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As the Thunder Emperor Dragon's sacrifice neared its end, Xiao Lin suddenly realized that he seemed to have forgotten one crucial detail.
It was true that he wanted a 100,000-year soul ring, and he had originally wanted soul skills that would enhance his strength and speed. However, the right to choose those soul skills was no longer in his hands.
The acquired skills depended entirely on whichever two abilities the Thunder Emperor Dragon bestowed upon him. Furthermore, there was a very high probability that they would be the two most powerful skills the Thunder Emperor Dragon himself used.
Consequently, for a moment, the expression on Xiao Lin's face was like someone eating a durian for the very first time. He knew beforehand that he didn't particularly care for the taste of durian (even if he didn't outright hate it), yet he chose to try it anyway.
Then, when the strange texture of the durian failed to match his personal preferences, he could only sum it up as "just okay."
Sometimes, "just okay" simply meant it wasn't good enough.
As things stood now, Xiao Lin could only treat the 100,000-year soul skills he was about to obtain as a lottery draw. At any rate, up until now, he didn't possess many pure attack soul skills anyway. Before long, the cyan light from the Thunder Emperor Dragon's sacrifice gradually faded.
The final remnants of the cyan glow dissolved into Xiao Lin's body like a wisp of green smoke.
It was precisely at this exact moment that Xiao Lin regained his perception of the outside environment. He could hear the rumbling crash of thunder, and he could sense an even more colossal dragon hidden within the thunderclouds.
The dragon's faintly visible torso sported a pair of massive Winged-Dragon wings.
So it's him—a powerful lightning-attribute soul beast of over three hundred thousand years.
Suppressing the instinctual dread in his heart, Xiao Lin actually felt a surge of desire toward it.
Wasn't this a soul beast perfectly suited to his own attributes? Next time, he would definitely come back here.
For now, however, Xiao Lin knew he needed to get out of there immediately. Grabbing Tang San's arm, he swept a Left Leg Bone dropped by the Thunder Emperor Dragon into his storage soul tool. In the next instant, he activated his fourth soul skill: Comet Star Strike.
Following the flash of a black soul ring, Xiao Lin moved with the blistering speed of a comet, rapidly fleeing the core zone. By the time Xiao Lin and Tang San rendezvoused with Tang Ni, Xiao Lin didn't waste a single moment to rest.
He simply signaled the others to keep up and accelerate their departure from this place.
A soul beast of over three hundred thousand years was a terrifying existence in this current era, where Average Titled Douluo powerhouses had not even condensed a Soul Core yet. Even if a Limit Douluo came here in person, they might not necessarily walk away with an advantage.
When factoring in the natural environment of the Thunder Gorge, it became a scenario Xiao Lin didn't even dare to imagine. Fortunately, Tang Ni, Yu Tianxin, and the others didn't hesitate for a second either.
This was because they had also witnessed the powerful soul beast swimming amidst the heavenly tribulation within the dense thunderclouds hanging over the core zone.
Absolutely terrifying!
A soul beast of this caliber completely shattered Yu Tianxin's understanding of powerful soul beasts.
In Yu Tianxin's eyes, the strongest soul beast in existence should have been that 100,000-year Thunder Emperor Dragon, or perhaps the Emperor of the Forest, the Sky Azure Bull Python from the Star Dou Forest.
Yet, the sheer size of the soul beast above them stripped Yu Tianxin of even the courage to take a second glance. He feared that looking at it for a moment longer would bring about his death.
Soon after.
Having spent half the day dashing through the perilous terrain, Xiao Lin's group along with Yu Tianxin and his companions finally escaped the bounds of the Thunder Gorge, sprinting past its entrance.
Without turning back, Xiao Lin and his group maintained their momentum, racing directly toward Dragon City with the intention of returning straight to Heaven Dou City.
As for the 10,000-year Living Lodestone that Yu Tianxin had promised to give him, Xiao Lin wasn't worried about them backing out since a Martial Soul Oath was in place.
At this moment, Yu Tianxin felt rather helpless.
Flanked by Lei Dong and Lei Tian, he actively held back his clan uncles to prevent them from pursuing Xiao Lin. Gazing at the receding figures of Xiao Lin and his group, Yu Tianxin's heart was flooded with a wave of emotions.
The future will almost certainly belong to Xiao Lin's era.
Yu Tianxin believed this with absolute certainty.
To possess a 100,000-year soul ring as one's fifth soul ring—who else could possibly compare to that? Perhaps even ten thousand years from now, legends of Xiao Lin would still be passed down.
Shaking off his thoughts, Yu Tianxin quickly turned to Lei Dong and Lei Tian beside him, demanding that they swear an oath upon their martial souls to never speak a word regarding Xiao Lin's 100,000-year soul ring.
