Douluo: The Unrivaled Demon Lord

Chapter 109 Seven Hundred Thousand Year Old Torso Bones and the Deep-Sea Demon Whale
After a brief eye contact, Xue Di spoke first:

“I can provide you with a soul bone. In my opinion, it should ideally be a torso bone. I would like to hear your opinion on this.”

Shu Yan raised an eyebrow slightly, pondering the question in his mind.

Now, he possesses soul bones for both arms and legs out of the six major parts of his body. Apart from his right leg bone, the soul bones for the other three parts are all over 100,000 years old, especially his left and right arm bones, which are respectively from the 400,000-year-old Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion and the 500,000-year-old Soul Devouring Spider Emperor.

The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's left arm bone needs no introduction; combined with the ultimate ice and the Ice Emperor's two divine skills, its practical effects are beyond description. While the Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor's right arm bone has lost its spiritual attribute, its inherent evil attribute has become even purer and stronger. After being infused and sublimated by the Evil Princess's immense evil power, it can also be considered an ultimate evil soul bone.

This soul bone itself has a huge effect. With this soul bone, even without using the Yazi Martial Soul, he can exert a great suppressive effect on evil soul masters. Not to mention that its evil power can be used in combination with his own killing intent, which can definitely play a role greater than the sum of its parts in actual combat.

From the perspective of their inherent quality and even the skills they come with, Shu Yan has absolutely no need to replace these two soul bones.

As for the left and right leg bones… the Devouring Whale King is among the top-tier sea spirit beasts, and the spirit bones it possesses rare devouring-type spirit skills. Unless absolutely necessary, Shu Yan doesn't want to replace them for the time being.

As for the right leg bone of the Ten Thousand Year Thorn Dragon, this soul bone is currently the one with the lowest age and the worst quality on his body.

Of course, this evaluation is based on the other three soul bones. This soul bone shares the same origin as Shu Yan's fourth soul ring, and the Thorn Dragon bloodline that produced this soul bone is noble, even showing certain signs of ancestral regression.

Shu Yan really wanted to try and see if he could find a high-age soul bone produced by a space-type giant dragon that also possessed the bloodline of the Space Dragon King (Jade Dragon King) in the future, and finally find a way to fuse with it.

Moreover, the placement of the left and right leg bones was ultimately a waste of the Snow Empress's 700,000-year-old soul bones. After much deliberation, Shu Yan finally spoke up:
“Take the torso bones for example. There is too much energy sealed in my body right now. These energies are different from each other and cannot be completely integrated. I can only reduce them by absorbing them little by little. This is a good thing, but to some extent, it also puts a huge burden on my body.”

"My physical strength is already amazing, but after bearing two super martial souls and such a huge amount of energy at the same time, I still inevitably feel a bit strained. Under these circumstances, I do need a torso soul bone that is old enough and of good quality to solve this problem."

Upon hearing this, Xue Di nodded slightly, agreeing with Shu Yan's opinion.

Frankly speaking, even if Shu Yan asked her to provide him with any one of the three soul bones—his left and right leg bones or even his skull—she would refuse outright.

In her eyes, this was a foolish act. If Shu Yan really said that, Xue Di would be disappointed, but in the end, she would be helpless... After all, her origin had been completely sealed in Shu Yan's body, and even if she wanted to leave, she had already lost the opportunity.

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The 700,000-year-old Ice and Snow Maiden's torso bones slowly returned to their place. Since there was no resentment from the soul and the absorption of the soul bone was done entirely voluntarily by the Snow Empress herself, Shu Yan successfully absorbed the torso bone in less than two hours.

After absorbing the power, Shu Yan's soul power surged two levels, reaching level sixty-eight.

Seeing this, Xie Ji sighed softly, then said with a hint of regret:

"It's all about timing and fate. To be honest, I had already prepared to provide Shu Yan with a seventh spirit ring and a spirit beast with a torso spirit bone, but compared to that guy, Xue Di's spirit bone is still slightly better."

Hearing this, everyone's attention was drawn to it, and Tianmeng peeked out and asked curiously:
"The soul beasts you've prepared aren't those overlords from the Star Dou Great Forest, are they? If so, I advise you to calm down. I don't want our little Ayan to get smashed into mincemeat by Di Tianyi's dragon claws..."

Xie Ji rolled her eyes at Tian Meng speechlessly, then said:

"If you can think of it, do you think I can't?"

"The soul beast I prepared is a genuine sea soul beast. Its cultivation level should be over 600,000 years now. I had a brief encounter with it a thousand years ago. That guy, like me, improved his cultivation by devouring other soul beasts, so his progress was incredibly fast. If I hadn't run fast that time, I probably would have been eaten by that big guy as nourishment."

"But now that you mention it, I think the Beast God Di Tian seems quite suitable to be the ninth spirit ring for A Yan's Ya Zi martial soul."

As she spoke, Xie Ji stuck out her tongue and licked her red lips, looking eager to make a move.

