Hearing Gai Yue's words, Oscar immediately described the effect of his new soul skill.
"Teacher, my third soul skill turned out exactly as I hoped—it grants flight. After taking the sausage created with this skill, one can fly for fifteen minutes, and at the speed of a Sharp-Tailed Swift."
"With my current strength, that's equivalent to the full-speed flight of a Swift that has been cultivated for over seven thousand years. As my cultivation improves, the flight speed granted by this soul skill will also continue to rise."
At Oscar's explanation, both Gai Yue and Shao Xin were left dumbstruck. If they hadn't already been shocked countless times by Oscar before, they probably would have shouted out something along the lines of "What the hell is this monster?!"
The reason was simple—Oscar's three soul skills so far all shared one terrifying trait: they could continuously scale with his strength.
That was outrageous. For most auxiliary-type soul masters, their soul skills were fixed in effect; very few could improve alongside their cultivation, and even in those rare cases, the degree of improvement could never compare to Oscar's.
If this continued, what did it mean?
His first soul skill would one day let even a Title Douluo continuously recover soul power, stamina, wounds, and mental strength.
His second soul skill would eventually allow him to cure the venom of even ten-thousand-year soul beasts—or poisons laid down by Title Douluo.
His third soul skill would let a soul master directly fly at the speed of a hundred-thousand-year Sharp-Tailed Swift!
This was simply beyond terrifying.
One had to know—even a fifty-thousand-year Swift already surpassed most hundred-thousand-year soul beasts in raw speed. If Oscar's skill one day allowed a person to match that… wouldn't that mean he could create the fastest being alive on the entire continent?
Though this was all dependent on Oscar eventually reaching the level of Title Douluo himself, with his current talent, that future seemed more than possible.
The implications were shocking: Oscar's single soul skill could allow someone to transcend their limits, granting them power beyond their cultivation rank. If so, didn't this mean his future potential as an auxiliary master could surpass even the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Clan?
With this in mind, Gai Yue and Shao Xin's shock made sense. Meanwhile, Oscar himself wasn't as surprised, but he was deeply satisfied with the soul skill.
At his current level, this third skill already allowed him to fly faster than a typical rank 50 Flight-type Soul King. Compared to his sword-flight using the Sky Azure Spirit Jade Sword, this was vastly superior.
While sword-flight consumed very little soul power, its speed was limited—barely matching soul masters of the same level. If those soul masters then activated their soul skills, Oscar's sword-flight simply couldn't compare.
Now, however, his third soul skill granted him tremendous escape ability. In the face of danger, this speed could save his life.
Shocked or not, Gai Yue and Shao Xin had long since grown used to Oscar's abnormality.
But aside from his new soul skill and reaching level 33, absorbing the 6,700-year Swift's ring had brought Oscar another huge gain—his physical body had reached the threshold between Soul Ancestor and Soul King. With just one more breakthrough, his body would fully match that of a Soul King.
And it wasn't just his body. Ever since transmigrating into this world, his spiritual power had been unnaturally strong. Now, it too had climbed to the Soul Ancestor peak, only one step from the Soul King level.
This meant that even without external aid like Immortal Herbs, Oscar's fourth soul ring could already reach ten thousand years.
His powerful spiritual strength was undoubtedly his greatest cheat since arriving in this world.
It was also thanks to this that Oscar had avoided many of the flaws of his counterpart in the original timeline—such as the embarrassing chant for his sausages, or the limitation that his soul skill effects would be halved if he used them himself.
This Oscar was far stronger, and his efforts surpassed anything the original could have achieved.
Once they had finished discussing, Shao Xin handed over the roasted Sharp-Tailed Swift meat he'd prepared earlier. Thanks to the bird's unique speed, its flesh was firm yet incredibly flavorful, leaving one savoring every bite.
After eating, Oscar resumed his cultivation, familiarizing himself with his improved strength. The night passed swiftly, and by dawn, under Gai Yue's lead, the group set out again—this time to find Shao Xin's seventh soul ring.
At level 70, Shao Xin required at least a thirty-thousand-year ring. But since he had previously consumed Whale Glue to enhance his body, he could actually withstand a ring of forty-five thousand years.
That meant the group had no choice but to enter the core region of the Sunset Forest.
The Sharp-Tailed Swifts they hunted before had only lived near the core's edges. While they were unmatched in speed, their offensive power was weak, and thus, they wouldn't dare venture deeper inside.
But now, with Shao Xin's needs, they would have to press on.
Fortunately, Sunset Forest was rumored not to harbor hundred-thousand-year soul beasts. If true, then with Gai Yue present, safety was not an issue.
Still, thinking of the core region reminded Oscar of a legendary treasure—the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. It was something he longed for deeply.
But according to the original timeline, this place was already occupied by Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo. And to guard it, Dugu Bo had laid down terrifying poison formations—lethal to anyone below Title Douluo.
Even Gai Yue, though stronger than most Contras, would still be helpless against Dugu Bo's poison.
Oscar's second soul skill could neutralize poison, but only of equivalent level. Its divine effect of "ignoring debuffs" did not extend to toxins.
Thus, while he secretly hoped for luck to lead him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the reality was he had no way of entering—not yet.
Unless he could obtain herbs of supreme quality, capable of refining antidotes against a Title Douluo's poison. But such herbs only grew within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well itself…