Nanmen Yun'er's opponent had a slightly lower cultivation age, but it was still close to five thousand years. Enhanced by the Tier 5 soul tool gloves custom-made for her by Feng Piaoling, the power and size of her Jadeite Blade doubled, extending so far down that it could graze the ground when she leaned forward.
After more than a dozen slashes, the five-thousand-year Golden Wolf was knocked into the air and suspended there. Nanmen Yun'er's figure flashed, appearing right behind it. Bringing her hands together, she unleashed a Jadeite Slash. The massive semi-circular arc of energy, spanning over a chang, split the Golden Wolf clean in two.
As for Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo, although Feng Piaoling had custom-made two Lightning Tribulation Swords for them, they still primarily used their hair Martial Soul as their main method of attack. The Lightning Tribulation Swords were merely provided as a defensive measure in case enemies managed to close the distance.
At this moment, the compatibility between the Green Lotus Sword Technique and the hair Martial Soul was fully demonstrated. Their first soul skill, Hair Net, acted just like a net of swords—indestructible and all-shredding—while the Hair Spikes shot out like countless sharp swords firing simultaneously.
Of the two sisters, one used the Hair Net to restrain two Golden Wolves of around four thousand five hundred years, while the other unleashed the Hair Spikes. A sky full of hair spikes, carrying sharp sword qi, rained down overwhelmingly, instantly turning the two Golden Wolves into honeycombs.
Seeing this scene, Feng Piaoling nodded in approval.
"It seems that besides being the most compatible with sword Martial Souls, the Green Lotus Sword Technique also holds an extremely high compatibility with Body Martial Souls. If Susu and Luoluo advance to Title Douluo or even achieve godhood in the future, they might actually display a fraction of the splendor of the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass from the novels of Earth in my past life."
Huang Chutian's opponent was a Golden Wolf of around four thousand years. His style of combat was simple and brutal, focusing entirely on a fist-to-flesh approach. After putting on the Tier 5 soul tool gauntlets given to him by Feng Piaoling, he actually managed to bludgeon the wolf until it collapsed to the ground, entirely unable to get back up. He simply refrained from killing it because he had no need for a soul ring.
Wang Gang's situation was largely the same. After donning the Tier 5 soul tool claw covers provided by Feng Piaoling, his first soul skill, Tiger Claw—which originally lacked significant power due to being just over a hundred years old—seemed to gain a soul. Not only did its power double, but it could also tear out claw rays spanning over a chang. After more than a dozen claw strikes, that thousand-year Golden Wolf lay on the ground, its flesh mangled and its white bones exposed.
Compared to the simple and brutal methods of Huang Chutian and Wang Gang, the battles of Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie were much simpler. Their opponents were a three-thousand-eight-hundred-year Golden Wolf and a three-thousand-five-hundred-year Golden Wolf, respectively.
Once Zhu Lu put on her Tier 5 soul tool claw covers and combined them with the second layer of the Green Lotus Sword Technique, attack power was no longer her shortcoming. After a brief struggle with the three-thousand-eight-hundred-year Golden Wolf, a Nether Thrust pierced straight through the wolf's neck. However, since she did not need a soul ring, she likewise avoided its vitals, missing the main artery and trachea, merely causing it to temporarily lose its combat capability.
As for Cui Yajie, her battle could be considered the easiest and simplest among the nine. Her Nine-Tailed Fox Martial Soul sat right between the spiritual system and the power attack system; every additional soul ring would grant her an extra fox tail, making her strength even more formidable.
Having mastered the Soul-Cleaving Divine Eye, its combination with her first soul skill, Charm, possessed unimaginable power. Even a Soul Master two soul rings higher than her would be affected, let alone this three-thousand-five-hundred-year Golden Wolf.
Most importantly, with her first soul skill, Charm, acting as a cover, there was no need to worry about exposing the secret of the Soul-Cleaving Divine Eye. With a single seductive glance, the Golden Wolf was dazed into a standstill on the spot. Then, the two fox tails behind her wrapped around and bound it, lifting it before her.
