In an instant, the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife blazed with blue-green light, and an immensely rich, flourishing vitality poured into Huo Yuhao's body through the center of his brow.
An unprecedented feeling of comfort spread throughout his body. Huo Yuhao felt every cell in his body moaning with bliss, greedily absorbing the dense vitality emanating from the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife.
At that moment, Huo Yuhao could see everything inside his body through his spiritual power. That dense, extraordinary vitality was nourishing his body.
His meridians grew more flexible, his internal organs became tougher, and his bones grew harder. His entire being seemed to be undergoing a qualitative change.
Then, as the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife cut open his forehead, the boundless vitality seemed to batter his soul.
In an instant, Huo Yuhao was plunged into the agony of his soul being pulled apart.
Yet the overwhelming power of the gold of life was reshaping his Sea of Consciousness.
And Tian Meng, too, began to enjoy this dense, emerald-green vitality.
It continued to expand it...
Huo Yuhao did not know how much time had passed. By the time the pain had gradually begun to numb him,
He regained consciousness and saw that his Sea of Consciousness was four or five times larger than before.
Huo Yuhao also felt that the age limit of the Soul Rings he could withstand had risen by at least two or three thousand years.
Huo Yuhao could sense that the Eye of Life on his forehead, without Electrolux's divine sense residing in it,
Felt more like it belonged to him.
For now, it had only one effect: when he used it to activate a Soul Skill, the skill seemed to gain an additional ten percent boost, and once activated, it could also increase his recovery speed by an additional thirty percent.
As Huo Yuhao took stock of the sensation and looked at his skull, he subconsciously recalled something.
He had nearly forgotten the million-year Soul Bone Tian Meng had bestowed upon him. It was a Head Soul Bone.
It granted not four Soul Skills, but only two.
One was Heavenly Silkworm Transformation. Once activated, it allowed him to change his appearance at will. It also had an additional Soul Skill enhancement effect: his next spiritual Soul Skill would receive an additional one hundred percent boost.
The second was Cocoon-Breaking Silk Kill. When used, Tian Meng's cocoon silk would wrap around him to form a cocoon, granting him absolute invincibility for one second.
But the second Soul Skill's so-called absolute invincibility was achieved by using both Tian Meng's vitality and his spiritual reserves to withstand attacks.
It could essentially block anything below the god level.
It could also store up the attacks received during that time, and the cocoon silk could reflect eighty percent of their power.
Huo Yuhao's lips had barely begun to curl up at the mention of such an overbearing Soul Skill when Tian Meng continued with a warning.
"Yuhao, though, you'd better save this Soul Skill for the very end. After all, it really does consume my strength, and most of my reserves are in the skull. It would be a loss to you too."
Huo Yuhao was not surprised to hear this. After all, for such a powerful Soul Skill,
It was only natural to pay some price.
Afterward, Huo Yuhao followed Electrolux back to the Star Dou Great Forest, preparing to hunt for Soul Rings.
Under the scan of Electrolux's divine sense, a promising target soon appeared.
It was a Soul Beast that looked like an ape all over, except that it was exceptionally small and thin.
Once Electrolux restrained it with spatial magic, Huo Yuhao got a clear look at its true form.
It was a Purple Spirit Bei around fifteen thousand years old.
As for the badly wounded Purple Spirit Bei, Huo Yuhao annihilated it with a blast of Destruction Black Light.
He then began absorbing its Soul Ring.
Huo Yuhao's physique had now undergone the dual transformation of a million years' worth of reserves and the gold of life. Even without suppressing the Soul Ring's power, he absorbed it with ease.
Exhaling a breath of turbid air, Huo Yuhao briefly examined his new Soul Skill.
He raised an eyebrow. Overall, he was very satisfied.
Spirit Restoration Technique.
As its name suggested, it was also one of the Double Pupils' abilities.
It could directly copy an enemy's moves.
It looked rather like his original self's former fifth Soul Skill, but it was more overbearing in one respect:
It could copy more than just Soul Skills. Self-created skills, divine skills, and even a Martial Soul's innate abilities could all be copied for a short time.
Moreover, if what he copied was not a Martial Soul's innate ability,
He could even improve a skill or Soul Skill if it had flaws.
After refining this Soul Ring, Huo Yuhao also felt his Soul Power undergo another surge.
Overall, though, the increase was not particularly large: he had reached level thirty-three.
After all, with his current Double Pupils Martial Soul, his total Soul Power seemed to be only at the Soul Elder level, but it could already rival that of a Soul Ancestor.
After that, Huo Yuhao and Electrolux began searching for the next Soul Ring.
However, when they saw a group of Soul Beasts blocking the way, Electrolux casually released his spiritual power at the Titled level, unwilling to kill and wanting to avoid trouble.
It instantly frightened away a large group of Soul Beasts living there.
This also led to an unexpected beast tide suddenly descending.
Under the onslaught of the beast tide, a team seemed to have been abruptly scattered.
Among them seemed to be two people with cauldron-type Martial Souls: an injured, burly middle-aged man and a girl who looked to be only around ten years old-a little girl!
She was petite, with a black high ponytail that swayed gently in the wind. Her jade-green eyes were clear and bright, and her delicate face was pretty and charming. She looked frail, but her eyes held a resilience that refused to admit defeat.
The two of them had seemingly been about to leave the Star Dou Great Forest.
But then, all of a sudden, they saw a snake blocking their path.
It was a thousand-year Mandala Snake.
"Xiao Xiao, run first."
"Uncle Lin, I won't run."
Seeing this, Xiao Lin gritted his teeth and summoned his Martial Soul.
He was a Soul Ancestor, but he had already been gravely injured protecting Xiao Xiao during the beast tide.
Facing this Mandala Snake now was no different from throwing an egg against a rock.
The Mandala Snake let out a roar and pounced.
After only a few brief exchanges, Xiao Lin was already in dire straits.
Seeing this, Xiao Xiao immediately switched to her Nine Phoenix Worshipping Flute Martial Soul.
Her First Soul Ring flashed.
It made the air within its range thick and viscous, slowing enemies' movement and hampering their actions.
Although Xiao Lin was exhausted, he kept running while pulling Xiao Xiao along. But the slowing effect was quite limited against a thousand-year Mandala Snake.
Just as the Mandala Snake was about to swallow the uncle and niece whole in an instant,
A terrifying black light pierced straight through the Mandala Snake.
Before their somewhat dazed eyes, two figures, one in black and one in white, slowly emerged from the woods.
What drew the most attention was the white-clad youth's pair of purple Double Pupils, deep as an abyss...