Douluo: I'll take the benefits, you bear the side effects

As the Thorn Spider Queen perished, a scarlet halo with a diameter of a hundred meters bloomed.

"As expected, a 100,000-year-old soul beast is not so easy to kill."

Ning Chuan let out a long sigh of relief.

“Brother, you are only level 72 now, and you haven’t even obtained your sixth and seventh soul rings yet. You’ve already killed the Thorn Spider King. You’re unprecedented and will never be seen again.”

Ah Yin said.

"You don't need to comfort me. This time, I've learned my lesson. We must never underestimate any enemy again."

Ning Chuan shook his head, a rare bitter smile appearing on his face.

At this moment, the Gold-Eating Insect flew over carrying the soul bone of the Thorn Spider King.

It is a piece of left leg bone.

"However, this Thorn Spider King is one of the few wood-attribute animal soul beasts, which is quite compatible with my Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword."

After greeting Ah Yin and asking her to protect him, Ning Chuan began absorbing the Thorn Spider King's Soul Ring.

Because it was the first time absorbing a 100,000-year soul ring, it took quite a bit of time.

Three days later, Ning Chuan finally regained consciousness and spent another half a day absorbing the soul bone.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief, a barely concealed smile of excitement spreading across his face.

"Brother, it seems you've gained a lot." Ah Yin saw Ning Chuan smile and knew that he must have acquired a satisfactory skill.

Ning Chuan nodded and said, "Yes, my soul power has now reached level 76. My sixth soul ring has given me the skill 'Ten Thousand Swords Piercing the Heart' and a skill called 'Blade Storm'."

"The Thousand Swords Piercing the Heart has the ability to ignore physical defense and fifty percent of energy defense, and its effect is similar to the crimson light spikes launched by the Thorn Spider King before. Blade Storm is also an extremely terrifying area-of-effect skill. If I hadn't flown hundreds of meters into the air in advance during the previous battle, I would probably have been in danger."

As he spoke, Ning Chuan's sixth spirit ring lit up, and a dense forest of sword blades, hundreds of meters long, suddenly appeared within a radius of one thousand meters around him.

The jungle of blades spun rapidly, like a storm, shredding everything within it except Ning Chuan.

Ning Chuan always believed in maintaining distance during battle before confirming the opponent's exact strength.

In retrospect, this was undoubtedly the right choice.

"The 'Ten Thousand Swords Piercing the Heart' compensates for the 'lack' in attack power of the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword, while the Blade Storm excels in its instantaneous nature, catching the opponent off guard. If one doesn't react quickly enough, even a Title Douluo might be instantly killed."

Ah Yin exclaimed in admiration.

Ning Chuan smiled, neither confirming nor denying, "The left leg bone of the Thorn Spider King has given me the skills of teleportation and concealment. Now, if I wear the Gold-Eating Insect Armor and use the Concealment Soul Bone Skill, even a peerless Douluo would not be able to detect me."

As the two were talking, Ning Chuan released the Gold-Eating Insects to devour the corpse of the Thorn Spider King.

Although the Gold-Eating Insects have evolved to their mature form, even the corpse of a 100,000-year-old soul beast cannot make them evolve further.

But even a small mosquito is still meat, let alone a large spider, so we can't waste it.

After devouring the flesh and blood of the Thorn Spider King, Ning Chuan no longer concealed his aura and encountered no obstacles from any soul beasts.

After all, the Thorn Spider King had just perished, so how many would dare to cause him trouble?

They were stopped by the Azure Bull Python only when they reached the Lake of Life.

"Human, this is not a place for you. Go back."

With a bull's head and a snake's body, a huge figure leaped out of the water, and the Azure Bull Python spoke in human language.

Ning Chuan glanced around and, seeing no sign of Xiao Wu or the Titan Giant Ape, guessed that the Titan Giant Ape had most likely taken Xiao Wu to obtain a soul ring.

After all, he had taken the Lovesick Heartbreak Red. As the king of immortal products, simply taking it directly could increase his soul power by at least ten levels.

During the Soul Master Competition, Xiao Wu's soul power was already at level 43. After consuming the Acacia Heartbreak Red and condensing her fifth soul ring, her soul power reached a minimum of level 54. With nearly five years to go, she was almost ready to advance to the Soul Saint level.

"You must be Daming. Let me introduce myself, Ning Chuan, Xiao Wu's boyfriend."

He looked at the enormous body of the Azure Bull Python and said calmly.

"You're Ning Chuan?"

Upon hearing this, the Azure Bull Python looked Ning Chuan up and down. It saw that although Ning Chuan had thin arms and legs, he was not even half as handsome as Er Ming, let alone him.

I don't know why Sister Xiaowu took a liking to him.

However, if someone can recall his name, it must be true.

Ning Chuan said, "That's right. Can you tell me where Xiao Wu went?"

"Sister Xiaowu isn't here. You can leave now."

Even if the human in front of him is really Ning Chuan, the Azure Bull Python will not trust him, because no human soul master is not greedy for the soul ring and soul bone of a 100,000-year-old soul beast.

He felt that Ningchuan would be no exception.

Therefore, there is absolutely no way he would let Ning Chuan take Xiao Wu away.

To put it bluntly, he doesn't trust any human beings.

"What if I insist on seeing her?" Ning Chuan stared directly into the Azure Bull Python's eyes, which were larger than his entire body, without backing down.

The Azure Bull Python remained silent, its response to Ning Chuan being the terrifying pressure of a 100,000-year-old soul beast, along with its Slow Domain.

Faced with the powerful pressure of the Azure Bull Python, Ning Chuan might have been wary before absorbing the Thorn Spider King's soul ring and soul bone, but now...

With the eight divine spider spears spinning behind him and golden light flashing on his chest, Ning Chuan grew to a size of over ten meters in the blink of an eye. In terms of size alone, he was no less than the part of the Azure Bull Python's body that had surfaced above the water.

Also released were Ning Chuan's Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword Martial Soul, and six soul rings: four black and two red.

Eighteen Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords coiled around the giant figure that Ning Chuan had transformed into. Under the cover of this sword domain, the Azure Bull Python's Slow Domain was unable to have any effect on him.

"A 100,000-year soul ring, you damned human, you really did have designs on Sister Xiaowu."

Upon seeing the two 100,000-year soul rings on Ning Chuan's body, the Azure Bull Python was both shocked and furious, and immediately used its full strength.

Immediately following was an even greater pressure of soul power and a stronger domain force.

He knew that the Sword Domain, which had not yet evolved to its final stage, was not enough to withstand the attack, so he released the Devouring Domain.

Under Ning Chuan's Devouring Domain, the Azure Bull Python's Slow Domain vanished without a trace, as if it had been swallowed by the ocean.

The consequence of the disappearance of the Slow Domain is that the Azure Bull Python's strength will decrease by 10% to 20%.

Ningchuan's strength has increased by 10%.

With this shift in power, no matter how powerful the Azure Bull Python's cultivation was, it couldn't gain the slightest advantage.

Enraged, the Azure Bull Python spat out a beam of azure light, which swept towards Ning Chuan.

Ning Chuan exerted force with his left leg, instantly disappearing from his original spot. At the same time, he activated his stealth skill, making it impossible for the Azure Bull Python to find him again.

Ning Chuan's disappearance immediately alerted the Azure Bull Python, which released its Slow Domain, forcing Ning Chuan to release his Sword Domain and Devouring Domain to defend himself and reveal his true form.

However, before anyone knew it, Ning Chuan's figure had split into five semi-transparent blue figures.

They surrounded the Azure Bull Python.
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(End of this chapter)