Douluo Dalu: Huo Yuhao Knows the Plot

Chapter 9: Absorption of the Second Soul Ring

Tang Ya was slightly stunned, then smiled, not minding Huo Yuhao's distrustful behavior.

After spitting out poisonous mist, the Mandrill Serpent immediately changed direction to escape, but Beibei's previous attack was not for show, causing its current speed to be far from what it was before, making it impossible to shake off Beibei.

"Thunder Dragon Claw." Taking advantage of the amplification effect of the third soul skill, Thunder's Fury, before it disappeared, Beibei launched another ultimate move, smashing it head-on at the Mandrill Serpent.

Tang Ya on the other side was not idle either; blue vines as thick as arms grew rapidly on the ground, swarming towards the Mandrill Serpent.

Beibei's attack just now was actually enough to kill the Mandrill Serpent, but he deliberately held back. Otherwise, the Mandrill Serpent would have been dead by now. The reason Beibei did this was because this Mandrill Serpent was the soul beast Tang Ya had set her sights on, to be used for breaking through to the Soul Elder rank.

Only the soul ring produced after personally killing a soul beast can be absorbed by oneself, which is why Beibei put in so much effort.

"Xiaoya, quick." Beibei whispered.

Tang Ya had been preparing for a long time. The temptation of a soul ring was irresistible to any soul master, and Tang Ya was no exception. She quickly came to Beibei's side, and a half-foot-long dagger appeared in her hand, directly piercing into the Mandrill Serpent's big mouth, decisively ending the life of this thousand-year soul beast.

A purple soul ring condensed and formed on the Mandrill Serpent's corpse. The appearance of the soul ring represented the soul beast's complete death. Only then did Beibei breathe a sigh of relief, and the lightning flashing all over his body slowly receded, and his scaly arm returned to normal.

"Little Yuhao, thank you this time. If you hadn't helped, we wouldn't have been able to take down this Mandrill Serpent so smoothly." Beibei turned to thank Huo Yuhao. After retracting his martial soul, Beibei returned to the gentle and refined image he had at first sight. Although his tone was calm, he was undoubtedly quite surprised in his heart. He had never thought that a one-ring soul master could threaten a thousand-year soul beast. He clearly knew that if it weren't for Huo Yuhao's strange attack earlier, it would have been impossible for him to kill the Mandrill Serpent so smoothly, and perhaps he would have let that beast escape.

"Brother Bei is too polite. I still need to absorb the soul ring, so I won't talk anymore." After Huo Yuhao finished speaking, he walked to the side, heading exactly in the direction of the Blood Soul Bristleback.

Following Huo Yuhao's direction, the expressions of Beibei and Tang Ya both changed. They had noticed this powerful three-thousand-year-old soul beast before, but they had not expected it to be Huo Yuhao's prey, and even more unimaginable was that this little brother actually wanted to absorb its soul ring.

"Little Yuhao, don't you want your life? This soul beast's cultivation has already reached three thousand two hundred years." Xiaoya stopped him at the first moment. She could be considered to have seen the world, and she had seen many so-called geniuses. There were also many twelve-year-old Soul Elders. But no Soul Elder had ever tried to absorb a thousand-year soul ring when they were at the two-ring level. That was purely courting death, let alone that the soul beast in front of them had a lifespan of over three thousand years.

Tang Ya appeared very excited, after all, in her opinion, Huo Yuhao's blind pursuit of high-lifespan soul rings was tantamount to seeking death.

Generally speaking, the highest upper limit that the second soul ring can absorb is more than seven hundred years, and eight hundred years is the highest. This theory was published by a legendary figure ten thousand years ago, and after ten thousand years, it has also proved the truth of that person's theory.

It is not that there are no people who absorb soul rings beyond the lifespan limit. Generally, those with strong willpower who exceed one or two hundred years may be safe and sound. Among them, one person's fourth soul ring absorbed a ten-thousand-year soul ring, and was the most dazzling pride of heaven at that time. His subsequent achievements made people only able to look up to him as the strongest, and at least in the ten thousand years since then, no one has been able to surpass him. And that supreme powerhouse was precisely the founding ancestor of the sect Tang Ya belonged to, and also the personal disciple of that legendary figure who published the soul ring theory.

Tang Ya recalled the legendary deeds of her ancestor, remembering that her ancestor's third soul ring was a two-thousand-one-hundred-year-old Human-Faced Demon Spider that exceeded the lifespan limit, exceeding the normal absorption limit of the third soul ring by more than three hundred years.

Just exceeding three hundred years caused no small crisis for the ancestor at that time. If such a supreme powerhouse was still like this, let alone ordinary people like them.

What's even more outrageous is that Huo Yuhao wants to absorb a powerful three-thousand-two-hundred-year-old soul beast, and what's most unbelievable is that this is still the second soul ring. Tang Ya had a very good impression of this little brother who was excellent at cooking, and didn't want her to do such a blatant act of seeking death.

Just as Tang Ya was about to persuade him again, Beibei grabbed her hand and shook his head at her.

"Little Yuhao, I believe you must have your own reasons for doing this. If you trust me, you might as well absorb it here now, and I can help you protect you." Beibei said, still with that gentle and refined smile on his face.

"Is this convenient? Wouldn't it be too much trouble for Brother Bei?" Huo Yuhao was a little hesitant.

But Beibei sensed from his tone that he was a little tempted, and immediately continued: "It doesn't matter, anyway, your Sister Tang Ya also needs to absorb the soul ring of the Mandrill Serpent."

"Then thank you, Brother Bei." Huo Yuhao thanked him, and at the same time, he instructed the Ice Silkworm of the Heavenly Dream in the sea of spirit to be prepared.

As the saying goes, it is impossible to have the heart to harm others, but it is impossible to have the heart to guard against others. If Huo Yuhao really wanted the soul ring of the Blood Soul Bristleback, he would not have exposed the secret that he could absorb soul rings beyond his level in front of Tang Ya and Beibei.

However, he did hope that Beibei and Tang Ya would have malicious intentions and attack him, so that he would have enough reason to counter-kill them, and the one in the God Realm would not think too much.

The worst result would be that Beibei and Tang Ya reported this matter to the high-level officials of Shrek Academy, which was not completely unacceptable. Huo Yuhao had been psychologically prepared for this.

The reason why Soul Forging Technique is called Soul Forging Technique is because its main function is to use soul power to circulate in the body according to a special route, so as to play the role of tempering the body. Compared with it, the most important thing about the Heavenly Demon Art is the mental power cultivation method.

If one day the senior officials of Shrek Academy ask him to hand over this technique, Huo Yuhao will only hand over the Soul Forging Technique, and it will still be a castrated version.

So far, Huo Yuhao has never really used all of his mental power, most of which has been sealed by him in the depths of his brain, and even the Ice Silkworm of the Heavenly Dream has been kept in the dark.