Douluo: Son of the Stars

Chapter 246: The mystery of the Soul Devouring Clan, discuss the expedition
When the news reached the ancient world, it caused another uproar. All the powerful men of the ancient clans were alarmed and came out. The Medicine Clan was once again almost destroyed by the Soul Clan without anyone noticing. This method was beyond the scope of the ancient clans. Could it be that the Soul Clan really had some plan?
In the hall with a solemn atmosphere, all the elders of the ancient clan have arrived. The first one is Gu Yuan, who he has met once before. His face is as gloomy as water and he looks like an ordinary person. However, Xiao Yan, whose strength has reached his current level, can vaguely sense what kind of terrifying power is hidden in that seemingly ordinary body. This person is the real peak powerhouse in this Douqi Continent!
Under Gu Yuan's left hand, three old men with white beards were sitting with frowns on their brows, and Gu Dao was among them. From the other two, Xiao Yan felt a vast aura that was no weaker than Gu Dao's. It seemed that they should be the other two of the three immortals of the Gu clan who held a very high status in the Gu clan.

Among the many elders, Xiao Yan also saw some familiar faces, but the looks these familiar faces gave him were somewhat complicated. When Xiao Yan first came to the Ancient Clan, he was just an ordinary Dou Zun. Although he was not weak, it was difficult for the Ancient Clan to take him seriously. But now, after just a few years, the Dou Zun of that year has become a Dou Saint, and moreover, he is a true six-star Dou Saint. Even compared with the Three Immortals of the Ancient Clan, he is only one star short.

On the right hand side of Gu Yuan sat some of the younger generation of the Gu clan. An elegant figure sat at the head of the group. Her bright eyes had been fixed on Xiao Yan since he appeared. Her eyes were filled with affection and were gentle and moving. This figure was naturally Xun'er.
"Xiao Yan meets Patriarch Gu Yuan."

Xiao Yan did not show any disrespect to this pinnacle existence between heaven and earth. He clasped his fists and spoke respectfully. Beside him, Yao Ling also bowed gracefully.

"Haha, in just less than ten years, you have reached this level. There is hope for the revival of the Xiao clan. If Xiao Xuan knew about it, he might be extremely pleased." Gu Yuan looked at the tall young figure in the hall, a smile emerged on his face, and he nodded. There was actually a hint of admiration in his voice, which made many elders smile bitterly. In all these years of the Gu clan, no one had ever received such an evaluation from the clan leader.

"Also, you can call me uncle from now on. Although I am many generations older than you, it is my fault that I have such a daughter."

Hearing Gu Yuan's words, Xun'er's pretty face immediately flushed, while many of the young leaders of the ancient clan below her felt disappointed. What Gu Yuan said was equivalent to acknowledging the relationship between Xiao Yan and Xun'er.

"Thank you, Uncle Gu Yuan."

Xiao Yan also understood the meaning of his words. It seemed that the fact that he took Xun'er's virginity did not escape the vicious eyes of these old foxes. He felt a little relieved at the moment. Fortunately, with his current strength, he was considered top-notch even in this ancient clan. Otherwise, this matter might not be so easy to accomplish. He did not believe that the ancient clan would easily hand over Xun'er, who was regarded as a treasure of the clan, to a mediocre person.

"Let's talk about the Medicine Clan." Gu Yuan smiled and waved his hand. His eyes swept over Xiao Yan and he found that the more he looked at him, the more he liked him. Such an outstanding young man was worthy of his daughter.

Speaking of business, Xiao Yan's expression became serious. He exchanged glances with Yao Ling, who was sent by the Yao Clan. After a moment of hesitation, he suddenly asked, "I wonder if Uncle has ever heard of the so-called Soul Devouring Clan?"

"Crack!"

As soon as Xiao Yan finished speaking, the sound of wine glasses exploding could be heard in the hall. Many elders looked up suddenly, staring at Xiao Yan with fear in their eyes.

Seeing the reactions of these elders, Xiao Yan's heart sank. What was the origin of this Soul Devouring Clan? How could a clan as strong as the Ancient Clan be so afraid of them?
"Soul Devourer"

Gu Yuan's face trembled slightly when Xiao Yan said these three words. He took a deep breath and stared at Xiao Yan fiercely, saying, "Why do you ask this?"

"Uncle Gu should know that the Soul Clan has the Void Devouring Flame, right?" Xiao Yan said.

"Well, I once fought with Void Devouring Flame and severely injured him. After that, there was no news about him. He should be recovering from his injuries." Gu Yuan nodded and said.

