Oscar was extremely satisfied with the gains from this trip, as it not only rapidly enhanced his strength but also granted him a powerful soul skill capable of aiding a Title Douluo.
From the perspective of support, Oscar's soul skill could be considered top tier.
Moreover, Oscar almost completely revealed his fifth soul skill in front of the Sky Blue Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape, demonstrating his trust in the two beasts.
For the two beasts, this was undoubtedly the greatest sign of trust. After all, soul masters typically don't easily reveal their soul skills, as it's meant to prevent others from targeting them.
However, the two beasts clearly felt Oscar's goodwill.
But Oscar also had some secrets. The hidden part was what Oscar kept under wraps when he was enveloped by a gray black light shield during the last moment of absorbing his soul ring.
For Oscar, the fifth soul skill was indeed powerful, but what truly satisfied him wasn't just the skill itself.
When he was wrapped in the gray black light shield, the process of absorbing the soul ring had undergone a subtle change.
At that time, Oscar felt an intense pain in his spine, as if something was forcefully merging with him. Yet, under the gray black light shield, which was strong enough to prevent even a Title Douluo from detecting it, no one, not even Ge Yue, noticed that Oscar had sprouted a pair of black feathered wings.
In addition to the wings, a two meter long scorpion tail, made entirely of black bone segments, also appeared at the base of his spine. The tail ended with an evil god's hook, reflecting a cold gleam!
Even Oscar didn't expect that not only had he acquired a 55,000 year old fifth soul ring, but he had also obtained a powerful external spirit bone.
This external spirit bone wasn't just a pair of black wings or the evil god's hook; it was an entire spine, with the evil god's wings and hook attached to it.
This meant that Oscar's external spirit bone directly granted him the most powerful parts of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger the evil god's wings and the evil god's hook.
This external spirit bone not only enhanced Oscar's strength but also provided a terrifying boost to his foundation. In terms of physical capabilities alone, with Oscar now at level 55, his body surpassed the Soul Sage level, reaching at least the strength of a level 75.
Additionally, the external spirit bone granted him two extremely powerful innate skills: Evil God's Protection and the Death Arena.
That's right, Oscar had even acquired the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's ultimate move, the Death Arena, which now belonged to him as a spirit bone skill.
Evil God's Protection was an exceptionally strong defensive skill. Its defensive capability had already been showcased during the battle between the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and Gai Yue. As long as Oscar's soul power was sufficiently robust, this defensive skill could even protect him from attacks from Title Douluos.
In a sense, as long as Oscar's soul power was enough to support this skill, its effect was nearly invincible, akin to an immortal body.
With this defensive skill, Oscar now had a true lifesaving trump card. Unless faced with an attack powerful enough to instantly kill him, Oscar could rely on this skill to survive.
When facing ordinary soul masters, Evil God's Protection was essentially an invincible body with no time limit.
The Death Arena, the soul bone skill, was even more terrifying. It was essentially a trump card capable of reversing life and death.
Both skills Evil God's Protection and the Death Arena came from the external spirit bone. Evil God's Protection was derived from the Evil God's wings, and the Death Arena came from the Evil God's hook.
When activated, the Death Arena would drag any soul master below god rank into the Evil God's space. In this space, the soul master would gradually grow younger over time, meaning their cultivation would decrease as they aged.
This meant that with this soul skill, Oscar now had the ability to kill any soul master below god rank.
This was undoubtedly terrifying, especially considering Oscar was only level 55.
As a trump card, this skill was enough to reverse life and death in an instant.
Of course, this skill was indeed powerful, but it wasn't as invincible as it seemed, because the key to activating the skill was hitting the opponent.
Although the skill affected any soul master below god rank, Oscar at this stage wasn't strong enough to fight against a 99thlevel Peerless Douluo.
If the skill missed, it had no effect. After all, the opponent wouldn't just stand still and let Oscar attack.
Moreover, even a Title Douluo would avoid danger if they sensed a threat. No matter how arrogant they were, they wouldn't just let Oscar attack them.
