It's unknown how long passed, but Li Qing's Martial Soul's second evolution finally finished. At that instant, he received all the information about his brand-new Martial Soul.
"This..."
Li Qing's face was filled with disbelief, because this Martial Soul evolution was truly too exaggerated.
With a single thought, the Raven that had already turned white instantly changed back to black. His pupils also changed from black to white, and with another thought, they changed back again.
One Soul, two forms.
With this evolution, his Martial Soul's life attribute and death attribute were separated. The Martial Soul form can freely switch between the death and life forms.
In other words, he no longer needs to balance any attributes, because those two forms are no different from Twin Martial Souls.
However, unlike Twin Martial Souls, they share one set of spirit rings. But the spirit skill effects unleashed from the same set of spirit rings are also different in different forms.
When he switches to the life form, death attribute spirit skills will automatically convert to life attribute spirit skills, and vice versa.
This means that unlike other Twin Martial Souls, Li Qing can only possess nine spirit rings, but he can have spirit skills equivalent to eighteen spirit rings, just like Twin Martial Souls.
Why not just say eighteen spirit skills?
Because 100,000-year spirit rings can provide two spirit skills, Li Qing also doesn't know how many 100,000-year spirit rings he will obtain in the end, so the exact number of spirit skills he can possess is temporarily uncertain.
However, spirit bone spirit skills are not included in this.
Regardless of how his form changes, whatever attribute and effect the spirit bone spirit skill had initially, it will still retain that attribute and effect after switching Martial Soul form.
There is also another benefit.
That is, in the future, Li Qing doesn't need to solely target death attribute spirit beasts for hunting; life attribute ones are also fine. He just needs to switch to the white form when absorbing spirit rings.
Li Qing felt the effects of the first and second spirit skills in the white form.
The original Life Ignite became Life Healing. Its effect also changed from burning life to instant healing, and the healing effect will also increase with the enhancement of soul power strength.
The second spirit skill Death Qi Corrosion became Light of Life.
It is also an area-of-effect spirit skill, just changed from group attack to group healing. The specific effect is not very clear and requires testing before a conclusion can be reached.
"Life, death, excellent!"
Li Qing was overjoyed, every cell on his face practically screamed happiness, because now, no matter who he compared himself to, he could be considered a top-tier genius.
Twin Martial Souls go without saying; they are definitely synonymous with genius on Douluo Continent.
As for Qian Renxue, she only has one Martial Soul. What does it matter how divine it is? Moreover, her divine Martial Soul's inherent talent hasn't even been displayed yet.
She's just a little stronger than ordinary geniuses.
After the excitement, Li Qing fell into deep thought. He couldn't keep calling it "white form"; he needed to think of a name for this form of his Martial Soul.
The Crow was called Xuan Niao in ancient times, a symbol of auspiciousness and good fortune. Then, let's call the white form Xuan Niao.
Li Qing took out A Yin's spirit bone and murmured, "A Yin, oh A Yin, be a good person to the end and help me one more time. Change that damned flying spirit skill for me."
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"Not good!"
As soon as Tang Hao returned near the waterfall, he felt the aura of the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum. Under great shock, he suddenly rushed towards the cave where A Yin was.
Returning to the stone chamber in the cave and looking at the empty ground, Tang Hao's soul seemed to be instantly drained.
"A... A Yin..."
Tang Hao tremblingly called out A Yin and stumbled to A Yin's remains.
"A Yin!"
Tang Hao knelt on the ground, grabbed a handful of soil, and shouted heartbrokenly.
"A Yin... how can I live without you?"
Tang Hao was heartbroken. He was already severely injured and not yet recovered, yet at this moment, a death aura actually permeated his body. That was a manifestation of extreme grief attacking the heart.
If not treated, he might not live for many years.
Tang Hao's eyes gradually turned red, and his hands slowly clenched. The fertile soil was squeezed into mud blocks by him. Monstrous killing intent filled the entire stone chamber, even spreading outside through the hole above.
The reason he hadn't sought revenge all these years, the reason he hadn't fought desperately against Spirit Hall, was because A Yin was still alive.
Although this kind of "living" wasn't truly living in the full sense, it was ultimately a spiritual sustenance, his only motivation to keep living.
Now that A Yin is dead, what meaning is there in him living?
"Chrysanthemum Pass, Spirit Hall!"
Tang Hao gnashed his teeth and squeezed out a few words, because the lingering aura was not unfamiliar to him; it was precisely the aura of Chrysanthemum Pass.
He definitely wouldn't be mistaken.
Tang Hao stood up and glanced at the hidden box on the stone wall that had been opened and was empty. His eyes became colder, and he left the cave without looking back.
From this point on, revenge. Fearless of a hundred deaths.
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"Hoo!"
Li Qing completed the spirit bone absorption and was in a very pleasant mood, because A Yin seemed to have sensed his call and helped him change that damned flying spirit skill.
The 100,000-year spirit bone provided two spirit skills.
The first didn't change; it was still the original "Wildfire burns endlessly, spring breeze blows anew." However, Li Qing thought calling it "Instant Healing" would be more appropriate.
Because its effect is that no matter how severe the injury, as long as he isn't instantly killed, he can be instantly healed.
However, a slight drawback is that this spirit skill cannot take effect on others; it is only effective on Li Qing himself. It can be considered a powerful life-saving spirit skill.
The second spirit skill is called Life Absorption.
This spirit skill is a bit wicked; it can heal one's own or others' injuries by devouring others' vitality. The more vigorous the opponent's vitality, the better the healing effect.
Furthermore, it is also effective on spirit beasts.
One can only say it truly lives up to being a top-tier life-type spirit beast. The two spirit skills it provides are both life divine skills. This is much more reliable than that flying spirit skill.
And then there was the soul power level.
In the original work, when Tang San absorbed this spirit bone, perhaps due to compatibility, all the soul power contained within it was completely consumed in opening the Governing Vessel.
As for Li Qing, his soul power level increased normally.
His soul power level had already reached thirty at this time. However, because he hadn't attached the third spirit ring yet, he wasn't sure exactly how many levels his soul power had increased.
But he figured it wouldn't be too low.
Li Qing suddenly thought of the Blue Silver King. Now that he could utilize both life and death types, how could he possibly let go of the Blue Silver King, this top-tier life-type spirit beast?
He vaguely remembered the Blue Silver King seemed to be over eighty thousand years old.
The third ring is ten thousand years. Li Qing must try his best and strive to absorb Xiao Wu in the seventh ring, because Xiao Wu's spirit skills are truly not that great.
Invincible Golden Body and Void are not bad, but they are somewhat overlapping, and their attributes don't match Li Qing.
The attributes don't match, and the compatibility isn't high. What spirit skills he could obtain would entirely depend on luck. Therefore, the best choice is the seventh ring, as the seventh ring doesn't require considering attributes or compatibility.
Martial Soul True Body only considers the age limit.
To directly absorb a 100,000-year spirit ring in the seventh ring, the previous few spirit rings must be maximized. However, the earliest he can absorb the Blue Silver King is the sixth ring.
Reaching Tang San's level thirty first isn't difficult.