"What the hell? A thousand-year Soul Ring! And that's just the starting point!!!" After a sharp cry of surprise, Jin E grabbed Golden Crown's ear and scolded, "You little brat, have you lost your damn mind?"
"Do you really think that just because you awakened a God-level Martial Soul and trained for a month, you can let it go to your head?"
"Do you have any idea what the gap is between a hundred-year Soul Ring and a thousand-year Soul Ring!"
"Ow, ow, ow! Grandpa, let go quickly! Listen to me first. I have a reason for daring to absorb a thousand-year Soul Ring as my first ring," Golden Crown said, grimacing in pain.
Jin E let go and said solemnly, "I'd like to hear what kind of reason you have."
Golden Crown rubbed his ear and wiped the spit off his face before saying unhurriedly, "First of all, a Soul Master with twin spirits has a much stronger physical constitution than an ordinary Soul Master. My two Martial Souls are a top-tier Beast Spirit and a God-level Martial Soul, which makes my body's endurance even stronger than a typical twin Martial Soul user. Plus, my innate spirit power is above rank twenty. Theoretically, absorbing a thousand-year Soul Ring as the first ring is feasible."
"You also know that's just theory, but actual situations are usually more complicated than theory." Jin E was clearly not convinced.
After all, Golden Crown was the last remaining descendant of their family.
He had to ensure that nothing went wrong with Golden Crown no matter what, otherwise the Golden Crocodile lineage would be severed.
Golden Crown was helpless and could only continue to persuade him, "Grandpa, don't worry. Besides, how can one become a powerhouse without experiencing difficulties..."
After a round of persuasion, Jin E finally gave a reluctant agreement.
"I agree to let you absorb a thousand-year Soul Ring, but if even the slightest accident occurs during the absorption process, I will immediately intervene to stop it."
"Okay, no problem!" Seeing the old man agree, Golden Crown finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Two days later.
The carriage reached the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Jin E led Golden Crown down from the carriage.
As soon as his feet touched the ground, the cold voice of the system rang out in his mind once again.
[Detected that the Host is currently in the Star Dou Great Forest. Sign-in successful! Congratulations to the Host for obtaining the reward: God-level Technique—Nine Yang Divine Art!]
[Next sign-in location: Saint Spirit Village!]
"Holy crap! The Nine Yang Divine Art!!!"
Looking at the reward obtained from this sign-in, Golden Crown was greatly shocked.
As a novel enthusiast in his past life, he was all too familiar with this technique.
This was a top-tier internal cultivation method, known as a 'cultivation divine tool!'
Once mastered, not only would one possess an Indestructible Vajra Body, but one would also be immune to all poisons and possess healing properties.
When cultivated to Great Completion, internal strength would become endless, inexhaustible like the vast sea.
Compared to the Nine Yang Divine Art, Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Skill wasn't even worthy of carrying its shoes.
As the system's voice faded, the mental formulas for the Nine Yang Divine Art flooded into Golden Crown's mind.
Having obtained the divine technique, Golden Crown could not hide his smile.
The corners of his mouth were like an AK with an eight-times scope; he couldn't suppress them at all.
Beside him, Jin E saw Golden Crown suddenly start giggling and couldn't help but feel baffled, "Xiao Mian, what are you laughing at for no reason?"
"It's nothing, I just thought of something happy," Golden Crown brushed it off with a random excuse.
Seeing this, Jin E didn't say much more, but instead reminded him, "Alright, let's head deeper. Remember, the Star Dou Great Forest is not Wuhun City. It's very dangerous here, so you must stay one hundred percent alert."
After his warning, Jin E picked up Golden Crown and took to the air, flying into the depths of the forest.
It had to be said.
Having a Titled Douluo for a grandfather was truly great.
When others came to the Star Dou Great Forest, they not only had to form groups but also enter on foot, potentially encountering various Spirit Beast attacks along the way.
But he didn't have to worry at all.
After all, since his grandfather was Jin E, with his rank ninety-eight cultivation, he only needed to release a bit of his aura.
That would be enough to scare off all those low-level Spirit Beasts.
There were some blind Spirit Beasts that tried to launch sneak attacks during the journey.
But they were all slapped to death by Jin E.
Grandfather and grandson searched all over the forest for Spirit Beasts like this.
"How about this thousand-year Ironclad Crocodile?"
"The Ironclad Crocodile focuses too much on defense, its attack is too weak. I don't want it."
"A thousand-year Armored Giant Rhino?"
"Its attack is okay, but its speed is too slow. I don't want it."
"How about a thousand-year Crocodragon?"
"It's too ugly, I don't want it."
"..."
Just like that, Jin E searched for an entire afternoon without finding a Spirit Beast that met Golden Crown's wishes.
The two of them temporarily came to a dark part of the woods to rest.
Jin E said, exhausted, "You brat, exactly what kind of Soul Ring do you want?"
Golden Crown thought for a moment and replied, "The kind that is very strong in both offense and defense, and has a bloodline close to the Golden Crocodile King."
"You brat, your requirements for a first Soul Ring are quite high."
"High? I don't think they're high at all."
While the two were chatting.
Jin E suddenly sensed a Spirit Beast approaching and hurriedly shielded Golden Crown behind him.
In the nearby bushes, a pair of blood-red eyes lit up.
"How bold! To actually want to ambush us." Jin E clenched his fists, his face full of killing intent.
The Spirit Beast in the bushes stepped out.
It was an adult giant bear three meters tall, covered in dark gold fur. Most notable were its sharp claws flashing with dark gold light, appearing as if they could tear through anything.
Seeing the Spirit Beast's appearance clearly, Jin E blurted out, "Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear!"
Seeing that this Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear was at the thousand-year level, Golden Crown was overjoyed and thought to himself, "It's decided, I want it for my first Soul Ring!"
As is not commonly known.
Every Spirit Beast, in the process of growing, will excel in a certain ability.
For example, excelling in defense, attack, agility, and so on.
But the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear was an anomaly.
This fellow not only possessed extremely high defensive capabilities but also had powerful attack power.
Those Dark Gold Dreadclaws had the ability to tear through space.
It was said that the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear could use its bloodline advantage to fight above its level.
A hundred-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear could contend with a thousand-year level Spirit Beast.
Although his Golden Crocodile King had no bloodline connection to the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, both involved the 'Gold' attribute.
The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear looked at Jin E, a deep wariness appearing in its eyes.
Simply because it could sense that the opponent's strength was far above its own.
To avoid being at a disadvantage, the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear struck first.
Opening its incomparable sharp claws, it rapidly launched an attack toward Jin E.
"Seeking death!"
Although the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear could fight above its level, unfortunately, the level it had to overcome this time was a bit too high.
Jin E was, after all, a rank ninety-eight Peak Douluo. Dealing with a thousand-year Spirit Beast was as easy as pie.
After performing Martial Soul Possession, Jin E charged straight ahead.
In just a few moves, he sent this Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear to meet King Yama.
Looking at the purple Soul Ring representing a thousand years floating above the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's corpse, Golden Crown walked straight over.
Seeing this, Jin E said, "Xiao Mian, you don't actually want to absorb this thousand-year Soul Ring, do you?"
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