The moment Wang Teng opened his eyes, he heard his father's hearty laughter.
"Father, I did it!"
It wasn't easy! After so many years on Douluo Continent, he had finally obtained a Soul Ring and become a true Soul Master. Without Soul Skills, one wasn't a true Soul Master!
"Hmm, by the way, let's test your Soul Power."
Wang Chengkun immediately took out a crystal ball to test Soul Power. When Wang Teng placed his right hand on the crystal ball, a bright light shone from it.
"Not bad! Your Soul Power has reached level 12!"
The nearly 500-year-old Soul Ring directly raised Wang Teng's Soul Power level to 12. After all, the higher the age of the Soul Ring, the more Soul Power it contains, and the greater the increase in Soul Power a Soul Master gains after absorbing it.
"By the way, Teng'er, what's the effect of your first Soul Skill?"
"First Soul Skill, Weapon Blessing."
A stream of Soul Power was released from his Martial Soul: the Mysterious Light Cross, forming a golden light on it.
"It's a support-type soul skill that can amplify attack by 30%!"
Wang Teng is still a one-ring soul master and dares not give his father a support soul skill, as that would drain his soul power, leaving it only for himself.
"Amplify attack? Not bad, not bad!" Stroking his chin, Wang Chengkun smacked his lips and nodded, feeling satisfied.
"Alright, now that we've obtained the soul ring, let's go back!"
The Soul Beast Forest is not a good place, and neither Wang Chengkun nor Wang Teng wanted to stay any longer.
...
On the way back to Heaven Dou City, Wang Teng, sitting in the carriage, began to check the changes after his advancement to soul master.
"System, open the attribute panel."
Wang Teng:
Soul Power: Level 12
Martial Soul: Mystic Light Cross, Flash Spirit Gloves
Soul Ring: Yellow (488+)
Soul Skill: First Soul Skill: Weapon Blessing
Soul Bone: None
Domain: None
A light screen that only Wang Teng could see appeared before his eyes.
At this moment, the discriminatory slogan of the three-no product disappeared, and Wang Teng nodded in satisfaction. That's more like it!
Furthermore, Wang Teng noticed a bracket appearing after his spirit ring, containing numbers and a plus sign. Below the panel, his remaining Lord Origin Points were displayed, now totaling 1600.
"What's this?"
Confused, Wang Teng clicked on it.
Suddenly, the number 488 changed to 489, and the Lord Origin Points decreased slightly.
"...!!!"
Clearly, Wang Teng had discovered the wonder of Lord Origin Points.
"This thing can increase the age of spirit rings?"
Wang Teng was immediately overjoyed. The age of a spirit ring was extremely important for a spirit master, meaning that even if he couldn't find a 100,000-year spirit beast, he could still possess a 100,000-year spirit ring.
"Since it can increase the age of spirit rings, there's no reason why spirit bones can't!" Although Wang Teng didn't currently have spirit bones to test this, it was highly likely he could.
Subsequently, Wang Teng rounded up his first spirit ring, directly adding 500 years to it.
He couldn't add too much, because if the color changed, it would be hard to explain. Also, if the age was too high, his soul power might not be enough to activate his soul skills.
Another point was that he didn't have much Lord's Essence at the moment, so he wasn't in a hurry to buy the 100,000-year Radiant Soul Bone Set from the shop. After all, if a soul master wasn't strong enough, even a high-level soul bone wouldn't be very useful.
Wang Teng was thinking of collecting 100,000 Lord's Essence to test the waters of the Magic Box! He was extremely curious.
Suppressing his excitement, Wang Teng turned his attention to the dungeon panel. There, two new Tier 2 dungeons were open to him.
Dark Forest and, deep within the Dark Forest.
'??? Only two dungeons? It doesn't feel like enough to farm.'
Clearly, two dungeons weren't enough to satisfy Wang Teng's urgent need for Lord's Essence.
Moreover, a notification appeared at the bottom of the dungeon panel—only by clearing dungeons of the current tier could one obtain EXP and Lord's Essence.
Wang Teng knew what EXP was; it was the 'experience' gained in dungeons. It was a bit of a pity; he'd thought he could continue farming the previous two Tier 1 dungeons! Unexpectedly, they'd become zero-reward dungeons.
Wait, he still had Gold Soul Coins, but they didn't provide 'experience' or Lord's Essence. Clearly, these Gold Soul Coins weren't enough for him to farm.
He closed the dungeon panel and opened the system shop. After advancing to Tier 2 Soul Master, Tier 2 equipment was now available to him.
Having already decided on his purchases, Wang Teng glanced at his savings and immediately clicked to buy.
After spending 900 Gold Soul Coins, nine pieces of equipment were now in Wang Teng's inventory:
a sturdy oak breastplate, sturdy oak leggings, sturdy oak shoulder pads, a sturdy oak belt, sturdy oak boots, silk bracers, a leather collar, a lotus ring, and a weapon—a new-style rifle.
That's right, Wang Teng decided to abandon the crossbow, a powerful tool for ambushes.
Compared to rifles, crossbows have a much shorter range, although firing soul power arrows is virtually undetectable. However, the range of a rifle more than compensates for this, and Wang Teng believed that at the same level, a rifle was more powerful than a crossbow.
However, he no longer needed this obsolete equipment and wondered if the system shop could recycle it. After all, these were soul tools, not easy to sell, and only useful at the Soul Warrior level; the amplification effect would be minimal at the Soul Master level.
Sure enough, Wang Teng found a place to sell his equipment. However, looking at the recycling price of 15 gold soul coins per piece, Wang Teng's expression wasn't good. He had previously bought these items for 30 gold soul coins each, and now they were being recycled at half price.
Wang Teng almost cursed. But even if he didn't sell them, they were useless to him, so Wang Teng could only dump all the equipment into the system shop.
Moreover, in addition to the equipment he was wearing before, Wang Teng also obtained several pieces of equipment from the boss's treasure chest during the previous few days of dungeon runs, all of which he gave to the system shop.
After all, although these things are called soul tools, they're all first-tier, and people might not even want them. Besides, Wang Teng isn't short of gold soul coins.
Of course, if he reaches a higher level in the future, he won't have to sell the discarded soul tools cheaply in the system shop. He could open a soul tool shop and maybe make a fortune?
However, as the saying goes, you can only eat what you're capable of. These days, without some strength, you really can't be too high-profile.
Soul tools, like the recovery potions before, have too much profit and too many hidden pitfalls, which Wang Teng can't grasp at the moment!