Chapter 212: The Powerful Fifth Soul Skill

At this moment, everyone present was completely silent.

From the time Ning Feiliu went up to engage the besieged Three-Headed Red Demon Hound, he had solved this nearly forty-thousand-year-old Three-Headed Red Demon Hound cleanly and efficiently without anyone's help.

According to the strength benchmarks between humans and Soul Beasts, Soul Beasts at the ten-thousand to twenty-thousand-year level are actually equivalent to Soul Elder level Spirit Masters, those over twenty thousand years are equivalent to Soul Emperors, those over forty thousand years are equivalent to Soul Saints, and those over sixty thousand years can be equivalent to Soul Douluos.

Soul Beasts over eighty thousand years are equivalent to low-level Title Douluos, while those that have broken through one hundred thousand years are directly equivalent to ninety-fifth level Title Douluos! (This is back-calculated from the original work's settings, but the setting that a one-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast's minimum combat power is equivalent to a ninety-fifth level Title Douluo is from the original work, and it was deduced by working backward.) In other words, Ning Feiliu had single-handedly slaughtered a powerful Soul Beast comparable to a high-level Soul Emperor!

However, saying it like that is an exaggeration; the premise of Soul Beasts being benchmarked against human Spirit Masters is that both sides are fighting head-on.

With the powerful physique and defense of Soul Beasts, human Spirit Masters would simply be no match for them in a head-on collision.

Yet, what is most powerful about humans compared to Soul Beasts is not head-on combat, but the extraordinary wisdom of humans.

In Ning Feiliu's view, this kind of strength benchmarking only counts for those over eighty thousand years.

Because for Soul Beasts over eighty thousand years, their intelligence is about the same as a normal human's, although because they have always been beasts and have not experienced any backstabbing, conspiracies, or education, they appear similar to brainless brutes.

But they are still much better than those Soul Beasts that are as simple and straightforward as a few-year-old child.

For Soul Beasts under eighty thousand years, as long as one doesn't encounter a god-level Soul Beast like the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, which is as cunning as an old fox at only fifty thousand years, humans can always fight by maneuvering.

The most critical thing is... Ning Feiliu had added speed to himself, and combined with the hundreds of years of rich experience from Jax, that was how he easily toyed with and slaughtered the Three-Headed Red Demon Hound.

Didn't you see that he wasn't hit by the Three-Headed Red Demon Hound's attacks even once?

But regardless, in the eyes of everyone from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Feiliu had single-handedly and easily slaughtered a Three-Headed Red Demon Hound comparable to a high-level Soul Emperor.

So powerful, so effortless, so relaxed...

Truly worthy of being the peerless genius comparable to the "Clear Sky Douluo" as rumored by the Sect Master, the Supreme Elders, and within Heaven Dou City!

After Ning Feiliu left Heaven Dou City to go out and gain experience, the legends belonging to him never stopped.

Ning Fengzhi and the two Supreme Elders, Sword and Bone, often spoke of Ning Feiliu; Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, two old men who had witnessed the majesty of Tang Chen, both said that Ning Feiliu was comparable to the first "Clear Sky Douluo."

And in Heaven Dou City, everyone hyped Ning Feiliu up as being comparable to "Clear Sky Douluo" Tang Hao, who had once leapt to become the youngest Title Douluo on the Douluo Continent, killed the Pope of the Spirit Hall, and eventually became famous throughout the Douluo Dalu.

One thing led to another, and it was passed down like this.

It was just that in the eyes of Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo, Ning Feiliu's potential was actually comparable to that legend of the Spirit Master world who first struck out the name "Clear Sky."

But after all, the era of Tang Chen was too far away from the present; in the original plot, aside from Tang Xiao and Tang Hao, even Ning Fengzhi seemed not to know the legends of the two people "Tang Chen" and "Qian Daoliu."

Moreover, the limit that a person can generally imagine is the limit they have seen or heard of.

Ordinary people only feel that a Title Douluo is already the limit of a Spirit Master, and ordinary Title Douluos like Dugu Bo also feel that people like Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu are already the limit of Spirit Masters.

Only people like Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu would know that the limit of a Spirit Master is a god!

That is in the eyes of ordinary people.

Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao and the Spirit Hall Pope Qian Xunji were already the most prominent big shots they knew; they didn't even know about those titled elders of the Spirit Hall, so naturally, they could only imagine that the future limit of Ning Feiliu would be at the height of that "Tang the Hammer."

Now... they were even more certain of this matter.

