Chapter 36: Accidents After Absorbing the Spirit Ring
Because Lin Qinghan had specially checked the surroundings in advance and ensured relative safety, he wasn't in a hurry. He took his time, adjusting his breath for two quarters of an hour before starting.
Lin Qinghan habitually used his spiritual stance to draw the Electric Net Spider King's spirit ring toward himself.
Zhang Lexuan, standing nearby, didn't warn him of any danger. After Lin Qinghan had been shocked a few times, she had gotten used to his reckless behavior. After all, a level 50 Soul King could unleash attacks that ordinary Soul Douluos could hardly resist at full force.
As soon as Lin Qinghan was enveloped by the Electric Net Spider King's spirit ring, he felt an immense pressure bearing down on him. The soul power inside, mixed with the beastly aura of the spirit, collided from the inside out. For a moment, he struggled to withstand it.
But Lin Qinghan wasn't alone in this.
He had informed the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and Ice Emperor about his plan to absorb the 90,000-year spirit ring. As soon as the two soul beasts realized he was beginning the absorption, they immediately began to assist him.
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm absorbed some of the excess soul power that Lin Qinghan's body couldn't handle, channeling the energy into his body. The Ice Emperor, with the power of its extreme ice, worked with Lin Qinghan's mental power to destroy the remaining soul beast consciousness. Even the consciousness that rushed into Lin Qinghan's spiritual sea was shattered by the Ice Emperor's spiritual attack, and the remnants of its spiritual fragments helped nourish Lin Qinghan's spiritual sea.
With this help, the pressure Lin Qinghan felt eased significantly. His spiritual sea filled up, and he even made some progress.
From the outside, Zhang Lexuan noticed a sudden change in Lin Qinghan's expression and thought something had gone wrong with his absorption. However, just as she started to worry, she saw Lin Qinghan return to normal. His breath began to rise steadily, and she relaxed.
Looking at the spirit ring Lin Qinghan was absorbing, which was a deep black with hints of blood red, Zhang Lexuan couldn't help but feel a bit dreamy.
"Now that the fifth soul ring is a 90,000-year one, does that mean the sixth will have to be a 100,000-year soul ring?!" she suddenly thought.
She hadn't considered this before, but now it was clear. If Lin Qinghan kept going like this, wouldn't he need at least four 100,000-year soul rings? And if she too reached her ninth soul ring, it would also be a 100,000-year one. If they hunted 100,000-year soul beasts, the Star Dou Great Forest might go into a frenzy.
In the past, the Body Sect had hunted 100,000-year soul beasts for some elders breaking through to Title Douluo, which caused the soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest to go wild and even trigger a beast tide.
However, Zhang Lexuan soon reassured herself. Not only were 100,000-year soul beasts not only found in the Star Dou Great Forest, but five or six such beasts likely wouldn't cause a beast tide. Besides, no one could predict the future. Comparing the current situation to past examples and imagining the worst-case scenario was overblown and even arrogant.
After confirming that Lin Qinghan wouldn't face any accidents, Zhang Lexuan stepped back a few steps and silently protected him.
This time, Lin Qinghan's absorption of the soul ring wasn't as fast as before. Strictly speaking, this was the first soul ring he absorbed at the limit of his body's capacity.
Both the Ice Emperor and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm were essentially sacrifices here, with their soul rings not actively harming him.
As for the other soul rings he absorbed, none of them had reached the limit of Lin Qinghan's body back then.
Though with the help of the Ice Emperor and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, Lin Qinghan underwent a period of compressed soul power training. The soul power his meridians and body had to bear was now at its limit, and he couldn't use his vitality to forcibly widen his meridians.
Lin Qinghan could only absorb this soul ring at a steady pace, which made the process take much longer than before.
When Lin Qinghan finally finished absorbing the soul ring and opened his eyes, the sky had turned dim, with only the last rays of sunlight left on the horizon.
He had started the absorption in the morning, so it seemed it had taken at least six hours.
However, when Lin Qinghan sensed the changes in his body, he immediately stopped worrying about the passage of time.
The most obvious result of absorbing the soul ring was the improvement in his soul power. The already condensed soul power became even stronger.
But because the soul power was now compressed to such a degree, despite months of accumulation at level 50, plus the 90,000-year soul ring, it only allowed him to break through to level 52.
This didn't surprise Lin Qinghan. He still wanted his soul power to be more condensed, and he knew it was still not enough to form a soul core.
Besides, he no longer cared about the level of his soul power. If he had just pursued higher levels, he should be at least level 60 by now.
But that would be meaningless. Achieving a high level didn't give him the terrifying cross-level combat ability that he currently possessed.
"The soul ring absorption is over. Let's hurry up and leave," Lin Qinghan said as he ran a circle of soul power, then stood up and called out to Zhang Lexuan.
"Aren't you going to try your new soul skills?" Zhang Lexuan asked, clearly confused, her eyes occasionally glancing at Lin Qinghan before quickly looking away.
"Also, Qinghan, your clothes..." she trailed off.
Lin Qinghan only then realized that his clothes were in tatters from the leaked thunder attribute soul power while absorbing the soul ring.
"My clothes!" Lin Qinghan quickly released a spiritual projection, found a tall bush nearby, and changed into fresh clothes.
"I didn't expect the leaking soul power to cause this," he muttered to himself.
"Sister Lexuan, don't worry about it. It was just an accident," Lin Qinghan quickly said as he returned to the original spot, awkwardly standing in front of Zhang Lexuan. His face was slightly red.
"I think the new soul skills I acquired might be a bit too much. We should try them outside the Star Dou Great Forest."
Zhang Lexuan looked at Lin Qinghan, now dressed properly, and nodded slightly after listening to his explanation. However, her eyes seemed to hide something, and her behavior was strange, as though she was deliberately avoiding something.
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