"Alright, I'll let you communicate first."
Then, the ground in front opened up, and a platform rose, with the majestic Sky-Rending Cry-Vulture standing opposite Arthur.
Drawing out a Spiritual Power, Arthur and the Sky-Rending Cry-Vulture's Martial Souls connected.
As soon as the connection was successful, a violent aura rushed over.
"Scram..." The impatient, terrifying cry suddenly stopped. Unlike the humans who had come to try before, the Sky-Rending Cry-Vulture felt a strange power on this human.
It was a power that made it both uneasy and relaxed, very contradictory.
"Human, what is it?" This time, the cry was gentle and clear.
To possess the wisdom to communicate normally with humans after more than a thousand years? Arthur was extremely surprised. Just this alone, ten thousand years ago, would have guaranteed it to become a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast.
"Can you become my soul spirit?" Arthur asked directly, "Please entrust your remaining life to me."
"Human, you are arrogant." The cry was disdainful.
"Why should I choose you?"
There's hope.
Arthur's eyes lit up. In the matter of the soul spirit contract, if the other party didn't directly refuse, it meant they were inclined to agree.
Activating the power of the Excalibur, he knew exactly what made him different from others, and this was the only power he could use to attract the other party.
A sacred, ethereal, yet extremely powerful aura slowly emerged.
"Now what?"
"…" There was no answer. The Sky-Rending Cry-Vulture fell silent.
After a moment of thought, Arthur turned to draw upon the power of the Holy Spear.
"Yes."
This time, before Arthur could ask, the Sky-Rending Cry-Vulture directly gave its answer. It felt a power that transcended all things, but that power was very faint, like a nascent Martial Soul, and it didn't suppress it; it was merely a pure, noble status that attracted it.
The Spiritual Power of the human and the beast began to resonate.
The Sky-Rending Cry-Vulture's exterior glowed with dazzling brilliance. Its figure gradually became completely obscured by the light, finally melting into a ball of light.
Several beams of light fell from the Void Realm above, rotating downwards, enveloping Arthur.
To the side, Agravaine, who had been tense, finally relaxed. He could sense that a contract was being formed, and it seemed Arthur's communication with the soul spirit was going smoothly.
Using the soul spirit contract as a bridge, the two's Qi mechanisms connected, and the ball of light that the Sky-Rending Cry-Vulture had transformed into shrunk and drilled into Arthur's body.
At this moment, all the anomalies paused, then surged into Arthur's body like a swirling current.
Immediately after, a purple spirit ring emitting a mysterious aura rose. Upon closer inspection, the spirit ring's surface was carved with faint green-gold patterns, elegant and noble.
At the same time, Arthur's Soul Power, which was stuck at Rank 10, also broke through its Bottleneck and began to surge, greatly increasing!
It rushed all the way to the Peak of Rank 14 before stopping, not far from Rank 15.
"How do you feel?" Agravaine asked curiously. This was the first time he had seen someone contract a thousand-year unyielding spirit soul right from the start.
"I feel... I feel..." Arthur, with his eyes tightly shut, frowned.
"What's wrong?" Agravaine's heart jumped, and his face showed worry. Could something have gone wrong?
"I feel great!"
His Soul Power erupted, the purple spirit ring behind him suddenly brightened, and he summoned the Excalibur, raising it to unleash a sword energy.
The fierce sword energy rushed towards Agravaine. He didn't dodge, letting the sword energy hit him, then savored it. His eyes lit up, "Is this your first Spirit Ability?"
"Its power can already rival an attack system Spirit Elder."
"You underestimate me, old man." Arthur chuckled, "My first Spirit Ability is called Soul Power Release."
"It can strengthen my own body and weapon. That sword energy was just the Spirit Ability's effect on the weapon."
"If applied to myself, it can boost all my attributes by one hundred percent."
"Boost all attributes by one hundred percent!" Agravaine was numb; in a short time, this nephew had brought him too many surprises.
"Whew, but the Soul Power consumption is huge."
Stretching his body, casually throwing a few punches, Arthur felt refreshed as he silently sensed his body's strength under Soul Power Release.
After a quick calculation, with his current Soul Power, he couldn't maintain it for long, so he would have to use it at critical moments during battle.
Raising the Holy Sword in his hand, Arthur said thanks. His first Spirit Ability should have originally been a simple Spirit Ability similar to the Sky-Rending Cry-Vulture's attack methods, but under the Holy Sword's interference, it transformed into the powerful Soul Power Release.
Moreover, Soul Power Release is not a fixed Spirit Ability; as Arthur's Spirit Master Rank increases, Soul Power Release will also become stronger.
A golden flash flickered across the Holy Sword, as if saying, 'You're welcome.'
Arthur mentally connected with the Holy Sword, "Don't worry, I'll be a good Holy Sword wielder."
He couldn't help but sigh that being a Holy Sword user was truly easy; he just had to wait to be carried by the Holy Sword.
"Good, good, good!"
The numb Agravaine finally came to his senses, repeating "good" three times.
"Little Arthur, attack me with all your might!"
"Okay."
Arthur didn't hesitate; he also wanted to know what level his full strength was at.
With Soul Power Release activated, Arthur held the Holy Sword, and his swift figure charged towards the old man in front.
At the same time, a sudden strong wind inexplicably whipped up in the sealed room, and the wind's momentum increased his speed by a few points. Speed is power!
This sword strike consumed all of his Soul Power.
A cold light flashed, and the sword's edge pressed forward relentlessly.
"Very good, this strike can already defeat most Spirit Elders."
Agravaine pressed his index and middle fingers together, clamping the sword with one hand. He asked in surprise, "But what's with this strong wind? Is it also an effect of that Soul Power Release?"
"More or less."
Nodding, Arthur put away his Holy Sword Martial Soul, then summoned the Holy Spear, with a green spirit ring rising behind him. "While attaching a spirit ring to the Holy Sword, the Holy Spear autonomously condensed a spirit ring. This spirit ring granted me the ability to control wind elements."
"Of course, my use of wind elements is still very crude. The strong wind just now was formed by me adding wind attributes into Soul Power Release."
Autonomously condensing a spirit ring... and the Spirit Ability is powerful Wind Element Control.
Gazing at the floating green spirit ring, Agravaine's throat bobbed. The twin spirits that shone brightly ten thousand years ago actually had a flaw now, which was that the Spiritual Power couldn't bear the burden of too many soul spirits.
A Martial Soul that can autonomously condense spirit rings means Arthur no longer has any weaknesses!
Wind Element Control, and Soul Power Release that combines offense and defense. Arthur, having just become a Spirit Master, had no obvious shortcomings.
"Wait!" Agravaine suddenly reacted, "You can use the Martial Soul Abilities of two Martial Souls simultaneously?"
"Huh, it seems so. I just naturally used them." Scratching his head, Arthur had only just noticed this too.
Whether twin spirits can use the Martial Soul Abilities of two Martial Souls simultaneously represents a concept as different as heaven and earth.
Looking at his nephew, Agravaine felt a bit emotional. This was a true Genius. Not long after Awakening his Martial Souls, he had already revealed an invincible potential.