Chapter 9

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The auction had temporarily come to an end.

In order to prevent the Wang Xiang Clan’s young man from taking revenge on him, Li Ran did not choose to leave through the main entrance of the Dongluo Market’s auction house. Instead, he used the back door and found a small path to return to the Pure Wind Clan.

“Phew.”

When Li Ran returned to his room, he lay down on his bed and let out a deep breath.

The strength of a Level 7 or 8 Soul Cultivator was still too weak.

“Let’s try the 500-year-old Ice Devilish Ape…”

Li Ran took out his storage ring.. Inside was the Ice Devilish Ape that he had obtained from the auction at the auction house earlier. The price was too high, but he was still in a good mood when he thought about how much his strength could increase.

The Ice Devilish Ape’s body emitted a chill. Compared to the Phoenix-Tailed Fox, they were two extremes like ice and fire.

Li Ran began to circulate his Soul Qi. This time, he had the first experience of fusing his Soul Ring, so he was even more familiar with it.

The stone that had been floating in his body sensed the activation of his Soul Qi and began to awaken. It released a humming sound. It sounded like an ancient bell ringing.

At the same time, a white Qi that could be seen by the naked eye appeared around the Ice Devilish Ape’s body. It was even more obvious than that of the Phoenix-Tailed Fox, and it was also mixed with ice shards.

From what Li Ran could sense, the Ice Devilish Ape’s offensive ability was very restrained. It was not as violent as the Phoenix-Tailed Fox.

Nonetheless, it did not mean that it would be weak!

A bang came from the room. The Ice Devilish Ape’s Soul Ring automatically flew out of its body. Li Ran was still circulating his Soul Qi and as if the Soul Ring was attracted by him, it was absorbed into his body.

Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble!

Li Ran’s heart skipped a beat. The stone floating in his body was shaking violently. For the first time, an ear-splitting sound was heard. It was as if thunder and lightning were rushing down from the clouds, crushing numerous mountains and trees. Such a powerful aura, and it actually appeared on the body of a stone.

A red color was faintly discernible, making the light-colored stone seem even more mysterious.

Once the pure white Soul Ring entered his body, without the guidance of Soul Qi, it unconsciously floated to the side of the shaking stone.

It had been floating left and right as if it was looking for an angle to fuse.

‘What’s going on?’

With his first experience, Li Ran had prepared himself to force the fusion.

This unexpected turn of events made him a little stunned.

The Ice Devilish Ape’s Soul Ring fused with his stone without any resistance?

At the moment of fusion, Li Ran widened his eyes and shouted.

“Something’s wrong!”

‘What the f*ck!’

‘The Devilish Ape’s Soul Ring actually wants to devour my stone. Good heavens, it actually has this idea!’

Sure enough, the Soul Ring’s spirituality was very high. Even though the Ice Devilish Ape was already dead, its Soul Ring’s spirituality still existed.

Li Ran was shocked. He immediately activated his Soul Qi and surrounded his stone. It was almost devoured by the ape’s Soul Ring!

“The Ice Devilish Ape’s… Soul Skill is Devouring?”

With the death of an origin, the strength of a Soul Ring would be weakened, but the Soul Skill would not change. The ape’s Soul Ring had subconsciously wanted to devour Li Ran’s rock, which made him suspect that it was most likely a Soul Skill that came with the ape’s Soul Ring!

“This Soul Skill… Is there any way to turn it into my stone’s additional Soul Skill?”

Possessing a Soul Skill of Devouring was not very useful in defending against enemies, but it could save a lot of energy during the fusion of Soul Rings!

Even a Soul Ring with high intelligence would be directly devoured by Li Ran’s stone and successfully fused with it!

Li Ran’s expression turned joyful as he looked at the Ice Devilish Ape’s Soul Ring lingering around his stone. Taking advantage of its carelessness, he extracted a wisp of Soul Qi and firmly trapped it.

The Ice Devilish Ape’s Soul Ring was a 500-year-old devilish item, after all. How could it be trapped so easily? With a slight buzz, the white Qi of the Soul Ring became even more vigorous and directly devoured the Soul Qi around it.

