Douluo Continent: Long Live the Spirit Hall

Chapter 104 The Third Soul Ring

"Holy Son, let me subdue it myself."

Deep in the snowy forest, after Yan narrowly escaped death, the powerful figures of the Spirit Hall dared not let him take any more risks. Ghostly Phantom transformed into a shadow and flew out to the top of the Mirror Beast's head, grabbing down with a palm as he spoke.

Yan did not object to what Gui Mei said. Although he was confident that he had discovered the abilities of this soul beast and was able to kill it on his own, Gui Mei was concerned about his safety after all, and he would not refuse such kindness. He had experienced too many near-death experiences.

"Teleportation".

The agile attacker moved swiftly, and the titled Douluo's attack was incredibly fast. However, his sure-fire move missed its mark. Just as his palm was about to strike, the Mirror Beast's figure blurred instantly and reappeared more than ten meters away. It had only managed to teleport away at the critical moment.

"Teleportation takes a lot of energy from it, and its cultivation level is too weak to teleport very far, so it didn't use this move to escape at first."

Since the Mirror Beast couldn't teleport too far, the Spirit Hall members, including Yan, quickly flew over to surround it. Yan, who was chasing behind, clearly noticed that after using teleportation once, the Mirror Beast's speed had decreased significantly, its breathing was very rapid, and its condition was quite poor.

Among the powerful figures of the Spirit Hall, the fastest was undoubtedly the agility-type Title Douluo Ghost. Although he started the latest, he was the first to catch up with the mutated Mirror Beast, and a shadow appeared on the back of the Mirror Beast in just a few moments.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

Just as that hand landed again, the fleeing Mirror Beast instantly split into several figures, darting off in different directions.

Yan, who was in pursuit, thought to himself, "It's another mirror image clone, but this time it split into ten. Each one is only equivalent to one-tenth of the original's combat power. However, it can temporarily deceive people with its disguise ability. It's difficult for ordinary people to determine the location of the original in a short period of time."

"The Ghost Elder, the third one from the left."

Yan urgently reminded the ghost that was judging the true form. Without hesitation, the ghost attacked, and the true form of the Mirror Beast immediately emitted an aura different from that of its clone.

The soul beast was in extremely poor condition, but it still made a desperate attempt in the face of a life-or-death crisis. A silver-red flame surged from its body, and then its figure blurred as it swapped positions with another mirror beast clone about ten meters away.

Perhaps because it had very little soul power and was in a very bad state, the Mirror Beast's teleportation was very obvious this time. Everyone could see the difference between the main body and the clone. Even without Yan's reminder, the ghost directly turned into a shadow and chased after it again.

By this time, Yan had figured out the mutated Mirror Beast's abilities and shouted to Yue Guan, "Elder Yue Guan, its spatial transformation ability relies on its clones. Destroy all of its clones."

"Bang bang bang bang..."

Upon hearing Yan's words, Yue Guan immediately took action. The Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum in his palm suddenly trembled, and a dozen flying leaves caught up with the ten clones of the Mirror Shadow Beast, which only possessed one-tenth of the strength of the main body. In just a flash of light, the ten clones instantly shattered and dissipated into specks of light.

"Aww~~~"

The moment the clone was destroyed, the Mirror Beast's main body staggered and almost fell. However, before it could recover, the Ghostly Demon, who had missed several times, was already close by. The Title Douluo personally took action, and the moment his palm landed on it, everything was over.

"Oh!"

The unconscious mutated Mirror Beast was thrown in front of Yan, who did not hesitate at this moment. His Dark Gold Terror Claw pierced the Mirror Beast's throat, almost severing its head.

"This mirror beast does indeed possess a soul bone; this harvest is quite substantial."

After the mutated Mirror Beast died, a pale purple soul ring began to condense. Yan, who had retracted his Dark Gold Terror Claw, noticed the obvious soul power fluctuations within the Mirror Beast's body and felt a surge of joy.

