Douluo: Dragon King's Divine Elegy

Chapter 126 Yuan En Ye Hui: You're all talk, but if I actually gave it to you, you wouldn't dare take it.

What the hell is this?

The members of the Blazing Flame Team stood aside, tears welling up in their eyes, as a terrifying figure rapidly cleared out the remaining abyssal creatures from the withered garden. With each blow, an abyssal creature perished without exception.

Fighting them with such difficulty while avoiding getting hurt is like fighting two completely different people.

This guy is so ruthless that he even steals his own teammates' prey.

Ming watched as the humanoid Tyrannosaurus Rex prepared to smash the lizard beneath its feet into dust with a single punch, but its fist landed on the ground empty-handed, because a stick suddenly pierced through the ground.

As for Ling Wuyue, she piloted a ten-meter-tall purple-level mecha, roaming around the garden, wielding two giant boomerangs. Her destructive power was even greater than Jiang Wuyue's, but she too had her monster stolen at a crucial moment.

"What should we do, Captain?" Ye Yan's team members were anxious. The Withered Garden itself was not very dangerous and was a good spot for killing monsters. It was just that the Plague Demon appeared, which led them to seek support. As a result, a ruthless person came and wiped everything out.

Ye Yan's eyes darted around quickly, and he whispered, "If all else fails, we can go to the nearby Abyss Replication Site. With Captain Nan with us, safety is absolutely no problem. Anyway, we can at least fill our stomachs with some soup."

The team members looked at each other, realizing it was indeed feasible, and immediately asked Ye Yan to negotiate with Nan Liujing.

Three minutes later, the withered garden was completely free of any trace of abyssal creatures, and Nan Liujing comfortably retrieved his battle armor and martial soul.

"Alright, alright, how about we split the merit points equally?" Nan Liujing said with a smile, noticing the resentful expressions on Jiang Wuyue and Ling Wuyue's faces.

At this moment, Ye Yan walked over and said, "Captain Nan, I know of a nearby Abyss Replication Site. Although its level is not high, barely reaching the Yellow Rank, the number of Abyss creatures here is much greater than in the Withered Garden. It's enough for you to make your move without hesitation. How about we try cooperating?"

"The Abyss Replication Site?" Nan Liujing became interested.

The Abyss Replication Site in the Dark Lands only has three levels: white, yellow, and purple.

The White-level Abyss Replication Site is a place where abyssal creatures that can enter the Dark Netherworld through spatial channels are at their strongest comparable to a low-level Soul Emperor, a low-level Yellow-level Soul Saint, or a low-level Purple-level Soul Douluo. Abyssal creatures stronger than these cannot enter, as the spatial channels cannot contain their aura.

Even Contra-level abyssal creatures cannot enter smoothly; they are sometimes repelled by spatial forces and instantly pulverized.

What Long Tianwu, the vice-commander of the Blood God Legion, said to Su Mengjun and the others actually made a lot of sense. For Nan Liujing, who is now a two-word battle armor master, he is practically invincible in the Dark Nether Land. He is fierce in one-on-one battles, and even more so in group attacks.

If we're really going to get to the bottom of it, the Blood God Legion is indeed a better fit for him to hone his skills.

But Nan Liujing's goal was never to hone himself; he simply wanted to win over the new era of the Temple of War Gods, while hunting abyssal creatures and absorbing abyssal energy.

Wouldn't it be better to be in a place where you are almost invincible?
After negotiations, the two team leaders quickly reached an agreement.

Soon, the two steel behemoths headed towards a replica of an abyss nearly twenty kilometers away from the Withered Garden.

Occasionally, you might encounter lone abyssal creatures on the road, which can be dealt with by the soul energy cannon on the roof of the vehicle.

"what happened?"

Upon arriving at their destination, Ye Yan's expression turned somewhat grim as soon as he got out of the car.

What appeared before the two teams, a dozen or so people, was a place covered by a thick, dark green fog. The valley that Ye Yan was familiar with had long been obscured by the fog.

"Bai Haitao, use the low-altitude soul guide detector." Ye Yan signaled to the female team member in charge of the soul guide detector.

"Right away." Bai Haitao hurriedly took out the equipment from her storage ring.

Nan Liujing stopped her, saying, "There's no need."

