Chapter 70: Reward—Soul Ring! Infinite Growth! Conceptual-Level Divine Skill!
Spirit Hall, Pope's Bedroom.
Bibi Dong put her papal robes back on and no longer cared about anything else.
"Now that the commentary is finished, there's no need to waste any more time."
"Someone come here!"
She walked into the main hall of the Pope's Palace. In the next instant, Yue Guan and Gui Mei appeared simultaneously, kneeling on one knee with utmost respect.
"Your Holiness!"
Bibi Dong said coldly, "Immediately go to the Heaven Dou Empire and bring Qian Renxue back to me!"
"The infiltration plan is canceled. Everyone is to return at once!"
"Yes, Your Holiness!"
Although the two were shocked upon hearing this, they still nodded in agreement and quickly vanished to carry out the order.
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Heaven Dou Empire, Crown Prince's Bedroom.
Qian Renxue had completely fallen into dejection. She had been scolded to the point of utter defeat, and the words of the commentator echoed endlessly in her mind.
With a brain like hers, she might as well find a man and get married early. At least she wouldn't harm her grandfather and those Worship elders in the future.
At this moment, Qian Renxue muttered:
"Perhaps I really am not suited for forging my own path outside."
"Perhaps I truly lack wisdom. I'm only suited to follow others' instructions."
"Or maybe I really can't stand loneliness, craving a man this much. Otherwise, why would I like Tang San and later even have children with another man…?"
"Is this my fate?"
"But even if it's a curse of fate, I can't continue to harm Spirit Hall or my grandfather's interests."
"If fate truly demands that I become attached to a man, then I'll find the most special man!"
"This commentator… I wonder if they're male or female?"
With that thought, Qian Renxue temporarily set her sights on the mysterious commentator.
Previously, they thought the commentator was a god. But now it seemed the commentator might also be on Douluo Continent, perhaps even having interacted with many characters, which explained such intense emotions.
If this commentator wasn't bad and was of the opposite sex, then at least they would be better than the men out there, right?
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Spirit Hall, Hu Liena's Residence.
After reading the commentary on Qian Renxue, although it was about Qian Renxue, Hu Liena herself wasn't much different.
She murmured thoughtfully:
"If Xiao Xue is like this, then so am I. And those women from Shrek are the same…"
"Could it be that we women of the Douluo Continent truly cannot live without men?"
"But even if we're cursed, that doesn't mean we have to choose disgusting men, right?"
"Tang San is so hypocritical. Even if he's powerful, he's disappointing. Most importantly, Tang San is Spirit Hall's mortal enemy!"
"As for the other men, their talent is insufficient. They don't measure up…"
"The commentator? That commentator even joked that Xiao Xue might as well give herself to him."
"Could he be a man? If his age is acceptable and his talent decent, then at least he's better than someone like Tang San."
"Sigh… have the men of Douluo Continent really fallen to the point of comparing who's less terrible?"
"This commentator, just by being slightly less disgusting, already surpasses those men."
Hu Liena shook her head, developing even more thoughts about the commentator.
…
Staying at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Song Ye suddenly sneezed.
He rubbed his nose and muttered, "That shouldn't happen. I'm not even afraid of extreme cold or heat anymore. Why would I still sneeze?"
"Don't tell me someone's cursing me?"
"Forget it; who cares? I wonder what the reward is this time!"
Song Ye immediately looked at the light screen in front of him. Another orb appeared within it, containing the reward.
At the same time, the reward details appeared:
[Congratulations to the host for completing the task!]
[This round of sharp commentary was substantial and highly effective!]
[Reward issued: 20,000-year divine soul ring! (If level is insufficient, the system will compensate)]
"A 20,000-year divine soul ring?"
"Hiss!"
Song Ye couldn't help but say in delight, "Does that mean a soul ring carrying divine power?"
"Even if it's only twenty thousand years one, if it truly carries divinity, its grade will be extremely high, perhaps even with special effects!"
Without hesitation, he immediately began absorbing it.
His first soul ring had been enhanced by the system to a thousand-year level, while the second was obtained by himself.
For the third soul ring, with a ten-thousand-year spiritual-type skull bone, Song Ye had originally planned to obtain a ten-thousand-year soul ring anyway.
But he hadn't expected to be directly granted a divine soul ring. It was bound to be powerful!
He immediately absorbed it!
Because it was a system-granted soul ring, there was no resistance within this twenty-thousand-year soul ring, nor any soul shock.
Song Ye's absorption went extremely smoothly. In less than ten minutes, a twenty-thousand-year soul ring merged into his body.
After absorbing the soul ring, Song Ye received a flood of information. This soul ring was indeed extraordinary!
"This soul ring was granted by the system. Although it's currently twenty thousand years, it can increase in age along with my strength!"
"If I can absorb a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, it can also evolve into one!"
"Wonderful, that's fantastic!"
"And the soul skill is even more outrageous…"
In the next moment, Song Ye began testing his third soul skill.
"Third Soul Skill: Shadow of Life!"
"Swish! Swish! Swish!"
Instantly, three clones of Song Ye appeared on the spot. These clones were condensed from the purest life force, each possessing two-thirds of Song Ye's strength.
Although these clones had no independent thinking, they retained Song Ye's combat instincts, making their actual combat power extremely formidable.
"The ability of Shadow of Life allows me to split into a number of combat clones equal to my number of soul rings!"
"Each clone has two-thirds of my combat power. If I reach nine rings-level, I'll have nine clones. If I become a god, I'll have ten clones!"
"And for each additional clone, my spiritual power increases by 30%."
"I currently have three soul rings, so I can create three clones, increasing my spiritual power by 90%!"
At this point, Song Ye was nearly shocked by this skill.
His first two soul skills mainly enhanced himself. Of course, he could also condense life force and fight using his martial soul.
But this third soul skill directly boosted spiritual power, while life force was passively enhanced as well, making him much stronger overall.
Moreover, beyond the enhancement, it had this conceptual-level divine ability.
Song Ye had a realization:
"My third soul ring can strengthen according to my tolerance!"
"If it evolves into a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, I feel my clones will become even stronger, and the spiritual power boost will be even greater!"
"Right now, I can handle a twenty-thousand-year soul ring only because I refined my body with two immortal herbs. A twenty-thousand-year soul ring is normally the limit for a sixth soul ring for ordinary people."
"My physique isn't bad, but my level is still low. As I level up and maybe consume some whale rubber… perhaps by the fifth soul ring, I could handle a hundred-thousand-year soul ring…"
Thinking this, Song Ye was completely satisfied. Now that he had reached three rings, he finally possessed mid-to-high-level soul master combat strength.
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