Plans for the Third Soul Ring

Two years had passed since the assembly of all the teachers and students, which had supposedly been held to explain the rumors but, for various reasons, had turned into a "Yu Xiaogang denunciation assembly."

During those two years, Xiao Wu and Tang San had both broken through to level twenty and reached the Soul Grandmaster realm.

The amusing stories about Yu Xiaogang had continued to spread after that assembly, showing signs of reaching every corner of the continent. Six months ago, even the current emperor of the Star Luo Empire had heard what had been said at the assembly. He had been furious and had loudly declared that the royal family member who had given the speech must kill himself to atone.

The Star Luo Empire's reputation was at stake, so Xue Ye naturally dared not treat the matter lightly. As things stood, the Heaven Dou Empire was no match for the Star Luo Empire, and the incident could very well lead to war between the two empires. With no other choice, he had handed the man over.

To this day, the people of the Heaven Dou Empire had received no further news of him. They had only heard that he had been castrated; what happened afterward, they did not know.

"Dark Demon Evil God Tiger."

Han Yu had now cultivated to level thirty. Holding an illustrated guide to Soul Beasts, he fell silent.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was an extremely mysterious and bloodthirsty Soul Beast. Virtually everyone who encountered one died without exception, so books contained very little information about it.

That was hardly surprising. After all, though the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was a Soul Beast, its strength did not come from cultivation. It gained all its cultivation by devouring Soul Masters and Soul Beasts.

What Han Yu coveted most about the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was its bead, the most important thing it possessed.

Evil, space, time, lightning, wind-its many attributes truly made Han Yu envious.

"But how do I kill it?"

A Soul Beast that powerful would naturally be no easy thing to deal with, and Han Yu could not help frowning. His First Soul Ring was the Blue Silver Emperor, and his Second Soul Ring was the Blue Silver King. Naturally, he could not just find any Soul Beast to absorb for his Third Soul Ring, to say nothing of the bead he coveted most.

Han Yu had not been idle these past two years either. Drawing on some of his memories and his understanding of the Sharingan, he had now learned some Fire Style techniques.

Yes, he had now learned Fire Style, as well as Wood Release derived from the Blue Silver Emperor's mutation. If he simply wanted to entangle an opponent, he did not need Hand Seals. Once he activated the Blue Silver Domain, a single thought was enough to bind them.

But using Wood Release still required a few Hand Seals. He had not yet reached the level of Hashirama Senju in Hokage, who could clap his hands together and summon whatever he called for.

Han Yu racked his brains but still could not come up with a suitable method.

Others might not know, but he knew that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had a skill that could be called invincible: Alternate Dimension Life-and-Death Battle.

If it used that skill on someone else, a Soul Ring like that would get away, and his time here would have been wasted.

Besides, the only person he could ask for help now was Tang Hao. The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger could fight opponents above its level, and it was hard to say whether Tang Hao, who had yet to fully recover, could even defeat it.

"Tch."

In an instant, Han Yu ran through all these matters in his head, but he still had no solution.

What other Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were there?

There were the Titan Giant Ape, the Sky Azure Bull Python, and that group of Ferocious Beasts in the Star Dou Forest. There were those few in the Far North, as well as the Sea Soul Beasts in the ocean.

"Hey, what are you thinking about again? Why does it feel like your soul's been wandering these past two days?"

As Han Yu was pondering where to obtain a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, Xiao Wu walked over and looked at him curiously.

"If I said I was thinking about how to get a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to sacrifice itself for me, would you believe me?"

Han Yu had no time to pay her any mind and answered offhandedly.

"Pah, pah, pah! You dare say something like that here?"

Xiao Wu hurriedly covered Han Yu's mouth with her hand and cautiously swept her gaze around them. Only after seeing that no one had heard their conversation did she breathe a sigh of relief and quickly whisper.

"Hmph, if you really want one, let me hear you call me Sister Xiao Wu, and I'll sacrifice myself for you."

They were alone here. Xiao Wu rolled her eyes at him and spoke softly, her tone cheerful. Her delicate pink face was full of teasing; she did not believe Han Yu would actually do that.

"Why don't you just create your own Soul Ring? Why are you always thinking about a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring?"

Sitting down in the chair beside him and moving a little closer, Xiao Wu asked in a low voice.

"I have two Martial Souls. I can only create one."

Indeed, Han Yu was not lying. Within his spiritual space, the Blue Silver Emperor had already created the Third Soul Ring for his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul and simultaneously raised the First and Second Soul Rings to black. The Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul now had three black Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, which meant he had long since become a Soul Elder. But the Martial Soul he showed others, the Clear Sky Hammer, still had only two Soul Rings.

"Your situation... I really don't understand it."

Xiao Wu swung her two smooth, slender legs and replied with a frown.

She was a Soft Bone Rabbit Soul Beast, and after taking human form at a hundred thousand years, her Martial Soul had become the Soft Bone Rabbit. As for Han Yu's Twin Martial Souls, she had never even heard of such a thing.

As a fellow Soul Beast, Xiao Wu did not want anyone hunting Soul Beasts, but this concerned Han Yu's Martial Soul. With her love-struck mind taking over, she had no intention of stopping him.

Han Yu naturally saw that too and reached out to pat Xiao Wu on the head. He had just remembered that there was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast capable of sacrificing herself right beside him. Sometimes a love-struck rabbit was quite nice; at least she would not stop him from finding Soul Beasts to hunt. If Xiao Wu did stop him, then for the sake of the many Soul Beasts' lives, he would have no choice but to wrong her a little. But Xiao Wu's answer pleased Han Yu greatly, and he decided to let her off this once.

Xiao Wu, who was thinking the matter over for Han Yu, shivered. She looked up at him in bewilderment, then lowered her head and resumed frowning in thought, completely unaware that she had just made a trip to the gates of hell.

"You definitely can't deal with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast on your own. You should lower your expectations and just absorb a Thousand-Year Soul Ring."

Xiao Wu's brain was not very big to begin with, and it was filled with nothing but thoughts of love and the like. She could find no effective answer to Han Yu's situation.

Forget it.

Han Yu reached up and rubbed the space between his eyebrows. He still could not think of any other suitable Soul Beast, so he could only leave it to fate and set off for the Star Dou Great Forest in a couple of days.

"You're going to the Star Dou Great Forest?"

After Han Yu told Xiao Wu, she looked a little surprised, eagerness in her eyes. She fell silent for a moment, then asked another question.

"Can you take me back with you? I haven't been back in a long time either, and I don't know how Da Ming and Er Ming are doing."

At the mention of her two little brothers, Xiao Wu's expression grew a little gloomy. They were her only two family members in the world. Though they had been very unwilling to let Xiao Wu enter human society, that too was because they cared about her.