Chapter 8

The researchers, who found nothing special in the village's surroundings, started to dig the ground all around the village.

They forced the villagers to dig without pay. Thankfully, they did not find out about the Ginseng.

Shrek examination had already happened before our spirit awakening, so we had to wait for over a year until enrolling.

After one month, I had already reached 20 soul power and had to hunt for a second soul ring, this time I went alone to hunt for it.

I decided to hunt a ring that would help me increase my projection speed.

I found an eight hundred years Dark Devilgod Tiger, using my ability to detect fortune.

It was a black giant tiger, pure black all over, without a speck of other color. It is no less than a meter long, bulging with muscle, maybe weighing more than three thousand jin.

The 'king' mark on his forehead was also black, but a different shade of black from its fur, a black as gloomy as mist.

Its red eyes brim with viciousness, but the most peculiar feature was its tail.

The tail was much longer compared to ordinary tiger-type Spirit Beasts, it greatly resembles a scorpion's tail formed from countless bone joints with a giant hook attached that is oriented upward, and it glints with a cold light.

I had to attack three times with eight projections to kill the beast. Also, not all my attacks hit it directly, as the beast was truly fast. 

The beast's resentment was quite resisting, but the gold dragon king bloodline, which I obtained allowed me to suppress it, gradually absorbing it.

The ability I obtained was [Ultimate Darkness Evil God Suppression].

It was a speed ability, but not the way I imagined it.

It worked like an auxiliary ability, it made my enemy 10% slower, stealing their speed in other to make my astral projections faster.

The darkness in my martial soul had converted into ultimate darkness and seemed to have a menacing effect on one who fell it.

My cultivation also jumped to 23 soul power.

After two weeks, Liu Yichen also reached level 20.

I and Liu Yichen departed to hunt for a spirit beast for his second soul ring.

I asked him if we would have to hunt for another over one thousand years old beast and he agreed.

As he already absorbed a thousand years ring, it would make no sense to regress to a hundred years old one.

I would not deny I was a bit envious of him and that was able to go beyond the spirit ring configuration.

With my ability to sense fate(fortune), we were able to find two Bloody Baboons mating.

The Bloody Baboons have powerful physical strength, and Bloodlust is their innate skill.

Bloodlust allows them to immediately boost their offensive and defensive capabilities.

Their heads are their vital point.

Bloody Baboons were soul beasts that were extremely hard to deal with.

They moved in packs, even as their individual fighting strength was also relatively formidable.

They were known as beings who had bronze skin and steel bones.

They had strong defensive capabilities, and they had immense strength powerful enough to strangle a tiger to death with their bare hands.

They were highly resistant to the soul power of any element, and their black fur, which was as tough as metal, was their best defensive trait.

What was even more frightening was their innate skill, Bloodlust: once it was used, their defensive and offensive capabilities would be boosted exponentially, while they would lose the ability to feel pain and would no longer fear death.

Bloody Baboons were naturally cruel and fierce, and they were also very intelligent.

As Liu Yichen released his soul power, it suppressed both bloody baboons, making them angry and making both activate their bloodlust.

I used my projections to seriously damage the one with a thousand years, making it barely able to move. Liu Yichen used his soul bone making his left arm bulky and much stronger.

He tried to parry the three thousand years Bloody Baboon but was sent backward nearly flying.

He put himself back on his feet.

Meanwhile, I combined both my soul ring abilities to attack the three thousand years soul beast. As all projections shot at once, with their speed improved, the bloody baboon did not even see what hit him.

He got hurt, so I attacked again and he was sent to near death.

Liu Yichen now able to overpower the baboon, hit it with his left arm, his strength made the beast's heart explode from the inside.

He took two minutes to absorb the bloody baboon as his spirit soul suppressed the beast's resentment.

He gained an ability called [Monkey King Bloodlust], which basically gave him a bloodlust that could suppress and scare his enemies, while also boosting his overall fighting power by 20%.

Meanwhile, I used a projection to give the thousand-year-old baboon a final blow.

Spirit beasts would be sent to near extinction in the future, killing this beast was surely a waste, but I would not leave some loose ends.

As evil spirit masters were created by a pissed off one million years beast widow to get back at Tang San.

I could not afford it, even if this thousand-year-old baboon was weak for now.

After two more months and a half Wu Fu, Yang Chun, Chang Huang, and Zhao Jing reached level 20.

Wu Fu and Yang Chun were a bit faster, so I went to help them get their second spirit ring, with Liu Yichen, who helped me subtly manipulate them into going in the best direction.