Volume 2: The Source of Life Chapter 26: Arrived? Let's go up together

  Although both legs are disabled, I still sit cross-legged, holding the Soul-Eating Bead gently in my hands. I close my eyes and recite the Soul-Eating Spell taught by Ling Huang Yu.

  Suddenly, a slight tremor appeared in the palm of my hand, and a red stream flowed from my palm into the depths of my eye sockets, rushing towards the free heart. The free heart once again played its characteristic role, like a prostitute who welcomes all comers, refusing no one.

  This spiritual power is stronger than ever before. To be honest, I'm a bit stunned.

  It's just too damn easy!

  I never believed that a master could suddenly appear out of nowhere, and I also never believed that there was such a thing as overnight success.

  Anyone who is a high person is successful step by step through continuous tempering. But now, I easily absorbed the spiritual power in the Soul-Eating Bead.

  If I had to say sequelae, if saying that occasionally flashing a few boring scenes in my mind also counts, then I can say there's a bit.

  I even saw the scene of my previous battle with the Spirit Wolves in these pictures, apparently, the Spirit Emperor Yu had also collected the souls of those Spirit Wolves into the Soul-Devouring Bead.

  Even the souls of beasts can be absorbed!

  I'm no longer adequate enough to describe myself as strong.

  The heart of freedom spins rapidly, with colors changing from pale white to pure white, then to light red and finally to bright red.

  At the same time, the free spirit absorbed the spiritual energy from the Soul Devouring Pearl on one hand and surged outward in all directions with the other to repair my damaged body.

  The process was quick to say, but it seemed like an eternity. I didn't know how long had passed when my body became intact again. The rotation of the Free Mind also slowed down gradually, and as usual, the Free Mind was saturated.

  I woke up from meditation, and the Soul Devouring Bead in my hand was still emitting a faint spiritual energy halo, apparently it still had a lot of spiritual energy left.

  Ling Huang Yu didn't come in, indicating that the three-day period hadn't passed yet. I wasn't in a hurry to leave the cave either, so I thought for a moment and then picked up the soul artifact called Dark Dragon that Ling Huang Yu had given me.

  According to Lin Muxian's previous explanation, when a Soul Master obtains a soul device, they first stimulate the spiritual energy to activate it. After the soul device is activated, a light diagram similar to the external shape of the soul device will be imprinted in the body. When the Soul Master uses the soul device, they inject 'spiritual' energy into the light diagram, causing resonance with the soul device, thereby exerting the power within the soul device. As practice continues, the skill and efficiency of using the soul device will continue to improve.

  It sounds simple, but the specific triggering process is not so easy.

  Based on my current understanding of Soul Devices, they contain a large amount of life-originating power. This life-originating power will slowly transform into various different abilities. As for the Soul Masters, they use the 'Spirit' condensed within their own bodies to communicate with the Soul Device, establishing an exchange mode, and thus guiding out the power from the Soul Device.

  How can we communicate?

  I grasped the Dark Dragon in my hand and closed my eyes. After a series of adjustments, I entered a state of introspection.

  Gradually, a very weak energy fluctuation in the part of my palm that came into contact with the Dark Dragon caught my attention. I focused my mind on my palm, and the energy fluctuation became clearer, a faint white halo like a shackle surrounded my palm, and closely attached to it was the Dark Dragon.

  My heart stirred slightly, could it be that what I was looking for was the catalyst to stir up the spiritual energy within me and send it surging towards that ring of white light?

  Thinking of this, I opened my eyes, hesitated for a moment, and then used the Dark Dragon Palm to dig a hole fiercely.

  The heart of freedom suddenly became vigilant, and a stream of spiritual energy surged into my palm. Following that, I grasped the Dark Dragon tightly again and re-entered the state of introspection.

  The spiritual energy flow came into contact with the white circle, and the white circle shook for a moment before dispersing. Immediately afterwards, a bright light flashed, and a fine sword-like light pattern was deeply imprinted on the inside of his palm, connecting with his flesh and blood.

  Alright?

  To be honest, I really didn't dare to believe it. Today's events went smoothly beyond my expectations.

  Am I a once-in-a-century genius?

  I'm not actually that smart, the reason I can master so many skills is not only due to my hard work and dedication, but also the accumulation of nearly a thousand years of time. But now, I've somehow managed to easily awaken the first soul artifact, which gives me an unreal feeling.

  After successfully triggering the soul device, what's left is to induce the power within it, I suppose.

  The wound on my palm was healed by a large amount of spiritual energy brought out by the heart of freedom, and it's already fine without even blinking an eye. I raised my hand again and stabbed my palm once more.

  Plop! Another pothole.

  A thread of spiritual energy surged out from the heart of freedom and flowed towards the palm-sized fine sword diagram.

  "Hum!" The dark dragon in his hand suddenly trembled, and the originally calm power in the soul device was disturbed by this spiritual force, like a drop of water falling into a sea of fire, instantly boiling up.

  A large amount of spiritual energy surged into the light diagram and then flowed back. After flowing out, it felt more intimate and also more refined.

  A layer of misty light lit up inside the cave, and a thin layer of pale white frost was laid on the blade of the dark dragon's sword.

  I stood up and found a rock to gently scrape it off.

  Huh!

  A very refreshing sound, the dark dragon went straight into the handle.

