Chapter 10: The Three‑Eyed Golden Ni

Su Yun Tian was startled. Other energy?

Are you referring to Qian Renxue?

But how did it know?

But those aren't what Su Yun Tian should be considering; the biggest problem right now is how to leave this place.

This time he's alone; if it were an ordinary ten‑thousand‑year soul beast, even with all tactics employed, he could still be confident of escaping, but San Yan Jin Ni is no ordinary soul beast.

Even taking a step back, even if he could beat it, there are still ferocious beasts of the two‑hundred‑thousand‑year grade behind it—like the Red King!

"Brother Tianmeng, Bing Di, Qian Renxue, is there any way to get out?" Su Yun Tian asked the three inside the Spirit Sea.

"Don't even think about it; even if you evade San Yan Jin Ni, you can't escape the Red King unless it willingly lets you go," Tianmeng Bingcan said calmly.

San Yan Jin Ni seemed to have lost interest in Su Yun Tian, slowly approached the bright deer, and without hesitation smashed it with a palm, then began eating its brain pulp.

Su Yun Tian, watching from the side, was secretly alarmed; a single palm shattered the skull of a thousand‑year soul beast—such power was far beyond his own.

What a waste of a soul ring.

But right now is a perfect chance to run away!

Then Su Yun Tian kept a wary eye on San Yan Jin Ni while cautiously retreating backward.

"Creak…" A wooden stick snapped underfoot; Su Yun Tian was startled, looked up, and saw San Yan Jin Ni staring at him with a puzzled gaze.

"Human soul master, what are you going to do?"

"Uh…" Su Yun Tian's mind raced, and he quickly said, "I'm going to find some light‑attribute soul beasts to catch for you."

"Eh? Sure!" San Yan Jin Ni nodded eagerly; for it, the brain pulp of a light‑attribute soul beast was the most delicious thing.

"Then I'll go with you," San Yan Jin Ni said, excitement in its eyes.

"No need, just wait here," Su Yun Tian waved his hand hurriedly.

"Fine, but you have to be quick," San Yan Jin Ni licked its mouth corner and said.

Su Yun Tian nodded, his wings fluttered behind him, and he flew away swiftly.

After an unknown amount of time, seeing no one pursuing from behind, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Luckily, this San Yan Jin Ni, though sentient, is far too naive."

But what about the third soul ring?

"Don't worry. To prevent something like that from happening again, I've already released my spiritual power; as soon as you spot an auspicious beast, just run."

I have to admit, Tianmeng Bingcan is sometimes quite useful.

A day later, Su Yun Tian discovered another soul beast suitable for him.

It was a horse resembling a unicorn, with a pair of horns on its head and a pair of snow‑white wings, exuding a holy aura.

"Bright Dragon Horse!"

Although it looks like a horse, its body contains more dragon bloodline; in quality, it even surpasses the previous bright deer!

But the attack power of this bright dragon horse is exceptionally formidable.

"Then let's try the Heavenly Saint Rift‑Abyss Halberd!"

A flash of silver light, and the Heavenly Saint Rift‑Abyss Halberd instantly materialized in his hand.

The moment it appeared again, Su Yun Tian clearly felt a terrifying, black‑hole‑like pull emanating from the halberd.

His own soul power was rapidly draining.

"What a terrifying consumption of power," Su Yun Tian's eyes narrowed; as a top‑tier super‑artifact, using it naturally requires an enormous amount of energy.

"We have to finish this quickly."

Thinking that, Su Yun Tian, wielding the long halberd, leapt and slammed the Heavenly Saint Rift‑Abyss Halberd downward.

Even though using it as a hammer slightly mars its super‑artifact prestige, it works perfectly this way!

One strike smashed the bright dragon horse, its eyes flashing stars, and it could no longer stand steady.

Su Yun Tian gave it no chance to recover, his wings flapped behind, closing in quickly.

However, the bright dragon horse shook its head, emitting a strange cry, half dragon, half horse.

Immediately, a white orb of light spewed from its mouth.

"Angel Assault!" Su Yun Tian's eyelid twitched, his right fist forming a transparent golden shield that surged straight down.

"Boom—" The shield collided with the white light orb and shattered instantly.

The aftershock enveloped Su Yun Tian.

"Swish!" Yet at the crucial moment, a streak of emerald light suddenly radiated from Su Yun Tian's body outward for hundreds of meters.

Any ground touched turned instantly into ice crystals; fallen leaves in the air grew heavy like tiny knives, dropping to the ground and leaving countless gouges.

Eternal Frost Domain! Bing Di's skeletal body provides him this realm!

After release, it can instantly unleash extreme ice, freezing everything within its range.

Although the power gap was small, preventing the bright dragon horse from being frozen, it still affected it; its body became somewhat rigid.

Immediately, Su Yun Tian rose again, and the Heavenly Saint Rift‑Abyss Halberd materialized out of thin air.

Gripped in his hand, he aimed at the bright dragon horse below and then fired it violently.

"Clack—"

Where it passed, a long crack appeared in space, like a tail, trailing behind the halberd.

"Swish!"

The bright dragon horse offered no resistance at all, being pierced straight through its body by the halberd.

Soon, its corpse began emitting purple light continuously, eventually coalescing into a soul ring.

This bright dragon horse's cultivation had reached five thousand years, enough for an ordinary soul master's fourth soul ring.

In fact, its third soul ring also had a chance to absorb a ten‑thousand‑year grade.

But the problem is there's no time left.

First, because of the auspicious beast; second, the Freshman Assessment is near, and he has no time to search for a suitable myriad‑year soul beast.

And third, the most crucial point is that he might not be able to win.

Ordinary myriad‑year soul beasts already possess strength comparable to a Soul King, and only a Soul Emperor can slay them.

Moreover, he doesn't need to deliberately search for high‑tier soul beasts.

Due to the primal power of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, each of his soul rings will be raised to the maximum he can endure!

Therefore, thousand‑year and myriad‑year matter little; the crucial factor is the soul beast's quality.

Half an hour later, Su Yun Tian opened his eyes and felt a burst of clarity and vigor.

"My soul power has also reached level 33!"

"So, what is the third soul skill?"

The three of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm swiftly gathered around and asked eagerly.

"My third soul skill, called Sacred Light, is an augmenting soul skill that, once used, raises all attributes by 100%!"

"100%!" Qian Renxue exclaimed.

That's a rather terrifying figure.

"Hmm, indeed not bad; the first four soul rings can acquire augmenting soul skills, you're fortunate," Bing Di said contentedly.

After all, once a soul master attains the Soul Douluo rank, the first four soul skills are so weak they're practically useless.

Augmenting soul skills are different; even a hundred‑year soul ring's boost remains undiminished.

Moreover, as Su Yun Tian's soul rings are later upgraded, the augmenting attributes will rise as well.

Furthermore, even his second soul skill can be elevated to a hundred‑thousand‑year level.

By then, there will be no case of a soul skill being unusable.

"Hmm, but compared to augmenting soul skills, my offensive soul skills feel lacking!"

If other Soul Elders heard that, they'd likely die of fury on the spot.

It should be noted that a Soul Elder possesses only three soul skills.

Yet he, with only his first soul ring, already gains four soul skills!

Counting the second and third soul rings, plus the four soul skills from the hundred‑thousand‑year soul ring's soul bone, that totals ten soul skills!

Even the most ordinary title Douluo has only nine!

(End of chapter)