Douluo Dalu: Ice Snake Martial Spirit, Infinite Evolution

Chapter 188 The Mark of the Sun God's Legacy
The palace floor was paved with glittering gold sand, which shimmered with tiny golden sparkles under the light that seemed to fall from nowhere.

The walls were inlaid with countless transparent crystals, which lit up the murals on the walls the moment Dugu Han and his two companions entered the palace.

The murals depict the sun god's ascetic practices, which are no different from those of the moon god.

Although countless ancient people believed in him, the Sun God did not become a god through faith. Instead, he relied on his own arduous cultivation to eventually break through the level 100 limit and create his own position as the Sun God.

While Dugu Han and his two companions were looking at the murals on the wall.

In the center of the palace, a huge altar slowly rose.

Above the altar, a dark golden disc floated, its surface crisscrossed with fine patterns, while its edges burned with intensely hot flames.

"Is that the artifact of the sun god?"

Han Ruoruo looked at the dark gold disc with curiosity.

"That is the solar eclipse, the artifact of the sun god. Obtaining it will grant you the mark of the sun god's legacy."

Dugu Han nodded, then glanced at the Ice Guardian, which was being melted by the terrifying heat of the palace and was emitting white smoke, and frowned.

He had only just entered the palace when the Ice Guardian was already struggling to withstand the heat, and the terrifyingly high temperature inside the palace increased as the solar eclipse approached.

If we get any closer to the eclipse, even he might not be able to withstand it.

"Dugu Han!"

At this moment, Wu Ming, who had been staring blankly at the solar eclipse, came back to her senses and said, "The closer we get to the eclipse, the higher the temperature will be. Why don't you take Ruoruo out first, and I'll go get it myself."

"But can you withstand this terrifying heat?"

Han Ruoruo was a little worried, even though Wu Ming was the ultimate fire.

But the terrifying heat inside the palace had already exceeded the limit, and the closer one got to the eclipse, the higher the temperature became. At the very center of the eclipse, the temperature was even more beyond what could exist in the mortal realm.

"It should be possible!"

Wu Ming took a deep breath. She wasn't very confident either, but since the Moon Goddess had sent Dugu Han to bring her here, it meant that she could pick up the Eclipse.

"I'll take you a little further ahead!"

After thinking for a moment, Dugu Han activated his three amplification soul skills.

In particular, the extreme ice amplification provided by his fifth spirit ring, which lasted for 100,000 years, allowed his ice attribute to temporarily suppress the terrifying high temperature around him.

The ice shield became even more solid at this moment, no longer melting.

"Come on, I'll take you a little further!"

Dugu Han put his arm around the two women and slowly walked forward.

One meter... two meters...

When the three of them had walked more than twenty meters forward, and were still ten meters away from the eclipse, the terrifyingly high temperature around them rose again.

The extreme cold emanating from the Ice Guardian collided with the terrifying heat wave, condensing into constantly exploding ice crystals in mid-air. The ice crystals then melted into water mist in an instant, and the water mist was then instantly evaporated into white fog.

The surface of the ice guardian began to melt again, and the melting water droplets evaporated into rising white mist before they even hit the ground.

"That's enough!"

Seeing the ice barrier beginning to melt again, Wu Ming stopped Dugu Han, who wanted to continue forward, and shook her head: "I'll go on my own from here!"

"Be careful. If things don't work out, then forget it!"

"Le Xuan has already initiated the inheritance of the Moon Goddess's divine position. Once she becomes a god, she will have ample time to help you find treasures to enhance your attributes."

Dugu Han cautioned, "So, while it would be good to obtain the Sun God's divine position inheritance mark, it wouldn't be a big deal if you didn't."

"Yes!"

Han Ruoruo also said, "Even if you get it, you still can't activate the divine inheritance right now."

"What are you doing? You've completely destroyed my enthusiasm with just one sentence!"

Wu Ming was speechless. She hadn't even started yet, and these two were already starting to back down in unison!
Why do you have so little confidence in her?
"Have more faith in me, okay?!"

As Wu Ming spoke, she nudged Dugu Han with her elbow again, saying irritably, "Especially you, I'm still your concubine, can't you give me some support?"

"Support, support, I support you 100%!"

Dugu Han smiled helplessly, then said seriously, "But I still stand by what I said: if something is impossible, then let it go; there's no need to fight it head-on."

"calm down!"

Wu Ming waved his hand, then looked at the solar eclipse on the altar in front of him, took a deep breath, and stepped out of Dugu Han's Ice Guardian.

An incredibly intense and terrifying heat instantly enveloped her entire body, and scalding waves of air continuously entered her nasal cavity, making even her breathing feel like she was exhaling flames.

Wu Ming immediately activated her Martial Soul Possession, unleashing the Golden Crow Sacred Flame from her body in an attempt to resist the intense heat. However, even so, the terrifying heat still burned her cheeks bright red.

Before the large beads of sweat could even fall down his cheeks, they were instantly evaporated, and the stray hairs on his forehead curled up and turned a burnt brown in the heat.

Then her sixth spirit ring lit up instantly, a layer of defensive armor appeared on her body, and at the same time, her first and second major amplification spirit skills lit up, and the Golden Crow Sacred Flame surged wildly.

