Douluo: The Peerless Tang Sect - The Ordinary Life of a Supporting Character

Chapter 85 The Timid Soul Beast

The black carp leaped high and landed on the shore. Wang Nan turned around in response and saw that the carp in front of him had eyes directly in front of it, long whiskers around its mouth, and instead of fins, two claws covered with scales below its head. Its long body finally revealed its tail.

Unlike ordinary fish, this dragon carp could still breathe freely after coming ashore. Its two forelimbs supported its upper body, and its crimson eyes stared at Wang Nan.

This was the dragon carp that Wang Nan was looking for.

Wang Nan never imagined that this dragon carp would look so "ugly". Although it had the blood of the dragon race, it was only halfway through its transformation into a dragon. Its hindquarters were still the shape of a carp, and the dragon form it had transformed into did not show any of the nobility, elegance and majesty that a dragon should have.

Its horns were flat, its eyes bulged out, and a thick, bloody aura emanated from its open mouth; it looked extremely distorted. It seems the dragon transformation technique it obtained was indeed not a righteous path.

"It's been a long time since I've felt the aura of a dragon-type Soul Master." The dragon carp stared intently at Wang Nan with its crimson eyes. "I hope you can help my bloodline advance further."

Although it's a bit ugly, its dragon bloodline is genuine. This dragon carp has less than 100,000 years of cultivation and can already speak before it has fully transformed into a dragon. If it were to fully transform into a dragon, it would likely be comparable to a typical 100,000-year-old soul beast.

Moreover, it's not hard to tell from its words that its appearance in front of Wang Nan was not a coincidence, but rather because it sensed the aura of the Heavenly Forged Floating Dragon on Wang Nan.

It's also because this dragon carp ate too many people that the Shrek Academy's inspection team didn't know that it only needed humans with dragon aura to evolve its bloodline.

Otherwise, if Wang Nan had known that it was always looking for Soul Masters with the aura of the Dragon Clan, he wouldn't have needed to spend so much time. He would have already had someone set up an ambush and released his aura into the sea without any restraint.

But it's not too late now. Since we're here, let's stay here.

Zhang Lexuan had already released her martial soul, making the moon in the sky even brighter. Eight soul rings around her lit up one by one. The moment the eighth blood-red soul ring appeared, a few more hesitations appeared in Long Li's eyes.

The next moment, Zhang Lexuan's attack landed on it.

It was still the fifth soul skill Moonfall that had been released in the Star Dou Great Forest before, but its power was now incomparable. The golden crescent moon transformed into a scythe and fell on the dragon carp. Even its scales, which had already transformed into a dragon, were broken off by this attack, and blood and flesh splattered from beneath the scales.

This dragon carp could actually sense that Zhang Lexuan's soul power level was only just over level 80. For it, such an opponent was not difficult to deal with, otherwise it would not have come looking for her like this.

But its mindset changed when it saw the red spirit ring. This dragon carp lacked the courage to challenge the strong; otherwise, it wouldn't have fled the Douling Empire when the Shrek Academy's investigation had just begun.

Realizing it was no match for Zhang Lexuan, the dragon carp flicked its tail and began to flee.

It possessed some of the characteristics of a dragon, with its tail slapping behind it, its forelimbs supporting it on the ground, and its fins paddling, making it seem as if it were "swimming" in mid-air as if it were in water.

Seeing that the dragon carp was about to return the way it came, Zhang Lexuan's spirit rings flashed, and she unleashed a series of spirit skills. She knew that a spirit master's combat power would be greatly reduced in the water, and if the dragon carp escaped back into the sea, she would have no way to continue the pursuit.

Given its personality, who knows when we'll encounter it again.

This was the first time Wang Nan had so directly felt the importance of a control-type Soul Master. Seeing that the Soul Ring he was about to obtain was about to escape, he summoned the Panlong Staff, the first Soul Ring lit up, and he chased after it, his figure flashing continuously as he stepped on golden light.

Since his Dragon Soul awakened, Wang Nan has rarely used the Soul Guided Propulsion Device. His first Soul Skill has undergone a significant change, not only amplifying his agility, speed, and reaction time, but also granting him the ability to hover and blink.

Wang Nan has always been a pragmatist. For him, the most important soul tool used to be the soul propulsion device, but now that he has more useful soul skills, it has long been gathering dust in his storage soul tool.

Catching up with the dragon carp wasn't the end of it. The coiled dragon staff thrust forward, its tip creating black cracks in mid-air, like a series of menacing black dragons slaying their fangs and claws as it approached the dragon carp.

There was a gap in strength between him and the dragon carp; his third soul skill only left scratches on its scales.

But Wang Nan's purpose was not just to attack.

His third soul skill, from the moment he acquired it, was not just a simple area-of-effect attack. In addition to attacking, it also damages the surrounding ground and has a certain control effect.

Since Tianye Fushenglong awakened, each of his soul skills has evolved from its original form. This strike not only causes damage but also disrupts the space within its attack range.

Whether it's a Soul Master who flies using air currents or a Soul Beast who flies using Soul Power, they will all be affected by Wang Nan's third Soul Skill.

The dragon carp's ability to fly is merely a matter of swimming through the air as if it were water. Once the "water flow" changes, its so-called flight will be greatly affected.

Sure enough, it began to readjust its flight posture in mid-air, and its speed slowed down. Zhang Lexuan's attack came again. The silver-white moon ring fell, and its scales seemed to be corroded, rising up wisps of black smoke.

"Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"

Seeing that Zhang Lexuan's soul power fluctuations were getting stronger and stronger, and her eighth soul ring seemed to be slowly brightening, and that she couldn't escape, the dragon carp actually begged for mercy in desperation.

"If you kill me, you'll only get a ten-thousand-year soul ring, but I have the secret technique for transforming into a dragon."

As Longli spoke, it crossed its forelimbs in front of its body and bent its body repeatedly, looking as if it was bowing to Wang Nan. It was unclear where it had learned the gesture.

"I see an unfamiliar dragon aura about you. Your martial spirit must be related to some low-ranking dragon. My Dragon Transformation Technique can transform your martial spirit into a true dragon."

However, it would have been better if it hadn't spoken. The moment it opened its mouth, the bright moon in the sky instantly turned blood red, and a blood-red light descended, enveloping it. All the scales on its body turned into blood and dripped from its body. The dragon carp's enormous body fell and crashed onto the shore with a loud thud.

If Zhang Lexuan hadn't remembered that this soul beast was meant to help Wang Nan obtain a soul ring, it might have been killed in one fell swoop.

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