Xiao Yan raised his eyebrows and took a deep breath again at the strength of Gu Yuan. In the medicine world, he had clearly seen the power of Void Devouring Flame. Even when the medicine clan used all their strength to summon the remaining soul of the Medicine Emperor, it was destroyed by it. Unexpectedly, the terrifyingly powerful Void Devouring Flame had been severely damaged by Gu Yuan.

After making eye contact with the medicine spirit beside him, Xiao Yan began to describe in detail what had happened in the medicine world, including the Soul Devouring Clan that was transformed from the Void Devouring Flame.

“How is this possible? How could the Void Devouring Flame possibly divide the Soul Devouring Clan?” As soon as Xiao Yan finished speaking, an elder exclaimed in disbelief.

"Uncle Gu, what exactly is this Soul-Devouring Clan?" Xiao Yan frowned slightly and looked at Gu Yuan, who also frowned tightly.

"The Soul Devouring Clan is a strange race from ancient times. According to ancient records, this Soul Devouring Clan once caused countless bloody storms on the Douqi Continent." Gu Yuan sighed lightly and said in a serious tone: "As we all know, the inheritance of ancient races all relies on the power of blood. If the blood power of the clan is exhausted, then they will become no different from ordinary people. Generally speaking, every ancient race has a time when its bloodline is exhausted. Of course, this is premised on the fact that no Doudi strongmen have appeared in the clan in the middle of the process."

Xiao Yan nodded silently. It was precisely because the Xiao clan’s bloodline power was exhausted that the Soul clan took advantage of the opportunity to destroy them.

"Between heaven and earth, there are always various magical things. The Soul Devouring Clan is one of them. They possess an extremely terrifying ability, which is the ability to devour the blood power of other ancient races to prolong the blood exhaustion time of their own race. Back then, in order to allow the race to continue, the Soul Devouring Clan set its sights on other ancient races. That was a catastrophe in the Douqi Continent. Many ancient races were destroyed by the Soul Devouring Clan, and the blood power of the races was also taken away by the Soul Devouring Clan."

"The Soul Devouring Clan's behavior undoubtedly angered all other ancient races. At that time, many races formed an alliance to fight against the Soul Devouring Clan."

"That era was the era when the Spirit-Devouring Tribe was the king and hegemon. Their strength was far beyond the comparison of any single race. However, although the Spirit-Devouring Tribe was powerful, they could not withstand the joint efforts of many ancient races. In the end, the Spirit-Devouring Tribe was unable to match the strength of any single race. The clan was destroyed, and the remaining members of the swallowing spirit tribe fled in all directions, being hunted by everyone. Since then, the swallowing spirit tribe has been in despair, and even slowly disappeared from the world, and no one mentioned it anymore. .”

At this point, Gu Yuan narrowed his eyes and said slowly: "I remember that the last leader of the Soul Devouring Clan seemed to have been killed by the Soul Clan."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, many people in the hall changed color. "It seems that since then, the Soul Devouring Clan has completely disappeared from the world, but it seems that the Soul Clan has continued to exist until now." Gu Yuan's eyes flashed, as if he thought of something.

"Could it be that the Soul Clan is the Soul Devouring Clan?" Xiao Yan said with some disbelief.

"That shouldn't be the case. According to ancient records, the Soul-Devouring Clan also attacked the Soul Clan in the past, but they were later repelled. Perhaps the Soul Clan got something from the last patriarch of the Soul-Devouring Clan, which allowed them to survive the test of time until now," Gu Yuan said slowly.

"Chief, I wonder if you remember that after there were fewer and fewer Dou Di strongmen in the Dou Qi Continent, those once ancient races declined or disappeared one after another. Among them, the way some races disappeared was quite strange. Now that I think about it, it is similar to what the Stone Clan and the Spirit Clan experienced." Gu Dao said suddenly with a solemn expression.

"Are you saying that those ancient races did not decline normally, but were destroyed by the Soul Clan?" Gu Yuan said.

"Over tens of thousands of years, those ancient races have gone through countless replacements, but it seems that every time, only the Soul Clan remains safe and sound, and their bloodline power seems to be endless. I may not be the only one who finds this strange, but because this clan has always been strange and unpredictable, even if we want to investigate, there is no way to follow. Now, after hearing what Xiao Yan said, we have to suspect that the Soul Clan may also have the same ability as the Soul Devouring Clan."

If this is true, then we are somewhat like the source of blood that is kept in captivity by the Soul Clan." Gu Dao's face was slightly gloomy, and his voice slowly echoed in the hall, causing a chill to suddenly rise from the bottom of people's hearts.

“There’s no need to make the Soul Clan sound so scary. Even if they really have the same abilities as the Soul Devouring Clan, they don’t have the ability to keep us captive. Otherwise, Emperor Soul Tian wouldn’t have been seriously injured by Xiao Xuan’s desperate fight.” Gu Yuan smiled faintly. Seeing his calm appearance, the elders breathed a sigh of relief.

