Douluo: The Peerless Sun and Moon Mechanical God

Chapter 69 External Soul Bone: The Formless Demon Eye, the Cold Dragon Huo Yuhao, Return to Mingdu, My Sister's Friend (4K)

The Golden Demon Wuxiang cursed quite filthily.

Judging from the powerful stance of Ah Bing's clamp, the roar of the Wuxiang Jinmo could be roughly translated as defiling the mother of the Ice Emperor.

As the saying goes, "A wise man does not stand under a dangerous wall." Lin Qing was well aware of this principle. He left behind the words, "Remember to spare Wuxiang Jinmo's life," and entrusted the battlefield entirely to Hong Wen's Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion.

As an elemental soul beast that grows by consuming rare metals year-round, the Formless Golden Demon was never disciplined or taught a lesson by the society of the far north. After venturing out, it relied on its cultivation level and ran rampant in the outer regions of the far north.

Elemental spirit beasts have keen senses. At this moment, the Formless Golden Demon sensed that the Ice Emperor was injured and his aura was disordered, and even took the initiative to let out a fierce roar!

"court death."

The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion is small in size but has a big temper; it couldn't stand such provocation!

A beam of emerald light swept towards the faceless golden demon. The Ice Emperor did not release the Eternal Freeze Domain, nor did he choose to activate amplifying soul skills such as the Ice Emperor's Body Protection. To deal with a soul beast that was less than 100,000 years old, the Ice Emperor's Claw was enough!

"boom!!!"

Hyotei is known for its fiery temper, and the far north is perpetually frigid, making the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion the only object that is easily flammable and explosive.

The Ice Emperor's Claw seemed to ignite the wrath of the entire world. Blade-like gales, carrying snowflakes, condensed into an ice crystal storm under the control of the ultimate ice. Thousands upon thousands of ice blades spun and roared, like countless boning knives, crashing down on the ignorant and arrogant Golden Demon!

Suddenly, a pair of dark gold vertical pupils lit up in the blizzard. Two slits split open on the face of the Faceless Golden Demon, and two snow-white tusks about a meter long broke through its face. The surface of the tusks was covered with blood-red patterns. They were none other than the deadly tusks of the Arctic Ice Boar!

The bloodthirsty and ferocious soul power fluctuations spread out, and the surrounding snowflakes were stained with a layer of dark red bloodstains. During the time he was wandering around, the Formless Golden Demon killed more than ten extreme northern soul beasts and absorbed the soul skills of his prey with his innate soul skill Formless!

The Formless Golden Demon's cultivation level is about 70,000 years, which is higher than the 50,000 years that Nan Shuishui roughly estimated. Its Formless Soul Skill makes this golden elemental soul beast's abilities all kinds of strange and wonderful. Even ordinary 100,000-year soul beasts might not be able to keep it. This is also the reason why the Formless Golden Demon dares to break into the territory of the Ice Jade Scorpion.

However, even though the Ice Emperor was injured by Poseidon, the Sea God Douluo, she still adhered to the principle of overcoming all laws with sheer force.

The Ice Emperor's Claw unleashed brute force. The extreme ice scorpion claw, encased in diamond ice crystals, brought down with unreasonable and savage power. The two deadly fangs shattered inch by inch, exploding tragically like an ice lotus!

The Golden Demon of No Form howled in agony as its massive body flew backward, carving a bloody trail dozens of meters long across the ice. Dark gold liquid gushed from the broken fangs, revealing its liquid metal-like true form. Its aura fluctuated violently, and it almost lost its disguise as a Mirror Beast.

Struggling to his feet, the Golden Demon of No Form coldly stared at the proud and awe-inspiring Ice Emperor, his dark golden vertical pupils flashing with a complex expression of fear and disdain.

Gold elemental spirit beasts are born from underground mineral veins, growing by absorbing the essence of rare metals. To them, humans are robbers who invade their homes and plunder their property.

The Ice Emperor is the Heavenly King of the Far North and should be the guardian of the Soul Beasts. Yet today he walks shoulder to shoulder with humans. In the eyes of the Golden Demon of No Form, this behavior is tantamount to betraying the Soul Beast race!

The Mirror Scales suddenly opened, and the Mirror Beast Scales were like neatly arranged mirrors. The scales trembled and vibrated, and sharp sounds rose and fell. Accompanied by the chaotic sound waves created by the scales, the Formless Golden Demon changed its form in an instant!

