Soul Ancestor and Soul Grandmaster

After listening to their explanation, Chen Mo withdrew his flying sword.

Chen Mo sent a message through his divine sense. "I agree to your request."

With that, Chen Mo left the cave. He did not want to disturb them during the time they had left.

"Thank you, Child of the World," said the Five-Colored Deer.

Chen Mo did not need to worry about them breaking their promise. Once a sacrifice began, it could not be stopped.

Besides, Chen Mo did not think the Five-Colored Deer was lying. What it had said about the Child of the World was much the same as what the system had told him, and it could not have lied about that.

Combined with the special legends surrounding the Five-Colored Deer on the Douluo Continent, what it had said was very likely true.

Lastly, Chen Mo really could not quite bring himself to do it. Killing her husband in front of a pregnant woman was rather cruel.

Since they were already willing to sacrifice themselves, what more was there to say? Naturally, he would grant their wish.

Before long, after a mournful cry, two new lives came into the world, whimpering...

Chen Mo did not have to wait long. Soon, another mysterious energy enveloped him.

It was the other Five-Colored Deer.

Sure enough, just as they had agreed, the couple were willing to sacrifice themselves to him together.

But his Soul Power could not reach level fifty. For now, he could absorb only one more Soul Ring at most.

The two Five-Colored Deer turned together to look back at the little lives behind them, shedding a tear. Then the sacrifice began...

They fused?

Were the sacrifices of the two Five-Colored Deer merging into one?

Could sacrifices be added together?

The Five-Colored Deer's voice reached Chen Mo's mind. "Child of the World, thank you for agreeing to our request. We Five-Colored Deer are special. The Soul Rings and Soul Bones formed after my mate and I die can be fused.

"The same applies to our sacrifices, and they can be perfectly added together.

"My mate and I are both ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine years old. You will receive a Soul Ring and a Soul Bone that are each one hundred and ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight years old. This is our thanks to you for granting our wish in the end..."

Chen Mo inwardly exclaimed at his good fortune.

Fortunately, he had not killed them, or he would have suffered a huge loss.

Soon, Chen Mo was enveloped by the sacrificial space, unable to make any movements.

After an unknown amount of time, Chen Mo emerged from the sacrificial space with a new Head Soul Bone. It was nearly two hundred thousand years old, just two years short of that mark.

What was more, the Head Soul Bone's compatibility with his External Soul Bone was as high as ninety-nine percent. Chen Mo was stunned. This meant he could enjoy practically all the benefits the Head Soul Bone offered.

After the fusion, Chen Mo gained two more skills: Intangibility and Solidification.

Intangibility: Placed the user in a different space, where he could be seen but not touched. He could not be attacked, but he could not attack others either. Duration: thirty seconds. Cooldown: ten minutes.

Solidification: Solidified a skill, extending its duration until Soul Power was exhausted. Cooldown: twenty-four hours.

Either skill alone could just about be considered a divine skill. Used together, the two made him invincible in a sense.

However, with Chen Mo's current Soul Power, he could probably sustain Intangibility and Solidification together for only about half an hour.

If he added his Foundation Establishment Stage true essence, he could just about last three hours.

Chen Mo's cultivation had now reached level forty-seven. Thanks to the two Five-Colored Deer, both infinitesimally close to one hundred thousand years old, his Soul Power had risen by at least another five or six levels.

Chen Mo now had four Soul Rings instead of three: three black and one red.

The new red Soul Ring around his Martial Soul was especially dazzling. It was the one the two Five-Colored Deer had sacrificed themselves to give him.

Chen Mo had also intended to check on the two fawns and see whether he could offer them some compensation.

But he found that the two fawns were long gone.

Perhaps they slipped away while I was absorbing the Soul Ring?

Chen Mo laughed despite himself.

He supposed they had been wary of him.

That was for the best. Chen Mo really did not quite know how to face the two fawns.

After all, their parents had died because of him.

Moreover, having accepted the sacrifices, Chen Mo now had a frighteningly high affinity for space.

He no longer needed to rely on his Soul Bones to use two spatial abilities.

They were Spatial Jump and Spatial Cutting.

In fact, the Soul Bone Skills Chen Mo used had a delay of roughly one to three milliseconds. For the current Chen Mo, that was no different from using them instantly, but as his cultivation advanced, one millisecond would be enough for him to do many things.

But the spatial abilities Chen Mo had comprehended by studying his Soul Bone Skills had no delay, nor did they have any time limit.

As long as his body could keep up and his Soul Power held out, he could keep using them.

Once he had all nine Soul Rings, his affinity for space would reach a terrifying level. He might even comprehend the Law of Space directly and become a true god of space.

A being who had mastered the Law of Space would be no weakling even in the Great Thousand World, and would be in an innately invincible position.

As long as he played it safe and did not get reckless, no one could stop him from leaving.

Meanwhile, Lin Yaodong had also obtained a black Soul Ring of twelve thousand years for himself.

Unsurprisingly, his Soul Power had also broken straight through to level twenty, and he was searching for a suitable Soul Beast to obtain his Second Soul Ring.

