Chapter 10 Xiao Yin Gains the Advantage, the First Soul Ring! )
In the shadow behind the boulder, Xiao Yin observed the battle situation like a hunter.
The Golden Armored Earth Dragon has unparalleled defense and terrifying strength, but its speed is a weakness and its injuries are getting worse.
The Nether Shadow Leopard was as fast as lightning and had tricky attacks, but its defense was weak. After being hit hard by the Earth Dragon several times, its movements were obviously not as agile as at the beginning.
Ten minutes later, the battle became intense.
The Nether Shadow Leopard used its speed advantage to launch feint attacks again and again, consuming the Golden Armored Earth Dragon's physical strength.
Finally, it seized the opportunity when the Golden Armored Earth Dragon turned a little slowly, pounced on it from the side and rear, and grabbed the Golden Armored Earth Dragon's neck with its sharp claws!
"roar--!"
The Golden Armored Earth Dragon roared in pain, the scales on its neck shattered, and blood gushed out!
But this Golden Armored Earth Dragon was not made of mud. It swung its huge head violently, and its hard horn slammed into the waist and abdomen of the rushing Nether Shadow Leopard!
Snap!
A teeth-grinding sound of bones cracking was heard!
The Nether Shadow Leopard let out a shrill howl, and its body was knocked away like a broken sack, hitting the distant mountain wall heavily.
Blood was gushing out from its waist and abdomen. Seeing this, Xiao Yin guessed that it would not survive.
"Tsk! How miserable!"
The Golden Armored Earth Dragon was also in poor condition. His wounds were so deep that the bones were visible. His breath was rapidly declining and his body was shaking.
But it won!
It let out a low roar of victory, and its emerald yellow eyes looked greedily at the nearby Purple Heart Jade Bone Orchid.
As long as you eat it, you can break through the thousand-year bottleneck!
Now is the time!
A cold light flashed in Xiao Yin's eyes!
This is the only chance!
Xiao Yin shot out from his hiding place like an arrow!
The target was not the Golden Armored Earth Dragon, but the Purple Heart Jade Bone Orchid!
Sure enough, the Golden Armored Earth Dragon was instantly alarmed!
When it saw Xiao Yin rushing towards the spiritual plant, raging rage erupted from its emerald eyes!
Oh shit!
I fought so hard to win this trophy, and you, a mere ant, dare to covet it?!
Regardless of its serious injuries, it roared, dragged its broken body, opened its huge mouth, and pounced on Xiao Yin!
Although the speed has greatly decreased, the momentum of the dying counterattack is still terrifying!
However, at the moment when the Golden Armored Earth Dragon pounced, Xiao Yin's mouth curled up in a mocking arc.
"Idiot."
His forward-rushing body suddenly stopped, and the side profile of the Golden Armored Earth Dragon appeared in an instant!
[Flash Talisman (One-time Spell)]: 20 Wish Points. Effect: Directed flash to a designated location (distance cannot exceed 10 meters).
At the same time, the power of the Taotie spirit that Xiao Yin had been suppressing suddenly erupted without reservation!
"roar--!!!"
A roar more terrifying than any previous one exploded behind him!
The shadow of the Taotie with a dragon head and a sheep body instantly solidified several times. Although it was still illusory, the ferocious pressure that swallowed up the world and heaven hit the soul of the Golden Armored Earth Dragon fiercely!
"Woo!"
The Golden Armored Earth Dragon's attacking movement froze instantly!
The emerald yellow eyes were filled with boundless fear and dullness!
At this critical moment, a sharp light flashed in Xiao Yin's eyes and he raised the dagger high!
The black soul power is attached here!
"Die!"
Phew——!
With a sharp tearing sound, the 'Hundred Refined Steel' dagger purchased with 5 wishes fiercely pierced deep into the huge wound on the neck of the Golden Armored Earth Dragon!
"Ahhhh!!!"
The Golden Armored Earth Dragon let out an earth-shattering howl, full of pain and unwillingness!
Its huge body twitched and struggled violently, but its neck was severely injured and its soul was frightened by the pressure from the Taotie, so its struggle was in vain.
Xiao Yin succeeded in his attack and immediately pulled back, looking coldly at the dying soul beast.
The Golden Armored Earth Dragon had extremely strong vitality. It struggled for nearly a minute before collapsing to the ground in great pain!
