Douluo's Soul Power increases by two levels every year

Chapter 362 was arranged so clearly!

A Soul Emperor-level mental strength, a 100,000-year Soul Ring, with a two-year time limit!?

What is all this?!

One second Han Feng felt he had plenty of time, but the next second things took a sharp turn for the worse, and he almost cursed out loud!

Is this an assessment that a human could complete?!

First, let's talk about the mental strength at the Soul Emperor level. For Han Feng, this is simply an impossible task. The last time Han Feng cultivated his mental strength was three years ago when he was preparing to absorb his fourth soul ring. At that time, Han Feng and Dai Mubai struggled every day under Liu Erlong's torment, and only then did they barely raise their mental strength to the point where they could withstand a ten-thousand-year soul ring.

After that, Han Feng never had time to cultivate his spiritual power. Although he absorbed the soul of the pale Han Feng and improved, his spiritual power was only around level 45 or 46 compared to his soul power.

This is not surprising. Han Feng is neither a spirit-type soul master nor does he have a special cultivation method for spiritual power. It is already good that his spiritual power has increased to some extent!

Despite Han Feng's mastery of willpower defense and the imposing aura he exudes that can intimidate others at a glance, this actually has little to do with the amount of his mental strength.

Just like the Ultimate Fire Martial Soul and the ordinary Flame Martial Soul, when a level 20 Ultimate Fire Martial Soul faces a level 50 ordinary Flame Martial Soul, the ordinary Flame Martial Soul will still be intimidated by the Ultimate Fire Martial Soul the moment the Martial Soul is released. This is a characteristic of the Martial Soul and has nothing to do with cultivation level.

But no matter what, level 20 is level 20!

Similarly, Han Feng has a strong aura, and after releasing his ethereal form, he can even intimidate ferocious soul beasts, but his spiritual power is really not much!

This is also the norm in Douluo Continent today. Most Soul Masters do not deliberately focus on cultivating their mental strength. As long as they can use their Martial Soul and Soul Skills normally, they are satisfied. Even illusion-type Soul Masters like Shi Nian will focus on cultivating their Martial Soul and Soul Power, rather than their mental strength.

Only when a Soul Master breaks through to the Title Douluo level will they begin to focus on cultivating their spiritual power!

But in this world, how many people can actually break through to the Title Douluo level?

Not everyone is like Tang San, born with the Purple Demon Eye technique!

Even taking drugs wouldn't have allowed Han Feng to raise his mental strength level by more than ten levels within two years!

It's important to understand that cultivating mental strength is far more demanding and has many limitations compared to cultivating blood and qi or soul power. For example, the way Han Feng and Dai Mubai rapidly improved their mental strength by constantly squeezing out their potential easily depleted the potential of their sea of ​​consciousness, and it couldn't be used for a long time; at most, it could only be used for a short period of sprinting!

For example, Tang San's Purple Demon Eye can only be cultivated by absorbing the first ray of purple light of the rising sun each day. If you miss it, you can only wait until the next day!

Moreover, the current research on mental power in Douluo Continent is mostly kept to itself and is far less comprehensive than it will be ten thousand years later. A slight mistake could lead to the dissipation of mental power and turning one into an idiot. It would be difficult for Han Feng to take any unconventional approach!

The only thing that gives Han Feng a bit of confidence is that he possesses the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire and has a wealth of spiritual materials and immortal herbs!

But it's only a little bit!

Then there's the God of Fire's test, and that 100,000-year soul ring!

The implication of asking Han Feng to add a 100,000-year soul ring to the Blazing Shield within two years is that Han Feng should absorb the 100,000-year soul ring as the sixth soul ring for the Blazing Shield—unless Han Feng can break through to level nine of his ultimate martial soul within two years!

However, Han Feng still had his own self-awareness. Although his foundation was not bad and his resources were no less than those of an ordinary Soul Douluo, he still couldn't absorb a 100,000-year Soul Ring when he was a Soul Emperor!

More like a Soul Saint!

To be honest, if all Han Feng needed was a 100,000-year soul ring, he could easily produce one. With Chen Xin and Gu Rong, plus Xue Di, killing a 100,000-year soul beast would be quite simple.

If Empress Xue is unwilling to take action due to her clan's reasons, Han Feng can simply ask Qian Renxue to help him, and the 100,000-year soul ring will be easily obtained!

But the key question is how to absorb it!

Han Feng possesses two ultimate martial souls and the blood and qi power of a Soul Emperor. The age of his soul rings he has absorbed is even three points higher than that of many Soul Douluos. However, a ten-thousand-year soul ring and a hundred-thousand-year soul ring are two completely different concepts, just like the difference between an ordinary martial soul and an ultimate martial soul, which is immeasurable!

Although Han Feng had never absorbed a 100,000-year soul ring, he had a premonition that if he were to absorb a 100,000-year soul ring at the Soul Emperor realm, he would be courting death!

If we really want the sixth spirit ring to be red, we'll probably have to rely on sacrifice!

But where can Han Feng find a 100,000-year-old soul beast willing to sacrifice itself for him?

