Douluo: Wuhun Longyuan Sword, I have become the scabbard

Chapter 158 Shocking Change
The unique life force of the Starry Sky Forest rushed towards him, and the atmosphere around him made Ding Quan feel somewhat at home.

The primordial energy here is far more concentrated than in the outside world.

He glanced at the people behind him, then spotted a direction and instantly headed in that direction.

With their current strength, they can rampage through the outer area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest. With flight, they can travel very quickly.

The Soul Hunter team in the forest watched the figure soaring through the sky, their eyes filled with shock.

To be able to fly without releasing one's martial soul, and to possess such terrifying, almost undetectable speed—this is a Title Douluo! And it seems there's more than one.

“Quan, with Rongrong’s current physical strength, even with a soul bone and the whale glue she’s recently taken, the soul rings she can absorb are only around 25,000 years old. If they are powerful beings, there might still be risks,” Ling said after checking Ning Rongrong’s physical strength with his soul power.

"Twenty-five thousand years?" Ding Quan nodded, not surprised. As a support Soul Master, Ning Rongrong's physical strength was much weaker than other Soul Masters. Although she had consumed a lot of whale glue during this period, the improvement was not as great as he had expected.

The sixth spirit ring she absorbed this time still had an attribute-enhancing skill. Naturally, the spirit beast couldn't be weak. Although the spirit skills provided might be the same, absorbing a powerful spirit ring was never a mistake. Each spirit ring absorption was a transformation for the spirit master.

However, his lifespan of 25,000 years has already surpassed that of other Soul Masters on the continent.

The optimal age for a sixth spirit ring is currently 20,000 years, but very few spirit masters dare to reach this age; extremely few people have a sixth spirit ring that is 20,000 years old.

"Is 25,000 years a low age?" Ning Rongrong looked at Ling, who was pulling her flying. In the past, she didn't even dare to dream of having a sixth spirit ring with a lifespan of just over 20,000 years. As a support spirit master, she had never absorbed a spirit ring with a lifespan close to the optimal lifespan.

"My fifth spirit ring is already over 25,000 years old."

"The fifth spirit ring is already 25,000 years old!" Ning Rongrong was stunned when she heard this, but then she realized that the person in front of her was a terrifying existence who had been around for 100,000 years when he was at the sixth spirit ring. So, the fifth spirit ring was only 25,000 years old.

Considering the soul ring configuration of the person in front of her, who absorbed a ten-thousand-year soul ring at the fourth soul ring, it's no wonder she felt that the twenty-thousand-five-thousand-year limit of the sixth soul ring was a bit low.

However, with her current spirit ring configuration, even the combined age of some titled Douluo's spirit rings doesn't match the age of her two spirit rings.

"A soul beast with an age of over 20,000 years, perhaps that one would be more suitable!"

"This is a Moon Spirit Flower!" Wei'er was taken aback when she saw the soul beast not far away. The group was somewhat familiar with this soul beast, as it was one of the soul beasts in the previous Linghun Ring Project.

"Its age is a little over 20,000 years. The Moon Spirit Flower's skill, Moon Essence, is an attribute amplification skill. Soul Masters who absorb its soul rings will also have similar skills, so it's suitable for Rongrong." Ling nodded. This soul beast's age was just right, and it was also a powerful existence among soul beasts.

"Then that's fine." Ning Rongrong nodded in agreement. The Qiluo Tulip she had just absorbed had absorbed the essence of the sun and moon, and this soul beast also had the same ability.

"I'll do it!" Vera's figure vanished from her spot in an instant, transforming into a streak of purple-gold lightning that flashed by.

Ding Quan also flew directly in that direction. With Wei'er's current strength, dealing with a soul beast that is a little over 20,000 years old would not be a problem at all.

Sure enough, when Ding Quan and the others arrived at the location of the Moon Spirit Flower, this plant soul beast, which was a little over 20,000 years old, was already in a state of despair, with a purple-gold arc of electricity still flashing on its body.

Upon seeing this, Ning Rongrong produced an exquisite short sword in her hand, then walked up to it and suddenly stabbed it down.

"Absorb it directly, it's safe here."

“Okay.” Ning Rongrong sat cross-legged, and the spirit ring, which was over 20,000 years old, was drawn to her.

"It seems we're quite lucky; we encountered a suitable soul beast as soon as we entered." Wei'er looked at Ning Rongrong, who had already absorbed a soul ring. Meeting a suitable target on the way here saved a lot of time.

"It's not so much luck as it is. It's just that we are strong now, which is why it's so easy to find suitable soul beasts." Ling shook his head. The distance they had covered by flying was quite a distance, a distance that they couldn't cross in a short time before.

It is precisely because of their formidable strength that they are able to easily find suitable soul beasts within such a vast area.

