“Teacher, can I absorb the spirit ring now?”
Startled by Lu Yuan’s voice, Su Daqiang snapped back to reality.
After composing himself, he spoke:
“Yes, yes.
Just as I told you before, use your spirit power to guide the spirit ring, and use the meditation method to absorb the energy from the ring into your body.”
Nodding, Lu Yuan sat cross-legged beside the Ironclad Rhino’s corpse.
Suppressing his excitement, he began circulating his spirit power.
As Lu Yuan mobilized his spirit power, the spirit ring that had been hovering above the Ironclad Rhino’s corpse swiftly flew toward him.
Standing behind Lu Yuan, Su Daqiang watched intently without blinking, terrified that Lu Yuan might not withstand the violent energy within the spirit ring and explode.
He vividly remembered when he had absorbed his first spirit ring—the energy had surged into his body like a tidal wave, the tearing pain so agonizing that he had nearly given up several times.
“I recall the spirit ring I absorbed back then was only about two hundred years old.”
He had no idea what it felt like to absorb an eight-hundred-year ring as a first spirit ring, but he knew it certainly wouldn’t be comfortable—at the very least, it wouldn’t be any easier than his own experience.
Time passed, moment by moment.
From the outside, the spirit ring appeared to simply hover around Lu Yuan’s body, while Lu Yuan sat on the ground with a calm expression, showing no signs of pain whatsoever.
But within Lu Yuan’s spiritual world, the Ironclad Rhino—originally three meters tall and weighing several tons—now cowered in a corner like a frightened little turtle.
“Uh, is this big guy really this timid?
Why is it curled up like a turtle?”
Stepping closer, Lu Yuan lightly kicked the Ironclad Rhino with his foot, causing the beast to tremble violently.
Lu Yuan helplessly pressed his hand to his forehead.
“Hurry up and turn into energy.
I don’t have time to play hide-and-seek with you right now.”
As his words fell, the Ironclad Rhino seemed to receive a command from its master.
It immediately dissolved into a mass of energy that surged into Lu Yuan’s body.
After all the energy from the Ironclad Rhino’s spirit ring had been absorbed, a jade slip suddenly appeared in Lu Yuan’s spiritual space.
Stepping forward, Lu Yuan lightly touched it with his finger.
Instantly, a massive flood of information surged into Lu Yuan’s spiritual world.
Gritting his teeth against the excruciating pain of his spiritual world being compressed and battered, Lu Yuan rapidly sorted through the streams of information.
After what felt like an unknown amount of time, once Lu Yuan had finished organizing the information, three large characters gleaming with pitch-black cold light materialized in his mind.
Steel Refining Technique
“Whoa—Kula’s signature skill, and also the power of his Rainbow Stone.”
Lu Yuan carefully examined the detailed introduction to the Steel Refining Technique.
Perhaps it was Kula’s mischievous nature, but from the introduction, Lu Yuan learned one thing: as the bearer of the Kula martial soul, if he wanted to master other aspects of the Steel Refining Technique—such as the game-breaking skill like War Armament—he would have to unlock the seals step by step.
And the key to unlocking them was—
Obtaining spirit rings
“This bastard really has a nasty personality.”
Recalling the scenes from the original work where Kula threatened and terrorized Dia and McDonald, Lu Yuan couldn’t help but let out a bitter smile inwardly.
“This really suits his prankster nature.”
“Whatever. You are reading on g.com, the official source.
Since the rules are set, I’ll just have to adapt.”
“I wonder how much time has passed outside.
I can’t keep Teacher Su waiting too long.”
…
Outside, Su Daqiang had been wondering why Lu Yuan looked so calm—was he failing to absorb the spirit ring?
But the next second, when a trace of pain suddenly flickered across Lu Yuan’s previously serene face, Su Daqiang’s heart clenched tightly.
He slapped his right hand over his mouth, muttering incessantly: “It’s all my cursed mouth—Xiao Yuan, please don’t let anything happen!”
After more than ten minutes, the pained expression on Lu Yuan’s face gradually faded, and before long, he opened his eyes.
Seeing this, Su Daqiang hurried over and checked Lu Yuan’s condition.
Lu Yuan didn’t object.
