Douluo: Yun Ming in the Spirit Hall Era

Chapter 82 Tianling and the Sky-Piercing Spear

As the Sky-Piercing Silver Roc watched itself being gradually petrified, it let out a cry of resentment and bitterness.

"De~!"

As the Sky-Piercing Silver Roc gradually turned to stone, the power of its "Sky-Piercing Dragon Claw" weakened, and Yang Wutian's Soul-Breaking Spear gradually overwhelmed its claw attacks. Finally, Yang Wutian roared in anger.

"break!"

The black and red spear light of "Soul-Shattering Strike" completely pierced through the silver claw light of "Sky Dome Dragon Claw" and stabbed into the left claw of the Sky Dome Silver Roc.

As the Soul-Shattering Spear pierced its body, the left claw bone of the Sky Silver Roc began to crack, the flesh on its claw burst open, and its blood splattered onto the ground. More importantly, the Sky Silver Roc's spirit was attacked by the Soul-Shattering attribute, causing it to lose control of its soul power and become unable to resist the erosion of the petrifying light. In the end, it completely turned into a gray-white stone statue and fell to the ground.

Seeing that the dust had settled, Yun Ming and Yang Wutian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Dugu Bo also withdrew his Azure Scale Serpent King true form and descended from the sky to Yun Ming's side. Looking at Dugu Bo, whose blue robes were stained with blood, Yun Ming sighed inwardly, "Truly worthy of being called the Sky Overlord, the Silver Roc of the Sky!"

Even though Dugu Bo's fighting style today mainly involved close combat and he didn't have much physical contact with the Sky Silver Roc, he was still injured, which shows how powerful he is.

Dugu Bo looked at the Sky Dome Silver Roc statue with lingering fear. He felt that the battle with the Sky Dome Silver Roc was even more dangerous than the battle with Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan.

Yang Wutian was also stunned by the powerful combat strength of this soul beast, and asked Yun Ming for confirmation with some concern.

"Ming'er, this Heavenly Silver Roc is far too powerful. Absorbing its spirit ring will likely be no easier than absorbing an ordinary spirit ring that is sixty or seventy thousand years old. Shouldn't you reconsider?"

Yun Ming understood Yang Wutian's concerns, but he still wanted to absorb its spirit ring. "If there's a better option, Yun Ming won't settle for second best," Yun Ming reassured Yang Wutian.

"Fifth Grandfather, each of my spirit rings comes from a top-tier spirit beast and exceeds the corresponding spirit ring age limit by many years."

"I tamed them all one by one."

"Don't worry! This Heavenly Silver Roc Soul Ring will be no exception!"

Yun Ming spoke calmly, but what he said revealed his confidence to the fullest.

Seeing that Yun Ming's mind was made up, Yang Wutian was still somewhat worried, but he didn't intend to dissuade him. Although he didn't understand Yun Ming's path to becoming a Soul Master, since Yun Ming had spoken of it, he was willing to believe him!

Yun Ming nodded to Dugu Bo and then approached the Heavenly Silver Roc statue. Golden soul power began to flow on the Heaven-Supporting Divine Spear in his hand. Once the momentum was complete, Yun Ming swung the spear with all his might, thrusting it straight at the roc's head.

Dugu Bo was quite curious to see that Yun Ming was really going to attach this super spirit ring to his fourth spirit ring slot. If Yun Ming succeeded, he would be witnessing history.

Simulated Soul Skill, Soul-Breaking Spear "Explosion" Technique.

The spear tip pierced completely, and soul power was poured into it.

"Bang!"

The petrified Sky Silver Roc's head, no longer possessing the resilience of flesh and blood, was blasted to pieces. Upon seeing this, Dugu Bo's eyes flashed with white soul light as he shot directly at the Sky Silver Roc, releasing it from petrification.

After the petrification was lifted, the life force that had been sealed off by the Heavenly Silver Roc was rapidly dissipating due to the breach in its vital points. Its remaining body, now reduced to flesh and blood, tumbled involuntarily on the ground for a moment before falling completely still. Dark points of soul power floated up from the corpse, eventually condensing into a mysteriously patterned, jet-black soul ring.

Yun Ming sat cross-legged on the ground, drawing the soul ring into his body, and officially began refining the soul ring.

As with Yun Ming's previous attempts at refining spirit rings, as a massive amount of spirit ring energy surged into his body, his initial refining speed began to lag behind the rate at which the spirit ring energy entered.

As more and more energy accumulates, the familiar physical stress begins to increase again.

Just as Yun Ming was putting on a brave face as usual, waiting for the Sky-Piercing Divine Spear to come to his rescue, an unexpected incident occurred.

This time, the Sky-Piercing Divine Spear didn't conjure blazing white flames to refine energy; instead, it began to devour the energy of the soul rings. Seeing the abnormality within his body, Yun Ming was filled with inexplicable thoughts, and a conjecture arose in his mind: Could it be...?

Yun Ming's thoughts did not affect the Sky-Piercing Divine Spear's absorption of the soul ring's energy. In just a short while, two or three tenths of the originally enormous soul ring energy was absorbed. Not only the soul ring energy, but also the remnant soul of the Heavenly Silver Roc hidden within the soul ring was directly extracted and devoured by the Sky-Piercing Divine Spear.

Without the remnant soul of the Heavenly Silver Roc mobilizing the energy of its soul rings, the Heaven-Supporting Divine Spear's absorption speed increased even further.

Yang Wutian and Dugu Bo outside saw that the black spirit ring that had just been attached to Yun Ming's body was getting lighter and lighter, from black to purple, then to yellow and white. Finally, as the spirit ring's energy decreased, the entire spirit ring shattered and turned into energy light points, all of which poured into Yun Ming's body.

