176 Wu Zhangkong’s Soul Skills

Tang Wulin understood now that there wasn’t any problem with his body.

“Teacher Wu, then what’s next…”

“We’re continuing,” Wu Zhangkong dully answered. “Let’s bring your spirit soulup to two thousand years, which is just under your current limit. We shouldn’twaste this trip to the intermediate level after all.”

“Okay!” Tang Wulin earnestly nodded, happy to do whatever Wu Zhangkong wished.Although he hadn’t been able to clearly see the course of the battle, it wasmore than enough to convince him.Teacher Wu isn’t just a normal Soul Emperor ifthat Ice Fire Demonic Tiger wasn’t able to harm a hair on him! Now that’s truestrength!

The two proceeded onward, Tang Wulin following with complete faith in WuZhangkong.

Not even a minute later, Wu Zhangkong grabbed Tang Wulin’s shoulder as a blurflitted past followed by several twinkling lights.

Just as Wu Zhangkong gripped Tang Wulin and pedaled backward using the GhostShadow Perplexing Track, a host of ivy-green needles silently rained down fromthe sky. Their tips stabbed into the ground and corroded the area around themto a rotten black.

The desiccated plants cried out, but even as Tang Wulin heard them,  he had notime to share in their grief. Wu Zhangkong continued retreating before landinga few seconds later on a tree branch where he deposited Tang Wulin.

Before their eyes, an enormous figure stepped into view.

At five meters tall, it couldn’t compare with the Ice Fire Demonic Tiger’stowering figure, yet its five-meter girth made it resemble a giant sphere,larger than the Ice Fire Demonic Tiger by far.

Its body was ivy-green and two elongated fangs jutted out of its mouth fromwhich it issued a low growl that reverberated through the air. Without givingany more time to examine it, it madly dashed forward and rammed into the treethey were on.

With a deep rumble, the tree snapped.

Wu Zhangkong grabbed Tang Wulin and leaped into the air, but the beast hadalready anticipated this, spraying a rain of needles that blocked any path ofretreat.

This bastard’s body is covered in poison!

Wu Zhangkong thrust the Skyfrost Sword, summoning a storm of sword waves thateasily cut down the needles. The defense was not perfect, however, as anoverwhelmingly saccharine smell assaulted Tang Wulin’s nose, bringing a bout ofdizziness.

Soon after, a chilling mist rolled off of Wu Zhangkong and enveloped the twoof them, immediately restoring Tang Wulin’s lucidity.

It’s a giant porcupine!

It should be the Venomquill Porcupine! With such a large body, its cultivationshould be at least three-thousand-years!

Only now did Tang Wulin finally understand his place in the intermediatespirit ascension platform—this was not a place he could enter. With his currentcultivation, coming in alone meant he would die from the first soul beast heencountered without a chance to put up an honorable fight.

The Venomquill Porcupine possessed not only highly toxic quills but also anastonishing ability to launch them at its opponents. Upon hitting its target,the toxins would quickly invade and wreak havoc within the victim’s body—trulyterrifying. And even with a bulky body that lent it a fearsome ramming power,it was also remarkably agile.

“It’s covered in thorns. I don’t think I can leave your side this time,” WuZhangkong stated.

For once, Tang Wulin was able to clearly see Wu Zhangkong’s attack.

His third soul ring, the thousand-year purple one, lit up and the SkyfrostSword slashed out, filling the sky with a ten-meter-long sword wave.

Skyfrost Slash, Wu Zhangkong’s third soul skill!

From the side, Tang Wulin observed Wu Zhangkong’s eyes as he attacked and sawthe telltale purple shimmer of the Purple Demon Eyes, which was clearly farmore advanced and powerful than his own.

The mighty sword wave struck the Venomquill Porcupine. Despite its thick andtough defense, it was not enough to withstand the attack as a jagged gashappeared, and from its wound, an icy blue rime spread across its body until itwas entirely frozen.

Its mad snarls soon turned into miserable shrieks. Wu Zhangkong descended withTang Wulin then activated his fourth soul skill that enlarged his SkyfrostSword by ten-fold into an azure greatsword. He stabbed the greatsword straightinto the wound, nailing the porcupine into the ground.

Wu Zhangkong gripped the sword hilt with one hand while he lifted Tang Wulinwith the other. He floated in midair, his white robes fluttering in his frostyaura. The mighty Venomquill Porcupine’s spirit energy flowed into him, yet heacted as if this triumph was nothing at all. Afterward, he held Tang Wulintightly and leaped away, out of range of the porcupine’s toxins.

So powerful!

The gigantic icy sword shrunk back to its original form, sending chills oncemore down Tang Wulin’s spine. He couldn’t help but ask, “Teacher Wu, what isthat soul skill’s name?”

“Frost Song,” Wu Zhangkong indifferently said.

“Frost Song?” Tang Wulin repeated, baffled.   Although he didn’t understandthe meaning behind the icy greatsword’s name, he had to admit that it wasbeautiful.

This is Teacher Wu’s thousand-year soul skill! I don’t think that was the fullpower of his Frost Song. That was just a small glimpse!

The Venomquill Porcupine wasn’t considered weak among thousand-year soulbeasts, but to Wu Zhangkong, it was simply a pig waiting to be slaughtered.

“First soul skill, Frost Scar!” Wu Zhangkong started listing his soul skills.

“Second soul skill, Frost Mist!”

“Third soul skill, Skyfrost Slash!”

“Fourth soul skill, Frost Song!”

“Wulin, take note of this: there isn’t only one way to use a soul skill; infact, there are infinite ways to utilize it. Pay attention to how you use themfrom now on.”

As he spoke, Wu Zhangkong lightly raised his Skyfrost Sword and activated hisfirst soul skill. A sword wave instantly flew through a tree leaf a dozenmeters away, yet it remained undamaged.

“This is Frost Scar!”

From off the ground he walked ten meters forward. With a slight tremble of hisright hand, the Skyfrost Sword projected sword waves that flew out,interweaving to become the azure cover from before.

The light cocoon blossomed and then unraveled into a tempest of sword waves.

“This is also Frost Scar.” Wu Zhangkong’s cold voice penetrated Tang Wulin’smind.

Tang Wulin trembled with excitement. It’s the same soul skill, but with minutedifferences in control and soul power output, the result was entirely different!

In Wu Zhangkong’s hands, the Skyfrost Sword became an instrument used to weavea work of art at any time!This is the true Teacher Wu—a white-robed enigmaticman with a blue sword in hand, dominating the frozen skies!

“Understood?” Wu Zhangkong asked.

“I think I understand a bit. What you mean is that even with a weak soulskill, as long as I can use it properly, it will be powerful. There are endlesspossibilities with soul skills, and the crucial point is how I utilize it.”

“Mn.” Wu Zhangkong nodded. “Let’s go.”

Only in actual combat were lessons most effective. Wu Zhangkong believed inthe saying that “the master leads you to the door, but the rest is up to you.”In line with his beliefs, he didn’t give detailed explanations but rather, helet Tang Wulin fully comprehend things on his own.

A tremor ran through Tang Wulin’s body from his revelation. He now realizedhis mistake. After receiving Bind as his first soul skill, he wanted to diefrom dejection. In his eyes, a trash spirit soul had given him a similarlytrash soul skill.

Now he realized though that the only thing that was trash was himself. Therewere no trash soul skills. Compared to Xie Xie’s Light Dragon Blade and itsvaliant brilliance, Frost Scar was an exceedingly simple soul skill, yet it hadbrilliantly blossomed in Wu Zhangkong’s hands.