Douluo Continent: The Eternal Dawn

Chapter 110 The Journey to the Star Dou Great Forest Has Come to a Success

The intense yellow light, thick as liquid, pressed down on the massive, crimson dragon, rendering it completely immobile. Then, crystalline yellow rings formed from the power of the earth tightly bound its thick limbs, tail, and neck.

Even its proud head had to lower, pressing itself tightly against the soil on the ground. Its huge dragon eyes were filled with fear as it looked up at the two aged figures in the sky.

The one who made the move earlier was naturally Elder Xuan. The tragedy that happened in the Star Dou Great Forest back then left a huge shadow on him, and he dared not let Ye Xixuan take any more risks.

Old Song looked like a sprightly old woman, with her silver hair piled high. Her clean and neat style was exactly the same as that of the Martial God Douluo Xian Lin'er, truly befitting mother and daughter.

Before Elder Xuan made his move, she had already arrived at Ye Xixuan's side.

When they set off, Elder Mu specifically instructed Elder Song to pay close attention to this trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Although Elder Mu did not say it explicitly, his words revealed his distrust of Elder Xuan.

After all, Ye Xixuan, Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Vina are too important, as they almost carry the hopes of the younger generation of Soul Masters in the Douluo Continent.

Therefore, when Elder Song vaguely sensed Ye Xixuan's intentions, he crossed the Dark Night Sky in advance to ensure that nothing went wrong.

Elder Xuan and Elder Song floated in the void beside Ye Xixuan. Now that the crisis had been completely resolved, they began to carefully examine the changes that had occurred in Ye Xixuan.

Ye Xixuan was radiating a silver glow, his aura ethereal yet powerful. The silver lines etched on the edge of the dark demonic sword in his hand were filled with an indescribable chill and sharpness.

"This is Le Xuan's martial soul ability?!" Elder Xuan stared in surprise.

"The feeling of these two types of soul power fusing and sublimating is somewhat like a martial soul fusion skill?"

“The Silver Moon Martial Soul is inherently Yin in nature, so it’s not surprising that it corresponds to the Dark attribute,” Old Song calmly analyzed. “This shouldn’t be a true Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but rather Xi Xuan’s Martial Soul absorbing the power of Le Xuan’s Martial Soul, similar to the contrast between the night and the silver moon.”

Soul Masters possess a wide variety of martial souls, which can be broadly categorized into beast martial souls and weapon martial souls, or further subdivided according to martial soul attributes.

In addition to the regular elemental properties, there are actually special Yin-Yang properties.

Zhang Lexuan's Silver Moon Martial Soul is Yin, while the Sun Moon Empire's royal family's inherited Martial Soul, the Sun, is Yang. Darkness and light, water and fire, all possess this Yin-Yang contrast.

While Elder Xuan and Elder Song were having a leisurely conversation, Ye Xixuan was interrupted and secretly groaned.

After absorbing the energy of his senior sister, Silver Moon's true form, he indeed felt stronger than ever before. However, with his current cultivation level, he was clearly not yet able to fully control this power.

After only a short while of accumulating and brewing this power, he already felt a slight swelling and pain in his meridians, and his soul power was surging at high speed.

"Elder Xuan, Elder Song, I can't hold it in any longer!" Ye Xixuan shouted, no longer caring about anything else.

A flash of silver light appeared on his left leg, and he instantly teleported to the top of the crimson dragon's massive head. His legs instinctively tensed to steady himself, and all his strength flowed through his spine to his upper body, whereupon he swung his dark demonic sword horizontally.

A streak of silver light, a hundred meters long, flashed across the sky, its sword beam as sharp as a bolt of lightning, leaving a deep silver sword mark in the void. The surrounding space instantly twisted and shattered; this sword strike seemed to have cleaved through the void itself, its effect lingering for a long time.

The huge, ferocious crimson horn on the top of Chi Qiu's head broke off cleanly at the root, the cut as smooth as a mirror, and it fell heavily to the ground with a dull thud.

"boom--"

The voice seemed to awaken everyone, and all eyes fell on Ye Xixuan's tall and straight figure.

Ye Xixuan's chest heaved violently, his right hand gripping the hilt of the Dark Demon Sword at an angle beside him. A faint silver light gradually separated from his body and soul power, rising and dissipating before quickly dissolving into nothingness.