However, the moment it came into contact with the surrounding high temperature, it was scorched and dimmed like a candle flame.

The defensive armor formed by the Golden Crow Sacred Fire on his body was instantly covered with fine cracks.

"Wu Ming!"

Han Ruoruo couldn't hide her worry upon seeing this.

"I'm fine for now!" Wu Ming turned her head to indicate that she was alright.

"Be careful!"

Dugu Han looked at her flushed cheeks and felt a pang of heartache.

"I know!"

Wu Ming nodded, then slowly walked forward.

Dugu Han led Han Ruoruo out of the palace slowly, where they recovered their depleted soul power while keeping an eye on Wu Ming's condition.

If she can't hold on any longer, be ready to rush in and bring her out.

"Crack!"

After Wu Ming took two steps forward, the sound of her defensive armor breaking rang out.

After she glanced at it, both of her arm bones lit up simultaneously.

A shield burning with the sacred fire of the Golden Crow instantly appeared around her, and at the same time, a fire lotus appeared beneath her feet.

The fire lotus was surrounded by a barrier of flames, which shielded it from the terrifyingly high temperatures around it.

Then Wu Ming's eighth spirit ring, which had been around for 100,000 years, lit up: Extreme Fire Amplification!

In an instant, her fire attribute surged, and the Golden Crow Sacred Flame around her burst into flames once more.

"Burn yourself!"

Immediately afterwards, Wu Ming's 100,000-year-old left leg bone lit up, and his fire attribute surged once again. At the same time, the blazing Golden Crow Sacred Flame on his body was also directly ignited, surging into a flame hundreds of meters high.

The surrounding distorted heat waves surged violently as if they had encountered a natural enemy, and even the air itself was scorched and twisted into a liquid state.

Ignoring the surging heat, Wu Ming stared intently at the solar eclipse ahead and walked resolutely toward it.

Every step it took left a charred footprint on the scorching golden sand, and the golden crow's sacred fire, which swelled to a height of a hundred meters, collided violently with the terrifying heat emanating from the eclipse wheel.

The air distorted into a boiling liquid, and the heat wave washed over everything around it as if it were a tangible force, constantly impacting Wu Ming.

But they were all blocked by the flame barrier released by the Fire Lotus!
Wu Ming continued walking forward. When she was five meters away from the eclipse, the fire lotus, like the previous defensive armor, began to show fine cracks.

Four meters... three meters... the cracks began to expand rapidly.

Two meters... The entire fire lotus shattered instantly, and a surging heat wave rapidly swept towards the Holy Fire Sky-Burning Shield, which was burning fiercely around Wu Ming.

Intricate patterns instantly appeared on the Sacred Flame Sky-Burning Shield.

Wu Ming took another step forward, and the Sacred Flame Heaven-Burning Shield shattered like a fire lotus.

When only half a meter remained before the eclipse, her Golden Crow Sacred Fire Shield finally gave way, shattering into pieces with a crackling sound.

The terrifying heat transformed into a surging heat wave, which quickly swept over the area.

The remaining golden defensive armor on Wu Ming's body shattered with a crash, and then her clothes were instantly ignited by a terrifying heat wave, turning into ashes along with the fur on her body in an instant.

At the same time, an intense burning sensation spread throughout her body, turning her snow-white skin red and swollen.

"Wu Ming!"

Han Ruoruo immediately became worried upon seeing this scene.

Dugu Han immediately activated Ice Guard again and rushed towards Wu Ming.

However, before he could reach her, Wu Ming, enduring the excruciating burning pain in her body, gritted her teeth and poured all her soul power into her arms, stubbornly stretching her burning red arms toward the Eclipse.

The moment her fingertips touched the solar eclipse, countless streams of true solar fire erupted and converged on her body along her arms.

The raging heatwave suddenly froze, forming thousands of suspended flames in the air. Together with the solar fire bursting from the eclipse, they enveloped Wu Ming in a giant cocoon of burning flames.

At the same time, the flowing patterns on the surface of the Eclipse Wheel suddenly lit up and quickly burrowed into the cocoon, disappearing into Wu Ming's brow.

The high temperature inside the palace dissipated completely after Wu Ming obtained the solar eclipse, and the temperature returned to normal.

When Dugu Han arrived, he breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this scene.

After Han Ruoruo sensed that the palace temperature had returned to normal, she immediately entered the palace and came to Dugu Han's side.

They looked with concern at the giant fiery cocoon that surrounded Wu Ming.

"It's okay!"

Dugu Han smiled at Han Ruoruo, telling her to sit down and wait patiently.

"Ok!"

Han Ruoruo nodded slightly, walked over and sat down next to him, leaning against him as she began to wait.

However, the two did not have to wait long before the giant fiery cocoon emitted a crisp sound of breaking open.

Immediately afterwards, countless cracks covered the entire cocoon shell, and then the cocoon shell shattered with a loud crash.

Wu Ming appeared naked in front of Dugu and his companion.

At this moment, her extremely red body had returned to its normal color, and her hair, which had turned to ashes, had grown back.

She was exactly the same as before, except that she now had a sun mark on her forehead.

But the sun mark only flashed briefly before disappearing between her eyebrows.

(End of this chapter)