Everyone looked on in confusion.

Nan Liujing narrowed his eyes slightly: "These dark green fogs are somewhat similar to the insect fog released by the unknown abyssal creatures I killed in the Withered Garden."

"Insect fog?" Ye Yan caught the key point.

“That’s right,” Nan Liujing explained. “These mists are actually formed by countless tiny poisonous insects. Once they climb onto a human body, the weak are very likely to be parasitized, and even the strong will be cursed, causing irreparable damage to their own blood and qi. Judging from the concentration here, even a Soul Saint who has activated his Martial Soul True Body would have a hard time getting in.”

Upon hearing this, Ye Yan and his teammates' expressions darkened.

How can I then copy the location?
Wait for the abyssal creatures to slowly leave the valley, then kill them one by one?

That would be a huge waste of time.

Yuan Enhui said quietly from the side, "Why don't you try using that move?"

Ye Yan and the others subconsciously looked at the alluring and stunningly beautiful girl, not understanding what she meant.

Nan Liujing glanced at Yuan Enyehui and said, "It works, but every time I use it, my whole body aches. When we get back to camp, you'll have to give me a massage."

Yuan Enhui's pretty face froze for a moment, "You used that trick in the virtual pod, and you were still alive and kicking, weren't you?"

"Virtual is virtual, reality is reality," Nan Liujing said with a serious expression.

Yuan Enhui stared at him suspiciously, trying to see if there was a problem, but Nan Liujing, in the spirit of a movie star, looked quite serious, not at all like he was faking it.

"I'm good at massage..."

Jiang Wuyue's eyes lit up. Long Tianwu had repeatedly told him to get along well with Nan Liujing. He seemed reckless, but he was actually very shrewd. This was the best time to build a good relationship with the future master craftsman.

However, before he could finish speaking, Nan Liujing looked at him with icy eyes.

Jiang Wuyue trembled under the stare and immediately abandoned the idea of ​​helping with the massage.

The atmosphere became a little strange.

Weren't we talking about how to solve the insect fog problem?
Ye Yan and the others thought blankly.

Yuan Enhui suddenly smiled brightly, as if she had just thought of something. "Sure, I'll give you a massage."

The girl's smile was somewhat dangerous, and Nan Liujing's expression changed slightly, feeling a chill run down his spine.

Moments later, a grand thunderous spectacle erupted above the abyss replica land shrouded in dark green insect mist. Lightning bolts rained down like a torrential downpour, blurring the lines between darkness and light. The thunder roared like a ferocious beast, shaking everything in its path.

A bolt of lightning as thick as a giant tree poured down, instantly tearing countless huge gaps in the insect mist.

Relying on the shared vision of the Thunderous Hell Vine, Nan Liujing saw the dense horde of monsters in the valley below. Under the indiscriminate strike of the heavenly lightning, these monsters didn't even have time to scream before being torn apart in the blinding light. As countless abyssal energies dissipated, preparing to escape towards the spatial passage, an invisible force within the lightning would seize them again.

"Take a picture! Take a picture!"

Everyone else had forgotten why they came to the Dark Lands in the first place, and several girls excitedly took out their phones and started filming.

The boy, with his arm around the girl's shoulder, admired the scene, saying, "Remember to send me the photos once you've taken them."

"Why don't you film it yourself?"

"Your phone is better."

"Team Leader Nan, I wish I had your abilities. I could just go to the Abyss Replication Site and do it, and everything would be fine." Ye Yan said enviously as he approached Nan Liujing.

Nan Liujing looked at him, a slight ripple appearing in the depths of her eyes.

Ye Yan didn't notice the change and chuckled to himself, "Actually, with the current technology of our Sun Moon Federation, we could easily use weapons with super-range lethality to clear out the abyssal creatures in the Dark Abyss, but we've never done so. The reason is simple: even if the abyssal creatures die, they can resurrect. Using these weapons would be useless and even a waste..."

Ye Yan continued speaking, but Nan Liujing had lost interest in listening. His expression gradually changed from contemplation to surprise.

