Douluo: Wuhun Longyuan Sword, I have become the scabbard

Chapter 138 Dugu Bo

It seems that even knowing the trajectory of soul power circulation, cultivation is not easy.

Although I only know the path to circulating soul power and do not understand the underlying principles, the effect is indeed better than my current meditation method. If I can master it, it will definitely speed up my cultivation.

During the process of circulating his soul power just now, the soul power passed through many parts of his body extremely slowly. Ding Quan knew why this was, because the meridians in his body were not as good as those of Tang San, who had been cultivating the Xuan Tian Gong.

But now was not the time to try. Ding Quan, who was sitting cross-legged, opened his eyes and ended his cultivation session.

"how?"

“It works very well.” Ding Quan responded to Ling. Not long ago, after saying goodbye to Tang Hao and Tang San, Ding Quan found a secluded place to try it out.

“The meditation method of the number one sect on the continent is naturally extraordinary.” Ling nodded. Tang Hao is the current Haotian Douluo, from the Haotian Sect. The meditation method of the number one sect on the continent is naturally not ordinary.

This is far superior to the meditation method of the Haotian Sect.

Ding Quan told Ling that he had used his Xuanhuo Eyes to observe Tang San as he absorbed the soul ring in order to see how the other party circulated his soul power.

They all assumed that they intended to obtain the meditation method of the Haotian Sect, and they didn't find it strange.

"I'll refine it and then I'll tell you."

"it is good."

"Where's Wei'er?"

"She and Bing'er went to test the White-Eyed Demon Tiger King's soul bone skills."

"Yeah."

"All things considered, exchanging that torso bone for this soul bone wasn't a bad deal, it's just that this soul bone..."

"It's alright. If we come across a more suitable soul bone in the future, we can always switch. Right now, our priority is to improve our soul power."

"Quan, in that case, don't you still have a Wolf Thief Soul Bone? Why don't you..."

"The age of the Wolf Thief Soul Bone is too young. Even if Wei'er absorbs it, it won't increase her soul power much. With our current soul power quality, that soul bone is of little use." Ding Quan still has a Wolf Thief right leg bone that is about 20,000 years old, and he still has this soul bone in his hand.

The attributes of this soul bone were clearly unsuitable for ice and water attribute soul masters, so Ding Quan did not give it to Dean Tianshui.

"Yes, they're back."

The 70,000-year-old White-Eyed Fierce Tiger King soul bone is of good quality. The White-Eyed Demon Tiger is a powerful soul beast, and its martial soul belongs to the tiger category, just like Wei'er's, making it very suitable for Wei'er.

Ding Quan originally had no intention of accepting the soul bone, but considering Wei'er's current level, he finally decided to take it.

This soul bone is clearly not as good as the soul bones that Wei'er currently possesses, but it is still absolutely precious.

Of course, more importantly, absorbing this soul bone that is over 70,000 years old can enhance Wei'er's current soul power.

The current focus is on rapidly increasing soul power. Also, this soul bone is for the right arm, not the torso or skull. If a more suitable one is found in the future, it can be replaced with Ding Quan's Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone.

Although Wei'er has a Dark Gold Terror Claw Soul Bone on her right palm, replacing a Soul Bone does not require severing limbs; it only requires peeling off the Soul Bone. After all, in the original story, before Xiao Wu sacrificed herself, Tang San removed the Soul Bone from his right leg, intending for Xiao Wu to absorb it and use her flight ability to escape.

Ding Quan, whose soul power is now at the level of a Super Douluo, has not regenerated limbs for others, but he knows he can do it, just like soul ring skills. Once absorbed, one knows the conditions for use and how to use them.

歘!
A golden streak of light carrying a blue figure flew swiftly from afar, and Wei'er and Shui Bing'er arrived in front of Ding Quan.

"It seems this soul bone has some good skills." Ding Quan said to Wei'er, who had a slight smile on her face.

"It's the type of soul skill I need: a right arm soul bone skill called Tiger's Roar in the Mountains! After releasing the skill, soul power is gathered in the right arm to unleash a powerful strike, accompanied by a sonic attack. It can intimidate soul beasts and soul masters, and has a certain area-of-effect attack capability." Wei'er waved her right hand. She had just gone to find some powerful soul beasts to experiment with. "My soul power is currently level 68, just a little short of reaching level 69. Becoming a Soul Saint won't be long."

"That's definitely suitable for you." Ding Quan nodded. It really was that skill. With Wei'er's Dark Gold Terror Claw Soul Bone, her burst damage would be even more terrifying.

"That's good. When you and Bing'er break through to Soul Saint, it will be about the same time. Then you can go and get the seventh Soul Ring together." After Shui Bing'er absorbed the Ninth Grade Purple Ganoderma, although her Soul Power did not increase at the time, the improvement of her Soul Power accelerated a lot. She will break through to level 68 soon. With the medicinal power still in her body, it won't be long before she breaks through to Soul Saint.

"Let's go to that place. It's a great place for you to cultivate, Bing'er, and it might even allow you to reach the pinnacle of your attributes."

