Douluo Continent: Building a Divine Kingdom Starting from the Spirit Hall

"Fourth Brother, what are your thoughts on that spirit ring?"

Looking at Ma Hongjun, whose soul power and soul rings were pulsating, Ning Rongrong had some guesses.

"It feels strange. That spirit ring makes me feel like it's a part of me, just like how I feel about my current three spirit rings."

Staring suspiciously at the spirit ring, Ma Hongjun was also puzzled by the situation.

"Rongrong, what did you see?"

Ao Jiu'er understood that Ning Rongrong must have figured something out. The time they had spent together had given her some understanding of the girl, so if she asked that question, she must have seen through the secret.

Dai Mubai's gaze also shifted from the spirit ring to Ning Rongrong, wanting to hear what this sixth sister had to say.

"We usually guide the power of the soul ring into our body to refine it when refining it, but that was just common sense in the past. Perhaps it can be refined outside the body using some method."

The current situation is similar to how Fourth Brother used Phoenix Flame to refine that giant scorpion, and since the Soul Ring is formed from the power of a Soul Beast, it is equivalent to indirectly refining the Soul Ring.

Even if it wasn't completely refined, a significant amount has certainly been refined.

After revealing her guess, Ning Rongrong looked at Ma Hongjun and said seriously, "Fourth Brother, shall we take a gamble?"

"You mean you want me to refine that soul ring?"

Ma Hongjun understood Ning Rongrong's meaning and hesitated.

After all, the Oscars serve as a cautionary tale.

Not to mention, this is a ten-thousand-year soul ring, far more powerful than the one Oscar refined.

However, feeling the resonance between his own soul power and martial soul and that soul ring gave him some confidence again.

"Xiao Ao, sausages, Sister Jiu'er, bring some fine wine."

After hesitating for a while, Ma Hongjun finally gritted his teeth and decided to do it.

Subsequently, under the influence of Oscar's recovery sausage and Ao Jiu'er's soul skill, alcohol, Ma Hongjun finally recovered to full strength just as his soul ring was about to expire.

Whether it's soul power, physical condition, or mental state, everything has recovered to its peak.

With his martial spirit possessing him, he followed the method of refining the soul ring and put it on his body. Instantly, a scorching and vast power surged into his body. At the same time, he vaguely saw a large blue scorpion surrounded by his phoenix flames, and then his martial spirit rushed up to fight it.

With the blessing and suppression of the phoenix flames, his martial spirit ultimately triumphed, tearing the giant scorpion to pieces and devouring it.

As for refining soul power, it was not a problem at all, and there was no risk involved. It was smoothly integrated into his body and soul power, which led to the strengthening of his body and even increased his height.

That wasn't the end of it. As the spirit ring was refined, the black spirit ring expanded and enveloped the corpse of the Earth King beside it, then ignited with phoenix flames. The entire massive body was quickly burned to ashes, leaving only a pair of pincers and a scorpion tail, with all the essence merging into them.

As the spirit ring contracted, the pair of pincers and the scorpion tail attached themselves to Ma Hongjun's hands and tailbone, turning his hands into huge fiery red pincers and adding a scorpion tail to his back.

"External Soul Bone!"

Dai Mubai, who was standing nearby, was shocked. He had just seen Tang San's external soul bone, the Eight Spider Lances, a few days ago, and he didn't expect to see another external soul bone so soon.

Ning Rongrong was also very surprised. She had only guessed that the giant scorpion might drop a soul bone, but she never expected it to be the most precious external soul bone.

"How many external soul bones are these?"

Looking at Ma Hongjun's new look, Oscar asked a question that made Ning Rongrong and the other two fall into deep thought.

Logically speaking, even if a soul beast produces a soul bone, it can only produce one. Even a soul beast that is 100,000 years old can only produce one soul bone. But this thing in front of us doesn't look like a single soul bone at all.

"The fat guy is about to rise to prominence!"

Dai Mubai sighed, realizing that these were three external soul bones, and even with his composure, he couldn't help but feel envious and jealous.

Keep in mind that these are external soul bones with unlimited evolutionary potential, and there were three of them at once.

Fatty must be God's illegitimate child.

"Once this succulent bait has grown, it should be able to arouse the god of desire, right?"

Tian Hao, who had been working discreetly, withdrew his hand from Ma Hongjun's shoulder and looked up at the sky.

He could only do his best to cultivate this bait, but he wasn't 100% sure he could lure the god of desire; at most, he was 90%.

However, it would be best if it succeeded, but if it didn't, there would be no loss to oneself.

That's right, everything before was secretly guided by him. Even Ning Rongrong's idea was guided by him through the sword energy clone in her mind, thus reasonably shaping the scene that appeared.

The purpose was to logically give Ma Hongjun a cheat code, so that even if he were to undergo the divine test of the God of Desire in the future, and the God of Desire saw his memories through the divine test mark, he would not suspect anything.

That would be perfect. All that's left is for Ma Hongjun to grow up and inspire the God of Desire to pass down his divine position.

Withdrawing his gaze, Tian Hao glanced at the group of people, then vanished in a flash.

"I succeeded! I successfully refined the ten-thousand-year soul ring."

Not long after, Ma Hongjun opened his eyes and jumped up excitedly.

He finally succeeded in refining the ten-thousand-year soul ring, and that was at level forty.

So cool!

"Don't you feel anything different about your body?"

Dai Mubai looked at the scorpion tail that was constantly waving in front of him and gave a warning with a black line on his forehead.

"It does feel a little different; my butt feels warm."

Reminded by Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun finally realized something was wrong. He turned around and immediately saw a scorpion's tail stabbing towards him, which startled him.

"Why are there scorpions too?"