That's right. Relying on the burst of Thunderous Hell Vine, he can farm monsters in all the Abyss Replicas without taking any damage. Anyway, the Thunderous Hell Vine can recover the Thunder Power it consumes by being struck by lightning. This way, the Thunderous Hell Vine can vent its energy without collapsing due to excessive accumulation of lightning, and he can easily harvest Abyss energy. There's no need to slowly kill monsters with the Panlong Staff.

Three minutes later, the Thunderous Hell Vine burned out and returned to Nan Liujing's body, weak yet excited.

The once eerie and terrifying replica of the abyss has now become a forbidden zone of thunder. The insect mist has long since dissipated, as have the abyssal creatures within. At least for the time being, no new abyssal creatures will emerge from it.

The Blazing Squad didn't get any merit points again, but they weren't upset. At least they witnessed a spectacular performance, and years later, they could proudly tell future generations that they had fought alongside Thor.

Next, led by Ye Yan, the two teams headed to two other abyss replication sites, both of which were of white-level quality.

This time, Nan Liujing wasn't too focused on taking action; he simply assisted his teammates and incidentally stole Abyss Energy.

With him in charge of the rear, Yuanen Yehui and Long Yuxue were freed up, and the two teammates, who were not yet very familiar with each other, gradually began to cooperate well.

Long Yuxue controls the Ice Domain, which has an astonishing diameter of 300 meters and expands further with the output of her soul power. She can easily freeze weaker abyssal creatures. Then, Yuanen Yehui transforms into a jaw-dropping Titan Ape to control the aura and easily shatter all monsters.

Through their cooperation, the two women gradually became closer.

After everyone had exhausted themselves, the two teams returned to the outpost. Since they didn't have to be on duty, they handed over the Soul Guidance Vehicles and returned to the training camp together.

Nan Liujing waved his hand and immediately distributed 30,000 merit points to the six team members, but apart from Ye Chen and Ning Yurou, who were healing-type soul masters who basically did not participate in the battle, the others refused.

They were willing to accept the official team rewards, but they felt unworthy of the merit points that Nan Liujing had earned by hunting abyssal creatures himself.

Nan Liujing did not insist and then disbanded the team.

"Didn't you want me to give you a massage? Aren't you going back to the dorm?" When only Nan Liujing and Yuan Enhui were left as usual, the latter suddenly spoke up.

"It doesn't hurt right now. I'll come find you when it starts to hurt." Nan Liujing waved his hand and disappeared. He was going to find a secluded place to restore the thunderous power accumulated by the Thunderous Hell Vine.

Yuan Enhui pouted: "You have so many tricks up your sleeve, but if I actually gave it to you, you wouldn't dare to take it."

Turning around again, she went to the training room once more. Fighting the abyssal creatures was indeed very beneficial for improving her combat experience and also helped her better understand her own martial spirit.

"Junlan, what's going on? Why are so many people queuing up?"

After half a month, the members of the Blazing Flame Squad finally collected enough merit points to exchange for forging metal in the treasury. To celebrate, they planned to go to the canteen to order some dishes that would cost merit points, but they found a large group of people gathered together, with an estimated number of nearly two hundred.

The cafeteria was as bustling as a vegetable market.

Xu Junlan glanced at Ye Yan who was approaching and said indifferently, "They are all registering."

"Registration? What kind of group tasks do we have in our training camp?" Ye Yan asked curiously.

Xu Junlan glanced at him again before realizing, "I almost forgot, your team has been staying at the outpost and doesn't know about the changes in the camp. Let me put it this way, a level six blacksmith has come to our camp. He's willing to sell a thousand-refined spirit alloy with an 80% fusion rate for 5,000 contribution points. Look, everyone in the camp is registering."

"Oh, by the way, don't rush to exchange your saved merit points for forging metals in the treasury, or you'll lose a lot of money."

Xu Junlan did not forget to remind this friend.

Ye Yan's gaze toward Xu Junlan gradually became vacant.

...

With Jiang Zhanheng's special permission, Nan Liujing successfully drove away from the War God Training Camp. After finding a secluded spot, he immediately prepared to summon heavenly lightning to recharge the Thunderous Hell Vine.

The bamboo-like vines swayed, the sky had gradually deepened, thunderclouds began to flash and rumble, and the air was filled with a suffocating pressure.

Just as Nan Liujing was about to start charging, a thought suddenly resounded in his sea of ​​consciousness: "Can you help me advance to the 100,000-year level?"

