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Twelve days later.
Outside the Star Dou Great Forest.
A young man was wielding a silver spear, engaged in battle with a large bear covered in thick gray fur, resembling a suit of armor.
This young man was Yun Ming, who was out with his Grandpa Yang Wudi to obtain his first spirit ring.
Nearly two weeks had passed since arriving at the Star Dou Great Forest, but Yun Ming still hadn't found a suitable spirit ring. However, this was normal when hunting for spirit rings, especially since Yun Ming was looking for a space-attribute one. During this time, they did find an Ethereal Python, but its age was too high, over a thousand years, making it unusable.
Today, not long after Yang Wudi and his Grandfather started searching, they encountered an Ironclad Bear.
Yun Ming, holding the silver spear, thrust it out without any fancy movements. This simple and unadorned spear directly struck the Ironclad Bear's right paw as it swatted.
"Clang!"
The spear collided with the right paw, producing a clear and melodious sound. At this moment, Yun Ming felt as if his spear had struck a steel plate, and the Ironclad Bear didn't budge.
However, the Ironclad Bear's feelings weren't as calm as it appeared. At the instant the spear and paw collided, the Ironclad Bear was thrown into disarray! It felt that the spear wasn't striking its prized tough armor but its very Spirit. At this moment, the Ironclad Bear felt that this spear was irresistible and shouldn't be resisted, just like facing a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. When the ruler wants his subject to die, the subject has no choice but to die!
Immediately, the Ironclad Bear bled from all seven orifices and slowly collapsed, falling into a deep coma. Seeing that the Ironclad Bear was unable to rise again, Yun Ming exhaled a breath of turbid air. Yang Wudi, at the side, nodded in satisfaction. Although he had seen Yun Ming defeat century-old Spirit Beasts more than once in the past few days, each time he was shocked and couldn't help but exclaim.
"My Grandfather, Yun Ming, has the talent of a super Douluo!"
At this moment, upon hearing his Grandpa's exclamation, Yun Ming suddenly felt as if something had been added to him, feeling uneasy, but it quickly and strangely calmed down. After all, Yun Ming in his previous life was the top powerhouse among the level ninety-nine super Douluo, so he could withstand such a small compliment.
Yang Wudi glanced at the Ironclad Bear's blood-smeared face and clicked his tongue in amazement.
"Ming'er, your 'Sovereign's Descent (Absolute Dominance)' definitely deserves to be called the Heaven Under Heaven first-rate unique skill!"
'Sovereign's Descent (Absolute Dominance)' was the name Yang Wudi gave to Yun Ming's 'self-created' meditation technique, simple, direct, but also pointing directly to the core of this method; as for Yun Ming's spear just now, it was the battle application method of 'Sovereign's Descent (Absolute Dominance)' discovered in the past few days. 'Sovereign's Descent (Absolute Dominance)' has no specific Moves, every Move can Sovereign's Descent (Absolute Dominance), not only injuring the body but also the Spirit.
Yun Ming, hearing his Grandpa's praise, feigned modesty and said.
"Grandpa, you're overpraising me, it's just so-so!"
Yang Wudi looked at Yun Ming's 'so-so on the mouth, but proud on the face' expression and smiled. Only at this time could he see Yun Ming's childish side. He didn't expose Yun Ming and continued to say.
"The Ironclad Bear's paw has an excellent taste, not only is the meat tender and rich in chewiness, but it's also rich in nutrients, making it the best among bear paws. Now, our grandpa and Grandfather are in for a treat."
Yun Ming's eyes lit up when he heard Yang Wudi's evaluation of the Ironclad Bear's paw, filled with anticipation. It wasn't that Yun Ming placed much importance on his appetite, but since cultivating 'Sovereign's Descent (Absolute Dominance)' for the past few days, Yun Ming had discovered a flaw in this meditation technique, or rather, a prerequisite for cultivation, which was that this method consumed a lot of mental force and vitality, requiring resources to replenish the consumption. And the most practical way to replenish vitality was to eat some highly nutritious foods. Judging from Yun Ming's consumption of Spirit Beasts in the past few days, one small to medium century-old Spirit Beast a day, the consumption was quite large.
An hour later.
Yun Ming looked at the bear paw in front of him in the campfire, which was charred on the outside and tender on the inside, with a fragrant aroma and a golden-yellow color, and swallowed his saliva. This color, this fragrance, was too tempting, worthy of being the top grade among bear paws. Seeing that the bear paw was almost roasted, Yun Ming was just about to reach out to take it, when suddenly! A black shadow burst out from the forest! Aiming straight for the bear paw.
