RNP Chapter 18 Absorbing Soul Rings
Chapter 18 Absorbing Soul Rings
After the soul bone was fully condensed, Jiang Che stored it in the Watcher's Ring.
Then I began to recall all the details of the danger warning that the panel had just issued.
"The panel just mentioned that the polar bear discovered me," Jiang Che muttered to himself, then opened the panel to check, trying to find more clues.
"That's right! Both the polar bear and the snow wolf issued danger warnings after they discovered or sensed my presence." Jiang Che compared the two warnings and found a common feature.
"Could it be that this clue not only requires finding the soul beast, but also requires the soul beast to discover me?" Following this conjecture, Jiang Che quickly began conducting experiments.
He instantly appeared in front of a 6000-year-old Ice Moss Wolf, but the Ice Moss Wolf was so frightened by the terrifying aura emanating from Jiang Che that it ran away in a panic, and the panel did not indicate any danger.
"Huh? Could it be that I guessed wrong?" Jiang Che wondered if he had made a mistake; the panel was just randomly issuing danger warnings.
He refused to believe it and tried several more soul beasts, but without exception, they all ran away without looking back after sensing Jiang Che's aura.
Jiang Che knew this approach wouldn't work, but he didn't mind the mess. He found a place to sit down and thought about it again, realizing that he must have overlooked something.
The cold winds of the far north never cease, howling across the frozen land, carrying fine ice shards and snowflakes, biting with a chilling cold.
Jiang Che casually sat on a frost-covered blue stone. The surface of the stone was covered with a thin layer of ice, which was icy cold, but he was completely unaware of it.
Beneath our feet lies a thick layer of ice that never melts, gleaming with a pale blue-green light. It stretches as far as the eye can see, while in the distance, continuous ice peaks stand against the gray sky, their tips obscured by the swirling snow, appearing desolate and lonely.
Jiang Che didn't know how long he had been thinking. The soul beasts that he had scared away earlier had long since disappeared. On the vast ice field, he was all alone. The cold wind whipped up his clothes, and his hair was covered with tiny ice flowers.
[Watch out! You've been targeted by a two-thousand-year-old Gale Wolf. Although its strength is comparable to yours, being ambushed by it could still be life-threatening.]
The panel reminded Jiang Che once again, which made Jiang Che a little strange, because the Swiftwind Wolf had been there for a long time, and he had noticed it a long time ago.
Jiang Che was preoccupied with the issue of the control panel, and seeing that the Swift Wind Wolf wasn't attacking him, he decided to ignore it.
Why doesn't the panel give a notification as soon as the Rinfeng Jinlang appears?
Just as Jiang Che was questioning his life, the next second, the Swift Wind Wolf rushed over.
Jiang Che didn't take the attack of the Swift Wind Wolf seriously at all. He raised his hand to coax it to sleep, but suddenly a flash of inspiration struck him, as if he had grasped something.
They also became much gentler, changing from coaxing it to sleep to freezing the Swiftwind Wolf's feet, rendering it unable to move.
"Attack? Yes, that's the problem." Jiang Che slapped his thigh, realizing the key to the problem. When the Rinfeng Swift Wolf first arrived, it was just observing him and didn't seem to be planning to attack. But just now, after the panel showed danger, the Rinfeng Swift Wolf pounced on him.
Jiang Che recalled that the first time the danger warning appeared on the panel, he had concealed his aura, which led to the snow wolf's attack. The second time was the same. If his cultivation level was indeed only as shown on the panel, then he was indeed in danger.
My initial assessment was correct, but I overlooked one crucial point: I hadn't concealed my aura, which prevented the spirit beasts I encountered from attacking me, thus eliminating any danger.
After figuring it out, Jiang Che looked at the Swift Wind Wolf not far away and found it pleasing to the eye no matter how he looked at it. If it hadn't suddenly launched an attack, Jiang Che might not have been able to figure it out so quickly.
Jiang Che then decided to let the Swift Wind Wolf go, since he didn't need the extra years of its spirit rings.
After regaining its freedom, the Swift Wind Wolf knew that Jiang Che was not someone it could mess with, and it fled this troublesome place with its tail between its legs.
Jiang Che was delighted to find some more soul beasts. This time, Jiang Che was certain that his guess was correct, because these soul beasts all triggered the danger warning on the panel.
After figuring things out, Jiang Che decided not to waste any more time and quickly flew to the true core area of the far north.
He found a place where no soul beasts had appeared for a long time, dug out a cave entrance, and then set up defenses both outside and inside the cave entrance using soul tools.
These defenses can stop soul beasts under 100,000 years old, and can also hold off 100,000-year-old soul beasts for a period of time, allowing Jiang Che to absorb soul rings without external interference.
Jiang Che sat down cross-legged, and his Ice Dragon King Martial Soul transformed into the Holy Sword of Light, instantly filling the entire cave with the aura of ultimate light.
Jiang Che opened the panel and received a 100,000-year soul ring for the Holy Sword of Light to absorb.
Jiang Che's plan was to first add two 100,000-year soul rings to the Holy Sword of Light to improve his physical attributes, so that he could increase the age limit when adding the ninth soul ring to the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul.
[100,000-Year Soul Ring Successfully Acquired]
The moment the panel displayed "success," a scarlet spirit ring appeared around Jiang Che.
Jiang Che took a deep breath. He had absorbed a 100,000-year soul ring before, which took him two whole months. He didn't know if there was any difference between the soul rings rewarded by the panel and those obtained by hunting soul beasts.
But there is no doubt that it will take a long time to absorb, which is why Jiang Che chose such a quiet place.
……
Time flies, and half a year has passed since Jiang Che absorbed the spirit ring.
While Jiang Che was absorbing the spirit ring, Shrek Academy, far to the south, also started its holiday.
"Brother Tianmeng, where are we going?" Huo Yuhao's soul power level had reached level 20 at this time.
"You don't need to worry about that, just keep heading north." The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm in Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea was unusually awakened, and the entire insect said lazily.
"Keep heading north? What place is that?" Huo Yuhao asked curiously.
"Of course it's my hometown, the far north of Douluo Continent, and the place I know best."
"But this is too far, Brother Tianmeng. I need to rush back to take the entrance exam after I get my second spirit ring. Are there only spirit-type spirit beasts there?" Huo Yuhao asked, puzzled.
"Of course not. Although spirit-type spirit beasts are rare, they can be found in the Star Dou Great Forest. But this time, we're also going to equip you with a second spirit beast."
……
Just as Huo Yuhao arrived in the far north, inside the cave dwelling built by Jiang Che.
Jiang Che had already absorbed both 100,000-year spirit rings from the Holy Sword of Light. At this moment, Jiang Che's martial soul transformed into the Ice Dragon King, absorbing the most suitable spirit rings given by the panel.
Jiang Che sat cross-legged, his jaw clenched, veins bulging on his forehead, cold sweat instantly soaking through his clothes, which was then frozen into thin ice by the surrounding cold air.
His once composed demeanor completely crumbled, his muscles convulsed violently, and every inch of his bones and every cell emitted a mournful wail.
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