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Chapter 105 Soul Beasts, Why Did They Sacrifice Them? [Please Subscribe! Please Vote!]

"The second soul skill does indeed conflict with the first soul skill; the two cannot coexist." Chen Hong ignored Ning Quan's teasing and began to explain his current state.

"But I tried it again later, and the first soul skill and the second soul skill are in a state of mutual overriding. That is to say, one soul skill is a berserk potion and the other is a sobering potion, and the two can be the antidote for each other."

At first, Chen Hong was somewhat surprised to find that his sage time was broken by mental adrenaline. However, after his subsequent attempts, he discovered the strange synergy between his first and second soul skills.

This is why Chen Hong gave his second soul skill, Spiritual Adrenaline, the nickname "Rejuvenation," emphasizing the word "rejuvenation."

"Tsk tsk tsk, what a terrifying linked soul skill!" Ning Quan looked at Chen Hong with a strange expression after hearing this.

He suddenly realized that the Spiritual Soul Masters were truly bizarre, practically manipulating people without them even realizing it!

However, this kind of powerful, state-based soul skill, which has no specific numerical value and is entirely based on growth, also has a very large limitation: it can only be used on oneself. Well, it seems that Chen Hong has broken this limitation.

"So your second soul skill, Spiritual Adrenaline, can also be released externally, right?" Ning Quan asked curiously, as if something had occurred to him.

Chen Hong nodded to Ning Quan, agreeing, "Because it was a sacrifice, I have very strong innate control over my second soul ring. I can modify both the way the soul ring is displayed and the way it is released to a certain extent. However, since it is only a preliminary mastery, it is not as easy to use as my first soul skill, and it still has considerable limitations."

Chen Hong tested it himself. Currently, he could only project his second soul skill, Mental Adrenaline, through physical contact; it couldn't immobilize anyone he glared at like his first soul skill. Of course, Chen Hong anticipated that after a while, he would be able to activate it using mental power, albeit with some practice.

After all, when he was meditating and cultivating, he tried to observe the second soul ring of the thousand-year-old spirit ring in his mind and found that the energy patterns inside were quite similar to the sage divine patterns in the first soul ring. Comparing the two, Chen Hong estimated that as long as he had a few hours to adapt, he would be able to do the simplest 'spiritual beam'.

"Moreover, thanks to the sacrifice of the soul beast, my soul power has increased considerably. I just regulated my soul power and it has reached level 24, with a considerable surplus." Chen Hong sensed the state of his soul power and then told Ning Quan this news.

Ning Quan was surprised to hear this: "Normally, the absorption of a second soul ring can only increase soul power by one or two levels! How did you increase it by four levels at once? And that sacrifice is unheard of. How can a hundred-year-old soul beast sacrifice itself? I have only seen in the sect's records that only a hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast can sacrifice itself and give its soul power to the soul master being sacrificed."

Upon hearing this, Chen Hong said softly, "This is exactly what I wanted to tell you. Let me think about where to start. Let's begin with the soul beast sacrifice."

Chen Hong stood up and, under the starry night, followed the gently flowing stream to the two or three berserk baboons, each about the size of Ning Quan. Looking at their corpses with a complex expression, he said, "Thanks to my first soul skill, I can force other targets to remain conscious. This is why, even though the berserk baboons were clearly in a berserk state, I could still influence them using the Sage's Ring. The principle is exactly the same as the synergistic effect of my first and second soul skills."

"No one on the Douluo Continent has formally understood the formation of life and the carrier of wisdom, so my view on life is different from that of most people. I roughly divide the consciousness of life into two parts: one part is self-reflection, and the other part is following life instincts. For most soul beasts, their 'consciousness' is fixed and weak. That is to say, if a low-level soul beast consumes too much consciousness in the area of ​​following life instincts, then it will naturally fall into a state of extreme deficiency in the other area."

"My first soul skill, Mental Focus, can indirectly influence the minds of low-level soul beasts, suppressing their life instincts, liberating their self-thinking abilities, thereby restoring their spirituality and enabling them to engage in equal dialogue." Chen Hong explained the effects of his soul skill to Ning Quan in detail. Rather than leaving Ning Quan filled with doubts, it was better to be straightforward. In any case, Chen Hong had already obtained the relevant experimental data, and a new theory about soul beasts was taking root in his mind. It was time to share some of it with the outside world, just in case.

"I kept the berserk baboon in a conscious state for a short period, and communicated with it about our current situation, allowing it to choose a way to die, ultimately leading to its sacrifice."

As he spoke, two halos, one yellow and one purple, slowly appeared in Chen Hong's black eyes, giving him an eerie yet sacred feeling.

"It was at this moment that I realized that soul beast sacrifice seems to be a rule existing in this world, and the condition for activating this rule is that the soul beast's 'mental power' is strong enough, and with the determination to die for its faith, it can activate the soul beast sacrifice rule. In the records of human soul masters over the past ten thousand years, there has never been an example of a soul master sacrificing itself to another soul master or to a soul beast."

To be honest, Chen Hong hadn't anticipated that the berserk baboon, which had been temporarily upgraded to the thousand-year level at the last moment, would actually be able to complete the sacrifice. Chen Hong's plan was simply to persuade the berserk baboon to give up resistance and willingly die, so that he wouldn't suffer a mental shock when absorbing the spirit ring. In Chen Hong's view, if this experiment succeeded, it would truly mean that Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang's theory of spirit ring limits would be swept into the dustbin of history, too worthless even to be used as toilet paper.

What is the most dangerous part of absorbing a spirit ring? It's the mental impact left in the spirit ring when the spirit beast dies!

Once Chen Hong's results are verified, proving that he can make soul beasts give up leaving behind mental resentment and protect soul masters from mental impact, then Chen Hong will raise the upper limit of soul master soul rings to an unimaginable level.

However, the experimental results far exceeded Chen Hong's expectations.

A sacrifice?

What unfamiliar and niche words they are.

Moreover, it was for the greater good that I sacrificed myself.

This unique world rule belonging solely to soul beasts caused Chen Hong to have countless thoughts in that instant.

Meanwhile, the subsequent changes in soul rings and soul power also corroborated Chen Hong's new theory of understanding soul beasts.

(End of this chapter)