Then, a deep and bright soul ring with a purple color was seen rising slowly from its corpse!
"This is... a Millennium Spirit Ring!"
Xiao Yin quickly suppressed his Taotie's desire to devour and said with some surprise!
Unexpectedly, at the moment of the Golden Armored Earth Dragon's death, it turned into a genuine thousand-year-old soul beast!
Looking at the purple thousand-year soul ring emitting powerful fluctuations in front of him, Xiao Yin felt jealous!
"Although the Golden Armored Earth Dragon isn't even a sub-dragon species, it does have a trace of dragon blood.
Moreover, in the Soul Hunting Forest, where soul beasts are kept in captivity, even thousand-year-old soul beasts are rare. This soul ring is just right!"
Although the limit of a normal person's first soul ring is 423 years, the limit of the second soul ring is generally 764 years.
But it is obvious that Xiao Yin is not a normal person!
With his current soul power of Level 20, coupled with the energy fed back by the soul beasts he devoured in the past few days, his physical body has been strengthened.
He was certain that he could definitely bear this purple thousand-year soul ring as his first soul ring!
Xiao Yin did it right away and sat cross-legged.
The thousand-year soul ring emitting purple light slowly fell down under the pull of the devouring power of the Taotie spirit and was accurately put on his body.
In an instant, a brutal energy exploded in his body, and the excruciating pain like his meridians were tearing apart spread through the blood to his limbs and bones!
"Ugh—!"
Xiao Yin let out a low growl, veins popping out on his forehead, but there was clearly a hint of suppressed excitement on his face.
A powerful piece of soul skill information, along with the fusion of the soul ring, was imprinted deep into his soul!
[Soul skill: Iron Crunch!]
Effect: Both arms are covered with illusory scales and sharp teeth condensed from the power of Taotie. When attacking the opponent, they can devour 10% of the target's blood and feed it back to themselves!
The pain and energy impact of the soul ring fusion lasted for a full half hour.
When everything calmed down, Xiao Yin slowly opened his eyes, with a gleam of light in his eyes, like a sword drawn from its sheath!
An aura far more powerful than before emanated from him.
The first soul ring!
Purple Millennium!
"First Soul Skill: Iron Crunch!"
Xiao Yin's soul power was activated, and a purple soul ring appeared under his feet. Then arm armor covered with fine and ferocious scales and fang shadows appeared on his arms!
"Attack the opponent to recover health, isn't this the Bloodthirsty Blade?"
The frugal Xiao Yin did not waste anything and completely squeezed out the remaining flesh and blood essence of the Golden Armored Earth Dragon and the Nether Shadow Leopard.
Finally, he carefully picked the Purple Heart Jade Bone Orchid that was emitting a bright purple light and put it into his mouth to chew without hesitation.
"Hmm...it tastes pretty good...hmm...a bit like mint!"
Xiao Yin felt his mind was clear, as if it had been cleansed.
Mental strength grew like mushrooms after rain, and the range of perception expanded several times in an instant!
Xiao Yin stood in the valley, with the remains of two soul beasts under his feet.
"Since the first soul ring is a thousand years old, then the second soul ring may not be suitable in this Soul Hunting Forest..." He whispered to himself.
Just when Xiao Yin was planning to go to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain the second soul ring to break through to the Great Soul Master level—
[Ding! Extremely strong sorrow and loneliness detected! Mission matching successful! Priority: Highest!]
The cold system prompt sound rang in his mind without warning, more solemn than any other time!
[Quest Source: [Douluo Continent] This plane (Special Mission), the soul of the 'Blue Silver Emperor' is imprisoned in eternal darkness and loneliness.]
[Wish Core (Soul's Lament): 'Light... so cold... so dark... Hao... where are you... take me away... leave this eternal prison...']
[Mission Objective: Transfer the Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin (the original plant) from its current location of confinement. Requirements: Do not damage its essence.]
[Task time limit: 24 hours.]
[Quest Rewards: Wish Points +500; [Blue Silver Emperor Origin Dew] x1; Special Passive Skill [Plant Affinity]; Eternal Gratitude of Ah Yin's Remnant Soul (Hidden).]
[Failure penalty: being hunted down by Tang Hao (cause and effect locked).]
Xiao Yin: "…"
[end of the chapter]