Chapter 54: Fourth Soul Skill

Zhou Yi released the ball of light, drawing it into his body to absorb it, and his martial soul was released along with it. Before long, the prototype of a red soul ring gradually formed above his third soul ring. However, as it was a soul ring of over one hundred thousand years, it could not be absorbed in a short amount of time.

A few hours later, Zhu Zhuqing had finished absorbing her soul bone.

Immediately afterward, she heard the voice of the Moon God.

"Moon God Nine Trials, fourth trial: Comprehend the Tides of the Moon; raise soul power level to above sixty. Time limit: five years."

"This is?"

Zhu Zhuqing felt strange. Zhou Yi was clearly still absorbing his soul ring, so why had her fourth trial already arrived? Thinking it over carefully, this could only mean one thing: their fourth trials had little connection to each other.

As for the Tides of the Moon, she had a vague impression of them; she only knew that tides were mostly caused by the moon, with a small part caused by the sun. As for the specific principles, she knew nothing at all.

For now, she could practice the Moon Phase Eight Styles while waiting for Zhou Yi.

Two days passed just like that, and Zhou Yi also completed the absorption of his soul ring. To be fair, the aura of this red soul ring was truly powerful. Zhu Zhuqing was stunned the first time she saw it. No wonder Title Douluo loved to show off their soul rings; regardless of whether they were strong or not, it was certainly quite a way to act cool.

Moreover, there were four golden patterns on this soul ring, indicating that the soul ring was four hundred thousand years old. Naturally, this soul skill was also incomparably domineering.

A one-hundred-thousand-year soul ring would produce two soul skills, and his first soul skill was named "Hundred Transformations of Divine Weapons." As the name suggested, this move could create a hundred types of arbitrary divine weapons, and their power increased along with his own strength.

In fact, this was the soul skill Zhou Yi had originally wanted to obtain. Generally, top-tier martial souls other than weapon-type martial souls would obtain a soul skill similar to a life-bound weapon at a certain stage, such as Tang San's Blue Silver Overlord Spear or Qian Renxue's Angel Blade. It was just that the soul ring Zhou Yi absorbed was more powerful, so it wasn't limited to just one type of weapon.

The second soul skill was named "Geng Metal Qi." This one was even more formidable. Metal governs killing; if one used a weapon created by Hundred Transformations of Divine Weapons and attached Geng Metal Killing Qi to it, the result would surely be a throat-slitting, life-ending strike. However, this move was too cruel and carried too much baleful energy. Zhou Yi secretly decided in his heart that he would only use it when encountering a life-or-death enemy or someone who had committed unforgivable crimes.

Of course, besides the two soul skills, he had gained an additional form. He called it the "Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Mode." He figured this would be his strongest form for a long time to come. Although the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon was slightly inferior in speed to the Thunder Dragon and Wind Dragon modes, its strength and defense were both superior to them. Furthermore, it carried an inherent aura of imperial dominance; the weak would be unable to even muster the thought of resistance, and it could also interfere with the spirit of the strong. Additionally, with Geng Metal Qi attached to the dragon claws, it was truly terrifying just to think about.

After obtaining these two soul skills, the weapons in his ring could be considered completely obsolete. Weapons forged from ordinary iron were not suitable for combat to begin with; they were simply too weak. Look at the Title Douluo—aside from those whose martial souls were weapons themselves, who would use ordinary weapons to fight?

If it weren't for Zhou Yi previously imbuing them with a large amount of Spiritual Power and not using them against powerful enemies, they would have been damaged long ago. Thus, having a good weapon was truly important; otherwise, one would always be restricted during battle.

It was also because of this soul skill that the frustration Zhou Yi felt earlier about losing the immortal metal at the bottom of the lake had diminished significantly.

Just then, the Dragon Pearl within his body also sent out a message.

"Hmm? You're not dead yet."

The previous act of stealing food had clearly left Zhou Yi with a grudge against it.

Hearing this, the Dragon Pearl was clearly stunned for a moment, but it immediately revealed a hint of fawning.

Seeing this, Zhou Yi shook his head. Why hold a grudge against it? Their fates were now tied together; if it became stronger in the future, it would be of more help to him. Moreover, he could now clearly feel that it was beginning to gradually develop intelligence, though it was just like a newborn child. It was nothing for a child to be greedy for food.

Zhou Yi began to receive the message. It turned out that the Dragon Pearl had already arranged his fifth and sixth soul rings and had marked the direction for him. Now, he could already feel a faint attraction.

That's right, it was the direction of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The two dragon souls and dragon bones there would allow his strength to achieve a massive leap.

However, these two soul rings had conflicting attributes. If an ordinary person were to absorb them, they would surely explode and die instantly, not to mention that these two dragons were both Yiji Shenzhi powerhouses during their lifetimes. The soul rings they formed were god-level soul rings, countless times stronger than a one-hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

For this reason, thorough preparations had to be made in advance.

