The Snow Empress gave Di Tian a strange look, completely baffled by his behavior.
The mighty Beast God of Star Dou, acting like a resentful housewife?
Shaking her head, she turned her attention back to Lin Yun, who was still absorbing the soul ring. With a faint smile, she led the Ice Empress to sit under a nearby tree.
In just a few short years, the life-or-death tribulation that had haunted her for millennia had been effortlessly resolved. Freed from the specter of death, the Snow Empress felt a rare sense of relaxation.
Her gaze drifted toward Lin Yun's upright figure as he meditated on the grass, and her mind gradually emptied, joining the other Beast Kings in waiting for his awakening.
(Love-struck buff + IQ reduction aura activated!)
There was no denying it—the energy contained within the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's soul ring and the Evil God Pearl was immense. A 50,000-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger likely held more soul power than a Soul Sage-level master with an Ultimate martial soul. Even though Lin Yun was only absorbing the ring and the pearl, the soul power he gained wouldn't be significantly diminished.
But there was another issue.
Just as an Ice Jade Scorpion's soul bone could only be absorbed by an Ultimate Ice-attributed soul master, the same logic applied to the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. Even though its soul within the Evil God Pearl had been obliterated, the pearl still contained the essence of its bloodline.
If the absorber's bloodline couldn't suppress the tiger's, they would suffer intermittent bouts of madness—just like Zhou Weiqing from another story.
Unless you were as inherently wicked as Tang San—someone even the Evil God would bow to in shame—forcibly absorbing the Evil God Pearl would inevitably corrupt you with its extreme evil nature.
Fortunately, Lin Yun had cheats.
The moment the Evil God Pearl entered his body, it was immediately surrounded by the overwhelming might of the Golden Dragon King's bloodline. It was like a reckless street racer suddenly finding themselves boxed in by a squad of traffic police at a red light.
Trembling in fear.
Without even putting up a fight, the pearl was utterly crushed by the Golden Dragon King's bloodline, dissolving into pure energy that merged seamlessly into Lin Yun's body.
In the process, the tyrannical Golden Dragon King bloodline even forcibly modified the pearl's energy, as if disdainfully upgrading its inferior quality.
As Lin Yun refined the soul power from the tiger's ring, he watched with amusement as the Golden Dragon King bloodline bullied the defenseless Evil God Pearl.
Just as he was wondering whether the pearl would manifest as an external tail hook or wings, its energy lingered briefly near his abdomen before suddenly surging toward his head.
'Holy shit, don't tell me it's a head bone?! No way, head bones are a hard pass!!!'
Lin Yun nearly choked on his own soul power in panic.
Under his nervous "gaze," the pearl's energy bypassed his skull entirely, flooding instead into his right eye.
"...?"
The icy sensation spreading through his eyeball left him utterly dumbfounded.
Tail hook? Nope.
Demonic wings? Nope.
Evil God's Eye!!!
Wait, since when did the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger have anything to do with eyes?!
Once the external Evil God's Eye soul bone finished forming, the energy from the soul ring had also been fully refined. As the last wisp of power merged into Lin Yun, the massive, obsidian-dark ring settled into place as his fourth soul ring.
The bottleneck at level 40 shattered instantly!
His soul power skyrocketed like a rocket, only stabilizing once it reached level 45.
Most of this five-level leap came from the soul ring itself. The Evil God's Eye didn't contribute much to his soul power but instead elevated his spiritual force to new heights.
By Douluo Dalu 2's standards, Lin Yun's mental power had now reached the "Boundless Sea" tier—just half a step away from the next realm, "Tangible Form, Intangible Substance."
While the Golden Dragon King's spiritual force paled in comparison to the other nine Dragon Kings and the Silver Dragon King, it still far surpassed any normal martial soul.
Lin Yun estimated his current mental strength was on par with Du Weilun, the Outer Academy's dean—at least matching that of a typical Soul Douluo. Once he breached the next realm, he'd rival Titled Douluos outright.
"Who'd have thought I'd excel in spiritual cultivation without a mental-type martial soul?" Lin Yun chuckled wryly.
With level 45 soul power, Soul Sage-tier physical strength, and near-Titled Douluo-level spiritual force, it seemed he was well on his way to patching the Golden Dragon King's only weakness.
Not bad at all.
But when he examined the skills from his fourth ring and the Evil God's Eye, his expression turned peculiar.
Fourth Soul Skill: Golden Dragon Demon Flash
A fusion of the tiger's tail hook, slash, and charge abilities. Upon activation, Lin Yun would teleport a short distance, unleashing a devastating slash along his path—one that carried the armor-piercing properties of the tail hook's "Eternal Wound" effect.
Even better, he could further amplify its power with his Golden Dragon Claw!
Evil God's Eye Soul Bone Skill: Life-and-Death Arena!
That's right—the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's most broken ability was now his!
Effect:
Projects a spacetime-resistant shield around the user.
Drags a single spiritually locked target into the arena.
If the target is a soul master, they regress to age six.
If the target is a soul beast, they revert to 100-year strength.
The user remains unaffected.
Notes:
If the shield breaks, both parties revert to childhood.
Cooldown: 3 days.
The arena only dissipates after one side dies.
Not getting the "Evil God's Protection" skill was a slight disappointment, but damn—both "Golden Dragon Demon Flash" and "Life-and-Death Arena" were insanely cool!
Right now, Lin Yun lacked strong defensive and AoE abilities. Defense could wait—his natural durability was already absurd. But a crowd-clearing skill that combined true damage, armor shred, and mobility? That was rarer than a phoenix feather!
With spiritual force surpassing most Soul Douluos, his spacetime shield could withstand attacks at that level.
If he ever faced someone equally powerful but mentally weaker? Just drop the arena. Guaranteed victory.
"I feel terrifyingly strong right now!" Lin Yun grinned.
(End of Chapter)
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