Unlike some special soul bones whose soul power fluctuations are subtle, most soul bones can be sensed by the soul master who finishes off the soul beast after its death. Although he didn't know the specific function of this soul bone, Yan was already looking forward to it.

However, the most urgent task was to absorb the spirit ring. He sat cross-legged in front of the Mirror Beast, and the light purple spirit ring had already taken shape. A spirit ring of a Mirror Beast that was two thousand years old was something that most people could not withstand, but for Yan, as long as it was less than three thousand years old, it was not a problem.

With the activation of his soul power, the pale purple soul ring flew directly to his right hand. At the same time, a silver-red flame was drawn into Yan's body along with the soul ring. Like a raging fire absorbing oil, the two flames collided and merged within him.

An unusual, scorching energy continuously gathered within his body, and once it reached a certain level, it began to rampage and explode within him.

The transformation of the soul ring energy of the two-thousand-year-old mutated mirror beast was quite painful, but it was nothing to Yan, who had refined the Dark Gold Terror Claw Soul Bone. He didn't even need to use soul ring skills to assist him; he simply endured the most painful step.

Amidst the icy snow and howling winds, within this extremely frigid, frozen forest, a torch with flames reaching ten meters high suddenly rose up, seemingly drawing sunlight from the sky and causing ripples in the surrounding space.

The color of this flame was very strange, a scorching crimson mixed with some gold and silver, and it also drew in the energy of sunlight and space to continuously enhance its power.

As the last silver-red flame was absorbed and merged into one by Yan, the pale purple soul ring above Yan's head flickered and released a strange fluctuation of soul power. After the void blurred slightly for a moment, two Yan appeared in front of everyone at the same time.

"Mirror Image, to be precise, my soul skill should be named Naruto Clone Technique."

As Yan spoke, one clone split into seven more. "Being able to create a clone with 80% of the original's strength, or eight clones with 10% of the original's strength, is a percentage-based soul skill. It's quite an impressive ability."

After testing his soul skill power, Yan recalled all his clones. This way, he could recover some of the soul power consumed by using the skill. He looked down at the corpse of the Mirror Beast and held a dagger in his hand. "Next is opening the chest. I wonder what kind of soul bone I can get this time."

He bent down and cut along the wound on the Mirror Shadow Beast's throat. The dark gold dagger gleamed with a faint halo. It was a dagger made from the claws of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, so its sharpness was beyond question. It easily cut through the Mirror Shadow Beast's scales.

The head of the Mirror Beast was removed first, and as expected, it had no soul bone. Skulls are not so easy to obtain. Although Oscar obtained one in the original work, the limbs and spine were then separated. Finally, on the left leg of the Mirror Beast, he unearthed a magical soul bone that looked like it was made of red agate and had a slight silver glow.

Chapter 105 Soul Bone Enhancement

"Although I don't know exactly what kind of ability it is, it should be related to space."

Yan held up the left leg bone and tilted his head slightly. It looked exceptionally beautiful in the sunlight. After admiring it for a moment, he did not hesitate for long. He placed the soul bone on his left leg and circulated his soul power to prepare to absorb it.

A soul ring produced by the same soul beast can only be absorbed by one person, but a soul bone can be absorbed by everyone. However, compared to others, the soul master who has refined the soul ring of this soul beast can maximize the ability and effect of the soul ring and soul bone when absorbing it, and the two combined have a special amplification effect.

The mutated mirror beast's left leg soul bone was bright red, surrounded by a faint silver light, and accompanied by traces of silver-red flames. Under Yan's soul power guidance, it was injected into the left leg and disappeared.

A unique silver-red halo circled around Yan's left leg twice before slowly dissipating, after which the flames on Yan's body suddenly intensified. The group of Spirit Hall experts protecting him all faintly sensed a strange fluctuation emanating from him.

Although the mutated Mirror Beast has a good bloodline, it is obviously not as good as the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear from last time. In addition, Yan's martial soul and physique have been tempered and accumulated through the baptism of three soul rings and a soul bone, reaching a considerable level. Absorbing this soul bone is naturally easy for him.

