Douluo Continent: Dragon's Journey Across the World

Chapter 77 One-Horned Thorn Dragon

At this moment, Yang Ping'an calmed down unusually, hoping that he was not imagining things. If he was imagining things, then it was nothing.

But if there really is such a master in the shadows, then I need to be even more careful from now on.

Normally, with his quasi-Soul Master level soul power, if there really was an expert of this level, it would be an easy task for him to deal with him. This can only mean that the person in the shadows just wanted to test him, or wanted to know his trump card.

However, if such an expert really exists, I can use this to my advantage and make the process of hunting for spirit rings relatively easier. I might even be able to outmaneuver this person.

With this in mind, Yang Ping'an simply sat down and began to cultivate diligently, especially focusing on the effects of the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum on himself.

The Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum should be a rare Geng metal attribute immortal herb. This kind of immortal herb is very strange. Normal immortal herbs are usually wood, water, fire, or earth attributes, and very few are Geng metal attribute. No wonder Chrysanthemum Douluo, as a plant-type soul master, can cultivate to the level of a powerful attack type titled Douluo. Moreover, his petals can transform into a large sword to fight against Sword Douluo. It's simply unbelievable.

The golden mastiff itself hasn't changed much, except that its size has increased slightly, now reaching about five meters in length, and it even seems to be enjoying the aroma of the rare and precious chrysanthemum.

Yang Ping'an seemed to have grown much taller, now reaching 1.9 meters. His limbs had become noticeably thicker, making him appear even more imposing. His once ordinary yet resolute face now exuded an air of quiet authority, making him seem even more unfathomable.

His physical abilities seem to have broken through the limits again, with his strength increasing by at least 20%, and even his physical qualities and endurance have improved significantly. However, his soul power is only at level 40, probably because he has entered a bottleneck and cannot improve further.

After spending a day adjusting to the changes in his body, Yang Ping'an prepared to search for soul beasts again.

This time, Yang Ping'an did not stay in the outer area for too long, but instead planned to go directly to the mixed area.

Normally, the outer area is full of hundred-year and thousand-year soul beasts, and ten-thousand-year soul beasts are extremely rare. Relatively speaking, the quality of soul beasts is quite poor. The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear that I found last time is probably the strongest soul beast in the entire outer area.

The mixed zone is generally the habitat of ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, and there are also relatively few thousand-year-old soul beasts. However, they are either gregarious or extremely powerful thousand-year-old soul beasts. Only in the mixed zone can you find some top-grade soul beasts.

The stronger the bloodline of a soul beast, the weaker its reproductive ability. This is especially true for top-grade soul beasts, which are extremely rare, and many top-grade soul beasts have even become extinct.

What Yang Ping'an was looking for were top-grade metal-attribute soul beasts and top-grade dragon-attribute soul beasts, which could only be found in the mixed zone or even the core zone.

After entering the mixed zone, the appearance of the entire forest seemed to have changed dramatically. The trees were much taller, and it was difficult to see the sunlight even when walking in the forest. Countless towering trees basically blocked the sunlight, and the ground was covered with thick weeds due to the lack of pedestrians, including a lot of blue silver grass and moss.

Especially since these bushes might be hiding a thousand-year-old soul beast, or even some smaller ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, making it impossible to guard against them. No wonder no one dares to stay in the Star Dou Great Forest for long.

Yang Ping'an, with his Purple-Gold Mastiff, carefully searched the mixed zone, trying to avoid all the soul beasts, especially those ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts.

Even so, they still encountered three or four ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts in a single day, and countless thousand-year-old soul beasts lurked in the shadows. Moreover, each one was extremely adept at hiding, suggesting that the Constellation Forest was an even more brutal survival competition.

Ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts are generally extremely powerful. Even those that have just entered the ten-thousand-year-old stage are at least at the level of a high-level Soul King. Moreover, the physical bodies of soul beasts are generally very strong, and even a Soul King would find it difficult to defeat a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast without taking damage.

In particular, the perception ability of ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts has become stronger, and they need to be more careful when walking in the mixed zone.

The entire search was extremely slow, covering only a mere ten kilometers per day, which was incredibly slow for a mixed area spanning a full two hundred kilometers.

At this rate, it might take several years to complete the search, especially since the closer you get to the core of the mixed zone, the stronger the soul beasts become. With Yang Ping'an's current strength, he simply doesn't dare to go any deeper.

Long Gong, who had been secretly following Yang Ping'an, felt something was off: What kind of soul beast was Yang Ping'an looking for? Especially since he had actually gone to the mixed zone. Normally, a soul master's fourth soul ring is only five thousand years old at most, while his grandson's six thousand-year-old soul beast could be said to have reached its limit, and the process was extremely dangerous.

In particular, Long Gong felt that Yang Ping'an's body seemed to have undergone some subtle changes, but he couldn't sense where these changes came from.

After searching for half a month, Yang Ping'an, led by the Golden Mastiff, felt that the Golden Mastiff was particularly excited, as if it had seen something that was particularly interesting.

However, when Yang Ping'an secretly followed, he couldn't help but swallow hard. It was actually a unicorn thorn dragon, and this unicorn thorn dragon was fighting a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, and the one fighting against it was a powerful gorilla.

This unicorn thorn dragon was twelve meters long and looked to be nineteen thousand years old, far exceeding the upper limit of Yang Ping'an's body's absorption capacity. In particular, the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast had extremely strong soul shock, which was simply not something he could accept at this stage. If it were his fifth soul ring, that would be quite good.

The mighty gorilla he fought was a full nine meters tall, its entire body seemingly brimming with power. It appeared to be 25,000 years old, making it an absolute overlord in the mixed zone.

However, the battle between the two sides was completely one-sided. The unicorn thorn dragon was actually able to overpower the mighty gorilla in terms of strength, especially its huge dragon tail. With just a sweep, it had immense power, probably equivalent to the use of a ten-thousand-year soul skill.

Especially the unicorn thorn dragon, whose back is covered with sharp spikes like thorns, is so tough that even a mighty gorilla can't touch it, not to mention its powerful unicorn horn, which makes its charge even more terrifying.

Yang Ping'an looked at the one-horned thorn dragon and sighed. If he could recognize the Autumn Water Dew, he might have a chance to absorb it. But he did not take the Autumn Water Dew, nor did he absorb the head soul bone. Even if he encountered such a top-grade soul beast, he could only give up.

(End of this chapter)