Fang Xin's second soul ring came from an earth-moving dragon species: the devil-bellied lizard, a creature that was originally Luo Pupu's first choice of soul beast. This particular spirit beast was small for a ground dragon. Even the thousand-year specimens only reached about two meters in length. Their diminutive size made them adept at hiding, so they weren't easy to find.
But once located, they were easily subdued, since they are rare non-combat spirit beasts. Their defining feature was an almost magical ability: an extremely powerful digestion.
Despite their small size, they could consume food ten times their own volume in a single day while maintaining their original size. This was thanks to a body that could instantly digest ingested food and convert it into soul power storage.
This feature seemed niche, but many auxiliary soul masters, and even some combat soul masters like Luo Pupu, considered it highly desirable. It was a cornerstone for stabilizing soul power and facilitating growth, leading them to reserve a spot for it among their initial three soul rings.
The soul ring's characteristics not only stabilized the soul master's soul power, but also maximized its recovery rate. Moreover, its compatibility with most martial souls was excellent, and the resulting soul skills could create superimposed effects based on the martial soul's characteristics.
Fang Xin's family martial soul, Renyijing, was an auxiliary type with a serious lack of stamina. After her martial soul evolved into Orb Dragon Mirror, the stamina problem was resolved, and her evolutionary path broadened considerably. To ensure she could break free from the constraints of an auxiliary soul master, her family allowed her to choose the devil-bellied lizard for her second soul ring, guaranteeing she'd have spare energy to develop combat soul skills in the future.
Despite the earlier incident with the steel-toothed ape-bat, the second spirit ability she obtained was as effective as they'd hoped. The second soul skill, created by combining the characteristics of the Orb Dragon Mirror, was called Foreign Space. The devil-bellied lizard's soul ring granted her an independent, exclusive dimensional storage space. Through the Orb Dragon Mirror, Fang Xin could store various items within.
This may not sound particularly impressive, since Douluo World also had space to store items, but these storage items were fundamentally different from Fang Xin's Foreign Space.
First, the content that could be stored differed. Besides daily items, Fang Xin's Foreign Space could also store soul power. This soul power could be directly connected to her body or martial soul, and even to her companions with her permission, all without any side effects. That was more than enough to make it superior to ordinary storage items.
What's more, living things—besides the person themselves—could also stay in the Foreign Space. When she was hunted down by the steel-toothed ape-bat, she originally wanted to use this ability to save everyone in her clan, but she was a step too late. Later, she wanted to trap the steel-toothed ape-bat inside, but her base soul power was depleted, so she couldn't succeed.
After hearing her explanation of her second soul ability, everyone present was stunned.
"So, you want to transfer its energy to the Foreign Space in your mirror. To do this, you first need to open a hole in it to vent its energy?"
"Yes, as long as the hole doesn't heal, I can drain the energy from its body."
Su Xuan lowered her head, deep in thought. "Opening the hole is easy, but preventing it from healing will be difficult. It won't let us take its energy obediently; it will definitely resist desperately, which makes it even more dangerous."
Yin Xiaoya nodded. "It seems we need to cooperate. I have a way to prevent the wound from healing. I'll leave the opening to Uncle Jing; his martial soul must have strong penetrating power."
"No, Uncle Jing is the strongest here. He should control the Green Fruit Swamp Dragon's rampage. Let me handle it; I can do it too."
As she spoke, Su Xuan's aura began to rise. Her soul power soared, and her spirit rings materialized: yellow, yellow, purple, and purple sequences arranged around her body. Dealing with a ten-thousand-year soul beast alone would be too much, but a thousand-year soul beast was no problem.
With a flash of light, a golden bow with animal patterns appeared in her left hand, and her fourth soul ring lit up. A crested arrow appeared in her right hand.
"Uncle Jing, you heard that? Any problem?"
Jing Tieyang, still in mid-air, waved his spear, indicating there was no issue.
"There's no problem with him. Are you ready? My arrow will definitely open a hole in its body... What are you thinking about?"
Seeing Yin Xiaoya staring blankly at the bow and arrow in her hand, Su Xuan's tone grew serious. She assumed he was backing out.
"Ah? Oh, sorry, I was admiring the bow in your hand. It's a beautiful martial soul." Yin Xiaoya chuckled. He buckled the Meteor Driver around his waist, setting aside the system's warning from earlier. He then completed his transformation under the envious gaze of the students.
After seeing his transformation multiple times, Su Xuan finally asked, "Your transformation is full of strange noises and light, and the movement is too loud. Aren't you worried about being taken advantage of during battle?"