This may be why those powerful individuals randomly seek out soul beasts; with their strength, they can always find a suitable one.

"Right."

"Next is Zhu Qing's sixth spirit ring. The age of the spirit rings you can absorb now should be much higher than that of ordinary spirit masters." Ling looked at Zhu Zhu Qing who was with Shui Bing'er.

“I think my sixth spirit ring should be over 30,000 years old.” Zhu Zhuqing grabbed Ling’s outstretched hand.

"Almost, perhaps you could be a little bolder. Are the two spirit rings behind you spirit rings absorbed from a higher level?" Ling released his spirit power to sense Zhu Zhuqing's spirit power and physical strength. Zhu Zhuqing actually had a spirit bone in her hand, and her spirit power was very strong. No wonder she was able to successfully cultivate the "Ruling the World" technique.

"The fourth spirit ring might be a bit too much, the fifth spirit ring isn't, but the spirit beast with the fifth spirit ring is terrifying." Zhu Zhuqing shook her head.

"Very scary?"

"It is a soul beast called the Purple Winged Demon Spider, which is the overlord soul beast of the Death Canyon."

"Purple Winged Demon Spider!?" Ding Quan was stunned upon hearing this, not expecting that Zhu Zhuqing's fifth soul ring would actually come from such a soul beast.

Bibi Dong's second spirit, the Soul Devouring Spider King, has a sixth spirit ring that comes from a 100,000-year-old Purple Winged Spider King. It possesses Bibi Dong's most domineering spirit skill, Eternal Creation!
It completely ignores physical defense, even the Golden Body type of soul skill can break through it, and the soul power defense is reduced by half. Moreover, once hit by this skill, the wound will spread endlessly, and can only be resisted by consuming soul power. Once the soul power is exhausted, if the death power on the wound cannot be removed, there is only one way out: death.

Rumor has it that Xiao Wu's mother died from this soul skill. Xiao Wu's mother possessed a golden body skill with a lifespan of 100,000 years, but she still couldn't defend against this skill. In the end, it became the seventh soul ring of Bibi Dong's second martial soul, the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor, giving Bibi Dong her third 100,000-year soul ring.

The Purple Winged Demon Spider's death attribute may not be strong, but this ability of its is extremely terrifying.

This is not surprising, as the Purple Winged Demon Spider also possesses an extremely rare spatial attribute. After all, Bibi Dong's 100,000-year soul ring also provided her with another soul skill, the Abyss Slash of Spatial Tear.

This spirit ring provided Bibi Dong with her two strongest skills.

"You know this kind of spirit beast."

"We have some understanding of it." Ding Quan and the others naturally had some understanding of such a powerful soul beast, after all, the soul skills provided by this kind of soul beast were considered by them to be the most powerful type of skill.

"This spirit ring greatly enhances my abilities, but its attributes aren't particularly strong."

"So this time you need a soul ring that can greatly enhance your attributes."

"Yes."

“Indeed, with the death attribute, the Dark Raven of Calamity is indeed a good choice.” Ling nodded. The Dark Raven of Calamity was the soul beast that Zhu Zhuqing chose for her sixth soul ring. Each advancement of this kind of soul beast is extremely difficult, no less than a life-or-death ordeal, with a success rate of less than one in ten.

However, once successful, it is no less than a rebirth, and one's strength will undergo a tremendous change. One will also possess an extremely powerful death attribute. Once one sees such a soul beast, it means that there is a life about to perish nearby.

This soul beast was originally part of Ling's soul ring plan. Because these soul beasts have to go through a life-or-death ordeal to advance, their spirits are extremely resilient and they possess extremely strong spiritual attributes.

However, Ling's martial soul is the Snow Lotus, and the attributes of this soul beast are not very suitable for her. There were better options, but she eventually gave them up.

"There are very few Dark Ravens that have survived for more than 30,000 years, so it may take some time to find a suitable one."

"That's alright. We'll be staying in the Star Dou Great Forest for a while this time," Wei'er said. Their goal this time was the nearly 100,000-year-old Thousand-Jin Ant King, and it would take some time for them to break through the 100,000-year mark.

"That's good."

Zhu Zhuqing knew that these people's goal was probably the 100,000-year-old soul beast, and hunting a 100,000-year-old soul beast was not easy.

It seems Ning Rongrong is having a hard time absorbing this spirit ring. The sky is already getting dark. I didn't expect it to take Ning Rongrong so long to absorb this spirit ring.

As a support-type Soul Master, Ning Rongrong's physical strength is indeed somewhat weak. The energy within this Moon Spirit Flower Soul Ring, which is over 20,000 years old, is already quite challenging for her. It seems she will need to strengthen her training in this area in the future.