Li Ran was a little petrified.

‘Why does this thing eat everything!’

Li Ran’s Soul Aura could not control the ‘sIce Devilish Ape Soul Ring, not to mention using its power to forcefully suppress the Soul Ring to fuse it with his stone. It was very likely that the ape would resist and counterattack, directly devouring his stone!

This time, it was a little difficult to stop.

After the Ice Devilish Ape devoured the Soul Qi, it became even bolder and leaped to the side of the stone.

“Hiss.”

Li Ran sucked in a breath of cold air and stared blankly at the Soul Qi around the stone slowly decreasing. It was because of the ape’s devouring.

It was really over!

“This thing has its eyes on my stone. It keeps wanting to devour it.”

Li Ran had relied on his Soul Qi and some of the stone’s attributes to force the first fusion. This time, who would have guessed that the Ice Devilish Ape’s Soul Ring possessed the Devouring Soul Skill!

As Li Ran’s Soul Qi gradually decreased, he started to get anxious. He could not just sit around and watch.

The Ice Devilish Ape possessed the Devouring Soul Skill… His stone possessed the Soul Ring Fusion Ability… …

‘No, since the stone also belongs to a Soul Ring, it should have a Soul Skill attached to it!’

The ability of unlimited fusions of Soul Rings was not a Soul Skill attached to the stone itself, but a special ability given by the system.

After Li Ran completely understood this point, he no longer stared at the movements of the ape. Instead, he focused his mind on sensing the stone.

‘Stone… Soul Skill…’

The Soul Ring was a stone, but its energy was unlimited. It could erupt with various types of terrifying power.

At this moment, Li Ran recalled the roar he had heard just now. That was thunder and lightning. That was the might of the heavens!

The fearsome power that was like the might of the heavens came from the stone!

Perhaps the Soul Ring’s origin was the stone, but a mountain. It was a mountain that towered into the sky!

It was even the ground!

It was a vast and boundless land that could contain the might of the heavens!

No matter how powerful the Devil Ape’s devouring power was, it was impossible for it to devour the entire world!

Just as Li Ran was thinking about it, traces of luster appeared on the surface of the stone. The lights that seeped out from within seemed to be hiding a piece of unpolished jade!

The lights gradually became stronger!

With that, the stone that was smaller than a fist in Li Ran’s body suddenly became bigger!

It was like a mountain!

With a flip of his hand, it crushed the Ice Devilish Ape!

No matter how fiercely the Ice Devilish Ape resisted, the mountain did not fall and was not shaken at all.

The three-meter-deep ice was destroyed by the mountain and crushed, suppressing the ape at the foot of the mountain!

“Fuse!”

Li Ran shouted.

The ape transformed into white Qi and fused into the mountain peak bit by bit. Dense steam rose up. It could only be described as a fairyland.

Only when the white Qi was completely refined and fused into its own body did the stone return to its original form. Its color changed from light to greyish-white. Under a beam of sunlight, the stone looked like an exquisitely carved jade, but it was covered by a layer of dust that covered its radiance.

The fusion of the Soul Rings was successful!

Li Ran was stunned. He had yet to recover from the shock brought by the stone. The stone could transform into a mountain.

What a domineering Soul Skill!

“600 years.”

In just two days, after absorbing two monsters in a row, Li Ran’s Soul Ring’s age went from from ten to 600 years.

This was considered fast.

The boy grinned.

However, happiness did not last for a minute. Suddenly, the boy sighed.

“Where can I find monsters that are more than 600 years old next time?”

According to the system’s rules, each time he absorbed a monster’s Soul Ring, his lifespan had to exceed his own Soul Ring’s lifespan.

“Monsters… The Magical Beast Mountain Range.”

Li Ran suddenly thought of someone. It was his father, the Pure Wind Clan’s chief.

In the Pure Wind Clan, there were quite a number of monsters that were more than 600 years old but…

Li Ran’s eyes flickered, and a thought appeared in his mind. He knew what he had to do to come into contact with the older monsters!