Chapter 166: Tang Shenwang's Physical Condition, A Year of Change
"Ah?"
Tang San's heart skipped a beat, not understanding what exactly had happened to his body.
Yu Xiaogang paced back and forth for a moment before slowly speaking.
"You should remember that six years ago, I warned you not to add a soul ring to your second martial soul before your first martial soul reached the Title Douluo level, right?"
Tang San summoned his Haotian Hammer, and four pale yellow soul rings slowly appeared.
"Master, I remember. Does the pain in my body have something to do with this?"
Yu Xiaogang's face darkened as he nodded.
"Before you, there were only two known twin martial soul owners in the continent, and the first one died from cultivating both martial souls simultaneously."
"Ah?"
After hearing the explanation from his master, Tang San's face changed drastically. Was he going to suffer the same fate?
Seeing the panic on his disciple's face, Yu Xiaogang slowly began to reassure him.
"Don't worry, your situation hasn't reached that point. I will help you resolve the conflict between cultivating twin martial souls. Before that, stabilize your current cultivation."
"Thank you, Master, I understand."
When Tang San heard that his master could solve the problem, his face immediately showed joy, and he respectfully nodded to Yu Xiaogang.
After instructing Tang San to familiarize himself with his soul skills, a trace of worry appeared on Yu Xiaogang's face.
"It seems that I'll have to go ask Bibi Dong about the cultivation method for twin martial souls. I suppose it's time to put my old face on the line."
If Ning Bei were there, he would tell him, "What face do you have? You're always showing off those ten core competences of yours to deceive others."
Moreover, this time, Master was actually being a bit too clever. Six hundred-year-old soul rings were hardly enough to cause a twin martial soul user to explode, and that's not even mentioning that Tang Shenwang had a full set of hundred-year soul bones, which had improved his physique.
The reason for his physical pain was simple: the pig's torso bone continuously produced toxic gases, and Tang Shenwang, due to his pride, had stopped using this soul bone technique. As a result, the toxic gas trapped within the soul bone couldn't be released. Couldn't it hurt?
In other words, Tang San was holding in so much pressure that it was causing internal injury!
A year passed slowly.
During this time, Ning Bei took Nami to the seaside again, where she obtained her third soul ring, which came from a black-patterned hermit crab with nearly 5,000 years of cultivation. Nami's soul power level had already reached level 37, and this was before taking the Purple Heart Breaking Dan and the Three-patterned Qing Ling Dan.
Nami's third soul skill was just as Ning Bei had expected, called "Tide's Blessing." It enhances the soul skills of teammates, inflicts additional tidal damage, and slows down enemies.
This made it hard for her teammates to figure out which path she was walking as a soul master. As of now, Nami had developed as a soul master in control, healing, offense, and support.
This also made Ning Bei more worried about her fifth soul skill.
During this year, the rest of the team had not slacked off on their cultivation either.
The highest-ranked was Xiao Wu, who had already reached level 56. Long Nianbing had successfully broken through to Soul King rank. After absorbing a soul bone and her fifth soul ring, her soul power level reached 55, just below Xiao Wu.
Both Ah Du and Ye Yin Zhu's soul power had also reached level 50, and they just needed one more soul ring to become Soul Kings.
Even the laziest Ning Rongrong had improved her soul power to level 49, and both Ah Du and Ye Yin Zhu were preparing to hunt for a soul ring once she reached level 50.
The most shocking progress came from the little cat, Nami. With the help of Ning Bei's pills and domains, her cultivation had skyrocketed to level 48, which made her teammates fear the terrifying pace at which she was growing.
Ning Bei's soul beast army had not been left behind either.
Da Ming, Er Ming, and Ah Bao had successfully surpassed 200,000 years of cultivation. Ah Zhu , Yao Yao, Chang´e, and Wang Wang had slightly lower levels, but they were close to breaking through to 200,000 years.
The Heavenly Tribulations of the soul beasts and the thunder from the pills Ning Bei occasionally made had become food for Lei Yuan Yuan, which also raised its momentum. Ning Bei guessed that, thanks to its ability to release thunder, Lei Yuan Yuan had already reached the strength of a Super Douluo.
The most important thing on Ning Bei's mind was still the two little ones living on the ninth floor of the Dan Tower: Little Snowflake and Little Hailstorm.
After a whole year of nurturing by the thunder, they had successfully broken through to the 100,000-year level, and today was the day they would face the Thunder Tribulation.
Looking at the thunderclouds in the sky, Ning Bei smiled faintly at Lei Yuan Yuan on his shoulder.
"Yuan Yuan, it's up to you!"
Lei Yuan Yuan looked at the scene in the sky with excitement, licking its tongue.
"Don't worry, Daddy, I've got this."
"Mm!"
Ning Bei felt a bit helpless at the name, but after all, Lei Yuan Yuan was his creation, so calling him that was not wrong.
Just as he finished speaking, the thunder tribulation in the sky struck heavily toward Little Snowflake and Little Hailstorm, who were in the Seven Treasure Forest.
The two little sisters looked up at the thunder above their heads in fear. This was the first time they had faced such a scene.
Fortunately, Yuan Yuan didn't make them wait long. It flew straight toward the sky and swallowed the thunder in its mouth.
After a while, having absorbed the eighteen bolts of lightning, Lei Yuan Yuan patted its swollen stomach and happily returned to Ning Bei's shoulder.
"All done, Daddy!"
Ning Bei smiled and patted Yuan Yuan, taking a Beast Power Pill from his pocket and tossing it into Yuan Yuan's mouth.
This pill didn't do anything for Lei Yuan Yuan, but it was just tasty, something for a snack.
Seeing that the thunder tribulation had disappeared, Little Snowflake and Little Hailstorm happily came over to Ning Bei, rubbing against his legs.
Little Hailstorm had eaten a Transformation Pill half a year ago and had transformed into a little blue-haired girl.
"Now you're both Beast Kings. Can you stop acting like little children?"
The two little girls immediately started shedding tears, as if they were abandoned puppies.
Ning Bei sighed helplessly. Did this really have anything to do with the new rulers of the extreme north? Would the God's Trial judge me as failing?
Fortunately, the Ice God's Third Trial only cared about the soul beasts' cultivation levels, not other factors. As Ning Bei sighed, the familiar voice echoed in his mind.
"Ice God's Third Trial: The cultivation of new kings for the extreme north has been completed. Reward: Ice God compatibility increased by 10%, second martial soul soul ring age increased by 10,000 years, and one divine gift soul ring! Current Ice God compatibility: 30%."
Hearing this wonderful voice, Ning Bei's eyes lit up.
"How is it, Ning Bei? Did you complete the trial?"
Before Ning Bei could respond, Tianmeng was slapped away by Snow Emperor.
"I told you many times, be respectful to the Ice God!"
Tianmeng got up and pitifully looked toward the Ice Emperor, but didn't get any comfort. Even after a year, the Ice Emperor still didn't show any kindness to this fatty.
Looking at the interactions between the three of them, Ning Bei couldn't help but smile.
"It's done. I got the soul ring age increase and a divine gift soul ring. Now, we just have to wait..."
Before Ning Bei could finish, the cold voice echoed in his mind again.
"So fast this time?"
(END CHAPTER)
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