  I was a bit shocked, this one poke I didn't exert any skill, nor did I follow the pattern of the rock, I just poked so casually.

  I drew the Dark Dragon out, and quietly examined the white awn on its body. I had an urge to touch it, but was also a bit worried that its power might be too great. But then I thought, even if I got hurt, so what? It's not like it's a big deal or anything.

  I carefully reached out with my index finger to touch that layer of white fluff.

  It's okay, never mind.

  My fingers touched the white scales without any unusual sensation. My courage began to grow, and when I grasped the entire Dark Dragon, I didn't feel even a bit uncomfortable.

  I couldn't help but smile, I still have a lot to learn in this field. The white mang didn't last long, after the palm was repaired, the spiritual power stopped flowing into the Palm Light Diagram, and the white mang also disappeared.

  However, this Dark Dragon Soul Device should be settled, but I don't know what level it is. There are still three soul devices on my body, and I originally wanted to activate them all at once, but first, I didn't know how much time had passed, and secondly, I didn't want Ling Huang Yu to understand me too much.

  Nothing was wrong, I tied up the Dark Dragon's waistband and walked out.

  As I passed through the entrance, my body inevitably touched those tiny light spots, and as soon as they were touched, they disappeared.

  Outside the cave was a small hill, and a thin figure flew quickly towards this side. This time I saw clearly that Ling Huang Yu's legs were almost off the ground. With just one toe touching the ground, his body slid out rapidly, as if he had no weight at all.

  "Haven't learned yet?" Ling Huang Yu furrowed his brow, "Communicating with the Soul-Devouring Pearl requires patience, persist for a while longer and you might succeed."

  After some thought, I realized he had misunderstood and said seriously: "The Soul Devouring Bead's absorption was successful, but the aftereffects are quite severe. Even now, there are still images of wolf howls in my mind."

  But unexpectedly, Ling Huang Yu's face revealed a shocked expression for the first time, "Successful? So soon?"

  "Quickly?" I pondered for a moment and asked: "How much time did I spend?"

  "Half a day!" Ling Huang Yu still said somewhat disbelievingly: "The first time communicating with the Soul-Devouring Pearl, you succeeded in half a day? Hmm, come here, let me take a look."

  As soon as he finished speaking, he didn't allow me to struggle free. He pulled up my arm with one hand, and a cold, dark energy surged in.

  "What? You've actually awakened the Dark Dragon?" Ling Huang Yu's surprise was even greater this time, "How did you little scamp manage that?"

  "Ah, I'm just practicing according to the master's teachings." I timely patted the horse's buttocks and then casually made up a few sentences to muddle through.

  Ling Huang Yu was too stunned by the results of my cultivation to consider the loopholes in my words.

  "Let's go and give it a try."

  Ling Huang Yu finished speaking and reached out to grab me again. This time, I didn't let him succeed, cleverly retreating a step, "Where are we going? Please lead the way, Master."

  Ling Huang Yu was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing: "Can you keep up?"

  I nodded: "Must keep up."

  Ling Huang Yu let out a light hum, saying: "Alright then, if you get lost, don't come crying to me." As he spoke, his foot tapped the ground, and his body streaked forward in a flash of light, rapidly disappearing into the distance.

  Looking at his expression that seemed to be deliberately making me lose face, I couldn't help but smile, and started the eighteen tiger-shaped steps, leaping through the forest.

  My speed is very fast, but it's fast because of the clever use of terrain, soil softness, leg strength and other comprehensive factors.

  But Ling Huang Yu had only one point, I observed carefully and found that he occasionally used his toes to touch the ground slightly, not to exert force, but to change direction.

  If he didn't need to change direction, he could have just floated in the air forever. This discovery surprised me quite a bit, but I believe he absolutely wasn't that legendary kind of person who can fly through empty space.

  So where does his motivation come from?

  After observing for a long time, I finally discovered his secret. The control he had over me in Tangjiavillage before was the same principle - his soul tool was of the type that could release power into the void. When Ling Huang Yu floated and flew, it was actually him applying the power of his soul tool to himself.

  After realizing this, I finally felt at ease in my heart. My footsteps slowed down slightly, and I started to move further and further away from him.

  Because I know our destination is also near.

  Not where, but where a batch of field mice fell, the territory of a batch of spiritual wolves.

  "Hmph, little thing, you said you couldn't do it." Ling Huang Yu saw that I had fallen far behind and flew over with a pleased expression, "Hurry up, let the Spirit Wolf test your strength again, just like last time when you suffered a loss."

  I put on a look of sudden realization and slowed down my pace, "Let me rest for a while first, I'm too tired."

  ……

  After a cup of tea's work, I stepped into the territory of Ling Lang again.

  This time I didn't hold back my breath, and almost at the edge, the Spirit Wolves sensed it.

  The originally quiet and silent valley suddenly echoed with countless wolf howls. The howling spread from here to a very distant place.

  I fear nothing, and step by step I walk deeper into the territory of the spiritual wolf.

  In less than fifteen minutes, there were nearly a hundred spirit wolves gathered around me, and the howling of even more wolves was getting closer.

  I guess I've become their number one enemy.

  More than 230 spirit wolves, five head wolves, their eyes emitting a chilling cold air, staring at me coldly.

  "Are we all here?" I smiled slightly and said softly: "Let's go together!"