Rayne absorbed thirty eight more superior grade Mystic Water Pills with his Kāma martial soul, and his soul power broke through to rank 10.
The cultivation efficiency brought by the combination of his 'Records of Primordial Evil' technique and the absorption ability of Kāma martial soul is terrifying to say the least.
But the number of superior grade Mystic Water Pills used for his practice was quite enormous, even more than what he had expected.
"I was thinking to getting to at least rank 20 by relying on these pills, but it looks like a hard task."
He doesn't mind using up the pills. It won't bother him much, even if he were to use up a thousand pills at once.
What he does mind is that, his body has already started adapting to the energy of superior grade Mystic Water Pill. By his estimate, he would, at most, be able to consume another 9 or 10 pills before completely developing resistance to this type of medicinal energy.
"Let's absorb six more pills with Kāma seal and three of them normally. This superior grade Mystic Water pill is extremely rich in water attribute. My Blue Silver Grass might even be restored to Blue Silver Misty Grass, if I can restore it's water attribute."
As he made up his mind, Rayne absorbed the remaining six pills and his soul power increased by half a rank. His soul power rank is currently peak of rank 10. If he wants to, he can even get a soul ring and advance to the next stage. But he intends on strengthening his body to the extreme and even absorb a 10,000 year top quality life attribute soul ring.
His current physique is already extremely strong and his mental power has reached a very high level.
The most important problem one encounters when you absorb a 10,000 year black soul ring is Soul Shock.
After a soul beast with a cultivation above 10,000-years-old dies, their resentment remains in the soul ring, intending to obstruct humans from absorbing it's soul ring.
But for those with a spiritual strength of above a certain level, only the requirements physical strength needs to be met before being able to absorb a 10,000-year-old soul ring.
Spiritual Power, from low to high, is divided into the following six levels: Spirit Origin Realm, Spirit Connection Realm, Spirit Sea Realm, Spirit Abyss Realm, Spirit Domain Realm, and the legendary Divine Origin Realm. When a person is born, their spiritual cultivation level is at the Spirit Origin Realm.
To make sure of his current status, Rayne called out to the system.
"System, please show me my status screen."
With that, a bright blue light screen appeared in front of him.
[Status]
Host: Rayne Ashburn
Soul power level: Rank 10.
Martial Soul: Blue Silver Grass.(Soul ring: N/A) , Kāma Seal.(Soul ring: N/A), Six Eyes.(Soul ring: N/A).
Unique Constitution: Clear Heavenly Body (accompanying physique of Six Eyes), Primordial Human Constitution.
Spiritual Strength: 1,850 (Spirit Sea Realm)
Skills: Records of Primordial Evil Lv.1(91%), Limitless Lv.1(95%), Dismantle and Cleave Lv.1(10%),Domain Expansion Lv.1(0%), Black Flash Lv.1(0%), Barrier Technique Mastery Lv.2(30%), Reverse Cursed Technique Lv.1(10%), Energy Mastery Lv.4(20%), Creation and Destruction Affinity Lv.1(5%).
Overall Combat Power: Rank 36.
Current Status: Very healthy.
Current Quests: None.]
Compared to the first time he had looked at his status screen, his current status screen look much more impressive.
And despite reaching rank 10 in soul power and his high level of mental power, his Records of primordial evil technique hasn't reached the full completion of the first level. It seems his physical aspect hasn't caught up with the requirements of the technique. He could clearly feel that his current physical strength was very strong. However, it seems to be insufficient.
Rayne looked at his Spiritual strength panel with a look of surprise.
"So my spiritual strength has reached the later stages of Spirit Sea Realm? That's quite high. I guess a god-rank spiritual martial soul makes quite a difference."
Spirit Sea Realm. This is the normal spiritual strength of Soul Saint of seven rings, or excellent Soul Emperors of six rings.
Rayne didn't expect his spiritual strength to be so powerful when his soul power level is only rank 10. While the Six Eyes martial soul and Kāma martial soul didn't bring any increase in soul power, he had clearly felt the great increase in spiritual strength back then. It seems that the increase in spiritual strength was greater than he thought.
"System, what level of soul ring can I bear at the maximum?" Rayne asked the system.
[A top-grade plant soul ring of 7,000-years at your present condition. If you chose a low-level or intermediate-level plant soul beast, you can absorb 9,000-years-old to 10,500-years-old soul ring.]
"So if I settle for a low-level plant soul beast, I can get a black soul ring? I don't like settling for the lower quality, when I can get the best one by putting in a bit more effort. I can afford to wait. If I reach 100% completion of the first level of Records of Primordial Evil' technique, then I should be able to reach the physical requirements for a black soul ring."
After finishing his communication with the system, Rayne carefully felt his own aura.
He was somewhat surprised that there was no trace of any medicinal aura on him, despite absorbing so many superior grade Mystic Water pills. At the same time, Rayne was also amazed at the absorbing ability of Kāma martial soul.
Rayne got up from the floor and stretched his body a bit, and some cracking sounds came from his bones.