Suddenly, Ding Quan's expression changed as he watched Ning Rongrong absorb the soul ring, and then he looked sharply towards the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest.

The golden-red Xuanhuo eyes lit up, looking into the distance with great surprise.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the Star Dou Great Forest has changed slightly. There are fluctuations of soul power over there, but the distance is too far. Is there some kind of soul beast fighting?

I am currently in the mixed zone, not yet in the central area, and still a long way from the core area. There is no danger here.

Just as Ding Quan was pondering, a surge of soul power erupted behind him, and a black soul ring slowly landed on the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Instantly, a nine-colored light rose up, extremely conspicuous in the dark night.

She finally succeeded, and after absorbing the spirit ring, Ning Rongrong's spirit power increased by more than one level.

Ding Quan glanced at the Moon Spirit Flower again but found nothing; the soul beast had not dropped any soul bones.

"I succeeded! And my soul power has reached level 63! Absorbing a soul ring beyond one's level is indeed amazing. My sixth soul skill consumed less energy than I expected." Ning Rongrong felt the changes in her soul power, stood up and said happily. In just over ten days, her soul power had increased by ten levels. No one could remain calm about that, and her martial soul had also evolved.

"That's good."

"It's already dark." Ning Rongrong came to her senses and looked at the dark sky. She realized that it had taken her a long time to absorb this spirit ring. Looking at the light that illuminated the surroundings, Ning Rongrong put away her spirit, and the surroundings instantly blended into the night.

"Should we continue deeper?" Wei'er asked, noticing Ding Quan's gaze fixed on the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest. With their current strength, they wouldn't be in any danger even if they continued deeper into the night.

"Quan, have you discovered something?" Ling noticed that there was a fire in Ding Quan's golden-red eyes, and his gaze was also looking into the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Something seems to have happened inside the Star Dou Great Forest. There must be powerful beings fighting there. It's a pity that my Xuanhuo Eyes can't see that far." Ding Quan looked at the endless forest in the distance. The changes in the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) that he had just sensed seemed to be becoming more and more obvious.

"It's too far away. From our current position, wouldn't that be the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest?" Ling Ke knew the power of Ding Quan's Profound Fire Eyes, which could see a very long distance. Especially now that Ding Quan's strength had reached this level, the age of his external soul bones must have reached 100,000 years.

Previously, when they encountered the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, they could see the two beast kings coming from a great distance. At that time, Ding Quan's strength was only that of a quasi-Soul Emperor.

“The core area, the spring, should we go take a look?” Wei’er was stunned when she heard this. Her target soul beast was in the core area, and those guys were always fighting.

“We have no objections, and Zhu Qing needs to go deeper into the world to find the soul beasts she needs.” Ning Rongrong said directly when she saw the others looking at her. These people were so powerful that they would have no problem protecting themselves when they encountered soul beasts.

Ding Quan and his companions vanished from the sky in an instant, heading rapidly towards the core area.

Dark Raven, the Crow of Calamity!

Did this spirit beast actually appear here because of me?

Yes, given my current physical condition, I might really be doomed this time.

In the mixed area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest, a lithe figure was rapidly moving towards the outer edge. However, she now had a hideous wound on her body, and the blood flowing out was red and green, clearly indicating that she had been poisoned by an extremely terrifying toxin, which made her originally pretty face extremely pale.

The fact that he has six spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, and two black—indicates that he is a Spirit Emperor with the best spirit ring configuration.

A barely perceptible booming sound came from afar, clearly indicating that a fierce battle was still raging.

quack!
A hoarse cry rang out, as if conveying some kind of signal.

A black shadow materialized, and then a small black figure stood on a branch of a large tree, its slightly scarlet eyes watching the departing figure. Then it suddenly flapped its wings and followed.

A pair of pink eyes looked at the dark shadow following it in the sky, and a chill ran through them.

This terrifying toxin could definitely kill me! I already felt the aura of death emanating from my body.

I felt my body becoming increasingly sluggish and my speed slowing down. I knew I couldn't keep going for long in my current state.

I never expected that woman's strength would reach such a terrifying level. The configuration of five black and two red spirit rings, especially the feeling emanating from the last red spirit ring, made me feel angry, but even more so, I felt despair.

I absolutely cannot die here, and I absolutely cannot let that person get what I have!

There were people following behind, and if they were caught, the two people who were desperately trying to stop them might, as before, be sacrificed to that woman in front of them.

That light!

As Xiao Wu ran, she looked at the inconspicuous yet somewhat familiar light rising in the sky, and a glimmer of hope flashed in her eyes.

Is it the person I'm thinking of? But even if it isn't, things can't get any better than they are now. My body is getting weaker and weaker, and I'm almost at my limit.

(End of this chapter)