After an unknown amount of time, the door gently closed behind him.
Dai Weisi turned around and met Zhu Zhuyun's eyes, which were filled with shock and complicated feelings.
She clearly hadn't expected her younger sister, whose temperament was as cold as ice, to be... so forward.
A teasing smile on his face, Dai Weisi walked up to Zhu Zhuyun, lowered his head, and whispered in her ear:
"It seems your sister is far more passionate than you imagined."
His warm breath brushed her ear, making Zhu Zhuyun's cheeks flush slightly.
She shot Dai Weisi a reproachful glance, full of charm in that instant.
"Your Highness, all you do is tease me."
She lowered her voice, sounding a little resentful and a little curious.
"What... what exactly did you say to her?"
"I have my own clever methods."
Dai Weisi did not answer directly. He merely reached out and lightly brushed her delicate nose, then changed the subject, his expression turning serious. "All right, to business. Go back and make preparations. Tomorrow, bring Zhu Zhuqing and come with me outside the city."
"Outside the city?"
Zhu Zhuyun was a little puzzled.
"Mm."
"Your Soul Power has reached level fifty, after all. It's time to obtain your Fifth Soul Ring."
Zhu Zhuyun's heart tightened, and she immediately understood.
Dai Weisi was now the crown prince. The stronger he became, the more secure his position would be.
As his partner in their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, her strength was part of his strength too!
"I understand."
She nodded firmly and asked no more questions.
After returning to his residence, Dai Weisi once again had Shi Mo guard the door while he cultivated alone.
His earlier indulgence had been no more than an appetizer.
For him, the real feast was only just beginning.
He sat down cross-legged and, with a thought, entered the system warehouse within his consciousness.
Two earlier choices, four rewards in all!
[Reward one: one Thousand-Year Soul Ring Enhancement Card (can increase the age of one selected Soul Ring under ten thousand years old, up to a limit of 9,999 years)] [Reward two: Soul Power Level +5!] [Reward three: one Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring (can be absorbed at any time)] [Reward four: one Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone for a designated body part!]
Dai Weisi did not rush to absorb the Soul Ring and Soul Bone. Instead, he first fixed his gaze on the Thousand-Year Soul Ring Enhancement Card.
"Use the enhancement card on my First Soul Ring, White Tiger Protection Barrier!"
Of his current four Soul Rings, his First Soul Ring was only a little over three hundred years old. Raising it to the limit would give him the greatest value!
[Ding! Command confirmed. Beginning enhancement!]
As soon as the words fell, an illusory golden card appeared before Dai Weisi, then turned into a streak of pure light and entered his body.
Of the four Soul Rings circling his body, the yellow ring representing his First Soul Ring instantly blazed with light!
The yellow deepened at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just a few breaths, it turned purple, and the edges of the Soul Ring had already darkened almost to black.
Purple tinged with black!
A 9,999-year Soul Ring!
Dai Weisi could clearly feel that the power of this Soul Skill had changed noticeably.
Only after he had done all that did he turn his attention to the remaining rewards.
Soul Power Level +5 meant that he could choose to leap straight from a level-sixty Soul Emperor to level sixty-five!
Dai Weisi, however, did not let joy cloud his judgment.
He knew very well that the most important things were still the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
Since he could choose when to claim the Soul Power increase, he would naturally save it up!
After he absorbed the Soul Ring and Soul Bone, his Soul Power would rise. Then he would choose to cash in the five Soul Power levels!
Now, would he absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring as his Sixth Soul Ring?!
If word of this got out, it would shake the entire continent! After all, even among Titled Douluo, not everyone necessarily possessed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
And he was about to gain his second at the Soul Emperor level!
One had to know that if Tang San had not had Xiao Wu sacrifice herself, even he could not have done it!
"I'll absorb the Soul Bone first."
Dai Weisi made his decision.
Absorbing a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring was extremely dangerous, and its demands on physical strength were high to an absurd degree.
Although he had an Indestructible Vajra Body transformed by the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, as well as a Hundred Thousand Year Torso Bone as a foundation, he still could not afford to be careless.
Absorbing the Soul Bone first and raising his physical strength another level was the safest choice.
"System, I want to choose a Soul Bone."
[Host, please specify the Soul Bone's body part.]
Dai Weisi thought rapidly.
A Head Soul Bone was undoubtedly one of the most valuable Soul Bones. It could greatly increase spiritual power and might even come with a powerful spiritual Soul Skill.
But as far as he was concerned, his fourth Soul Skill, White Tiger God-Annihilating Destruction, was enough for spiritual attacks for the time being.
Left arm? Left leg? Right leg?
His gaze finally settled on his right arm.
There, he already had a Hundred Thousand Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone!
If he could obtain a Right Arm Soul Bone as well, the two Soul Bones' powers would amplify each other, perhaps producing a wondrous effect in which one plus one was far greater than two!
"I choose a Right Arm Soul Bone!"
[Ding! Selection confirmed. Generating the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone best suited to the host's Martial Soul and existing Soul Bones...] [Generation successful!] [Soul Bone name: Blood Fiend Devil Tiger Right Arm Bone] [Age: one hundred thousand years] [Soul Bone Skill one: Blood Prison Fiend Abyss. Opens the Blood Fiend Domain. Blood mist churns within the domain, and the Blood Fiend Qi filling it will relentlessly erode the target's life force and Soul Power.] [Soul Bone Skill two: Blood Devil Armor Break. Condenses Soul Power in the right arm, unleashing an instant blow of supreme force and ferocity. This attack carries powerful armor-breaking and shock effects!]
Excellent!
Intense joy burst forth in Dai Weisi's eyes.
This Soul Bone was practically tailor-made for him!
"Begin absorption!"
Without the slightest hesitation, an arm bone, crystal clear throughout and flashing with black-red light, appeared out of thin air before him.
On the arm bone, the faint image of a roaring tiger could be seen.
Dai Weisi reached out with his right hand and seized the Soul Bone.
"Boom-!"
A wave of incomparably violent energy surged fiercely into his body along his arm!
It felt as though his entire arm had been forcibly thrust into a volcano on the verge of eruption! Scorching heat, tearing pain, and violence!
The Blood Fiend Demon Tiger was worthy of its name!
"Roar!"
A suppressed growl came from Dai Weisi's throat.
He could feel the bones, meridians, and muscles of his right arm being violently torn apart and destroyed by that power, then reassembled in a stronger form!
His Indestructible Vajra Body operated at full force, while the Golden Hawksbill Turtle Torso Bone gave off a gentle light, protecting his heart meridian and internal organs.
The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone also seemed to have been provoked, erupting with formidable power that resonated, intertwined, and fused with the devil tiger's power.
Sweat instantly soaked his clothes.
Inside the secret chamber, only his heavy, restrained breathing could be heard.
Time passed, second by second.
After an unknown amount of time, the violent energy finally subsided, replaced by a sense of explosive power that felt as though it had been his since birth.
Dai Weisi slowly opened his eyes, and a fearsome gleam flashed through them and vanished.
He raised his right arm. Beneath the skin of the entire arm was a faint black-red sheen, giving it an incomparable beauty of strength.
He could clearly feel that the strength of this arm was more than several times greater than before!
"Good! Good! Good!"
Dai Weisi could not help throwing back his head and laughing aloud.
His physical strength had soared once again. Now, he was confident he could face the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring soon to come-his first!