Her fox claws fit perfectly into the Tier 5 soul tool claw covers. Just as she was about to strike with her sharp claws to kill the Golden Wolf and obtain its soul ring, Feng Piaoling's voice echoed beside her ear.
"Cui Yajie, the cultivation direction of your Martial Soul should still focus primarily on the spiritual system. Moreover, the cultivation age of this Golden Wolf is a bit too low. Let's keep searching for a while. If we really can't find a soul beast containing the spiritual attribute, it won't be too late to pick a four-to-five-thousand-year-old one for you then."
"Alright, Boss."
A gust of mountain wind blew past, causing her pink hair to sway gently. Cui Yajie turned around, and her peerless countenance in that smile could easily make one lose their composure.
Ju Zi watched this scene unfold, deep in thought. Based on her observations over the past few days, aside from those two big brutes, Huang Chutian and Wang Gang, among the remaining seven sisters, this Cui Yajie could easily rank in the top three in terms of appearance, yet she was the most low-key of the seven. She had always cultivated silently.
At the same time, she was the only one among the seven girls who did not share an ambiguous relationship with Feng Piaoling. Yet every time the two interacted, it was completely natural, as if they were the ones who were true childhood sweethearts. Perhaps this young girl was the one who hid herself the deepest.
Ju Zi speculated secretly in her heart when Feng Piaoling's voice rang out beside her, "Ju Zi, go and collect the soul ring of that Silver Moon Wolf King. Once we find a safe place, you can absorb it."
Ju Zi turned her head to look, only to see Feng Piaoling already handing over a blood-colored, crystal-carved soul tool. This was a soul ring storage device.
As a Tier 8 soul tool, besides being able to store soul rings, Feng Piaoling had also performed special modifications on the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword, allowing it to erase the aura of a Soul Master from the soul ring, making it absorbable for any Soul Master. This was precisely the reason Feng Piaoling had directly used this set of soul tools to obliterate the Silver Moon Wolf King without letting Ju Zi do it herself.
"Then I shall accept it with gratitude." Ju Zi smiled slightly, clearly very satisfied with this soul ring.
"Mm, while you're at it, help collect Nannan and Xiao Xiao's soul rings as well." They had only brought one soul ring storage device this time, and Feng Piaoling was too lazy to do it himself.
"A piece of cake."
A moment later, Ju Zi had collected all the soul rings. Feng Piaoling did not idle either; he retrieved the Earth Escape Talisans and directly used earth escape to take them to the summit of a broken cliff. The cliff walls here were smooth with no path leading up, which could immensely avoid attacks from soul beasts.
Using the reason that he would protect them, Feng Piaoling told those who needed to absorb soul rings to do so, and those who needed to cultivate to cultivate.
Ju Zi's fifth soul ring absorption was that ten-thousand-year Silver Moon Wolf King.
Jiang Nannan absorbed the ten-thousand-year Golden Wolf King. With the whale gel enhancing her physical constitution, the third layer of the Green Lotus Sword Technique refining the soul ring energy, and the Heaven-Reaching Demon Eye avoiding the spiritual shock, Feng Piaoling had absolutely no need to worry about her absorbing the ten-thousand-year Golden Wolf soul ring.
Xiao Xiao's third soul ring absorption was that Golden Wolf close to six thousand years.
Nanmen Yun'er's third soul ring absorption was one close to five thousand years.
Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo, the two of them, absorbed a four-thousand-five-hundred-year one for their third soul rings.
Wang Gang's second soul ring absorption was exactly one thousand years.
Watching his five brothers and sisters absorbing soul rings well beyond their normal age limits, Huang Chutian felt an indescribable envy in his heart. If he had known better, he wouldn't have gone out on dates with that sixth-grade senior sister every few days; otherwise, he would probably be a Soul Elder by now as well.
After confirming that Ju Zi, Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao had passed the dangerous phase of absorbing their soul rings, Feng Piaoling finally sat cross-legged on a smooth stone at the edge of the cliff wall. He began to cultivate the Green Lotus Sword Technique, striving to raise his soul power to rank forty as soon as possible.
As for the matter of guarding them, he naturally left Electrolux to stand watch.
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