment, she appeared above Gu Chen and aimed a kick at him.
For a moment,
she seemed to see Gu Chen calling her "Sister Xiao Wu" after his defeat.
At that, the smile on her face grew impossible to contain.
But unfortunately,
before her attack could land, Gu Chen vanished from her sight. She panicked at once and, after landing, hurriedly looked around for him.
"W-where did he go?"
"Are you looking for me?"
Just then, Gu Chen's voice rang out behind her, giving Xiao Wu a great fright.
"How did you get behind me?"
Xiao Wu exclaimed.
"You really are an idiot. After all those times I showed you, you completely forgot that I have spatial abilities, and you still thought you could use yours to beat me? You're dreaming in broad daylight!"
Gu Chen shook his head as he spoke.
Sure enough, he couldn't expect much of Xiao Wu's intelligence. At the same time, his Second Soul Ring lit up, greatly increasing the growth rate of the Blue Silver Grass within the Blue Silver Domain. In an instant, it bound Xiao Wu up like a zongzi.
"I..."
Xiao Wu was so angry she didn't know how to answer. He was right: she really had forgotten for a moment that Gu Chen had spatial abilities.
"Don't look down on me!"
She glared at Gu Chen, and her Second Soul Ring lit up.
"Second Soul Skill-Space Transposition!!!"
Gu Chen and Xiao Wu swapped places, leaving Gu Chen bound by his own Blue Silver Grass instead.
"You want to catch me? Maybe in your next life!"
Having escaped, Xiao Wu pulled a face at Gu Chen.
In response,
Gu Chen smiled without a word and silently spurred the Blue Silver Grass to grow, controlling it as it surged wildly toward Xiao Wu. The enormous wave of Blue Silver Grass was like a crystal-clear blue ocean.
Although Xiao Wu's spatial Soul Skills were indeed quite shameless, and she escaped with Space Jump several times just as he was about to catch her,
that was all she could do.
A person's stamina was limited, and so was their Soul Power.
Xiao Wu was only a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster, after all. How much Soul Power could she have to squander nonstop? With her Soul Skills being unleashed again and again, her Soul Power consumption was like a summer electricity bill, enough to bring tears to anyone's eyes.
Soon,
Xiao Wu, once again bound like a zongzi by the Blue Silver Grass, looked as though she had nothing left to live for.
Before this fight,
she could even have sworn with absolute confidence:
"This battle pits space against life, and the advantage is mine!!!!"
But
after her crushing defeat, she was left questioning her life, four words echoing ceaselessly through her mind.
"I don't get it!!!"