Douluo's Soul Power increases by two levels every year

Chapter 9 Self-created Soul Skill, Level 20

"Boss Han... do you really want me to attack you with all my might?"

"Yes! Boss Han, although De Gui's first spirit ring is only a ten-year spirit ring, he is still a power-attack spirit master. Are you sure it's okay if you don't use your first spirit ring...?"

Outside the classroom of Class 2, Grade 3 at the Stan City Junior Soul Master Academy, two boys were talking to another handsome, fair-skinned boy with conflicted expressions, but the handsome boy's face was full of impatience and annoyance.

Faced with the two boys' repeated advice, the handsome young man cursed angrily, flicking each of them on the forehead, one on the left and one on the right, and said irritably, "Can you stop dawdling?! If I tell you to do it, then do it! Why are you making such a fuss?! No wonder Er Ya and Hu Niu next door look down on you two!"

The handsome young man's words made the two boys blush. Upon hearing the names of Hu Niu and Er Ya, they remained silent for a long time, unable to utter a single word.

Seeing this, the handsome young man sneered and said in a sinister tone:

"Either... De Gui, you attack me with all your might right now, or... I'll go tell Er Ya that you followed her yesterday!"

"what!"

Upon hearing this, De Gui was immediately enraged. A gray mongrel, stepping on a white spirit ring, rushed out of De Gui's body. The white spirit ring lit up, and the spirit possessed him, then attacked the handsome young man.

The other boy was immediately shocked, but it was too late to stop Degui. A wave of sorrow washed over him—he could almost see himself and Degui lying on the ground a few minutes later.

The handsome young man smiled with satisfaction: "That's more like it! It's you who should hit me, not me hitting you. Stop dawdling like a girl!"

As he spoke, the handsome young man grinned, took out a shield wrapped in crimson flames with his right hand, and without using any spirit rings, simply placed the shield in front of him without making any further moves.

In his shame and anger, De Gui didn't know his own strength and just wanted to shut the handsome young man up as soon as possible.

"First Soul Skill! Vicious Dog Pouncing on Its Prey!"

"bump!"

"Ouch! It hurts! It's so hot!"

In an instant, De Gui transformed into a gray-white figure and rushed towards the handsome young man, crashing directly into the fire shield.

A dull thud was accompanied by a cry of pain. It was as if De Gui's attack had enraged the flames on the fire shield. The flames rushed towards De Gui like madmen, and waves of heat rolled in!

Seeing this, the handsome young man frowned slightly, quickly withdrew the flames, and also put away his martial spirit. He came to De Gui's side and quietly ran his left hand across De Gui's burned area. A barely perceptible icy blue flash appeared, and De Gui quickly calmed down.

Realizing he had offended the academy's leader, De Gui was shocked. He didn't even have time to think about why he suddenly didn't feel hot anymore. He was about to apologize, but was stopped by the handsome young man.

"It's alright! You guys go! Don't worry, I won't tell Er Ya about that. My mouth is very tight. A year ago, I saw a senior being dragged away early one morning, and I didn't tell anyone. When everyone found him after school that night, even his mother didn't recognize him!"

Upon hearing the handsome young man's words, De Gui knew that he wouldn't hold it against him, and was overjoyed. He didn't care what the young man said afterward, and quickly thanked him. He grabbed the other young man and ran outside, as if afraid that the handsome young man would change his mind.

The handsome young man watched Degui and his companion leave, slightly speechless: "He suffered a loss and still thanked them; this kid is truly honest!"

However, he soon sighed again, muttering to himself with some regret, "Alas! I still can't control the Sunfire properly. My soul power dissipates too much. It's fine against soul masters of the same level, but against soul masters who are even one level higher than me, it simply doesn't achieve the desired effect..."

This handsome young man is none other than Han Feng. Two and a half years have passed since he obtained his first soul ring. During these two years, he has continuously refined his soul power and improved its quality. It is no exaggeration to say that Han Feng's soul power quality at this time is no less than that of an ordinary Soul Master!

The benefit of improving the quality of soul power is that it makes the flames of the Blazing Shield hotter and more solid, and the martial soul itself more robust.

Of course, while compressing his soul power, Han Feng was also sparing no effort in researching his self-created soul skills.

