Douluo Continent: The Holy Evil Emperor.

Chapter 39 Devouring Talent, A Difficult Path

A powerful surge of soul power suddenly appeared. After the bottleneck of Soul Master was broken, Ye Qing's soul power level began to increase rapidly.

"A 20,000-year-old Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Soul Ring, it should at least level me up a few times, right?"

Just as Ye Qing was looking forward to breaking through several levels of his soul power, the crisp sound of the barrier shattering only occurred twice before it subsided.

Two...two levels?

The ultimate, overwhelming force finally landed on Ye Qing's face.

He originally thought that even though the energy in his soul ring was largely distributed among the three giants within his body, it would still help him increase his soul power by three levels, reaching level thirty-four. However, he could only barely reach level thirty-three, without even the motivation to climb any higher.

If it weren't for the fact that the Wings of Light's lifespan had been increased to at least two thousand years, and his own light elf wife's lifespan hadn't been upgraded from six or seven hundred years to a thousand years, Ye Qing would probably have seriously doubted whether the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's soul rings were too weak.

As it turns out, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's Soul Rings are incredibly powerful.

The external soul bone, which absorbed only a small portion of the power, was upgraded to the two-thousand-year level, and the light spirit, which also absorbed a small portion of the power, advanced to the thousand-year soul beast level.

Ye Qing, who absorbed most of the soul power, only advanced two levels after breaking through the bottleneck.

Okay.

Now I finally understand why the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, whose talent is no less than any other soul beast, insists on using Devour to increase its lifespan. At this rate of cultivation improvement, it's better to take a shortcut by Devouring.

Does this mean that even the pure and noble Lord Ye Qing has to rely on grabbing and refining something instantly to increase his soul power?

Ye Qing, whose expression was somewhat uncertain, sat there silently for a long time.

With his soul power reaching this level, he naturally discovered his innate talent for devouring. No matter what kind of energy it was, once he ingested it, it would be digested at an extremely fast speed.

This is how Golden Tree tea is made.

The natural treasures and whale glue that enhance physical health are like this.

The same applies to various treasures that enhance mental strength.

He even ate the pearl that was used to help him train his mental strength, in order to test whether he possessed the talent of devouring.

The result was that the pearl turned into dust, while Ye Qing's mental strength greatly increased.

This proves that he actually has the potential to become a Celestial Venerable.

However, since Lao Mu is still alive and at Shrek Academy, he doesn't dare to use this talent.

Ye Qing dared not gamble that they would protect him as they had protected Ma Xiaotao. Ma Xiaotao's evil fire could be dealt with, but his own devouring ability was an innate talent that he couldn't solve.

What if I'm mistaken for an evil spirit master and sent away?

You can't guess what Shrek and his crew are thinking, because you simply can't fathom their thought process with the mindset of a normal person.

Schrödinger's legacy belongs to the category of the elderly.

50%: This kid is one of our Shrek people, and his martial soul is of the light attribute. How could he possibly have a devouring talent? He just has a stronger digestive ability!

50%: I thought you were a Soul Master of the Light attribute, but I never expected you to possess such an outrageous ability. You born evil Soul Master brat, I will personally...

...It's hard to keep up.

Forget it, I should just focus on my training first.

Ye Qing sighed inwardly, then turned to look at the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear corpse not far away. Except for its right arm, which had been cut off and dissected, all the flesh was intact and placed there.

It looks like the soul bone was taken away, and judging from its appearance, it was probably a right arm bone that was destroyed.

There were no signs of dissection on either side of the claws, only a gash on the right arm about the length of a human arm.

Ye Qing looked around again but didn't see Mu En or Ye Feng. It seemed that Mu En had probably gone to find Bei Bei after taking out the soul bone. Ye Qing could basically guess what Mu En was thinking.

He absorbed the Light-Slaying Demon Soul Bone before absorbing his second Soul Ring, which enabled him to absorb the 6,800-year-old Light Essence Soul Ring in his second Soul Ring.

Now, this Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear has dropped a top-grade right arm bone. If Bei Bei absorbs it, the age of his third soul ring will also be greatly increased, laying the foundation for him to absorb a ten-thousand-year-level soul ring for his fourth soul ring.

Ye Qing didn't have much to say about this.

Firstly, because he already had a bone in his right arm, taking another piece would be useless except for giving it to Ye Feng and Lao Deng, and selling it would be too wasteful.

Secondly, it was because Moon had taken him to kill the bear in the first place, and he hadn't done anything except sightseeing. So if Moon didn't give it to him, he had nothing to complain about.

If you want to give it to Beibei, then give it to Beibei.

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If Beibei is too weak, there's no sense of accomplishment in beating her, and that would be a loss of emotional value for me.

Of course, since the soul bone had already been taken by Mu En, Ye Qing would gladly accept the corpse of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

In the original novel, Huo roasted the meat of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. The text describes it as so fragrant and delicious that Xiao Xiao almost ate her tongue. It also says that the two paws of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear are rare delicacies.

Since they describe this stuff as so delicious, they're bound to criticize it themselves.

Well... at most, after it's made, I'll just give Ye Feng, Lao Deng, and Mu En a little something as a token of my respect.

As soon as Mu En returned, he saw Ye Qing stuffing the corpse of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear into his soul tool. Mu En was both amused and exasperated. He then grabbed the right arm that Mu En had previously cut off and stuffed it into his soul tool.

"You can take the other parts, but you have to leave one of these bear claws for the old man. The chance to get a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Claw is not often."

When Ye Qing was caught making fun of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, he wasn't embarrassed at all. He simply changed the subject and told Mu En that he was level 33.

"Level 33..." Moon murmured softly.

"Yes, teacher, improving ultimate attributes is too difficult. A 20,000-year-old soul ring only increased my soul power by two levels." Ye Qing's tone was also a bit helpless. "Didn't you say that our academy has a method for cultivating ultimate attributes? Why don't you teach me?"

"I estimate that at my current cultivation speed, it will take five or six months to advance one level. At this rate, it will be a long time before I become a Soul Saint."

On average, it takes two years to reach five levels, and four years to reach a major stage. Based on Ye Qing's current level of thirty-three, he will need to be at least twenty-five years old to break through to the Soul Saint level.

This is still based on the fact that his own cultivation talent is strong enough. Of course, being in Shrek Academy, he does not lack cultivation resources, and the time it takes to reach the Soul Saint level can probably be shortened by one or two years.

But he should be at least around 22 years old.

(End of this chapter)