allendalepharm Chapter 118 The Spirit Skull and the Eternal Rings
Chapter 118 The Spirit Skull and the Eternal Rings
Looking at the floating skull and black spirit ring in the air, Xiao Yan's eyes were naturally filled with excitement. The second spirit skill combined with Agumon's flames to increase the hit rate was truly a foolproof move, especially when the opponent was completely unaware of your abilities.
Xiao Yan circulated his soul power, and the soul bone floating in the air drifted into his hand. This was the skull of a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, and without a doubt, it was a spirit-type soul skill. Right now, he didn't have a single soul bone, but he didn't know what the specific effects would be. He decided to absorb this soul bone after he finished absorbing his soul ring.
"Agumon, stop staring at it. You can't eat this thing." Seeing Agumon bringing its big head closer, Xiao Yan gave it a flick on the forehead.
Agumon winced and clutched its head, its eyes not so much showing greed for the bone, but rather a hint of curiosity.
Xiao Yan glanced at the pool, which was now only half-deep, and made up his mind to go down and find out what was going on after absorbing the soul ring.
He raised his right hand, and along with the blue-black soul power in his hand, two ten-thousand-year soul rings were slowly drawn towards him.
"Agumon, which of these two spirit rings should I absorb?"
"Aren't these two both dropped by the same spirit beast? What's the difference? If you're talking about cleverness, the one I killed at the beginning seems to be a little more cunning." Agumon looked at the two spirit rings that were exactly the same color, somewhat embarrassed, but still gave a rather professional critique.
"But it really is a bit of a waste." After the spirit rings appeared on the spirit beast's corpse, they would dissipate on their own within a few hours. These twin purple spirit wolves were definitely the strongest spirit-type spirit beasts that could be encountered in the short term. Xiao Yan even regretted that he could not absorb two at the same time.
He naturally thought of Tang San at the cave entrance, after all, Tang San still had a martial soul. However, adding a spirit-type soul ring to a power-type martial soul would not make the most of it.
"Huh, Xiao Yan, why did those spirit rings disappear?" Agumon looked up at the two spirit rings floating on Xiao Yan's body and suddenly realized that only one spirit ring remained in front of Xiao Yan.
Seemingly thinking he was seeing things, Agumon quickly rubbed his eyes and looked again.
Xiao Yan sat cross-legged, about to settle down and enter a meditative state. He planned to listen to his inner feelings and choose one of the two soul rings. If the Twin Purple Spirit Wolf had two heads, then one of them would definitely have the ability to establish a spiritual connection with those soul beasts. Although he was not sure how high the chance of obtaining this soul skill was, it was probably close enough.
Hearing Agumon's words, he opened his eyes with some suspicion. Although Agumon was a bit careless, he never spoke carelessly. Since he said that, then something must have happened to these two ten-thousand-year spirit rings.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yan looked closely and saw that the two black soul rings that had been floating between his eyebrows had actually been reduced to only one.
"That's not right. The two heads died around the same time. Logically speaking, they shouldn't have disappeared so quickly." Moreover, Xiao Yan had clearly compared the two ten-thousand-year soul rings. They were both the same deep, dark black color. One of them shouldn't have disappeared.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yan activated the Purple Demon Eye again. As the purple aura covered his pupils, everything became clear again.
"Huh." Xiao Yan exclaimed in surprise, subconsciously reaching out to touch the black spirit ring in front of him. However, the spirit ring was a tangible but intangible thing, and his hand naturally passed through it, touching nothing.
The reason was simple: Xiao Yan discovered that the ten-thousand-year soul ring in front of him was unusually deep and quite thick.
If a typical ten-thousand-year soul ring is an exquisite hollow circle with a border composed of a single ring of patterns, then this one in front of us actually has two rings inside, just like the annual rings shown on a tree stump.
However, under the keen observation of the Purple Demon Eye, Xiao Yan discovered that although the two closely spaced soul rings had merged almost perfectly, there were still a few gaps.
"How could this happen? These two spirit rings, which were originally from the same source, have actually fused together."
"Is this the Fusion Ring that Ning Rongrong taught you?" Agumon asked curiously.
Xiao Yan naturally shook his head. Fusion Rings is only a means to temporarily improve attack power, but it is different from the scene before him. Not to mention the past, even tens of thousands of years from now, such signs are rarely seen.
It's less a fusion of rings and more a superposition of rings; the two soul rings of the same origin, under the pull of their own soul power, inexplicably superimposed themselves.