Its thick lower body stretched and elongated like putty, transforming into a flexible, long tail of an ice python, covered with palm-sized pale scales.

Its back is clad in heavy armor called Diamond Mammoth Armor, which is said to be made of steel and iron. Its four hooves have transformed into sharp claws that can cut through iron and gold like ice tigers. The formless golden demon surges and raises its upper body high, imitating the posture of the Ice Emperor, with two ice-green scorpion pincers protruding from its shoulder blades!

With a snake's tail, elephant's armor, tiger's claws, and scorpion's pincers, the Formless Golden Demon squeezed every last bit of soul power from its veins, activating all the soul beast characteristics it had acquired from the Formless, transforming itself into a stitched-together soul beast pieced together from fragments. Its entire body shimmered with various colored soul power streams, chaotic and hysterical, venting a twisted and unbearable pressure.

The Mirror of All Forms!

The Golden Demon of No Form is fond of the Mirror Beast because the Mirror Beast's mirror soul skill is similar to the Golden Demon of No Form's talent. When the two are combined, they can perfectly imprint the soul skills they see without any medium. The talents of many soul beasts complement each other and make up for each other's weaknesses, creating an invincible existence!

Crimson cracks silently crept up the dark gold pupils. The Mirror of Myriad Forms increased the pressure on the Formless Golden Demon, but the enemy was the enraged Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion. Only by fighting desperately could they fight for a sliver of hope!

The icy spikes lashed out from the snake's tail, followed by the Ice-Cracking Tiger Claws. The Diamond Mammoth's heavy armor crushing blow and the Ice Jade Scorpion's pincers formed a close-combat combo. The Formless Golden Demon was going all out, its attacking soul skills converging into an impenetrable net of fire, turning half the sky into a kaleidoscope of colors, completely enveloping the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion!

Ice Emperor stood at the heart of the storm, its crystalline yellow beast eyes reflecting the dazzling attack coming its way. It indifferently raised its emerald green tail hook and unleashed a brilliant emerald green beam of light!

The Wrath of the Ice Emperor!

The strongest soul skill of a 390,000-year-old ferocious beast is so powerful that there's no need to pay attention to how many fancy skills the Formless Golden Demon has. Ice Emperor can simply stand still and unleash a single Ice Emperor's Wrath that completely overwhelms the opponent's power!

The Ice Emperor's Wrath was like a raging emerald dragon soaring into the sky, piercing through the torrential rain of soul skills unleashed by the Formless Golden Demon. All obstacles blocking the dragon's path were frozen into ice sculptures, disintegrating and annihilating one after another, finally striking the Formless Golden Demon who had withdrawn its claws and was defending with all its might!

Perhaps it was the Ice Emperor's vengeful nature that caused the Ice Emperor's Wrath to display its divine control, freezing ninety percent of the Formless Golden Demon's body, leaving only its head, that is, its incessantly chattering mouth!

Ice Emperor's claws clamped down hard on the mouth of the Formless Golden Demon twice. Having vented her anger, Ice Emperor transformed back into a tsundere twin-tailed loli and loudly summoned, "Little Green, absorb your soul ring!"

"Awooo—Awooo—"

The Golden Demon of No Form, seeing Lin Qing slowly approaching, realized that his life was over. Despite his swollen, sausage-like lips, he stubbornly continued to mutter to himself.

"It said that humans have actually joined forces with the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion. All Soul Masters will be ashamed of you. Humans pretending to be powerful as scorpions is only temporary pride. Sooner or later, you will become food for this emperor."

Ah Bing, always eager for excitement, volunteered to act as a translator of animal language.

"How come you're so shrewd? You didn't translate the insults directed at you at all, but you revealed all the insults directed at me." Lin Qing was speechless.

Hyotei pretended not to understand; this is only natural for animals!

Mechanical elements bloomed, and a silver-white spike rose from Lin Qing's palm, piercing the skull of the Formless Golden Demon. The extreme gold rapidly destroyed the life essence of the elemental soul beast.

As he lay dying, the Golden Demon of No Form stared intently at the murderer so close to him with eyes full of humiliation and resentment, as if he wanted to memorize that face into the depths of his soul, so that he would never forget it even in the next reincarnation.

Two and a half seconds later, the life force of the Formless Golden Demon was extinguished, and a deep, dark soul ring floated eerily in mid-air.

At the center of the ten-thousand-year soul ring floats a dark golden vertical pupil with a sharp divine light, emitting unpredictable and mysterious fluctuations, faintly echoing the flexibility and versatility of the Formless Golden Demon.

