Spring passes and autumn comes!
In the blink of an eye...
Two months had passed since the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
During this time, something happened at the Breaking Clan that made Clan Leader Yang Wudi very happy.
The Speed Clan had joined!
The old brothers of many years could finally fight side by side again.
Don't look down on the Speed Clan's Needle-Tailed Swift soul masters for lacking offensive power—when they were at the Hao Tian Sect, they were the most indispensable link.
Intelligence!
The speed of Needle-Tailed Swift soul masters was unmatched among soul masters of the same level.
They could use their speed and the special concealment of their martial souls to precisely obtain intelligence and transmit messages.
At the same time...
Niu Gao of the Defense Clan had also gone back to discuss with his clansmen.
Niu Gao was different from Bai He!
The Defense Clan had a large family and great enterprise, while the Speed Clan was just a group of people who slept wherever they went.
Even if Niu Gao wanted to fight side by side with the Breaking Clan, it wasn't something this clan leader could decide with a slap of his thigh.
As for the Strength Clan...
They currently had no face left to see Yang Wudi.
...
A small forest outside Tian Dou City.
Yang Fan, sitting cross-legged on the ground, suddenly opened his eyes.
"Master!"
"I succeeded!"
Two months of painstaking research had finally allowed him to master the Ring Fusion technique.
Huo Wu was so right: This was talent!
He had spent a full half year practicing the Ring Fusion technique before and after, meanwhile… looking at Huo Wu, she could wield it effortlessly.
It was completely a skill brought from the womb!
"Good!"
"Then let's begin now."
At this moment...
Yao Lao took out a pale golden pill about the size of a cherry from his storage ring.
Named: Ring Fusion Pill!
The function of this pale golden pill was singular: to remove the extra soul ring on Yang Fan's body.
Ever since Yang Fan began practicing Ring Fusion, Yao Lao had not been idle on his side.
Before the tournament began!
He had finally refined this pill that could fuse away soul rings, and conducted multiple tests to ensure nothing would go wrong.
Just as he had said before.
A soul ring was a container that carried soul power—it was itself condensed from soul power.
This was why the Hao Tian Sect could use Ring Detonation to increase their strength.
And the function of this pill was that after Yang Fan fused the soul power within the soul ring into other soul rings, it would completely fuse away this extra "curse" soul ring.
"Ready?"
"Ready!"
This was a day Yang Fan had waited half a year for, and his grandfather had waited a lifetime for.
"After performing Ring Fusion, take the Ring Fusion Pill."
"Remember!"
"You must use soul power to guide all of this pill's medicinal power into the soul ring you want to fuse into. Otherwise, if the medicinal power leaks out and fuses other soul rings, it will lead to life-threatening danger."
"Kid!"
"This process can only rely on yourself. Master can't help you."
"Are you really ready?"
Yao Lao had watched Yang Fan step by step until now.
From the current view...
Yang Fan could now be considered half a powerful expert on the Douluo Continent.
He believed his beloved disciple could do it!
"Ready."
As the words fell!
Yang Fan had already begun mobilizing the soul power within his body, and what followed was the appearance of eight soul rings rhythmically moving up and down around his body.
This was the most intuitive form of strength display for soul masters on the Douluo Continent!
Although intangible, when mobilizing soul power to make them appear, the soul master themselves could completely feel the existence of the soul rings.
At this moment…
Yang Fan, following his countless practices, extracted the soul power from his eighth soul ring and injected it into his seventh soul ring.
His choice to inject soul power into the seventh soul ring was made after careful consideration.
First, this was a hundred-thousand-year soul ring provided by the Scarlet Flame Black Tiger. This soul ring was inherently more powerful than others, possessing the ability to carry more soul power.
Second, the function of this soul ring was Martial Soul True Body!
According to what Yao Lao said...
If he injected the eighth soul ring's soul power, then the soul skill represented by the corresponding injected soul ring would receive a significant enhancement.
Soul power drained!
At the same time, Yang Fan took the Ring Fusion Pill that Yao Lao handed over.
"Don't let the medicinal power leak out!"
"Use your soul power to guide it into the eighth soul ring. Once leakage occurs, immediately burn it with Heavenly Flames."
Yang Fan understood the severity of the matter!
If the Ring Fusion Pill's medicinal power leaked out, it would be like a weasel entering a chicken coop. Once it fused all his other soul rings, even just a little would cause multiple types of soul power to run wild within his body.
