Douluo: Yun Ming in the Spirit Hall Era

Chapter 10 The First Soul Ring of the Sky-Piercing Spear

The Void God Leopard is currently being suppressed by Yang Wudi's soul power, rendering it unable to move. Although it is a super soul beast like the Titan Giant Ape, it excels in space and its physical strength is far inferior to that of the Titan Giant Ape, making it unable to break free from Yang Wudi's restraints.

Yun Ming walked up to the little leopard, looked at the struggling Void God Leopard and pondered for a while. Finally, he looked at the transparent, ancient Sky-Supporting Spear in his hand and made his final decision.

"Grandpa, let me absorb the spirit ring of the Void God Leopard!"

After considering all aspects, Yun Ming felt that the chances of success were quite high. There were two reasons. First, the Void God Leopard was a space-attribute soul beast, and Yun Ming's Sky-Piercing Spear also had an anti-air attribute that he couldn't use at the moment. From the perspective of martial soul attributes, it could restrain the Void God Leopard to a certain extent. Second, Yun Ming had a conjecture that if the conjecture was verified, Yun Ming's future soul rings could all exceed the limits of the current soul rings. The first soul ring was the best opportunity to test it.

Seeing that Yun Ming had made a decision, Yang Wudi was somewhat worried, but he did not object. He had confidence in Yun Ming's martial spirit and judgment, and only said one sentence.

"come on!"

Yun Ming nodded to his grandfather, raised the Sky-Piercing Spear in his hand, and stabbed it at the heart of the Void God Leopard. This time, the Void God Leopard was unable to move due to the pressure of soul power and was also unable to use its innate ability.

With a single thrust to the sky, the Void God Leopard let out a mournful cry before quickly losing its life.

"whimper!"

Hearing the dying howl of the Void God Leopard, Yun Ming felt a pang of sadness, but not much. After all, he had eaten quite a bit of soul beast meat these past few days! All he could do was deliver a fatal blow and try to lessen its suffering as much as possible.

Dense yellow light spots slowly emerged, condensing above the corpse of the Void God Leopard into a deep yellow spirit ring with faint silver patterns. Unlike the hundred-year-old spirit beasts that Yun Ming had previously devoured, the spirit ring born from the Void God Leopard not only possessed more abundant and purer energy, but more importantly, Yun Ming sensed an ethereal quality emanating from this spirit ring, unlike ordinary spirit rings.

After the spirit ring condensed, Yun Ming immediately sat down cross-legged, and his soul power surged into the Sky-Supporting Spear in his right hand. A suction force came from the spear, pulling the Void God Leopard spirit ring to the top of Yun Ming's head, where it slowly fell down and finally shrank to the size of a bracelet, nestled on the Sky-Supporting Spear.

Soon, a chilling energy swept over him, making Yun Ming feel as if he had walked naked into an icy plain. Instantly, Yun Ming began to tremble uncontrollably.

"Stay alert, begin meditating, and tame the spirit rings!"

From the outside, Yang Wudi spoke up to remind him. Upon hearing Yang Wudi's reminder, Yun Ming endured the pain and immediately began using "Reign Supreme" to refine the soul ring.

The effect of Yun Ming's martial soul attribute advantage was far less than expected. The Sky-Piercing Spear is indeed a super martial soul, but isn't the Void God Leopard a super soul beast too?! As a darling of space, the anti-air attribute does have an advantage over it, but not a significant one!

Upon internal observation, Yun Ming only saw his Sky-Piercing Spear bobbing and refining within the cold soul ring's soul power, though the refining speed was not fast.

From Yang Wudi's perspective, Yun Ming's body was beginning to swell, turning completely red with bulging veins, and his pores were spitting out blood mist. It was obvious that Yun Ming was overwhelmed by the excessive soul power of his soul rings.

Seeing this, Yang Wudi's confidence began to wane, replaced by anxiety and self-reproach. He began to reflect on how he had been blinded by greed to allow his grandson to absorb a nearly six-hundred-year-old super soul beast's soul ring. But what was done was done, and Yang Wudi could only pray that Yun Ming could create another miracle. Otherwise, interrupting Yun Ming's absorption of the soul ring now would mean the end of Yun Ming's cultivation career!

