Douluo Continent: I am the true master

Chapter 31 Collective Soul Hunting (Part 2)

The Thousand-Pound Ant King, who was leisurely strolling around, had no time to react before he felt his body lose all sensation.

A hint of confusion flashed across the Thousand-Pound Ant King's six eyes before they slowly dimmed, and its pitch-black soul rings began to condense.

The ten swords, forged from fine iron, were twisted and deformed.

Ye Wen walked over from a distance. Looking around, he saw that the Thousand-Pound Ant King had been dismembered into dozens of pieces. Green blood was scattered all over the ground, emitting a foul stench.

Since the people of this world aren't particularly interested in insect-type soul beasts, their corpses are of very low value. Not to mention now that they're scattered and broken, Ye Wen had no intention of collecting them. He grabbed the Thousand-Pound Ant King's head and left.

Running to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, Ye Wen found a secluded and hidden place. He took a deep breath as he watched the black spirit ring following the head of the Thousand-Pound Ant King, suppressing his excitement. Obtaining a thousand-year spirit ring was on a completely different level from obtaining a ten-thousand-year spirit ring.

Soul Masters with ten-thousand-year soul rings can obtain titles in the two great empires, but only if they serve the royal family.

Just to be on the safe side, Ye Wen sprinkled some medicinal powder around the area to repel soul beasts.

Ye Wen glanced at the black spirit ring again. If it were an ordinary spirit ring that had been around for thousands of years, it would have dissipated long ago, but this spirit ring was still floating firmly.

"bring it on!"

Ye Wen shouted in a deep voice, summoning Nabu and drawing it towards the black spirit ring.

Unlike the oppressive feeling brought by the thousand-year soul ring in the past, the oppressive feeling of the ten-thousand-year soul ring is even stronger, but Ye Wen's physical quality is also incomparable to that of ordinary soul masters.

The familiar special energy was injected into his body, and he quickly adapted to it. Then Ye Wen's mind cleared up.

This was the first time Ye Wen had clearly sensed the existence of the spiritual world.

Six emotionless eyes appeared, and the Thousand-Pound Ant King, which Ye Wen had hunted down, appeared in this spiritual space in the form of a remnant soul.

If you can withstand its attack, you will survive; but if you cannot, you will perish.

"Hmph! Come on, who's afraid of who? I could kill you when you were alive, but what can a mere remnant soul do to me on my turf?"

Ye Wen said coldly with disdain, having now completely taken control of his mental state.

Equally powerful, equally refined. It's not even in the same league as the illusory remnant soul of the Thousand-Pound Ant King before us. Although it can't use soul skills, the Thousand-Pound Ant King is the same.

The Thousand-Pound Ant King launched the first attack, tearing at Ye Wen, but Ye Wen didn't tolerate it and directly lashed out with a whip kick.

Surprisingly fragile, the remnant soul of the Thousand-Pound Ant King was blasted apart with a single kick, then turned into fragments of spirit that merged into Ye Wen's spiritual world.

Ye Wen felt that his spiritual world had been nourished, further strengthened and expanded.

This is understandable. In an era without spiritual cultivation, why are these powerful soul masters able to absorb soul rings imbued with the resentment of soul beasts? Because with each soul ring absorption, the residual soul energy within these soul rings passively nourishes the soul master, becoming a stepping stone for the soul master to enter the next realm.

Slowly opening his eyes, Ye Wen exhaled a breath of stale air. Losing all soul skills and relying solely on mental combat was indeed dangerous. If it weren't for his solid foundation and steady approach, he might have easily fallen into a trap.

It's no wonder that Soul Kings with less-than-optimal Soul Ring combinations dare not absorb a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring as their fifth Soul Ring. Mental combat is far more dangerous than pure physical combat. Without mental cultivation methods, they lack the necessary foundation; forcibly absorbing a fifth ten-thousand-year Soul Ring would be tantamount to suicide.

Ye Wen then slowly began to examine the fifth soul skill.

Fifth Soul Skill: Barrier of the Sky.

Transform your martial spirit into a spatial barrier to block enemy attacks; the defensive strength can be controlled according to your own soul power.

The current maximum strength should be able to withstand a single attack from an ordinary Soul Emperor.

Furthermore, this soul skill can be released in multiple ways. Placing it directly in mid-air can serve as a stepping stone, providing aerial combat capabilities for the current stage where flight is not yet possible. Combined with the self-created soul skill—Gravity Creation—it's simply perfect. Isn't this just a youthful version of the Staff of God?

Moreover, this time the Nabu space has increased dramatically to one hundred cubic meters, not bad at all!

Huh?

Ye Wen suddenly sensed a strange feeling coming from Nabu's Martial Soul, and he subconsciously released his second Soul Skill, "Imitation Between".

"This is!" Ye Wen's eyes widened in shock, as he was astonished by his own perception at this moment.

What was originally a soul skill that merely simulated the surrounding world has now allowed him to understand the fundamental properties of things. If one observes a particular spot closely, one can even detect the movement of molecules within it—it's practically a humanoid molecular scanner.

"This is too exaggerated! Is this the boost a ten-thousand-year spirit ring will give me?"

Ye Wen remained silent for a while. The sudden change in this second soul skill caught him somewhat off guard, but he was more delighted. He was thinking about the future development direction of this soul skill. Then his eyes lit up, and he took out a ginseng from his martial soul space and placed it within the range of the simulation space. He began to observe it carefully with his spiritual power.

The ginseng's interior was displayed in minute detail before Ye Wen, who then copied the ginseng's structure.

Then Ye Wen simulated a human body in the simulation space and controlled the simulated human body to eat the ginseng.

The simulated body's skin began to flush uncontrollably, and finally, blood slowly dripped from its nose.

"A divine skill! This second soul skill has mutated into a true divine skill! With this thing, no herb will have any secrets about the human body in front of me!!!" Ye Wen said excitedly.

In the medical field, it's not enough to just make a drug based on theory; the most troublesome part is the various clinical trials.

The skill that medical students in their previous lives most desired was probably the crystal belly of Shennong, the Earth Sovereign among the Three Sovereigns, which allowed them to discern the toxicity and medicinal properties of herbs simply by consuming them.

At this moment, the mutated simulation space is like a crystal belly. Ye Wen doesn't even need to eat it himself. He can directly simulate it by simply copying the parameters of the material. There's no need to worry about Shennong getting poisoned.

Moreover, this martial spirit is not only useful in the medical field, but can also simulate other aspects, making it practically a martial spirit version of a quantum computer.

Although Ye Wen was very excited, he hadn't forgotten his purpose in coming to the Star Dou Great Forest. After quickly tidying up the scene, Ye Wen headed back towards Bit City.

Seeing their teacher become a Soul King, the seven disciples were all proud and offered their blessings.

(End of this chapter)