3 Spirit Pagoda

"Wow, a new feature. Spirit Pagoda. Let's check it" Ryu thought and then checked the system.

"Spirit Pagoda"

"A Pagoda in different dimension. Spirit Pagoda have a spirit ascension platform"

"Host can go there to gain experience and increase their strength. Moreover, The Spirit Ring and spirit bone were real. If you die in there, your original body will die"

"Great… with this, I can go stronger" Ryu thought.

"Hey, what do you think? Why are you silent for a moment?" Huo Wu said.

"No, I'm just thought about my first spirit ring. What should I get?" Ryu said.

"We will bring you two to Spirit Forest Tomorrow," Huo Wu Father said.

Then he went back to his room and sat on his bed. Then he opened system.

"Now, let's go to Spirit Pagoda"

Suddenly, Ryu appeared in front of Pagoda.

The towering pagoda was visible from kilometers away. It was at least one hundred stories tall, surpassing a height of 400 meters. Even among a forest of skyscrapers, it was tall enough to become a giant landmark.

Spirit Pagoda's foundation was in the shape of an octagon and covered a large area. The pagoda then narrowed every ten layers until it reached the peak of the spire.

Even by just admiring it from a distance, one could feel its grandeur.

Then, he entered it. He saw a black figure without face greeting him.

"Welcome, Host. I'm Spirit Pagoda's receptionist avatar"

"Oh, scary" Ryu said.

"It's not a big problem. A host can modify my avatar so I can get the human appearance. But you can modify me once. So you must think carefully" Avatar said.

"How to change your avatar?" Ryu asked.

"Just thinking about it," Avatar said.

"Ok, let's modify your avatar," Ryu said.

Then he changed the body of the avatar into a girl. She had long, orange-brownish chestnut hair and hazel eyes. she wore a red and white uniform. Her B-W-H measurements were 82-60-83.

"I will call you, Yuuki Asuna from now," Ryu said.

"Thank you, host" Asuna said.

"Just call me Ryu from now," Ryu said

"Ok, Ryu," Asuna said.

"Now I'll give you an explanation about spirit pagoda."

"Spirit Pagoda is a different dimension world. It has spirit ascension platform"

"You can do anything you want in the spirit ascension platform Include getting spirit ring, but your main objective will be to survive. Do your best to survive as long as you can. The longer you survive, the greater the benefits you will reap."

"Spirit Ascension Platform has 10 floors. You can fight 10 years until 1 million years beast in here"

"You can go there to gain experience and increase their strength. Moreover, The Spirit Ring and spirit bone were real."

"If You die in there, you will die"

"Any question?" Asuna said.

"Can I bring someone from my world to this world?" Ryu asked.

"No, only you can enter it," Asuna said.

"Is there a limit for me to enter it?" Ryu said.

"No. you don't have a time limit, so you can enter it as much as you can. But Spirit Pagoda has same time perception as your world" Asuna said.

"Great," Ryu said.

"Now, let's do a random draw for your first ring.Follow me." Asuna said.

The room Asuna brought Ryu into was different on the inside compared to its simple and unadorned outer appearance. It was brimming with modern technological apparatuses that were arranged about the room.

Asuna explained, "This is your first time coming to choose a spirit soul. After fusing with a spirit ring, you'll become a true Spirit Master"

"There is an optimal age of Spirit Ring for every bottleneck that identifies the oldest possible Spirit Ring that can be absorbed without significant risks.

Spirit Master can naturally absorb younger Spirit Ring, but the absorption of an older Spirit Ring can result in heavy injuries or even in death upon rejection."

• 1st Spirit Ring: Less than 423 years old Spirit Beast

• 2nd Spirit Ring: Less than 764 years old Spirit Beast

• 3rd Spirit Ring: Between 1,300 ~ 1,800 years old Spirit Beast

• 4th Spirit Ring: Between 3,000 ~ 5,000 years old Spirit Beast

• 5th Spirit Ring: Around 12,000 years old Spirit Beast

• 6th Spirit Ring: Less than 20,000 years old Spirit Beast

• 7th Spirit Ring: Between 30,000 ~ 50,000 years old Spirit Beast

• 8th Spirit Ring: Between 50,000 ~ 100,000 years old Spirit Beast

• 9th Spirit Ring: More than 100,000 years old Spirit Beast

Inside of this much larger room, there was a three meter tall, six-meter wide gigantic machine. Numerous glowing spheres with a diameter of about one-third of a meter could be seen within it. Each and every one of these balls of light was exactly the same.

Asuna pointed at two buttons on the machine and said, "The green button is to start, the red button is to stop. After stopping, the spirit soul at that location will roll out. You may begin whenever you're ready."

Ryu heartbeat couldn't help but quicken in front of this odd machine. Asuna said before that the quality of a spirit soul played a significant role in a Spirit Master's strength. Fusing with a strong spirit soul would help a Spirit Master upgrade their own power.

On the other hand, if they fused with a weak spirit soul, the spirit skill bestowed upon them would be equally weak. A Spirit Master could have a maximum of nine spirit skills. Although it was exceedingly rare for someone to reach nine spirit rings, this just made the lower level spirit skills that much more important.

"What is to be, will be," Ryu said.

Ryu clenched his teeth, then bravely pressed the green button.

A succession of lights within the machine immediately began to shine, until every single ball was illuminated.

The hundred or so spirit souls within the machine slowly began to circulate. Not too long after, it reached a shockingly fast speed, giving off the feeling of being too much for one's eyes to take in.

The spirit souls were all concealed from the outside world by the spirit soul ball. Nothing of the inner contents could be discerned by the eye. The result could only be left up to the will of the Heavens.

Ryu's hand rested upon the red button. He knew that as soon as he pressed the button, his fate as a Spirit Master would be sealed!

After breathing in forcefully, he shut his eyes and finally pressed the button.

"Bang!" The machine stopped circulating and a pure white spirit soul ball fell out of the machine, tumbling into the metal case beside Ryu.

Ryu subconsciously opened his eyes and turned to look. At that moment, his heartbeat was beating like a drum.

Asuna walked over, took out the spirit soul ball, and handed it to Ryu.

"Come on. Take a look."

Ryu gasped for breath as he held the ball close to his chest. He looked at it as if it was the most precious treasure in the world.

'I finally have it! This is my first spirit soul!'

Then he pressed this button. the device's light was shining upon the spirit soul ball, and spirit soul broke out of its shell.