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Chapter 227 Second Soul Skill: Soul Absorption Touch (Seeking monthly votes)

The purple soul ring hovered above the chubby annihilation site, slowly rotating like a vortex leading to the underworld!
"hiss--!"

Tang She's snake eyes suddenly flashed with a terrifying light!
All the disappointment and anxiety vanished, replaced by an almost manic joy!

A spirit ring! It really is a spirit ring!

Hahahaha, I knew Master Xiaogang's theory couldn't be wrong!

Killing monsters will drop spirit rings, just like a fire hydrant needs water—it's a fundamental law, a universal principle!
Overwhelmed by a surge of happiness, it almost excitedly popped open a bottle of champagne to celebrate!
After the initial euphoria, a chilling doubt instantly crept into my mind.

Purple? This spirit ring is actually purple?

According to the "Top Ten Core Competencies of Elves", this means that the opponent's soul ring is a thousand-year soul ring.

The contents of that classic book, written by Master Xiao Gang and regarded as a guiding principle by Tang She, clearly came to mind.

"Absorbing spirit rings requires careful consideration of one's abilities. Each spirit ring has an upper limit on the absorption period depending on the martial soul and level. If you absorb it rashly, there is a risk of your body exploding and dying!"

The cold words sounded like an alarm bell in Tang She's heart, and immense desire and deadly danger swung violently on opposite ends of the scale.

Tang She deeply regretted leaving the God King's Secret Realm too quickly, failing to inquire in detail about the specifics of his second spirit ring from the wise Master Xiao Gang, such as the maximum age limit he could absorb.

Now, faced with the readily available Millennium Purple Ring, it was caught in an unprecedented dilemma.

Give up? Absolutely not! This is a divine blessing! Absorb? The terrifying backlash... it recalled the horrific scenes described in the ancient texts.

A mind-blowing ingenuity worked in a frenzy, instantly overwhelming the fear!

It thought of its experience of successfully absorbing the four-hundred-year-old Yellow Ring in the God King's Secret Realm, the ability of the "Mysterious Heaven Skill" to refine soul power, and even more so, its astonishing destiny as the future God King!
Fortune favors the bold! How can one tremble on the path to godhood?! This Soul Ring should be mine!
A resolute ruthlessness flashed in Tang She's snake eyes. If he missed this opportunity, where else could he find a second soul ring that matched so perfectly?

It suddenly tossed its head, casting all hesitation to the winds!
"Hi ha——!"

A sharp screech came from the shadows.

Tang She's mind raced, and several silver grass vines around his chubby body, like living silver snakes, with strong suction power at their tips, precisely wrapped around the slowly rotating purple thousand-year soul ring in the air!
The Silver Grass Martial Soul was activated at full power, and the [Mysterious Heaven Skill] was running wildly within its body. It wanted to use the Martial Soul as a bridge and the Mysterious Heaven Skill as a furnace to forcibly refine this thousand-year-old Soul Ring!

The moment the silver grass vines touched and entangled the purple soul ring, Tang She felt as if his soul had been thrown into a boiling pot of oil!

A mixed energy, full of the power of water and the eeriness of ghosts, surged wildly into its body like a flood bursting its banks, flowing along the silver grass vines!
This energy is so violent, it's more than ten times stronger than when I absorbed the four-hundred-year-old Yellow Ring!
Its body instantly swelled and twisted, with droplets of blood seeping from the gaps in its scales!
Every muscle, bone, and meridian of the Tang snake was groaning under unbearable pressure. A massive amount of life energy was forcibly expanding and transforming its body, and the pain was like ten thousand ants gnawing at its heart!

At the same time, the Silver Grass Martial Soul, which serves as the energy channel and foundation, is also enduring a terrible impact.

The originally pure silver-white, resilient grass stems began to twist and deform violently under the onslaught of the raging water and ghost energy!

On the silvery-white background, complex dark blue patterns, resembling deep-sea whirlpools, quickly emerged.

The surface of the vines became wet and sticky, and even grew pale blue protrusions that looked like jellyfish suckers!
After absorbing this chubby, condensed thousand-year soul ring, Tang She's martial soul form and essence underwent earth-shattering changes!
This inhuman suffering lasted as if it were a century, yet it also seemed to last only a moment.

As the last wisp of purple spirit ring energy was completely absorbed into his body, Tang Snake's swollen body slowly contracted, and the blood beads seeping from his body surface were evaporated by the newly generated power.

It suddenly opened its snake eyes, and those golden vertical pupils had turned into a deep blue-green like the deep sea. Its gaze was cold and indifferent, as if it had pierced through the boundary between life and death, carrying a ghostly aura that made people shudder!
Become!

