First Soul Skill, Five Elements Divine Body

"Awroo?"

The Three-Tailed Wind Flame Wolf finally realized something was wrong with the human before it.

But it felt it could still put up a fight. All three of its tails lit up at once, and wind- and fire-attribute Soul Power began to gather wildly.

As the saying went, wind fanned the flames, and fire borrowed the might of the wind.

A crimson fireball three times larger than the previous one formed in its mouth. At the same time, countless cyan wind blades circled its body, forming an attack net woven from wind and fire.

This was the trump card it had kept hidden up its sleeve.

"Awroo!"

The Wind Flame Wolf roared and unleashed the net of wind and fire. The fireball flew at its center, while the wind blades scattered outward, blotting out the sky as they shot toward Lin Qingchen.

Watching from behind, Tang San felt sweat bead on his palms. His Blue Silver Grass was ready to strike at any moment, but he could not shake the feeling that he could not possibly do anything against an attack of this level.

Nearby, Lei Nuo's fingers tightened slightly around his Thunderous Spear. He was ready to charge forward at any moment.

But Lin Qingchen simply stood where he was. He brought his hands together, and the Great Five Elements Divine Light spread out before him into a fan-shaped wall of light.

The Great Five Elements Divine Light could change freely under Lin Qingchen's control, like an extension of his own body.

The instant the net of wind and fire struck the five-colored wall, the fireball and wind blades dissolved together. Even the Soul Power remaining in the Wind Flame Wolf's mouth was stripped away layer by layer by the power of the five elements, broken down, and finally reduced to nothing.

Before the five-colored divine light, all energy attacks were as though they had never existed.

The Wind Flame Wolf stood rooted to the spot, its three tails hanging limply.

The dual wind- and fire-attribute attack it was so proud of had been completely swallowed up by a single curtain of light, from beginning to end.

"Awroo..."

The Three-Tailed Wind Flame Wolf let out two low growls, then spat out three more fireballs in quick succession. It turned and tried to flee.

Lin Qingchen took a step forward, and his First Soul Ring shone.

That was right. The Great Five Elements Divine Light was merely an innate ability he had cultivated with the help of Soul Rings of five different attributes and the Great Five Elements Escape. His Soul Ring had actually granted him a First Soul Skill as well, and an extremely powerful amplification-type Soul Skill at that.

First Soul Skill, Five Elements Divine Body!

A five-colored halo flowed over Lin Qingchen's body, forming overlapping layers of scales.

The effect of this Soul Skill was simple and brutal: it amplified all his attributes by one hundred percent while greatly reducing the Soul Power consumed by the Great Five Elements Divine Light.

If Lin Qingchen had previously been able to use the Great Five Elements Divine Light for only thirty seconds, he could now sustain it for at least two minutes.

He smashed the fireballs meant to hold him back with a slap, pushed off the ground, and caught up to the fleeing Three-Tailed Wind Flame Wolf in just a few steps.

Then he raised his right foot and kicked it in the waist.

Wolves were said to have heads of bronze, bones of iron, and waists of tofu. Struck by Lin Qingchen's powerful kick, the Wind Flame Wolf let out a mournful cry and flew sideways, crashing heavily into a tree.

It shook its head as it stood up, unsteady on its feet, and spat several mouthfuls of fresh blood from the corner of its mouth. Clearly, that immensely powerful kick had ruptured its internal organs.

But this also roused its ferocity. It no longer thought of fleeing, instead lunging straight at Lin Qingchen with its jaws open to bite him.

Lin Qingchen activated Earth Element Great Escape, vanishing into the ground before appearing beside the wolf in an instant. He raised a fist wrapped in the Great Five Elements Divine Light and smashed it into the Wind Flame Wolf's waist.

"Awroo!"

The Three-Tailed Wind Flame Wolf let out a piercing wail as it was smashed into the ground, where it lay motionless.

The punch broke its spine, and the Great Five Elements Divine Light dissolved every trace of attribute Soul Power within its body.

