Chapter 89: The Soul Ring and Soul Bone Skills Brought by Tianmeng!
Holy cow!
The speed of this soul power improvement directly stunned everyone!
And just then, Tianmeng Iceworm felt it was about time. Hu Bai's current physique could just barely withstand a little over ten thousand years, and too much was as bad as not enough. So, the age limit for this third soul ring was set at exactly ten thousand years—for now!
As Hu Bai's cultivation improves in the future, the power of this soul ring will gradually be unsealed.
Subsequently, a white soul ring slowly emerged from Hu Bai's body, and a platinum-gold skull flickered on Hu Bai's head, puzzling the few people present.
"Grandpa, isn't this a million-year soul ring? Why is it white?" Dugu Yan asked with some confusion.
Dugu Bo also frowned, and when Qian Daoliu saw this platinum-gold soul ring, his eyes suddenly constricted: "This isn't white, but platinum-gold. Do you see the ten patterns on this soul ring?"
There was still a certain difference between a platinum-gold soul ring and a white soul ring.
In Hu Bai's Spiritual Sea, Tianmeng Iceworm placed dozens of seals on his life essence, then said to Hu Bai's spiritual body: "Little fellow, I have placed multiple seals on the soul ring and Soul Bone I gave you. These seals will gradually be unsealed as your strength increases."
"Although the soul ring and Soul Bone I provide cannot significantly increase your soul power level in a short time like those provided by other Soul Beasts, they can prevent your cultivation speed from slowing down!"
"Your little fellow's Martial Soul is very peculiar. It's clearly a mental-type Martial Soul, yet it possesses the ability to control all elements. But since you have such an ability, you need to bear the consequences it brings."
"When the elements you control reach their extreme attributes, your strength will indeed greatly increase, but once your soul power reaches level 30, your cultivation speed will significantly decrease. The more ultimate attributes you possess, the slower your cultivation speed will be."
"But now, there's no need to worry. The mental power increase brought to you by the million-year head Soul Bone I provided will boost your soul power cultivation speed. Furthermore, the immense energy contained within the Soul Bone will gradually permeate your body over time."
"Simply put, the soul power increase you get from absorbing a normal Soul Bone is a one-time boost, while my Soul Bone is a long-term, steady supply."
Hu Bai had worried before whether multiple extreme attributes would bring hidden dangers to his cultivation, but now it seemed he could rest assured.
"Then, Brother Tianmeng, what soul skills do your soul ring and Soul Bone bring me?" At this moment, Hu Bai genuinely called out "Brother Tianmeng."
Although in the original work, this big worm was a bit disgusting in some places, it was ten thousand years earlier now, and everything could be interfered with. He wouldn't let such a thing happen. Calling him "Brother" in exchange for eight skills and cultivation improvements was a huge profit!
"Hehe, you finally sincerely called me 'Brother.' The abilities I provide from the soul ring and Soul Bone are not considered powerful. After all, my racial characteristics are here; I don't have much offensive ability. However, they can bring you very strong auxiliary abilities, allowing you to better control the elements."
"And your Martial Soul itself is mental-type. Those powerful mental soul skills, I imagine you should be able to develop them yourself with a bit more time."
"First are the soul ring skills. A million-year soul ring can provide you with four soul skills. These are Spiritual Detection, Spiritual Sharing, Spiritual Interference, and Spiritual Mimicry."
Since Hu Bai himself possessed the ability of Spiritual Shock and had already acquired abilities, soul skills would not be duplicated. Therefore, unlike Huo Yuhao, Hu Bai's fourth soul skill from his million-year soul ring was Tianmeng Iceworm's innate soul skill, illusion imitation.
Illusion imitation, in addition to changing the color and aura of a Soul Master's soul ring, could also achieve the effects of aura concealment and invisibility.
Moreover, this was Tianmeng Iceworm's million-year soul skill, and there was a difference from the Iceworm illusion imitation skill Huo Yuhao obtained later—after all, the age limit was there.
Hu Bai's lips curled slightly: "These four soul skills are very practical."
"Hahaha! I didn't expect it! You, kid, can actually see the special features of these four skills. Not bad, not bad!" Tianmeng Iceworm seemed a bit carried away by Hu Bai's praise.
But Hu Bai was just stating facts. With Spiritual Detection Sharing, his reaction speed greatly increased, the hit rate of his abilities would also be enhanced, and it could also be used to assist others.
Given his current strength, when he goes out on missions in the future, it will definitely be a multi-person operation.
"And this head Soul Bone also brings you four soul skills: Spiritual Amplification, Spiritual Shield, Extreme Ice Amplification, and Everfrost Eye."
"Spiritual Amplification and Extreme Ice Amplification go without saying; they simply amplify your mental power and ice attribute power after use. The degree of amplification will increase as the Soul Bone's power is unsealed."
"As for Spiritual Shield and Everfrost Eye, these two skills are generated by combining with your own vertical pupil—your external Soul Bone. Spiritual Shield is considered a passive ability; as long as your mental power is strong enough, you won't suffer from others' mental sneak attacks. You can also use it actively, but of course, there's no need."
"And Everfrost Eye is even simpler: it emits a freezing beam from your third eye. Wherever your gaze falls, all objects instantly freeze."
Alas, these eight soul skills basically exhausted all of his skills.
His two attributes were primarily mental power, with the ice attribute as a supplement. The four soul skills of the soul ring were essentially all of his core skills, while the four soul skills of the head bone could only exist when combined with Hu Bai's own vertical pupil—his external Soul Bone.
After all, he was just a silkworm; giving out eight soul skills was truly too difficult for him.
However, this was only what Tianmeng thought in his heart; he didn't say it aloud, or wouldn't he lose face?
"Alright, this is all I can give you, little fellow. Remember what you promised me!" As Tianmeng finished speaking, his soul merged into the head bone.
Finally, he glanced at Hu Bai's Spiritual Sea and sighed in his heart—how wonderful it would be if this Spiritual Sea could be his residence; it was so vast!
But it didn't matter. After his sacrifice, there wasn't much origin left to maintain his soul, and he indeed needed to fall into a period of slumber to recover. It was fine to stay in the Soul Bone for now.
This time, it was his big gamble. A wisdom soul ring was unheard of, and it was his first attempt. Fortunately, it succeeded!
Qian Daoliu seized the opportunity, and a divine power of an angel landed in Hu Bai's head bone, setting up a Seal. Tianmeng could actively communicate with Hu Bai mentally, but he could not see the outside situation unless Hu Bai agreed.
After doing all this, Qian Daoliu nodded with satisfaction.
"Little fellow, how was your harvest this time?"
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End of Chapter