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This golden tiger had only about three thousand years of cultivation, but the hypnotic tapir was so frightened that it dared not move at all.
In the past, it could have relied on its perception to detect the danger early and avoid it in advance, but now it was only focused on avoiding the danger behind it and could not take care of what was in front of it.
The hypnotic tapir wanted to hypnotize the other party to leave, but the golden tiger had already roared and pounced towards it.
With just one simple and swift pounce, the fat body of the hypnotic tapir was pinned to the ground by the golden tiger.
The golden tiger opened its mouth wide, and its four sharp canine teeth bit hard into the hypnotic tapir's thick neck.
The hypnotic tapir wailed in pain on the ground.
Like the Ice Silkworm Clan, although it has reached a level of cultivation of six or seven thousand years, its actual combat power is far inferior to that of some powerful lion, tiger, and bear soul beasts.
The golden tiger in front of him could easily turn it into food.
"Roar……"
The golden tiger suddenly opened its mouth and let out an equally painful howl. Then it looked at the deep cave entrance with fear and ran away quickly.
Huo Yuhao had a gloomy face as he slowly appeared at the entrance of the cave. After repelling the golden tiger with his soul shock, he hurried over to check on the injuries of the hypnotic tapir.
There were four bloody holes on the hypnotic tapir's thick neck, and blood was oozing out.
Its body no longer trembled even slightly, and even its breathing was more exhaling than inhaling.
It looked like he was going to die.
Huo Yuhao cursed inwardly, waved his right hand, and ended the life of the hypnotic tapir with his own hands.
A circle of purple soul ring rose from the body of the hypnotic tapir.
"Tian Meng, what should we do?"
Huo Yuhao asked with a frown.
"I wanted to keep it, but it's dead now."
"If the spirit ring is not absorbed in time, it will dissipate, and such a powerful spirit skill will be gone."
Tian Meng was also distressed and said, "I don't know, Yuhao, put it in the frozen plane first. Doesn't the spirit ring dissipate very slowly here?"
"No matter how slow it is, it will dissipate. How can a spirit ring last for four or five months?"
"How to do?"
Huo Yuhao pondered for a while, took a deep breath, and walked back.
Bingdi asked calmly, "Is there a solution?"
"Ah."
Huo Yuhao said calmly:
"I can't wait any longer. I'll just keep my soul power on credit."
"I will absorb my fourth spirit ring tonight."
Chapter 228: Level Soul Sect
"Brother Yuhao, where did you go just now? Keke said she didn't see you."
Orange and the other two had been waiting at the cave entrance for a long time. Seeing Huo Yuhao arriving late, Orange asked with some reproach.
Huo Yuhao smiled slightly and said, “Senior Orange, I’m sorry, I was also attracted by this mysterious metal and just went to study it by myself.”
Orange chuckled and said, "Then you should be careful next time. You probably don't have any experience in exploring large mines. Be careful not to get lost."
“Thank you for your reminder, Senior Sister.” Huo Yuhao asked, “Senior Sister, do you know what kind of metal this is?”
Orange nodded and said, "I've read relevant information from the academy before. This is a very strange metal."
"According to the academy's records, this metal emits a magical energy. Long-term contact is harmful to the human body. However, in the case of short-term contact, we can use soul power to resist it."
Huo Yuhao raised his eyebrows in surprise: "What is this metal called?"
Originally he thought that this metal was radioactive and would be the uranium in his memories from his previous life, but now it seems that this is a specialty of the mainland?
Orange shook his head: "This metal has not yet been named."
Huo Yuhao asked in confusion: "Why?"
"Because this metal has powerful energy, but we can't use it."
Orange explained, taking out a sample of the ore he had dug up: "In an ore like this, there are basically other useless impurities, and the content of this metal is very rare."
"So much so that we can't effectively refine it, and it's impossible to forge it with these impurities, so naturally we can't really use it."
"We currently know nothing about the other properties of this metal. We only know that it contains enormous energy, and we don't know what kind of soul guide it should be used to make."
Huo Yuhao nodded slightly on the surface, with a hint of surprise in his heart.
It seems that the Sun-Moon Empire has realized the potential of this metal, but is unable to use it due to limitations of existing technology.
Juzi asked again: "Keke, have you recorded the location of this mine?"
Ke Ke said proudly: "I have already recorded it."
Orange smiled and nodded, "Okay, then our mission is complete. It's getting late, everyone should go back and have a good night's rest. We will return to the academy tomorrow."
