"小 Daji, quickly take out my King Hero Summon Card. Hopefully, this time it can summon a Douluo with a title, hehe."
The summon card in his hand flashed, and the originally blank card changed color.
A woman in white appeared boldly, holding an unfurled scroll in one hand and a pen in the other, both daring and stylishly elegant.
[Hero: Shangguan Wan'er]
[Martial Soul: Shock Pen]
[Soul Power: Level 53]
[Soul Rings: Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black]
[Soul Skills: First skill – Pen Formation: Fires ink bullets forward, strengthening the next attack.]
Second skill – Sealing Technique: Jishi: Wield a powerful brush; when it hits the enemy, it explodes.
Third skill – Feibai Hidden Wind: Choose a point and write from the target point to your position. The brush tip damages any enemy it touches, slowing them by 50% during the writing.
Fourth skill – Zhangcao Horizontal Forest: Wan'er swings her pen to damage enemies along the path. After hitting enemies with her soul skills or striking the same target five times consecutively, she leaps high to deliver another attack. While airborne, she is invincible.
"Oh, it's Shangguan Wan'er. Too bad she's a Soul King; I thought she might be a Douluo with a title."
Daji frowned at the new female character.
"Hmph, little sprite, the master belongs to me."
Lin Yuan distributed the Space Soul Guides obtained from the task to Daji, Taiyi, and Wan'er, keeping two for himself. Then he and Shangguan Wan'er left the Ice and Fire Eye, entering the Sunset Forest to obtain soul rings.
Lin Yuan didn't bring Daji or Taiyi along. On one hand, he now had enough self-defense capability and needed more combat to consolidate the absorbed soul power. On the other, both had their own matters to attend.
Over the past two months, Taiyi's alchemy skills had improved steadily. He was currently concocting a poison capable of protecting the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, similar to the Yulin Snake venom. Daji, meanwhile, was refining the residual power of the Nine-Colored Fox Tail Flower in her body. Both Lin Yuan and Daji had underestimated this heavenly gift. The Nine-Colored Fox Tail Flower greatly benefitted Daji, though it required more time to fully refine.
Lin Yuan and Wan'er walked a short distance in the Sunset Forest when they encountered a soul beast.
It was a pitch-black tiger, with a white "王" (King) character on its forehead. Over four meters long and about 1.7 meters at the shoulder, it was enormous.
"Mo Hu!"
"One year, no problem, just him alone," Lin Yuan said. The first soul ring lit up, and the second fire-element skill, Fire Meteor, activated! A meteor instantly formed and shot toward Mo Hu. Meanwhile, Shangguan Wan'er's first and second soul skills also activated, triggering two explosions.
A sudden mutation occurred. The shadow aura around the Ink Tiger gradually spread outward, affecting Lin Yuan and Wan'er's soul skills. The aura continued to expand, turning any small soul beast it touched into black water.
The Ink Tiger's skill—roaring across mountains and rivers—was literary in essence.
"Soul Bone Skill – Extreme Cold Domain!"
The Ice Dragon King's right arm bone skill activated, instantly freezing the expanding aura, turning a hundred-mile radius into an icy snow world! The Ink Tiger was no exception.
The Ice Dragon King's overwhelming majesty immobilized the tiger, naturally freezing it in place.
At the same time, Wan'er unleashed all her soul skills. Her fourth skill soared into the sky, dancing with the opponent. A series of combos destroyed Mo Hu.
"Boom!" The ice shattered. The tiger gasped for air. A black soul ring slowly appeared.
"Absorb it, Wan'er."
"Yes, master." She sat cross-legged and drew the soul ring into her body, beginning to absorb its power.
An hour later, Shangguan Wan'er finished absorbing the soul ring. They set out again to find Lin Yuan's fifth soul ring.
Night fell.
Lin Yuan and company found a flat area to set up tents. Suddenly, the ground shook. "Something's approaching."
"The Qilin has possessed him."
"An astonishing pen."
