Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is
As the spirit ring settled, terrifying spirit power poured into Lin Xishan's body, squeezing his meridians in waves.
spirit rings below ten thousand years do not have soul shock; it is purely a test of physical constitution.
At this moment, the physical capabilities Lin Xishan had honed over the past few days through dietary supplements, medicinal baths, and training came into play; although his meridians were swollen from the pressure, he was still able to circulate his spirit power steadily and absorb the spirit ring.
Yan and Xie Yue looked at Lin Xishan, who was settling into a good rhythm, with complex expressions, then exchanged a glance, a helpless glance.
"The gap is getting wider and wider; watching him pull ahead of us right at his second spirit ring."
After an hour of absorption, the purple thousand-year spirit ring gradually merged into Lin Xishan's body; Lin Xishan opened his eyes, panting heavily, and then looked at his hands.
The ability he obtained was unexpectedly good; it was actually the special training skill of God of Earth Cassius — Ten Thousand Mountains Absolute Shadow!
After use, for one hour, his six major attributes—attack, defense, special attack, special defense, speed, and accuracy—are all doubled, and it can be stacked up to six times.
After absorbing this thousand-year spirit ring, Lin Xishan's physical constitution improved significantly, and his spirit power also rose to the level of rank twenty-three.
Lin Xishan stood up, then pulled Hu Liena's hand and activated Ten Thousand Mountains Absolute Shadow.
The phantom of a colorful mountain appeared, casting light upon the two of them; Hu Liena suddenly felt her body shudder. As a native of the Douluo Continent, she could not quantify the six major attributes, but she could feel that her strength had doubled.
"Go and absorb your spirit ring quickly; try to finish it within an hour," Lin Xishan said.
Hu Liena nodded, killed the three-tailed Charming Fox with a blade, then sat cross-legged and guided the purple spirit ring to fly towards her.
Although her physical constitution was much worse than Lin Xishan's, this three-tailed Charming Fox was just a Spirit Beast that had recently entered the thousand-year level, so the difficulty of absorption was much lower than Lin Xishan's.
However, she still hadn't finished absorbing it after an hour, and sweat appeared on Hu Liena's face. Lin Xishan raised his hand, hesitating whether to risk interrupting the absorption to apply another buff, when Hu Liena stood up.
"Absorption complete?" Lin Xishan scratched his head, lowered his hand, and asked.
"Yeah, thanks to your buff!" Hu Liena said.
"That's good. How is your new Spirit Ability?" Lin Xishan asked.
"It's very strong. It can plunder and devour the opponent's soul to gain a buff. The stronger the opponent's soul, the greater the buff I can gain. However, there is a limit; it cannot be too much stronger than me. Currently, I can at most plunder the soul of a level thirty-five Spirit Elder," Hu Liena said.
"That is also very strong," Yan said. "But what happens when you take the soul? Do they die directly?"
"Is the devouring mandatory?" Lin Xishan asked.
"Seems like it," Hu Liena nodded, not knowing who she was answering, or perhaps answering both.
"In that case, we happen to have a good target to test the move on," Lin Xishan said.
The four of them looked at the little two-tailed fox.
The little fox widened its eyes, and just as it saw Hu Liena reach out her hand, the next moment she arrived in front of it and pressed her hand onto its head.
A transparent fox soul was dragged out, and then a phantom of a mouth appeared on Hu Liena's hand, devouring the soul in large bites.
The little fox was stunned, remaining blankly in place.
The mouth on Hu Liena's hand only took one bite, and the remaining broken soul flew back.
"Hiss, squeak squeak squeak!"
The two-tailed fox's figure instantly shrank, and it rolled on the ground in pain.
"It seems it won't die, but it will be very, very painful," Lin Xishan said.
"Yeah, what a terrifying Spirit Ability," Xie Yue and Yan said involuntarily.
Lin Xishan, however, had already seen the weakness of this Spirit Ability: it must touch the opponent's crown to activate.
Therefore, this ability was not a big problem for Lin Xishan; after all, he had seen this move before, and in terms of physical combat, he could easily crush Hu Liena even if he were drunk.
The five of them finished their dinner with a mix of fox meat, dragon meat, and the dry rations they had brought, and then Lin Xishan built a few shelters using leaves so everyone could just rough it for the night.
After all, although they had a Spirit Saint overseeing them, traveling at night would be troublesome, and no one wanted to invite unnecessary trouble.
Inside the shelter, the four of them squeezed together. Lin Xishan lowered the leaves acting as a curtain, blocking out most of the mosquitoes, and they slept through the night without being too uncomfortable.
The next morning, Lin Xishan felt as if his chest was being crushed by a giant rock. Opening his eyes, he saw Hu Liena lying horizontally, with her feet pressed against his chest. On the other side, Yan and Xie Yue were sleeping in an even more bizarre posture, like... an arhat stack.
This was too much. Lin Xishan rolled his eyes, settled Hu Liena properly, draped his clothes over her, and went out of the shelter.
That Spirit Saint teacher was also awake very early, sitting cross-legged and cultivating facing the sunlight.
It was clear that not every Spirit Saint uncle was as laid-back as the likes of Flender; there were still those with ambition.
After a while, everyone woke up one after another, and the group ended this spirit hunting trip and set off on the return journey.
After this, the relationship between Lin Xishan and Hu Liena became closer. Hu Liena would often "intercept" Lin Xishan after he finished his training to hand him water and food.
"By the way, aren't you busy?" Lin Xishan asked. "I heard that things are very competitive on your side."
"It's fine. My cultivation is currently far ahead; I'm at level twenty-five!" Hu Liena laughed.
"I'm already at level twenty-eight," Lin Xishan said, rolling his eyes.
"It's only been four months, damn it! You went up five levels in four months?" Hu Liena asked excitedly.
"Maybe I'm just gifted," Lin Xishan said with a smile.
"I really want to hit you!" Hu Liena smirked and suddenly delivered a sweeping kick towards Lin Xishan's lower body.
Caught off guard, Lin Xishan stumbled, then took the opportunity to do a handstand, supporting himself with one hand while grabbing Hu Liena's ankle with the other and pulling. Hu Liena, not expecting this, fell backward violently.
Lin Xishan, sharp-eyed, saw a sharp rock in the direction she was falling, reached out, and pulled her into his embrace.
"You, you, you, you!" Hu Liena's face instantly turned crimson.
"Sorry, there was a sharp rock behind you," Lin Xishan said, quickly letting go of Hu Liena.
"Oh, oh!" Hu Liena said, blushing.
After a while, Hu Liena asked: "Um, the final selection is in five years. Will you go?"
"Uh, I want to travel the continent. Staying in the academy every day makes it very hard to truly improve oneself," Lin Xishan hesitated for a moment before deciding to tell the truth.