Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Black Dragon, I am the Lord of the Gods

Chapter 31 A Kind Heart

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"Your Highness, aren't you going to interrupt?"

A considerable amount of time has passed since Xuanming began absorbing the spirit ring. The Thunder Tiger's spirit ring is still suspended above the Blood Spear Martial Soul, and the energy of the spirit ring is constantly impacting his body.

Seeing Xuanming's increasingly grim expression and his body that had been trembling uncontrollably from the beginning, Gelong finally couldn't help but speak up.

It's already extremely rare for a Soul Master to have a first Soul Ring that's around four hundred years old. An eight-hundred-year Soul Ring would be too much of a stretch even as a second Soul Ring.

"Wait a little longer," Xue Qinghe said.

“Your Highness, you are well aware of the consequences of failing to absorb a soul ring,” Golong said.

The energy impact of an overly high-age spirit ring can sometimes cause a spirit master to explode and die, even if it's just a little bit too much!

If we interrupt him now, at most his soul power will drop and he'll be weak for a while. But if we wait any longer, we won't have a chance to interrupt him!
"Wait a little longer," Xue Qinghe said.

“Even my elder brother doesn’t care whether he lives or dies, so why should General Gelong say anything more?” the disheveled third prince said, sitting to the side.

General Goron sighed and said nothing more.

Anyway, even if something goes wrong, it will be the eldest prince who has to explain to Dugu Bo; it has nothing to do with him.

"This is the first time I've ever seen someone absorb a spirit ring while standing up," a little prince muttered.

To absorb a spirit ring, one must sit cross-legged and concentrate all mental energy on the spirit, so as to better maintain consciousness when the spirit ring's energy impacts the body.

But this guy not only stood there absorbing the spirit ring, but he also kept his spear stuck in the Thunder Tiger's body the whole time. Is that right?
"Could it be..." Reminded, Xue Qinghe turned his gaze to the Thunder Tiger pierced by the blood spear.

When a Soul Master absorbs a Soul Ring, their body is tempered by the Soul Ring's energy, becoming stronger and more resilient. This is especially true for Beast Soul Masters, whose physical attributes will surge with each Soul Ring they absorb.

However, this is mainly because the martial soul undergoes a transformation under the nourishment of the soul ring energy, which in turn changes the soul master's body. Therefore, the body of a weapon-type martial soul master is far inferior to that of a beast-type martial soul master.

The once strong Thunder Tiger's body was now shriveled up, as if all its flesh and blood had been taken away.

Xuanming's Blood Spear Martial Soul can "eat people," even himself. Therefore, when absorbing a Soul Ring, the Martial Soul becomes stronger under the nourishment of energy, and its appetite should also increase.

Compared to before, Xuanming's originally thin body was strengthened a lot, just like a normal martial soul absorbing a soul ring. He did not become weak because of the blood energy being devoured by the martial soul. In fact, he was much stronger than a normal weapon martial soul master after absorbing a soul ring.

Could it be that Xuanming used the Thunder Tiger to replace himself as food for the Blood Spear?

"Xuan Ming?"

Just as Xue Qinghe was pondering, Xuan Ming finally opened his eyes, and the soul ring that had been on the blood spear disappeared.

"It worked?" Goron looked over in disbelief.

"Hoo!" Xuanming exhaled softly, feeling his body brimming with power.

Fortunately, he kept the Blood Spear devouring the Thunder Tiger. Otherwise, when the Soul Ring energy irrigated his Martial Soul and made the Blood Spear even stronger, he would have been eaten by the Blood Spear, whose appetite had grown!
This meal should be enough for Blood Spear to digest for a while.

"monster……"

All the princes were so shocked that they were speechless.

They suffered terribly before they could absorb their first spirit ring for four hundred years!
This guy actually absorbed eight hundred years' worth of energy?

"Level thirteen?" Goron's expression changed.

Normally, after a Soul Master absorbs a Martial Soul, their Soul Power will reach level eleven. However, under certain special circumstances, if a Soul Master absorbs a Limit Soul Ring, their Soul Power may increase slightly, but at most by half a level.

That adds two levels directly...

"Wow, he can really eat a lot." Xuanming looked at the blood spear in his hand.

When the spirit ring energy impacted his body, a significant portion of it was stolen by the blood spear. Who knows how much of that thing will consume in the future?

"What is your first soul skill?" Dugu Yan asked curiously. An eight-hundred-year-old first soul skill—that's stronger than most people's second soul skill, isn't it?
"Why don't we just use it and show it to us?" The Third Prince stood up.

"This is the first time we've heard of this first spirit ring in eight hundred years. It must be incredibly powerful, right?"

"Third Prince, it's getting late, let's head back first," said Ge Long.

"Your injuries still need to be treated by a healing soul master."

The third prince frowned. "I'm not that fragile."

“Third brother, General Ge Long meant well,” Xue Qinghe said.

"A kind intention?" The Third Prince turned to look at Xue Qinghe.

"Brother, didn't we agree not to inform on each other?"

“Third Prince, the First Prince is also thinking about everyone’s safety,” Dugu Yan said.

"And, if it weren't for..."

"If it weren't for General Golong's intervention, my brother would probably be in no better shape than me right now," the Third Prince said quietly.

Golong had obviously been following them all along, meaning he watched as the Thunder Tiger attacked him, and then intervened just in time when the Thunder Tiger was about to attack Xue Qinghe!

Noticing the coldness in the Third Prince's eyes, Golong quickly realized he had been misunderstood and hurriedly explained, "Third Prince, just now..."

"You just arrived, right?" the Third Prince said.

"General Golong arrived just in time. If he had come any later, my brother would have been injured."

"Third brother, you've misunderstood," Xue Qinghe said.

"I did misunderstand," the Third Prince snorted coldly.

That's really a clever scheme!
She appears to be on good terms with him, but in reality, she has secretly sided with his older brother!

I wonder what his father, the emperor, would think if he knew that the eldest prince had taken a liking to the commander of the imperial guards!

"..."

"are you OK?"

Ignoring the strange atmosphere, Ye Lingling walked to Xuan Ming's side and asked in a low voice.

"I saw you were in a lot of pain when you absorbed the spirit ring. Does it still hurt now?"

Xuanming shook his head. "It doesn't hurt anymore."

Although he felt like he was about to explode during the absorption process, fortunately, the Blood Spear forcibly took away some of the energy, which reduced the difficulty of his absorption.

“Taller than me…” Ye Lingling subconsciously compared her height with Xuan Ming’s.

Before absorbing the spirit ring, Xuanming was actually shorter than her. After absorbing the spirit ring, they both grew taller, but Xuanming was obviously much taller than her.

"Alright, third brother, stop fooling around, let's..."

Before Xue Qinghe could finish speaking, Ge Long instantly completed his Martial Soul Possession, his purple soul ring flashed, and he charged into the depths of the forest.

boom! ! !
The massive impact exploded outwards, creating a terrifying shockwave that knocked many people to the ground with just the aftershocks.

"Ghostly Nether Tiger?"

As the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, everyone saw the enormous figure that had collided with Goron.

Its entire body was pitch black, exuding a cold, ghostly aura, and it had fangs that were nearly half a meter long growing from its mouth, as if it could tear them to shreds in one bite!

(End of this chapter)