Before long, all life left it, and a Yellow Soul Ring rose.

Lin Qingchen withdrew the Great Five Elements Divine Light, dismissed the possession of his Five Elements Qilin Martial Soul, and turned to look at the two men behind him.

"Fortunately, I didn't fail you."

Lei Nuo still held his Thunderous Spear, but its tip pointed downward as he stood there, looking as though he had seen something beyond his understanding.

Of course, Lin Qingchen's performance really had far exceeded his understanding.

There was a full five seconds of silence.

"...Qingchen." Lei Nuo took a deep breath, his voice a little dry. "Was that your Soul Skill just now? You... swallowed its entire attack?"

"I didn't swallow it. It's not like I'm some kind of monster." Lin Qingchen thought for a moment and found an easy way to explain it. "More accurately, it dissolves attacks. Any energy-attribute attack that touches it will be neutralized. Wind, fire, or any other attribute—it's all the same."

Lei Nuo: "..."

In all his years, he had seen Power Attack System, Control System, Agility Attack System, Defense System, and Auxiliary System Soul Masters, and even rare Food System Soul Masters.

But he had never seen anyone erase another person's Soul Skill directly at the energy level.

"Powerful" was no longer enough to describe it. It was simply monstrous.

"That First Soul Skill of yours... it's probably a nightmare for most Soul Masters, isn't it? Can something like that really appear with a First Soul Ring?"

It was no wonder he thought so. On the Douluo Continent today, it was generally assumed that the greater a Soul Ring's age, the greater its power and importance.

But aside from the Great Five Elements Divine Light, the only abilities capable of dissolving energy that Lin Qingchen could think of for the moment were the Annihilation Attribute of the Rouge Dragon Martial Soul in Douluo II and White Snow of Sunny Spring, the second Soul Skill of Lan Muzi's Yang Wood Saber Martial Soul in Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King.

Lin Qingchen spread his hands. "I've tested it. How efficiently it dissolves an attack depends on the strength of the other party's Soul Power. The stronger they are, the harder it is to dissolve. For example, I barely felt that wolf's attack just now, but if it were a Soul Elder, it would be much harder..."

He did not continue, but Lei Nuo already understood.

With one ring, he could dissolve the full-force attack of a two-hundred-year Soul Beast. What if his opponent had three or four rings?

It doesn't seem quite that monstrous after all. That's good. Lei Nuo breathed a sigh of relief.

Lei Nuo suddenly felt that he might have stumbled upon a monster several times more terrifying than someone with Innate Full Soul Power. His earlier assessment had still underestimated him.

"Let's go. We can talk when we get back." Lei Nuo finally suppressed the raging waves in his heart and put away his Thunderous Spear.

Lin Qingchen smiled.

He had not lied; he simply had not said everything.

Higher-level attacks were indeed harder to dissolve, but as long as he spent more Soul Power, he could still dissolve them perfectly. What was more, he had a feeling that if he continued fusing five-element Soul Rings in the future, the Great Five Elements Divine Light could grow even stronger.

The three continued on their way.

Along the way, however, Tang San was somewhat distracted.

It was mainly because he had been frightened the moment he saw Lin Qingchen's five-colored divine light.

They both had Martial Souls and First Soul Skills, so how could the gap between two people be greater than the gap between a person and a dog?

Tang San looked at his Blue Silver Grass and the Soul Skill that could absorb only a tiny amount of Soul Power. Compared to the Soul Skill that could dissolve all energy, they seemed like things from different worlds.

Fortunately, his divine light can only neutralize energy attacks. I still have Hidden Weapons, so I'm definitely stronger than him. Tang San could only console himself like this.

As they left the outskirts of the Soul Hunting Forest, a long-unheard voice suddenly sounded in Lin Qingchen's mind.

[Five elements Soul Ring fusion completed, Great Five Elements Divine Light initially formed, Power of Fortune +50]

[Tang San, son of the plane, has grown jealous and begun to doubt his own Martial Soul, Power of Fortune +100]

[Current Power of Fortune: 350]