However, Lin Yaodong's final Soul Power Level would certainly not be as high as Chen Mo's. He definitely could not reach level thirty. He had only been practicing his cultivation method for the past three years, so level twenty-five or twenty-six would be good. Even with two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, he probably would not break through to level thirty for the time being.

Lin Yaodong's First Soul Ring came from a plant-type Soul Beast called Bitter Bamboo, which was renowned for its tenacious vitality.

Lin Yaodong had hacked at it for two whole days and nights before killing it, dulling two of the sabers Chen Mo had given him in the process.

Lin Yaodong's first Soul Skill was called Recovery. It had both an active and a passive effect. The active effect consumed Soul Power to heal his injuries, while the passive effect made him recover faster the more seriously injured he was.

Combined with Lin Yaodong's own vitality, it could bring him back from even the gravest injuries as long as he was not killed instantly. He could be considered immortal.

And now, Lin Yaodong had set his sights on a group of poppy flower Soul Beasts.

Chen Mo had told him it was best to absorb Soul Rings from Soul Beasts with characteristics similar to his own Martial Soul. So what could suit him better than a poppy flower?

After all, Lin Yaodong's Martial Soul was a poppy flower.

The poppy flower's greatest strength was its vitality, followed by its toughness, hallucinogenic poison, and defense.

Plant-type Soul Beasts all generally possessed both vitality and toughness; it was just a matter of which one they specialized in.

Of the three directions, Lin Yaodong naturally chose vitality.

His big brother had hinted that he should choose it from the start. Had he not noticed that vitality was the first thing his big brother mentioned?

That was practically spelling it out. If he still could not guess what his big brother meant, how could he have the face to keep following him?

Chen Mo: ???

Because poppy flower Soul Beasts were weak, they generally huddled together for warmth. That way, even humans or Soul Beasts stronger than them would not dare set their sights on them lightly.

Lin Yaodong did not have many options. He could only choose a Soul Beast of around twenty thousand years that was somewhat close to the edge of the group.

The poppy flowers' main means of attack was releasing pollen that caused hallucinations. Lin Yaodong was immune to all poisons, and he also had various pills Chen Mo had given him, including some detoxification pills.

He also had to watch out for their stems. Getting hit when they swung them around still hurt a lot. As long as he was careful, there would not be much trouble.

There were some scares but no real danger. Although Lin Yaodong was somewhat battered, he successfully absorbed the Soul Ring in the end.

He obtained his second Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, with the Soul Skill Excitement.

Excitement: Upon use, immediately restored the user's condition and increased every aspect of his abilities, including physical condition, Soul Power, speed, and strength, to 1.5 times their normal levels. Duration: ten minutes.

For one day after the Excitement state ended, the user's condition would fall to eighty percent.

It could be used once every three days. Forcing its use within three days would consume the user's vitality and cause mild addiction.

Recovery and Excitement were the Soul Skills Lin Yaodong's two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings had given him.

His Soul Power had also risen to level twenty-seven, making him a Soul Grandmaster.

Lin Yaodong understood that all he had to do next was find that Gale Falcon and complete his big brother's test.

But it would not be easy. It was bound to be extremely dangerous, and could even mean death.

Even so, Lin Yaodong had no intention of backing down.

Someone who had seen the light could never endure the darkness. Even if he had to pay with his life, he would not shrink from it.

Three months later, Lin Yaodong arrived at the foot of a cliff.

Halfway up the cliff was a Gale Falcon's nest, and it belonged to an eighty-thousand-year-old Gale Falcon.

Lin Yaodong was almost certain that what his big brother Chen Mo wanted him to bring back was here.

During those three months, Lin Yaodong had traveled all over Sunset Forest and found several nests belonging to Gale Falcons over fifty thousand years old, but he had not found it in any of them.

Lin Yaodong had not even considered Gale Falcons under fifty thousand years old. Now that he had absorbed his Soul Rings, his strength was no weaker than an ordinary Soul Emperor's, and his combat power was comparable to that of a thirty-thousand-year-old Soul Beast.

Unless it was a Soul Beast over fifty thousand years old, it could not pose much of a threat to him.

If it really was in the nest of a Gale Falcon under fifty thousand years old,

then it would not be a life-and-death test. That would be letting him cross an ocean.

Standing beneath the Gale Falcon's nest, Lin Yaodong could not help feeling an urge to retreat.

An eighty-thousand-year-old Gale Falcon was no weaker than a Soul Douluo in strength. On top of that, Gale Falcons were extremely fast and could fly. Even an ordinary Titled Douluo could forget about taking it down.

Faced with an opponent he could neither defeat nor escape, Lin Yaodong was a little afraid.

Lin Yaodong swallowed. I really might die!

But Lin Yaodong soon steeled his resolve. He would either die or follow his big brother, climbing step by step to the highest peak.

Other than success, he had no choice.

Even so, Lin Yaodong did not intend to act rashly.

There were still two months until the test ended. He had to prepare first.

Plan before you act. You taught me that, big brother.

Lin Yaodong's eyes were full of resolve and madness.