In this brief moment, Thousand Waves was experiencing a rapid increase in strength, as a large number of attribute points were being transferred to him from the bodies of the Douluo women.
There were two people at the scene who "struck it rich" thanks to the Douluo women, one was Gu Rong, and the other was now Thousand Waves.
Therefore, feeling the significant changes in his body, Thousand Waves decided not to use his Divine Artifact, but only his first soul skill and the Angel Holy Sword granted by his soul skill.
The number of comments in the Weibo comment section continued to increase while Thousand Waves had pinned the comment, "The only judge is Lin Yi, and the process is private," resulting in nearly all the new comments being entries.
Twinkling starlight emanated from his body as a gold and handsome Four-Word Battle Armor rapidly fitted itself onto Thousand Waves. Summoning his Martial Soul, a colossal Six-winged Angel Phantom materialized behind him, and his first Soul Ring ascended, radiating light.
The Angel Holy Sword appeared in Thousand Waves' hands, and with a deep voice, he cried out, "First soul skill, Sword of Judgment!"
The Angel Holy Sword instantly released scorching holy light. As quick as lightning, Thousand Waves sprang above Lin Yi's head in the span of a breath. The Holy Sword's radiance amplified, its blade extending several fold, and like a golden meteor, Thousand Waves plummeted down and slashed at Lin Yi.
"Boom!"
The energy fluctuations rippled outwards from the two, Thousand Waves' Four-Word Battle Armor immediately unfurled its wings, using the airstream to retreat backwards as Damage Rebound struck him head on. Thousand Waves executed his first soul skill at light speed.
The Sword of Judgment shattered the incoming Damage Rebound; the golden longsword soon dissipated. Thousand Waves deactivated his Martial Soul and Four-Word Battle Armor, subconsciously glancing at the Weibo comment section.
The number of comments had nearly reached one hundred thousand, and the rate of increase was beginning to slow.
After all, the requirement was Douluo women over the age of fourteen, and those without an elderly appearance, which had already narrowed down the scope significantly. Moreover, most women were still reluctant to expose their private parts to a stranger, even if that man was handsome, powerful, and mysterious, and despite the generous rewards, many were unwilling to take the risk or were too traditional in their thinking.
This Weibo post instantly shot to the top of the trending searches as soon as it was published, with the click count exceeding four hundred million. Hence, almost no one missed this news. Now that the rate of comment growth had slowed, it suggested that the final number of enrollees might be within one hundred and fifty thousand. The number was still increasing, so Thousand Waves decided to first check out what his second reward was.
[Blood Loss: 706436]
[Remaining Health: 883022543248]
[Damage Grade: Red High-Tier (Downgraded)]
[Random Reward: Life-claiming Summoning Ability]
[Host Reward: Life-claiming Summoning Ability (No Critical Hit)]
The System loved to stir things up, and upon seeing the name of the reward, Lin Yi knew exactly whose joke the System was playing with.
He opened the System to check, then said to Thousand Waves, "Damage 706436, below personal record, damage downgrade to Red High-Tier, your reward is the Life-claiming Summoning Ability."
Thousand Waves smacked his lips reluctantly, having initially thought that his damage wouldn't be downgraded this time, especially considering the high interest from the women towards Senior Lin Yi at the scene. Thus, he had expected the number of entries to soar to hundreds of thousands or even millions, only to be surprised that it was just over a hundred thousand.
Thinking about it, he could probably guess the reason. The women on the scene were enthusiastic about Lin Yi because they were familiar with his character, while women outside of Soul City did not know Lin Yi and were likely more reserved and conservative.
Thousand Waves asked, "What is the Life-claiming Summoning Ability?"
Lin Yi replied, "I will first integrate the reward with you, and then some rules will appear in your mind, called the Tang Sect rules. As long as you act in accordance with what's stated in the rules, you will be considered someone who possesses the Life-claiming Summoning Ability. Watch it first."
After speaking, he flicked a red orb of light towards Thousand Waves.
Upon fusing with the orb, a series of rules did indeed come to Thousand Waves' mind. He read them carefully for a moment before remarking, "Who wrote this? It seems to be laced with pettiness in every word and sentence, it wouldn't be you, Senior Lin Yi... Wow! This is brilliant! It truly captures the essence I aspire to!"
Thinking the rules were written by Lin Yi, Thousand Waves quickly changed his tune.
Lin Yi: "I didn't write that."
Thousand Waves furrowed his brows: "These words reek of pettiness."
Lin Yi: "..."
Tang Sect's rules specifically had many which he was too lazy to read, anyway, he remembered that many people in the original story were branded by Tang San as having the Life-claiming Summoning Ability.
Lin Yi then introduced: "As long as you meet someone with the Life-claiming ability, you will receive some items, tricks, or soul skills from a certain powerful individual. You can use these to punish the person with the Life-claiming ability, of course, whether to punish them or not is up to you. Whenever you meet someone with the Life-claiming ability, you can trigger the summoning ability. Essentially, it's an ability that lets you keep getting rewards."
Of course, the "certain powerful individual" Lin Yi referred to was Tang San from the later parts of the original story.
Thousand Waves really wanted to try and see what cool stuff he could get. He looked down at the stage and immediately pulled Tang Chen up.
"Good brother, pretend to covet something of mine, like that you'll have the Life-claiming ability."
Tang Chen: "? Are you sick?"
Thousand Waves furrowed his brows: "Come on, cooperate a bit! For example, with this Divine Angelic Holy Sword of mine, you keep craving it, wanting to have it."
Tang Chen shook his head: "I don't want it at all, so I can't act that out. I don't think it'll work."
Thousand Waves also found it difficult, he really didn't think it would work. After all, it was just an act, and Tang Chen didn't really want it, so he probably didn't have the Life-claiming ability.
Just then, Lin Yi spoke up: "Poseissi, maybe you have a way to make Tang Chen's act more convincing."
Poseissi, being named, suddenly felt flattered.
She would definitely do her best in what Lin Yi instructed!
Poseissi looked at Tang Chen, and although reluctant in her heart, she still said: "Tang Chen, if you bring me Thousand Waves' Holy Sword, I will... I'll give you a kiss."
Tang Chen's eyes widened: "Really?!"
Poseissi nodded.
Tang Chen immediately grabbed Thousand Waves' Angel Holy Sword and ran to Poseissi, excited. This time, he genuinely wanted to take the Holy Sword from Thousand Waves.
Thousand Waves glared: "Ha! Now you've got the Life-claiming ability!"
As he said this, he waved his hand and an item appeared in his palm.
It was an exquisitely made metal item.
Lin Yi: "Top-tier hidden weapon, Peacock feather. It's even more powerful than the Peach Blossom Needles that appeared earlier."
Thousand Waves exclaimed: "Wow, it actually worked!"
Tang Chen came up to Poseissi with a beaming smile and put his cheek forward: "Xi Xi, come on."
Poseissi with an indifferent face: "Get lost."
Thousand Waves instantly burst into laughter, clutching his stomach: "I knew it!"