Douluo Continent: Starting with the Fire-Breathing Dragon Martial Soul!

"Let's absorb the soul ring first," Ye Linyuan's voice came from not far behind.

He looked at Lin Mo and the little fire dragon with complicated emotions, glancing at the deep yellow soul ring on the Crimson Blood Dragon. The shock in his voice had not yet faded.

"Hurry up and absorb it, I'll protect you."

"Um."

Lin Mo nodded. "Then I'll have to trouble Elder Ye."

Without further hesitation, he turned around and led the little fire dragon to the corpse of the Crimson Blood Dragon, sat cross-legged, and began to adjust his state.

The little fire dragon next to him followed suit and sat down next to Lin Mo, also starting to adjust its state.

This is Douluo Star, not the world of Pokémon. Using Soul Skills here requires consuming Soul Power.

Even those skills not granted by spirit rings still require a considerable amount of spirit power to use.

Correspondingly, the greater the power of a skill, the more soul power it consumes.

The little fire dragon had just finished off the Crimson Blood Dragon with a single combo, which seemed quite exaggerated to Ye Lingling and the others.

However, this comes at a staggering cost in terms of soul power consumption; Lin Mo has already lost six or seven tenths of his soul power.

If he hadn't been able to defeat the Crimson Blood Dragon under those circumstances, he would have had to consider turning around and running away with Ye Lingling.

With the experience gained from this battle, Lin Mo is even more eager for himself or Little Fire Dragon to master a soul skill that can quickly restore their own condition in the future.

Otherwise, if they use a full combo and their mana bar is empty before they've killed the opponent, then they might be the ones who die.

After a quarter of an hour of rest and recuperation, Lin Mo and the little fire dragon had both recovered to a near-complete state. After exchanging a glance, Lin Mo nodded to the little fire dragon.

Immediately, the little fire dragon opened its mouth wide, and under the pull of its soul power, the deep yellow hundred-year soul ring produced by the Crimson Blood Dragon was swallowed into its belly.

Soon, under the impact of the energy contained in the soul ring, Lin Mo also felt a slight swelling in his meridians and a slight surge of blood and qi.

But that's about all the discomfort I'll experience.

Even though it was a spirit ring produced by a dragon spirit beast, the eight-hundred-year limit of the spirit ring did not exceed his limit.

However, a question arose in Lin Mo's mind: Wasn't this supposed to be absorbing a soul ring? How come blood energy got mixed in?

……

On the other side, Ye Linyuan, who was protecting Lin Mo, was stunned when he saw the little fire dragon open its mouth and swallow the soul ring.

He muttered under his breath, "Normally, isn't it the Soul Master's main body that absorbs the Soul Ring? How come Lin Mo's little fire dragon ate the Soul Ring instead?"

After a moment of silence, Ye Lingling offered her guess: "Perhaps this is the special feature of the separated beast spirit. After all, aren't spirit rings always attached to the spirit?"

After all, normal beast spirits appear in the form of possession, so it is the spirit master who absorbs the spirit rings.

"Oh, you silly girl."

Ye Linyuan was stunned for a moment, then looked at Ye Lingling and shook his head helplessly.

This is completely unlike his previous personality.

Previously, Ye Lingling would never meddle in other people's affairs, and she always acted indifferent to everything.

Now that this has happened, Ye Linyuan is quite gratified.

For some reason, Lin Mo, who was diligently absorbing the spirit ring, subconsciously shivered, as if something bad was about to happen.

……

What Ye Lingling and Ye Linyuan did not expect was that Lin Mo would take so long to absorb the soul ring this time.

It wasn't until evening, when the sky gradually darkened, that Lin Mo and the little fire dragon seemed to finish absorbing the soul ring.

This was the first time Ye Linyuan, an eight-ring Soul Douluo, had encountered such a situation. Normally, it would take a quasi-Great Soul Master no more than an hour to absorb their second Soul Ring.

Even if it's a spirit ring that's close to its maximum age, it shouldn't take more than half a day to absorb it.

Unless the absorption of the spirit ring fails after a long and drawn-out process, it is impossible to waste so much time.

However, judging from the steadily increasing aura emanating from Lin Mo and the little fire dragon, it didn't seem like a failed absorption at all.

Moreover, Ye Linyuan, as an eight-ring Soul Douluo with the rare life-attribute healing-type martial soul Nine Heart Begonia, is himself very sensitive to the life force of Soul Masters.

Lin Mo's original vitality, or rather his blood and qi, was already far richer than that of other soul masters of the same level. However, after absorbing this soul ring, the strength of his blood and qi seemed to have increased significantly.

This puzzled Ye Linyuan. Although the little fire dragon had absorbed the blood and qi attribute soul ring provided by the Crimson Blood Dragon, its own attribute should have been fire.

Furthermore, given the unique nature of the separated beast martial soul, it shouldn't have given Lin Mo such strong blood and qi.

Moreover, during the entire process of absorbing the soul ring, Lin Mo's blood and qi seemed to have undergone a slight qualitative change.

The quality is also much better than before.

……

Lin Mo slowly stood up, but his excitement at absorbing the soul ring and breaking through his cultivation level was quickly replaced by a new set of doubts.

He subconsciously reached for the location of his heart—his original martial soul seemed to have undergone some new changes.

Before Lin Mo could figure out the changes in himself, Ye Lingling's voice came from the side, interrupting his thoughts.

"What soul skill did you obtain?"

Ye Lingling asked directly, "Although this Crimson Blood Dragon didn't last long in Little Fire Dragon's hands, its strength is still quite good."

Its spirit rings will likely provide you with a pretty good spirit skill!

"Hmm, the soul skill is indeed quite good."

Lin Mo nodded, no longer hiding the smile on his face, and then looked down at the little fire dragon beside him. "The second soul skill that the little fire dragon obtained is called Dragon Dance."

This is an amplification-type soul skill. Judging from its effect, it should be derived from the Crimson Blood Dragon's Blood Boiling talent ability. After using the soul skill, it can amplify the little fire dragon's own attack and speed.

The little fire dragon beside it also let out a low roar in perfect harmony, and two yellow spirit rings slowly appeared under its feet one after another, with the second spirit ring suddenly lighting up.

A layer of blood energy, similar to that of the Crimson Blood Dragon when it used its innate ability, immediately appeared on the surface of its body, but the little fire dragon's appearance was mostly flames.

With the enhancement of its soul skill, the aura emitted by the little fire dragon was significantly stronger than before.

Judging from the intensity of the aura alone, it even surpasses the boost that Little Fire Dragon received when it used Molten Body and Charged Flame Strike once to deal with Crimson Blood Dragon.

After all, he had already absorbed the second spirit ring, resulting in a significant improvement in his basic stats.