Half an hour later, Yan slowly opened his eyes. A glint of silver light flashed in his eyes. He suddenly sprang up from the ground and immediately felt his body become lighter. This was not an illusion, but a real feeling, especially in his left leg, which felt full of power.

With a light leap, his jumping power increased significantly. He activated his soul power and took a step with his left leg, creating a sonic boom in the air. Then, his figure suddenly leaped more than ten meters away.

"Void Flame, I never expected that this Mirror Beast would mutate into such a special flame."

Yan absorbed the mutated Mirror Beast's soul ring and soul bone, and finally figured out what its mutated ability was. It was a special flame ability with the characteristic of refining spatial power into flames, and was called Void Flame.

This magical flame not only allows it to refine spatial power for its own use, but it has also developed some applications of spatial abilities. For example, spatial power is mixed into the flame, and when it enters the body, it feels like being cut into a thousand pieces. It can also indirectly use spatial abilities.

However, its spatial abilities are ultimately converted and used with the help of the Void Flame, so the consumption is very high. For example, the soul skill that allows teleportation almost drains its energy after one use, and it can't even go very far.

However, this indirect spatial ability, combined with its clone that also possesses the flames of the void, can be used to develop a special teleportation technique. It has even used this technique to kill a soul beast with nearly ten thousand years of cultivation.

"The soul ring and soul bone of the same soul beast are indeed a perfect match."

Yan carefully felt the new abilities he gained after fusing with the soul bone, essentially inheriting all the legacy of this mutated mirror beast.

Originally, his soul ring skill was Mirror Image Clone, which he named Naruto Clone Technique or Divine Fire Clone. It could create a clone with 80% of the original's strength, or create multiple clones, but each clone would be much weaker.

Each mirror image must have at least 10% of the original's strength, so he can create a maximum of eight clones with 10% of the original's strength. This ability is not weak; in fact, it can be considered very strong.

However, after refining the soul bone, his soul ring ability received an epic-level enhancement. Activating this soul skill after refining the soul bone would further amplify its power by 20%.

This means that he can create a clone with 100% of his own strength, and the clone also has some special properties of the Mirror Beast, such as being able to disguise and replicate itself by absorbing blood, which is basically the same as the original Mirror Beast's abilities.

However, this amplification can only be applied to one clone, so it did not change the maximum number of clones he could create, which is two fewer than the Mirror Beast, which can create a maximum of ten clones.

This additional passive boost is the special effect of absorbing all the spirit rings and spirit bones produced by the same spirit beast, which can be described as quite powerful.

Moreover, not only are his spirit rings amplified, but the abilities of his spirit bones are also enhanced due to the spirit ring abilities of the same spirit beast.

The mutated Mirror Beast's special ability condenses into a soul core, forming a soul bone. Its special ability is undoubtedly the spatial skill brought by the spatial flame, which is the kind of teleportation that consumes a lot of energy.

On Yan, this soul bone skill consumes more energy than the mutated mirror beast. According to Yan's own estimation, if he were to activate teleportation once, at least one-third of his soul power would be consumed, and the teleportation distance would be only about ten meters at most. Although it has some life-saving effect, the distance is too short, making it almost useless.

However, when this teleportation ability is combined with the mirror image, the skill of teleportation can be developed. By utilizing the resonance and interaction of the Void Flame between the clone and the main body, spatial interaction and transfer can be completed with minimal consumption, which is teleportation.

The power of this ability goes without saying. Yan himself almost fell victim to this move. With this ability, if he really encounters danger, he can simply create multiple clones to escape in different directions. If one of them escapes, he can take his main body with him. It can be used for both escape and attack, making it a divine skill.

"Holy Son".

Beside the corpse of the mutated mirror beast, Yan was contemplating how he would use the power of the Void Flame to show off in the future when suddenly a respectful call rang in his ears. It turned out to be Bishop Esnor, who, seeing that he hadn't responded for a long time, thought something had happened.

"Bishop Esnor, please arrange for someone to pack it up. I'll take this Mirror Beast with me."