He then slowly turned around, the bright silver light illuminating his exquisite and flawless face, making him appear as if a god had descended from heaven.

At this moment, Ye Xixuan held the Dark Demon Sword and stood on the head of the Crimson Dragon. His stunning appearance caused Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Vina to be slightly stunned.

The crimson scales on the Chi Qiu's body stood on end, and the coldness and sharpness of the silver sword light from before seemed to spread from the cut on the single horn on its head to every corner of its body. Its pupils clearly reflected the fear deep in its heart.

After being suppressed by Xuan Lao's power, its physical body, though as strong as a true dragon, could not possibly withstand this sword strike.

Just now, Chi Qiu truly felt the threat of death.

If Ye Xixuan's attack had struck its neck, it would probably be decapitated.

Elder Xuan and Elder Song landed in the air beside Chi Qiu, their astonishment no less than that of Zhang Lexuan and the other two.

Elder Xuan murmured in amazement, "This power is comparable to a true Martial Soul Fusion Technique. I never expected that Xi Xuan and Le Xuan's Martial Souls would have such an ability."

Ye Xixuan is only at the fourth-ring Soul Master level, yet he can already display such terrifying power. If he grows up and even reaches the Title Douluo level with Zhang Lexuan in the future, wouldn't they be invincible in this world, complementing each other?
Old Song was relatively calmer. He turned to Ma Xiaotao and reminded her, "Xiaotao, hurry up and finish the kill, then absorb the soul ring as soon as possible. It's not advisable to stay in the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest for long."

"Yes, Elder Song." Ma Xiaotao snapped out of her daze and flashed to Ye Xixuan's side.

After Ye Xixuan released all the energy within his body through this sword strike, his aura calmed down considerably, and he nodded calmly to Ma Xiaotao.

"Sister Xiaotao."

"You brat, always showing off." Gazing into Ye Xixuan's dark, deep eyes, Ma Xiaotao blushed slightly and spat out a light spit. Her tone was neither angry nor angry, unusually gentler than usual.

Ye Xixuan's powerful image of slaying Chi Qiu with her sword just now perfectly overlapped with her longing for her other half.

If she were the same age as Ye Xixuan, there wouldn't be any other girls with a chance; she would be the first to firmly possess Ye Xixuan.

However, Ma Xiaotao now harbors a greater sense of longing for Ye Xixuan's future. If things really come to that, she'd rather bear the stigma of being an older woman dating a younger man than give up on pursuing him.

She firmly believes that happiness is something you have to fight for yourself.

Ma Xiaotao rolled her eyes at Ye Xixuan and stretched out her right hand in front of him.

"Hand me the sword you're holding."

"Oh." Ye Xixuan responded subconsciously. When Ma Xiaotao grasped the hilt of the Dark Demon Sword, he seemed to understand Ma Xiaotao's intention.

The Dark Demon Sword was formed by him using his own martial soul ability. If Ma Xiaotao used this Dark Demon Sword to kill the Crimson Dragon, it might trigger its extreme resentment, thereby increasing the chance of her dropping a soul bone.

The demonic mark on Ma Xiaotao's lower abdomen had not yet disappeared. With the infusion of her dark phoenix soul power, the blade of the Dark Demon Sword immediately burst into eerie and scorching black flames. The terrifying destructive aura contained within the black flames caused the crimson dragon beneath them to struggle wildly, constantly emitting shrill and terrified roars.

No matter how proud it was, it would still feel fear in the face of death. But unfortunately, with Elder Xuan suppressing it from the side, its resistance was destined to be futile.

Ma Xiaotao gripped the hilt of the Dark Demon Sword with both hands, then aimed the tip of the sword at the notch on the head of the Crimson Dragon and thrust it downwards with force, all the way to the root.

The scorching dark flames shattered the Crimson Dragon's brain, instantly extinguishing the life force in its enormous crimson eyes. Its head tilted to one side and slammed helplessly onto the ground.

Ye Xixuan and Ma Xiaotao leaped up in perfect unison, their figures gracefully landing.

A deep black soul ring rapidly condensed above Chi Qiu's head, emanating a terrifying and ferocious aura that surpassed even Ye Xixuan's Three-Life Wolf Ape Soul Ring.

After learning about Ye Xixuan's ability to increase the probability of soul beasts dropping soul bones, everyone's attention was no longer focused on the powerful 70,000-year soul ring, but rather on the corpse of the Crimson Dragon.