"But if that's the case, how do we calculate this spirit ring? Adding 10,000 to 10,000, does that mean its age limit directly jumps to 20,000 years?"
Xiao Yan immediately shook his head, rejecting the idea. If one plus one really is greater than two, then the twin purple spirit wolves should have revealed themselves when they fought him.
Clearly, although the Purple Spirit Wolf has two heads, it still fights independently despite sharing a single body. Therefore, this is neither an innate talent of their race nor a result of mutation.
Furthermore, the abilities displayed by these twin purple spirit wolves are clearly only those of ordinary ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts. However, in terms of spiritual power, they may be approaching those of a hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast with the blessing of this pool of water.
If there really is a lifespan of 20,000 years, then I'd accept it even if I really kicked the bucket.
Looking at the two exquisitely patterned spirit rings stacked together, Xiao Yan raised his hands, and a faint spirit power emanated from his hands. Since these two spirit rings wanted to stack, he decided to lend them a hand.
Thinking this, Xiao Yan used his control to forcefully resonate with the stacked rings. In fact, Xiao Yan didn't need to do anything; if he let them merge freely, the two soul rings should be able to stack to their optimal state. However, this would take time, and Xiao Yan didn't have much time to wait. Even if a soul beast produced two soul rings and the two soul rings stacked together happened right in front of him.
However, the underlying logic of spirit rings is still that if they are not absorbed in a short period of time, they will dissipate on their own. If Xiao Yan doesn't help, the stacking of these rings will probably dissipate before it's even finished.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yan increased the force of the soul power he injected. Fortunately, the two ten-thousand-year soul rings had excellent commonalities. With his force, the two soul rings fit together perfectly in just a few minutes.
Become!
Looking at the dark, ten-thousand-year-old soul ring, Xiao Yan was naturally filled with anticipation.
He quickly sat down cross-legged, guided the spirit ring to his side again, and concentrated to absorb it.
When Xiao Yan opened his eyes again, all he saw was Agumon, who was covered in sweat just like him. It seemed that Agumon couldn't stand the heat of obtaining its fourth spirit ring. After opening its eyes, Agumon plunged into the pool.
Before Xiao Yan could worry about him, he was already floating comfortably on the pool.
Xiao Yan slowly circulated his soul power within his body. After feeling the fluctuations of his soul power, he roughly confirmed that the successful absorption of this soul ring had brought him directly to level 44. This was naturally related to the fact that he had suppressed his level for several months, but most importantly, Xiao Yan felt that it was thanks to this ten-thousand-year-old stacked ring. The value attached to it was incomparable to that of an ordinary ten-thousand-year-old soul ring.
At the same time as he successfully absorbed the spirit ring, he took out the skull from the storage device. The process of absorbing the skull was not as agonizing as absorbing the spirit ring. The two were complementary to each other. After successfully absorbing the spirit ring, the spirit bone did not require Xiao Yan to exert too much effort and was completely integrated with his body.
The moment he absorbed the soul bone, he could sense that his mental power had risen to a new level. If he were to encounter the mental pressure of a Title Douluo, he would probably be no match for him now.
"Xiao Yan, what is our fourth soul skill?" Agumon lay lazily on the pool, and Xiao Yan had no idea how he could float freely on the water with his limbs out of the water.
"Why don't you just feel it with your heart and you'll know? It's like my fourth soul skill has nothing to do with you." Xiao Yan rolled his eyes.
But he still patiently explained to Agumon: "The reason why I want to find a spirit beast similar to the mental type for my fourth spirit skill is that I hope that with the help of the mental type spirit ring, we can combine our digital power to create a different kind of power. As you know, you are too strong right now. Within a 20-level gap, you can hardly find an opponent."
Upon hearing Xiao Yan's explanation of the facts, Agumon nodded, taking it as a compliment from Xiao Yan.
"So I originally thought that this fourth soul skill would improve me and prevent me from becoming a burden to you in future battles. If someone insists on attacking me, although the second and third soul skills can allow me to temporarily evade, it will also greatly affect your attack ability. So when I saw the beast tide at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, my eyes naturally lit up."
"Since the Purple Spirit Wolf behind this beast tide can establish a spiritual connection with these soul beasts through mental power, then similarly, I'm betting on whether its ability can be attached to a soul ring. If my fourth soul skill can achieve a spiritual connection, then it's very simple: I can synchronize with you. In that case, I can hide in the shadows and control you with my mind without making a move," Xiao Yan explained.
"So, it's done?" Agumon was confused by Xiao Yan's explanation and didn't really understand much of it. Right now, he was only concerned about the outcome.