Damn, how could she ask such a fatal question? No one in this world interrupts transformations, right? That would be terrible!
Under the mask, Yin Xiaoya's expression was unreadable. He replied stubbornly, "This can't be changed, and I don't want to change it. If I cancel the transformation effect, what would it be called Kamen Rider? Children wouldn't have dreams!"
[That's right! The host is right!]
"..." Su Xuan glanced at him strangely. "Well, it's your power. I don't want to interrupt."
"Yeah." Yin Xiaoya nodded heavily. "Let's get started. Fang Xin, get ready."
He summoned the Saturn-cut star rings through the Meteor Galaxy device on his right hand. Su Xuan had witnessed him perform this move before while fighting the Bone Scythe Mantis, so she knew his plan.
"I understand. You have to follow my arrow closely."
Su Xuan held the phoenix-headed arrow, skillfully drawing it to its fullest point on the martial soul bow. The bow erupted with an astonishing aura, and a small, violent whirlwind hovered in front of the arrow. Yin Xiaoya stared at her arrow, while Fang Xin took out the Orb Dragon Mirror and activated her second soul skill. The second dragon ball on the back of the mirror emitted light, and the mirror's surface became a slowly rotating, pitch-black hole.
"Wow!!!"
With a resounding phoenix cry, Su Xuan's phoenix-headed arrow flew toward the Green Fruit Swamp Dragon, which maintained its defensive posture. The dragon noticed the arrow, but its perception didn't detect any significant danger, so it allowed the arrow to strike its back.
Even if the arrow breaks through my scales, so what? it thought. The massive life energy in my body can instantly restore me. Besides, unless their strength is significantly higher than mine, any attack will have its damage reduced by 50% to 80%. I don't sense any danger from this arrow, which means my defense will be effective, and it won't break through.
But the dragon's prediction was wrong. Su Xuan's phoenix-headed arrow wasn't just a pretty decoration; it was the result of her fourth soul ring soul skill. As a soul skill, it naturally had a special effect, and its effect was...
"Crack!"
There was a clear sound of shattering. Su Xuan's crested arrow penetrated the Green Fruit Swamp Dragon's thickest back armor without resistance, reaching the flesh and blood, and piercing out from the front of its chest. No stagnation occurred.
The arrow's effect was absolute penetration! The arrow itself didn't cause any physical damage, so it wouldn't trigger a sense of danger. But it possessed the terrifying ability to penetrate any object. Of course, this required special conditions that only Su Xuan knew.
The deliberate shot at the thickest part of its back was to numb its vigilance and slow its recovery. The thicker the scales, the longer it would take to recover.
"Roar!!!"
The Green Fruit Swamp Dragon roared in pain, its body weakening instantly. But its nerves were also stimulated, and it began to mobilize the life energy in its body. The hole that penetrated its back and chest immediately healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Wooo~~~ Ah Cha!!!"
Yin Xiaoya, waiting for his opportunity, threw the Saturn star ring, accurately lodging it in the hole on the dragon's back. The cutting force from the ring caused the Green Fruit Swamp Dragon to roll wildly in the swamp, trying to dislodge the object from its wound.
Jing Tieyang, still in mid-air, now played his part. He raised the purple iron ghost gun and thrust it into the swamp. The entire ground trembled, as if an army was about to attack.
"Soul Skill: Spear Forest!"
Countless spear shadows erupted from the ground, precisely passing through every joint of the Green Fruit Swamp Dragon, and firmly imprisoning it three or four meters above the ground like an insect specimen pinned in place. It was stunned and unable to move.
Fang Xin, knowing the opportunity had arrived, was held under the arm by Luo Pupu. They flew to the dragon's side, and Fang Xin raised the Orb Dragon Mirror high, shouting, "Foreign Space! Take it!"
Under the influence of the Foreign Space, a large amount of green energy gushed out from the dragon's body through the star ring's hollow space, and was sucked into the Orb Dragon Mirror's Foreign Space without leaks. The process was relatively quick. By the time the Green Fruit Swamp Dragon realized what was happening, its energy had been drained.
Finally, through their combined efforts, the Green Fruit Swamp Dragon lost its only advantage, and its appearance returned to normal. It could only wait desperately for its fate to be hunted and taken away by humans.
Just when Jing Tieyang was about to strike the final blow to allow Luo Pupu to acquire the soul ring, Yin Xiaoya stopped him.
"Wait, leave this to me. I have a better way."
He walked toward the Green Fruit Swamp Dragon, pulling out a gray-white object with a small sword device.
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