"Right, with such a high-year-limit spirit ring, the two spirit abilities it should produce must be very strong, right?"
Shui Bing'er once again focused her attention on Mu Yang's eighth spirit ability.
"Uh~, the eighth spirit ring only produced one spirit ability, but the effect of the ability is indeed very strong."
As he spoke, Mu Yang's eighth spirit ring lit up, the incantation of the spirit was silently recited, and as the soul power within his body dropped sharply, a brilliant silver light arose in his hand, and a three-inch-long silver ginseng suddenly condensed into existence.
Raising the silver soul power ginseng in his hand, Mu Yang said with a smile, "Silver Jade Undying Ginseng. After consumption, within fifteen minutes, one gains the ability of an undying body. As long as the soul power within is not exhausted, the consumer cannot be killed— even if the body is shattered and the soul annihilated, they can recover completely as before."
Undoubtedly, this was a life-saving spirit ability with extremely potent utility.
According to the information fed back by the martial soul, after consuming the Silver Jade Undying Ginseng, unless the opponent's attack power reached the divine level, no opponent of any level could kill the consumer—so long as they still had soul power within their body—within that fifteen-minute window.
However, it would not be entirely correct to say the Silver Jade Undying Ginseng had no drawbacks. Energy is conserved; the prerequisite for having the ability of an undying body after consumption is that the consumer still has sufficient soul power in their body.
If the soul power within is insufficient, then even if the Silver Jade Undying Ginseng's effect still persists, it will not be able to restore injuries or prevent death.
"Undying body? That effect is indeed very strong. But aside from the seventh spirit ring, don't all spirit rings above one hundred thousand years produce two abilities? Why is it that you only got one spirit ability from yours?"
Shui Bing'er asked, puzzled.
For example, the hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit spirit ring and the hundred-thousand-year Sky Azure Bull Python spirit ring had each given Mu Yang two hundred-thousand-year spirit abilities.
As her voice fell, the one beside them, 'Shang', explained, "That theory is incorrect. Although under normal circumstances, a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring can produce two spirit abilities, this is not absolute.
Aside from the seventh spirit ability, there are times when only one ability is produced.
However, the laws of the world are fair. Excluding the strength of the martial soul itself, if a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring only produces one ability, then its effect will definitely be extremely strong—something ordinary hundred-thousand-year spirit abilities cannot compare with.
In addition, as far as I know, cases of spirit rings of one hundred thousand years or above producing only one spirit ability occur more often with God-bestowed Spirit Rings.
This is not because hundred-thousand-year God-bestowed Spirit Rings are inferior to spirit beast spirit rings of the same year limit, but rather the opposite—because the God-bestowed Spirit Ring's compatibility with the soul master's martial soul is too high, it produces a powerful spirit ability. This is precisely why hundred-thousand-year God-bestowed Spirit Rings often come with only one spirit ability."
'So that's how it is, no wonder in the original work, the Shrek Seven Devils' hundred-thousand-year God-bestowed Spirit Rings seemed to all have only one spirit ability.'
Hearing 'Shang's' explanation, Mu Yang couldn't help but suddenly understand.
As for Ning Rongrong and Oscar's Light of Resurrection?
Strictly speaking, that martial soul fusion ability was not produced by their two hundred-thousand-year God-bestowed ninth spirit rings, but rather appeared due to the inheritance of the God of Food and the Nine-colored Goddess.
The next day, Mu Yang and Shui Bing'er went to the Divine Mountain Plaza.
In front of the Asura God Statue in the Divine Mountain Plaza was the location for the third trial: the Trial of Slaughter God Light.
"Your Highness, trial-takers, this stage tests willpower.
At the same time as testing willpower, the Slaughter God Light will strengthen your soul power, physique, and spiritual power.
Of course, in Your Highness' case, the Slaughter God Light will most likely have little strengthening effect."
Arriving before the Asura God Statue, 'Shang', acting as examiner, spoke to the two of them.
Three hundred-thousand-year spirit rings, one three-hundred-thousand-year spirit ring—this alone was enough to prove Mu Yang's physique was powerful and rare in the world.
As for spiritual power, 'Shang' could faintly sense Mu Yang's vast spiritual power, which had definitely reached the nine-ring level.
It could be said that among the three key aspects of the body, Mu Yang's greatest shortcoming was soul power. Although it was also far above soul masters of the same level, compared to physique and spiritual power, it was obviously much weaker.
Yet the strength of the Slaughter God Light was tied precisely to the soul power level of the trial-taker.
For other trial-takers, the Slaughter God Light could purify soul power, strengthen the physique, bolster spiritual power, forge a powerful foundation, allowing those with a weaker foundation to close the gap with geniuses, or enabling geniuses to stand out among many and become the strongest prodigies in the soul master world of their era.
But Mu Yang was different. His foundation was already extremely deep, and in terms of physique and spiritual power, he was far stronger than trial-takers of the same level who had passed the Slaughter God Light test.
As such, Mu Yang's gains in this stage of the trial were destined to be relatively limited—especially in the areas of physique and spiritual power, where he could practically obtain no benefits at all.
Then, a dark red stream of light surged out from 'Shang's' hand and shot into the imposing Asura God Statue before him.
The next moment, the Asura God Statue seemed to come alive. A flash of red light flickered in its enormous eyes, and surging red radiance burst forth. With the statue as its center, within a radius of one hundred meters, all was shrouded in the red Slaughter God Light.
As soon as the Slaughter God Light appeared, Mu Yang, standing before the statue, felt a cold killing intent seep into his body. Pain spread through him, reminiscent of when he had braved the Hell Road and awakened the Killing God Domain.
Although this pain was not intense—in fact, it could be said to be very mild—it still made Mu Yang feel somewhat uncomfortable.
However, this cold killing intent did not bring only pain. After all, this was a trial, not pure torment.
Mu Yang could feel that under the influence of this cold killing intent, the soul power within his body—originally a bit hollow due to the rapid increase in level—had become slightly more refined.
Although this refinement was extremely small, Mu Yang still noticed it.
As for physique and spiritual power, what 'Shang' had said earlier was indeed true. Because his base was already strong enough, there was no improvement in those areas.
As time passed second by second, the killing intent seeping into his body grew colder and colder. While the Slaughter God Light's efficiency in purifying soul power increased, the pain caused by the killing intent seeping into his body also began to intensify.
'No wonder this stage's test is to endure for a certain period of time!'
Enduring the full-body pain brought by the killing intent invading his body, Mu Yang couldn't help but think to himself.
Undoubtedly, the initial strength of the Slaughter God Light was linked to the trial-taker's soul power level, but as time went on, the strength of the Slaughter God Light would gradually increase.
At first, it might be easy to bear, but as time passed and the Slaughter God Light's strength rose, the pain one had to endure would certainly not be mild. This was why there was a test of how long one could last in a single attempt.
Otherwise, if the strength of the Slaughter God Light remained constant, trial-takers with a weaker foundation would find it hard to gain improvement from the test.
And it was precisely because of this that 'Shang' had said earlier that this stage tested one's willpower.
Of course, after figuring out the trial mechanism of the Slaughter God Light, Mu Yang also felt a sense of regret.
This thing was not the same as the Sea God's Light in the Sea God's trials—it simply could not accelerate cultivation at all.
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