Douluo: I Can Choose My Own Soul Skills

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The first row of the soul skill list displayed the following information:

Soul Skill Name: Blue Blood Boil

Passive Effect: Blue Silver Grass absorbs the blood power of the Striped Tiger and evolves into Blue Blood Grass. Its vines and stalks thicken to about the size of an arm, greatly enhancing its binding strength.

Active Skill: The blood within Blue Blood Grass boils, triggering a frenzied growth. The vines double in thickness, and the binding power increases by 100%.

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Second Row

Soul Skill Name: Tiger-shaped Puppet

Passive Effect: Blue Silver Grass mimics the form of the Striped Tiger, weaving it into tiger-shaped puppets. These puppets possess autonomous combat capabilities. For every 5 levels of soul power, the number of puppets increases by one.

Active Skill: Boosts the attack power, defense, and speed of the tiger puppets by 50%.

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Third Row

Soul Skill Name: Whip Strike

Passive Effect: Blue Silver Grass emulates the tiger's tail, forming a soul weapon known as the Tiger Tail Whip. The stalks become thicker, tougher, and are covered with thorny barbs capable of paralyzing the enemy.

Active Skill: Multiple tiger-tail whips sprout from beneath the target's feet to entangle them. The more the target struggles, the tighter the whips constrict.

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Fourth Row

Soul Skill Name: Bloodthirsty Thorns

Passive Effect: Blue Silver Grass absorbs the tiger's bloodlust and evolves into Bloodthorn Grass, gaining properties of blood absorption, soul power drain, and paralysis.

Active Skill: Creates a 10-meter-radius field of blood-red thorns. Within this domain, the thorns continuously drain the enemy's vitality and soul power to restore the user. The range increases by 1 meter for every level of soul power.

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One line after another, new soul skill information appeared in Ye Lan's mind. Each entry detailed how the skill would evolve Blue Silver Grass in different directions, along with its specific effects.

Some were stronger than others, but Ye Lan didn't need to determine that on his own—each skill row had a background color label: white – blue – purple – red – gold.

These color codes made it easy for Ye Lan to assess them at a glance. However, he understood that a golden skill wasn't always the best choice. Sometimes, red or purple skills aligned more closely with the desired evolutionary path of Blue Silver Grass.

Unfortunately, since this was a Striped Tiger soul ring, all the soul skills were heavily tiger-related—mostly offensive, control-based, and even included the near-divine Tiger-shaped Puppet skill.

But none of these matched Ye Lan's current needs. What he truly sought was a god-tier skill that could enhance his martial soul and cultivation potential.

The skills derived from the Striped Tiger could certainly evolve his Blue Silver Grass into a more combat-capable form, but they didn't improve its innate potential—only its battle performance and physical evolution.

Even though he hadn't found an ideal match, Ye Lan was deeply impressed by the sheer power of his golden finger: Soul Skill Selection.

He suspected that many of the gold and red skills listed here had likely never appeared on the Douluo Continent.

The odds of obtaining one of them through normal means were probably one in tens of billions—perhaps even lower.

This Soul Skill Selection truly lived up to its origin: a divine benefit gifted by the Goddess of the Space-Time Authority of Blue Star—his reward for sacrificing himself in his previous life to save others.

It was as if Lady Luck herself had been pinned down and forced to submit—no longer relying on chance, Ye Lan could choose his soul skill directly.

Ye Lan silently gave a big thumbs-up in his mind to the benevolent goddess from the Welfare Division.

Closing the flow of information in his mind, he withdrew his hands from the soul ring.

Standing up, Ye Lan turned to Su Yuntao. "Uncle Tao, the Striped Tiger's soul ring isn't suitable for my Blue Silver Grass. Its age is also a bit too low. Let's head toward the center of the Soul Hunting Forest. There are more plant-type soul beasts there."

Su Yuntao looked puzzled. "Too low? Four hundred years is already quite something. Don't push yourself too hard, Xiao Lan."

Ye Lan replied cautiously, "Yeah, after years of training, I can now handle a 600-year soul ring. That may sound unbelievable, Uncle Tao, but please don't tell anyone. I really don't want to attract attention."

Su Yuntao looked at Ye Lan like he was staring at a monster. "You can absorb such a high-level soul ring? You know a six-hundred-year-old soul beast is no joke, right? But don't worry, I'll keep your secret, Xiao Lan."

Ye Lan nodded confidently. "It's fine. Plant-type soul beasts are relatively easy to deal with. I've specifically brought tools designed to subdue them."

"That's good to hear. I'll hide the Striped Tiger's corpse for now. If it doesn't take too long for you to find a new soul ring, we can come back and deal with the tiger later."

After concealing the corpse, Su Yuntao led Ye Lan toward the forest's center.

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The heart of the Soul Hunting Forest was filled with towering trees that reached dozens of meters high. Some of these trees were actually camouflaged plant-type soul beasts, while others were simply massive, natural specimens.

Rummaging through his memory, Ye Lan identified several hundred-year-old plant-type soul beasts: the Devil Vine Tree, Ghost Vine, Mushroom-Faced Tree, and Phantom Tree.

However, from what Ye Lan had learned during his soul ring skill selection with the Striped Tiger, he now understood a key rule: all the soul skill options stemmed from the fusion between the beast and his Blue Silver Grass.

Therefore, he wasn't interested in common offensive plant-type soul beasts.

This time, Ye Lan had a specific target in mind.

He had discovered it while researching in the school library—a rare and peculiar plant-type soul beast: the Sun-Chasing Immolation Tree. This tree grows by following the sun, never attacking other soul beasts.

The Sun-Chasing Immolation Tree's leaves always face the sun during the day and close tightly at night. Only when the sun rises again in the east do the leaves reopen.

It is the sun's most devout worshiper. When it has chased the sun for a thousand years, it reaches its most radiant state—also its most tragic. At that point, the sun's fire incinerates it entirely.

Before sunset, Ye Lan finally discovered an orange-hued tree. Its leaves were slowly folding in for the night.

Drawing from the details in his memory, Ye Lan confirmed: this was the Sun-Chasing Immolation Tree he had been searching for.

"Uncle Tao! I found it! The Sun-Chasing Immolation Tree—the strange plant that dies chasing the sun!" Ye Lan exclaimed with excitement.

Su Yuntao breathed a sigh of relief. "How old is this soul beast?"

Ye Lan observed carefully. "The longer it lives, the closer its color gets to that of the sun. Judging by its shade, I'd say it's about 600 to 700 years old."

"You bring an axe? This tree's trunk looks way too thick to take down easily," Su Yuntao asked skeptically.

Ye Lan smiled. "The Sun-Chasing Immolation Tree has no offensive capability. However, it can heat its trunk using its internal flame core. Most soul beasts avoid it because its trunk, while glassy like crystal, is dangerously hot. The best way to take it down is to drain the energy from that flame core."

After sharing this crucial piece of information with Su Yuntao, Ye Lan began making preparations.

(End of Chapter)