--- Chapter 13 ---

"Yunlong?" Bibi Dongxue walked closer to her son. ​​

"Did something happen when he killed that panther?" She added before saw a yellow spirit ring floating from the panther's lifeless body.

[You have gained Hardening skill]

[Name: Hardening]

[Type: Active]

[Grade: Uncommon]

[Description: This skill could harden any part of the user body or the object they touch using spirit energy, the more energy used, the harder it become]

"Hmm, Let's see," Yunlong muttered as he raised the katana in his hand.

As Yunlong activated [Hardening], He could see his katana shone with a dim black luster.

He tried to flick his finger to the katana, which produce a muffled sound.

"It's tough..." Yunlong commented before shifting his gaze to his mother.

"Are you okay?" Bibi Dongxue asked as her eyes staring at every corner of his body.

"I'm okay. I'm just a bit confused because this fight was easier than I thought." Yunlong responded as he sheathed his katana.

'Ahh... He is too used to fight me,' Bibi Dongxue thought while blinking for a little bit.

'Well, he's learning at a fast speed, so I should have known this would happen.' She added in her head before released a sigh.

"Maybe we should find a more difficult opponent for you." Bibi Dongxue stated, to which Yunlong responded with a nod.

"Sure, this panther is not enough to test my ability," Yunlong replied before storing the panther's body into his inventory.

They then continued their steps toward the demonic mountain's deeper area as a lush forest welcomed them.

After walked for one hour in the demonic mountain, a frown appeared on Yunlong's face as he muttered, "We have been walking for one hour, and we only found a few ten years old spirit beast in our path."

"I hope we found a thousand years old spirit beast soon." He added, which makes his mother chuckled by his words.

"You know that a soul master would usually try to avoid a strong spirit beast, right." Bibi Dongxue stated while staring at her son.

"Mm, I know. It's because those spirit masters are afraid of spirit beast's threat," Yunlong replied with a sigh.

"That's why a spirit master would usually form a spirit beast hunting team, which is to lessen the danger." He added, which makes Bibi Dongxue nodded her head.

"Well, it's good that you know because you are different from those ordinary soul masters." She said as Yunlong is choosing to fight a more powerful spirit beast, only to test his ability.

"So, you don't have to worry. We would find a powerful spirit beast." She added with a smile as she patted him.

"Okay..." Yunlong responded with a weak smile as he wants to test his [Mortal Sin: Gluttony], but he never found a decent prey.

[Quest]

[Name: First Spirit Ring]

[Description: Absorb your first spirit ring]

[Objective: Absorb 1000 years old spirit ring(0/1)]

[Reward: 1x Random Skill]

'Okay, I accept the quest.' Yunlong thought with a smile on his face.

Yunlong and Bibi Dongxue then kept walking around the demonic mountain until they arrived at a lake with crystal clear water.

"There is a spirit beast in this lake, and it's close." Bibi Dongxue said while staring at the lake.

"Ohh, It's a water spirit!" She added while staring at a translucent water glob, which is slowly moving toward them.

'Water Spirit? Isn't that only a slime?' Yunlong thought while staring at the water glob, which is around 6ft with a round body.

[Name: Water Spirit (Slime)]

[Type: Spirit Beast]

[Age: 1.111 years old]

[Special Ability: Size Manipulation, Fluidity]

'Hmm? Size Manipulation?!' Yunlong thought with brightened eyes.

"Um, mother... Can I hunt this slime-, I mean this water spirit?" Yunlong asked as this slime is very suitable for his handkerchief martial soul.

'Slime?' Bibi Dongxue tilted her head before saying, "You can, but be careful because this water spirit beast is around 1000 years old."

"Mm, don't worry, I will show you a surprise," Yunlong responded while walked toward the slime, who had landed on the ground.

'Yunlong had a powerful physique and amazing fighting prowesses compared to a normal spirit master, so he should be able to win this fight.' Bibi Dongxue commented while calmly staring at the fight.

'Let's start...' Yunlong thought as he was using his shadow flash steps and appeared in front of the slime.

'Third Sword: Scattering Thunder Petals.' Yunlong slashed his katana and leaving a bunch of sword shadows.

*Slash!*

'It's bouncy.' Yunlong frowned while seeing his sword slash deflected by the slime's body.

"Fine... Let's change my attack." Yunlong said as he raised his left arm.

'Hmm, Golden Saint Dragon.' He thought as his left arm transforming into a golden scaled dragon arm with golden lightning flickering around it.

He punched out his left arm into the slime body, which created a powerful shockwave inside of the slime body as he can see golden lightning rippling in it.

*BOOM!*

"More..." He muttered while using his 60% of Vajra body and rumbling iron fist.

Yunlong using his left dragon arm to punched the slime body as another shockwave produced.

*BOOM!*

The slime's body is trembling as its starts to growing at a fast pace.

'Okay, it's become more annoying...' Yunlong thought as he could see his attack is working on the slime.

But, he could see the slime's recovering from his attack at a fast pace.

Yunlong is calmly looking at the slime in front of him before he raised his left dragon arm.

He's activating his Sharingan as his eyes turned into crimson red with three rotated tomoes.

"Weird, I don't see..." Yunlong muttered while observing the slime's body.

"Oh, there it is. It's a slime, after all." He added while shifting his gaze to a white crystal inside of the slime body.

[Mortal Sin: Gluttony Aroused]

Yunlong suddenly feels a great hunger, which somehow amplified his strength by two folds.

[Starvation Boost: Activated]

"Well, Vajra body 80%." Yunlong smiled as his body strength is increasing again.

'Rumbling Iron Fist: Mountain Strike!' Yunlong pulled his left arm before punched out his fist while leaving a shadow of a mountain.

*BAM!* *BOOM!*

*Cracks!*

The strike created a powerful yet tyrannical shockwave, which staggered off the slime body as the white crystal inside its body cracked.

"Yunlong surprised me. I underestimated his physical power," Bibi Dongxue thought with a smile on her face.

"But, He still needs a lot of practice." She commented while seeing the slime's body become smaller.

Yunlong opened his left-hand palm, which is showing a sharp dragon claw.

"I won..." Yunlong said as he thrust his dragon claw into the white crystal and destroying it.

The slime becomes a puddle of water as a purple spirit ring is floating above it.

[Mortal Sin: Gluttony Activated]

[You have gained a piece of the water spirit's spiritual energy]

[You have gained a piece of the water spirit's soul energy]

[You have gained Size Manipulation skill]

"Hmm? I don't get Fluidity?" Yunlong frowned as his mother come to his side.

"Good Job." Bibi Dongxue praised with a smile on her face.

"Mm... I want to absorb this spirit ring." Yunlong responded with a nod.

Bibi Dong is thinking about something for a little bit before nodded and said, "I will assist you."

'Even though no one ever succeeded to absorb a 1000 years old spirit ring as their first spirit ring, Yunlong is different...' She thought before touching her son's shoulder.

Yunlong is sitting cross-legged on the ground as he materialized the white handkerchief in front of him.

[Mortal Sin: Gluttony Activated]

[Devouring...]

"Huh?" Yunlong tilted his head when his handkerchief suddenly shining with red light and absorb the purple spirit ring.

"What happens?" Bibi Dongxue said as the purple spirit ring is suddenly gone.

"Um, Mother... It looks like I already absorb the spirit ring." Yunlong said with an awkward smile on his face as the white handkerchief floating above his hand with a purple spirit ring on it.

"Ehh? What!" Bibi Dongxue shouted with a dumbfounded expression.