Or, like Tang San, find a 100,000-year-old soul beast that has undergone a complete transformation and have a life-or-death romance!

But two years isn't enough time!

Han Feng is such a straight man. Qian Renxue dragged things out with him for seven or eight years, and Ning Rongrong even tried to win him over for more than half a year. Asking Han Feng to take the initiative to find a female soul beast to date is absurd. Even if he could find one, he would probably give himself away as soon as he opened his mouth!

"Lord Yu!" After racking his brains and finding no solution, Han Feng decided to give up and complained to the Divine Ancient Pearl, "Can I please get rid of the Fire God and Ice God?! I think defensive deities are much better!"

At least the God of Defense allowed him to break through to the Soul Saint realm before killing a 100,000-year-old soul beast, but the God of Fire made him absorb a 100,000-year-old soul ring at the Soul Emperor realm!

"What nonsense are you spouting!" The God of Defense quickly responded to Han Feng, rebuking him sternly.

Han Feng couldn't help but shrink back. He could completely imagine the God of Defense looking like this, blowing his beard and glaring at him!

The God of Defense, who had been watching Han Feng closely, naturally knew what had happened. He angrily shouted at Han Feng's lack of ambition, "You must understand that the purpose of the divine trials is not to make things difficult for you, nor is it to shut you out. The ultimate goal of every divine trial is to help you better inherit the divine position!"

"But!" Han Feng truly regarded the God of Defense as a grandfather figure, especially after the last Heavenly Tribulation. Whenever there was something he couldn't solve, Han Feng would subconsciously turn to the God of Defense. Although he now understood that the God of Defense was right, he still couldn't help but want to refute it.

"Listen to what I have to say!" The God of Defense knew what Han Feng wanted to say and interrupted him first.

"I already knew about the divine test, and its content was discussed and decided upon by me and the God of Fire!"

"Let's talk about the content of the third trial of the God of Fire. As you yourself know, your Blazing Shield Martial Soul inherited from two great gods. A single spirit ring only has nine spirit ring slots, which is completely insufficient for two gods. Therefore, we can only let you absorb a 100,000-year spirit ring. A 100,000-year spirit ring can provide two spirit skills, which will improve the situation!"

"Actually, the Ice God's third test was designed to help you absorb a 100,000-year spirit ring. I've calculated that, unless it's a particularly ferocious spirit beast, the upper limit for the age of a spirit ring you can absorb should be around 85,000 years, with a fluctuation of no more than 3,000 years. However, if you can achieve perfect and flawless essence, energy, and spirit, you will definitely be able to absorb a 100,000-year spirit ring!"

"You don't need to hunt a 100,000-year-old soul beast yourself. The old man and the God of Fire will take care of creating a divinely bestowed soul ring for you!"

"As for cultivating your mental strength, don't worry. I will bestow upon you a secret method for cultivating mental strength. As usual, it will be an incomplete version. The complete version will be passed on to you along with the body-refining technique after you complete the fifth trial of defending against the gods!"

"As long as you don't slack off and utilize the resources in your herb garden, breaking through to the Spiritual Soul Emperor realm within two years is more than enough!"

The God of Defense made no attempt to hide anything from Han Feng, rattling off a long list of information that left Han Feng momentarily stunned.

After a long pause, Han Feng finally came to his senses, blinked, and said blankly, "It was all arranged too meticulously!"

What Han Feng could think of, how could the God of Defense and the others not have thought of? They had already come up with countermeasures for Han Feng!

Ordinary gods wouldn't go to such lengths. Take Tang San, for example. When he inherited the Sea God's position, the Sea God didn't even acknowledge the killing of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King. Compared to that, the help the God of Defense, the God of Fire, and the God of Ice provided to Han Feng seems far too great.

Admittedly, the God of Defense has been a great help to Han Feng, bestowing upon him both a divine soul bone and a cultivation technique. Those who know him would think he is a disciple of a deity, but those who don't would think he is a direct disciple of a god!

But even the God of Defense had no choice. Firstly, he genuinely treated Han Feng as a junior and nurtured him. Secondly, he had finally found a promising talent, and the God of Defense really didn't want to wait another 100,000 years!

As for the God of Fire and the God of Ice, they didn't actually help Han Feng much. In fact, both Han Feng and the God of Defense knew very well that the most crucial thing for Han Feng to inherit the two great gods of Fire and Ice was not whether he could pass the eighteen divine tests, but whether he could achieve the balance of fire and ice!

This is the final test!

Even if Han Feng perfectly completes all the divine tests, if he cannot harmonize ice and fire, he will not be able to successfully inherit the two gods, the God of Fire and the God of Ice, whose divine natures are completely incompatible!

Even the God of Fire and the God of Ice couldn't help Han Feng with this final test!

"You know that, so why aren't you cultivating yet!" The God of Defense snorted and scolded irritably.

"Hehe!" Han Feng chuckled sheepishly, but instead of obeying, he scratched his head and said, "Elder Yu, speaking of divinely bestowed soul rings, I suddenly thought of a question..."

(End of this chapter)