As for Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo, they were even more pleasantly surprised.

Seeing Ning Feiliu's appearance, which seemed as if he had been through a hundred battles and was handling things with ease, they immediately felt...

It was indeed beneficial to let Ning Feiliu go out and gain experience.

In their view, it was only because Ning Feiliu went out to gain experience that he had such rich Practical Experience.

However... it really wasn't entirely because of going out to gain experience; after all, although his martial arts and combat experience from Jax were accumulated through constant fighting while out gaining experience.

But the key was not in going out to gain experience, but in his cheat!

However, Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo naturally didn't know about this; they were just still sighing with emotion.

Back at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, his combat reactions, instincts, and strength were simply not on the same level!

Even if Ning Feiliu was still at the Soul Elder level of cultivation now, he could easily defeat a Soul Ancestor if he went to the Great Spirit Arena, right?

This kind of strength was simply too formidable.

One dared not imagine how strong Ning Feiliu could be when he reached a higher level.

Even against an opponent who was also at the Title Douluo level, he could complete... a challenge beyond his rank, right?

"Father, Gu Yeye, I am going to absorb the Soul Ring." Just at this moment, Ning Feiliu sat down cross-legged and said to Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo.

"Go ahead." Ning Fengzhi nodded; he was not very worried either.

However, as the future hope of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he still had to keep a close watch on Ning Feiliu so that no accidents would occur.

However...

There were no accidents.

Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, and the others guarded Ning Feiliu for three hours. Finally, they saw Ning Feiliu's aura suddenly stabilize, and the black Soul Ring of the Three-Headed Red Demon Hound landed on his Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, completely stabilizing.

From then on, the four Soul Rings on Ning Feiliu—two purple and two black—became five Soul Rings: two purple and three black.

He had officially broken through to the Soul King realm! Seeing that Ning Feiliu had finished absorbing the Soul Ring, Ning Fengzhi smiled slightly and walked toward him with Bone Douluo.

"Feiliu, how is it? What is the soul skill?" He asked directly.

Ning Feiliu opened his eyes, faced Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo, and nodded, "Father, Gu Yeye, let me check first."

Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo were not in a hurry either, quietly waiting for Ning Feiliu to speak on his own.

After waiting for a while, Ning Feiliu finally learned what his fifth soul skill set was, and a look of joy appeared on his face.

"Father, Gu Yeye, my martial soul body Enhancement soul skill is Soul Power Enhancement," he said to Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo.

"Soul Power Enhancement... hmm, as expected. The Three-Headed Red Demon Hound is a Soul Beast whose attack is greater than its defense; the Soul Ring is more likely to resonate with the Soul Power Enhancement force within your body," Ning Fengzhi said with a smile and nodded.

"Then what about the other soul skills? Honestly, Feiliu, those soul skills of your Crescent Moon Divine Weapon are always so surprising; I can't wait to know what corresponding special soul skills those Crescent Moon Divine Weapons have this time," Bone Douluo said to Ning Feiliu with some impatience.

"First of all... I discovered that I obtained a very special and powerful soul skill this time," Ning Feiliu said with a smile.

"The fifth soul skill of the Fluorescent Flame... Hellish Meditation Return to Silence, a single-target attack soul skill. It releases a beam of hellfire; the enemy hit will be burned directly to ashes unless I deactivate this soul skill."

Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo were stunned when they heard this, because a single-target attack soul skill, although it sounded powerful, was... not that strong.

Why would Ning Feiliu say this soul skill was special and powerful?

Just as they were puzzled, Ning Feiliu smiled again and said, "And this soul skill... can ignore all defense and immunity-type soul skills."

This... Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo both widened their eyes at once.

Good heavens, it is actually a Press the Attack soul skill that ignores all defenses and immunity-type soul skills!

No wonder it is a single-target soul skill, and no wonder Ning Feiliu said this soul skill was special and powerful.

This Hell's Glimmering Return to Silence is truly... extremely powerful.

This means that enemies cannot use defense or immunity-type soul skills to tank this soul skill attack from Ning Feiliu, because it is completely useless!

Enemies only have two ways to respond: either their cultivation is more powerful than Ning Feiliu's, allowing them to ignore the might of this soul skill, or they dodge! But since the enemy does not know the effect of Ning Feiliu's soul skill, the consequences are predictable; either they are a powerhouse whose cultivation is far superior to Ning Feiliu's and can tank this soul skill without dying.

Or they are simply burned to ashes by this soul skill of Ning Feiliu!