He dispelled the presence concealing barrier and looked out of the window. To his surprise, it was already dark outside.
He immediately went to the academy's cafeteria, hoping that it was not closed yet. Because he is starving.
Luckily for him, there was still a couple hours before cafeteria's closing time.
Rayne is a rich man! He's not lacking in money, so he spent about two dozen gold coins to get the most luxurious and nutritious food available in this academy cafeteria.
After a hearty dinner, Rayne returned to his dormitory and prepared to sleep.
But suddenly…
"What?! What's this sudden heavy feeling of hostility towards me?!"
Rayne was startled by a sudden feeling of unease. He immediately activated Infinity and used his Six Eyes to look around without showing any panic.
He immediately found out the cause of this ill feeling.
It was the troublesome bastard, Tang Hao!
"What's going on? Why is Tang Hao showing so much hostility towards me? Is it Xiao Wu's matter? No, I have only met her once and Tang Hao's attention wasn't even on Xiao Wu at that time, so he shouldn't know about me meeting her. Not to mention it was just a very ordinary conversation with her."
"This bastard Tang Hao! I am already behaving so cautiously without actively coming into contact with Tang San. Why am I being targeted for no reason?"
Rayne was baffled at this sudden predicament, at the same time, thankful for the god-like senses of Six Eyes. This hyper sixth sense allowed him to detect Tang Hao's hidden hostility.
While he won't be killed instantly even if Tang Hao suddenly attacks him, thanks to Infinity…
Rayne was confused after getting a clearer sense of Tang Hao's hostility.
"What's going on? He's clearly hostile and even harbors killing intent towards me. But he doesn't seem to be taking action against me now? It doesn't seem to be hesitation. He's waiting for something? What kind of considerations does he need to deal with a novice like me? As far as he's concerned, he should be able to stealthily kill me."
Rayne thought about it for a while before some things became clearer in his mind.
Yu Xiaogang!
Tang Hao must have contacted Yu Xiaogang. Yu Xiaogang is fully aware of Rayne's identity and background.
Rayne remembered that the meeting of Tang Hao and Yu Xiaogang had indeed happened in the original work. Only, this scenario should be happening a bit more later.
Maybe, his existence itself had caused a small butterfly effect.
Tang Hao must have learned of his connection to Spirit Hall.
As he thought of this, Rayne was somewhat able to understand the reason for Tang Hao's sudden killing intent.
Yu Xiaogang must have revealed Rayne's identity in detail to Tang Hao.
With his behaviour, he must have already revealed the information on Rayne, and his despise for Spirit Hall to show Tang Hao that he, the grandmaster Yu Xiaogang, is on the opposing side of Spirit Hall, and a very suitable teacher for Tang San.
You know, Rayne's father Ordeaz Ashburn was one of the rank 89 Soul Douluo in Qian Xunji's soul hunting team that chased around Tang Hao all over the place.
Tang Hao must have a lot of hatred towards this particular soul hunting team members of Qian Xunji that beat him around like a bereaved dog.
Most Titled Douluo don't take action very often, much less take action against younger generation. But Tang Hao is a violent anomaly. He's always around Tang San and would get rid of anything that will truly threaten his son. He wouldn't hesitate to take action against Rayne just because he's a six-year-old child.
According to what Rayne has learned from his mother, Tang Hao already has the record of destroying more than five villages with the intention of distracting his pursue from Qian Xunji's soul hunting team back then. Even before that, he had almost massacred a local city right after leaving the Killing Capital back then. The people at Spirit Hall believe that, this incident is most likely due to the Death God Domain amplifying his violent and domineering nature.
Anyway…
There must be something else that's making Tang Hao not take immediate action against Rayne.
Rayne thought for a moment before his eyes became cold, and his expression became very chilling.
He finally understood why Tang Hao didn't immediately take action.
Tang Hao's real target was Rayne's mother, Shui Xin'er. He intended on waiting before Shui Xin'er comes to pick up Rayne and leave Nuoding city.
Then Tang Hao can get rid of both mother and son in a different place from Nuoding city to avoid putting any unnecessary attention on Tang San.
Even if Shui Xin'er is a retired member of Spirit Hall, Tang Hao has no intention of showing any mercy to anyone from Spirit Hall.
Especially since Shui Xin'er is the wife of Ordeaz, a Soul Douluo who chased him around to kill back then. Tang Hao is fully intent on killing both Shui Xin'er and Rayne for his own sense of vengeance.
"This situation is quite bad. I don't have the necessary soul power level to activate Space-time transportation technique of Kāma martial soul to leave this place. I need to do something. Even my mother is in danger."
"There's still a week before my mother comes to visit me. Yu Xiaogang and Tang Hao! I will make you regret targeting me!"
"I was originally planning to take the superior grade Mystic Water pill to restore my martial soul, Blue Silver Grass, to it's original water attribute version before degradation. But now I've changed my mind! I'm calling dibs on both Blue Silver Empress Ah Yin and the Blue Silver Empress martial soul! You father and son with the surname Tang don't need to concern yourselves with this matter anymore."