And you know what? Inspired by his mother, Han Feng actually managed to figure something out!

In two and a half years, Han Feng created two soul skills, both of which were auxiliary soul skills.

The first one is called Concealment Shield. It is a soul skill that achieves the effect of concealment by covering the whole body with the Shield of the Blazing Sky and then reducing the aura of the Shield of the Blazing Sky. Although it cannot make you invisible, it can make your opponent lose track of your soul power. It is not difficult to cultivate, but it is quite practical.

The second soul skill is named Sunfire, which was Han Feng's idea after seeing Zhang Lingling's third soul ring - Counterattack Fire Ring.

Zhang Lingling's third spirit ring grants others a fire ring, and any attempt to attack a spirit master within the fire ring will be met with a counterattack from the fire ring.

At that moment, Han Feng was thinking, since his martial soul also had fire, why couldn't he use it to supplement his few attack methods?

Although his flames cannot truly launch a proactive attack due to the limitations of his martial soul, he can still launch a passive counterattack, right?

Just like the tanks in the game, they might not deal much damage if they build offensive items, but if they build Thornmail and Sunfire Cape, they can be surprisingly effective!

In Han Feng's mind, "Sunfire" was a counter-damage armor. It had neither an explosive appearance nor exaggerated damage, but as long as you touched my martial soul, you would be burned by the flames and there was no way to avoid it!

Ever since seeing the Counterattack Fire Ring, Han Feng had wanted to equip his martial soul with a damage-reflecting armor. However, the 'Sunfire' soul skill was far more difficult to master than 'Concealment Shield.' It took Han Feng more than half a year to develop a basic form, and then more than a year to perfect it, yet it still couldn't satisfy him.

"Alas! The task ahead is arduous and the road is long!"

Han Feng sighed deeply, feigning seriousness, and headed home.

Today, Han Dang and Zhang Lingling are taking him to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for his second spirit ring. Han Feng broke through to level 20 a month ago. Aside from the four levels he automatically gained over the past two and a half years, he only cultivated one level on his own during that time… and part of that was due to the natural increase in his spirit power…

Even considering the high quality of Han Feng's soul power, this speed was still somewhat slow.

If it weren't for his cheat-like abilities, Han Feng would be no different from a salted fish!

As for why they chose the Star Dou Great Forest instead of the Soul Hunting Forest outside Stan City, it was because Han Feng's mother, Zhang Lingling, had broken through to level 40 a few weeks ago and needed to hunt a soul beast with 6,000 years of cultivation as her fourth soul ring. The Soul Hunting Forest outside Stan City clearly could not meet their needs.

So Han Dang's main goal was his wife's fourth spirit ring, and Han Feng's second spirit ring... He just treated it as a side effect!

Han Feng heard that in order to obtain Zhang Lingling's fourth soul ring, Han Dang specially sought out a powerful attack-type soul king and a control-type soul king. With Han Dang himself being a defensive-type soul master and Zhang Lingling being a support-type quasi-soul master, a mere six-thousand-year-old soul beast was nothing to them.

Han Dang's savings were almost emptied in order to persuade these two Soul Kings to come!

Han Feng knew that, for a long time to come, if he wanted a good spirit ring, he would probably have to ask others for help. This was a common problem for defensive spirit masters; there was nothing he could do about it.

Han Feng also knew that even if Zhang Lingling didn't break through to the Soul Sect this time, he would probably have to ask for help when he broke through to the Soul Venerable.

A soul beast with a thousand years of cultivation is equivalent to a Soul Master. Some powerful soul beasts have individual combat abilities that are even comparable to high-level offensive Soul Masters. With Han Dang's strength as a defensive Soul Master, it is already difficult for him to defeat them without killing them.

"Outsiders are still outsiders... Hopefully, nothing unexpected will happen on this trip to the Star Dou Great Forest!"

Han Feng murmured.

The two Soul Kings that Han Dang invited are both trustworthy individuals, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, they are unlikely to harbor any disloyal intentions.

This unexpected event could be external, such as encountering a powerful ten-thousand-year-old soul beast; or it could be internal, such as the soul beast being hunted breaking through and dropping a soul bone.

(End of this chapter)