--- Chapter 16 ---
BOOM!
ROOOOOOOOAR!
The blood-curdling scream of the spirit beast echoed in the Soul Hunting Forest. Anyone who heard it would feel a chill in their chest.
What they didn't know was that I did it.
Zzt.
I hovered above a murky, green lake, two wings made of woven purple spirit grass sprouting from my back, flapping gently.
Beneath me is the 5,300-year-old Lake Monster, shaped like a koi fish with blue-white scales, at the end of its life because I just experimented to test the explosive damage of Alpenrose Assault.
Even though my cultivation base is only half-step Spirit Grandmaster, the amount of Ultimate Lightning I put into the Alpenrose Assault is enough to kill a Spirit Ancestor instantly due to the law of attraction, which pulled my target into an electricity full of destruction.
So, Alpenrose Assault is not only a killer move. It could bind the enemy and explode in one succession.
"Sister, finish the Monster Lake!" I shouted to the bush on the edge of the lake.
Han Yue calmly hid in the bush and used her spirit skill, quickly boosting her power and control over the lunar force. She pinched her fingers and pulled a stance like drawing a bow before releasing the control, firing a blade-shaped projectile at the Monster Lake.
BOOM!
The Monster Lake couldn't react when the moonblade swooped in and sliced its head off.
Then, a deep purple spirit ring rose from the Monster Lake's corpse.
I smiled, "Good job, sister."
I made a platform with purple silver grass and told her to absorb the spirit ring quickly. Their fight should attract the attention of others.
My sister nodded calmly and skillfully jumped over the lake using Flash Step, landing on the grass platform. She entered a meditative state as I purified the Lake Monster's spirit ring, making it easier for her to absorb.
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[Name: Lake Monster]
[Race: Spirit Beast (Fish-type)]
[Cultivation Age: 5,300 Years Old]
[Description: The king of the lake, a koi who has lived over 5,000 years of moonlight washing and developing intelligence. Unfortunately, it met its end because of an ambush]
[Obtainable Spirit Skills: Impure Water Transformation (80%), Water Cannon (15%), Dragon leap over the Waterfall (3%), Water Reflecting Moonshine (2%)]
[Lake Monster's weakness: Due to rich water elements in its body, the Lake Monster is extremely weak against Lightning Elemental Attacks]
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I sat beside Han Yue, observing the process of her absorbing the Lake Monster's spirit ring. It will help me learn more about "obtainable" spirit skills.
Perhaps the "communication" between Martial Soul and Spirit Rings is the bridge for more significant enhancement.
A few minutes later, Han Yue absorbed the 5,300-year-old spirit ring and sighed in relief. "If I didn't have my cultivation techniques and moon palace, absorbing it would be longer."
"My physique, spirit energy, and spiritual power increased by a leap again."
"My spirit rank also reached level 24, close to level 25."
"Xiao Yuan, purifying the spirit ring really helped me a lot. I can feel the instinctual selection of spirit skills is easier than when I absorbed the Moon-coiled White Snake's spirit ring."
"Is that so?" I nodded in understanding. "Do you feel anything else?"
Han Yue shook her head, "No, not really."
"But I'm excited to check my new spirit skill!"
My lips curved into a smile as I replied, "Well, let's check your second spirit skill later."
"The people from Spirit Hall should have noticed the commotion we caused while hunting Lake Monster."
"Okay..." Han Yue calmed her excitement.
After storing the Lake Monster's body in Sky Poison Pearl, I held Han Yue like a princess and flew into the distance with Purple Thunderbolt Wings.
Swoosh!
Not long after we had gone, the Spirit Hall's guards in this Soul Hunting Forest arrived at the lake area and noticed a large amount of blood, yet the Lake Monster was nowhere to be seen.
"The Lake Monster is gone?" said a guard with Spirit Elder's cultivation realm. "How could this be??"
"The Lake Monster is a 5,300-year-old spirit beast. Its power could even pose a threat against a Spirit King. What kind of spirit beast or spirit master hunts it?"
Another guard touched the lake's water and trembled, "Don't touch the water! A powerful lightning element polluted the water, and even I, who possessed Lightning Leopard Spirit, got injured."
Hiss!
The first guard sucked a cold breath, "What a terrifying Lightning Power. Is there a chance that someone from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon slay the Lake Monster?"
The second guard shook his head weakly, "No, not even Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon has this kind of extreme lightning."
"Also, are you dumb? Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is "widely" known due to its Lightning-focused cultivation. Why
"I think we must report this to the Spirit City, and we can investigate this better."
"Okay, let's do that!"
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Unknowingly, we made the Soul Hunting Forest sealed for a month. I only knew about this when the Merchant Union shared the news.
While flying back to our cave, Han Yue rubbed my face and asked, "Say, Xiao Yuan, why don't you use that purification ability on your Martial Soul? You can make your Purple Silver Grass purer and even evolve it into the Purple Silver Emperor, no?"
I shook my head helplessly, "It's not that I don't use purification ability on the Purple Silver Grass, but it doesn't have an effect at all."
"Come again?" Han Yue was speechless. She thought my purification ability was unmatched.
I smiled and explained, "While it's true that I can purify nearly everything, my Martial Souls weren't one of them."
"The quality of my Martial Souls seemed higher than I expected, making it difficult to be purified again."
Of course, I didn't tell Han Yue about the "void" power, which affected the forming of Martial Souls. After all, Purple Silver Grass and Clear Sky Ant King shouldn't have existed in Douluo Dalu.
On top of that, the Sky Poison Pearl came from the "void" itself, so using it on my Martial Soul doesn't bear any result.
A few minutes later, we arrived at our cave.
"By the way, do you have a target for your second spirit ring?" Han Yue asked, sitting by the bedside.
I lay on the bed lazily and responded, "A plant-type with strong Life and Lightning Elements over 5,000 years old is too rare in Douluo Continent."
"I can do nothing about this fact."
"Merchant Union is mobilizing all its forces, and the result in the past four months is zero to nothing."
"I can't blame them for it, too."
"Everything is up to fate."
"Well, my spirit rings aside..." I looked at Han Yue suspiciously.
"Why don't you tell me about your second spirit ring?"
"Hehe, I thought you would never ask!" Han Yue laughed charmingly, making her twin mountains sway up and down.
I looked at Han Yue respectfully and waited for her to answer.
Han Yue tapped her chin and introduced her second spirit skill, "My new spirit skill is called Water Reflecting Moonshine. It's a strong defensive technique that can act as a shield made of reflective water that can enhance my lunar force once I launch the attack past it."
"Since it's a defensive spirit skill, it enhances my physical and elemental defense by 100% and reflects elemental attacks with a 30% boost."
After Han Yue explained that, I saw her summoning Glorious Moon, and the second spirit ring lit up. A milky, water-like substance appeared around her body, forming a translucent barrier.
She controlled a portion of the milky, water-like substance and created a hand mirror.
Han Yue pinched and made a pebble-sized projectile with her lunar force before sending it into the hand mirror.
Swoosh!
The pebble's speed accelerated rapidly before crashing to the cave wall and causing a small explosion. Thankfully, Han Yue didn't put much spirit energy and lunar force, or this cave would fall.
"A good spirit skill." I praised her new skills.
Han Yue giggled, "Hehe~! I have a bright idea for developing this spirit skill. Just wait and see how I made your jaw drop later."
"I can't wait." I smiled at her. Water Reflecting Moonshine has great potential.