area51novel Chapter 19, 9th Soul Skill
Chapter 19, 9th Soul Skill
Three days later, Jiang Che's aura finally stabilized, and the spirit ring given by the panel changed from white to red, with five golden patterns on it.
"Hoo," Jiang Che slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, then stood up and moved around casually for a few moments. His whole body made crackling sounds, followed by a sour and refreshing sensation. This was the price he paid for absorbing soul rings for half a year.
After sitting still for a long time, his muscles and bones felt like they were rusted. But as his muscles and bones stretched, the surging soul power flowed through his limbs and bones, making him feel comfortable all over, and every cell in his body was cheering.
At the same time, the soul power gained from absorbing three soul rings that were over 100,000 years old was too enormous. When Jiang Che added the ninth soul ring to the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul, he not only became a true Title Douluo, but his soul power also broke through and reached level 92.
A surge of powerful soul energy coursed through his meridians, filling his entire body with a sense of strength. Compared to before his breakthrough, his power had more than doubled.
Jiang Che silently sensed the three new soul rings on his body. The two 100,000-year soul rings of the Holy Sword of Light were normal, each with two soul skills, but the Ice Dragon King's 560,000-year soul ring actually had three soul skills.
His heart stirred slightly, and he focused his spiritual power to probe into the dark red soul ring with gold patterns. As soon as he made contact, a vast, domineering, and cold aura originating from an ancient ice dragon rushed towards him. It was the pride and power of the dragon race, a hundred times heavier than the soul rings of ordinary soul beasts.
What shocked him even more was that this spirit ring was taken from a real ice dragon. Jiang Che didn't know if it was his imagination, but he could feel that this spirit ring could actually resonate with his martial soul.
The Ice Dragon King Martial Soul spontaneously emerged within his body, a pale blue dragon shadow coiling behind him, its deep and resonant roar echoing the aura on the Soul Ring. Five golden patterns suddenly lit up, and streams of extremely pure ice-attribute power flowed continuously into the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul through the Soul Ring, making the dragon shadow of the Martial Soul more solid, the scale patterns clearly visible, and the pressure surged accordingly.
Jiang Che could clearly sense that there seemed to be an innate bond between the two. The Ice Dragon Soul Ring was no longer just an external force attached to the Martial Soul, but rather an extension of the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul, a perfect match of bloodline origin.
The power of the Ice Dragon Origin contained in the Soul Ring constantly nourishes his Martial Soul and even subtly transforms his bloodline, making the Ice Dragon King bloodline within him increasingly pure.
Jiang Che's ninth spirit ring flashed, and a blue ice-blue longbow suddenly appeared in his hand. This was his first spirit skill—the Ice Dragon Bow. According to the information provided by the spirit ring, the Ice Dragon Bow was a true divine artifact. However, the Ice Dragon Bow in Jiang Che's hand was merely a projection of the divine artifact. It used spirit power as arrows, and each strike had the power of a Super Douluo's full-force attack.
The second soul skill is used in conjunction with the Ice Dragon Bow, which can condense a "Wrath of the Ice Dragon King". The two combined can unleash the power of a Limit Douluo.
As for the third soul skill—Ice Dragon Descent—Jiang Che believes it is a life-saving skill because it requires very little soul power but has immense power. This skill can give Jiang Che the strength of a Limit Douluo for a short period of time and can increase with Jiang Che's strength, but the cooldown time is also long. It can only be used once a month, and it is unknown whether it will be reduced in the future.
Jiang Che carefully stored away the longbow and soul tool, then left the cave. He couldn't wait to try out the new soul skill.
With a whoosh, Jiang Che's soul power surged, and his entire figure flew into the sky like a streak of azure light that pierced the heavens.
The frigid winds of the far north howled sharply in his ears, and the swirling ice shards that hit his face caused no pain. He turned slightly to the side, his long blue-gold hair whipping wildly in the wind. Looking down through the layers of clouds, he saw a continuous, ancient, and unyielding ice mountain range beneath his feet, like a sleeping behemoth lying across the vast天地 (heaven and earth).
Jiang Che's gaze swept quickly across the icy plain, and with a light tap of his fingertip, his mental power instantly locked onto a solitary peak that was a thousand feet high.
It was an iceberg with a dark blue color and its surface was covered with jagged cracks, as if it could collapse at any moment. It was a forbidden zone rarely set foot in the far north by soul beasts, and it was also an excellent target for testing the power of new soul skills.
"This is it."
Jiang Che let out a low shout, and the ninth spirit ring behind him, which had been hidden in the light of spirit rings, suddenly lit up.
In an instant, the dark red soul ring that ran across his body and had five gleaming golden patterns rose into the air and hovered above his head, its dense and boundless pressure sweeping across the surroundings.
The frigid winds of the far north seemed to be gripped by an invisible hand, and even the snowflakes falling from the sky froze for a moment.
Jiang Che raised his hand and drew his bow.
A longbow formed from the condensation of extreme icy blue soul power appeared in his palm.
The bow shimmered with the luster of a legendary artifact, and the faint phantom of an ice dragon coiled around its arms, its long cry never ceasing. This was the first soul skill of the ninth soul ring—the Ice Dragon Bow.
The moment the bowstring was drawn, the air hummed under the strain. Jiang Che's level 92 soul power surged into the bow like a rushing river, resonating with the 56-year-old ice dragon soul ring.
The five golden patterns on the soul ring spun rapidly, and streaks of icy blue energy spread along the bow arm to the bowstring, instantly condensing into an icy blue arrow several meters long.
The arrow shaft was completely translucent, and the tip gleamed with a cold light capable of freezing everything. The fletching was actually three flowing ice dragon scales.
Inside the arrow, the roar of an ancient ice dragon lay dormant. The surrounding space was frozen and slightly distorted by this aura, and even the clouds in the sky quickly dissipated, revealing a clear blue sky.
"go!"
Jiang Che suddenly released his grip.
The bowstring vibrated, producing a clear, resonant sound like a dragon's roar.
The arrow, imbued with the power of a Super Douluo, instantly flew off the bowstring, transforming into a dazzling blue light that pierced the sky, carrying a world-destroying force as it plummeted towards the thousand-foot-tall ice mountain below.
There were no fancy sounds, only the shrieking sound of the air being torn apart in an instant.
In an instant, the blue light struck the iceberg.
boom--!!!
A shockwave, visible to the naked eye, suddenly exploded outwards from the point of impact. The thousand-foot-tall, dark blue ice mountain trembled violently for a moment, then the ice layer on its surface shattered at a visible speed, and then exploded with a deafening roar.
Countless huge ice shards turned into ice crystal powder in mid-air, and the snow within a radius of several miles was instantly evaporated into nothingness.
The once continuous iceberg was pierced by this single arrow, creating a massive hole nearly a hundred feet in diameter. The shockwave spread outwards, shattering several smaller icebergs nearby, and large chunks of ice scatter like petals, creating thousands of snow waves on the far northern ice plains.
Jiang Che stood high in the sky and slowly put away the Ice Dragon Bow.
He looked down at the chaotic ruins at his feet, a hint of amazement flashing in his eyes.
With just one arrow, he destroyed an entire thousand-year-old iceberg; the power of this attack far surpassed any of his previous methods.
Even against a titled Douluo of the same level, being hit head-on by an arrow from the Ice Dragon Bow would likely result in instant and severe injury.
"happy!"