Ma Hongjun was terrified and jumped to avoid it, but he found that he couldn't escape the scorpion's tail no matter what he did.

"Fatty, has your martial soul mutated into a dog's?"

Oscar laughed. Ma Hongjun looked exactly like a puppy chasing its own tail, it was hilarious.

"Stop jumping around. Those are your external soul bones. You've hit the jackpot this time. Not only did you refine a ten-thousand-year soul ring, but you also got three external soul bones."

Dai Mubai couldn't stand it anymore and reminded him, but he was still very envious, jealous and hateful inside.

Why doesn't Dai Mubai, the Evil-Eyed White Tiger, have such good luck?

"External soul bone?"

Ma Hongjun finally caught the scorpion's tail that was stabbing him again. Looking down the tail, he saw that the other end was connected to his body, and his hands had turned into large, fiery red pincers.

He had seen Tang San's Eight Spider Lances and had some understanding of external soul bones, so he quickly accepted it.

"Fourth Brother, quickly feel what skills your spirit rings and spirit bones have given you."

Ning Rongrong reminded everyone to feel the skills of the spirit rings and spirit bones, which they were very much looking forward to, as were the others.

Ma Hongjun calmed down and, following instructions, sensed the spirit rings and spirit bones. He quickly understood the skills within and then became excited.

Chapter 571 The Cave Spider

Upon sensing the soul skill within, Ma Hongjun's fat trembled with ecstasy as he excitedly exclaimed, "My fourth soul ring skill is Phoenix Roaring Strike, which can use the force of a descent to stun opponents within a ten-meter radius, and then unleash a pillar of magma fire from the ground to incinerate them."

The giant scorpion's innate skill, called Magma Earth-Shattering Strike, is similar in effect to my Phoenix Roaring Strike. Moreover, it can be stacked with my Phoenix Roaring Strike, making it equivalent to three times the power of Phoenix Roaring Strike.

The scorpion tail has three abilities: its tail hook can shoot pillars of fire, and it can also fuse with my first soul ring. Each segment of the nine-segment scorpion tail can store all the soul power in my body, so nine segments together give me nine times the soul power.

The last one is Flame Devouring, which can devour any flame energy. As long as the scorpion tail can withstand it, it can devour and refine it. Moreover, the three external soul bones are connected to my fourth soul ring, which can drive the fourth soul ring to improve and evolve together.

However, their evolution requires my Phoenix Flame, and the demand will be huge.

After recounting all the information he had gathered in one breath, Ma Hongjun grinned so wide his mouth almost reached his ears.

This is a huge windfall! Not only did I obtain three awesome external soul bones, but it also helped my fourth soul ring evolve. It won't be a problem for it to evolve to 100,000 years in the future.

The only condition for evolution is one's own phoenix flames—it's so awesome!

"Fatty, we're counting on you from now on!"

Oscar got excited too, and grabbed Ma Hongjun's big, thick legs – they were really big, thick legs.

"Sure thing, from now on I'll be able to have as many sausages as I want."

Overjoyed, Ma Hongjun was already planning to use Oscar's recovery sausage to fully restore his soul power, transform it into phoenix flames, and let the three external soul bones devour and evolve it.

Actually, there was one more thing he didn't mention: the scorpion tail soul bone could also inject phoenix flames into other fire-attribute soul beasts, thus refining them just like he had done with the Earth King.

In other words, he can continue to refine soul rings outside his body in the future, transferring all the pressure and risks to the soul beast.

However, this can only be refined using phoenix flames. In other words, as long as there are enough phoenix flames, he can refine even a 100,000-year-old soul beast. Making the next soul ring a 100,000-year-old one would not be a problem.

Is there anything more satisfying than this?

Of course, he didn't say this, after all, he had to keep a little secret for himself.

The fact that he had obtained such a great opportunity had already made Boss Dai and others envious and jealous. If he were to reveal this ability, it would only make them jealous.

He only intended to share this ability with his teacher, who had treated him like his own child for the past six years, imparting all his skills to him. Even his usually stingy teacher had never been stingy in his training, making him the most trustworthy person in the world.

Furthermore, even a 100,000-year-old soul beast requires the teacher's help to hunt it down.

"What about your soul power level?"

Ning Rongrong continued to inquire, this time she had far exceeded the limit of refining a ten-thousand-year soul ring, and the giant scorpion hadn't consumed much soul power beforehand, so the soul power she would gain after refining should be even greater, not to mention the three external soul bones.

"Your fourth brother is now a level 43 Soul Master!"

He proudly puffed out his chest and even adjusted his unique hairstyle from the side, which pleased and excited Ma Hongjun.

Although it was an adventurous endeavor, the results were quite gratifying.

Other Soul Masters can only increase their Soul Power by one or two levels after refining a Soul Ring, but this time he directly made a triple leap, and he is only seven levels away from level fifty.

With my own talent, if I train hard, I have a chance to reach that level before the Soul Master Competition starts. At that time, I can try to refine a 100,000-year soul ring, which will definitely improve me even more.

Of course, he only struck a pose for a moment, and then Ma Hongjun thanked Ning Rongrong gratefully.

"Sixth Sister, I will remember this kindness. Please feel free to ask if you need anything in the future."

I owe this great opportunity to Ning Rongrong. If it weren't for Ning Rongrong's guess and suggestion, I would have missed it.

"I've kept those words in mind, Fourth Brother."

Ning Rongrong smiled and said, "That's exactly what I was waiting for Ma Hongjun to say."

Actually, this can be considered an investment in Ma Hongjun, and it will definitely bring greater returns in the future.

As for Ma Hongjun's opportunity, although she admired it, she wasn't jealous, because her own opportunity to become a disciple of the teacher was the greatest one.