Douluo Dalu: The Eyes That Defy Fate

Chapter 240 The Boundless Ocean
On the turbulent sea, countless sea spirit beast corpses floated, piled up in layers.

The continuously flowing bright red blood mingled with the original pitch-black color of the deep sea, turning this area completely dark red.

At the same time, tens of thousands of soul rings of different sizes and colors floated haphazardly in mid-air.

Among them were even more than a dozen blood-red 100,000-year soul rings, demonstrating his formidable strength in life.

"Di Tian, ​​you've moved pretty fast! You've already made it all the way here?!"

Lin Po took two steps forward, assisting Di Tian in collecting the corpses and soul rings of the sea spirit beasts, while watching in astonishment as Xiong Jun and other ferocious beasts, now in their true forms, continued to wreak havoc.

"Since Your Majesty has given the order, how could we hesitate for even a moment? Naturally, the sooner the better."

Di Tian's tone remained respectful, but he collected the corpses and soul rings at an increasingly faster pace, as if he were worried about tiring Lin Po out.

That's why every leader likes a sensible and articulate subordinate. Lin Po wouldn't mind having a whole stack of subordinates like Di Tian.

In high spirits, Lin Po went along with Di Tian's good intentions and stopped personally collecting the soul rings from the corpses. Instead, he led the 100,000-year soul rings to his front and examined them carefully.

A moment later, looking at the dozen or so 100,000-year soul rings floating in front of him, Lin Po couldn't help but show his disappointment.

Judging from the pressure emanating from these spirit rings, most of them are of pretty good quality, the kind that anyone would scramble to get.

However, their lifespans are too ordinary; there isn't even one that's over 200,000 years old.

Therefore, no matter how many there are, they cannot attract Lin Po in the slightest.

However, they are still somewhat useful; at least as a reward, no one can refuse the value of a 100,000-year soul ring.

"Di Tian, ​​how's the spirit ring I asked you to prepare coming along?"

At this, Di Tian immediately perked up and took out a tablet-sized soul tool from the storage soul tool he wore on his wrist.

To Lin Po's astonishment, she expertly and casually scribbled a few strokes and handed it to him.

As if sensing something amiss in his gaze, Di Tian froze, realizing what he had just done.

It certainly seems a bit odd for a beast god to be playing with soul tools in front of humans.

"These soul tools were handed over to me by those evil soul masters to save their lives. I kept them because they were quite useful and convenient."

Upon hearing this, Lin Po shook his head and chuckled, feeling immensely gratified by Di Tian's remarkable ability to accept things.

"It's alright. Rather, your progress has far exceeded my expectations. I thought you would have to wait a long time before you could accept the soul tool."

"Your Majesty is too kind. There is no reason for me not to accept such a practical item."

Seeing that the leader did not have any special reaction, Di Tian immediately felt relieved and smiled as he expressed his thoughts.

"Yes, even you, as a soul beast, know this, while a considerable number of humans enjoy its convenience while rejecting its existence."

After a moment of involuntary reflection, Lin Po suddenly remembered the purpose of his trip and eagerly signaled Di Tian to begin the performance.

"Alright, alright, we've gone off-topic. Let me see the sea spirit beast you prepared!"

Di Tian nodded, gently tapped one of the giant octopus-shaped sea spirit beasts, and began his narration.

"Considering that Your Majesty's second martial soul is both fire and holy, the selection range will be much narrower, but also more precise."

“This giant octopus king, which is over 300,000 years old and possesses the three attributes of darkness, evil, and water, would be perfect for you.”

"Low-quality water attributes will be evaporated by your fire attribute, and dark and evil attributes will be transformed into holy attributes for nourishment, further enhancing them."

After saying that, Di Tian clicked on another sea spirit beast, its entire body a deep blue, whose species was unknown.

"And this ancient fish-dragon, which is nearly 400,000 years old, although it doesn't have any special attributes, has the best dragon bloodline. Among all the sub-dragon soul beast races, few can compare with it."

"And then there's this one."

For the next hour, Lin Po was deeply shocked.

