Chapter 156 Breakthrough!
With the golden energy protecting him, Qin Mu's process of absorbing the soul ring became much smoother.
Soon, Qin Mu's condition stabilized, and he quietly absorbed the energy of the soul ring.
By the lake, Ling Yuan and her two companions thought their mission had come to a smooth end.
Suddenly, Qin Mu spat out a mouthful of blood without warning, and his aura immediately weakened.
"What's going on? Could it be that he can't absorb this spirit ring? That shouldn't be the case!"
Ling Yuan's face instantly darkened.
In the eyes of the three of them, the Titan Giant Ape and the Azure Bull Python were of similar cultivation levels. Since Qin Mu absorbed the Titan Giant Ape's soul ring without any harm, then absorbing the Azure Bull Python's soul ring would naturally not be a problem either.
They were unaware of the details regarding Qin Mu's absorption of the two spirit rings, and for a moment, the three of them were at a loss as to what to do.
However, soon, a layer of golden light suddenly shone on Qin Mu's body, and then, to the astonishment of the three, a tributary of the calm lake water split off and flowed into Qin Mu's body.
As the lake water entered his body, Qin Mu's condition gradually stabilized.
The incredible sight before them left Ling Yuan and the others wide-eyed, bewildered as to what had just happened.
However, everyone knew that the lake contained a strong life force, and Qin Mu absorbing it in this way was certainly not a bad thing.
After confirming that Qin Mu's condition was stable, Ling Yuan and the other two focused their attention on the lake in front of them.
During the last battle, everyone discovered the unusual nature of this lake.
However, since this was the core area of the Star Dou Forest, they did not linger there too long.
Now that they have returned, these powerful figures are filled with curiosity about the lake before them.
As Qin Mu expected, it took him a full three months to absorb his seventh spirit ring.
For ordinary Soul Masters, the seventh Soul Ring represents a qualitative leap.
With the seventh spirit ring, one can unleash the true form of the martial spirit and exert the most powerful force of the martial spirit itself.
For Qin Mu, the significance of the seventh spirit ring goes beyond that.
Only after possessing the seventh soul skill, Martial Soul True Body, will one's innate domain truly awaken.
Without a Martial Soul True Body, a talent domain can only play a limited auxiliary role. Only through a Martial Soul True Body can the true effect of the domain be revealed.
Qin Mu's innate domain is naturally the gravity control domain that he initially comprehended.
During the initial month of waiting, Ling Yuan and the other two were quite patient, because it was around the same time when they obtained their seventh spirit rings.
In the second month, Ling Yuan and the other two could still comfort themselves by saying that the age of their soul rings was much higher than theirs.
By the third month, all three of them were like ants on a hot plate.
Who's a kind soul who takes three months to absorb a single spirit ring?
They were anxious, but there was nothing they could do.
At the very beginning of the third month, Gui Mei chose to leave.
Unlike Ling Yuan and Yue Guan, who were dispatched, Gui Mei had no missions to perform recently and was free. Qin Mu needed his seventh soul ring, so he came to the Star Dou Great Forest with them.
Although Qin Mu has not yet fully absorbed the knowledge, with Ling Yuan and Yue Guan looking after him in this Star Dou Great Forest, nothing bad is likely to happen.
With the fourth month about to begin, the anxiety on Ling Yuan and Yue Guan's faces vanished.
Since they were just anxious and couldn't do anything for Qin Mu anyway, they might as well focus on cultivating and protecting Qin Mu as he absorbed the soul ring.
"Yue Guan, when are you finally going to break through to level 96? I'm really looking forward to having a good fight with you!"
Ling Yuan, standing to the side, spoke smugly to Yue Guan, her petty and triumphant demeanor making Yue Guan wish he could fight her right now.
But this is not a contest between Soul Kings and Soul Emperors. At their level, each level is vastly different.
Although Yue Guan is currently at the peak of level 95, he is only one step away from level 96.
However, this one-step difference meant that when facing Ling Yuan, Yue Guan could only barely manage to defend himself.
If Ling Yuan goes all out, Yue Guan will be defeated in no time.
As they were speaking, a rustling sound came from the grass not far away.
A human-faced demon spider, over five meters long, suddenly leaped out and attacked Qin Mu, who was absorbing a soul ring.
Seeing this, Ling Yuan and Yue Guan did not panic, and even had the leisure to stretch.
"This must be the seventh soul beast that's over 50,000 years old, right?"
Ling Yuan muttered to herself, just as she was about to seize the opportunity to make her move, when suddenly, an immense pressure enveloped all the creatures present!
In particular, the human-faced demon spider that was preparing to ambush Qin Mu was pressed to the ground by Qin Mu in the instant the pressure appeared.
In just one glance, the human-faced spider knew that it had no chance of winning against the person in front of it.
With difficulty, the human-faced spider struggled to its feet, just as it was about to flee into the distance.
Qin Mu had appeared beside it without anyone noticing, along with the Haotian Hammer, which emitted a faint golden light.
Without using any soul power, simply unleashing force...
In just a moment, the human-faced spider was sent flying by Qin Mu's smash.
Qin Mu had no intention of exterminating these soul beasts.
Ling Yuan and Yue Guan already had nine spirit rings, so they wouldn't even look at this 50,000-year spirit ring. Besides, he had only just finished absorbing his spirit ring and hadn't reached the bottleneck of acquiring spirit rings yet.
Seeing Qin Mu display such great power immediately after his breakthrough, Ling Yuan and the other two were both somewhat astonished.
They had all witnessed what had just happened. Qin Mu had clearly smashed a 50,000-year-old human-faced demon spider away, yet he hadn't used any soul power.
Qin Mu achieved this level simply by relying on strength!
After dealing with the human-faced spiders that had come to ambush him, Qin Mu chatted briefly with Ling Yuan and Yue Guan and then returned to the place where he had absorbed the soul ring.
A soul beast that is 100,000 years old naturally has more than just soul rings.
Before long, Qin Mu found a perfectly intact right leg bone on the corpse of the Azure Bull Python.
Another week passed, and Qin Mu completed the task of absorbing the right leg bone of the Azure Bull Python.
Sensing the soul power within his body, Qin Mu was pleasantly surprised to find that his soul power had actually reached level seventy-six!
As Qin Mu drew closer to the threshold of level 80, his expression became increasingly excited.
Of course, what surprised Qin Mu the most was the golden light that unconsciously protected him.
He could sense that the source of the golden light was the right arm bone of the Holy Dragon of Light, but previously, with his soul power, he was unable to use the power within the soul bone on his own.
He did try using it, but the result was...
His soul power was simply insufficient to use!
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