Seeing this happen during the absorption of the spirit ring, Yang Wutian and Dugu Bo were both stunned. Dugu Bo looked at Yang Wutian with suspicion and uncertainty.

"Is this how this kid always refines spirit rings?!"

Yang Wutian said uncertainly.

"Maybe?"

The main reason is that Yang Wudi always took Yun Ming on his soul hunts before, so he didn't know about it! But seeing that Yun Ming's complexion, body, and soul power did not change abnormally, Yang Wutian could only assume that this was Yun Ming's routine procedure.

Within Yun Ming's body, after the Heaven-Supporting Divine Spear had completely absorbed the last bit of soul ring energy, a soul fluctuation revived. Sensing this familiar fluctuation, Yun Ming's previous conjecture was confirmed, and he was overjoyed. His souls were still alive—this was truly wonderful!

Perhaps hearing its master's thoughts, a high-pitched roc cry came from inside the Sky-Supporting Divine Spear.

"De~!"

A golden light flew out from the Heaven-Supporting Divine Spear and arrived in front of Yun Ming's soul. The golden light faded, and Yun Ming saw his familiar old friend, greeting him with joy.

"Tianling, it's been a long time!"

The one Yun Ming called "Tian Ling" was Yun Ming's first soul spirit in his previous life, which eventually reached the level of 100,000 years. It was a roc that looked very similar to the Sky Silver Roc in the outside world, but it was more magnificent. Its feathers were not pure silver-white, but silver with gold edges. At the same time, the patterns on its body were much more complicated and profound than those of the one outside. Overall, it looked exceptionally majestic.

Upon hearing Yun Ming's greeting, the golden roc transformed into a young man wearing a gold and silver armor robe, with thick eyebrows, tiger-like eyes, a straight nose, and a square mouth.

Tian Ling looked at the all-around younger version of Yun Ming in front of him and spoke in a deep, resonant voice.

"Master, has it been a long time? And why do you seem so much younger? And your cultivation level is only Soul Master?"

Seeing that Tianling seemed to know nothing, Yunming was also a little puzzled and quickly asked him about his last memory.

When Tian Ling heard Yun Ming's question, he told him the truth.

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After hearing Tian Ling's last memory—that Yun Ming burned everything to fight against the God-Slaying Soul Missile—and recalling the unusual situation of absorbing the Soul Ring earlier, Yun Ming made a deduction in his mind.

"So, when Tianling and the others' soul essence was burned and merged into the Sky-Piercing Spear, their soul imprints were preserved by the Sky-Piercing Spear, which had become a divine artifact, and they remained dormant. Now, because I absorbed the Heavenly Silver Roc Soul Ring, which is of the same origin as Tianling, Tianling directly devoured the energy of these soul rings and was awakened again?"

As Yun Ming deduced, the three soul spirits whose origins were completely integrated into the Sky-Supporting Divine Spear now have their soul imprints within the spear. They only need to replenish their origin energy to be awakened.

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Seeing that Yunming's spiritual energy was unusually active, Tianling knew that his master was thinking, so he waited quietly by his side.

After clarifying his thoughts, Yun Ming answered Tian Ling's question, telling him about his rebirth and the era they were currently in. Upon hearing this, Tian Ling's face showed astonishment; Yun Ming's experiences were too fantastical.

Looking at Tian Ling, Yun Ming gave a warm smile and said softly.

"Since we're here, we might as well make the best of it!"

"I'm so happy to know you're still alive."

Upon hearing Yun Ming's words, Tian Ling snapped out of his surprise, a slight smile appearing on his lips.

"Me too, Master!"

After catching up with Tian Ling for a while, Yun Ming looked at the Sky-Piercing Divine Spear, which only had three spirit rings, and said helplessly.

"Looks like I'll have to find a new spirit ring to break through this bottleneck!"

After hearing Yun Ming's words, Tian Ling spoke up.

"Master, I can grant you a spirit ring."

Yun Ming had considered having Tian Ling bestow a spirit ring upon him. However, he hadn't mentioned it because he wasn't clear about Tian Ling's current state and whether doing so would have any negative impact on him. Seeing that Tian Ling had brought it up himself, Yun Ming asked seriously.

"Won't it affect yourself if you attach a spirit ring to me in your current state?"

Tian Ling shook his head, responding calmly.

"No, in fact, it can better stabilize the source, but..."

"It seems I can only add one spirit ring to my master."

Upon hearing Tian Ling's suggestion, Yun Ming readily agreed. Regardless of the quality of the soul skill Tian Ling gave him, just the fact that it could help him stabilize his origin was enough; even without a soul skill, Yun Ming had already provided this soul ring slot.

Seeing that Yun Ming had agreed, Tian Ling's body surged with golden and silver soul light, which flowed into the Sky-Supporting Divine Spear and finally condensed into a dazzling soul ring with silver-white as the main color and gold patterns as the auxiliary color. If you don't look closely, it looks a bit like a low-age hundred-year soul ring.

Seeing the color of the new spirit ring, Yun Ming thought to himself, 'It seems that it's not just the Sky-Piercing Divine Spear that has evolved.'

With his soul rings stabilized, Yun Ming's soul power also increased to level 45.

Under Yun Ming's deliberate control, the medicinal power of the immortal herb he had previously consumed was primarily used to open up his meridians, enhance his qi and blood, and boost his spiritual power. Since consuming the immortal herb, Yun Ming's soul power has increased by a total of nine levels. Six levels came from opening up his meridians, and the remaining three levels were achieved through the combined effects of the energy feedback from his new soul ring and his meditation over the past few days.

Yun Ming felt satisfied with the soul skill that Tian Ling had given him and said to Tian Ling.

"The Sky-Piercing Spear?!"

"I really like this soul skill!"

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