Chapter 4: First Soul Skill: Cloud Soaring and Mist Driving

The next day, on the way to the Hunting Soul Forest, the Grandmaster explained some information regarding the Spirit Hall and the Spirit Masters of the Continent. Zhou Yi listened with great interest; after all, it was something he had watched in his past life, and he had long forgotten some of the specific detailed settings.

The Grandmaster had already brought Zhou Yi and the others to the entrance of the Hunting Soul Forest.

The captain of the soldiers responsible for checking the permits immediately revealed a look of respect upon seeing the Token in the Grandmaster's hand. He hurriedly ordered the soldiers to clear a path and invited the Grandmaster and his group to enter. He did not even ask why two such small children, Zhou Yi and Tang San, were also entering the Hunting Soul Forest.

Passing through the steel fence into the interior of the forest, all the clamor seemed to have vanished, and the air finally became as fresh as Tang San had imagined. It gave one a feeling of mental refreshment.

Just after entering the forest, Zhou Yi activated his martial soul, mist filled the air, and he left silently after leaving a note for Tang San. The Grandmaster was still busy educating Tang San and did not even notice that one person was missing.

Tang San looked at the note in his hand, feeling quite speechless. He was still wondering how to explain it to the Grandmaster: "Xiao San, I've gone to hunt for my own Soul Ring. The Grandmaster can't even beat me, so the Soul Ring he finds definitely won't reach the limit of my body. Don't worry about me; I'm very familiar with the forest. Don't forget that I used to rely on hunting to earn money. Moreover, once my martial soul is activated, basically no one can detect me. Don't worry."

On the other side.

Zhou Yi relied on his body's speed to constantly shuttle through the woods.

"Sigh... a suitable Soul Beast is truly hard to find. Either the age is too low, or it's just not suitable."

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Zhou Yi discovered intense crashing sounds and whistling wind coming from ahead.

"This is? A Green Wind Falcon and a Golden Feather Eagle! How did they end up fighting?"

He saw two bird-type Soul Beasts in front of him colliding fiercely at low altitude, both birds wanting to use their claws to tear at each other.

Looking closely, it turned out they were fighting over a foot-tall small Grass on the ground that emitted a metallic luster. This Grass was clearly no ordinary item at a glance; its small leaves emitted a golden radiance, and the edges of the leaves were quite sharp. If an ordinary person were to pick it without care, they might even get their fingers cut.

However, Zhou Yi did not know what this Grass was. He hadn't even finished researching all the Soul Beasts, let alone this Grass.

He turned his gaze back to the two Soul Beasts. Looking at the color of the two birds' tail feathers, based on the information the Grandmaster had compiled, one could tell that the Green Wind Falcon could reach about 800 years, while the Golden Feather Eagle was not even 400 years old.

That's impressive; at 400 years old, it could fight back and forth with an 800-year-old Green Wind Falcon. However, an adult Golden Feather Eagle is equivalent to an overlord among aerial bird-type Soul Beasts, so thinking about it that way, it wasn't strange.

Zhou Yi observed the Golden Feather Eagle carefully; it was somewhat similar to the Golden Eagle that was extremely popular in his past life. He recalled information about the Golden Eagle from his past life.

The Golden Eagle belongs to the Accipitridae family, Aquila genus of raptors. Body length is 76-102 centimeters, wingspan reaches 2.3 meters. When immature, the head and neck are yellowish-brown; the flight feathers on the wings, except for the outermost three, have white at the base, while the rest of the body is dark brown; the tail feathers are grayish-white with black tips; in adult individuals, the wings and tail have no white, and the feathers on the crown and occiput turn golden-brown.

As a fighter jet among birds, its speed exceeds that of a high-speed train, capable of flying at a top speed of 350 kilometers per hour.

In his past life, it ranked second among the world's fastest animals, with only the peregrine falcon ahead of it, but the peregrine falcon's combat power was completely incomparable to the Golden Eagle.

And the prototype for the martial soul of the Min Clan in this world, the White-Throated Needle-Tailed Swift, ranks third with a speed of 250 kilometers per hour, which is quite a bit behind the Golden Eagle's 350 and the peregrine falcon's 390 kilometers per hour.

The Golden Eagle is a true overlord of birds. While other birds are still hunting small animals, it can already hunt wolves and feed on medium-sized mammals like cattle and sheep, occupying the top of the food chain.

In mythology, the prototype of the Golden Winged Great Peng is the Golden Eagle, so one can imagine the ferocity of this creature.

The scene turned back to the field. The moment he saw the Green Wind Falcon, Zhou Yi had already decided to use it as his first Soul Ring. The attributes matched, and the age was not low. Although it hadn't reached a millennium, even with his extremely high physical fitness, he didn't dare to absorb a Millennium Soul Ring lightly.

