Thousand Ton Armament!

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Time passed slowly, and after a while, Fang Yuan slowly opened his eyes, exhaling a breath of turbid air.

He stood up, stretched his body, and immediately used his fingers to touch the Blue Silver Emperor on his Ouroboros.

Because of his strong mental power, during the absorption of the soul ring, his consciousness was incredibly clear. Naturally, he saw everything that the Blue Silver Emperor did for him.

To be honest, when the Blue Silver Emperor first appeared, Fang Yuan was a bit nervous, especially since the Slaughter Knight was nearby.

He was in the process of absorbing the soul ring and couldn't move. If anything unexpected happened, he wouldn't even have a chance to react.

Fortunately, the Blue Silver Emperor was clever. She not only used her own soul power to activate Fang Yuan's second martial soul, but also used her life force to conceal her identity and disguised herself as the appearance of Wood Escape, evading the detection of the Slaughter Knight.

"Buzz... Buzz..."

Feeling the soothing sensation from the Blue Silver Emperor, a faint smile appeared at the corner of Fang Yuan's mouth.

Who wouldn't like something so obedient, understanding, and capable?

"How did it go, Holy Son? Did you make progress?" The Slaughter Knight noticed Fang Yuan's awakening, removed the soul power protective barrier, and curiously asked.

"Level forty-one, not bad."

The ten-thousand-year soul ring wasn't as powerful as expected; it only provided a breakthrough of one level in soul power for Fang Yuan.

However, neither Fang Yuan nor the Slaughter Knight were discouraged. As one's soul rank increased, the demand for soul power would also grow. Relying solely on the soul power from soul rings to increase one's rank was undoubtedly difficult.

In the original story, Tang San absorbed the ten-thousand-year Crypt Demon Spider and only gained a single level. Similarly, Fang Yuan's absorption of the ten-thousand-year Thousand Ton Ant also resulted in a one-level increase, which was already quite good.

After all, in terms of rarity, the Thousand Ton Ant couldn't compare to the Crypt Demon Spider.

"What about soul skills? What's your soul skill?" The Slaughter Knight looked at Fang Yuan with curiosity. The Thousand Ton Ant couldn't be considered a rare spirit beast, so the resulting soul skill wouldn't be outstanding, but the Slaughter Knight was still curious.

After all, this was a ten-thousand-year fourth-ring soul ring!

"Nothing special, just the ordinary soul skill of the Thousand Ton Ant." Fang Yuan shook his head, and the fourth soul ring on his body lit up.

Compared to Fang Yuan's previous two soul rings, this ten-thousand-year soul ring gave off a sense of depth and introversion.

A black light spread out, and Fang Yuan's body was instantly covered with a layer of black soul power radiance.

This black membrane seemed incredibly solid, with a hint of red light shining through. It was as if Fang Yuan's body had been coated with a layer of metallic paint from every angle, and it covered him completely.

The Slaughter Knight was quite curious and, with Fang Yuan's permission, decided to test the strength of this shield.

"First Soul Skill: Bloodthorn Strike!"

Crimson soul power condensed into a blood-colored thorn, directly shooting toward Fang Yuan. He didn't dodge or evade, instead placing his hands in front of his chest. At the same time, the black and red armor around him began to contract, gathering on his arms.

"It can even compress?"

Bang!

Surprise appeared on the Slaughter Knight's face. He could feel that with this energy membrane, Fang Yuan's defense had become incredibly resilient. Despite using soul power at a level over forty, he couldn't inflict the slightest harm on Fang Yuan!

What was even more crucial was that he felt a stinging sensation from his own palms!

"This is..."

"Counterattack."

Fang Yuan grinned and withdrew the soul power from his hands.

Where the Slaughter Knight's soul skill had struck, there wasn't even a trace of injury, let alone a wound.

"I call this soul skill 'Thousand Ton Armament.'"

"This skill permanently provides me with a thirty percent increase in defense and attack power. When activating this skill, my body forms a layer of 'armament.' The areas covered by the 'armament' experience another hundred percent increase in defense and attack power, as if I'm wearing invisible armor."

"Meanwhile, when the 'armed' area is attacked, it will reflect thirty percent of the damage back to the attacker. Although it's a single-target soul skill, in terms of strength, it deserves the title of a ten-thousand-year soul ring."

"It's just a dual amplification of defense and attack."

The Slaughter Knight sighed lightly.

Permanent personal attribute amplification, active skill's one hundred percent dual attribute amplification—it seems these attributes are quite good. However, don't forget, that this kind of soul skill originates from a ten-thousand-year soul ring.

For a ten-thousand-year soul ring, this degree of power is somewhat trash, evidently. After all, even ordinary thousand-year soul rings can achieve this.

Leaving aside other factors, Fang Yuan's second soul skill, Golden Crocodile Transformation, can temporarily increase his attack power, defense power, and movement speed by one hundred percent, while also gaining the intimidating effect of the Golden Crocodile. This effect causes a sense of intimidation in soul masters lower in rank!

As for this 'Thousand-Jin Armament,' it also has a one hundred percent amplification, but it can only amplify attack and defense power. Looking at the data, it's not even as good as the Golden Crocodile Transformation!

As for the so-called counter damage, since it's only thirty percent, the Slaughter Knight disregards it directly.

"Holy Son, it's my fault. I shouldn't have chosen a soul beast like the Thousand-Jin Ant for you. Trash is still trash, even if it's a ten-thousand-year Thousand-Jin Ant—it's still trash."

The Slaughter Knight sighed; his face filled with self-blame.

In his view, someone like Fang Yuan, a supreme genius, having such a soul skill as his fourth soul ring was a major loss. He could have definitely had better soul skill!

"Holy Son, I..."

"Captain, I haven't even said anything, why are you making that expression?"

"Furthermore..."

A smile appeared in Fang Yuan's eyes. His hand brushed against the Ouroboros bracelet, and a sharp-bladed long knife appeared in his hand.

A touch of soul power swept past, and Fang Yuan's hands cleared the blade. The next moment, the blade of that knife turned pitch-black.

"This is!"

The Slaughter Knight's eyes lit up, "This is your fourth soul skill, Son?!"

"Correct."

Fang Yuan lightly flicked the black knife in his hand, and the blade emitted a clear sound.

"My soul skill can not only 'arm' myself, but also arm these weapons."

"And when 'arming' these external objects, their attribute enhancements are based on the strength of my own attributes, not the attributes of the weapon itself."

If it were just a simple self-amplification, then indeed the Thousand-Jin Ant's soul skill wouldn't be much, considering that even ordinary thousand-year soul skills can achieve this level. In fact, they can even be stronger than this soul skill.

However, when amplification can also be applied to inanimate objects, the concept changes entirely.

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