After confirming that Lu Yuan was fine, Su Daqiang finally let out a sigh of relief.
“You scared me to death!
When you had that pained look on your face just now, I was terrified.
Thank goodness you’re safe.”
Then, as if something occurred to him, he asked: “By the way, Xiao Yuan, what’s your spirit ability?”
“Martial soul possession!” Lu Yuan didn’t answer verbally.
He directly summoned his martial soul, then activated his first spirit ability.
“First Spirit Ability—Steel Body!”
Watching Lu Yuan, whose entire body—including his clothes—was now covered in a layer of silver-gray metal, Su Daqiang’s confusion deepened.
“What kind of ability is this?
What does it do?”
Lu Yuan smiled at Su Daqiang and said: “Teacher, try hitting me with your full strength.
You can use martial soul possession, but you don’t need to use spirit abilities.”
“Are you sure?” Su Daqiang asked uncertainly.
“Positive!”
“Alright then!
In that case, be careful!”
“Martial soul possession!”
In an instant, Lu Yuan once again saw Su Daqiang’s martial soul—the Flame Lion.
“Watch out!”
With that, Su Daqiang gathered power in his right fist and swung directly at Lu Yuan’s abdomen.
Thud!
There was no scene of Lu Yuan flying backward—only Su Daqiang holding his right hand and blowing on it.
“What kind of spirit ability is this?
How come after martial soul possession, when I hit you, you don’t feel a thing?”
Shrugging, Lu Yuan said with a smile: “This is my first spirit ability—Steel Body!”
“My entire body is steelified.
Even ordinary Great Spirit Masters’ spirit abilities can’t break through my defense.”
“It also grants immunity to toxins, while speed and strength are also increased to a certain degree.”
With that, Lu Yuan walked over to the Ironclad Rhino’s corpse, raised his right fist, and smashed it downward.
Crack!
The Ironclad Rhino’s hard skull shattered into pieces under Lu Yuan’s blow.
“Hiss—”
Seeing such a monstrous spirit ability, Su Daqiang couldn’t help but suck in a sharp breath.
“That’s insane!
Defense doubled, while strength and speed also increase—what astonishing talent.”
“Now your body can even withstand a Spirit Elder’s attack head-on.
As your level increases in the future, won’t you be invincible?”
Walking over, Lu Yuan said with a smile: “Yeah.
But this is all thanks to you, Teacher.
Without you, I never could have obtained such a great spirit ability.”
“There’s no need to be modest—this is all the result of your own hard work.”
Gently tapping Lu Yuan’s head, Su Daqiang patiently advised: “As for the age of your first spirit ring, I think you shouldn’t reveal it to outsiders—at least not until you’re strong enough to protect yourself.”
“Also, don’t fully disclose the power of your spirit ability either.
You can downplay it a bit.
Exactly how you do that, you should figure out for yourself.”
“Mm-hmm, I understand, Teacher.”
“Alright then.
Since you’ve obtained your first spirit ring, let’s head back.” Glancing at Lu Yuan, Su Daqiang reminded him.
But Lu Yuan shook his head, walked over to the Ironclad Rhino’s corpse, and said: “Teacher, have you forgotten?
We said we’d take some Ironclad Rhino meat back so I could make you some roasted meat.”
“Hahaha, you really do have a good heart.
I didn’t expect you to still remember that.
Alright, go cut some—we’ll have roasted meat tonight.” Su Daqiang looked at Lu Yuan with a smile, his eyes full of admiration.
“Mm!”
Responding, Lu Yuan picked up the dagger and deftly began dissecting the Ironclad Rhino.
As the Ironclad Rhino was gradually opened up, a bone emitting a strange, shimmering light suddenly caught Lu Yuan’s eye.
Instinctively, Lu Yuan recognized the bone.
“This is a spirit bone!”
“I didn’t expect it to be a right arm bone.
To encounter a spirit bone on my very first hunt—that’s incredibly lucky.”
“This spirit bone isn’t much use to me, but it’s extremely precious to Teacher Su—and Teacher Su has always been very good to me.”
Having made up his mind, Lu Yuan quickly extracted the spirit bone, then walked over to Su Daqiang, his voice filled with excitement.
“Teacher, look—it’s a spirit bone!”