Yun Ming's mind didn't react, but his body moved on its own. Yun Ming summoned the Atlas Spear, Advanced and thrust the spear, completing it in one go. The timing, angle, and strength were perfect, a casual spear was natural and pleasing to the eye, directly picking up the black shadow.
However, Yun Ming soon saw a faint ghostly light rising from the black shadow, and his Atlas Spear overlapped with the black shadow, without any feeling of physical collision, but Yun Ming felt a strange resistance.
"Awoo ~"
The black shadow also shook, letting out a slightly painful roar, probably because the Atlas Spear had broken its Move. After the black shadow forcibly parried Yun Ming's spear, its speed slowed down a bit, but it still continued to rush towards the bear paw.
Yun Ming quickly understood everything that had just happened and exclaimed in surprise.
"Space-attribute Void?!"
Seeing that the black shadow was about to touch the bear paw, Yang Wudi beside Yun Ming also moved. Yang Wudi coldly snorted and summoned the Soul Breaking Spear, fully releasing the spirit power pressure of a top Tool Spirit Spirit Douluo.
"Hmph!"
Yang Wudi saw the brief confrontation between the black shadow and Yun Ming just now, and after hearing Yun Ming's exclamation, he also understood what was happening with this Spirit Beast. Without the need for any fancy Moves, he directly unleashed his full spirit power pressure to suppress the black shadow.
Afterward, Yun Ming heard the black shadow let out a roar.
"Awoo!"
The black shadow's limbs stiffened, and under the effect of inertia, it rolled far away, stirring up a cloud of dust. After the dust settled, Yun Ming could see the appearance of the black shadow.
It was a small leopard, but unlike the usual leopard's bright fur color, covered with black spots and a yellow background, this little bun's fur was jet black. Upon closer inspection, it could be found that it also had faint silver strange patterns on its body, looking at those patterns was like seeing the true meaning of space.
"Voidgod Leopard?"
Yang Wudi also exclaimed in surprise as he looked at the little leopard. The Voidgod Leopard, the king of leopard-type Spirit Beasts, was equivalent to the Titan Giant Ape of the ape tribe and the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear of the bear tribe. However, unlike the Titan Giant Ape and the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, which were all-rounders and followed the path of grandeur, the Voidgod Leopard was the ultimate in strangeness.
The Voidgod Leopard's strength, defense, and physical qualities only reached the average level of high-level leopard-type Spirit Beasts, only two points were particularly strong, and that was the innate abilities Rift and Etherealization, especially the latter. Rift guaranteed the Voidgod Leopard's lethality, while Etherealization not only gave it the ability of Void, improved the Voidgod Leopard's survivability, making it impossible to hit and catch. Therefore, in the Spirit Beast's world, the Voidgod Leopard was also known as the 'Tricky' God Leopard!
Rift and Etherealization made the Voidgod Leopard one of the kings of Spirit Beasts. If it was more bloodthirsty by nature, it would definitely be a more terrifying top Spirit Beast hunter than the Man Faced Demon Spider.
If this Voidgod Leopard in front of Yun Ming hadn't been accidentally injured by Yun Ming's Soul Breaking Spear and suffered a little injury, plus Yang Wudi's special Po Hun spirit power pressure, with these two coincidences in front, there would not have been the current result of being suppressed. Otherwise, the spirit power pressure of an ordinary Spirit Douluo would not have much effect on the Voidgod Leopard, it can only be said that encountering Yang Wudi and his Grandfather was a calamity in the Voidgod Leopard's fate.
Yun Ming's eyes lit up when he heard his Grandpa's name for this little leopard. Whether it was Etherealization or Rift, they were a perfect match with the Atlas Spear!
If he could obtain the Etherealization Spirit Ability, not only would the previous ideas be realized, but it would also have a life-saving effect! It could directly allow oneself to integrate into space, directly allow oneself to transform between reality and illusion, turning the real into the false!
Before Yun Ming could speak to Yang Wudi, Yang Wudi saw Yun Ming's intention and directly said to Yun Ming.
"This Voidgod Leopard is close to six hundred years old!"
However, perhaps because Yang Wudi felt that this spirit ring was too suitable for Yun Ming, or perhaps because he had seen the extraordinary performance of Yun Ming since his Spirit Awakening and the trust in the super Spirit Atlas Spear, he didn't directly refuse.
Yun Ming's heart cooled down a bit when he heard his Grandpa's judgment on the age of this Voidgod Leopard.
In this era, the Spirit Master's world still believes that the limit of the first spirit ring that a Spirit Master can accept is four hundred and twenty-three years. Now, should he absorb the spirit ring of a super Spirit Beast, the Voidgod Leopard, which is close to six hundred years old, as the first ring? Yun Ming fell into deep thought.