First, comprehend the "Yin and Yang Mutual Aid." Only by completing this prerequisite could he, with the help of the *Dao Scripture*, absorb both soul rings simultaneously, allowing the two forces to reach a balance and complement each other within his body.

Second, a Thousand-Year Spirit Bone and a large amount of plant-based life energy. Although comprehending Yin and Yang Mutual Aid could allow the two forces to reach a balance in his body, his body would be constantly collapsing during this process. He could only rely on a large amount of life force, guided by the Thousand-Year Spirit Bone, to continuously repair his body until the balance was achieved.

After receiving the information from the Dragon Pearl, Zhou Yi also understood why the Dragon Pearl could develop intelligence so quickly. As early as when the Moon God left behind the divine patterns, the Dragon Pearl had been secretly absorbing the Moon God's power. Especially with the God-Bestowed Soul Ring just now, the rich divine aura had allowed it to develop a faint intelligence in one fell swoop.

This was normal; after all, divine power was essentially a mixture of heaven and earth Spiritual Power, Faith Power, and a portion of the power of laws.

He estimated that after absorbing a large amount of Spiritual Power and the power of the two gods at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the Dragon Pearl would be able to undergo its initial transformation.

As for future soul ring absorption, Zhou Yi no longer needed to worry. After the Dragon Pearl developed intelligence this time, it provided a new method based on Zhou Yi's memories:

This method was called the "Bloodline Contract." Zhou Yi and a Soul Beast would exchange essence blood to achieve bloodline complementarity. After the Soul Beast absorbed the essence blood, it would evolve and complete its own bloodline, while Zhou Yi would absorb the advantages of the Soul Beast's bloodline to form a blood-soul ring similar to that of Tang Wulin in the third installment of the series.

This method completely conformed to the rules of the Douluo World. After all, a soul ring was merely a carrier for a certain level of soul power; regardless of what kind of soul ring it was, a Spirit Master could continue to absorb soul power to proceed to the next stage.

It could be said that Zhou Yi's plan for the future was now incomparably clear, with only two points being difficult to handle. The first was Yin and Yang Mutual Aid. He currently only had Taiyin Power in his body. To achieve Yin and Yang Mutual Aid, the other side must also be Sun Power of an equal status.

For this, he currently only had two methods: one was to study the Sun God statue to see if he could also obtain a legacy; the second was to see if he could obtain some Sun Power from Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu, though that would be very dangerous.

He still remembered that in the original work, the one who controlled Sun Power was the Angel God. However, thinking about it this way made it even stranger: if Sun Power was under the jurisdiction of the Angel God, then where did the Sun God come from? However, he had no way of knowing these secrets of the gods, and the original work had never mentioned them.

The second difficulty was the soul bone of a one-hundred-thousand-year plant-type Soul Beast. As far as he knew, the only plant-type Soul Beast over one hundred thousand years old seemed to be Tang Hao's wife. It looked like he would have to pay him a visit later, but how to go about it was a headache. Although he had become stronger, he still couldn't beat a top-tier Title Douluo like Tang Hao.

The only method Zhou Yi could think of now was to offer the chips to resurrect his wife as a trade; if he did that, he should agree.

As for how to resurrect her, that was simple. By relying on the Spirit Gathering Array developed after Fuxi's evolution, combined with his dragon blood and divine power, it could be done. At the very least, her soul could definitely be restored.

One must know that in the original work, Tang San was able to resurrect his mother by relying on the dragon aura of two dragon souls, divine power, and life force; there was no reason he couldn't do it himself.

Therefore, he had to return to the Douluo Continent as soon as possible; otherwise, it would be bad if Tang San entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well first. Compared to this, the Moon God's trials were not that important.

It was at this moment that the Moon God's voice also rang out.

"Taiyin Six Trials, fourth trial: Touch the Sun God statue."

"Hmm!?"

Zhou Yi's eyes widened. What was this? Speak of the devil and he shall appear? He had just been thinking about how to obtain Sun Power, and the Moon God immediately sent him an opportunity.

This trial was almost explicitly telling you what the Moon God wanted to scheme. Although it was only a single sentence, it revealed an indescribable eeriness.

This sudden turn of events actually made Zhou Yi hesitate. He stared suspiciously at the Moon God statue.

"Does this trial have any other meaning?"

"………"

As expected, the Moon God did not answer.

"Will this trial cause me any harm?"

"……No."

Zhu Zhuqing also discovered the anomaly and came over to ask with concern.

After a conversation between the two, Zhou Yi stopped pondering. In fact, thinking about it carefully, there was really no need to overthink it. After all, the Dragon Pearl's three chances to save his life hadn't been used yet, and if the Moon God wanted to harm him, why would she give him so many benefits?

Thinking about it this way, the Moon God might indeed have some schemes, but what she was scheming against might not be Zhou Yi, but other gods.