Secondary Burning
With the commencement of the life-sharing ritual, those who had already absorbed a soul ring experienced the sensation of increasing their soul power once again.
They had initially surpassed the level required to absorb a thousand-year soul ring, which typically boosts soul power by three levels.
However, under an inexplicable force, their soul power increased by an additional level.
Moreover, the Burning Worm's soul ring, originally at the thousand-year level, had its age inexplicably increased by several hundred years.
Liuxing sensed that the Burning Worm's age had risen from one thousand to fifteen hundred years.
Externally, the Purple soul rings beneath Liuxing and Liuying had darkened slightly in color, a change so subtle that it was nearly imperceptible without close inspection.
As their cultivation advanced to the fourteenth level, both opened their eyes and simultaneously released their martial spirits.
The silver-white mecha transformed into flames and dissipated, revealing their bodies once more to Luan Yu and the others.
Liuxing observed the Purple soul rings beneath his and Liuying's feet and realized that this was likely the effect of the life-sharing ritual.
By absorbing the soul ring together, they had shared its power, resulting in the original thousand-year soul ring becoming a fifteen-hundred-year one, and their soul power increasing by an additional level.
Liuxing speculated that if only one of them had absorbed the soul ring, the other might still have shared its benefits without directly absorbing it.
If both absorbed soul rings simultaneously, the rings would not remain separate but would instead merge, increasing their combined age.
This meant that in the future, they wouldn't need to worry about hunting high-age soul beasts.
If they both absorbed soul rings from two eighty or ninety-thousand-year soul beasts simultaneously, their soul rings could potentially be upgraded directly to the hundred-thousand-year level.
"What are you two little ones up to? You scared us half to death!" Luan Yu exhaled sharply, clutching her chest and speaking with a mix of relief and frustration.
"I'm sorry, Auntie, Guyi, and Tianzhen. We didn't mean to worry you. The soul power from the thousand-year soul ring was more intense than we expected, so it took us a bit longer to absorb it,"
The situation was extraordinary and almost unbelievable.
If outsiders were to learn of it, it would undoubtedly attract the envy and greed of countless individuals.
Therefore, Liuxing and Liuying decided to keep this matter between themselves.
It wasn't that they distrusted Luan Yu and the others, but revealing such a secret would only bring unnecessary trouble to everyone involved.
This unique ability belongs solely to Liuxing and Liuying, and it cannot assist
Luan Yu and the others in any way. Sometimes, knowing too much can be more of a burden than a benefit.
"There's still some residual soul power. How many levels have you improved? What level are you at now?" Xu Tianzhen asked curiously.
Like her, Ye Guyi had absorbed the soul ring of a top-tier soul beast, which boosted her soul power by two levels.
Additionally, the soul bone had elevated Ye Guyi by another level.
The Burning Worm is considered a top-tier soul beast at the thousand-year level.
In Xu Tianzhen's opinion, absorbing its soul ring would typically result in a three-level increase in soul power.
"Level fourteen," Liuxing and Liuying answered in unison.
"How much?!" Xu Tianzhen blinked her large purple eyes, unsure if she had heard correctly.
Luan Yu and Ye Guyi also stared at the two in astonishment.
"You heard right. Liuying and I have increased our soul power by four levels, and we are now fourteenth-level soul warriors," Liuxing confirmed, nodding to assure them they had heard correctly.
"How is such a significant improvement possible?" Luan Yu looked stunned.
In her understanding, even if it were their first thousand-year soul ring, it shouldn't result in a four-level increase in soul power. At most, it should be three levels!
Moreover, the two of them are only six years old and haven't yet reached the golden period of cultivation.
How could their soul power soar so rapidly?
"Could it be, as in my case, that the Burning Worm is highly compatible with them? It seems they didn't find it very difficult to absorb the soul ring," Ye Guyi speculated, frowning in thought.
"That does seem plausible," Luan Yu said, her eyes narrowing slightly as she considered the unique physiques of Liuying and Liuxing.
Whether indoors or in the wild, they seemed to attract insects effortlessly.
In fact, to address this issue, Luan Yu had spent an entire month researching and developing a specialized insect-repellent soul tool.
This allowed the two children to avoid relying on cooling soul tools to repel insects in their bedroom.
Both of them carried exorcism soul tools at all times, which required regular recharging.
Fortunately, the insect-repellent soul tool was only a first-level device, designed solely for repelling insects.
Otherwise, Liuxing and Liuying would have had to depend on Luan Yu to recharge it for them.
Without these tools, given the environment of the Demon Forest, the two would undoubtedly attract countless strange insects the moment they entered.
Given their unique physiques, which seem to have a special connection with insects, it's likely that, similar to Ye Guyi absorbing the soul ring of the Bird of Paradise and receiving an attached soul bone, the Burning Worm granted Liuxing and Liuying additional soul power.
Although the Burning Worm is an energy-based entity, it is still classified as an insect-type soul beast.
"What about soul skills? How are your soul skills?" Xu Tianzhen asked, feeling a bit down. It seemed like she had made the least progress.
Ye Guyi was at level thirteen, Liuxing and Liuying were at level fourteen, and she was only at level twelve.
Everyone started with innate soul power at level ten, so why had they all surged ahead while she lagged behind?
As for soul skills, she felt slightly better knowing that Ye Guyi's soul skill was purely auxiliary.
However, she was curious about what kind of soul skills Liuxing and Liuying had acquired.
Since their martial souls were the same and they had absorbed the same soul ring, their soul skills should also be identical.
Liuxing had no intention of keeping his soul skill a secret.
Unlike the life-sharing ritual, soul skills would inevitably be used in the future.
Besides, everyone present was trustworthy and would be his future companions, so there was no need to hide anything.
He smiled and said, "My soul skill is called Secondary Burning. It can enhance all attributes and also amplify the power of other soul skills."
He was quite satisfied with this soul skill.
A percentage-based enhancement skill that could also boost other soul skills would become increasingly powerful as he grew stronger, especially at the Title Douluo level.
This reminded him of the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda, the continent's top auxiliary martial soul, whose percentage-based enhancements became terrifyingly potent in the later stages.
It was said that the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda's soul skills were all percentage-based, capable of elevating an ordinary Title Douluo to the combat strength of a Super Douluo.
Of course, the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda wasn't just about simple percentage increases; otherwise, it wouldn't have maintained its status as the strongest auxiliary martial soul for ten thousand years.
After all, there were other percentage-based auxiliary martial souls, yet none had surpassed the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda.
This showed that a mere percentage increase wasn't enough to challenge the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda's dominance. The key lay in how high the enhancement percentages were when assisting Title Douluo.
Although Liuxing's Secondary Burning was also a percentage-based enhancement, it remained to be seen whether it could rival the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda's auxiliary soul skills at the Title Douluo level. After all, it was only derived from a thousand-year soul ring.