"Since Void Devouring Flame has appeared, his injuries must have fully recovered. In this way, I know why the Soul Clan was able to avoid our detection." Gu Yuan gently drew a circle with his fingers in front of him, then grabbed it in his hand and said, "Because he swallowed the entire space into his body."

"hiss"

Hearing this, many people in the hall gasped and swallowed the entire space. Is that really something that people can do?

"He is not a human." Gu Yuan smiled calmly, but there was a cold light in his eyes: "We haven't fought for so many years. It seems that his use of devouring power is getting better and better. Back then, he could hardly use such means."

“As for what Xiao Yan said about the Void Devouring Flame transforming into a member of the Soul Devouring Clan, perhaps, he is the man behind the Soul Clan’s continuation for so many years.”

"What the clan leader means is that the Void Devouring Flame devoured the last clan leader of the Soul Devouring Clan? And thus possessed this strange ability?" A white-haired old man beside Gu Dao said in a hoarse voice.

"That should be the case. Otherwise, I really can't think of any other way for the Soul Clan to obtain the abilities of the Soul Devouring Clan." Gu Yuan nodded, lowered his eyes slightly, and a hint of cold murderous intent flashed across his eyes. The existence of this Void Devouring Flame was too threatening to ancient races like them, and they had to find a way to eliminate it!
The hall fell silent because of this. No one spoke again. No one had expected that the Soul Clan actually hid these things. What made them most nervous was the existence of the Void Devouring Flame.
"The Soul Clan attacked the Spirit, Stone, and Medicine Clans for two purposes. One is to collect their bloodline power, and the other is naturally for the Tushe Ancient Emperor Jade. It seems that Emperor Hun Tian can't bear it anymore." Gu Yuan raised his head and looked into the empty space. His sharp gaze seemed to penetrate the space and see what was in his mind.

"Soul Emperor" Xiao Yan muttered silently. The name was extremely domineering, but he did have such capital. Among the strong men standing at the top of the pyramid on this continent, the only one who could compete with him was perhaps Gu Yuan in front of him.
"However, this time, with the help of Brother Tong Rui, only one of the four great demon saints of the Soul Clan is left. Even the Soul Clan's highest-level alchemist was killed by him, and even the Void Devouring Flame was refined by me. It seems that the Soul Clan is no longer a threat. But the Medicine Clan, although not wiped out, is extremely damaged."

That’s right, after Tong Rui left, he found one of the four demon saints of the Soul Clan secretly watching at the door, and killed him. Xiao Yan discovered this fact after he left the medicine world.

“How does Uncle Gu plan to respond? The Soul Clan already has four pieces of ancient jade in their hands. As for the other four, I believe they will try their best to get them. By opening the cave of Ancient Emperor Tuoshe, maybe they can get the secret of becoming Emperor Dou. When that time comes, no one on the Douqi Continent will be able to contend with them. The life and death of all people depends on the Soul Clan’s thoughts.” Xiao Yan stared at Gu Yuan and said in a deep voice.

Unknowingly, they have found themselves facing such an urgent situation. The Soul Clan's method of steaming the frog with warm fire is gradually evaporating their power. If this continues, perhaps the most tragic scene will take place.

Gu Yuan's face was as gloomy as water, and no one knew what he was thinking. The other elders of the ancient clan also remained silent. Although what happened made them feel uneasy, if they really planned to go to war with the Soul Clan, it would definitely be an extremely tragic war. In this war, they might win, or they might lose.
If you win, you keep it; if you lose, you have nothing!
It is difficult for even a strong figure like Gu Yuan to give an answer to this kind of decision so quickly.

"Uncle Gu, now of the eight ancient clans, except for the Soul Clan, there are only three left. If another clan is gone, we may just have no choice but to sit and wait for death!" The oppressive silence lasted for several minutes, and Xiao Yan finally spoke in a deep voice.

"If we fight, we can still survive. If we continue to wait in vain, the matter of the three clans of Lingshi Yao will surely come to an end!"

Xiao Yan's sudden increase in volume caused many elders to tremble slightly. They looked at Yao Ling beside Xiao Yan. The latter's face was filled with sadness. His race was destroyed and he was displaced. His past pride was gone.
One gaze after another slowly shifted to look at Gu Yuan who was sitting at the first position, as if waiting for his decision.

Under the gazes of so many people, Gu Yuan sighed slowly, raised his head, looked at Xiao Yan, and smiled.

"Good boy, you have enough courage. Come, send a letter to the Yan Clan and the Lei Clan, inviting the leaders of the two tribes to discuss the matter of survival!"

(End of this chapter)