After regaining his senses, Yan smiled awkwardly, then bent down and collected the Mirror Shadow Beast's corpse. This kind of precious soul beast, just like the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, is still an extremely valuable resource even without its soul rings and soul bones, and it cannot be wasted.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will make proper arrangements for things here."

Bishop Aisno nodded to indicate that he understood. Yan didn't say much either. After glancing at it a few more times, he nodded, turned around, and left the Frozen Forest with Ghost and Moon Gate.

"The Holy Son is finally gone. That was really close."

"Yes, yes, who would have thought that this Mirror Beast would have such powerful abilities?"

"Such powerful abilities! He actually absorbed both the spirit ring and the spirit bone."

"This is the benefit of having power. Let alone soul bones, I don't even have the chance to absorb the soul rings of rare soul beasts."

……

As soon as Yan and his group left, many people began to whisper among themselves, but most of them remained respectful. Bishop Aisno didn't interfere much and instead carefully arranged everything.

He's not even fifty yet, in the prime of his life, still quite young, and if he wants to advance further, he naturally needs to cultivate good relationships with the higher-ups at the main hall.

Chapter 106 The Pope's Generosity

Wuhun City, the Pope's Palace.

"Your Highness, the Pope is waiting for you in the side hall."

When Yan and Gui Meiyueguan returned to Wuhun City, a messenger had already arrived to deliver Pope Bibi Dong's message. After bidding farewell to the two elders, Yan headed directly to the Papal Palace on the small hill in the center of the city.

Inside a side hall of the Papal Palace, Bibi Dong was handling daily affairs. Recently, Yan had left Wuhun City to hunt for her third spirit ring, and she had to handle many things on her own since she couldn't find anyone to discuss them with. With so much work, she was naturally a little tired, and she missed her disciple who could share her burdens more and more.

Knock knock knock...

As the knocking sounded, Bibi Dong looked up from the table and saw Yan push open the door of the side hall and walk in, sitting down beside her. He was carrying a cutting board with some tea and snacks on it, all of which were her favorite flavors, showing that he had definitely put thought into it.

“I heard from Nana that you’ve been working for a long time without rest, which is not good for your health. I’m here to help you. You should put your work aside for now.”

Yan walked to Bibi Dong's side, placed the chopping board in front of her, and took a pile of paper scrolls from her. These were some important matters from various parts of the mainland that required approval.

Because of Yan's series of actions, the Spirit Hall has been very busy lately, and as its leader, the Pope has even more to deal with. That's why Bibi Dong has been working overtime all this time.

"Now that you're back, I can relax a bit. You're better at handling these things."

Bibi Dong picked up her teacup, took a small sip, put a pastry in her mouth, closed her eyes, and spoke softly, showing a sense of relief and the joy of having found a support.

"Everyone has their own expertise. I was the one who planned these things, so I am indeed better at handling these issues."

As Yan spoke, a blue light flashed in his eyes. His AI, Dawn, was rapidly analyzing data, and his pen moved so fast it seemed to fly. He quickly made reasonable arrangements and instructions for each matter, and then all that was left was to wait for the order to be issued, which would naturally be carried out by designated personnel.

However, this approach is still too inefficient and has a delay. But this is an unavoidable problem in feudal society. We still need to develop soul tools and complete the establishment of the soul guidance system as soon as possible.

After relaxing for a while, Bibi Dong opened her eyes again. However, while Yan was dealing with his affairs, she simply looked at the profile of the young man in front of her quietly until he finished his work before speaking: "I heard that you obtained a soul bone in the Frozen Forest this time."

So, you should have two soul bones by now.

"Hmm, the left leg bone of the mutated Mirror Beast possesses fire-attribute power, yet it also has spatial abilities, making it extremely useful. Moreover, absorbing both the soul bone and the soul ring simultaneously significantly enhances both skills."

Yan nodded and said that the left leg bone he obtained was absorbed under the protection of many powerful figures from the Spirit Hall, so there was no need to hide it.