"An Ultimate Earth attribute… does it have anything special?"
After hearing his explanation, Qian Renxue thought for a moment but still had no clue.
As the Holy Son of Spirit Hall, and having read a vast number of books under Su Cheng's guidance over the years, she was indeed knowledgeable about ultimate attributes.
But according to what she knew, such attributes mostly applied to special martial souls. Aside from possessing extremely extreme strength, she didn't think there was anything particularly outstanding about them.
"You'll know in a moment."
Su Cheng did not explain further. Whether this method could improve the malignant mutation of his innate martial soul, he himself was not certain.
The two walked side by side and soon arrived at the back mountain of Spirit City.
Spirit City itself was built upon the mountain range at the border between the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires. The back mountain area was vast—dozens of times larger than Spirit City itself.
The outer guardian troops of Spirit City, the core reserve members of Spirit Hall, and some soul beasts kept in captivity were all gathered here.
Without slowing their steps, Su Cheng and Qian Renxue soon reached the area designated for imprisoning soul beasts.
Inside one of the cages, a giant Cloud-Patterned Copper-Horned Rhinoceros was tightly bound to the ground by special iron chains.
Its skin was light gray, looking extremely rough and thick—one glance was enough to know its defense was terrifying. Its body was also covered with aesthetically patterned cloud-like markings, arranged in interwoven shapes, shining brilliantly under the sunlight.
Its thick, more-than-one-meter-long horn curved backward, covered with heavy dark deposits that emitted a dull metallic sheen.
This soul beast stood over two meters tall at the shoulder and more than five meters long. But in its current half-dead state, lying weakly on the ground, its presence was greatly diminished.
Su Cheng naturally felt no pity for soul beasts.
He silently extended his right hand, summoned his martial soul, and immediately stabbed a sword straight into its heart.
The already dying Cloud-Patterned Copper-Horned Rhinoceros died instantly, and its soul ring quickly appeared.
Standing nearby, Qian Renxue's eyes flickered, her heart stirring.
Not because of the soul beast—
But because that single sword strike from Su Cheng seemed to contain some sort of Dao-charm she could not comprehend.
Just that sword alone made her feel that with her current strength, she still wouldn't be able to withstand it.
"Teacher, that sword you used…"
Su Cheng glanced at her and said lightly: "Focus on improving your cultivation for now. Don't think about anything else. After you reach level seventy, I will teach you soul skills."
After speaking, he loosened his clothing, revealing his sharply defined upper body.
Immediately after, he took out medicinal liquid and silver needles from his soul guide. He was preparing to stimulate his potential and strengthen his physical body to better absorb the soul ring.
Qian Renxue, who had been tightly pursing her lips and secretly observing him, quickly stepped forward and said, "Let me help you."
"No need."
Su Cheng waved his hand in refusal, not giving her any chance to continue speaking. He swiftly applied the medicinal liquid and skillfully inserted the silver needles into his body. The entire sequence of actions was smooth and seamless.
Soon, all the muscles of his body bulged, a familiar burning sensation flowed through him, and a strong hunger surged along his meridians.
This was caused by stimulating and widening the meridians using acupuncture, which greatly diluted the soul power running through them.
This method could greatly increase soul power absorption speed for a short period of time, but it was actually unsuitable for cultivation.
To avoid exhausting his potential, the acupoint-stimulation method Su Cheng developed only worked for a short duration — at most half a day. If during this period his cultivation and physical strength did not achieve a breakthrough, everything would return to normal, and the excess soul power would have to be released externally; otherwise, it would tear his meridians.
Therefore, this method could only be used for soul ring absorption.
Su Cheng immediately sat cross-legged on the ground and began absorbing this specially prepared soul ring.
Qian Renxue stood not far behind him, quietly watching his silhouette.
At the same time Su Cheng was working hard to absorb his soul ring—
Inside the Pope's Palace, Bibi Dong was similarly assisting Hu Liena in absorbing her second soul ring.
But the second soul ring was not particularly risky to absorb, and the chosen soul beast was one easily found in the back mountain of Spirit City. It hadn't required much effort.
Her thoughts had long drifted elsewhere, pondering the situation of Su Cheng and Qian Renxue.
To be honest, the growth speed of those two over the years had exceeded Bibi Dong's expectations, making her feel wary.
In her heart, she had always regarded Qian Renxue as an enemy and naturally did not want to see her develop smoothly.
As her own flesh and blood, Bibi Dong certainly had some feelings toward Qian Renxue, but those feelings were buried in the deepest part of her heart—perhaps even she herself could barely sense them.
"A twelve-year-old Soul Sect… the speed isn't slow, but nothing to fear. Once I complete the Rakshasa God Trial, I will change everything."
Though she said so, she still felt an inexplicable uneasiness.
In her perception, there was something eerie about Su Cheng.
Sometimes she felt she could see Yu Xiaogang's shadow in him; sometimes he seemed like someone entirely different.
The key issue was—she now realized this man was truly theoretically invincible, frequently doing things that broke conventional understanding.
At first, when she handed Qian Renxue over to Su Cheng to study under him, she hadn't thought much of it—after all, theory was just theory.
Her anger back then was more because he had ruined her plan to usurp the throne.
But in recent years, seeing Qian Renxue stick to Su Cheng day and night, the two moving forward side by side and supporting each other, she subconsciously felt uncomfortable.
"Xiaogang… if only you were still by my side."
She sighed inwardly.
Over the years, Bibi Dong had secretly kept track of Yu Xiaogang's situation.
Although various constraints prevented her from investigating too deeply, according to intelligence from various branch halls, ever since Spirit Hall published The Core Competitiveness of the Fourth Soul Ring, Yu Xiaogang really had benefited quite a bit. Many people even suspected he was one of its contributors — after all, the name was too uniquely characteristic.
Although his reputation was still far inferior to Su Cheng's, at least his public image had clearly begun to reverse.
Thinking of this, Bibi Dong's expression sharpened.
She looked at Hu Liena and, seeing that her breathing was stable, stepped outside and summoned Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan.
She asked, "How has Su Cheng's recent research on martial souls been progressing?"
Yue Guan wasn't surprised — the Pope had always shown interest in matters concerning Su Cheng."It seems to be going well. Mr. Su said long ago that he might have a chance to resolve martial soul malignant mutation."
"Him?"
Bibi Dong's elegant brows lifted high, full of disbelief.
Soul ring absorption was based on human physiology, while martial soul theory was an entirely different field. She understood the difference between the two very well.
But… that was martial soul mutation. Xiaogang's martial soul was also a malignant variant…
Her first deep impression of Su Cheng had also come from his similarly 0.5 innate soul power trash martial soul.
"Tell Su Cheng to come to the Pope's Palace."
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