Douluo Continent: All I Do Is Destroy Rings is Skill.

"I can do anything now!"

Ning Wuque raised his hands high and let out a long roar, his face filled with uncontrollable excitement, exhilaration and joy!

Beside him, Zhang Can, who had been watching over Ning Wuque for a long time, also smiled. He happily patted Ning Wuque's head, genuinely happy for his grandson.

Ning Wuque had endured more than two years of hardship for this day. His almost self-destructive training methods and schedule made his heart ache. Every time he heard Ning Wuque collapse because his body had reached its limit, his heart would tremble.

How much he wished Ning Wuque didn't have such lofty ambitions, and could simply stay by his side and take care of him in his old age.

As long as Ning Wuque can endure the loneliness of this vast sect, I, Zhang, will surely be able to guarantee him a lifetime of wealth and honor.

But Ning Wuque did not choose that path. He transformed his obsession with power into endless motivation and turned his dream of climbing to the summit into reality.

Now, he has proven it! A person's innate soul power and martial soul mean nothing at all; outstanding talent and unwavering perseverance can also help him overcome countless difficulties!

"Wait, Wuque, look at this!"

Suddenly, after his mind relaxed, Zhang Can noticed a different kind of light in his field of vision.

He was so focused that he was exhausted, both physically and mentally, to ensure Ning Wuque's safety. He was also prepared to interrupt and treat Ning Wuque, who might not be able to absorb the broken soul, at any time. As a result, he completely failed to notice the unusual color on the thousand-year-old dark gold soldier ant.

"What's wrong, Grandpa?"

Ning Wuque was puzzled, then saw Zhang Can flash to the ant corpse beside him, reach out and grab it, breaking open its shell and taking out a piece of dark gold-colored bone.

Soul Bone!

Ning Wuque's eyes widened. He felt that he was extremely lucky today, as if even God was taking pity on his talent and praising his efforts.

A thousand-year soul bone, an even rarer find than a ten-thousand-year soul bone. Although it is considered trash among soul bones, only slightly better than a hundred-year soul bone, it is still a treasure of the Blood River!

Something worth hundreds of thousands, even millions! Tens of thousands, even millions of gold soul coins!!!

"Soul Bone!"

"It's a right arm bone, intact. Absorb it quickly! This soul bone will definitely be of great help to you!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Zhang Can handed the soul bone directly to Ning Wuque, his kind old face filled with joy.

Although he didn't have a single soul bone at this age, he still gave it to his great-grandson Ning Wuque without hesitation.

There was no other reason than that Zhang Can knew clearly that he didn't have many years left to live, maybe thirty? Or even less.

Rather than wasting it on myself, I might as well let Ning Wuque absorb it directly and help him realize his dream of becoming a strongman!

But to Zhang Can's utter surprise, Ning Wuque shook his head and said firmly:

"I'm sorry, Grandpa, I can't absorb this soul bone. You should know I'm preparing to formally cultivate the Ninefold Yama's Gate, right?"

"I know, but what does that have to do with anything?"

Zhang Can was extremely puzzled. Of course, he knew that Ning Wuque was training his body so hard in order to withstand the impact of the exploding rings, so as to cultivate his self-created "Ninefold Yama's Gate".

He couldn't understand what this had to do with absorbing soul bones, but he didn't take a hard line. Instead, he put the soul bone into his storage soul tool just in case, and then gestured to Ning Wuque to continue.

"Phew~"

Taking a deep breath, Ning Wuque sat down cross-legged on the spot before taking the reason out of his storage soul tool.

It was a book. He handed it to Zhang Can and said:

"Grandpa, take a look at this first, then I'll tell you. Actually, it's not that I don't want to absorb the soul bone, it's that I can't!"

"cannot?"

Now Zhang Can was even more puzzled. He also sat cross-legged in front of Ning Wuque, took the book, and started flipping through it.

There is no table of contents; starting from the first page are all of Ning Wuque's notes from when he began studying "Ninefold Yama's Pass" to the present.

On a single page, various theories and hypotheses were written out, interspersed with some meridian diagrams of the human body, as well as some meridian diagrams of the human body that had changed after being possessed by various beast spirit masters.

Until Zhang Can saw the key:

[Note 32: The effects of Beast Soul Masters on the human body after their Martial Souls are attached to their bodies.]

According to relevant records, the more powerful the beast spirit, the more changes it will cause to the human body after possession. Similarly, the higher the level of the soul master, the deeper the possession of the spirit, making the soul master's physical form closer to that of a beastman.

For example, dragon-type martial soul masters, powerful dragon martial soul masters after the seventh ring can be called "dragon people". Forty percent of their meridians, blood vessels, organs and other internal organs are in very different positions from those of normal people!

Even dragon-type martial soul masters, such as those with fire dragon or ice dragon spirits, can generate new organs within their bodies after possessing a spirit around the seventh ring!

[Note 33: The impact of soul power impact on the human body's meridians after the ring is detonated.]

According to the theory [Note 13], the core theory of "Ninefold Yama's Pass" is to rely on the energy provided by the exploding rings to supply the Soul Master himself, so that the Soul Master's body can bear the part of the energy that the Martial Soul cannot bear.

This requires the Soul Master to adapt to the flow of this energy, control it to form a reflux-like structure on their body, and absorb and utilize this violent energy to the greatest extent possible!

This method can also withstand the energy impact of the exploding ring to the maximum extent, and transform its interior into a loop specifically for its flow!

Therefore, any changes to the body itself may cause the "Ninefold Yama's Gate" soul skill to fail, or even cause an energy internal conflict that could lead to the body exploding!

Note: This type of situation only occurs when the energy level completely exceeds its original upper limit, i.e., when any Soul Master detonates their fourth Soul Ring [Note 26]!

Note 34: The Concept of the Unity of Human Soul

In order to deal with the situation mentioned in [Record 33] and [Record 32], it is necessary to ensure that the Beast Spirit is completely detached from the body surface after possession, that is, to achieve a completely human state!

Therefore, the concept of human-soul unity was proposed, allowing the beast spirit to deeply possess the soul master, so that it no longer affects the soul master while retaining about 50% to 70% of the original bonus.

………

"Genius! Wuque, I... I almost ruined you!"

After seeing all this, Zhang Can understood why Ning Wuque couldn't absorb the soul bone without even needing an explanation.

Although Ning Wuque's original manuscript did not mention any effects that soul bones would bring, could he take the gamble?

We can't gamble! We can't afford to gamble!

Absorbing a soul bone is easy for a soul master, but the price to pay for removing it is absolutely devastating! It may even result in the permanent loss of a part of the body!

Such a blow would undoubtedly be devastating for a pure body cultivator like Ning Wuque! Everything he had worked so hard to build would be reduced to nothing!

"It's alright, Grandpa. You were just trying to help me, weren't you?"

Ning Wuque shook his head, completely unconcerned, because Zhang Can's intentions were genuinely for his own good!