Chapter 330: Holy Maiden?

Huo Yutong moved her gaze away from the Third Elder's nine-level soul guide device and took a deep breath.

Then, the gray soul ring that the Third Elder had seen once before appeared again before them.

Feng Ling lightly raised her eyebrows and asked, "What's going on with your gray soul ring?"

Last time the Third Elder was frightened by the holy-attribute undead knight, causing him to forget to ask about this gray soul ring; she certainly won't be that stupid.

Huo Yutong looked at this Evil Phoenix Douluo with her gray-tinted eyes and said softly, "After my martial soul awakened, I naturally possessed this first soul ring. Later I realized that, although I cannot absorb soul rings like ordinary soul masters, I also never need to hunt soul beasts to break through my cultivation. This soul ring contains the vast majority of my martial soul's abilities, so even with just this one soul ring, it is enough for me."

After hearing her words, Feng Ling and the Third Elder were both stunned.

They never expected Huo Yutong's ability to be so extraordinary.

The Third Elder urgently asked:

"How many soul skills are contained in that gray soul ring of yours?"

Huo Yutong did a quick mental calculation and replied, "About three hundred seventy, give or take."

Upon hearing that number, Feng Ling's cheek twitched.

Ordinary soul masters can have at most nine soul rings; even if they are twin martial soul masters, with each ring being a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and possessing six hundred-thousand-year-level soul bones across their body, the total number of soul skills they can have is no more than forty-eight, not even reaching fifty.

As a result, Huo Yutong blurted out that she had over three hundred soul skills…

She felt as if she no longer recognized this world.

In fact, Huo Yutong was still concealing something.

The number of soul skills she just stated is only what she herself has mastered and can actually use; in truth, the amount of necromancy that Ilex knows is probably far greater—perhaps even an order of magnitude more than that number.

Just as Tang Wulin is strongest in his Natural Son state, Huo Yutong's greatest ability has always been that of a necromancer.

However, her martial soul is far more unsuitable for the light than Tang Wulin's Natural Son, which is why she has never shown much of it.

But with Ilex as this god-level teacher, she truly has confidence in matching her necromancer abilities against the Third Elder, an Honored Douluo-level Evil Soul Master.

Feng Ling took a deep breath.

"Come on, show us your abilities!"

Huo Yutong slightly tilted her head.

"I have many soul skills, and my abilities are diverse; which aspect would you like to see?"

Feng Ling said in a low voice:

"Just use the soul skill you're best at."

"Oh."

Huo Yutong nodded in understanding, then pointed at Feng Ling in empty space.

Instantly, a blood-red halo rose from beneath Feng Ling's feet, binding her within it.

A flash of shock crossed Feng Ling's eyes, and then her face actually began to show pain.

"Vice Patriarch!"

Seeing her expression, the Third Elder was horrified and hurried to step forward, but Feng Ling stopped him with a raised hand.

Feng Ling, wearing a grim expression, felt it for a moment and then said to Huo Yutong:

"All right, I roughly understand; accept your soul skill."

Although she could break free by force, doing so might injure Huo Yutong.

After personally experiencing the power of this soul skill, Huo Yutong's status in her mind rose instantly to a terrifying level; she dared not harm her.

Huo Yutong silently nodded, then waved her hand; the blood-red halo left Feng Ling's body and returned to her hand.

Afterwards, Feng Ling sensed that Huo Yutong's aura had grown stronger.

Her mouth corner involuntarily twitched.

"Does your soul skill also feed back onto yourself?" Seeing Huo Yutong silently nod, Feng Ling didn't know what to say.

The Third Elder, feeling a bit of trepidation, asked:

"Vice Patriarch, what exactly happened?"

Being able to make Feng Ling show such an expression is something even he would find difficult to do.

Feng Ling glanced at the Third Elder, then said to Huo Yutong in a low voice:

"Is the ability of your martial soul to control souls?"

The moment she was enveloped by that blood-red halo, she felt a strange force seeping into her body, actually preparing to tear her soul away.

If Huo Yutong truly succeeded, she would now be little different from a living corpse.

Huo Yutong nodded again.

The necromancy she just used is called the Blood-colored Soul-eating Technique; it is an extremely overbearing and domineering necromancy, ranking among the highest-tier among same-level necromancies.

Its sole drawback is the enormous consumption, especially the massive drain on mental power.

However, this drawback is not a drawback for Huo Yutong—her mental power is even excessive to the point of overflow, and ever since her mental power began evolving into divine sense, using this mentally draining soul skill has become much easier for her, with consumption noticeably reduced.

Furthermore, Feng Ling did not resist just now; indeed, to better feel the power of Huo Yutong's soul skill, she even lowered her defenses to let her absorb it, so that after receiving the backlash of the Blood-colored Soul-eating Technique, Huo Yutong's consumption was virtually nil.

After Feng Ling pondered for a moment, she actually stepped back and then knelt on one knee before Huo Yutong.

Her action not only startled the Third Elder beside her, but even Huo Yutong and Tang Wulin were left dumbfounded.

"Vice—Vice Patriarch, what are you doing?"

Upon hearing the Third Elder's question, Feng Ling glared at him sternly and said in a low voice:

"Enough, Lao San, shut up; in front of the Holy Maiden, you must maintain respect."

"Holy Maiden?"

Huo Yutong instinctively repeated Feng Ling's words.

Feng Ling nodded.

"Yes, although Holy Maiden, you may not be aware of it yourself, but you are exactly the Holy Maiden that our Holy Spirit Sect has sought for thousands of years, destined to lead us to glory."

Huo Yutong was still a bit dazed, but she had indeed undergone professional training; after a brief moment of thought, she calmed down.

She said coldly, "I should have said before, I still can't join you now because I can't trust you."

Feng Ling nodded respectfully.

That's understandable, but rest assured, we will earn your trust through our actions later.

Oh?

Huo Yutong narrowed her eyes.

For example?

Feng Ling took a deep breath and said, "Things happened suddenly, sorry we can't give you an answer now; next time we meet we will definitely give you a satisfactory reply."

……

Huo Yutong silently exchanged a glance with Tang Wulin, both of their eyes filled with indescribable complexity.

Then she looked again at Feng Ling, who was kneeling on the ground.

Well, I'll be looking forward to your performance—don't let me down.

The Holy Maiden of the Holy Spirit Sect—this was completely beyond what the two of them had expected.

From now on, we can only take things one step at a time.

(End of chapter)