Tang She easily broke the limits of mortals, surpassing the previous record of Tang Shenwang, who was almost killed by a 108,000-jin harpoon, and completely absorbed this thousand-year soul ring as his second soul ring!

Two soul rings, one purple and one yellow, rose up behind it, and it naturally exuded an elusive aura.

Like a ghost just crawling out of the deep sea, Tang Snake is completely different from the vibrant plant spirit it once was!
An unprecedented sense of power filled Tang She's entire body!
It could clearly hear the surging roar within its body, far exceeding the immense soul power it had experienced before!
According to the level classification of the God King's Secret Realm, its soul power level was like a rocket, soaring from the level 20 mark before absorbing the soul ring, directly skipping several steps, and ruthlessly advancing to level 27!
The rocket-like speed of its ascent filled Tang She with ecstatic joy!

It clearly remembered how, over the past week, it had raced against time amidst the noise of the construction site to practice the "Mysterious Heaven Skill," working day and night to barely advance from level 18 to level 20.

At this moment, having absorbed just this one spirit ring, he had already ascended from level 20 to level 27.

It's important to know that the higher the level, the harder it is to improve. The boost from absorbing the soul ring saved it at least a few months of hard training!

Soul ring absorption is indeed the greatest shortcut on the path to becoming a God King!
At this moment, amidst immense joy and the exhilaration of gaining power, Tang She couldn't help but entertain wicked thoughts...

The master seems to have only mentioned that every ten levels a master needs to absorb a spirit ring to break through the upper limit of spirit power, but he didn't say that they can't absorb spirit rings normally, right?
If I could keep absorbing spirit rings, wouldn't that be faster than cultivating any divine skill?!

In this way, my path to becoming the God King will be thriving, and the throne of the God King will be just around the corner!
However, it then thought that it was not appropriate to absorb the soul ring so rashly. It should return to the God King's Secret Realm and ask Master Xiao Gang for advice.
However, what truly surprised it was the change in its martial soul, the Silver Grass.

After absorbing the chubby creature's spirit ring, its silver grass underwent a dramatic change as it merged with the creature's power.

With a slight thought, Tang Snake sent several transformed silver grass vines breaking through the soil and encircling its body.

The once pure silver-white, tough as steel vines were now covered with flowing, deep-sea vortex-like dark blue magical patterns.

The vines also became more slippery, as if they had been soaked in seawater.

Even more bizarrely, the surface of the vines was covered with pale blue, semi-transparent, sucker-like organs that opened and closed slightly, emitting a faint moisture and a chilling aura that seemed to draw out the soul.

This is no longer Silver Grass! It's clearly a demonized seaweed from the deep sea, entwined with the spirits of the dead!
Without any rehearsal, the moment the soul rings fused, the information about this soul skill was imprinted deep within Tang She's soul—[Second Soul Skill: Soul Absorption Touch]!
This is a powerful soul skill born from the essence of the chubby chubby's talent skill [Absorption] and its combination with his martial soul characteristics!

When activated, the strange suction cups on the vines will generate a terrifying suction force.

Not only can it firmly attract enemies, but it can also directly penetrate physical and even energy defenses, forcibly absorbing the target's life essence and soul power!

The absorbed energy will be used to quickly repair the damaged Silver Grass vines and nourish the Tang Snake itself, healing its injuries and restoring its soul power!

This is practically a tailor-made sustain skill for its control-style gameplay! Tang Snake's snake eyes flashed with ecstatic and calculating light.

His own [First Soul Skill - Silver Entanglement] is responsible for binding, suppressing, and corroding, while [Soul-Draining Touch] provides terrifying endurance and continuous damage!
The combination of the two forms a perfect "strangulation control - energy absorption" cycle!
Unless the enemy can unleash a power far exceeding its own and break free from the silver's binding force, what awaits them is the desperate fate of having their life energy drained away!

The potential of this combination technique is terrifying!
Upon closer examination, even greater surprises await!

After fusing with the chubby spirit ring, its Silver Grass spirit not only gained skills, but its essence also underwent an attribute shift!
In addition to its original Grass type, it also incorporates powerful Water and Ghost type traits!
This gives the Silver Grass vines a certain degree of damage reduction when facing fire-attribute attacks that are normally extremely effective against them.

The ghost attribute gives the vines a degree of "phantomization" effect against pure physical attacks.

Some attacks will pass directly through the phantom as if passing through it, making it difficult to cause substantial damage.

While not as outrageous as a true Ghost-type Pokémon that can completely ignore it, it still greatly increases Silver Grass's defense!

