chsdbacks 25. With the support of the Ice God, he began absorbing the divinely bestowed soul ring.
25. With the support of the Ice God, he began absorbing the divinely bestowed soul ring.
'To swallow... to devour... to eat... to be hungry...'
When holding the ancient halberd, Ling Bingtian could always feel this voice echoing in his mind, which made him unable to help but be vigilant.
Is it possible to drive to a remote area?
Having read so many novels in his past life, he was always told that almost no non-human beings that could talk were good. In the Douluo Continent, aside from Huo Qubing's unique Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion martial soul, Ling Bingtian had never heard of anyone else whose martial soul could talk. He had heard rumors that some evil soul masters fell because of the influence of their own martial souls, which further solidified Ling Bingtian's opinion of his own Ancient Halberd martial soul.
After considering various factors, Ling Bingcai decided not to tell his family that he was a twin martial soul master. However, now that a true deity has appeared, he might as well ask for his opinion: should he follow the lead of the elders in the Ling family, or…?
Thinking of a certain possibility, a few glints flashed quickly in Ling Bingtian's eyes. He put on a well-behaved look and waited for the Ice God's reply.
But when Ling Bingtian looked up and saw the Ice God's expression, as if he was still waiting for the next part to be said, he couldn't help but freeze for a moment.
He asked tentatively, "My God, what do you think?"
Unexpectedly, this question elicited a look of surprise from the Ice God, who then countered with a questioning tone, "That's all?"
Ling Bingtian was also stunned. Wasn't that enough? This ancient halberd could very well be an evil martial spirit!
Seeing that Ling Bingtian was stunned, the Ice God finally realized that Ling Bingtian was troubled by such a small problem.
The Ice God had mixed feelings. He had initially thought that what kind of big problem would be able to trouble this child who seemed to be precocious from being educated, but now it seemed that a child was still a child after all.
"Heir, no, child, you must know that the greatest evil in this world is weakness." The Ice God said helplessly, looking at Ling Bingtian's somewhat bewildered expression.
"I ask you, since your martial spirit, which resembles a halberd, gives you an urge to devour others, surely there are benefits to devouring others, right?"
Seeing this, Ling Bingtian nodded silently. The Ice God, having received a clear answer, smiled and said, "Isn't that enough? Child, your world is not a peaceful world where everyone is happy. On the contrary, it is a world full of deceit, treachery, slaughter, and war! You may think that gaining power by devouring others is too evil, but you must know that what determines whether you are good or not is never your power, but this place."
At this point, Ice God looked at Ling Bingtian and pointed to his head with his right hand.
Then, He smiled and said, "I just don't know how effective your devouring is. If I had your abilities in my time, I would be laughing in my sleep every day. I wouldn't have any worries like you do."
After listening to the Ice God's guidance, Ling Bingtian first responded with a "yes," and then adopted a thoughtful posture.
"Phew—thank goodness, the Ice God's thoughts are roughly the same as mine."
Lost in thought, Ling Bingtian breathed a sigh of relief. The Ice God's thoughts were roughly the same as his own.
That's good. After all, with His support, I have 100% confidence that I can persuade the elders in my family to accept my cultivation using the characteristics of the Ancient Halberd Martial Soul.
With his divine-level martial soul's aptitude, plus the help of Devouring Essence and Devouring, he believes that in just a few years, he will be qualified to stand on the stage of the continent and showcase himself.
Thinking of this, a raging fire burned within Ling Bingtian's heart. Having transmigrated, wouldn't he be disgracing the average transmigrator if he didn't achieve something?
This time, the Ice God didn't give Ling Bingtian any more time to think. He said directly, "Alright, child, you can go back and talk to your ancestors about what I've said. I will inform them. Now, the thing you should do most is absorb this divinely bestowed soul ring in front of you."
Ling Bingtian was taken aback, but quickly realized what was happening.
"Yes." Ling Bingtian replied respectfully to the Ice God, then sat down cross-legged again and began to try to use his soul power to guide the golden bead in front of him, following the method his family had taught him.
Following the method of guiding the soul ring, the divinely bestowed soul ring in front of Ling Bingtian indeed reacted. The moment Ling Bingtian's soul power touched it, it clicked and transformed into streams of rich and brilliant golden light, slowly enveloping Ling Bingtian from top to bottom, eventually forming a golden mist shield around Ling Bingtian.
Through the mist, the Ice God could see wisps of white threads rapidly compressing around Ling Bingtian's body. With each compression, the white threads transformed into a single strand, and soon, yellow threads emerged from within that strand, the rate of change increasing exponentially.
At this point, the Ice God realized that Ling Bingtian's absorption process had entered a critical stage.
The white threads actually represent the white of a ten-year soul ring, while the yellow threads naturally represent the yellow of a hundred-year soul ring.
According to the theory passed down in the Soul Master world for ten thousand years, the absorption limit of a normal Soul Master's first Soul Ring should be around four hundred years.
However, Ling Bingtian cannot be regarded as an ordinary soul master. The Ling family has attached great importance to the improvement of his physical qualities since he was a child.
Suitable soul beast meat, high-quality rice, proper training and stretching, Ling family's secret massage techniques, and so on—everything was designed to pave the way for Ling Bingtian to absorb his first soul ring.
Even if Ling Bingtian's awakened martial soul is just an ordinary martial soul, with the groundwork laid before awakening, he is fully capable of absorbing a hundred-year soul ring of about five hundred years.
As for later, not to mention that Ling Bingtian awakened the Ice Crystal Phoenix, a divine-level martial soul, and the Ancient Halberd martial soul.
As a divine-level martial soul that can grant Ling Bingtian innate level 15 soul power, the Ice Crystal Phoenix, even if it is not a pure physical enhancement like the Golden Dragon King, still brings Ling Bingtian a huge boost in physical attributes.
The Ancient Halberd Martial Soul is also extraordinary. One characteristic of twin Martial Soul owners is that only two Martial Souls of the same level can give the host twin Martial Souls.
The fact that the Ancient Halberd can coexist with the Ice Crystal Phoenix demonstrates its formidable power. Although, as a weapon spirit, it cannot significantly enhance Ling Bingtian's physical attributes.
However, its devouring power can also play a unique role when absorbing special soul rings such as divinely bestowed soul rings.
Most importantly, the successful absorption of the Frost Dragon's torso bone greatly improved Ling Bingtian's physical attributes. Combined with the residual soul bone power sealed within Ling Bingtian by the Ice God, Ling Bingtian's previous vision was absolutely possible to come true.
"Child, don't disappoint me." Looking at Ling Bingtian's face, which was gradually changing, the Ice God said to himself, word by word.