Since that was the case, he would strike directly. As mentioned before, the current Zhou Yi was very bellicose. Zhou Yi rushed directly into the middle of the two birds and joined the battle. Because both birds had wingspans exceeding two meters, his height of just over a meter actually appeared the smallest among them.

The birds in the middle of the fight were also stunned; how did this person just insert himself in?

Initially, both birds were simultaneously wary of Zhou Yi, but after a while, the Golden Feather Eagle discovered that Zhou Yi was only targeting the Green Wind Falcon, so it couldn't help but assist Zhou Yi, taking charge of aerial attacks.

"This bird is a bit dim-witted..."

Zhou Yi, who had intended to take on two opponents at once, couldn't help but mutter when he saw the Golden Eagle helping him. Wasn't it afraid he would turn around and deal with it?

Finally, under Zhou Yi's formidable strength and speed, and the Golden Eagle's aerial containment, although he had also been scratched by claws in several places, the Green Wind Falcon was soon on the verge of death.

After stepping on the Green Wind Falcon, he and the Golden Feather Eagle stared at each other in silence.

"How about... we leave each other in peace? This Grass is not my target. I only want to kill it to obtain a Soul Ring; I won't make a move on you."

Unexpectedly, the Golden Feather Eagle hesitated for a moment and actually nodded. Good heavens, has it become a spirit? I remember you're only 400 years old.

Seeing that this fellow could really understand speech, Zhou Yi communicated further, "How about this, I'll absorb the Soul Ring first, and you help me guard. Then, after I'm done, I'll help you guard. You want to absorb that Grass, right? You wouldn't want other Soul Beasts to disturb you while you're absorbing it either."

Seeing it had no reaction, Zhou Yi continued.

"I have no malice, otherwise I wouldn't plan to absorb the Soul Ring in front of you."

After hearing this, the Golden Eagle nodded. Clearly, it agreed.

Zhou Yi sat cross-legged, used a dagger to end the life of the Green Wind Falcon, and a yellow Soul Ring emerged.

He closed his eyes slightly, pretending to absorb the Soul Ring, but in reality, his attention was always on the Golden Feather Eagle. Finding that it was truly circling around to keep watch, he felt relieved.

I have to say it again, this bird is truly dim-witted.

At the same time, on the other side.

When the Grandmaster and Tang San talked about the age of the first Soul Ring, he thought of Zhou Yi and couldn't help but get angry again.

At the very beginning, when Tang San told him Zhou Yi had left, he was very anxious and wanted to go find him. After all, he was still a child, and he had brought him in, so he had an obligation to protect his safety. It was only after Tang San repeatedly assured him that Zhou Yi was very strong and had been able to hunt low-level Soul Beasts before that he decided not to go look for him.

"Sigh! If Zhou Yi had stayed with us, I could have helped him obtain a Soul Ring of the best age. Now it's ruined; I estimate he can only obtain a white ten-year Soul Ring. What a waste of such good talent!"

Tang San, who had been observing the strength of Soul Beasts with the Grandmaster for a day, smiled bitterly in his heart: "With Brother Yi's strength, perhaps even average-strength century-level Soul Beasts wouldn't be able to beat him..."

Returning to Zhou Yi's perspective.

A few minutes later, he frowned and opened his eyes. It wasn't because of the pain of absorbing a Soul Ring beyond his level, but because

"It was too easy..."

That's right, it was just too easy. The absorption of the Soul Ring was very smooth, and his soul power had also reached level 16.

He knew his physical fitness could support him in obtaining a high-level Soul Ring, but he hadn't expected to still underestimate himself. Looking at it this way, absorbing a first Soul Ring that had just reached a millennium would be no problem at all.

However, this was a minor matter. There would be various opportunities to improve Soul Rings in the future, the most well-known being the God Trial, so attribute compatibility was the most important thing.

Thinking of this, he smiled again.

First Soul Skill: Cloud Soaring and Mist Driving!

Sure enough, he hadn't guessed wrong. After obtaining the wind attribute, he gained the ability to fly. And this wasn't just for a short period; as long as he wanted, he could float anywhere in the air for a whole day, and he could also carry people while flying.

This way, he wouldn't have to worry too much about escaping in the future. As long as he was careful enough, those below the Soul Emperor level who couldn't fly would never be able to catch him.

Referring to the comic "Wind and Cloud" from his past life, the heaven-shaking power of Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun's Mohe Wuliang showed that the wind attribute was the most suitable for the Cloud martial soul.

Moreover, the most important point of this soul skill was that with the help of the wind attribute, the Cloud Mist could gain more variations and have more room for manipulation. He was confident he could play with the Cloud in all sorts of ways.