Again!
Nan Liujing paused, a strange meaning lurking in his eyes.

From the very beginning, the Thunderous Hell Vine's soul spirit exhibited two personalities. One was like a human-machine interface, only knowing how to obey his commands, but with too little autonomy, resulting in the soul spirit's skills not being particularly powerful at that time. It wasn't until the soul spirit broke through ten thousand years ago that another personality, seemingly weathered by time and knowledgeable, appeared, occasionally suddenly appearing to discuss the application of the Thunder Law with him.

This is why he avoided some detours in the process of maximizing his lightning attribute.

Seeing that Nan Liujing did not answer, Lei Mingyan Yuteng went straight to the point: "You should have already noticed my difference."

“Yes,” Nan Liujing finally said. “I had some doubts when you and I were discussing the Law of Thunder, but I didn’t ask my elders about your detailed background because I knew then that you would tell me sooner or later.”

Lei Mingyan Yuteng sighed, "Actually, I am just an avatar with a portion of the original essence; my true body is far away on the other side of the ocean."

Nan Liujing's eyes darkened as he asked, "Is your true form the Thunderous Hell Vine soul spirit within the body of the Netherflame Douluo Zhang Geyang?"

“That’s right.” Lei Ming Yan Yuteng readily admitted, “Who would have thought that my desperate decision would lead to the light at the end of the tunnel.”

"So what are you trying to say when you ask me if I can help you reach 100,000 years?" Nan Liujing asked calmly.

"The story is long, I'll tell you slowly," Lei Mingyan Yuteng said thoughtfully.
"Zhang Geyang once promised me that he would try his best to raise me to the 100,000-year level and make me the first lightning-attribute immortal herb in history. But over the years, not only has he failed to help me improve my cultivation, but he has also been suppressing me by relying on the soul contract. Although I know that he also wanted to help me improve my cultivation, after all, if I become stronger, his strength will also become stronger, and that might give him a chance to break through to the Limit Douluo level, he should not have made a promise to me when he was not capable of doing so. If I had known this would happen, I would have preferred to perish under the heavenly lightning rather than give up my body and become a soul that has lost its freedom."

"Even if I later realized I had been deceived, I couldn't break free from the Soul Contract because of it. If no new host could merge with me in a short time, my soul would immediately dissipate. Until one day, Zhang Geyang eased the suppression of the Soul Contract and allowed me to divide a wisp of my original power to reforge a new hundred-year-old Thunder Hell Vine, saying that it was to be merged with a high-ranking disciple of the Spirit Pagoda. At that time, I chose to take a gamble, betting on whether the new host could become an ultimate Thunder Soul Master. Even if things went badly, it would at least allow me to increase my cultivation by tens of thousands of years beyond my limit of over forty thousand years, which would make my life worthwhile."

"But I never expected that not only would I have bet on you becoming the ultimate Thunder Soul Master, but I would have even sensed the aura of the life core from you once. Unfortunately, your spiritual sea was sealed at that time, and I could not communicate with the outside world without your permission. But at least it proves one thing: you have met the life core of this plane."

"After realizing this, I was very excited because I understood that you really have the ability to help me reach the 100,000-year level."

"Now, I can make you a promise: if you can help me reach the 100,000-year level, I will provide you with an opportunity to become a god."

"A chance to become a god?" Nan Liujing's expression turned strange, and his voice involuntarily became a few decibels louder.

Lei Mingyan Yuteng thought he had persuaded Nan Liujing, and hurriedly said, "I heard Zhang Geyang say that no one in the Douluo plane has ascended to godhood for many years, but I know a place where one can become a god. As long as you agree to my request and complete it, I can swear on my soul that I will help you reach that place."

"May I?"

In the end, Lei Mingyan Yuteng's voice almost became pleading, and even had a somewhat pleasant quality.

The voice got more and more pleasant as she spoke. "You're probably a woman, aren't you?" Nan Liujing thought haphazardly. He closed his eyes and said, "I will talk to the core of the plane's life again. But your task now is to absorb the heavenly lightning and restore your power."

"Okay, okay," Lei Mingyan Yuteng quickly replied.

boom!
In an instant, a thunderclap struck from the sky...

(End of this chapter)