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Ivy is indeed a relatively gentle Soul Beast—or rather, a very ordinary Soul Beast. Its greatest advantage is its strong resilience and its low demand for a specific living environment.
With soil, water, and sunlight, it can take root and grow rapidly. Then, it selects a tall tree to climb and entwine, carrying out a symbiotic relationship.
It embodies a lack of contention, a life of peaceful years. If Soul Beasts or Soul Masters pass by it, it will not actively attack. Therefore, if one isn't very familiar with it, it's very likely to be ignored.
This particular ivy was not young either. It had been developing silently on the periphery of the forest for many years. Unfortunately, today it encountered a Mountain Boar King that had wandered out from the core of the forest.
With its thick skin and great strength, the ivy lacked powerful means of attack. Its entanglement abilities couldn't control the Mountain Boar King's actions.
In the end, it confusingly became Wang Li's First Soul Ring.
At this time, within Wang Li's body, the soul power of the ivy was vast but gentle. Wang Li's own soul power was weak but even more overbearing. Combined with Wang Li's already tempered body, the process of taming the Soul Ring was quite smooth.
His consciousness gradually sank, eventually entering the very core of his being. In a lake formed by soul power, a Blue Silver Grass was absorbing the soul power from the lake and growing strong. In addition to soul power, there seemed to be something else present.
Is this introspection? This is the center of my being!
This is my Martial Soul, this is my source of soul power...
A look of surprise flashed in Wang Li's heart. He carefully observed the changes taking place in his Blue Silver Grass: the roots and stems were thick, and the branches and leaves were luxuriant.
The original Blue Silver Grass was probably less than 2 fingers wide, but now it was a full 5 fingers wide. Its shape was more inclined to that of vines, probably because it had absorbed the Ivy Soul Ring.
He had also seen Tang San's Blue Silver Grass. It was originally less than half a finger wide—thin and small—and only grew to 3 fingers wide after absorbing its Soul Ring.
It seemed his evolved level 2 Blue Silver Grass had obvious advantages over Tang San's ordinary Blue Silver Grass, which had not yet awakened its full potential.
Wang Li didn't know how much time had passed. When he had absorbed all of the Soul Ring's soul power—and the soul power hidden in various parts of his body that had been released by this breakthrough—he took the initiative to wake up.
His state was better than ever!
Wang Li got up and stretched. A burst of popping sounds erupted from his body. He had grown a few inches taller and was now almost the same height as Wang Sheng. With broad shoulders and a tall figure, he no longer looked like a child from a commoner background.
Most importantly, his eyes were bright and piercing. The eyes are a window to one's spirit, and a person's energy can be displayed through them. Now, he was in a vibrant and energetic state.
Immediately, the first thing he did was check his panel:
[Host: Wang Li]
[Martial Soul: Blue Silver Grass Lv2 (Evolving)]
[Soul Power: Level 13 (24%) +]
[Trait: Vitality Lv2 (Blue Silver Grass, which is all over every corner of the continent, although pitifully weak, has strong resilience and can slowly recover from injuries)]
[Passive: Tenacity Lv2 (What doesn't kill me will make me stronger. Faced with any abnormal state, as long as I don't die directly, my physique will become stronger after recovery)]
[Soul Ring: First Soul Ring (Equipped)]
[Spirit Bone: None]
[Combat Experience: 0]
Seeing this panel, Wang Li immediately noticed that his soul power had reached level 13. His mood became more and more cheerful, but this wasn't what he wanted to know most.
Immediately afterward, he used his mind to lightly touch the "Evolving" text in the Martial Soul column.
It then jumped to another interface:
[Lv2 — > Lv3 Source of Life (5 / 20)]
Seeing this, Wang Li fell into thought. Absorbing the Soul Ring increased his "source of life," indicating that he could improve his Martial Soul by absorbing Soul Rings. However, absorbing a Century Soul Ring only increased the source of life by 5 points. If he made a bold guess, he would only be able to evolve his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul again after breaking through level 30 and absorbing a Millennium Soul Ring.
For Wang Li, who was only at level 13, it was a long way to go. But he had the panel, and the day he broke through level 30 would not be too far away.
Thinking of this, he became confident again. He then returned to the previous interface and looked at his First Soul Ring, touched it lightly, and clicked in.
It jumped to a new interface again:
[Spirit Skill: Growth (Releases soul power, instantly creating a large number of Blue Silver Vines that can be manipulated at will)]
[Source: Ivy (Common in forests, it is a plant soul beast that can coexist with other plants)]
[Age: 404 (+)]
Not an entanglement skill—Growth… Wang Li's mind became active. Manipulated at will… Then I can use it to whip and bind, right?
Hunting this ivy was not a loss. Really not a loss.
A 404-year-old ivy— Just looking at the age, it isn't weaker than Tang San's Mandala Snake. And it can also… can also be improved…
Wang Li was shocked. What did he see? His panel could help him improve the Soul Ring's age! What did this represent? It meant that if he cultivated to become a Title Douluo…
He could have 9 10,000-year Soul Rings, or even 9 100,000-year Soul Rings! Even million-year Soul Rings and 10-million-year Soul Rings were not impossible!
Million-year Soul Beasts could already be called Divine Beasts.
If he really had a million-year-old or older Soul Ring, he might have the possibility of becoming a god in the flesh—not through an inherited god position or a god position condensed by faith, but becoming a god through his own physical power, unrestrained, free, and at ease.
Calm down… calm down…
Wang Li kept telling himself this in his heart. He, a small Soul Master with only level 13 soul power, shouldn't consider such long-term things.
But on his face, there was still an uncontrollable look of excitement.
At this time, Zhang Wei walked over with a smile. He wasn't surprised by Wang Li's excitement. Instead, he said:
"It took 2 hours to absorb the Soul Ring. It seems that you have gained a lot!"
Wang Li put away the panel and said happily:
"Yes, I have to thank you for this, Dean!"
Zhang Wei knew Wang Li. After all, this was the person who, besides Tang San and Xiao Wu, possessed level 10 soul power in the first grade. His talent was extremely good, though his Martial Soul was a little inferior. But Zhang Wei was still curious about what skill the Century Soul Ring could bring.
"What Spirit Skill did you get?"
Wang Li still smiled honestly, continuing his string of small lies:
"Entanglement. The more objects that need to be entangled, the more soul power is consumed. Under normal circumstances, the soul power consumed is low."
Zhang Wei had helped Wang Li obtain the Century Soul Ring, and Wang Li was quite grateful. However, Zhang Wei had a good relationship with Yu Xiaogang, and Wang Li did not intend to let Yu Xiaogang know his true Spirit Skill.
Zhang Wei didn't doubt it when he heard "entanglement skill." He said with a smile:
"A very good skill. Go back to the team. It's getting late today; it's time to find a place to camp."
Wang Li replied:
"I know, Dean."
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