Condensing the Third Spirit Ring

With a single leap, the Man Faced Demon Spider arrived before Lan Hong and spat a stream of sickly green venom at him.

Lan Hong flashed aside, and the venom corroded a huge pit straight into the ground.

"The venom has become more potent, and it's faster than me too. I can only face it head-on!"

Hong Mao materialized beside him. The two exchanged a glance, then attacked the Man Faced Demon Spider from opposite sides.

With Changhong Pierces the Sun, Hong Mao precisely struck one of the Man Faced Demon Spider's eyes, blasting it apart.

The intense pain drove the Man Faced Demon Spider into an even greater frenzy, and it sprayed a poisonous web toward Hong Mao.

Hong Mao controlled his sword and used Flying Dragon in the Sky to break through the Spider Web Restraint, landing on the Man Faced Demon Spider's back. He intended to pierce its carapace and destroy its vitality from within.

However, its carapace was so tough that even the Changhong Sword could not pierce it for the moment.

"Hong Mao, destroy its eyes!"

"Got it!"

Hong Mao ran along the Man Faced Demon Spider's carapace toward its eyes, while Lan Hong continuously kept the spider's attacks in check. The situation was fraught with danger.

Lan Hong held two swords, while the Man Faced Demon Spider had eight legs that could stab toward him from any direction.

One hit would mean certain death! All his focus was devoted to defense now. He could only place his hopes on Hong Mao.

Hong Mao did not disappoint him. He ran all the way onto the Man Faced Demon Spider's head and stabbed out another eye with a single slash.

The Man Faced Demon Spider once again let out a painful howl and violently shook its body, trying to throw Hong Mao off.

But Hong Mao wedged his sword firmly in the Man Faced Demon Spider's eye, refusing to let himself fall.

"Perfect chance!"

Taking advantage of the Man Faced Demon Spider's inability to spare attention for him, Lan Hong leaped up onto its head as well.

The Changhong Sword and Ice Soul Sword in his hands pierced into the Man Faced Demon Spider's remaining two eyes at the same time.

Hong Mao and Lan Hong looked at each other, immediately understanding what the other intended.

Scorching Changhong True Qi and bone-piercing Ice Soul True Qi poured into the Man Faced Demon Spider's body through its eyes.

The Man Faced Demon Spider struggled desperately, but Lan Hong and Hong Mao held on tightly. In the end, the spider could no longer endure and collapsed. Its entire form vanished, revealing the Fallen Soul King beneath it.

Gathering the last of his Soul Power, Lan Hong swung his sword and severed the man's head. He could not allow any more accidents.

"Pant! Pant!"

Hong Mao vanished. The Changhong Sword and Ice Soul Sword vanished as well, and nearly every last bit of Soul Power in Lan Hong's body had been drained away.

But this was not the time to rest. He immediately sat cross-legged to regulate his breath, recovering his Soul Power as quickly as possible.

After recovering only thirty percent of his Soul Power, Lan Hong opened his eyes, only to spit out a mouthful of dark blood.

"Even after being so careful, I was still poisoned! Fortunately, the poisoning isn't severe. I must have only been grazed by one of the Man Faced Demon Spider's legs earlier. I can still suppress it."

He then went to the beheaded Fallen Soul King, picked up the Spatial Soul Tool from his body, and finally burned him with a single blaze.

Then, without stopping, he rushed back. The Fallen One with the Skeleton Martial Soul whom he had severely wounded earlier was still there, barely clinging to life.

Lan Hong finished him off without hesitation and set him ablaze in one smooth motion. To be safe, he watched until the man had burned to ashes.

Only then did Lan Hong finally relax completely. Afterward, he continued on his journey and found a source of water.

He had sought out water because he needed to use the Eight Trigrams Heavenly Water Ice Crystal Array to heal his injuries.

After completing the Eight Trigrams Heavenly Water Ice Crystal Array, Lan Hong sat within it and regulated his breath for three full days.

Early on the third day, Lan Hong opened his eyes. The Eight Trigrams Heavenly Water Ice Crystal Array shattered, and he had fully recovered. It could even be said that he had turned misfortune into a blessing.

"My Soul Power Level is 28, and I'm close to 29! In two months at most, I should be able to condense my third Spirit Ring."

"Little Hong, I'm sorry! When you were in danger, I couldn't help at all!"

"Brother Cat, it's not your fault! You don't need to take it to heart!"

"I think that once you reach level thirty, I should condense a Spirit Ring too! That way, you'll have another trump card!"

"Brother Cat, can you do that? Won't it affect things later on?"

"I don't think so. It's only one Spirit Ring! I can roughly guess what my Spirit Skill will be too."

"Alright! Then let's do that!"

Lan Hong then inspected his spoils: the Spatial Soul Tool belonging to the Fallen Soul King.

There were all sorts of miscellaneous items inside, all related to sacrifices. Lan Hong dumped them all out and burned them in a single fire.

At last, he found a diary. That was unusual. This Fallen One had actually kept a diary.

The diary recorded many things, including the reason the two brothers had become Fallen Ones.

When his Martial Soul awakened as a Man Faced Demon Spider, he was hated by others. When his younger brother awakened a Skeleton Martial Soul, he was driven away outright.

Later, his younger brother was humiliated by a noble. In a rage, he killed that noble, but was eventually saved by a Fallen One, who turned the two brothers into Fallen Ones as well.

However, he eventually devoured the Fallen Soul Sect Master who had saved them.

The reason they had massacred a village for a blood sacrifice at this time was to help his younger brother break through to Spirit King. In the end, Lan Hong found them and killed them both!

"Hong Mao, what would you do with people like this in the martial world?"

"Kill them! There's nothing more to say! They do have circumstances worthy of sympathy, but those who deserve death still deserve death!"

"Exactly! Not a single one of these Fallen Ones is innocent. They all deserve to die!"

The last trace of hesitation in Lan Hong's heart vanished without a trace.

A few days later, Lan Hong arrived at the Great Soul Arena in Silvis City. There were no Unlimited Soul Duels here, so he had no intention of participating.

There was no point in taking part in Soul Grandmaster-level duels now. It would only waste time.

However, watching matches could still be rewarding. Silvis City was already not far from Heaven Dou City, and he could see more Soul Masters with high-level Martial Souls fighting here.

Most possessors of such high-level Martial Souls were children of nobles. They came to the Great Soul Arena to gain experience, fundamentally different from the Soul Masters who fought for money or fame.

Two months later, Lan Hong's Soul Power smoothly reached level thirty, and he was ready to condense his third Spirit Ring.

"Lan Hong, are you ready?"

"Yes, I'm ready. We can begin!"

Everything proceeded exactly as it had the previous two times, step by step. Other than the same soul-deep pain, nothing unexpected occurred.

The third Spirit Ring he condensed was still white. Only then did Lan Hong realize that three White Spirit Rings would be quite conspicuous and could bring him trouble.

After all, a Quasi Soul Titled Douluo with such strength still being unable to catch a hundred-year soul beast for a Spirit Ring was simply impossible to explain. Others were not fools.

But the Third Spirit Skill gave Lan Hong a way to deal with that. As expected, the Third Spirit Skill was the Purple Cloud Sword and its related inheritance.

One of them was the Disguise Technique. Lan Hong felt that this Disguise Technique would be even more useful in Douluo Continent, so he began studying it.

The second chapter is here. Everyone's opinions have been a great help to me. Please give the author more support! I would be deeply grateful!