Chapter 69: Third Soul Skill: Berserk Golden Body

After entering the Berserk State, the power displayed by this Blood Demon Berserk Bear is enough to threaten even a Soul Emperor.

It is truly worthy of being a Spirit Beast with Behemoth bloodline; for a mere thousand-year Spirit Beast, its strength is truly astonishing.

But Nan Feihuang felt no fear, only excitement, because this meant that this Spirit Ring must also be extremely powerful.

As time passed, the Blood Demon Berserk Bear's strength began to wane; although Berserk is powerful, it consumes a vast amount of physical stamina, and it also had Dugu Bo's potent poison coursing through its body.

Nan Feihuang felt that it was time for him to make his move.

"Good, Xiaofeijiang, go," Dugu Bo, feeling the same, reminded him.

"First Soul Skill, Half-Moon Slash!" Without the slightest hesitation, Nan Feihuang leaped out from behind the Blood Demon Berserk Bear and directly unleashed his First Soul Skill, a crescent-shaped light blade striking toward the Blood Demon Berserk Bear's neck.

Unexpectedly, just as it was about to strike, the Blood Demon Berserk Bear suddenly turned its head and blocked the Half-Moon Slash with one claw, its formidable power directly tearing apart Nan Feihuang's soul power.

Although the Half-Moon Slash deals True Damage and can ignore defense.

But this strike from the Blood Demon Berserk Bear was not a defense, but a technique of using offense against offense to neutralize it; this is the best way to break True Damage.

Of course, the Blood Demon Berserk Bear did not have such combat wisdom; it was acting entirely on instinct now. Although Berserk caused it to lose its reason, it amplified its beastly instincts to the maximum, making its perception of danger incomparably sharp.

And its strength in the Berserk State was simply far greater than Nan Feihuang's.

The giant claw swung down, and the resulting wind force was like a sharp blade, rushing toward Nan Feihuang with a whistling sound.

Nan Feihuang was completely unafraid, wielding his long Halberd with one hand until it was airtight; using the Eighteen Parries of the Halberd, he swung the weapon to block the opponent's line of attack.

"Good halberd technique!" Dugu Bo praised, "However, power overcomes ten thousand Mastery; no matter how exquisite Xiaofeijiang's halberd technique is, his power is still far inferior to this Blood Demon Berserk Bear. It seems I must lend him a hand."

Dugu Bo glared at the Blood Demon Berserk Bear in front of him, gray-white light flashing in his eyes.

"Spirit Bone Skill, Medusa's Gaze!"

Medusa's Gaze is the soul skill Dugu Bo likes to use most; not only is its power immense, but it also doesn't have the heavy soul power consumption of his eighth or ninth soul skills.

This move can turn all opponents in front into stone, and can even transform intangible things like energy; it truly deserves to be called a top-tier soul skill.

When Dugu Bo's light swept across the Blood Demon Berserk Bear's body, its four limbs and half of its torso all turned into stone.

Only its head remained, still roaring there.

Dugu Bo held back a little power; after all, this Spirit Ring had to be left for Nan Feihuang, so he couldn't let it be killed.

"Now is the time, First Soul Skill, Half-Moon Slash!" Nan Feihuang seized the opportunity and unleashed his First Soul Skill again. This time, without any obstruction, the light blade of the Half-Moon Slash sliced directly across the Blood Demon Berserk Bear's neck.

Even though this Spirit Beast's defensive power was astonishing, it was a pity that the Half-Moon Slash deals True Damage and ignores defense.

Let alone a mere Blood Demon Berserk Bear, even a god could be injured by it if struck.

A massive head slammed onto the ground with a boom, and at the same time, a purple Spirit Ring emerged on the Blood Demon Berserk Bear's body.

Nan Feihuang immediately sat cross-legged, drawing the Spirit Ring over and beginning to absorb it.

As soon as the Spirit Ring entered his body, endless resentment turned into an impact, crazily ravaging Nan Feihuang's body.

