Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Yellow Spring, Mei and Thunder General

Chapter 9 The First Soul Skill of the Starry Sky
Xingkong quickened their pace, but there were few spirit beasts in this small place to begin with, and they still hadn't found a suitable spirit ring by nightfall.

To be honest, it's better to go to the Starry Sky Forest.

It's just that this place is too far away from the Star Dou Great Forest.

Why travel so far when you can find a suitable spirit ring here?

'Awooo~!'

They had just set up their tent when they heard a sound in the distance.

By this time, it was completely dark, and faintly, more than a dozen eerie green lights were approaching them.

"Don't be afraid. The ones approaching us seem to be a pack of wolf-shaped soul beasts. They look very weak," Mei described, able to see clearly in the darkness and to the starry sky with its bare bottom exposed.

"There are ten wolf-shaped soul beasts in total, each about 1.6 meters long, with an iron-gray body. See that eerie green light? Those are their eyes."

However, before the Nether Wolves could get close, several bolts of lightning struck down.

In the dead of night, the starry sky clearly revealed several fluorescent bodies, their bones exposed from being struck by lightning.

Then there was no sound, and the smell of burning filled the air.

It's easy to imagine that these soul beasts had all been electrocuted.

"Foolish! Those who disturb my rest will surely face the blazing light of thunder!" General Thunder declared domineeringly.

"General, you've turned these wolves to ashes by electrocution, so they're probably no longer worth selling."

You don't know how expensive firewood and rice are until you're in charge of the household.

Too many soul beasts were turned to ashes by the Thunder General today.

This was a great pity for Raiden Mei.

But that's just how General Thunder is. He treats every obstacle with the mindset of a duel before the emperor, a fight to the death.

"Sister Mei, go to sleep. That power just now probably scared away all the spirit beasts around us. Now we can sleep peacefully."

Starry Sky ignored what was happening outside, crawled into the tent, hugged the white, fluffy legs, and was about to fall into a sweet sleep.

As expected, no spirit beasts bothered them that night. The group slept soundly.

Lightning-type spirit beasts are hard to find, but because General Lightning often discharges electricity, it has attracted a lightning-type spirit beast.

It was a sika deer covered in golden lightning.

Its skin was covered with lightning bolt patterns, especially its horns, which resembled two lightning bolts.

"The Lightning Deer can unleash lightning balls for ranged attacks. Every hundred years, it adds a new lightning stripe to its antlers. This Lightning Deer has six stripes on its head, making it a six-hundred-year-old Lightning Deer."

General Thunder introduced the situation mechanically.

He has memorized all the knowledge about the Spirit Hall that Su Yuntao gave him.

At the same time, it was also said:

"According to the master's theory, the age of the first spirit ring should not exceed five hundred years. Kong, this spirit beast is not suitable for you."

“However, Kong, your physical strength is greater than most people’s. Through my test, you can absorb the spirit ring of this lightning deer.”

"That's wonderful! I didn't expect we found a suitable spirit ring so quickly," Mei said happily.

There's not much worry that Xingkong's body will be burst apart by this soul beast's soul ring.

"Alright, let's take its spirit ring!"

Boom!

As soon as Xingkong finished speaking, as if receiving an order, General Leidian unleashed a bolt of lightning, and the Lightning Deer collapsed to the ground.

Faint yellow light spots began to gather above the Lightning Deer's body, eventually forming a yellow spirit ring.

"General, you acted too quickly! You startled me."

Xingkong was indeed startled. He had been hoping to encounter a powerful soul beast and fight it.

Well, this is all my wife's good intention.

Xingkong readily accepted and then began absorbing the soul ring.

Just as General Thunder said, Starry Sky absorbed the spirit ring very smoothly.

There wasn't much pain.

He had finished absorbing it in less than half an hour.

Looking at the yellow, hula-hoop-like spirit ring that appeared on her body, she found it quite comical. Raiden Mei couldn't resist hugging her again, cupping her face in her hands and ruffling it.

The starry sky offered no resistance, simply enjoying the happiness.

After a while, the starry sky stopped being kneaded and started studying soul skills.

He possessed three martial souls, and because he had been learning Raiden Mei's Hokushin Ittō-ryū style, he attached this soul ring to Raiden Mei.

The first soul skill is Raiden Mei's normal attack.

Oboroto, Takemikazuchi.

After unleashing his soul skill, he summoned the Ghost Armor to fight alongside him.

The attack lands five times in succession, each time with increasing power, and also inflicts the [Narukami] effect on the enemy.

Afterwards, when attacking an enemy affected by [Narukami], the enemy receives 20% more Lightning damage!

"Finally, I'm not just randomly slashing with a knife anymore!"

With Soul Skills, Starry Sky can unleash those flashy attack effects.

At this moment, I really want to find an opponent and test my strength!

Whoosh...

Just then, a sound came from the distance of the forest.

The starry sky pricked up its ears.

It looks like someone is running this way.

The four looked over and, quite by coincidence, the people who had escaped were none other than Tang San and his master, Yu Xiaogang.

They were being chased by a snake.

The snake had a dark green, triangular head, and a pair of small, ruby-like eyes that were full of danger.

It was the Mandala Snake that almost killed Tang San in the original story.

This Salamander's body length definitely exceeded three meters, even approaching four meters, which means that its cultivation level was close to four hundred years.

Yu Xiaogang was no match for this snake, but he still decided to try his luck.

Ultimately, it's easy to see why: those with more rings and bones have a burst of skill, while those with fewer rings and bones can simply run away.

He was lucky to escape poisoning because he ran so fast.

The two fled ahead, pursued closely by a datura snake.

In the middle, there was something that looked like a dog, obstructing the movement of the mandala snake.

It was a creature that looked like a dog, but was actually larger than a pig.

Its fur was light purple all over, its two small ears drooped down, and its big, deep blue eyes blinked.

Because of his obesity, his large buttocks swayed from side to side when he ran.

Despite its short, stubby legs, it ran incredibly fast.

There's a round bump on the top of my head; I don't know what it is.

It was none other than Yu Xiaogang's martial spirit, Luo Sanpao.

Just then, the datura snake caught up and bit Luo Sanpao.

"Roar—" Luo Sanpao screamed and his body fell to the ground.

With a wave of his hands, Yu Xiaogang caused Luo Sanpao's body to transform into a beam of purple light and re-enter his body.

Yu Xiaogang was filled with despair at this moment.

If she were poisoned by the Datura snake, not only would she die, but she would also implicate Tang San.

At that moment, he remembered what Xingkong had said to him when he came in: if only he could find some people to help him.

But it's too late to regret it now.

He could already feel the numbness in his body and the loss of consciousness.

The venom of the datura snake is extremely potent.

It was something he couldn't possibly withstand.

(End of this chapter)