After hearing Xie Ji's words, Xue Di frowned slightly, then spoke:

“Di Tian…we should not touch him. Putting aside his extraordinary status in the world of soul beasts, his strength, which is almost at the level of a god, is enough to make people tremble.”

"When Di Tian was traveling across the continent and passed through the far north, he had a battle with me in the core circle."

"In that battle, I had the advantage of timing, location, and popular support, and I could even say I used every trick in the book, but in the end, I still only managed to fight him to a draw." "But at the same time, I also had a feeling that Di Tian must have had some trump cards that he hadn't used yet, otherwise the outcome would not have been as simple as a draw."

"Moreover, deep within the Star Dou Great Forest, there seems to be an even more mysterious and powerful force hidden. I even feel that Di Tian is merely serving this force..."

As soon as Xue Di finished speaking, Tian Meng popped her head up again and excitedly said:

"Yes, yes, yes! I once heard Di Tian addressing the air as 'Master.' That day, I thought Di Tian was possessed, and I was so scared that I didn't dare to look up for a long time... Later, I realized what was going on, and while those guys were full, I secretly used my mental power to explore the vicinity. But just as my mental power touched a thin membrane that resembled a barrier, Di Tian suddenly descended, gave me a good beating, and then left..."

After the words were spoken, everyone fell silent. Even Xie Ji, who had been the first to have such thoughts, couldn't help but start considering the possibilities. But one thing was undeniable: the person who could command the respectful deference of the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, Di Tian, ​​must be far more powerful and of higher status than Di Tian himself…

After a moment of silence, Hyotei changed the subject:

"Speaking of which, Evil Princess, what exactly is the reason behind that 600,000-year-old sea spirit beast you mentioned? I know there are many ferocious beasts in the sea, but I've only heard of one with such high cultivation twice before..."

A trace of reminiscence appeared in Xie Ji's eyes. The other party's enormous body, as large as a mountain, seemed to be right in front of her. Amidst the raging waves, those huge blood-red pupils were something she could never forget in this lifetime.

"It's a deep-sea demon whale. That guy's species is a deep-sea demon whale. It's a deep-sea demon whale king with a cultivation level of 600,000 years."

"The evil princess spoke softly."

Upon hearing this, Tianmeng's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, and it said somewhat blankly:

"The Deep Sea Demon Whale King, with 600,000 years of cultivation, is a sea spirit beast of this level that is absolutely like an emperor in the ocean... On the open sea, its strength is probably such that even the Snow Emperor at her peak could not defeat it. Dude, do you really expect Ayan, who is only level 70, to challenge a Limit Douluo with the home advantage?"

"You idiot, if you can't use your brain, get lost. You're itching for a beating, aren't you? Hyotei, give it two scorpion claws..."

Faced with Tianmeng's idiotic thought process, Xieji almost became depressed, wishing she could have Bingdi slap this guy to death on the spot.

"Let me finish speaking!"

"Judging from my previous contact and battles with that guy, it seems to have a strong purpose in constantly devouring sea spirit beasts to improve its cultivation. What surprised me even more at the time was that the evil aura and negative emotions emanating from its deep-sea demon whale were more like those of an evil spirit beast than I, a genuine evil spirit beast!"

"That guy can't control his emotions and goes berserk from time to time, muttering things like becoming a god to avenge his husband. After I escaped, I learned an interesting story in the human world... It's about how the sea god hunted down the million-year-old deep-sea demon whale king and successfully became a god. Based on this, I've roughly figured out that guy's identity..."

The three Snow Emperors fell into deep thought at the same time. Almost simultaneously, they recalled the million-year-old deep-sea demon whale king from ten thousand years ago.

But just as they were pondering, Shu Yan's voice suddenly rang out:

"Let's talk about these things later. A 600,000-year-old deep-sea demon whale king... it's not bad as my seventh spirit ring. I think Xie Ji never intended for us to kill the other party, right?"

“When facing a creature like the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, which has a clear goal and has even become an obsession, we only need to throw out a bone, and it will follow the scent to come to us.”

Everyone agreed with Shu Yan's words, but Tian Meng suddenly realized a rather serious problem:

"No, Ah Yan, I just realized! Neither of your martial souls has reserved a corresponding spirit ring slot for me! What am I supposed to do? Are you planning to abandon me? Waaaaah..."

Shu Yan completely ignored Tianmeng's feigned wailing and simply chuckled:

"What are you thinking about?"

"If I wanted to abandon you, where would you get the chance to enjoy yourself here now... Don't worry, your source power is too vast. I have distributed it equally to each of my spirit rings to help them grow in age. In this way, your power will be completely integrated into my spirit rings and martial soul over time. Even if you don't become my spirit ring, you can still have a closer connection with me than a wisdom spirit ring."

"Hmm... If I encounter an extremely powerful spirit beast later, I can absorb its spirit ring without worrying about its age. After all, with you here, even a ten-year spirit ring can eventually be stacked into a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring or even a ferocious beast spirit ring..."

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(End of this chapter)