Level skyrockets! Martial Soul evolves! Soul Skills perfectly complement and become incredibly powerful! Attributes receive a crucial boost!
Multiple surprises piled up, and an overwhelming sense of power filled every scale of the Tang Snake!
It slightly raised its snake head, its deep blue-green snake eyes scanning the entire area, and a strange pressure mixed with the vitality of plants, the coldness of the deep sea and the aura of the dead quietly spread.

The snake it is now is a world apart from the one that was trembling under the sleepers a week ago!
The path to becoming a God King is a smooth one!
The surge in power almost went to its head, and the ambition to dominate the Unova, wear a red suit, beat up the blue dogs, and sit on the throne of the god-king grew wildly in its heart.

However, just as this ambition was about to spiral out of control, Master Xiaogang's face, with its narrowed eyes full of wisdom, appeared deep in its consciousness like a stabilizing force.

The master's earnest teachings instantly extinguished its restless flames, like a bucket of cold water.

Immense gratitude and awe replaced inflated ambition.

Tang She instantly calmed down, and his extraordinary wisdom once again took over his thinking.

It clearly realized that without Master Xiaogang's insightful guidance in the Divine King's Secret Realm, it would have been impossible for it to successfully absorb this Millennium Purple Ring, let alone achieve such an improvement!

It was the wisdom of the master that paved this shortcut to heaven!

The desire for power transformed into a thirst for knowledge.

Tang She has made up his mind that next time he enters that mysterious God King's Secret Realm, he must respectfully ask Master Xiao Gang for detailed advice on the selection criteria for the third soul ring, the absorption limit, and the subsequent cultivation direction.

Only by closely following the master's guidance can its path to godhood reach greater heights and go further!
"Hmphh ...

A roar filled with extreme pain and rage tore through the deathly silence of the construction site!

Xiudi watched helplessly as his prized ace spirit, Chubby, was first blasted down by the blue-skinned dog, then strangled and drained dry by the eerie silver snake, leaving not even a trace behind...

These successive blows completely shattered his sanity!
His handsome face was twisted like a demon, his eyes were bloodshot as he stared intently at the still calm and collected man in the red suit in the distance—Mo Zhen!
He blamed everything on Mo Zhen's despicable methods!
"Mo Zhen!!! You treacherous villain! How dare you use such despicable means to harm my elves! Today, I, Xiu Di, will fight you to the death! It's either you or me who dies!"

Xiu Di's roar was hoarse and filled with deep-seated hatred.

He clearly believed that everything that had just happened must have been done by Mo Zhen, who had secretly ambushed the elf and delivered the fatal blow to Fatty!
The people on the construction site looked at Mo Zhen with a mixture of respect and fear.

This Mr. Mo Zhen looks handsome and sunny, but his methods against his enemies are so terrifying. He is so cunning and ruthless, he is just like a venomous snake!
Faced with Xiu Di's loud roar, Mo Zhen did not refute, but the smile on his face became even brighter.

Because the other party's thoughts and the underlying truth seem to be not much different...

In short, the battle had reached a fever pitch. Xiu Di waved both hands, and the two super spheres exploded!

"hiss--!"

With a proud and cold hiss, a slender and elegant emerald green figure emerged.

It has the streamlined body of a serpentine spirit, with yellow leaves spreading across its neck like a noble collar, and its eyes are arrogant and indifferent.

This is Xiu Di's initial spirit, a level 52 Monarch Serpent with equally impressive strength!

"Hey!"

On the other side, a small giant, as if carved from rock, landed with a thud!

It has thick limbs and a torso, its head is like wearing a safety helmet, and it holds two heavy cement pillars that are thicker than water buckets.

This is none other than the powerful Fighting-type Pokémon – Old Man of the Construction!

Unlike his counterparts on the construction site who only know how to apply mortar, Xiu Di's veteran construction craftsmen are battle-hardened and powerful warriors with a strength of level 51!

Serperior's cold, vertical pupils locked onto Mo Zhen, and Grass-type energy surged around its body.

The old construction worker let out a deep, guttural roar, and the cement pillar slammed heavily into the ground, creating a deep crater.

The two elves, one on the left and one on the right, exuded murderous intent and, together with the enraged Emperor Xiu, formed an encirclement around Mo Zhen!

The signal for all-out war has been sounded!
Facing the enraged Emperor Xiu, the murderous Monarch Serpent, and the old craftsman, Mo Zhen's smile not only did not disappear, but became even brighter.

His gaze swept calmly over Xiu Di and his two powerful elves, and he began to deliver his victory speech.

"Brothers and sisters, fellow elves, you may pack your bags now. I hereby declare... you are free!"

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

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