They saw a massive bull-shaped divine beast, over five meters long and two meters at the shoulder, like a giant. A black horn over a meter long rose from its head. Its mouth seemed like a black hole, devouring everything nearby.
Through his detection eye, information about the soul beast appeared on Lin Yuan's virtual display:
[Soul Beast: Voracious Bull][Age: 34,500 years][Talent Skill: Devour the Sky]
"So it's a 34,500-year-old voracious cow," Lin Yuan noted.
Like Xuanzi's Martial Soul after thousands of years, this spirit beast had a massive appetite, devouring everything nearby.
"Forward, Void!" Ink bullets were fired but absorbed by the black hole before hitting the Voracious Bull.
Wan'er shot forward fearlessly. The bull didn't flinch at her sudden attack.
The bull stomped the ground, shaking it, and its black horn charged at Wan'er's attack.
At this moment, Wan'er's last three soul rings glowed in sequence, preparing her fourth skill combo.
Players of King Hero know Wan'er's "Flying Combo" is extremely strong. Unless countered, she can dominate her lane.
In mid-air, Wan'er was invulnerable. The black hole absorbed all her ink attacks.
Before Wan'er landed, the massive horn lunged at her.
Fifth Soul Skill – Black Ink Counterattack
Black rings appeared around Wan'er. The horn collided with the rings and was pushed back. She spun in the air and kicked the Voracious Bull.
The kick was not easy—the thick-skinned greedy bull was tough—but it concentrated half of Wan'er's soul power.
"Moo!"
This time, the Voracious Bull was enraged.
It opened its mouth, forming black light points inside—its innate skill, Devour the Sky.
Previous black holes had not unleashed full power. This time, it truly began to consume the sky.
As the black hole condensed, surrounding earth elements gathered into its body, forming an unbreakable armor.
"Futile struggle. Soul Bone Skill – Ultimate Frost!"
Everything in the frozen area, even the black hole, was immobilized.
When the Voracious Bull felt trapped, its Devour the Sky skill was instantly canceled, and it tried to flee.
But it hadn't moved far before freezing in place.
The Golden Dragon Spear appeared in Lin Yuan's hand, piercing the Voracious Bull.
Greedy bull, a mere pawn!A black soul ring slowly appeared.
"Wan'er, protect me."
"Yes, master."
One hour later, Lin Yuan absorbed the soul ring and unexpectedly gained two soul skills.
Strictly speaking, they were still soul skills:
Earth Element Control – Earth Unicorn
Voracious Bull's Ultimate – Devour the Sky
Logically, only absorbing a decade-old soul ring should grant two skills, but the Voracious Bull amazed Lin Yuan.
Could this be protagonist cheating?
The surprises didn't end.
Ding! Congratulations, host's power increased. Rewards: +20,000 points, 1 random skill, 1 'Hidden Weapon – Hundred Solutions.'
"Holy…!"
"Activate random skill."
"Unlock random technique… Congratulations, host obtained 'Beiming Divine Technique.'"
"I'm going to Xiuyou Sect to train. Today is truly a good day."
Beiming Divine Technique: Supreme martial art. After training, every acupoint in the body can absorb internal energy and convert it into Beiming True Qi. Beiming True Qi has both yin and yang properties: the yang Beiming Qi is as hot as fire, the yin Beiming Qi is several times colder than ice. It synergizes with martial arts, is highly poisonous yet invulnerable, fierce and powerful, with terrifying offensive power. The true qi shield greatly enhances defense; enemies feel shock when attacked. Speed is also greatly increased, ascending hills as easily as descending.
Perfect training!
Most importantly, both Beiming Divine Technique and Hidden Weapon – Hundred Solutions have physical books and automatic learning methods.
After a while, the techniques flowed into Lin Yuan's mind. His eyes lit up as he felt the endless information streaming into his consciousness.
If you want, I can continue translating the next part where Lin Yuan begins fully testing these new skills in the Sunset Forest, keeping all soul skill and martial terms consistent.
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