Douluo Continent: The World Shines with Stars

Chapter 77 Star and Moon Fusion

"Aaaaaah, is this really a test that a Soul Master can complete?"

Xu Mingxi collapsed to the ground, her sweat soaking the ground. Gazing at the Yangyan Bird and Hanyue Bird flying in the sky, the sorrow in her heart surged up like a burst dam.

Half a year has passed since the High Priest brought him to this arena-like valley. Although his skills and mastery of the three lights of the sun, moon, and stars have improved significantly, he is still no match for these two 100,000-year-old soul beasts.

Remembering what the High Priest had said—that this was only the first of the second trials—Xu Mingxi felt like crying. What kind of monstrosity would the next two trials be like?

In Sun and Moon Valley, the sun and moon remain eternally still, without the change of day and night. Xu Mingxi took a short rest, regrouped, and began today's review.

Both the Yangyan Crow and the Hanyue Bird possess the ability to change their size at will, sometimes as small as a parrot, and they move incredibly fast.

Of the three lights controlled by Xu Mingxi, starlight is the fastest, moonlight is the most flexible, and sunlight has the strongest attack power. Only starlight can keep up with the speed of the two soul beasts, but it will be easily broken by them. The other two cannot even touch it.

He sat cross-legged on the ground, deep in thought for a long time. He could use the Three Lights technique more skillfully, but its intensity and speed could not be improved in a short period of time.

The only solution Xu Mingxi could think of right now was to try combining starlight and moonlight. Perhaps this would create a new ray of light that could keep up with the two soul beasts without them easily breaking free.

The two soul beasts saw that Xu Mingxi was not there.

After another attack, they flew back to their nest to be intimate, leaving Xu Mingxi alone outside to keep trying.

He conjured starlight in one hand and moonlight in the other, attempting to merge the two. The moment they came close, they began to repel each other. Xu Mingxi forcibly manipulated them to merge, but this resulted in an explosion. The explosion wasn't very powerful, but it certainly startled Xu Mingxi.

Such an explosion is too weak and consumes too much mental energy, making it impossible to use as a common offensive tactic. Instead, it poses a significant obstacle to Xu Mingxi's fusion of starlight and moonlight.

Having learned his lesson, Xu Mingxi no longer placed the two points of light in front of him to merge. Instead, he devoted more energy to making them merge in the distance, and explosions rang out continuously in the valley.

The Yangyan Crow couple, disturbed in their nest, were quite displeased. The Hanyue Bird spat out a mouthful of silver light, freezing the entire entrance to the cave. They decided to ignore it and decided to try to capture them in six months.

Xu Mingxi ignored the commotion above. He knew he had no chance of capturing those two 100,000-year-old soul beasts. Improving himself was the only way forward.

What he needs to do now is to continuously improve his control over starlight and moonlight until they can be perfectly combined.

The high priest watched Xu Mingxi from the shadows as he continued to attempt the fusion, and he was not optimistic about it. Although he had never seen a human who possessed all three energies at the same time, it was by no means easy for starlight and moonlight to merge.

The test is still ongoing and there's no time limit. He still has several decades of life left, so he can wait. If those people in the valley want to cause trouble, they shouldn't blame him for wanting to kill them.

Xu Mingxi's arrival stirred up the hearts of the residents of Sun and Moon Valley. Led by the two elders, almost everyone longed to leave this small world.

It wasn't that the High Priest wouldn't let them leave; the Sun and Moon Gods hadn't set up a daily entry and exit passage for the Sun and Moon Valley. Only the High Priest and the challengers could freely enter and exit; others could only enter but not leave.

The once peaceful village road was unexpectedly embroiled in a quarrel today, with the two sides clearly divided, and the high-ranking officials sitting together for the first time.

"Jinlin, don't get so agitated. No matter how agitated you are, you're no match for the High Priest. You should relax." "Yinlin, stop pretending. Aren't you the one who most wants to get out of here?"

The Sun and Moon Valley village is divided into two lineages: one lineage possesses the Crimson Flame Bird Martial Soul, and the other lineage possesses the Frozen Bird Martial Soul. In the past, there were often conflicts between them, but now they can sit together in a state of barely peace, all thanks to the two elders, Jin Lin and Yin Lin, who are also the only two Title Douluo in the two lineages.

Despite their fierce arguments, they are able to unite the two factions. They are not enemies; although not very close, they can be considered comrades-in-arms who share a common hatred for the enemy.

For many years, the two lineages have lived in Sun and Moon Valley, but the information passed down from generation to generation tells them how rich and colorful the outside world is.

This also made the two clan elders realize that they were powerful enough to dominate the outside world, which made them want to leave this stifling little place and go out to enjoy life.

This wasn't the first time they had pleaded with the high priest, but each time he refused, citing his inability to let them leave. Naturally, this reason did not satisfy them.

In their view, if the high priest could come and go, they certainly could too; they just wanted them to stay in the valley.

This idea had been circulating in the village for many years, but it only became fully apparent in this generation when two titled Douluo appeared.

Most villagers obtain soul rings from the soul beasts they have tamed. Even though the Sun and Moon Valley has a favorable environment and abundant resources, the maximum age of these soul beasts is no more than ten thousand years. The two elders were able to become titled Douluo entirely because of the two sets of soul bones passed down from generation to generation over thousands of years.

Although these soul bones are only a few thousand years old, and at most no more than 20,000 years old, they have accumulated over time and allowed them to break through the bottleneck of the Title Douluo level.

However, the long period of peace, coupled with their status as the strongest members of their clan, led them to be narrow-minded and completely unaware of the vast gap between themselves and the High Priest or the titled Douluo powerhouses in the outside world.

It's fair to say that even though they both hold titles, they probably couldn't beat Xu Mingxi combined.

"Stop arguing, everyone. A new challenger has arrived in the valley. The high priest said that if he succeeds, we can leave."

"Hmph, a challenger? He's not worthy. I really don't know what the High Priest was thinking, having to find someone from outside. If you ask me, he should just choose one of us to inherit the title. We two Title Douluos are no stronger than him, a Soul Douluo."

"Don't say that. The high priest is old, and sometimes he can be confused."

The high priest, far away in the arena, suddenly shook his head. These people have really been in Sun Moon Valley for too long. Do they really think that whoever has more spirit rings is stronger?

If these people behave themselves and don't cause trouble, he wouldn't mind sending them away when Sun and Moon Valley is destroyed, and then telling them some common sense about the outside world.

But if anything goes wrong, just bury him in this beautiful Valley of the Sun and Moon, and don't let him go out and tarnish the image of the Sun God and the Moon God.

(End of this chapter)