Douluo Continent: Becoming a God of Magic Starting with Your Martial Soul

Under the pitch-black night, a blood-red soul ring slowly rotated around Zhang Lexuan's body.

The energy of a 100,000-year-old soul ring is extremely vast, and the resentment of the soul beast residing within it is extremely strong. The process of absorption is also a process of fighting against the resentment of the soul beast, which cannot be completed in a short time.

So the rest of the group cleared a flat area nearby for camping, and the tired trainees gathered around the campfire that was lit in the camp.

Those among them who were still able to move sat cross-legged, recovering their condition.

Even though most of the trainees have rekindled their fighting spirit, if they want to continue hunting souls, they must recover their strength as soon as possible; otherwise, they may have no choice but to return home.

After his impassioned speech yesterday, Elder Xuan has disappeared again.

I don't know if it was because I felt guilty and dared not face the students who had been let down, or for some other reason.

But everyone knew that he hadn't gone far this time.

A makeshift grill was set up over the fire, and Huo Yuhao carefully turned several pieces of meat over, the heat making him sweat profusely.

Tang Ya thoughtfully held a palm-leaf fan beside him, offering him a touch of coolness.

Just as Huo Yuhao was evenly sprinkling salt on the meat for the final seasoning, Bei Bei and Lu Yi had already set up the tent.

"Brother Bei, Brother Lu, the meat is ready!" Huo Yuhao wiped the sweat from his face with his shoulder and handed over the meat skewers.

Lu Yi reached out and took it, thanked him, and then carefully examined the pork chop in his hand.

It is said that Shrek Academy's high-class dining hall serves meat from century-old soul beasts year-round, with each meal costing nearly a hundred gold soul coins. The taste is said to far surpass that of any ordinary livestock meat.

If a hundred-year-old soul beast's flesh is like this, wouldn't a hundred-thousand-year-old one take off?

Lu Yi took a bite out of sheer curiosity.

Perhaps because the leopard is all muscle, it is a bit dry and hard after being grilled, with a smoky and salty taste on the tip of the tongue.

But as he chewed harder, a strong, sour meaty taste followed, mixed with a fishy smell, assaulted his taste buds.

Lu Yi immediately put on the mask of pain, completely losing his allure to the taste of the 100,000-year-old soul beast meat.

He tried his best not to savor the taste, quickly chewed a few bites, and swallowed the meat.

No wonder that old gourmand Xuan disappeared after only taking a small bite, and the inner court students all remained silent while eating.

It seems that not all soul beasts are suitable as food, especially those that have gone through a fierce battle. Their resentment is so great that even after death, they still use their taste to attack everyone indiscriminately.

As Lu Yi stared at the remaining steak, he hesitated, when a warm feeling came from his stomach.

"Um?"

This feeling—was surprisingly comfortable.

Lu Yi felt the warmth gradually spread and flow to all parts of his body. In this humid and sultry forest, it did not feel hot, but rather like drinking a sip of hot soup on a winter's day.

The ingredients are good, but the taste is...

He turned to look at Beibei, who noticed his gaze and gave him a forced smile. Lu Yi then turned his attention back to the pork chop in his hand.

He took a deep breath, thinking of the old saying "good medicine tastes bitter," and finally mustered his courage again.

Go for it! Cheers!

Better a short pain than a long one, Lu Yi quickly stuffed the meat chop into his mouth.

It might be uncomfortable at first, but you'll get used to it and it will feel better.

"Brother Lu, quickly use the meditation method I taught you before to refine the soul power in the soul beast meat!" Bei Bei finished eating the meat with a troubled expression and reminded Lu Yi.

Lu Yi nodded upon hearing this, crawled into the tent, sat cross-legged, and cleared his mind.

After consuming a large amount of soul beast meat containing pure energy, it felt as if a small furnace had been lit in his stomach, and a large amount of heat began to dissipate to all parts of his body.

As Beibei closed her eyes and sensed the energy, she began to guide it, saying, "Guide that energy, let it flow into the meridians!"

Under Bei Bei's guidance, Lu Yi focused his mind and began to control the dissipated energy, making it participate in the circulation of soul power.

Compared to absorbing a soul ring, where energy automatically flows into the meridians, the process of absorbing and converting food energy is obviously more difficult and far less efficient.

In Lu Yi's personal experience, the difference between the two is like the difference between taking drugs and exercising naturally.

The former involves directly channeling the dragon's power into the body, while the latter requires consistent, long-term effort, resulting in vastly different short-term effects.

However, what he consumed was not the flesh and blood of an ordinary soul beast. Even though the energy dissipated was far greater than what he absorbed, it was still considerable.

As the sky above the depths of the Starry Sky Forest began to lighten, the warmth in Lu Yi's abdomen had completely dissipated.

Feeling the abundant soul power within his body, Lu Yi smiled.

Although the shadow leopard meat was hard to swallow, its effects were undeniable. After just two hours of meditation and digestion, his soul power and blood energy had increased significantly.

He didn't know how long it would normally take to cultivate this increased soul power, but he figured it would be no less than ten days.

But if he had to choose, he would still prefer to cultivate on his own.

He slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, opened his eyes, and lifted the tent flap, only to see that many people had already gotten up.

The morning sunlight, filtering through the thin mist in the forest, seemed to dispel the darkness and gloom of yesterday.

Senior Zhu Song is now able to move freely, completely unable to imagine the fierce battle he experienced yesterday.

Noticing that Lu Yi had finished his cultivation, Zhu Song actually took the initiative to come over.

"Little Brother Lu is awake! Come and have breakfast!"

"Breakfast...?"

"That's right!" Zhu Song saw the fear flash in Lu Yi's eyes, and an uncontrollable smile appeared on his face. "There's still a lot of soul beast meat left; we can't waste such good stuff!"

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Zhang Lexuan's process of absorbing the spirit ring lasted for two days and three nights, and only she herself knew the dangers involved.

For dozens of hours, she struggled against the remnant soul of the Shadow Leopard, each step as if walking on thin ice, the slightest carelessness would result in her soul being torn apart by the opponent's powerful resentment.

Fortunately, she withstood the shock to her soul, but she paid a considerable price.

As the crimson eighth spirit ring slowly coiled around his body, and as the powerful aura receded into his body, everything seemed to have settled down, but the blood energy within his body surged violently.

Zhang Lexuan coughed up a mouthful of blood, swayed, and collapsed to the ground.

"Sister Lexuan!"

People noticed her unusual behavior and came over.

Xuanzi landed beside her at that moment, bent down and placed his hand on her shoulder, extending his soul power.

Upon closer inspection, Xuanzi's expression turned extremely unpleasant.

"Elder Xuan, how is Sister Lexuan?"

Xuan Zi sighed almost imperceptibly, then blamed himself, "It's all my fault for not being there at the time. That girl Le Xuan actually burned her life force to fight that beast, and forcibly absorbed the 100,000-year soul ring when she was in her worst condition. Although she succeeded in absorbing it, she inevitably suffered a backlash. I'm afraid..."

He paused, but Beibei became anxious: "Afraid of what? Elder Xuan, please tell me!"