"Xiao San, this Earth Bear is extremely suitable as the first soul ring for the Clear Sky Hammer. We can choose to kill it."
As soon as Xiao Lin said this, the expressions of Tang San and Xiao Wu changed instantly.
They had originally been thinking about negotiating peacefully with the Earth Bear. But after hearing Xiao Lin's words—
That could no longer be considered killing innocents indiscriminately.
Even Tang Hao, who was following behind Xiao Lin and the others, couldn't help nodding repeatedly.
The quality of the Earth Bear was indeed excellent, and it was very suitable as Tang San's first soul ring for the Clear Sky Hammer.
"Xiao Lin, Xiao San, treat this Earth Bear as a trial target. You are not allowed to use any strange or unconventional methods."
Tang Hao's words immediately cut off any possibility of Tang San using hidden weapons.
"Brother Lin, aren't you going to help?"
At this moment, Tang San was starting to struggle and urgently shouted out.
After awakening the Blue Silver Emperor and the Blue Silver Domain, Tang San's soul power could be said to be virtually inexhaustible.
But when facing a powerful fifty-thousand-year soul beast like the Earth Bear, he truly had no good solutions.
The endless entangling and binding of Blue Silver Grass was completely ineffective against the Earth Bear.
If it were an ordinary fifty-thousand-year soul beast, Tang San's Blue Silver Grass could have fully restrained it and suffocated it.
But now, under the influence of gravity, the Blue Silver Grass could only barely bind the Earth Bear's legs.
Moreover, the Earth Bear's offensive power was terrifying. Its bear claws, sharp as blades, could easily slice through the Blue Silver Grass with a casual swipe.
At present, Tang San could only barely keep the Earth Bear restrained in place.
As for his attack methods, he could only rely on Soul-Gathering Art to absorb a bit of the Earth Bear's soul power, use One Glance, Ten Thousand Years to slow its reactions,
and then attack with Purple Demon Eye's Purple Divine Light.
When Tang San asked Xiao Lin to attack, Xiao Lin was momentarily stunned.
"Are you sure?"
If Xiao Lin used Comet Star-Trace Slash, he was genuinely afraid the Earth Bear would be killed instantly.
As for ten-thousand-year soul skills, those were out of the question—they would leave Xiao Lin with no room for training at all.
If he only used his first three soul skills, it would be manageable, but that would still make Xiao Lin the main damage dealer.
When Xiao Lin turned to ask Tang San, he also caught Tang Hao's expression out of the corner of his eye.
Tang Hao gently shook his head, clearly not wanting Xiao Lin to intervene yet.
Seeing that Xiao Lin had no intention of acting, Tang San silently cursed his luck.
In the next second, Tang San raised both hands, and blood-red soul power surged out from his body.
Soon after, this blood-red soul power spread across the surface of the Blue Silver Grass, forming armor over it.
This was the ability of the Demon-Eyed Magic Tree—using spiritual power to assist soul power attacks.
After absorbing the Demon-Eyed Magic Tree's soul ring, Tang San gained the ability to cloak his Blue Silver Grass in such armor.
With this armor, Tang San's Blue Silver Grass could be considered immune to ordinary ice and fire, and resistant to poisons.
Under Tang San's special soul power armor, newly formed Blue Silver Grass surged forward like fearless soldiers, desperately entangling the Earth Bear.
In just an instant, the Earth Bear was tightly bound.
From Xiao Lin's perspective, the Earth Bear looked exactly like a blood-red rice dumpling.
"Did it work?"
Xiao Wu immediately revealed an excited expression, feeling happy for Tang San.
"No."
Tang San's expression grew even more solemn. He could clearly feel the Earth Bear resisting.
"Chi!"
The moment Tang San finished speaking, the Blue Silver Grass clad in blood-red armor was instantly sliced apart by the Earth Bear's claws—
and it still looked effortless.
Using a Soul King, whose Blue Silver Emperor martial soul leaned toward support, to control a fifty-thousand-year Earth Bear—
to be honest, this was already extremely impressive.
"Roar!"
The Earth Bear let out another furious roar.
This time, it had no intention of giving this annoying insect any chance to counterattack.
In the next second, the Earth Bear moved as lightly as a swallow, stepping across the Blue Silver Grass as if gliding.
This was the Earth Bear controlling its own gravity.
Silky smooth.
Seeing this, Xiao Lin—being a pure power-type battle soul master—stepped directly in front of Tang San.
With a gentle breath from Xiao Lin, an incomparably heavy Coiled Dragon Staff instantly appeared in his hand.
The oppressive weight emanating from the staff caused a trace of shock to flash across the Earth Bear's face, making it pause slightly.
It had not expected this insect to possess abilities similar to its own.
"First Soul Skill: Blue Silver Regeneration Bracelet."
Tang San multitasked flawlessly and quickly released his already absurdly powerful first support soul skill. A yellow soul ring turned into two streaks of light and flew toward the wrists of Xiao Lin and Tang San.
When the Blue Silver Bracelet wrapped around Xiao Lin's wrist, he instantly felt an enormous surge of vitality and soul power.
With Tang San directly channeling his soul power to support Xiao Lin, the boost Xiao Lin received was even greater than Ning Rongrong's third soul skill.
In that instant, the Coiled Dragon Staff grew even heavier.
Sensing the increased weight of the staff, the Earth Bear became visibly more cautious.
"Brother Lin, let's go together."
As Tang San spoke, a Tang San clad in Blue Silver Emperor armor appeared beside Xiao Lin.
Beneath the outer blood-red soul power armor lay the Blue Silver Emperor armor—Tang San had armed himself to the extreme.
Anyone who didn't know better might think Tang San was terrified of dying.
"Alright."
Xiao Lin casually agreed.
However, this trial was something Tang Hao had prepared specifically to test Tang San, so Xiao Lin had no intention of using his fourth or fifth soul skills.
As one yellow and two purple soul rings lit up, Xiao Lin's Coiled Dragon Staff instantly transformed into a golden, flame-wreathed staff.
He stacked Heaven-and-Earth All-or-Nothing, Afterimage Lightning Flash, and Heart of Blazing Flame onto the staff.
The Coiled Dragon Staff became even more extraordinary.
"Roar!"
Just a three-ring insect dares to stand before me?!
The Earth Bear felt utterly humiliated. After letting out an enraged roar,
it charged forward like a gigantic tank at full speed.
In less than a second, the Earth Bear's massive body—like a small mountain—blocked Xiao Lin and the others' entire field of vision.
At the same time, its gravity field slammed down upon them.
Xiao Lin and Tang San instantly felt an indescribable pressure.
Fortunately, their physical strength was decent; otherwise, they would have been crushed flat on the spot.
Tang San's body fared slightly worse. His blood-red soul armor began to deform as he continuously circulated Xuan Tian Gong and his qi-and-blood techniques.
Even the light around them seemed affected by gravity, as if the photons themselves had grown heavy.
All Xiao Lin and Tang San could see were countless black lines covering the Earth Bear's body.
Ants.
The Earth Bear looked at their performance with utter disdain.
At that very moment, its massive bear paw slammed down.
The Earth Bear's paw weighed several tons, and combined with its freely controlled gravity—
one strike was more than enough to turn Xiao Lin and Tang San into minced meat.
"Fourth Soul Skill: One Glance, Ten Thousand Years."
(End of Chapter)