External Soul Bone, Formless Demon Eyes!

"Eyeball Soul Bone?"

Lin Qing and Bing Di exchanged surprised glances.

Given the bloodline level of the Formless Golden Demon, it's reasonable for him to drop a soul bone; there's nothing surprising about it.

The external soul bone is of extraordinary significance. It does not occupy the six regular soul bone parts and continues to evolve as the master's realm grows. Judging from Lin Qing's unparalleled talent, it is only a matter of time before the Formless Demon Eye transforms into a ferocious beast soul bone!

"This little thing has quite a temper, it's so angry it's produced an external soul bone—" Hyotei couldn't help but sigh, "Its soul will stay with you for the rest of your life."

"really."

Lin Qing grinned mischievously. Soul beasts' souls usually reside in their soul bones. The Formless Golden Demon will not enter the underworld to reincarnate. It will follow the soul master who absorbs the Formless Demon Eye for its entire life until that soul master dies!

That's fantastic! I, Qingzai, love forced marriages the most!

Sitting cross-legged on the spot, absorbing the heartwarming gift from the Formless Golden Demon, Lin Qing's physical attributes were greatly enhanced by the Cerberus Soul Ring and Soul Bone, not to mention the superior suppression from the ultimate Golden caste system.

The formless golden demon's fierce resistance was merely a pastime for Lin Qing. Its fate was determined by heaven, not by him. No matter how fiercely it resisted, it could not escape its predetermined destiny of being absorbed by the ultimate gold.

This trip to the far north was very fruitful. Lin Qing obtained two soul rings, two soul bones, and an Ice Extreme God Crystal, plus the Demon King protecting the Ice Emperor. The next step is to go to the Ice Emperor's treasury to take some treasures, and then head back home to return to Mingdu.

"noob!"

Before leaving the far north, the Ice Emperor swaggered into the Ice Bear's territory, waking the Ice Bear King who was taking a nap.

"Hyotei Auntie".

The 30-meter-tall Icefield Bear King yawned, sprawled out on the ground like a child, and brought its nose close to the 1.5-meter-tall Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion.

The four ferocious beasts of the far north each occupy a territory and, in principle, do not disturb each other. However, the Snow Empress is in seclusion and does not come out, so the Ice Emperor is the Regent of the Far North who oversees the country on behalf of the Snow Empress. Moreover, the Ice Emperor is the elder of the Ice Bear King. If it were the Titan Snow Demon King who woke him up for no reason, the Ice Bear King would have already slapped the other party's face with his round bear paw.

"Auntie is going to the human world," Ice Emperor said. "While Xue'er and I are unable to show ourselves, the far north will remain peaceful and develop steadily. For all urgent matters, you and Atai should discuss them together. Even the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan will obey the orders given jointly by the two of you."

Now, you will lead the entire Ice Bear Clan to guard the outskirts of Xue'er's territory. Xue'er is undergoing her 700,000-year tribulation and cannot be disturbed. If any outsiders are found, kill them without mercy!

"I see."

The Ice Bear King nodded sheepishly, then asked expectantly, "Aunt Ice Emperor, how long have you been away from the far north? If Mom breaks out of seclusion and asks about your whereabouts, what should I say?"

"Yes————" Hyotei suddenly paused.

Becoming a god is a protracted battle, taking at least ten or eight years, and sometimes as long as seventy or eighty years. Recalling the place Lin Qing had mentioned for her to settle down, the Ice Emperor said, "Then tell Xue'er that I am going to the Sun Moon Empire in the west of Douluo Continent, and the place I will settle down in is called Mingdu —"

"oh oh!"

In the dark, sunless glacial crevice, a long, winding, ice-blue dragon looked down at two dark figures below. Huo Yuhao looked tense, while Tianmeng Ice Silkworm said with great emotion, "Brother Ice Dragon, back then, the Snow Emperor killed the Frost Dragon Tyrant with a single sword, causing the Ice Dragon clan to fall into decline and be forced to flee the core of the far north, hiding in the glacial crevice to eke out a living!"

Let me ask you, are you content with this?

"Brother Ice Flood Dragon's cultivation is 99,000 years old. With your talent, you are far inferior to your ancestor, the Frost Flood Dragon Tyrant. Breaking through the 100,000-year tribulation is a life-or-death struggle with only a 50/50 chance. Why not join us and become Xiao Yuhao's second martial soul? We will create a god and restore the glory of the Ice Flood Dragon!"