Yu Tianxin himself did the same, swearing a resolute oath.
What else do you call a protagonist chosen by destiny?!
Yu Tianxin smiled bitterly, feeling that his own talent was completely worthless when compared to Xiao Lin. However, this turn of events made him change his mindset completely; from now on, he was determined to follow Xiao Lin's lead.
If Xiao Lin pointed east, he would absolutely never walk west.
On the other side, Xiao Lin and his three companions were still rushing toward Dragon City at the absolute peak speed of their team. As they ran, Tang San, whose breathing remained remarkably steady, asked the very question that Tang Ni and Xiao Wu had been dying to know.
"Brother Lin, what kind of soul skills did you actually obtain?"
A 100,000-year soul ring was something that even Dugu Bo didn't possess. Tang San was naturally burning with curiosity regarding Xiao Lin's new soul skills and his overall progress.
"Uh, my soul power is currently around Rank 56. And that's only because I compressed my soul power as much as possible, storing the excess within my second meridian and the Divine Giant Dragon Horn."
Xiao Lin revealed his soul power level first.
Reaching this level smoothly was largely thanks to the assistance of the two Great Dragon Kings residing inside his Sea of Consciousness. The very moment the Thunder Emperor Dragon began his sacrifice, the two Great Dragon Kings had broken into rather indescribable grins.
They immediately dragged and hauled the Thunder Emperor Dragon's consciousness straight into Xiao Lin's Sea of Consciousness to keep them company.
Probably thrilled to finally have a junior they could mess around with, the two Great Dragon Kings quickly wandered off to chat with the Thunder Emperor Dragon, leaving Xiao Lin with absolutely no time to ask them who that colossal dragon up in the sky actually was.
After a short while, following his internal perception, Xiao Lin gradually came to understand his two new soul skills.
"As for the two soul skills, the first one allows me to instantly unleash countless bolts of lightning, forming a dense, interwoven, electric version of an inescapable net."
"This move is incredibly unpredictable. Don't look at it as just a net-shaped attack—in reality, the offensive power of the lightning at any given point within the net is at its absolute maximum."
"Furthermore, the Horned Dragon Staff can move at lightning speed within this web, scattering just like the lightning itself to transform into countless electric copies of the Horned Dragon Staff."
As Xiao Lin spoke, he grew increasingly intrigued.
Without testing this move out himself, it was hard to put its true, practical effects into words.
"It's a bit like a lightning version of a weapon rain."
Having deduced the true potential of this soul skill, Xiao Lin couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.
A weapon rain combined with the raw, unmatched weight of his Horned Dragon Staff would be nothing short of a devastating ultimate move. At this point, any lingering disappointment he felt over not getting a speed or strength enhancement completely evaporated.
First of all, the speed of lightning itself was by no means slow. Second, he could always make up for his raw speed with other soul skills in the future. Finding a soul skill this overwhelmingly powerful, on the other hand, would have been far more difficult.
"A weapon rain?"
Tang San, Tang Ni, and Xiao Wu murmured almost in unison.
Tang Ni and Xiao Wu didn't quite understand the specific concept of a weapon rain, but judging by the literal meaning of the words, they could already sense the terrifying nature of Xiao Lin's soul skill.
The first half of his explanation mentioned a maximum-power attack, and the second half mentioned countless copies of the Horned Dragon Staff. This meant that every single cloned Horned Dragon Staff shared the exact same destructive power as the original body.
Wasn't this soul skill completely broken?
On the surface, it didn't grant a direct stat multiplier, but if he could clone ten thousand copies of the Horned Dragon Staff, wouldn't that effectively be a ten-thousand-fold amplification? Currently, the only thing limiting Xiao Lin's combat output seemed to be his total reserves of soul power. Thinking up to this point, the two girls couldn't help but gasp in shock, silently labeling Xiao Lin an absolute monster.
Unlike Tang Ni and Xiao Wu, Tang San had reincarnated from an ancient martial arts world. He understood the concept of a weapon rain quite well, and the deeper his understanding, the more he realized just how terrifyingly powerful Xiao Lin's soul skill truly was.
Wasn't the Tang Sect's ultimate hidden weapon, the Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus, built precisely on the principle of overwhelming an enemy through sheer numbers?
"Brother Lin, you are truly amazing."
Tang San's expression turned serious as he voiced his heartfelt praise, accentuating each word.
However, he refused to let himself fall behind. Hearing how powerful Xiao Lin's soul skill was naturally sparked a deep longing within his own heart. He hoped that his future soul skills would be just as formidable.
Fortunately, as a possessor of Twin Martial Souls, he quickly calmed his emotions and continued to ask, "Brother Lin, what about the second soul skill?"
"The second soul skill," Xiao Lin replied, "is called the Thunder Emperor's Tremoring Might Rupture!"
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