Douluo Dalu: Ice Snake Martial Spirit, Infinite Evolution

Chapter 162 Mermaid Scales
"Liu Ruyan?"

All eyes fell on the woman Li He had brought.

The woman looked only about seventeen or eighteen years old, but her figure was very mature. A bright red cheongsam with a slit could barely cover her voluptuous body, and the dark embroidery on her high chest rose and fell with her breath, making people unable to help but want to look at her there.

Her exposed skin was even whiter than snow, forming a striking contrast with the red cheongsam she wore. Her snow-white thighs, faintly visible against the backdrop of the bright red cheongsam, made people's imaginations run wild.

"What a stunningly beautiful woman!"

Elder Wu and the others secretly praised him, then tacitly looked away.

"Sin, sin!"

Dugu Han couldn't help but take a few more glances before looking away.

Wu Ming, however, kept staring at the woman with a strange expression.

"Your name is Liu Ruyan?"

Wu Ming asked, somewhat surprised.

The name Ruyan was once that of a student from the inner court. That student died in the mouth of a 100,000-year-old soul beast while fighting alongside Zhang Lexuan in the Star Dou Great Forest.

She never expected that this girl, who looked only fourteen or fifteen years old, would share the same name as that inner court student.

“My name is Liu Ruyan!” Liu Ruyan replied in a clear, ethereal voice.

Upon hearing this ethereal voice, everyone turned their attention back to Liu Ruyan, their eyes filled with surprise.

No one expected that such a glamorous woman would have such a naturally ethereal voice.

"Her martial spirit is her throat and mouth, so her voice has a natural ethereal quality."

At this moment, Li He introduced himself to everyone.

"Throat and mouth?"

Elder Wu and the others frowned: "Physical Martial Soul!"

"What is your relationship with the Body Sect?" Wu Ming asked, frowning.

“I have no connection with the Body Sect. The Body Sect wanted my mother and me to join them, but then a big shot from the Mingdu Auction House intervened, and they ended up making some kind of deal that no one knows how it was resolved!” Liu Ruyan quickly explained.

As an auctioneer who can read people's expressions, she can tell from their tone and demeanor that they have no good feelings towards the Body Sect!
"The Body Sect no longer exists!"

Dugu Han gently shook his head at Wu Ming and the others, then smiled at Liu Ruyan and said, "You just mentioned your mother, her name is Su Rou, right? She's an auctioneer at Mingdu Auction House."

"Do you know my mother?" Liu Ruyan asked respectfully.

She could sense that among these people, Dugu Han was the leader, and even the division commander of the Soul Master Corps, Li He, an eighth-level peak Soul Master, held Dugu Han in high esteem.

“I once bought an item at the Mingdu Auction House. Your mother was the auctioneer at that auction. Her martial spirit is her mouth, so I have some recollection of it.”

Dugu Han smiled and asked again, "Did Li He tell you why he sent you here?"

"said!"

Liu Ruyan smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, Young Master Dugu, let me sing to attract the mermaid. When I first arrived in Dongyang City three years ago, I attracted a thousand-year-old mermaid by singing on the beach at night."

"But what we want is not a thousand-year-old mermaid."

"We need to attract mermaids that are over 50,000 years old. I need to use them to catch another mermaid."

As he spoke, Dugu Han took out a card worth one million gold soul coins, which he had obtained from the storage soul tool of a disciple of the Body Sect.

He handed the Gold Soul Coin card to Liu Ruyan: "This one million Gold Soul Coins is a reward. If you can do it, I will give you another one million Gold Soul Coins when you come back."

"One million gold soul coins!"

Liu Ruyan looked at the gold soul coin card he handed her, and covered her mouth in surprise, not daring to accept it.

"Go ahead, he's got plenty of money."

Wu Ming smiled and reminded him that although she didn't know exactly how many gold soul coins Dugu Han had, the gold soul coins he obtained from the Body Sect alone must be at least several hundred million.

"Thank you, sir!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Ruyan excitedly accepted the Gold Soul Coin Card with both hands and assured him, "Young Master, rest assured, whether I can do it or not, I will do my best."

"Ok!"

Dugu Han nodded slightly and looked at Li He, saying, "Let the logistics soul master who is driving this Dragon Abyss Soul Guidance Ship board the ship. We'll go as soon as possible and come back as soon as possible."

"it is good!"

Li He turned around and walked back to the camp to begin making arrangements.

Soon, forty-two Soul Emperors boarded the ship under Li He's arrangement.

"His soul power was extremely weak and was forcibly boosted by external objects."

Wu Ming looked at those Soul Emperors and shook his head.

Tyrannosaurus Douluo also said with some disdain: "His potential has been completely exhausted. Not only will his future be limited to this, but his strength is also greatly inflated. I'm afraid he can't even beat an ordinary Soul King."

"They are all advanced Soul Masters who have no hope of breaking through to Soul King. The Empire specially used external objects to forcibly increase their soul power so that they could charge their soul tools."

Li He explained to everyone while simultaneously arranging for the logistics Soul Masters to enter the power room under the ship's deck one by one.

Then, he looked at Dugu Han and asked, "Young Master Dugu, should we bring some fixed-position soul-guided shells?"

"Do you have level nine fixed-position soul-guided shells?" Dugu Han became interested.

"Have it?"

Wu Ming was also very interested. The level 8 peak fixed-position soul-guided cannonballs had already made her feel threatened, so she wanted to see the level 9 fixed-position soul-guided cannonballs, which were one level higher.

Elder Wu and the others also looked at Li He.