Ning Feiliu was also somewhat surprised; he did not expect that obtaining a soul skill this time would result in such a perverted, bug-like soul skill.

The first thing he thought of was that if he encountered that bunch of bastards in the future, he wouldn't have to fear Xiao Wu's Invincible Golden Body! However, he wasn't afraid of Xiao Wu; after all, his cultivation should currently have a large gap compared to those bastards.

Without Immortal Herbs, Shrek Academy is just a pile of shit; if they went to participate in the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, they would truly be at the bottom.

The only thing to worry about is Tang San, who has the favor of the Asura God, because... Immortal Herbs actually don't provide much of an increase in cultivation for that bastard.

To say nothing else about Tang San, just the fact that he relied on his own cultivation to break through to Soul Ancestor and return to the same starting line as the rest of the Shrek Seven Devils—just this point alone makes him very strong.

And the series of fortuitous encounters that follow...

What Ning Feiliu has to consider is whether Tang San might suddenly have other opportunities even without the Immortal Herbs and the Sea God Divine Examination.

Or if he fails to intercept the Sea God Divine Examination that the bastards have later on.

By then, the bastard would have been secretly given cheats by the Asura God and the Sea God again, and he still has Xiao Wu's soul bone; what Ning Feiliu worries about is facing the bastard with the Invincible Golden Body.

Actually, he doesn't necessarily have to be hostile toward Tang San and his group; if Tang San doesn't hinder him or provoke him, he can't be bothered to settle scores with this bastard.

But the key is... Ning Feiliu has felt for some time that Dugu Bo's Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, as well as the treasures like the Immortal Herbs on him, will be coveted by Tang San...

Therefore, one doesn't fear a thief, but one fears being targeted by a thief.

Everyone knows the bastard's style of conduct; first, once he takes a fancy to your things, he will try his best to obtain them through normal means.

But if he can't get them through normal means... then he will use coercion, bribery, theft, and deception—he will try every possible way to get his hands on them! How did the Tang Sect's unique arts from his past life come about?

Wasn't it by stealing them?

And during the Peerless Tang Sect era, he coveted Huo Gua's power, so he took more than half of it in the name of his daughter.

However, he would move himself to tears, claiming everything was for the Tang Sect, for his daughter, and so on.

But in reality, isn't everything he does for himself? Facing someone like Tang San, Ning Feiliu really must guard against him.

He only slightly treats the bastard, who will have the soul bone of his late wife and the Invincible Golden Body in the future, as his current hypothetical enemy.

Now that he has the Hell's Glimmering Return to Silence, which is so powerful that it ignores defense and immunity-type soul skills, he should no longer fear an invincible soul skill like the Invincible Golden Body.

Ning Fengzhi nodded in admiration at this moment, "Ignoring defense and immunity-type soul skills... Good! This soul skill is indeed very strong!"

"What about the other soul skills? Hmm... are there any other special soul skills?" Bone Douluo, that old urchin, asked impatiently again.

Ning Feiliu had no choice but to say, "There is another soul skill... the fifth soul skill of my Severing Soul, named Heavenly Prison Blood Fire Glazed Seal."

"It releases a seal that temporarily and completely stimulates and locks the last two soul rings for one hour, gaining a one-thousand-percent increase in power, speed, attack, and self-recovery ability!" He added, "This soul skill can also be used on people other than myself."

This soul skill... is a double-edged sword.

It is almost equivalent to locking a Spirit Master's last two strongest soul skills in exchange for a terrifying enhancement effect.

An enhancement effect ten times one's own! One can only say that this enhancement effect must be a soul skill effect produced by a top-tier Soul Beast of at least eighty thousand years.

But the price is that one cannot use the two strongest soul skills; as everyone knows, a Spirit Master's greatest strength lies in their soul skills.

Locking their two strongest soul skills basically means you cannot use your ultimate moves and can only fight the opponent using basic skills and the higher physical attribute values gained after the enhancement.

And this soul skill can not only be used on oneself but also on others, which is another opportunity for tactical play.

For example, giving this soul skill to a teammate whose soul power was originally insufficient to release their remaining strongest soul skill; they would immediately transform into a berserker and go up to beat the opponent.

Or just give it to the opposing Auxiliary System Spirit Master or Defense-type Spirit Master... they have been enhanced, but are the increases in power, speed, attack, and self-recovery ability useful for Auxiliary System or Defense-type Spirit Masters? Defense-type Spirit Masters might be okay; tough guys like Shi Mo and Shi Mo could just take their shields and transform into Captain Petroleum, smashing away—that would be very useful.

