Gu Xuan reached only Rank 61 because the improvement brought by the Evil God Bead was primarily in mental power and physique, so his soul power did not progress much.
However, Gu Xuan's current soul power intensity was already comparable to a Soul Douluo, so even though the increase in rank was slight, he could accept it.
Naturally, the most important part was that Gu Xuan gained two powerful hundred-thousand-year soul skills. With these two skills, his strength received a terrifying boost.
And his improvement did not stop there. Because he had completely refined the Evil God Bead, the eight elemental abilities he previously mastered were further enhanced.
Originally, Gu Xuan mainly mastered spatial power, fire, ice, and lightning elements, while the remaining wind, darkness, time, and evil powers were only mastered at a surface level.
Due to the refinement of the Evil God Bead, Gu Xuan's mastery over these several attributes progressed from just the surface level to a state of parity with his other attributes.
Of course, among these eight attributes, Gu Xuan was still best at the spatial attribute, as the Bone Dragon Martial Soul inherently possessed this trait.
With the enhancement of these attributes, the power of the Dragon God Domain would receive a terrifying increase the next time Gu Xuan used his Gold-level Second Awakening.
Gu Xuan's two hundred-thousand-year soul skills were one defensive and one offensive, making up for his previous weakness in defensive power.
Gu Xuan's "weakness" in defense was only defined relative to his powerful attack. If compared to others at the same rank, his defensive power was already at the top tier.
These two soul skills were Evil God's Protection and the Life-and-Death Arena.
Evil God's Protection, as the name implies, was a pure defensive skill. It utilized powerful Evil God energy to form an absolute protective shield. With Gu Xuan's current strength and the reinforcement of the necrotic energy collected by the Evil God within the bead for tens of thousands of years, this soul skill could help him withstand a single attack from a Titled Douluo.
Do not look down on it for only being able to withstand one attack from a Titled Douluo; one must remember that Gu Xuan was only at Rank 61. Possessing such defensive power could absolutely be described as terrifying.
As for attacks at the Soul Douluo level, it went without saying. In the future, as long as he used this soul skill, Gu Xuan could directly go head-to-head with any Soul Master below the Titled Douluo rank, no longer needing to waste soul power on his fourth soul skill to escape.
The Life-and-Death Arena skill was even more heaven-defying than Evil God's Protection. Once struck by this soul skill, the opponent would be forcibly pulled into the Life-and-Death Arena within the Evil God's space, and the opponent's age would shrink as time passed.
Of course, it wasn't just age that shrank. As their age decreased, the opponent's strength would be weakened to the level corresponding to that age.
In the original story, Tang San had experienced this profoundly. If Tang San hadn't used his Purple Demon Eye light at the last moment to break the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Evil God's Protection, causing the tiger to be affected by the skill and shrink as well, the story of the Douluo Continent would have ended prematurely.
Now, the same applied to Gu Xuan. When using the Life-and-Death Arena skill, he had to do so under the premise of using the Evil God's Protection skill, otherwise he would also be affected by the skill.
Even so, Gu Xuan now possessed a trump card for a desperate counterattack against opponents below Rank 95. Evil God's Protection could indeed endure a strike from a Titled Douluo, provided the power of that strike did not exceed the level of a Rank 95 Titled Douluo.
Against an opponent above Rank 95, the enemy would have enough strength to kill him the moment he activated the Life-and-Death Arena.
However, if he successfully pulled an opponent into the Life-and-Death Arena, Gu Xuan felt he could kill even a Rank 99 Peerless Douluo. After all, he had been tempering his body since he was three years old; he didn't believe those powerhouses had also started training at such an age.
This skill had one major limitation: it could only be used once every three hundred days. It was essentially a skill that could only be used once a year.
Furthermore, the cooldown time was calculated from the moment Gu Xuan used the skill. This meant that after using it once, Gu Xuan had to wait three hundred days before he could use it again.
Nonetheless, Gu Xuan now possessed the trump card to face a Titled Douluo head-on. Although the cooldown was long, it was enough for him to protect himself in an emergency.
Gu Rong looked at Gu Xuan excitedly and asked, "Xuan'er, how many soul skills does this hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring have?"
Gu Xuan replied, "Two."
"How is their power?"
Gu Xuan smiled slightly and explained the effects of Evil God's Protection and the Life-and-Death Arena to Gu Rong. After listening, Gu Rong was completely stunned.
Is this even a soul skill? This must be a divine skill, right?
You are only at Rank 61, yet you already possess the strength to confront a Titled Douluo head-on?
Judging by the specialty of the Life-and-Death Arena, Gu Xuan didn't just have the strength to confront a Titled Douluo; he had the strength to slaughter one.
Even though the cooldown was three hundred days, Gu Xuan would be a hero again after that time!
Most importantly, this soul skill could be used regardless of what realm Gu Xuan reached. Even if Gu Xuan cultivated to Rank 99 in the future and faced another Rank 99 Peerless Douluo.
As long as Gu Xuan used this skill, he could practically slaughter the opponent without any effort. If this wasn't a divine skill, then what was?
Gu Rong just stared at Gu Xuan, his eyes filled with nothing but envy. Why didn't he have such an opportunity?
Gu Rong originally thought that his own mastery of spatial power was eerie enough, but it seemed the title of the most "eerie" Titled Douluo would belong to Gu Xuan in the future.
Moreover, he had learned more ways to utilize spatial power from Gu Xuan. Sometimes Gu Rong would think, "I really don't know how this kid's head is wired; his ideas are simply unrestrained!"
But excitement was one thing; Gu Xuan did not intend to reveal his strength for now, so Gu Rong naturally wouldn't be able to see Gu Xuan use this skill to shine brilliantly yet.
Gu Xuan, however, was thinking of other things—for instance, should he go fight Qian Renxue now? Since he had the Life-and-Death Arena, no matter how amazing Qian Renxue was, he could handle her at this stage.
But he quickly abandoned that idea because the Life-and-Death Arena had another special requirement: once inside the Evil God's space, only one person could leave alive.
Gu Xuan wanted to marry Qian Renxue and make her part of his group; he really couldn't bring himself to kill her.
Afterward, Gu Rong gave Gu Xuan some instructions and then returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan with an excited heart. He couldn't wait to share this good news with that old man Chen Xin.
Since Chen Xin didn't want a wife, look at him? Let's see if he's envious of this grandson's talent!
Gu Xuan then began his next cultivation plan. Now that he had enough ability to protect himself, he naturally wouldn't stay in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to slack off forever.
Therefore, after Gu Rong left, Gu Xuan gathered his girlfriends and followers; the next cultivation plan he had formulated for them could now be implemented.
(End of Chapter)
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