He knew that the number of powerful and ferocious beasts in the ocean far exceeded that on the continent, but he didn't expect there to be so many.

In just a short while, Lin Po learned from Di Tian about dozens of sea spirit beasts that were over 200,000 years old.

Their numbers are several times greater than the entire Douluo Continent combined. However, if there weren't so many powerful sea spirit beasts providing faith in the ocean, the Sea God's position wouldn't be hailed as the strongest first-level god position below the God King.

Thinking of this, Lin Po suddenly felt a little disdain.

Tang San really lost the watermelon but gained a sesame seed.

Instead of abandoning the Ocean Clan, which had greater potential in the early and mid-stages, they went to great lengths to stir up trouble on the Douluo Continent, all for the sake of collecting that unstable human faith.

Moreover, human faith is always accompanied by countless desires.

If they had used the same effort and time spent on Douluo Continent to unify the seas, they would probably be incredibly powerful by now.

Putting aside everything else, at least he can now maintain the balance between the two divine powers within his body and won't be easily backfired by the Asura divine power.

That's a full ten thousand years! How many years did it take Poseidon to create the god of the sea?

Even if we calculate it by the timeline of the God Realm, it's been over twenty years and he still hasn't resolved the issue of the Asura God's power surge. It's truly unimaginable what he's been doing in the God Realm.

Moreover, the divine positions, which are based on the fortune and faith of the ocean, excessively pursue the fortune and faith of humans and continental spirit beasts.

If any unexpected event occurs, the final result will be that you lose everything, neither getting what you want nor having what you already have.

"I'll take care of this unexpected event for you!"

Lin Po murmured words that only he could understand, then looked at Di Tian, ​​who was respectfully waiting to the side, and told him his decision.

"Giant octopus king, ancient ichthyosaur, 400,000-year-old red coral reef and jellyfish, and 600,000-year-old sea princess, the number is just right."

"Di Tian, ​​let's keep these five. I'm going to save the eighth ring for the Evil Emperor."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Di Tian was already quite happy about slaughtering the lackeys of the gods, and he was even happier when he heard that his lord was going to hunt down the Evil Emperor.

A thousand years ago, that bastard Evil Emperor killed him in his attempt to steal the giant worm, and the memory still stings.

At the time, in order to conceal the existence of the master, I endured it for the time being.

Now, there's no need for soul beasts that disrespect the Lord and His Majesty to exist!

However, before he could be happy for long, Lin Po's next words startled him.

"I'll stick with you guys for a while. I haven't fought in a long time, and I've lost my sense of my own strength. This is a good opportunity to practice."

"Your Majesty... isn't this a bit too dangerous? There are some sea spirit beasts that even I have to treat with caution."

Lin Po glanced sideways at Di Tian and said speechlessly:
"I'm not going to fight sea spirit beasts to the death, I'm just looking for a few of suitable strength to practice on, what? Have you lost your mind?"

Di Tian smiled awkwardly after hearing this, and then fell silent.

She simply positioned most of her body in front of Lin Po, fearing that some blind sea spirit beast might suddenly attack from the seabed, leaving Lin Po quite helpless.

. . .

Three months passed in the blink of an eye, and the hunting operation gradually came to an end.

Under the relentless hunting of ferocious beasts like Di Tian, ​​the once chaotic and complex sea now appears somewhat lifeless.

Apart from the occasional appearance of a few large or small fish, there are almost no powerful sea spirit beasts to be seen.

During this time, Lin Po left a considerable number of teleportation marks on the scattered islands in the sea to facilitate his travel.

When he had nothing to do, he would send messages back to Mingdu, guiding everyone in their cultivation during the day and reliving their happy moments with Zhang Lexuan at night.

When a suitable ferocious beast is found, the teleportation markers scattered throughout the sea will be used to reach Di Tian in time and engage in a thrilling battle with the sea spirit beast.

The back-and-forth process was extremely tedious and boring, but Lin Po actually enjoyed it.

It was through dozens of battles, both large and small, that he finally filled the gaps in his combat experience and personal style, which he had always lacked.

He truly harnessed all the power he possessed.

(End of this chapter)