He followed Yao Lao's guidance step by step, controlling the medicinal power and slowly injecting it into the eighth soul ring.
A miraculous scene appeared...
The originally rigid eighth soul ring was like ice cream gradually melting under high temperature, actually becoming the soul power he normally mobilized and fusing into his soul power mass.
The soul ring became soul power!
"Don't let your guard down!"
"Now what you need to do is expel all remaining Ring Fusion Pill medicinal power from your body."
Yang Fan fused away the eighth ring in just a few breaths, yet expelling all the remaining medicinal power of the Ring Fusion Pill took a full half day.
"Whew—"
Yang Fan let out a long breath.
He felt like he had drunk a mouthful of sulfuric acid, then spit it out unharmed.
"Success."
A satisfied smile appeared on Yao Lao's face.
At this moment…
Seven dazzling soul rings flashed around Yang Fan's body.
He was excited!
The Breaking Clan's curse had been broken at this moment. Now he could finally become a Titled Douluo, right?
Yang Fan clenched his fist...
Full of power!
After the eighth soul ring fused into soul power, he felt his level had increased. It was just that this increase needed to wait until he truly obtained his eighth soul ring before it could be intuitively displayed.
Not only that!
After all the soul power provided by the eighth ring fused into the seventh soul ring, the amplification effect of his Martial Soul True Body received obvious strengthening.
Previously, his Martial Soul True Body was a 1000% all-attribute amplification!
Now when he activated his Martial Soul True Body, it was a 1200% all-attribute amplification.
(T/N: What in the OP is this?)
Looking at it this way, the extra soul ring that appeared before should have been around twenty thousand years?
From the current view...
After the eighth soul ring was fused away, it brought him three benefits.
After the soul ring became soul power, his level was increased. After the soul power in the soul rings merged into one, the all-attribute amplification effect of his Martial Soul True Body was significantly enhanced.
Most importantly...
He now had the opportunity to become a Titled Douluo!
"Master."
"Can the other soul rings on my body also be fused away?"
Yang Fan thought this was very possible!
If he fused away all the soul rings, then re-obtained them, couldn't all the soul rings on his body become hundred-thousand-year ones?
"Are you crazy!"
"Have you considered the matter of soul skills?"
"Soul skills and battle techniques have a similar wonderful aspect."
"Dou techniques are inscribed on scrolls using soul strength. Once opened, all their mysteries can be fully grasped by the Dou Shi."
"A soul ring is equivalent to a scroll that can increase levels!"
"After you absorb a soul ring, you will naturally obtain a soul skill of the corresponding level."
"The reason you can now remove the extra eighth soul ring is because it doesn't come with its own soul skill. But if it were those previous soul rings that came with their own soul skills, you would need to consider matters of the soul."
"Do you still want to?"
Even if Yang Fan didn't fully understand, he understood the danger of this matter.
Taking a knife to the soul...
This carried the risk of becoming an idiot.
"Being able to remove the eighth soul ring while also increasing your strength again already makes you luckier than others."
"What you need to do now is work hard to increase your level, striving to become a true Titled Douluo as soon as possible."
Yang Fan nodded with a serious expression.
What Master said was right!
Increasing his strength was his current urgent priority.
However...
What he needed to do first now was return to the Breaking Clan and tell his grandfather about the family "curse" matter.
Let the old man be happy too!
...
Breaking Clan.
"Little Fan... are you telling the truth?"
Hearing is false, seeing is true!
Yang Fan directly released his martial soul, and seven neat soul rings flashed around his body.
According to reason, eight soul rings should definitely make a soul master more excited than seven soul rings.
But for Yang Fan and Yang Wudi, this was not the case!
That soul ring that suddenly appeared after reaching Soul Saint level did indeed make their strength stronger among those of the same level, but correspondingly it was also a shackle for them to become Titled Douluo.
"Success!"
"It really succeeded."
Yang Wudi looked at the seven soul rings now on his grandson's body, extremely excited.
This success was not just one person's!
It also opened a path to Titled Douluo for their entire Breaking Clan.
"Little Fan!"
"How do you feel now?"
Yang Wudi's voice began to tremble slightly due to excitement.
He was worried!
Worried that something might happen to his grandson because of this adventure, because this kid simply hadn't told him recently about solving the curse trouble.
"I'm doing great now!"
"Not only did I remove the extra eighth ring, but I also applied the soul power from the ring to myself. Now even my strength level has increased."
The soul rings that came with the Soul Breaking Spear were inherently a double-edged sword!
