Chapter 74

Yang Yun's mouth corner slightly curled as he said, "What a coincidence; I also have a move very similar to yours."

Immediately after Yang Yun's ninth 100,000-year soul ring released a chilling aura, the scarlet, eerie light halo made the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's heart stir with a very bad premonition.

Ninth Soul Skill—Evil Demon Shatter-Fang Slash

Unlike the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's black-red energy light blade, Yang Yun's is a wholly red, translucent, thin-as-a-cicada's-wing shard blade storm.

The clash of their techniques produced a series of crisp sounds.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's black-red light blade was shattered by the Evil Demon Shatter-Fang Slash like cutting potato chips, scattering into countless light specks across the sky.

"Pierce the Heavens!"

Just as the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's attraction was being drawn in by the Evil Demon Shatter-Fang Slash, A Li launched a silent attack, piercing straight through its side into its abdomen.

"Roar!!!"

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's eyes flashed with a hint of human-like cruelty, and an intangible domain skill enveloped both Yang Yun and A Li.

Life-and-death arena! Without further prolonged entanglement, from the moment the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger saw that three of Yang Yun's nine soul rings were red 100,000-year soul rings,

the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger knew it could not match Yang Yun head-on.

From the clash of their soul skills, one could see the strength gap between man and beast, let alone with A Li watching tigerishly from the side.

A moment's inattention would leave one vulnerable to a heavy blow from a sneak attack.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger gazed at Yang Yun with an inexplicable smile as both were shrouded in darkness.

But when the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger saw A Li also among them, its eyes widened in disbelief as it watched A Li and Yang Yun fall together into the life-and-death arena.

This is impossible.

Yang Yun discovered he had actually reverted to his childhood appearance, more precisely to when he was six years old; both his body and soul power level had returned to how they were at six years old.

Opposite him was the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, only reduced in size countless times; it stood about 1.5 meters tall.

But to six-year-old Yang Yun, it still appeared as a colossal beast; and as a top-tier soul beast, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's combat prowess remained formidable even in its juvenile form.

A Li, whose appearance hadn't changed much, merely glanced at his own hands, then at Yang Yun, seeing a flicker of reminiscence in his eyes.

"I haven't seen what you looked like at six years old in a long time; I really miss it—you were so tiny, milky-sweet and adorable to death."

As he spoke, A Li stretched out his hands as if he still wanted to come over and pinch his cheeks.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger looked at A Li with uncertainty, but seeing how relaxed he was, it curled the corner of its mouth in a mocking smile.

"Roar!"

With a hiss, it charged toward Yang Yun.

Yang Yun's body revealed four soul rings—two yellow, one purple, one black—as he coldly eyed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger lunging at him: "Everyone knows I was born with full soul power, but they don't know I was born with full soul power at rank fifteen; at six years old, I was already a rank thirty-two Soul Ancestor."

"This year, I made a milestone advancement—this advancement is—spear intent."

"In other words, even without the strength of a Soul Ancestor, killing you, Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, would be as easy as slaughtering chickens and ducks."

A Li stood to the side, gazing at Yang Yun with a gentle, smiling face.

Just as when I taught him spear practice back then, watching him grasp spear momentum in a year and spear intent in three years—even if in the first year it was merely a prototype of spear intent.

Nor is the current state of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger a match for him in a single exchange.

Yang Yun rotated his Flame Spear Zhongli in his hand, as if an unstoppable will in the heavens and earth locked onto the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. At the moment their paths crossed, Yang Yun's Flame Spear Zhongli pierced up from the lower jaw, through the skull, and protruded from the tiger's forehead.

At that instant, a black pearl flew out from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's body, about to break through space and flee; Yang Yun's fourth soul ring lit up.

He directly grabbed the pearl about to rupture space in his palm, and the Fallen Heart Flame tightly enveloped it.

A black soul ring slowly rose from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's body.

Yang Yun also gradually returned to his original appearance as A Li rushed over; he vigorously rubbed A Li's cheeks on both sides.

Only after fully returning to his original state did he reluctantly part.

Once grown up, there's not much baby fat left; although his looks became much more handsome, he also lost that cute charm.

"This soul ring is only sixty thousand years old—you wouldn't be thinking of absorbing it, would you?" A Li noticed Yang Yun's gaze fixed on the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's soul ring.

Yang Yun turned his gaze to the black pearl in his hand.

"Is this pearl a kind of external soul bone? Not really, or perhaps it's more like a treasure similar to the Vast Sea Universe Cover, an object with a certain property."

A Li examined it seriously, but since he had never seen an actual Vast Sea Universe Cover, he couldn't give a proper evaluation.

"This pearl needs your mental power to refine it; I can't help you with that."

Upon hearing that, Yang Yun silently nodded.

After staring at the pearl in his hand and the soul ring for a long time, Yang Yun's profound, mysterious feeling gradually solidified.

"A Li, stand guard for me; this soul ring might ultimately become the lowest-year ring I possess, but I feel it will be of great use to me."

After hearing A Li nod, this inexplicable intuition may not seem convincing at first; but often such a feeling is the most reliable and correct choice.

Instinct, above reason.

Not long after, Yang Yun successfully absorbed and refined his second soul ring; that pearl was also stored by Yang Yun in his sea of consciousness, and at this moment the Fallen Heart Flame continuously poured into it.

Yang Yun didn't know how to evaluate this pearl's function; at least before the Fallen Heart Flame completely filled the pearl, this question had no answer.

However, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's sixty-thousand-year soul ring is quite interesting.

A very concise introduction.

It is not a light blade, charge, evil god protection, or the like of Dark Demon Evil God Thunder attack-type soul skill; rather, it inherits the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's ability to enhance itself.

Devour.

Second Soul Skill—Devour (grants the martial soul unparalleled devouring ability.) Seeing A Li still looking dazed, Yang Yun's mouth corner twitched, and he said meaningfully, "This soul ring never mentioned that it merely grants the Fallen Heart Flame martial soul unparalleled devouring ability."

Upon hearing that, A Li instantly turned into a streak of flame and remerged into Yang Yun's martial soul.

Soon after, he appeared before Yang Yun with a look of shock, his grip on the Flame Spear Zhongli so tight his fingers turned white.

"Devouring ability, unparalleled devouring ability; now I no longer need to find the same kind of soul beast—only a specific broad type—and I can raise your soul ring's age limit."

"For example, the Thousand-Jun Ant Emperor's soul ring doesn't necessarily have to be taken from a Thousand-Jun Ant Emperor; I can devour the soul rings of any ant-type soul beast to correspondingly increase the year limit of my soul rings."

Ali watched the faintly visible black lines on the spear shaft of the Flame Spear Chongli, reaching to the end of the spear handle; at the Water Fire Dragon King's mouth was endless, profound darkness.

First go hunt tiger-type soul beasts; after raising your second soul ring to the hundred-thousand-year level, your devouring ability might possibly be further strengthened.

(End of chapter)