At that moment, the Crimson Dragon's body suddenly trembled violently. With a deafening roar, a huge gash exploded on the Crimson Dragon's back, and a strange, crystal-like, crimson bone rose into the air.

It was a bone similar to a spine, with other bones such as ribs connected to it. It was the most precious torso bone among the six common soul bones.

Inside the soul bone, a crimson liquid resembling magma seemed to flow, emanating dense soul power fluctuations and a scorching aura. This energy spontaneously formed a small red vortex, supporting the soul bone. "A torso soul bone?!" Everyone's expression changed, and they all turned to look at Ye Xixuan. Needless to say, they knew that the appearance of this soul bone was likely related to Ye Xixuan's abilities.

The reason why torso soul bones are so precious is mainly because their drop rate is much lower than that of other soul bones.

Generally speaking, among the six common types of spirit bones, limb spirit bones are the most frequent. Next is the head spirit bone, and lastly the torso spirit bone.

The head spirit bone focuses on enhancing the spirit master's mental strength, while the torso spirit bone focuses on enhancing the spirit master's physique, and the amplification effect is far greater than that of the limb spirit bones.

In this day and age, a Soul Master's physical constitution is often more important than their mental strength. If a Soul Master possesses a torso Soul Bone, then absorbing Soul Rings from higher-level opponents is not a difficult task at all.

Ma Xiaotao could hardly contain her excitement. She casually wrapped her arm around Ye Xixuan's neck and smiled sweetly.

"You brat, your little sister Tao is also benefiting from your success this time."

Ma Xiaotao was tall and slender, easily over 1.8 meters, with the classic long-legged, mature woman figure. In this intimate moment, Ye Xixuan's face was directly facing those exaggerated breasts so close to his, and he was instantly stunned.

Noticing Ye Xixuan's gaze, Ma Xiaotao's cheeks flushed slightly, but she felt mostly smug. Right in front of Ye Xixuan, she proudly puffed out her full chest and teased him in a voice only the two of them could hear.

"What are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen a figure like mine before?"

"I've never seen it before," Ye Xixuan said honestly in a low voice.

Ma Xiaotao smiled smugly.

"Isn't she much better than your little fiancée?"

"Um, that's a bit hard to say."

"What's so hard to say?" Ma Xiaotao curled her lip in disdain, her eyes catching Zhang Lexuan and Vina walking over out of the corner of her eye.

"Hmph! Don't even mention your little fiancée, even the senior sister can't compare to me."

Zhang Lexuan and Vina were unaware of the arrogance in Ma Xiaotao's heart.

Vina walked up to the two of them with a smile and said sincerely, "Congratulations, Sister Xiaotao."

"The main thing is that this brat's abilities are quite useful." In front of his official fiancée, Vina, Ma Xiaotao restrained her behavior slightly and released her right hand from Ye Xixuan's restraint.

Ye Xixuan and Vina stood to the side, exchanging glances with close faces, while Zhang Lexuan whispered a reminder to Ma Xiaotao.

"Xiao Tao, put the soul bone away first. Just like Elder Song said, once you've absorbed the soul ring, we'll leave here as soon as possible."

“Okay.” Ma Xiaotao smiled and raised her hand to put the torso soul bone that was floating on the corpse of the red dragon into her storage ring. Then she sat down cross-legged excitedly and used her soul power to start the fusion of the soul ring with herself.

Ma Xiaotao's situation is different from Ye Xixuan's. Although she also absorbed a spirit ring beyond her level, her cultivation level is higher, and her physical functions have fully matured. Over the years of cultivation on Seagod Island, she has used countless rare and precious herbs to enhance her physique.

The other inner court disciples are in a similar situation, enjoying vastly different levels of resource allocation compared to ordinary outer court students.

In fact, almost every inner court disciple of Shrek Academy is capable of absorbing spirit rings beyond their level, not to mention that Ma Xiaotao also possesses multiple high-quality spirit bones.

There was little risk for her in absorbing the 70,000-year-old Crimson Dragon's spirit ring.

Zhang Lexuan's concerns coincided with Elder Song's. After all, this Crimson Dragon was deeply involved with the Dragon Clan, and the Beast God Di Tian was essentially the current Dragon Clan Chief. Lingering too long in the core area near the perilous land would only create unnecessary complications and be counterproductive.