Once properly utilized, unexpected results like now would appear.
"Good!"
"Really too good!"
"When the time comes, I'll go find that Huo Family girl and ask if this old man can learn this Ring Fusion technique."
Ring Fusion was not some sect or family's exclusive secret technique!
Yang Wudi could directly have Yang Fan teach him the Ring Fusion technique, but he didn't do so.
Inappropriate!
Although this was a talent technique, it was ultimately because the Huo Family girl had taught everything she knew due to her relationship with Yang Fan. If he didn't give a greeting first, he wouldn't feel right in his heart.
Taking a step back...
The Breaking Clan would also need the support of the Tian Dou Huo Family in the future.
"Grandfather..."
Although Yang Fan didn't say it explicitly, Yang Wudi had already guessed his inner thoughts.
"What?"
"You think your grandfather is old and can't learn anything anymore?"
He admitted that after getting old, his mind wasn't as sharp as young people's, but the soul master experience accumulated over a lifetime wasn't something a young fellow like Yang Fan could compare to.
"No... Grandfather, I believe in you."
Actually, whether his grandfather could perform Ring Fusion or not wasn't important, because Yao Lao had said there was a backup plan.
It's just that the cost of the other method was wasting the soul power within the Soul Breaking Spear's inherent soul rings, and there was also a possibility of losing part of his cultivation.
For a soul master, this was the most undesirable result!
...
"Alright!"
"Grandfather also has some serious matters to tell you now."
"Sect Master Ning just sent a letter inviting us to his residence to discuss matters. He said there are very important matters to discuss."
Yang Fan's brows raised slightly.
"I'm going too?"
This kind of matter should logically be for clan leaders, elders, and other family backbone figures.
"Of course!"
"Ning Fengzhi also specifically named you to come along."
This made Yang Fan have to think more about it.
Now the entire Douluo Continent knew that an old soul man lived inside his body.
Ning Fengzhi specifically naming him this time...
Whether it was because of him or Yao Lao really remained to be seen.
"Alright!"
"Let's set out now."
"It's said that not only our Breaking Clan is going to discuss matters this time, but also the Tian Dou Huo Family."
To be honest!
Yang Fan really wasn't prepared to discuss matters with these famous figures of the Douluo Continent.
But from this matter, it could also be seen that the Breaking Clan's status was rising on the Douluo Continent.
"Brat!"
"When we get there, you should know what to do, right?"
The grandfather and grandson exchanged smiles.
They would speak first!
Let's see what that group of people had to say...
...
Ning Fengzhi's residence was as luxurious as ever.
When Yang Wudi and Yang Fan arrived, Dugu Bo was already waiting at the entrance.
Although Dugu Bo was now the Breaking Clan's guest elder, this time he wasn't representing the Breaking Clan. He was completely called along by Prince Xue Xing with a thick face.
"Prince Xue Xing is here too?"
The participation of someone from the Tian Dou imperial family suddenly made this matter become subtle.
Yang Fan originally thought Ning Fengzhi was organizing this gathering to discuss sincere cooperation between Tian Dou forces. Now looking at it, the organizer might not be this Seven Treasures Glazed Tile School sect master Ning Fengzhi.
Don't forget!
Ning Fengzhi played an indispensable role in the Tian Dou Empire.
"Let's go in."
"What exactly this matter is, this old man doesn't know either now. But I think it's very likely related to Spirit Hall."
Dugu Bo's guess was not without reason!
If it were merely an internal matter of the Tian Dou Empire, with Ning Fengzhi's style of handling affairs, he absolutely wouldn't have called the Breaking Clan who didn't care about national affairs, and Prince Xue Xing absolutely wouldn't have called him along.
Because before this, he had personally told Xue Xing that he absolutely wouldn't participate in the Tian Dou Empire's politics.
...
In the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile School's large conference hall.
Those who came were not only the Tian Dou Huo Family, but also the Tian Dou Feng Family.
God Wind Academy and Blazing Academy were both long-standing strong teams of the Tian Dou Empire.
The Feng Family was like the Huo Family!
Every year they cultivated many excellent soul masters for the Tian Dou Empire. The Feng Family's head also enjoyed noble titles in the empire like Huo Bao.
And on the Tian Dou imperial family side...
Besides Prince Xue Xing, another important figure had come.
Crown Prince Xue Qinghe!
For others, this might be a discussion of internal Tian Dou Empire affairs, but Yang Fan knew that every punctuation mark discussed today would be known by Spirit Hall.
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