Yun Ming was also aware of his current state. His entire body was being eroded by the immense power of the soul ring, causing him both pain and clarity, making it difficult for him not to feel it.

After an unknown amount of time, the blood mist surrounding Yun Ming grew increasingly dense. Just as Yang Wudi, tears welling in his eyes, was about to intervene and interrupt Yun Ming's absorption of the soul ring, the Sky-Piercing Spear erupted!

At this moment, within Yun Ming's body

Perhaps sensing its master was in danger, the Sky-Piercing Spear finally unleashed its power. The incandescent flames surrounding the Sky-Piercing Spear began to solidify, transforming into a tiny flame that began to travel throughout its body. The cold, gloomy energy that had been wreaking havoc and causing trouble within Yun Ming's body was quickly burned away upon encountering this flame, transforming into drops of purer, but no longer aggressive, liquid soul power that the Sky-Piercing Spear obediently absorbed.

Yun Ming sensed the movement of the Sky-Piercing Spear and was overjoyed. He had made the right bet!

When his martial soul first awakened, Yun Ming sensed a vast power dormant within the Sky-Supporting Spear. Although he couldn't actively use it now, would that power remain indifferent if he faced a life-or-death crisis? Judging from the current outcome, no! His soul rings and soul power were severely damaged.

Seeing that Yun Ming's soul power flowed back into order and his swelling began to subside, indicating that his condition was improving, Yang Wudi stopped his attack in time. He breathed a sigh of relief and waited to see what would happen next.

Perhaps sensing that its previous conventional strategies were no longer sufficient to kill the boy who had absorbed its spirit ring, the Void God Leopard's remnant spirit materialized from its chilling spiritual power, revealing a small, jet-black leopard spirit. The Void God Leopard's remnant soul appeared, determined to make a final, desperate attempt.

Yun Ming was surprised to see the remnant soul of the Void God Leopard. This didn't seem like a manifestation of soul power; it must truly be a remnant soul. He thought, "Truly worthy of being a super soul beast! With only a hundred years of cultivation, it can still retain its remnant soul and integrate it into its soul ring—something only a typical ten-thousand-year-old soul beast can do."

The remnant soul of the Void God Leopard gathered all its remaining soul rings and soul power, unleashing a torrent of overwhelming force towards the incandescent flame. Then, the speed at which its soul power burned increased even further.

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Sometimes, you won't know what despair is until you try your best! Originally, because the flames were too small, they had to search through each tendon one by one to slowly burn it. Now, the Void God Leopard was helping to "add fuel" the fire, making it burn even faster. Yun Ming watched as the flames remained the same size, the soul rings and soul power decreased sharply, and the Void God Leopard became impotently furious, growing angrier and angrier.

Finally, Yun Ming couldn't bear to watch any longer. He activated the Sky-Piercing Spear within him and ended the remnant soul of the Void God Leopard with a single strike. Seeing the resentment and a hint of relief in the Void God Leopard's dying eyes, Yun Ming decided that in the future, if such a situation arose, he would rather spend more time eliminating the remnant soul as soon as possible! Otherwise, having the other person suffer a slow death while witnessing the entire process of their own demise would be too cruel!

As the Sky-Piercing Spear slayed the remnant soul of the Void God Leopard, a surge of silver energy suddenly flowed into the Sky-Piercing Spear from Yun Ming's body. Fine patterns began to appear on the originally black and smooth spear. These patterns were very shallow and inconspicuous, but upon closer inspection, one would find that they resembled the Void Origin Diagram on the Void God Leopard's body.

The incandescent flames quickly burned away the soul ring's power, and the flames themselves returned to their illusory form, reverting to the Sky-Piercing Spear. After the Sky-Piercing Spear absorbed the soul ring's power, a faint shattering sound echoed within Yun Ming's body.

Upon hearing this sound, Yun Ming was overjoyed. It was a success!

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