Huo Yuhao smiled apologetically and said, “Senior Orange, I’m a little tired tonight. Can I ask you to take care of the night watch?”
Juzi was stunned for a moment, then responded with a smile: "I'm sorry, Junior Yuhao, for dragging you to join us in the exploration tonight."
Ke Ke grumbled, "Zi Mu, why don't we sleep in the tent at night? Why do you drag us out to explore? Don't you think we're tired enough from walking during the day?"
Zi Mu was stunned and asked in surprise: "Didn't Juzi pull us out?"
Orange looked at Keke in confusion: "Eh? Isn't it you, Keke?"
Huo Yuhao: "..."
Seeing the three people all having question marks on their faces, Huo Yuhao wanted to laugh.
The hypnotic effect was so strong that it strengthened his desire to absorb the Hypnotic Tapir Soul Ring.
It was already the late night. After returning to the camp, Zi Mu was in charge of keeping watch. Huo Yuhao entered the tent and his consciousness returned to the sea of spiritual consciousness.
"Then let's get started."
Huo Yuhao looked at the corpse of the hypnotic tapir on the snow and the purple spirit ring on it, and said calmly:
"I don't know if my idea can succeed, but this is the only way."
Tian Meng asked weakly: "Yuhao, what if we fail?"
Huo Yuhao exhaled lightly: "Failure is failure. The worst that can happen is that this spirit ring and spirit skill are wasted. I can just look for another one."
"Although it is indeed slower than the outside world, I can still feel the energy in the soul ring slowly draining away. Tianmeng, how long do you think it can last?"
Tian Meng estimated: "A normal spirit ring will dissipate in an hour, and it will probably take two or three days here."
Huo Yuhao's eyes revealed a hint of determination: "It would be a waste if I fail to do it, and it would be a waste if I don't do it, so I might as well give it a try."
"Hyodei, please."
Bingdi nodded indifferently.
Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged quietly in front of the hypnotic tapir's corpse and closed his eyes.
A bridge of mental power connected him and the Ice Emperor, and the extremely cold soul power from the Ice Emperor was continuously transmitted to him.
The Ice Emperor moved closer to Huo Yuhao and disappeared.
Card……
Along with the sound of joints stretching, the scorpion tail attached to the soul bone slowly extended from Huo Yuhao's lower back.
Huo Yuhao’s current soul power is only level 38, two levels away from level 40, and still not up to the standard for absorbing soul rings.
Only soul masters of level ten can absorb soul rings. This is common knowledge known to everyone on the Douluo Continent.
But Huo Yuhao was unwilling to waste the powerful soul skills that the hypnotic tapir might bring, so he wanted to absorb this soul ring.
But he is not even level 40 yet, what should he do?
Huo Yuhao’s method is very simple.
Since he was not at level 40 now, he would forcefully break through level 40. Through the possession of the Ice Emperor, at this time, the control of part of his body was given to the Ice Emperor, and his soul power could temporarily reach the Soul Emperor level.
Huo Yuhao wasted no time and immediately began to absorb the fourth soul ring.
The purple soul ring was pulled to Huo Yuhao, and the energy slowly flowed into Huo Yuhao’s meridians and into his dantian.
"It actually works."
Huo Yuhao couldn't help but be overjoyed, but he didn't dare to relax. He meditated hard, trying to speed up the absorption of the spirit ring.
The Ice Emperor's possession will not last too long, and he must complete the process of absorbing the soul ring before his body can no longer bear it.
Tian Meng sat nervously aside, carefully feeling the changes in Huo Yuhao's soul power.
Yin Lex's figure appeared beside her at some point.
"Has it absorbed another spirit ring?"
Tianmeng nodded slightly.
Yin Lex said calmly: "Originally, I thought that the soul power spirit rings and soul magic in this world were two completely different systems, but after so many careful observations, I seem to have found a slight connection between the two."
"What?" Tian Meng turned around and asked in confusion.
"Haha, big bug, you won't understand even if I tell you."
Tianmeng: "..."
Huo Yuhao’s absorption went extremely smoothly. The hypnotic tapir’s purple soul ring quickly turned into purple light and flowed into his body.
With a push of the scorpion’s tail, Huo Yuhao stood up from the ground, and five spirit rings appeared behind him.
One is bright white, one is purple, and one is black. After the black, there is purple again, and then a blood red color with four golden stripes.
Four with magic eyes and one with ice martial spirit.
"Yuhao, you actually succeeded in absorbing it!"
Tian Meng said with surprise.