Chapter 32 Chen Yao's First Soul Skill
Upon hearing this, Chen Yao nodded, clutching his right side which was still throbbing with pain, and staggered to the side of the soul beast.
"Are you sure you can successfully absorb the soul ring like this? It's fine if you're courting death, but don't drag Xiao Gang down with you..."
Bibi Dong frowned slightly at Chen Yao's appearance, speaking harshly, but a barely perceptible worry flashed in her eyes.
"Don't worry, do I look like the kind of person who would court death?"
Chen Yao didn't care about Bibi Dong's sharp words, slowly shaking his head, then pointing to the dying soul beast on the ground, he asked,
"Did Yu Xiaogang say what kind of soul beast this is?"
Bibi Dong nodded.
"Xiao Gang said it's a kind of soul beast called the Wave Evil Dark Fang.
These kinds of soul beasts generally live deep underground, feeding on shadows and darkness, and are extremely rare.
They are even more powerful than those soul beasts that can easily cultivate to the 100,000-year level. When Xiao Gang saw this soul beast, he was so excited that he almost fainted. In the end, it still benefited you, you beast!"
Bibi Dong's voice was filled with regret, as if she was feeling sorry for Yu Xiao Gang.
But she didn't feel much regret in her heart. Instead, she had a strange feeling of relief for Chen Yao.
Of course, she would never admit to this thought.
"His martial soul was given to him by me. Haven't you seen how smug he is lately? It's like he's had a second spring. What's a soul ring to him?"
Chen Yao smiled indifferently.
"You talk as if your martial soul gave him such a great benefit!"
Bibi Dong rolled her eyes when she heard this, speechless. Then she kicked the soul beast under her feet and said,
"If you're confident, hurry up and kill the soul beast and absorb it."
Chen Yao nodded upon hearing this, and then his soul power surged, accompanied by the gleaming of the pale yellow soul ring behind him.
His body was enveloped in a layer of darkness, as if draped in a black robe, completely obscuring his face, and his aura became cold and sinister.
Furthermore, his form seemed less solid, as if it might disintegrate at any moment.
This was his first soul skill, Dark Body.
After using it, he would merge with darkness, his flesh and blood transforming into a semi-energy form, existing between reality and illusion.
In this form, Chen Yao could penetrate any matter, disappearing into the shadows, possessing an extremely terrifying concealment effect.
At the same time, he could also be immune to 80% of physical damage and 50% of energy damage.
Although this percentage would decrease as the opponent's level increased, and generally became ineffective against opponents more than 40 levels higher, Dark Body was still
extremely terrifying. This near-unbeatable concealment method and damage immunity made Chen Yao virtually invincible among opponents of the same level!
And don't forget, this incredible skill is only his first spirit ring.
Generally, once a spirit master becomes a Soul Douluo or Title Douluo, their first spirit skill becomes outdated and is abandoned.
Almost no one has ever seen a Soul Douluo or higher-level expert use their first spirit skill in battle.
An attack from such a weak spirit ring is tantamount to exposing one's weaknesses to the opponent.
However, Chen Yao's functional soul skill, even if he were to cultivate it to the level of a Title Douluo in the future, would not be outdated and would still provide him with extremely terrifying assistance!
It was precisely because of this soul skill that Chen Yao dared to conduct business without any investment outside Wuhun City with a soul power of only a dozen levels.
He was able to sneak into the Holy Maiden's room in the dead of night right under the nose of the Wuhun Hall,
and even escaped the relentless bombardment of the level 47 Fire Dragon Soul Master, Liu Erlong!
This demonstrates the power of this soul skill!
As for this soul ring, it was obtained when Gui Mei led Chen Yao to hunt a soul beast called the Shadow Fox.
This soul beast was not rare, but it was not abundant either. Gui Mei's first soul ring was also obtained by hunting this type of soul beast.
However, when Gui Mei led Chen Yao to the Shadow Fox's habitat,
they discovered a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast that was different from the other Shadow Foxes. Its fur was extremely pure, a deep black, which was frightening, as if it had mutated.
And coincidentally, this mutated shadow fox was giving birth. After the birth, the cub's cultivation level happened to fluctuate within the range of about four hundred years.
At that time, Ghost was quite optimistic about Chen Yao, and the ten-thousand-year-old mutated shadow fox was still in a weak state after giving birth.
For Ghost, a Soul Douluo, dealing with it was not difficult at all.
Thus, he obtained this soul ring for Chen Yao. It
was by absorbing the mutated shadow fox's soul ring that Chen Yao obtained the incredibly powerful soul skill, Dark Body.
Chen Yao still clearly remembered the look of envy, jealousy, and hatred in Ghost's eyes when he told Ghost about his soul skill after absorbing the soul ring.
Chen Yao had no doubt that if the soul ring could be separated and reinstalled, Ghost would definitely tear him to pieces and claim the soul ring for himself!
After obtaining this soul ring, Ghost valued Chen Yao even more.
Unfortunately, Chen Yao was simply too disappointing. Despite his powerful martial soul and soul skills, his cultivation speed remained incredibly slow.
Ultimately, the Ghostly Demon's patience wore thin, leaving Chen Yao to fend for himself on the outskirts of the Spirit Hall.
Chen Yao unleashed his first soul skill, naturally, because of his Dark Body, which greatly aided in absorbing soul rings.
The Dark Body transformed Chen Yao's body into a semi-energy form, allowing him to absorb the soul ring, formed from the energy of a soul beast, more smoothly and immune to most of the impact.
This is why Chen Yao dared to forcibly absorb this soul ring despite his injuries.
In fact, Chen Yao's plan was to absorb a thousand-year soul ring as his second soul ring.
However, Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang encountered this extremely rare dark-attribute soul beast, which, although only around 900 years old, Chen Yao still decided to absorb it without hesitation.
After all, given the choice between a thousand-year soul ring from an ordinary soul beast and a 900-year soul ring from an extremely rare soul beast with extraordinary potential, anyone would know which to choose, right?
Meanwhile, Bibi Dong watched as Chen Yao, shrouded in darkness and unable to see his face, drew his soul ring, knelt cross-legged, and began absorbing it.
A strange glint flashed in her eyes.
Although Bibi Dong had learned about Chen Yao's martial soul and soul rings from one of her right-hand women,
Gui Mei, she had been astonished by the peculiarity of his martial soul and soul skills.
Now, witnessing it firsthand, her curiosity was even greater.
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