Chapter 143: Heaven's Chains and Sacred Contract
Space twisted for a moment, and Di Tian, clad in black battle armor, emerged from it, dragging a massive gryphon in his hand.
This was precisely the so-called Sacred Light Gryphon Emperor, a top-tier Soul Beast that preyed on sub-dragons.
It was considered a top-tier existence even among hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts.
Yet, in Di Tian's hand, it was being dragged around casually, like a dead dog on the street.
"Pei Qing, this is the Sacred Light Gryphon Emperor you wanted. I've beaten it until it only has one breath left. You can go ahead and kill it now."
Di Tian casually tossed the Sacred Light Gryphon Emperor in his hand in front of Pei Qing.
The massive body, nearly twenty meters long, slammed in front of Pei Qing, letting out a dull thud, and the ground trembled slightly.
As expected of the man hailed as the Beast God. If the Dragon God hadn't set those rules, Di Tian would likely have become a god long ago!
After a slight sigh of emotion in his heart, Pei Qing no longer hesitated. He directly condensed True Sun Fire into a sword, casually grabbed it, and approached the Sacred Light Gryphon Emperor.
With a single stab, the beast's head, several meters in size, shot directly into the sky. A rich bloody aura instantly filled the entire Life Lake.
A red hundred-thousand-year soul ring rose, accompanied by an extremely powerful pressure!
Seeing this, Pei Qing immediately sat cross-legged without hesitation and began to absorb it rapidly.
Seeing that Pei Qing had already begun absorbing the soul ring, Gu Yuena frowned with some displeasure, then waved her hand. Instantly, a wind rose from nowhere, dispersing the dense, bloody aura within the Life Lake.
Absorbing a hundred-thousand-year soul ring was indeed not easy. Even with Pei Qing's current physical fitness, it took a full day and night to completely absorb the extremely vast Soul Power from the hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
After absorption, Pei Qing's cultivation directly received a significant boost!
A single hundred-thousand-year soul ring allowed him, a dual-extreme owner, to increase his cultivation by four levels.
Illusory spatial vortexes appeared in the air, and sacred light surged, condensing into chains that hung down from the sky.
An extremely terrifying Restriction emanated, and those chains seemed capable of binding heaven and earth.
This was Pei Qing's sixth Soul Skill, Chains of Heaven!
It utilized the power of heaven and earth to bind everything.
The hundred-thousand-year soul ring produced two Soul Skills. Besides the first, Chains of Heaven, the other Soul Skill was somewhat special.
This was not an offensive Soul Skill, nor could it even be considered an amplification-type Soul Skill.
Because the function of this Soul Skill was actually to connect, yes, to connect one's own state with that of a teammate.
Furthermore, under this connection, one could directly use everything of a teammate, including their Soul Power, attributes, and even Soul Skills!
Though called a Soul Skill, it seemed more like a power to control everything.
Therefore, the name Pei Qing gave this Soul Skill was also very simple: Sacred Contract.
"Thank you all for helping me guard. Pei Qing is extremely grateful!"
Pei Qing stood up and, looking at Di Tian and the others not far away, cupped his hands in gratitude.
"No need for formalities. This was originally something the Master promised you."
Di Tian tilted his head, avoiding Pei Qing's gratitude. He simply nodded and said seriously, his tone grave.
As he spoke, a dense darkness emerged in his hand.
The darkness enveloped the Sacred Light Gryphon Emperor's corpse, and instantly, the massive body began to dissipate.
Extreme darkness possessed extremely strong corrosive properties. If Di Tian used his full power, he could corrode even a living hundred-thousand-year Sacred Light Gryphon Emperor, let alone just its corpse.
Immediately, the massive corpse was completely corroded, and as the corpse dissolved, a soul bone dropped down at the opportune moment.
This was a left arm bone. Pei Qing casually grabbed it into his hand, and after feeling it for a moment, he immediately pressed it onto his left arm.
As it was a soul bone that matched the soul ring, Pei Qing had no intention of wasting it and immediately chose to begin absorbing it.
Although a hundred-thousand-year soul bone was precious, it was somewhat insufficient compared to the vast Soul Power of a soul ring.
Pei Qing only took three hours to completely absorb it successfully!
At the same time, while absorbing the soul bone, Pei Qing could feel that his body seemed to have once again refined the soul bone absorbed into his body, making it more suitable for himself.
The Sacred Light Gryphon Emperor's left arm bone granted Pei Qing two skills.
One was Purification, which could purify all negative effects.
The other was Spatial Mastery, which consumed a large amount of Soul Power to tear open space and perform spatial travel.
All in all, this Spatial Mastery was somewhat redundant for Pei Qing.
At the same time, after absorbing the soul bone, Pei Qing's cultivation increased by another level.
At this point, he was only five levels away from level seventy.
Pei Qing felt that reaching Title Douluo by the age of twenty would probably not be a particularly difficult task.
After all, for possessors of extreme attribute Martial Souls, the first seventy levels were fraught with difficulties, but after reaching Soul Sage, their cultivation speed would greatly increase.
It's time to go back, settle everything, and then head to Spirit Hall!
After thoroughly dealing with all matters, it would be time to plan for his friends.
Becoming a god alone was destined to be tragic. Sea God Island could be said to be the easiest place to obtain a divine position.
After all, if Pei Qing wanted to obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Cover, he could get it anytime.
After bidding farewell to Di Tian and Gu Yuena, Pei Qing immediately chose to return to Heaven Dou City with Bi Ji and Di Mingli.
When he returned to Heaven Dou City, only half a month remained until the All-Continent Soul Master Advanced Elite Tournament.
"Pei Qing, you're back!"
Immediately upon returning to the academy, Pei Qing directly found the four girls.
They had also made good progress this year. Except for Zhu Zhuqing, whose cultivation was still at the Soul Ancestor level, the others had all reached the Soul King level.
"Yes, I came out of seclusion some time ago; I just spent some time acquiring my sixth soul ring."
Pei Qing nodded and then said.
Soul Emperor!
When the four girls heard Pei Qing's words, even though they had long anticipated it, their hearts still fluttered.
They knew how old Pei Qing was—only sixteen.
A sixteen-year-old Soul Emperor. It would be no exaggeration to say that this set a record in the history of the Douluo Continent.
"Did you acquire the soul ring by yourself? Why didn't you let my grandpa help?"
Dugu Yan frowned, seemingly a bit displeased that Pei Qing went to acquire the soul ring alone.
"No need to worry. With my family's help, a small sixth soul ring is nothing worth mentioning!"
Just then, Di Mingli, who had been standing behind Pei Qing, patted her chest and said very seriously.
"So that's how it is!"
Dugu Yan snorted at Di Mingli, then started to let her imagination run wild again.
"Pei Qing, you're back. The Soul Master Tournament is about to begin. This old man wants you all to participate. What do you think?"
Soon after Pei Qing returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the Three Committee Members had already come looking for him.
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