Chapter 68: Refining the Soul Ring
In the Spirit Hall's soul beast atlas, the Soul-Devouring Ghost Vine was classified as evil and brutal.
The soul-eating ghost vine is difficult to kill because its vital core is in the roots, which are often buried under the soil. Ordinary soul masters generally cannot do anything about it.
This kind of soul beast also likes to live and attack in groups. If you meet one, it usually means there must be a group of others around. Once you are caught in a group attack, you are sure to die.
However, the Soul-Eating Ghost Vine also has a weakness, which is that it is afraid of fire.
The fire attribute is its nemesis.
The thousand-year-old soul-eating ghost vines on the ground had many signs of being burned by fire. They had been severely injured by Nihuang and had lost consciousness.
Nihuang pointed elegantly at the thickest root among them:
"Xiaofeng, this Soul-Devouring Ghost Vine is their leader, and it is nearly five thousand years old. The others are between one thousand and three thousand years old. You decide which one is more suitable."
"Let's take this one." Ye Qifeng chose the leader of the Soul-Eating Ghost Vine, which was nearly five thousand years old.
"Oh," Nihuang said, still a little worried. She suggested, "How about you choose the one at the 3,000-year level? This one is close to 5,000 years old, which is the limit of what a 40th-level soul master can bear. I'm afraid your body can't bear it."
Bibi Dong, who was standing next to him, also looked up at Ye Qifeng. This time she did not interfere with her disciple's choice, but the concern in her eyes was almost obvious.
She was silent for a few seconds, then asked solemnly,
"Xiaofeng, are you sure?"
Ye Qifeng nodded solemnly.
"Teacher, Ninth Sister, you can rest assured. I will use my martial soul to sense it first. If I really can't absorb it, I will switch to the three thousand-year-old Soul Devouring Ghost Vine."
"Okay, then you kill it and prepare to absorb the second soul ring." Bibi Dong said that and handed the dagger to Ye Qifeng.
At this time, Bibi Dong was no longer so worried.
After seeing Ye Qifeng successfully absorb the first thousand-year-level soul ring, she knew that her disciple was indeed gifted and unique.
She was also looking forward to Ye Qifeng giving her another surprise.
Seeing that Bibi Dong also agreed, Nihuang had to swallow back the persuasion that was about to come out of her mouth, but her eyes still revealed her worry.
Ye Qifeng took the sharp blade from Bibi Dong and walked towards the Soul-Devouring Ghost Vine, which was close to five thousand years old.
At this moment, Bibi Dong's gentle voice sounded in my ears:
"Xiaofeng, the Soul-Devouring Ghost Vine's weak spot is three inches below the ghost's face. There is a bulge there, which is the Soul-Devouring Ghost Vine's core."
"Normally, it will hide its core underground, and ordinary soul masters cannot do anything about it, so it is relatively difficult to kill. However, at this moment, it has been severely injured by Nihuang and has lost consciousness. As long as you pierce the core, the Soul-Devouring ghost vine will die soon."
"Okay, teacher." Ye Qifeng responded.
Then, under the watchful eyes of Bibi Dong and Nihuang, he stabbed the dagger into the core of the Soul-Eating Ghost Vine.
The Soul-Eating Ghost The vine seemed to feel the severe pain caused by the destruction of its core, and the entire vine began to twist wildly. The ghost face at the root unconsciously let out a shrill and hoarse ghost cry, which was harsh and unpleasant.
Seeing this, Nihuang instantly activated her soul power. The powerful soul power pressed down on the Soul-Devouring Ghost Vine, making it unable to move at all.
In less than a moment, the ghost's screams stopped abruptly, and the Soul-Eating Ghost Vine instantly straightened and stiffened, obviously dead.
After a while, purple spots of light floated out from the Soul-Eating Ghost Vine and gradually condensed above to form a purple halo.
This is the Soul-Eating Ghost Vine soul ring, which is nearly five thousand years old.
Unlike the 1,100-year-old Black Blade Shadow Weasel soul ring that Ye Qifeng had absorbed before, the purple color of the Soul-Devouring Ghost Vine soul ring was deeper and clearer, and the purple light flashing on the soul ring was also brighter.
Ye Qifeng stared intently at the soul ring as it was completely formed. With a thought, the Shadow Martial Soul was summoned out in an instant. He urged the soul to carefully sense the Soul-Devouring Ghost Vine Soul Ring.
Soon, the martial soul gave Ye Qifeng clear feedback.
Ye Qifeng knew that the energy contained in this Soul-Devouring Ghost Vine Soul Ring was far greater than the Black Knife Shadow Weasel Soul Ring he had absorbed before. Although it was still within his tolerance range, it was almost reaching the limit of what he could endure.
"How is it, Xiaofeng? Can you absorb it?" Nihuang asked impatiently.
Bibi Dong's beautiful eyes also looked at him expectantly.
"Well," Ye Qifeng nodded. "There is a certain risk, but it is still within the tolerable range."
He decided to absorb this soul ring.
Although it won't be as smooth as absorbing the first soul ring, life won't always be so smooth. If you want to get good things, you have to bear the corresponding pressure.
This is how you absorb a spirit ring.
The older the spirit ring is, the greater the pressure and the higher the risk of absorbing it, not to mention a spirit ring that far exceeds the limits of a spirit master.
After hearing what Ye Qifeng said, Bibi Dong's pretty face looked a little serious: "Xiaofeng, then start absorbing; we will protect you."
Ye Qifeng nodded and immediately sat down cross-legged.
With the experience of absorbing the first soul ring, he used his soul power skillfully to attract the soul ring floating in the air, then put it on the shadow martial soul, closed his eyes, and quickly entered a state of meditation and refining.
This time is different from absorbing the first soul ring.
Because the age of the soul ring was close to the limit of the body's endurance, Ye Qifeng felt a huge pressure the moment the soul ring approached his body.
At this time, the absorption of the soul ring was no longer smooth. The sluggish feeling made Ye Qifeng extremely uncomfortable.
The enormous power contained in the soul ring seemed to be ignited by fire, turning into a boiling torrent that rushed into the body and spread to every part of the body.
With Ye Qifeng's meditation efficiency, he simply doesn't have time to refine so much energy. This part of energy can only be borne by the body alone and then refined slowly later.
Ye Qifeng only felt that his body at this moment was like a big furnace, filled with boiling magma, boiling and violent, constantly washing the furnace walls over and over again.
Ye Qifeng closed his eyes tightly, trying to endure the strong impact of the soul ring energy torrent on his body.
The burning pain made him frown, and his body couldn't help but start shaking violently. The bones in his body no longer just made slight creaking sounds but instead made continuous crackling noises.
Ye Qifeng gritted his teeth and didn't relax for a moment, constantly meditating and refining the soul-ring energy injected into his body.
Ye Qifeng, who was in meditation, seemed to have lost his sense of the passage of time.
After an unknown amount of time, Ye Qifeng finally heard the clear sound of cracking.
He was very familiar with this voice.
That was clearly the sound of a bottleneck breaking through when breaking through the soul power realm, exactly the same as when he absorbed the first soul ring and broke through to the soul master realm.
The cracking sound symbolized that he had now entered the realm of a second-ring great soul master.
Finally succeeded, and Ye Qifeng couldn't help but feel happy.
(End of this chapter.)