Chapter 8 - First Spirit Ring (2/2)
There were a few which gave him some poisonous abilities but he ignored them as their poison was too weak for his use and also their age was too less for him to gain anything out of it. Soon they encountered a devil vine which was in the 400 year range but Tang San didn't want that as his first ring so he decided to choose another spirit beast.
They were able to soon get into a swamp area in the forest, where they became extremely alert since they didn't know when they would get attacked from the muddy waters. While going through the swamp Tang San saw some movements near the back he then warned then as just as he did a huge snake type beast dashed straight towards them.
With his Ghost Shadow Perplexing step, he was able to dodge the attack, grandmaster was shielded by Renxue so he too was safe. The snake which attacked them was a 500-year-old Dragonscale Snake, even among snakes this was a truly deadly snake which stood above as the predator its poison was said to kill even a man-faced spider and its body was as hard as a dragon due to its scales. This was the reason it was named as a Dragonscale snake, it had a pitch black body and had a face similar to that of a dragon, these snakes are sometimes mistaken as dragons themselves due to these traits.
When he saw it he used his Red Demon's eye to find any weak spots on its body and soon enough he was able to see an odd coloured scale, compared to the other pitch black scales this was greyish in colour. If not for his Red God's Eye even he wouldn't be able to identify this oddity, he understood that this was its reverse scale and also its weak point.
He took out his sleeved needles and threw them towards its eye, he knew that there were many ways for it to doge this needle but he didn't care about that and did it. He wanted this to serve as a distraction while Renxue attacked it and just as he predicted it dodged the attack while ignoring the other two.
”Renxue help Tang San, it looks like he chose this Dragonscale Snake as his first spirit ring and with its properties there is a high chance that it would be compatible with the Bluesilver grass”
”Understood. Leave it to me”
With the opening Tang San had created She released her spirit which caused 6-wings to open up from her back. This made her look truly beautiful and with her cold expression it made her even more amazing she had a ring configuration of yellow and yellow. With such a ring configuration she was already a grandmaster and from the spirit power he saw he was sure that she was already at the 30th rank and only needed a spirit ring to breakthrough to the Spirit Elder Rank.
With just a two year difference she has an entire two ranks as the gap truly worthy of the seraphim spirit but he knew that the only reason he was able to win in the novel was due to her foundations not being as solid as his if not he would truly have a hard time against her.
He knew that it would lose out on reason due to its pain so he used Ghost Perplexing Shadow Steps to doge the snake. While he was dodging its attacks Renxue was slowly attacking it and weakening the Spirit Beast, soon enough the Dragonscale Snake lost its energy and fell straight to the ground.
Seeing that Tang San went towards grandmaster and said,
”Teacher, I choose this Dragonscale Snake as my first spirit ring. According to your theory I can see that it has a good compatibility with my Bluesilver Grass and also its poison is deadly enough to turn the nearby surroundings into ash so it would be a good way for me to attack”
”That is a good deduction and your right this is truly a good beast for your first ring but the only problem would be with its age. I can see that its body had five different sections and according what we know about the Dragonscale Snake it grows out each section every year which makes it nearly 500-years-old. As far as my research goes the first spirit ring has a year limitation of 423 years at most so if you want to take this ring you will have to bear a lot of pain and if you fail it will be truly harmful to your cultivation.
But if you want to still do this then I hope you will be prepared for the pain which follows”
”…. I understand the risks teacher. But I still want to do this, with my body I think I can take 70 years more than the limit. But the true problem would be with the remaining 7 years which I will have to struggle for”
”Sigh, I know that I am the one who told you to take this as your ring but it still doesn't matter if you choose not to. I can guarantee that we can still find a suitable ring for you later on”
”Let's proceed, teacher, I have decided to take this ring and this is my own choice”
Saying that he went near the beast and sat in a lotus position and with his Blue Silver grass he attracted the ring and started to circulate the Forbidden Heaven Technique. While he was doing so he was unable to see that his Samsara Eye spirit slowly formed on his forehead and disappeared before anyone could notice.
Even Renxue and Grandmaster who were nearby didn't notice this and were quite anxious for Tang San. The process was quite painful, even with his good physique which was tempered by the Forbidden Heaven Technique 77 years extra for his first ring was a little too much to bear for him.
He was able to assimilate the ring completely but he lost quite a bit of vitality and almost fainted. After using the Forbidden Heavens Technique for some time he was able to improve his condition quite a bit and opened his eyes.