To take it to the extreme?

Shui Bing'er now knows the power of ultimate attributes and has personally experienced it, but she is still one step away from reaching the ultimate attribute. Originally, she thought she had to completely master the "Ruling the World" skill to achieve this, but now it seems there is a shortcut.

Ding Quan identified the direction and headed towards the location he remembered.

At their current speed, the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, which used to take almost half a month to reach, can now be reached in much less time.

“That’s Dugu Bo’s territory. What if he doesn’t let us stay there?”

"He won't."

“That’s true. With our current strength, he can’t refuse.” Ling nodded. Now that the strength of these people on the continent is known to the Soul Master world, they can leave directly in the face of three Title Douluos without being stopped by the other party. In fact, they had been suppressing two Title Douluos before.

Such strength is beyond what Dugu Bo can handle. Moreover, Dugu Bo's most proficient poison is not very effective against them. Their ultimate attributes have strong poison resistance, and their ultimate ice attribute makes them immune to poison.

“Nothing seems to have changed here.” Ding Quan stopped in front of a poison array, his golden-red eyes looking at the mist in the distance as he nodded.

The Xuanhuo Eyes now possess vision far surpassing that of a Great Soul Master. Under their gaze, dense ice and fire attribute energy surges ahead, then transforms into天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) and spreads outwards.

Ding Quan understood. No wonder the Sunset Forest wasn't very large, but the quality of the soul beasts within it was exceptionally high; the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well had played a crucial role in that.

"who is it!!"

A deep voice came from within the poison array, and then a man dressed in dark green flew out from it.

Poison Douluo!
Nine soul rings—two yellow, two purple, and five black—spun around him, surrounded by a dark green soul power. He stared gloomily at the people who appeared before his poison barrier.

This young man!

Looking at Ding Quan and Ling, who were standing in the air without relying on their martial spirits, Dugu Bo's expression was quite solemn. Without a doubt, Ding Quan and Ling were on the same level as him in his eyes.

Then he looked at the pair of purple-gold wings behind him and Wei'er and Shui Bing'er flying in the air using their martial souls.

The woman had purple-gold wings and the Ice Phoenix Martial Soul, and she seemed to have seen this woman before.

"Senior Dugu."

"It's you guys!" Dugu Bo recognized Shui Bing'er. Seven years ago, during the Soul Master Competition, Shui Bing'er was the captain of the Tianshui team and was highly popular, especially after she displayed her terrifying strength.

Dugu Bo's granddaughter, Dugu Yan, participated in that Soul Master Competition as the vice-captain of the Heaven Dou Royal Team. Dugu Bo naturally watched Dugu Yan's Soul Battle matches, but unfortunately, the Heaven Dou Royal Team's ranking in that Soul Master Competition was not good. Several top academies were able to compete with the Heaven Dou Royal Team, not to mention that the Spirit Hall sent its Golden Generation to participate at that time. The three twenty-year-old Soul Kings made other teams despair. And the similar appearance of Wei'er and Ling, that purple-gold wings, plus being with Shui Bing'er.

There's no mistake, these are definitely the four people who have recently caused a stir on the mainland.

Their current performance is exactly as rumored.

Dugu Bo watched Ding Quan warily. He felt a pressure emanating from Ding Quan. This person was even more terrifying than the rumors suggested. This pressure was even greater than when he faced Chrysanthemum Douluo. No wonder the three Title Douluos did not continue to attack after that old ghost appeared.

"It seems you know us, senior." Ding Quan stepped forward slightly and gave Dugu Bo a slight bow.

"Demon Sword, Ling Wei, and Ice Phoenix, you are all prominent figures on the continent now. What brings you here?" Dugu Bo sensed the powerful aura emanating from outside the poison array and assumed it was a Title Douluo sent by the Spirit Hall. After all, only the Spirit Hall possessed so many titles, and recently, two Title Douluos had appeared there. Seeing Ding Quan and the others, he relaxed considerably, but remained vigilant.

He knew he was no match for the people in front of him. Although Dugu Bo was confident he could handle one of them, there were two now, and he wasn't sure he could win. Moreover, he felt a sense of suppression from the purple-gold soul power on Wei'er, and the same was true for Shui Bing'er.

These two have very strong martial spirits, and they are quite good at controlling themselves.

“Senior Dugu, then I’ll be frank. We want to cultivate inside.” Ding Quan pointed to the poison array behind Dugu Bo.

"no!"

He knew the location of his herb garden? Dugu Bo looked in the direction Ding Quan was pointing; that was exactly where the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye was located.

The Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire is extremely important to me, and now is a crucial time for me to resolve the issue of my family's martial soul.

"Senior Dugu, do you still remember that letter in the courtyard of Soto City?" Ding Quan saw the aura rising from Dugu Bo and his soul power also surged. At the same time, his Xuanhuo Pupil looked at Dugu Bo.

Dugu Bo's hair is no longer the dark green color he used to have, but has turned black, with some gray streaks. The poison he suffered from due to his martial soul, the Azure Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, is now almost completely under control.

