Douluo Continent: The True Self of Martial Soul, Infinite Awakening

The charge of the six hundred-year-old Netherworld Wind Wolves stirred up a whirlwind carrying a putrid stench.

They were too close; their gaping maws were filled with the tangled fangs of unknown soul beasts, and a strong, pungent stench assaulted their senses.

Ye Yuan stood at the forefront. In his mind, Huo Yuhao's mental detection had already broken down the attack trajectory, speed, and even the muscle exertion points of the six wind wolves into the most accurate three-dimensional data.

From God's perspective, these ferocious beasts appear to have many flaws in their movements.

"Buzz—"

The air suddenly exploded with a deafening roar, as if it could no longer withstand the pressure.

A towering, indistinct phantom, several meters tall, silently unfolded behind Ye Yuan.

Immediately afterwards, an extremely deep, pitch-black spirit ring, carrying a terrifying pressure that could crush everything, slowly emerged.

The first ring in ten thousand years!

The moment the spirit ring belonging to the nearly 20,000-year-old Fiery Golden Crystal Hou appeared, the surrounding gravity structure instantly distorted.

The perennial damp and cold air on the outskirts of the Starry Sky Forest evaporated instantly upon contact with the black light.

The six century-old wind wolves that were at the forefront of the attack suddenly froze in mid-air.

Their eerie green eyes, which were originally filled with greed and bloodlust, were instantly filled with fear.

The wolves let out a series of distorted howls, desperately twisting their waists and trying to forcefully change the direction of their attack, their sharp claws carving more than a dozen deep furrows in the hard soil.

Ye Yuan raised his right hand, palm up, fingers spread.

"Divine Blaze".

The liquid gold sheen instantly covered his right arm.

A hexagonal light shield, engraved with ancient patterns, lay across the sky.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

With several muffled thuds, the wind wolf, unable to stop its momentum, crashed heavily into the light shield.

There was no crisp sound of bones breaking, only a teeth-grinding hissing burning sound.

The terrifyingly high temperature accompanying the ultimate light instantly burned their proud, hard iron bristles to ashes upon contact, filling the air with a pungent, burnt smell.

The wind wolves howled and fell to the ground. Before they could even get up, Ye Yuan's second wave of attacks had already arrived.

The deep black spirit ring pulsed slowly.

In the air behind Ye Yuan, the liquid golden light separated and elongated, instantly condensing into six pure golden light arrows, each three feet long.

The arrowhead was pointed directly at the fallen wind wolf.

Huo Yuhao's mental detection played a guiding role at this moment.

Six red dots were marked directly on Ye Yuan's retina—ear canal, soft abdomen, and the gap in his jawbone.

Ye Yuan didn't even need to aim with his eyes; his fingertips moved slightly.

"Sizzle—"

Six golden rays tore through the air.

The light arrow pierced through the wind wolves' flesh and bones without hindrance. The armor-piercing and burning properties of the ultimate light instantly destroyed their internal organs and vitality.

The six hundred-year-old soul beasts that had been attacking fiercely just moments before were now completely dead without even letting out a final howl.

No blood flowed from the wound; it was all instantly carbonized by the high temperature.

Six yellow, century-old soul rings slowly rose up.

Sold out instantly.

Jiang Nannan remained frozen in place, kneeling and ready to provide support.

Her light golden almond eyes were fixed on the pulsating black soul ring beside Ye Yuan, her chest heaving violently.

At age 6, his first spirit ring was ten thousand years old!

Even the most outrageous stories told by storytellers wouldn't dare to be written like this.

Vina wasn't much better off.

The dignified demeanor of this well-traveled princess of the Heavenly Soul Empire shattered completely at this moment.

Her proud twin martial souls and level 20 soul power seemed somewhat laughable in the face of that overwhelming and devastating power.

Huo Yuhao stood beside Ye Yuan, his fists clenched tightly.

The boy's clear eyes were filled with fervor and adoration.

This is Yuan Ge, whom he swore to follow to the death. When he does make a move, it's a crushing defeat.

The battle is not over.

The thousand-year-old Netherworld Wind Wolf King, hiding behind the wolf pack, witnessed the tragic scene of his six companions dying instantly.

The deadly threat emanating from that black spirit ring completely dispelled its ferocity.

The Wind Wolf King scrambled its front paws into the ground, its massive body abruptly turning around on the spot.

Deep blue wind elements gathered wildly beneath its four hooves. It tucked its tail between its legs, transformed into a whirlwind, and fled without hesitation into the depths of the forest.

"Can they escape?"

Ye Yuan stood with the charred corpse of a wind wolf beneath his feet, his expression unchanged.

He didn't lift his leg to chase after it; instead, he suddenly pulled his right arm back, and in that instant, all the muscles in his body burst forth with a terrifying power like a taut bowstring.

All the golden light floating around him gathered in his palm, compressing and stretching wildly until it finally transformed into a pure gold spear that was two meters long and had a dazzling halo flowing across its surface.

Power from the waist, spinal movement drives the shoulder blades, and the right arm is thrown forward with a bang!

"boom!"

The golden spear broke the sound barrier, leaving a straight golden trail in the dim forest.

The Wind Wolf King had barely darted out a hundred meters when its ears hadn't even caught the sound of the spear piercing the air.

"Pfft!"