It seems that before this Blood Demon Berserk Bear died, it harbored great resentment, which is normal, as its death was truly tragic.

Driven mad, poisoned, and then immobilized, it had no power to resist at all; for such a proud race, how could it possibly accept this?

Nan Feihuang only felt needle-like pain throughout his body.

After all, leaping over four thousand years in one go, and with a Spirit Beast of such a formidable race, absorbing it easily was naturally impossible.

However, for Nan Feihuang, it was merely pain.

That hundred-year Whale Glue might not count for much, but what mattered was Nan Feihuang's own Ghost God Body, combined with the tempering of the Ice and Fire Immortal Herb, which made his body incomparably tough.

Seeing that although Nan Feihuang's face was ferocious, his aura remained steady, Dugu Bo knew he was definitely in no danger, so he felt relieved and sat beside him to focus on protecting him.

About an hour later, Nan Feihuang's surging soul power calmed down.

The first stage of absorbing the Spirit Ring was complete; entering the second stage meant using the Spirit Ring's power to strengthen the Spirit Master's entire attributes and form a soul skill.

"The dangerous period has passed. This kid absorbs quite quickly. I originally thought that for an over-limit Spirit Ring, he would need at least half a day. With such a physique, as long as he finds a way to withstand the soul shock of a ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast, I think a ten-thousand-year fourth ring shouldn't be much of a problem," Dugu Bo thought, stroking his chin.

The most dangerous part of absorbing a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring is actually not the power of the ring itself, but the soul shock left inside the ring, formed by the Spirit Beast's resentment.

If a Soul Ancestor's soul power is insufficient, they are likely to have their soul directly extinguished by the soul shock; those who are lucky might just end up as a fool who has lost their mind.

But in reality, Dugu Bo's worries were completely unnecessary; Nan Feihuang possessed an External Spirit Bone, and this External Spirit Bone was near his brain and eyes, so it was naturally spirit-type.

With the External Spirit Bone protecting his body, plus his own mental power not being weak, if it was just a soul shock that had just crossed the ten-thousand-year level, it actually posed no great threat to him.

Another half hour passed, and Nan Feihuang slowly finished his cultivation; one yellow and two purple Spirit Rings were quietly circling his body.

He had finally successfully advanced to the Soul Elder realm.

From this point on, he could truly be considered to have stepped onto the path toward becoming the strongest Spirit Master.

Without reaching Soul Elder, one can only ever be considered a beginner Spirit Master.

"Xiaofeijiang, it seems your Spirit Ring is quite good. What is your level now? And what is your soul skill?" Dugu Bo asked with concern.

"Level thirty-two peak. It is worthy of being an over-limit Spirit Ring; it raised me by nearly three levels in one go," Nan Feihuang said after sensing it, "As for the soul skill, it is Berserk. I have named it Berserk Golden Body. It seems to have two modes; the first one increases my attack power by twenty percent."

"Only twenty percent?" Dugu Bo was stunned. Are you kidding? Is the soul skill produced by a five-thousand-year Spirit Ring this trash?

Nan Feihuang smiled slightly; he naturally knew that twenty percent was indeed too low, after all, Dai Mubai's thousand-year-plus third soul skill increased his by one hundred percent.

It could make Dai Mubai's strength multiply in a short time, but the soul power consumption was very high, making it impossible to fight for a long time, giving a sense of a "five-second true man."

"Old Poison, listen to me finish. This twenty percent does not consume a single bit of soul power; as long as the Spirit Ring lights up, it is a fixed increase," Nan Feihuang said.

"A passive skill!" Dugu Bo was surprised. That made it slightly more valuable; this was equivalent to Nan Feihuang having a permanent, fixed twenty percent increase in attack power as soon as he started fighting. If it were a normal thousand-year soul skill, it would barely pass.

But for a five-thousand-year Spirit Ring, twenty percent was still a bit low.

It seems the key value lies in the second release method Nan Feihuang mentioned; if Dugu Bo wasn't mistaken, that was the true Berserk State.

(End of chapter)