Thus, the skill wasn't as undefeatable as it seemed, but it was still a formidable trump card.
There was also a limitation to this skill: it could only be used once per year, with no stacking effects.
The cool down counted from the moment the skill was used, and it could only be reused after a full year had passed.
So, this skill could only serve as a trump card and not be used as a regular attack method.
However, Oscar didn't need it as a regular attack method now. Besides his powerful swordsmanship, he could also replicate others' martial souls.
With his new fifth soul skill, Oscar was essentially a humanoid Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and his strength was beyond doubt.
Of course, that didn't mean Oscar could now face a Title Douluo.
Without using the Death Arena or his fifth soul skill, Oscar, relying solely on his swordsmanship and his ability to copy others' martial souls, was already strong enough to take on a Soul Sage at level 55.
If the Soul Sage used their martial soul avatar, Oscar might struggle, but escaping wouldn't be a problem.
If he used his fifth soul skill, Oscar could easily handle a Soul Sage, even one using their martial soul avatar. He might even be stronger.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's innate abilities gave him the confidence that with the fifth soul skill, his combat ability would skyrocket.
Had it not been for the limitation on his soul power, Oscar, with just this fifth soul skill, could already rival a Title Douluo.
Oscar had a premonition that with his current foundation and the speed at which he was progressing, by the time he reached level 70, simply using the fifth soul skill might already allow him to rival a Title Douluo.
This confidence came from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, which was a godlevel soul beast capable of matching an Angel.
Oscar's fifth soul skill essentially turned the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger into his martial soul, though he couldn't absorb its soul rings.
While he couldn't absorb its soul rings, Oscar had inherited all of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's talents. The six attributes of time, space, wind, thunder, evil, and darkness more than made up for the lack of soul rings.
After all, both his mental power and physical strength were far superior to that of any other soul master at his level.
Furthermore, the Evil God's Hook provided him with a passive ability: Devour.
Oscar could use the Evil God's Hook to devour any living being and convert its energy into his own. He could devour soul power to aid his cultivation, and even recover soul power and life force.
This ability came directly from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, which became so powerful due to its devouring ability.
According to the information from Da Ming and Er Ming, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had only been born a few thousand years ago but had already reached its current level of strength because of its devouring ability.
When Da Ming and Er Ming nearly killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, they were shocked to find that the beast had recovered in just a few years by devouring the life force of other soul beasts.
This was the true strength of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, which was why Da Ming and Er Ming were so shocked when Oscar claimed to have inherited all of the tiger's abilities.
To test the power of his fifth soul ring, Oscar chose to challenge Ge Yue to a duel.
This canyon was the territory of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, so no soul beasts resided here, making it the perfect battlefield for the master and disciple.
Oscar, now resembling a humanoid beast, hovered in midair and spoke slowly: "Master, come and test the power of my fifth soul skill."
Ge Yue raised an eyebrow and smiled, summoning the Frost Moon Sword, which crackled with arcs of lightning and was surrounded by a faint cyan whirlwind.
This was the combination of the two attributes from Oscar's fifth soul skillthunder and hurricane.
The Sky Blue Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape stood by with Xiao Wu, watching the battle closely.
Although Oscar's fifth soul skill seemed incredibly powerful, nothing was better than seeing it with their own eyes.
"Let me see your abilities," Ge Yue said, and in the blink of an eye, he soared into the air to face Oscar.
At level 93, even without using his sword, Ge Yue could easily fly, thanks to his immense soul power. This was the power of a Title Douluo.
Looking at his disciple, who now resembled a beast martial soul user, Ge Yue's Frost Moon Sword crackled with lightning. In the next instant, it shot forward.
The faint hurricane surrounding the sword amplified its speed.
Ge Yue didn't deliberately go easy on Oscar, but he wasn't using his full Title Douluo strength either.
Though the Frost Moon Sword contained both thunder and hurricane attributes, the current power was only at the Soul Emperor level, as Ge Yue wanted to test Oscar's current strength.
The Frost Moon Sword came at Oscar in an instant.
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