The golden spear, carrying terrifying kinetic energy, pierced through the wolf king's rump, penetrating its entire spine, and finally emerged from its jaw, pinning this thousand-year-old soul beast, which was over three meters long, firmly to the trunk of an ancient tree that was as thick as ten people could hug.

The power of the ultimate light exploded within the wolf king's body, purifying its internal organs.

The wolf king's massive body convulsed violently twice, then remained completely still.

A purple, thousand-year-old soul ring slowly emerged from the corpse.

Ye Yuan withdrew his martial spirit, the black ring disappeared, and the golden light dissipated.

Darkness enveloped the woodland once more.

"Let's go." Ye Yuan didn't even glance at the spirit rings, turning to look at the two women who were still in a daze.

"Wind attribute, it doesn't match your martial souls, stop looking."

Vina swallowed hard, struggling to find her voice again.

"What...what kind of monster are you?"

"Ye Yuan, the young sect master of the Body Sect." Ye Yuan walked past the two without stopping.

"Keep up, the smell of blood will only cause more trouble. I'll go find you more suitable soul beasts."

Having witnessed this one-sided massacre, Jiang Nannan and Vina had no more doubts about their upcoming itinerary.

They followed closely behind Ye Yuan and Huo Yuhao, and the four-person team quickly moved through the outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Since Poison Undying required them to work together during this Soul Hunt, Ye Yuan naturally had to choose the safest option.

Although Jiang Nannan and Vina were thoroughly exploited on the Touching Stone for a month, resulting in a solid foundation, their age and initial foundation meant that it was impossible for them to directly absorb a thousand-year soul ring beyond their level.

Seven to eight hundred years is the perfect limit that their physical bodies can currently withstand.

With Huo Yuhao's full-view vision, finding specific soul beasts became much simpler.

About half an hour later, Huo Yuhao stopped, his eyes flashing with golden light.

"Brother Yuan, there are two targets near a swamp about two miles ahead. They are both around seven hundred years old, and... they seem to be together."

"Specific types," Ye Yuan asked in a low voice.

"One carapace is dark gray with rock protrusions on its surface; the other carapace is translucent blue-white, and the surrounding temperature is very low." Huo Yuhao reported all the details he had detected.

"Rock-armored turtles and Ice Crystal turtles," Vina quickly gave the answer.

"The Rock-type Tortoise has amazing defense; the Ice-type Tortoise is also known for its defense. How did they end up together?"

"We'll know once we get there." Ye Yuan waved his hand, and the team quickly moved towards the swamp.

After parting the last dense thicket of bushes, the view ahead suddenly opened up.

The edge of a swamp bubbling with a foul stench.

A rock tortoise, as large as a millstone, was lying face to face with a slightly smaller ice crystal tortoise that exuded a chilling aura.

The two turtle-like spirit beasts slowly stretched out their necks, brought their horny heads together, and rubbed them against each other.

A very low, gurgling sound came from his throat.

Even Jiang Nannan, who didn't know much about the habits of soul beasts, understood it at this moment.

These two turtles, which transcend species and ethnicity, are actually falling in love.

"The Rock-Armored Turtle possesses a gravity field, which can complement the Soft-Boned Rabbit's soul skill that controls gravity; the Ice Crystal Turtle has a soul power recovery effect, and its ice attribute also complements Vina's Snow Lotus."

Ye Yuan stepped out from behind the tree trunk, his gaze fixed on the two soul beasts still immersed in tenderness.

"Their shells are extremely hard; even a thousand-year-old, powerful attack-type soul beast would find it difficult to bite through them in a short time," Vina reminded her from behind, her brows slightly furrowed.

"Should we set traps first, turn them over, and then make our move?"

"That's too slow."

Ye Yuan raised both hands at the same time.

The black, ten-thousand-year-old soul ring reappeared, its powerful pressure instantly sweeping across the swamp.

The two turtle-like spirit beasts, who were about to mate, were startled and instinctively retracted their heads and limbs into their heavy shells.

A thick layer of granite armor quickly condensed on the Rock-Armored Turtle's body, while a storm of extremely cold ice blades swept around the Ice Crystal Turtle.

Activate defensive stance.

At the level of century-old soul beasts, the defensive power of these two turtles is virtually unbeatable.

However, a slight smile appeared on Ye Yuan's lips.

Ultimate Light, the ultimate weapon against all fancy physical and elemental defenses.

"Divine Blaze".

Two golden spears, even more solid than those thrown at the wolf king and almost incandescent, instantly took shape in Ye Yuan's hands.

Ye Yuan exerted force with both hands simultaneously, and the two golden spears transformed into two dazzling bolts of lightning, directly tearing apart the miasma above the swamp.

"Bang! Bang!"

The moment the golden spear struck the tortoise shell.

The granite armor that they were so proud of melted and disintegrated instantly, like butter under the scorching sun, when faced with the penetration of the ultimate light and the absolute heat.

The extremely cold ice blades created by the Ice Crystal Turtle couldn't even withstand the attack for half a second, and were directly evaporated into nothingness.

The two golden spears pierced through their indestructible tortoise shells without any resistance and were driven deep into the mud below.

The blood, barely splattered, was instantly reduced to a wisp of smoke by the intense heat.

The edge of the swamp returned to calm, with only the two pierced turtle shells still emitting a faint warmth.

Vina and Jiang Nannan rushed to the tortoise shell and launched their final attack.