However, Xiao Yan shook his head: "The ten-thousand-year overlapping rings born from these twin Purple Spirit Wolves are actually quite extraordinary. When I was absorbing them, I wondered if they could provide two soul skills, like a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, since such twin soul rings are very rare. After absorbing them, I can confirm one thing: my fourth soul skill truly has two. The first is naturally the group weakening effect that the Purple Spirit Wolves bring. However, after combining with me, it will also weaken all of the opponent's attribute resistances. You can understand it as follows: originally, your flames were spraying onto the opponent's silver armor, but after our soul skill weakens it, the enemy's armor directly turns into cotton."
But this second soul skill isn't the one I wanted—the one that allows us to achieve mental synergy and fight covertly.
"I see. Well, that's fine then. Anyway, the weakening and slowing effect is pretty strong, so I don't have to worry about people dodging my fireballs."
"However, it still worked." Seeing Agumon comforting him, Xiao Yan still managed a deep breath, suppressing his mischief.
"This second soul skill, although it cannot work in synergy with you, is actually more powerful. I can call it Data Link. This is a soul skill that is unique to us and different from the one in Douluo Continent."
"Does it belong exclusively to us?" Agumon hurriedly splashed ashore, looking at Xiao Yan with hopeful eyes.
Xiao Yan nodded and said no more. The black fourth spirit ring flew into his palm. Then, to Agumon's surprise, the black spirit ring on Xiao Yan's hand, which was originally a single ring, actually gave rise to several circles, which glowed around Xiao Yan's palm as the center point.
Xiao Yan took the other Digivice from his waist with his left hand and patted it with his right. As they made contact, the black data that had been surrounding his right hand was all connected to the Digivice. To Agumon's astonishment, the hexagonal Digivice transformed into a shape he had never seen before.
However, Xiao Yan knew exactly what this was. It was a fourth-generation Digimon machine, an evolution of the Fighter's Soul, which was why he said the Soul Skill was even stronger than he had originally envisioned.
With the effect of his fourth soul skill, he can change his Digimon and then scan relevant data through a data link.
Just as he was thinking this, Xiao Yan raised the Digivice in his hand and swung it at Agumon from a distance. Then, the fluorescent data turned into specks of ethereal matter from Agumon and flowed into the Digivice in Xiao Yan's palm. Then, on the screen of the Digivice, the Soul of the Fire Warrior appeared.
Xiao Yan clasped his hands together and struck the Digivice. As a dazzling digital light enveloped him, his figure doubled in size to Agumon's astonishment, transforming him into a blond creature clad in armor with horns similar to those of Digivice.
"Hoo." Feeling the unusual power within his body, Xiao Yan exhaled freely. At this moment, his voice became much rougher. If it weren't for the fact that his scent hadn't changed, Agumon would have doubted that he was Xiao Yan.
"This is our fourth soul skill, Agumon. With it, I will not only be able to protect myself better, but also fight alongside you." Xiao Yan, who had evolved into Agnimon, looked down at the tiny Agumon. If the cave were not so small, he would definitely have shown off his skills.
Then, under Agumon's gaze, Xiao Yan transformed back into the human he found pleasing to the eye, and the Digivice in his palm also reverted to the familiar Digimon Project.
"It's perfect in every way, but the only downside is that this state only lasts for three minutes. I had to cancel it myself this time, and after the Digivice is restored, it needs to be scanned again."
Just as I thought, because Agumon, you possess extremely strong fire attributes, after scanning you, I can temporarily imbue this Digivice with the Soul of the Fire Warrior. This way, I should be able to scan other elemental spirit masters as well. Did you feel anything unusual after I scanned you just now?
"I just suddenly felt like I was being seen naked, but I didn't feel any resistance or other discomfort." Agumon shook his head.
"In that case, it seems we can't secretly scan others anymore." Xiao Yan sighed. However, his current fourth soul skill couldn't store other people's data, so even if he did scan them, it wouldn't be of much use.
"As for the soul bone of the Purple Spirit Wolf, while enhancing my spiritual power, I can also strengthen the two soul skills that the Purple Spirit Wolf soul ring gave me after activating it. One is to double the effect of weakness, but the duration will be shortened. The other is to make my transformation sequence time five minutes."
After Xiao Yan finished explaining, he stretched and prepared to leave the cave with Agumon.
"Hey, Xiao Yan, are we just going to throw this pool of water away?"
"I should at least go and let them know I'm safe, Agumon, and then come back to study this pool of water."