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Thinking of this, Liu Yuan couldn't help but feel some anticipation.
After all, his previous self was like an ant in front of Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and the others. But now, in terms of the first soul ring, he was far ahead. If they were to meet again in the future, who knew what kind of scene would unfold?
He immediately checked the abilities of his first soul ring.
The soul ring flickered, and its effects quickly manifested.
Afterward, a faint aura of death quickly emerged from within Liu Yuan's body, covering the large scythe in his hand.
Liu Yuan didn't know what his first soul skill was for, but the Death God was well aware. After all, he had passed on this first soul ring to Liu Yuan, so he directly explained its effect.
"This is the ability of your first soul ring, called Death Aura."
"After using this ability, the aura of death will emerge from your soul ring and then cover your scythe."
"Afterwards, any of your attacks will carry the death aura."
"During battle, anything struck by your death aura will instantly be deprived of vitality. Weapons and similar objects are relatively unaffected, as they are not living beings. However, if a living creature is struck by your death-infused scythe, even with just a minor graze, the death aura will seep into the wound and completely deprive it of life force."
"The living beings deprived of vitality may not have visible wounds, but their bodies lack vitality, filled with heavy death aura, rendering them worse than dead, becoming literal walking corpses."
The Death God patiently explained to Liu Yuan, carefully detailing the effects of his first soul ring.
"So powerful?"
Upon hearing about these effects, Liu Yuan couldn't help but be stunned.
Upon hearing the Death God's explanation earlier, Liu Yuan already knew that this was an offensive soul skill.
But what surprised him was that this offensive soul skill was completely different from the other offensive soul skills in the Douluo Continent.
If it were other offensive soul skills on the Douluo Continent...
Most of them involved using a special attack that provided a few tens of percent more amplification than usual.
However, such attacks could still be defended against.
Once they encountered a powerful defensive soul master, no matter how formidable the attack was, it couldn't break through the opponent's armor.
Liu Yuan's first soul skill was different.
It bypassed defenses entirely.
As long as it hit the enemy, as long as the enemy was a living person.
Under the influence of the death aura, Liu Yuan had the means to turn them into a dead person.
Therefore, upon understanding just how formidable his soul skill was, Liu Yuan couldn't help but inhale a breath of cold air.
His first soul skill was truly powerful!
He quickly began to accept the new inheritance from the God of Death.
Although Liu Yuan, who had obtained the power surge from the first soul ring, was indeed ecstatic, he was also well aware that he needed to obtain the complete inheritance in order to leave this place.
Therefore, he still needed to work harder!
Otherwise, having formidable cultivation alone would be useless if he couldn't seek revenge on Tang San.
He needed to complete the inheritance quickly.
Only then, when he emerged from seclusion again, could he return the pain inflicted upon him by Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and the others a hundredfold!
Thus, he quickly immersed himself in accepting the inheritance.
Time passed quickly.
In the blink of an eye.
Several months had passed.
During this period, Liu Yuan's strength continued to grow.
On the other hand, Tang San and the others did not lag behind.
Not long after joining the Shrek Academy, Tang San and his group, under the leadership of Zhao Wuji, went to the Shrek Academy.
At this time, Tang San and the others had just reached a bottleneck, so they decided to directly go to the Star Dou Forest to hunt soul beasts and search for soul rings.
In the end, almost everyone obtained the soul rings they desired.
Especially Tang San, his gains this time were tremendous.
Using his Tang Sect hidden weapons, he killed the Man Face Devil Spider and obtained a thousand-year purple soul ring.
Moreover, this thousand-year purple soul ring was not the kind that had just reached a thousand years.
Normally, a soul master's third soul ring could only be a soul ring that had just reached a thousand years, but Tang San had obtained one that was 1,800 years old.
It could be said that this one soul ring was equivalent to two of others!
Therefore, Tang San felt extremely proud at this moment, and the rest of the Shrek Seven Devils who were with him couldn't help but constantly praise and cheer.
"No wonder you're the Third Brother. Your third soul ring is already 1,800 years old. It's a rarity even above the Douluo Continent."
"That's right! Our Third Brother is a genius with full innate soul power. Who can surpass him on the Douluo Continent?"
"And he also obtained such a soul bone. Although we don't know what it is, it should be extremely powerful."
"That's for sure, Third Brother's soul bone must be the strongest!"
The members of the Shrek Seven Devils praised Tang San crazily.
Tang San was also very pleased with this kind of praise.
After listening to everyone's praise, the satisfaction on his face became even stronger.
He couldn't help but think of Liu Yuan, whom he had buried alive several months ago. The more he thought about it, the more arrogant his smile became. "What's the use of extraordinary talent? Being alive is what matters!"
"You fool! I'm still alive, while you're dead! I am the number one genius on the Douluo Continent now!"
Tang San laughed heartily in his heart.
Meanwhile, on the other side...
After months of effort, Liu Yuan finally completed the second inheritance.
The previous inheritances were relatively easy, considering that Liu Yuan had limited divine power to accept at the beginning.
Therefore, Liu Yuan's second inheritance only took him a few months to successfully complete.
At this moment, Liu Yuan, who was originally sitting cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes and immediately jumped up like a rabbit.
His eyes became filled with excitement because he knew that he had just received the second inheritance.
"Lord of Death, what is my reward for the second inheritance?"
Liu Yuan couldn't help but ask the God of Death.
"It's still a soul ring."
The God of Death smiled faintly.
But he didn't say much because saying too much would spoil the surprise.
Liu Yuan didn't continue to ask either.
He directly summoned his martial soul.
He still remembered very clearly that the last time he obtained the first ten-thousand-year soul ring, the God of Death said it was just a toy and that the subsequent rewards would be even more powerful.
Now the subsequent reward had arrived, so how powerful would it be?
With these thoughts in mind, Liu Yuan immediately summoned his martial soul.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Sure enough, a strange sound soon resounded.
Then, upon seeing the two new soul rings behind, Liu Yuan was stunned on the spot!