Ding Quan saw a suction force coming from his abdomen, absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy, but the effect was not as strong as the soul core he had condensed.

Dugu Bo's soul power has reached level 93. His soul power has improved very quickly. It should be noted that it usually takes more than ten years to improve one level to become a titled Douluo. Dugu Bo's improvement is so fast, which can be regarded as the result of his accumulated strength.

"That letter? Did you leave it?"

Dugu Bo sensed the soul power rising from Ding Quan's body, and realized that this person's soul power was indeed superior to his own.

According to investigations on the mainland regarding Ding Quan and his group, they did indeed engage in spirit battles at the Great Spirit Arena in Suotuo City at that time. It was there that the Ling Wei duo was formed, achieving a winning streak, and their spirit battles were basically resolved instantly.

"It is."

"Really?"

"Senior, you don't think we didn't have any teachers to guide us, do you?"

"Teacher?" Dugu Bo paused for a moment, then realized that the people in front of him were extremely strong and must have been guided by a powerful figure. Otherwise, how could they have known how to cultivate and possess such strength at their age?

"But the teacher was nearing the end of his life and did not appear to meet with his senior."

"I see!" Dugu Bo nodded, but his doubts remained. "But you're going to cultivate inside."

"Senior, we only sensed an extremely strong ice-attribute elemental energy inside." Ding Quan interrupted Dugu Bo's thoughts when he saw the doubt on Dugu Bo's face. They had stolen immortal herbs from inside before, so Dugu Bo might already have some suspicions.

"is it?"

“Senior, my martial soul is of the ice attribute. I can sense that it has extremely strong ice attributes.” Ling released his martial soul directly, and a terrifying chill burst out from Ling’s body. Instantly, the surrounding temperature began to drop sharply, and even the poisonous mist of the poison barrier began to freeze, turning into ice shards that fell to the ground.

The chill was terrifying, comparable in intensity to that of the spring, completely suppressing his poison. Dugu Bo felt his emerald green soul power becoming less active, and the ice shard posed an even greater threat to him.

“Senior Dugu, if you allow us to cultivate inside, I might be able to help with what you are currently researching.”

"what!"

“Since my teacher asked us to leave that letter, he naturally knows how to solve the problem you have, senior.” Ding Quan’s gaze sharpened, and then a layer of dragon patterns appeared on his body, and a terrifying soul power pressure instantly enveloped the poison array.

At the same time, a surge of dragon power erupted, and all the surrounding sounds ceased.

The surrounding area was filled with swirling winds and clouds, and a vast amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth surged toward Ding Quan, especially the ice and fire energy overflowing from within the poison array.

"You actually!" Dugu Bo saw the patterns on Ding Quan's body. This enormous soul power was spreading from his abdomen. This person had actually successfully condensed the so-called soul core, and the effect was even stronger than he had imagined.

Moreover, he felt that his strength had decreased by at least 20%. Wasn't this person's martial soul a sword? How could he have such dragon might?

"Senior, you wouldn't want your family to be affected by the poison of martial souls for generations, would you?"

Upon hearing Ding Quan's words, Dugu Bo's expression turned quite ugly. After struggling for a moment, he gestured for Ding Quan and the others to follow.

It's no wonder he did that. In that instant, Dugu Bo knew that his previous thought of being able to fight against any of them was wishful thinking. These people had the strength to kill him. Their strength might not be as great as Tang Hao's, who had recently been hunting soul beasts in the Sunset Forest, but they were too restrained. Seeing that Ding Quan had absorbed a lot of poison gas without any reaction, and that the spiritual energy around him had been instantly depleted, he knew that once they made a move, his soul power wouldn't last long.

He could control the Azure Phosphorus Serpent venom in his own body, but his granddaughter couldn't do the same. Although she had a soul bone that could store the venom, Dugu Yan's current strength wasn't enough to completely force the venom into the soul bone, and the soul bone ultimately had an absorption limit.

"This is it." Dugu Bo led the group to the vicinity of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, then looked at Ding Quan, whose dragon markings had not yet faded, "And remember what you said."

"nature."

Ding Quan watched Dugu Bo leave before looking at the familiar Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, his eyes showing some surprise.

This place used to be full of rare treasures, but now it only has some common herbs, though their effects are still powerful.

Did Dugu Bo put away those herbs that he didn't know about?

That's right. Dugu Bo has a magic pouch that can store living things, and he also picked some immortal herbs he recognized when he came here before. Although he didn't know the specific effects of those immortal herbs, he definitely knew that those herbs were extremely precious.

"What terrifying ice and fire energy! This is the burial place of the two great dragon kings." Even the Snow Emperor was surprised by the level of heaven and earth energy here in Ding Quan's spiritual sea.

"Of course, this is, after all, a gift from two gods." As a Great Soul Master, I cannot stay here for long, but now I can move around here indefinitely.

"If you cultivate here, you should reach level 80 in no time."

"Alright."

"But are you really planning to hunt that spirit beast with your eighth spirit ring?"

"of course."

"That took a lot of time, and even when I was at my peak, he was difficult to deal with."

(End of this chapter)