But for an Auxiliary System Spirit Master... do you really expect them to come up and punch someone to death after their physique is enhanced tenfold...

It might be feasible in a game, but in the reality of the Douluo Continent... facing a group of tough guys who are Battle Soul Masters, an Auxiliary System Spirit Master having their physique enhanced tenfold is about the same as a chick being enhanced tenfold to become a big rooster.

But... the Heavenly Prison Blood Fire Glazed Seal has to fly out to be placed on someone else, and it has an obvious release process.

It's fine to release it on one's own people.

But wanting to hit the Auxiliary System Spirit Master who usually stands at the very back of the opponent's side... that is basically unrealistic unless you go around to the back.

Therefore, the Heavenly Prison Blood Fire Glazed Seal is not as amazing as one might think; at least Ning Feiliu feels it is not as direct and simple as "Hell's Glimmering Return to Silence."

Not only does it ignore all defense and immunity-type soul skills, but its might is also quite formidable.

At the very least, this soul skill, which has been enhanced by the Hell Fire of the Three-Headed Red Demon Hound that is close to Extreme Fire, and is a high-quality soul ring of about forty thousand years, should have no problem burning a Soul Emperor to death.

As for the soul skills corresponding to Ning Feiliu's remaining three Crescent Moon Divine Weapons, they are—

"The fifth soul skill of Piercing Azure, Hell Flame Storm, an area-of-effect soul skill that releases a firestorm to damage enemies."

"The fifth soul skill of Falling Bright, Moon Emperor Prison-Suppressing Lock, an area-control soul skill that releases tenfold gravity to imprison enemies so they cannot move, and even the release of soul power is affected by the gravity."

"The fifth soul skill of Folding Mirror, Spirit-Stationing Prison-Breaking Array, releases a grand array composed of thirty spirit stations that attack along with my attacks."

These three fifth soul skills corresponding to the Crescent Moon Divine Weapons indeed do not have anything particularly special or powerful.

Piercing Azure's fifth soul skill is just an area-of-effect soul skill; Ning Feiliu already has several of those, and its might is not considered too strong within his soul skill set, though its release speed is quite fast.

Falling Bright's fifth soul skill is another area-control soul skill, but while controlling the enemy, it can also slow down the enemy's soul power release speed, which also means the opponent's soul skill release is very slow, and the probability of being interrupted is greatly increased.

However, if the opponent's strength and cultivation are very high, the control effect will be significantly weakened.

Folding Mirror's fifth soul skill is an array version of the first soul skill; it can be paired with secondary weapons to release grand arrays with different effects: the Piercing Azure version is an ultra-long-range artillery sniper array, the Falling Bright version is a group control array, the Severing Soul version is invincible within the melee array, and the Fluorescent Flame version can cause terrifying area-of-effect damage.

However... this could also be considered a different kind of Domain.

After absorbing the soul ring of the Three-Headed Red Demon Hound, Ning Feiliu's soul power did not increase by a level; after all, the last time he absorbed his fourth soul ring, it was a twenty-thousand-year Demon Eye Demon Tree, and now his fifth soul ring is absorbing a forty-thousand-year Three-Headed Red Demon Hound, so of course, it doesn't count as exceeding the limit for absorbing a soul ring.

Therefore, his soul power did not increase much; it is still at level fifty-one.

But next, accompanied by Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, and others, Ning Feiliu blew up his first soul ring to release 【Summoning of the God of Casting】, and then re-absorbed a fifty-thousand-year Diamond Tiger as his new first soul ring.

Then he broke through one level of soul power, reaching fifty-two levels of soul power.

From then on, Ning Feiliu and his party left the Star Dou Great Forest.

Yet not long after they left, a more ferocious and taller Three-Headed Red Demon Hound walked out from the jungle, with raging hellfire burning constantly on his body; it seemed that if he had not been restraining it, the vast forest around him would have been burned to ashes.

This was, of course... the king of the Three-Headed Red Demon Hounds, Chi Wang, who ranks eighth among the Ten Great Fierce Beasts of the Peerless Tang Sect!

His enormous face very clearly revealed a human-like expression of confusion, though he was not confused because of the death of his kin.

Although he was very sad, what he was more concerned about was...

"On that weak human... why was a flame aura released that felt to me like it surpassed my hellfire?" Chi Wang said in a low voice.

(End of this chapter)