Zhang Lexuan and Elder Song are both of this kind of calm and collected nature, while on the other hand, a certain 'Supreme Elder' has already begun to happily carve out pieces of good meat from the red dragon's body.

"They say dragon meat in the sky and donkey meat on the ground. Although this red dragon is not a real dragon, it is still a rare and precious ingredient, perfect for drinking with wine."

"Xuanzi, stop messing around there." Looking at the unreliable Elder Xuan, Elder Song was speechless.

"Since you have so much time to spare, why don't you help me collect all the dragon scales that have fallen from this Crimson Dragon? These are excellent materials for making soul tools, don't waste them."

"Song Yunzhi, what are you saying? Is there anything more important than eating?" Elder Xuan continued busying himself, only responding dismissively.

"If you want these dragon scales, go find them yourself. I have no interest in these things."

Old Song sighed helplessly, too lazy to say anything more to Old Xuan. With a wave of her right hand, the crimson scales that had fallen throughout the forest floated up out of thin air and then disappeared into her storage ring.

Her gaze fell on the crystal-clear, blood-red dragon horn, and she asked Ye Xixuan in a kind tone.

"Xi Xuan, you severed this dragon horn. If you need it, the Soul Guidance Department can help you forge a high-level melee soul tool."

“Elder Song, even if this dragon horn is used to make a high-level melee soul tool, it should be fire-attribute, right? It doesn’t quite match my martial soul attribute.” Ye Xixuan shook his head calmly.

"Isn't Sister Xiaotao about to break through to the Soul Saint realm? She might need a high-level close-combat soul tool. Please keep it for now. If Sister Xiaotao needs it, just make a suitable soul tool according to her requirements."

"Alright, I'll keep it for now. We'll deal with it when we get back to the academy," Old Song replied with a smile.

Ye Xixuan and Ma Xiaotao are both the hope of the younger generation of Shrek Academy. Their harmonious and close relationship is naturally what the elders of the Sea God Pavilion hope to see.

The crimson dragon was completely consumed by flames, and the story behind it is heartwarming. Not only did it bring Ma Xiaotao powerful soul rings and soul bones, but the flesh and materials it left behind after its death were also divided up by Elder Xuan and Elder Song.

Elder Xuan, in particular, used more than ten storage soul tools to store all of the Crimson Dragon's flesh and blood, intending to eat it slowly later. He even took the Dragon Whip, which he had no use for.

Zhang Lexuan quietly stayed by Ma Xiaotao's side, carefully leaving some private space for Ye Xixuan and Vina.

Vina nestled gently against Ye Xixuan's chest, gazing into his eyes with a charming smile.

"Xi Xuan, I'm not from Shrek Academy, but I know the secret of your martial soul. Aren't you worried?"

"Vina, you're not an outsider." Ye Xixuan reached out and hugged Vina's soft, slender waist, his eyes gently meeting hers.

"Moreover, I believe you are well aware that our interests are aligned. Although you are a princess of the Heavenly Soul Empire and a disciple of the Body Sect, in the years to come, the people most deeply involved with you will actually be our next generation."

Hearing this, Vina's eyes softened even more as she closed them, dreaming of her future with Ye Xixuan.

We are all intelligent people, and feelings can be cultivated over time, but the shared interests between us are much harder to relinquish.

After a moment of contemplation, Vina slowly opened her eyes again, staring intently at Ye Xixuan, and said with her red lips slightly parted.

“Xi Xuan, you’re right. Father only has one daughter, me. The right to inherit the Heavenly Soul Empire will eventually fall to our descendants. Our family is the most important. I just don’t know how many more sisters will join our family in the future?”

"Uh..." Ye Xixuan was speechless, realizing that this usually dignified and elegant princess seemed to have a sense of crisis for the first time.

Vina chuckled, then gently pursed her red lips and rested her head on Ye Xixuan's shoulder.

"Xi Xuan, you probably don't realize just how outstanding you are. It's not just Sister Le Xuan and Sister Xiao Tao; countless other outstanding girls will be attracted to you in the future. You won't need to take any initiative; they will flock to you. I'm starting to feel a little pressure."

"Actually, none of my relationships with them reached the level we had in the Sea God Pavilion room that night..."

(End of this chapter)