Chapter 59 The Target of the Fourth Soul Ring
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The Northern Spirit Master Academy's internal selection competition was just around the corner.
Amon's main body walked out of the rented house, spirit power surging around him. Feeling the abundant power within his body, a smile appeared on his face. He had just broken through to level forty.
His normal cultivation speed was actually a bit slow, because he had to endure endless whispers from the depths of his soul while meditating, making it difficult to truly focus for a long time.
With a thought, he controlled the dissipating spirit power to contract back into his body. He successfully controlled his own spirit power, preventing it from being revealed to the outside.
At the same time, all of Amon's clones felt an invisible shackle being broken. Regardless of distance, regardless of whether they could contact the main body, they all felt a sense of understanding at this moment:
The main body has reached level forty!
Most of Amon's clones hadn't cultivated much, hovering around levels twenty-one and twenty-two, because spirit power cultivation was too cost-ineffective. They preferred to spend their time learning knowledge or various skills.
The Amons either rubbed their eye sockets or adjusted their glasses, and unanimously made a decision:
Go hunting spirit beasts and use the Worms of Time, which allows them to guide and absorb spirit rings when the main body needs to obtain one, to quickly raise their spirit power to level thirty.
This was the information that the main body left behind when splitting each Time clone, agreeing that each time the spirit power level was about to break through a major realm, they would not rush to advance, leaving a month for the clones to have time to level up.
One by one, the Amons acted, either alone or in groups of three or five, heading towards forests and mountains where spirit beasts appeared.
...
In Beidi City's city guard team, a young guard found Holmes:
"Captain, I need to ask for two weeks of leave. Something happened at home, and I need to take care of it."
"Is there anything difficult? Do you need my help?" Holmes thought highly of this young and clever lad.
"Thank you for your kindness, but I can handle it myself." The young guard scratched his head, revealing a pure smile.
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In Frost Leaf City, in a tavern, a storyteller wearing a long robe rubbed his eye sockets and said to the tavern's regulars:
"I have something to tell everyone here first. I have some things to take care of in the next few weeks, so I will be closed for a while."
The storyteller left the tavern and met with beggars, carpenter apprentices, tailor shop assistants, coachmen, and all sorts of people, heading towards the Xilin Mountains.
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In the Meteor Mountains, Yan Jin sat on the corpse of a huge wild boar.
The corpse was charred black, and the aroma of meat filled the air.
She used a dagger to peel open the scorched shell, cut a piece of cooked meat from the inside, sprinkled it with salt and cumin, and began to eat with the collected fruit.
The fallen leaves behind her made a slight rustling sound. She turned her head immediately and held her magma-covered arm in front of her in a blocking position. This was an instinct formed from a long time of living in the forest.
A figure wearing a black pointed soft hat, a classical robe, and a monocle on his right eye appeared in front of her.
Joy and surprise appeared on Yan Jin's face, "Amon, why are you here?"
"What, aren't you welcome?" Amon pushed up the edge of his glasses, a smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.
"I missed you so much!" Yan Jin rushed over and gave him a big hug.
Yan Jin only knew that the Time Beetle that had been accompanying her was a split body of Amon's spirit, containing a part of his will. She didn't know that the Time Beetle could also transform into a human form.
So when the clone appeared in front of her, she seemed particularly excited.
"Hehehe, I'm already level thirty-nine. I have a feeling that I'll be level forty soon. Have I surpassed you again?" Yan Jin showed off her spirit power fluctuations, proudly showing off.
In the past, at the Icewind Junior Spirit Master Academy, she had been ahead of Amon in spirit power level for a long time after obtaining her first spirit ring.
Later, as Amon's soul gradually completed, his cultivation talent also returned to its proper level, and his level gradually surpassed her again and left her behind, which made Yan Jin always feel unwilling.
A suitable cultivation environment, coupled with Walter's resource supply, and constantly fighting with spirit beasts in the mountains and forests, allowed her to progress very quickly, and her cultivation speed even faintly surpassed Amon's main body with full spirit power talent.
Amon smiled without answering, retrieved the Time Beetle from her body, and said softly:
"I'm here for something. Find a safe place to stay."
"What is it? Do you need my help?" Yan Jin asked.
Amon shook his head, "I can do it myself."
"Okay, be careful."
"By the way, the internal selection competition is about to begin. Keep an eye on the time and don't miss it," Amon reminded.
"I can't wait... hehehe," Yan Jin said with a smile.
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Having reached level forty, Amon also began to consider the hunting target for his fourth spirit ring.
The clones had already screened suitable spirit beasts and selected what they each thought was the best choice, waiting for the main body to make a decision.
Originally, this kind of major event about the future should have required a "full Amon referendum", but many clones were too far away to contact, so they could only act expediently.
However, the final result was actually no different, because the will of Amon's main body was ultimately consistent with the will of the "full Amon referendum".
Although the clones had different personalities, after all the clones' opinions and viewpoints were mutually offset and synthesized, they would happen to be consistent with the main body.
So the symbolic meaning of the "full Amon referendum" was greater than its practical significance. It was just giving each clone a sense of participation in form.
After browsing the information of dozens of different spirit beasts, Amon finally selected the most desirable target—the Soul-Stealing Ghost.
The Soul-Stealing Ghost is a spirit beast that looks similar to a gorilla, with its entire body covered in red hair, looking quite strange and ominous. They have a very special ability—stealing spirit skills!
Each Soul-Stealing Ghost can only steal one spirit skill at a time, and the duration is short and random. They can generally only steal skills from the first or second ring. They seem to have difficulty stealing those higher-level spirit skills.
But the terrible thing is that this is a spirit beast that lives in groups!
Even if the probability of stealing higher-level spirit skills is very low, under the constant stealing of a large number of Soul-Stealing Ghosts, this probability will continue to be amplified.
If someone accidentally enters the territory of the Soul-Stealing Ghosts and is surrounded by them, they will often have all their spirit skills stolen and be left at their mercy.
The Soul-Stealing Ghost's ability is similar to the ability of the Thief sequence 6 "Prometheus", which fully meets Amon's requirements.
When the main body made the selection, the other Amons also conducted a not-so-complete Amon referendum. They contacted all the Amons they could contact to vote.
After excluding some completely chaotic "fun Amons" choices, the remaining more than 90% of the "serious Amons" listed it as the best target.
Amon's main body and the Amons had the same point of view, and the result was gratifying, which showed that the Amons' mental state was good and very stable.
Of course, it would be even better if there weren't a few "fun Amons" clamoring to kill Deep Sea Demon Whale King, Di Tian, Xue Di, Silver Dragon King, and other unrealistic and inappropriate targets.
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