A few days later, the Sun and Moon Empire.

The flying soul tool hummed and vibrated. Looking down at the outline of the steel city from his vantage point, the Unbreakable Douluo Zheng Zhan's eyes blazed with fervor as he shouted, "Mingdu, I've returned!"

PS: It expresses the homesickness of a traveler.

Only after leaving home did he realize how dangerous the outside world truly was. Although he had found a rare herb that could purify impurities in his body and a diamond mammoth soul bone in the Ice Jade Scorpion territory, Zheng Zhan was still trembling with fear about his experiences over the past few days, often waking up in the middle of the night in a fright.

Even if Kong Deming slapped him to death, he would never set foot in the far north again!

"Little Qing—"

Zheng Zhan glanced at the composed Lin Qing and tentatively asked, "Does the Unbreakable Divine Mask please you?"

"That's good," Lin Qing replied. "Concealing one's identity when traveling is essential, and the Unbreakable Divine Mask is very useful. By the way, Senior Unbreakable, we have already returned to Mingdu, so the Unbreakable Divine Mask should be returned to its rightful owner."

"No, no, no!"

Like a squirrel whose tail had been stepped on, the Unbreakable Douluo firmly pushed Lin Qing's hand back, coughed, and said awkwardly, "Consider the Unbreakable Divine Face a gift from this old man to you. On this trip to the far north, in case Old Toad or some kind-faced old man asks you—"

"You know what I mean when I say 'details'?"

"Ugh~~~"

A long, enlightened voice echoed high in the sky. Lin Qing accepted the bribe and joked, "Senior Bu Po, I promise I'll keep it a secret. We successfully captured Zhu Qing Ice Toad and Wuxiang Golden Demon. As for the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, the marrow-cleansing herbs, the Diamond Mammoth Soul Bone, and so on—"

That's all nonsense!

I've never seen it, and you haven't taken it.

This child is teachable; the ultimate gold is the way to go!

Zheng Zhan let out a long sigh and said with a wry smile, "Actually, a little material possessions don't matter much, but if the old folks knew we risked contact with Hyotei, sigh—"

Xiaoqing, let me tell you the truth, the next time you hear news from me, it'll probably be because you're observing a Level 9 fixed-position soul-guided cannon shell explosion test up close.

"Rest assured, senior. Heaven, earth, you, and I are the only ones who know."

Lin Qing clenched his fist and lightly patted his heart. Everyone knows that as long as the hush money is paid, I'm the most loyal friend!

The two landed outside Mingdu City. Bu Po Douluo returned to the Hall of Offerings to report back, while Lin Qing claimed to be going home to rest, but in reality, he found a secluded place to wait quietly.

A moment later, a stunningly beautiful girl with emerald green twin ponytails followed, her bright orange-gold eyes darting left and right, her gaze lingering on the grilled insects at a street stall for a long time, her tongue constantly licking her crimson lips, her face full of eager anticipation for food.

Hyotei never revealed its human form in front of Zheng Zhan, hanging behind the two of them the whole way, already eyeing the delicious food that humans could enjoy.

Lin Qing bought two skewers of roasted silkworm pupae and handed them to the drooling Hyotei, saying, "I'll take you home, but there's a mistress here. Let's coordinate our stories first: you're a poor, destitute beggar girl, and I'm kind-hearted, so I took you in to be my maid—"

"No way!" Hyotei protested, her beautiful eyes wide. "I'm a guardian, why should I be a maid?!"

"A small act of impatience can ruin a great plan. Think of the Snow Empress, think of the far north, think of the future of the soul beasts!"

"These are two different things, I don't care. Think of another one!" The Ice Emperor's attitude was firm.

"I'll buy a new house, and you'll live in it alone?"

"Don't you understand the concept of personal protection? What kind of behavior is this, living apart from your body?" Hyotei swallowed a silkworm pupa and questioned seriously.

Lin Qing felt a headache coming on and pondered, "Then—you are Bing'er, my sister's best friend. We happened to meet in Dragon City. You were planning to immigrate to the Sun Moon Empire, so you came along."

7

"Great idea, approved! And two more skewers of grilled scorpions, please!"

Watching Hyotei feast, and thinking about the characters' backstories, Lin Qing suddenly recalled memories that had been buried for many years.

My sister's friend came to stay at our house; I think I've seen this episode before.