Right now, the Void God Leopard is being pinned down by the soul power pressure of Yang Wudi, unable to move. Although it is a Super Soul Beast just like the Titan Giant Ape, it specializes in space, and its physical strength is far inferior to that of the Titan Giant Ape, leaving it unable to break free from Yang Wudi's restraints.
Yun Ming walked up to the small leopard and watched the struggling Void God Leopard for a while, lost in thought. Finally, he looked at the transparent, ancient Atlas Spear in his hand and made his final decision.
"Grandfather, let me absorb the soul ring of the Void God Leopard!"
After considering every aspect, Yun Ming felt that the chances of success were quite high. There were two reasons: first, the Void God Leopard is a space-attribute soul beast, and Yun Ming's Atlas Spear also possesses a Space Prohibition attribute that he cannot currently use; in terms of martial soul attributes, it can suppress the Void God Leopard to a certain extent. Second, Yun Ming had a hypothesis: if it were proven correct, he could acquire all future soul rings beyond the current limits, and his first soul ring was the best opportunity for a test.
Seeing that Yun Ming had made his decision, Yang Wudi, though inwardly worried, did not object. He had confidence in Yun Ming's martial soul and judgment, so he simply said:
"Good luck!"
Yun Ming nodded at his grandfather, raised the Atlas Spear in his hand, and thrust it directly into the heart of the Void God Leopard. This time, because the Void God Leopard was unable to move due to the soul power pressure, it could not use its Talent Ability.
With a single thrust of the Atlas Spear, a mournful cry was heard from the Void God Leopard before it quickly lost all signs of life.
"Whimper!"
Hearing the death rattle of the Void God Leopard, Yun Ming felt a bit of sadness, though not much; after all, he hadn't eaten little soul beast meat these past few days! The best he could do was to make his strike clean and try to minimize its suffering.
Rich yellow light spots began to emerge slowly, condensing above the body of the Void God Leopard into a deep yellow soul ring with faint silver patterns. Unlike the century-old soul beasts Yun Ming had eaten before, the soul ring born from the Void God Leopard was not only more massive and pure in energy, but more importantly, Yun Ming sensed an ethereal quality from this ring, unlike ordinary soul rings.
After the soul ring condensed, Yun Ming immediately sat cross-legged. Soul power surged into the Atlas Spear in his right hand, and a suction force emanated from the spear, drawing the Void God Leopard's soul ring toward the top of Yun Ming's head. It slowly descended, eventually shrinking to the size of a bracelet and nesting onto the Atlas Spear.
Soon, a bone-chilling energy struck, making Yun Ming feel as if he had walked into an ice field completely naked. In an instant, Yun Ming began to tremble uncontrollably.
"Stay clear-headed, begin meditation, and tame the soul ring!"
Outside, Yang Wudi called out a reminder. Hearing Yang Wudi's warning, Yun Ming endured the pain and immediately began to use Absolute Dominance to refine the soul ring.
The effect of the suppression from Yun Ming's martial soul attribute was far smaller than he had imagined. It was true that the Atlas Spear was a Super Spirit, but wasn't the Void God Leopard also a Super Soul Beast?!! As a darling of space, the Space Prohibition attribute did suppress it, but not by that much!
Using Internal Vision, Yun Ming could only see his Atlas Spear floating and sinking within the cold soul ring energy, swallowing and refining it, but the refining speed was not fast.
In the eyes of Yang Wudi outside, Yun Ming's body began to swell, his skin turned bright red, his veins bulged, and blood mist began to seep from his pores. It was clear that the soul ring energy was too much, and Yun Ming was struggling under the burden.
Seeing this situation, Yang Wudi's confidence began to wane, and he grew increasingly anxious and self-reproachful. He began to reflect on whether he had been blinded by obsession to let his grandson absorb a Super Soul Beast soul ring approaching six hundred years. But since things had reached this point, Yang Wudi could only pray, hoping that Yun Ming could create another miracle. Otherwise, if he interrupted Yun Ming's absorption now, Yun Ming's cultivation career would come to an end!
Yun Ming also felt his current state; his entire body was being eroded by this massive soul ring energy, causing him pain yet keeping him clear-headed, making it impossible not to feel it.
He did not know how much time had passed, but the blood mist around Yun Ming grew thicker and thicker. Just as Yang Wudi's eyes filled with tears and he prepared to intervene to stop Yun Ming from absorbing the soul ring, the Atlas Spear erupted!
At this moment, inside Yun Ming's body.
Perhaps sensing that its master was in danger, the Atlas Spear finally began to show its power. The White Incandescent Flame circling the Atlas Spear began to solidify, turning into a tiny flame that started to roam his entire body. The cold energy that had been running wild and causing chaos inside Yun Ming's body was instantly burned away the moment it touched this flame, turning into drops of purer, non-aggressive liquid soul power that were obediently absorbed by the Atlas Spear.
Sensing the actions of the Atlas Spear, Yun Ming felt a surge of joy. He had bet correctly!
When his martial soul first awakened, Yun Ming had felt a massive power sleeping within the Atlas Spear. Although he couldn't actively use it now, would that power remain indifferent if he encountered a life-or-death crisis? Judging by the current result, it would not! The soul ring energy was being handled quite miserably.
Seeing that the flow of soul power around Yun Ming had become orderly again and the swelling of his body began to subside, Yang Wudi felt relieved and, while keeping a close watch, decided to wait and see.
Perhaps the Void God Leopard sensed that its previous conventional strategy could no longer kill the boy absorbing its soul ring, so a small, pitch-black leopard soul form emerged from the cold soul power. The Remnant Soul of the Void God Leopard appeared, deciding to make one final stand.
Yun Ming was surprised to see the Remnant Soul of the Void God Leopard; this was not a manifestation of soul power, but truly a remnant soul. Should he say it was worthy of being a Super Soul Beast? With only a century of cultivation, it could keep its remnant soul intact and merge it into the soul ring, achieving something that usually only ten-thousand-year soul beasts could do.
The Remnant Soul of the Void God Leopard gathered all the remaining soul ring energy and, with a surging, overwhelming momentum, slammed it all at once toward that wisp of white flame. Then... the soul power burned even faster.
Sometimes, you don't know what despair is until you try your best! Originally, because the flame was too small, it had to find and burn through the meridians one by one, but now the Void God Leopard was helping to "add fuel to the fire," making it burn even faster. Yun Ming just watched as the flame size remained constant while the soul ring energy plummeted, and the Void God Leopard grew impotently furious, becoming angrier by the second.
Finally, Yun Ming couldn't watch anymore and drove the Atlas Spear within his body to finish off the Remnant Soul of the Void God Leopard with one strike. Looking at the resentment and a trace of relief in the eyes of the Remnant Soul before it died, Yun Ming decided that if this happened again, he would rather spend a little more time and kill the remnant soul earlier! Otherwise, watching them die a slow death while they witnessed the whole process was just too cruel!
As the Atlas Spear killed the Remnant Soul of the Void God Leopard, a surge of silver energy suddenly appeared within Yun Ming's body and poured into the Atlas Spear. Fine patterns began to emerge on the originally pitch-black, smooth spear body. These patterns were very shallow and inconspicuous, but if one looked closely, they would find that these patterns looked very much like the Void Origin Pattern on the Void God Leopard.
Soon, the white flame burned up the soul ring energy, returned to its illusory state, and went back into the Atlas Spear. After the Atlas Spear finished absorbing the soul ring energy, a phantom sound of shattering echoed within Yun Ming's body.
Hearing this sound, Yun Ming was overjoyed. It was a success!
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