With the help of the level-nine fixed-position soul-guided cannon shells, they would save a lot of effort when encountering 100,000-year-old soul beasts. But Li He's shake of his head the next second immediately disappointed everyone.

“Level 9 fixed-position soul-guided cannon shells are strategic weapons. We are just a soul master regiment defending against sea soul beasts. How could we have such a terrifying thing?” Li He said with a wry smile.

"Then there's no need to bring it!"

Dugu Han shook his head. The vitality and defense of a 100,000-year-old soul beast are far, far stronger than those of a Title Douluo!

Fixed-position soul-guided shells below level nine, even those at the peak of level eight, cannot cause much harm to them. Instead, they will cause a huge commotion and attract more sea soul beasts.

"That's true!"

Li He nodded. Five Title Douluos and one Soul Douluo with the Ultimate Flame were more than enough to hunt down a 100,000-year-old Soul Beast, so there was indeed no need to bring Soul Guidance Cannons.

"Young Master Dugu!"

At this moment, after all forty-two Soul Emperors entered the power room, two of the leaders came out.

"Young Master Dugu, the division commander has already told us about the mission. Do you have a specific location?"

"Have!"

Dugu Han took out a map of the far northern ice sea.

This was copied from a map of the far north, which marked the approximate locations where the mermaid clan liked to appear.

One of the leaders took it and glanced at it.

It is located in a sea area 100 kilometers directly north of a place called the Golden Sands Islands.

He memorized the location, showed it to another leader beside him, and then respectfully returned the map to Dugu Han, saying, "We've memorized it!"

"Then let's set sail!"

Dugu Han put away the map and smiled.

Upon hearing this, the two leaders respectfully withdrew and went into the engine room below the ship's cabin to begin preparations.

"Young Master Dugu, have a safe journey!"

Li He offered his congratulations, then jumped ashore, waiting for the hundreds-of-meters-long steel behemoth to depart.

The forty-two Soul Emperors were divided into two shifts. The first shift consisted of twenty-one Soul Emperors, with the leader controlling the direction, while the remaining twenty Soul Emperors each held a pair of Soul Guidance Milk Bottles and used their Soul Power to begin charging the giant steel ship.

Before long, all the soul-guiding arrays engraved inside the giant steel ship were activated, and the sound of mechanical operation rang out inside. At the same time, the rows of huge propellers at the stern began to rotate, stirring up the seawater violently.

The giant ship then slowly sailed away from the harbor, its speed increasing.

In less than a minute, the giant ship's speed was increased to its maximum, like a silver lightning bolt cutting through the sea, rushing forward at breakneck speed.

The group stood on the deck, perfectly stable without the slightest sway, were it not for the two long white wakes trailing behind the ship and the ever-receding Dongyang City behind them.

They were completely unaware that the steel behemoth was traveling at high speed.

"As expected of a soul tool from the Sun Moon Empire!"

While everyone expressed their admiration, they also became more vigilant.

The sea is different from the land, and sea spirit beasts are more ferocious than land spirit beasts. Although they are powerful, they are all land spirit masters, so it is best to be more cautious on the sea.

Dugu Han also walked to the bow of the ship and sat down. Like Elder Wu and the others, he spread his spiritual power and began to be wary of the sea spirit beasts that might come.

Wu Ming sat beside him, put her arm around his, and leaned against him.

A level 8 peak soul-guided ship can move extremely fast when traveling at full speed.

Although the ship is enormous, resembling a moving island, its speed can still rival that of a Soul Douluo when powered by twenty Soul Emperors.

It took almost only two days to successfully reach the location of the Golden Sands Islands on the map.

Standing on the deck, Dugu Han looked out at the golden island covered with golden sand.

"Young Master Dugu!"

A Soul Emperor leading the group, who was in the engine room under the deck, came up to report on the progress: "We are currently located in the Golden Sand Islands, and we should arrive at the location shown on the map by noon!"

"Okay, thank you for your hard work!" Dugu Han nodded.

"It's not hard work!"

The leading Soul Emperor smiled and withdrew.

Back in the power room, he ordered his Soul Emperor subordinates to channel their Soul Power at full capacity to accelerate their advance.

Soon it was noon, and the blazing sun hung high in the sky, but it did nothing to bring any warmth to the far north sea.

For some unknown reason, the seawater in this area is not frozen, but the temperature is extremely low, comparable to that of the outer regions of the far north.

Dugu Han stood on the deck, looking at the calm sea and feeling the cold sea breeze. Suddenly, his gaze sharpened as a flash of silver-white light appeared in his field of vision.

"Young Master Dugu!"

At this moment, the leading Soul Emperor emerged from the power room once again and reported, "We have reached the location on the map. Shall we stop now?"

"Turn around and head towards Dongyang City first, then stop!"

As Dugu Han spoke, his gaze once again caught sight of that silvery-white color. He immediately spread his Ice Emperor Wings and flew over, reaching out to scoop it up from the sea.

It was a palm-sized, silvery-white scale. The scale was incredibly soft, and the moment it touched your hand, you felt a chill, as if you were holding not a scale, but a piece of soft ice.

It gleams with a flowing silver light, and its surface is covered with fine patterns that spread like a spider web, reflecting a delicate blue halo in the setting sun.

And along the edges of those scales grow transparent membranous wings as thin as cicada wings, which tremble gently in the sea breeze and faintly emit an ethereal buzzing sound similar to a mermaid's song.

Dugu Han turned the scale in his hand over, and there was still a light pink mucus on the inside, which looked like blood but was not blood.

(End of this chapter)