Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Mysterious Heavy Ruler

Chapter 46 The Old Poisoner's Journey Through the Stars

Let's go back to the time when Dugu Bo was recruited by the Star Luo Soul Hunter Team to be their helper.

"This time, we are going to hunt down a 90,000-year-old demonic tiger whale. Our scouts have discovered that it is currently resting near an isolated island outside Starsea City. The purpose of this hunt is twofold: first, to eliminate the hidden danger, and second, to help Elder Wang (that quasi-titled Douluo) obtain his ninth soul ring."

Sea Serpent Douluo instructed that the Soul Hunting team that set off this time was quite strong, with a Title Douluo as the leader, a Quasi-Title Douluo, seven Soul Douluos (plus Dugu Bo), and ten Soul Saints.

Among them, 60% of the Soul Douluos and Soul Saints are agility-based attackers. Title Douluos hold the Soul Beasts back from the front, while agility-based attackers constantly harass and deplete the Soul Beasts' stamina, thereby increasing the probability of a kill.

This is the best method passed down from the Star Luo Empire for hunting high-age soul beasts, and it can be considered a method unique to the Star Luo Empire.

The Spirit Hall is basically composed of several Title Douluos working together, or a dozen or so Soul Douluos working together, completely unreasonable. As for the Heaven Dou Empire, forget it, it doesn't even have a single Title Douluo, not worth mentioning. If it weren't for the existence of the Spirit Hall, the Star Luo Empire would have destroyed the Heaven Dou Empire long ago.

Dugu Bo followed the Soul Hunter team. He was using the alias Nine Heads, and his martial soul was the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent. His soul power was level 85, which ranked him among the top three Soul Douluos here, so no one dared to mess with him.

Before long, Dugu Bo and the Soul Hunter team arrived at the deserted island where the Demon Orca was located. There they saw an exceptionally large Demon Orca, over twenty meters long, with a faint metallic luster shining on its gray-black skin.

Sea spirit beasts are supposed to be social creatures, but this demonic tiger whale, which is nearly 100,000 years old, is currently out in the open, which is quite puzzling.

The demonic killer whale was sleeping at that moment.

However, it was a 90,000-year-old soul beast, with strength comparable to a titled Douluo-level soul beast, and also a top-tier existence among sea soul beasts. Its senses were incredibly strong, and it instantly woke up from its slumber and assumed a fighting stance.

Roar—

The demonic orca roared, trying to drive away the humans. Its senses detected that two of the humans were powerful enough to make it wary. One was the old man leading the group, whose strength was similar to its own, and the other was following behind. The aura he exuded was weaker than its own, but the demonic orca's instinct told it that this human was terrifying.

"As expected of a sea spirit beast nearly 100,000 years old, its senses are indeed strong. Let's proceed according to our previously established plan!"

Sea Serpent Douluo roared and then unleashed his Martial Soul True Form to confront the enemy.

"Martial Soul True Form! x16" The quasi-titled Douluo, along with five Soul Douluos and ten Soul Saints, all unleashed their Martial Soul True Forms.

The Sea Serpent Douluo's martial soul is the Sea Viper, a highly venomous sea serpent martial soul. Its level should be similar to that of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent, but without the Jade Phosphorous Serpent's outrageous flaws.

"Eighth Soul Skill, Viper's Fury of the Sea" The Sea Serpent Douluo unleashed his eighth soul skill, directly attacking the Sea Demon Dragon.

The demonic orca was in pain. Even a clay figure has some temper, let alone these humans who came to hunt it. How could it not be furious?

The eyes of the demonic orca glowed blue. As if sensing something, the Sea Serpent Douluo quickly dodged and shouted, "Be careful, this beast's attack!"

Unfortunately, it was too late. A beam of red light shot out from the eyes of the demonic tiger whale, crystallizing and eliminating a Soul Douluo. The Soul Douluo's physical body was instantly annihilated, shocking the surrounding Soul Masters.

In addition, Dugu Bo stood outside the battlefield, supporting another Douluo. That's right, his role was to support, since he was just a wildly recruited Soul Douluo, and the Soul Hunting Team was not at ease with him.

Furthermore, a Soul Douluo with a Soul Power level of 88 accompanied Dugu Bo, but in reality, he was just monitoring Dugu Bo. Dugu Bo noticed this but didn't care, considering it was just a mere Soul Douluo.

At this moment, the Soul Hunter Squad and the Demonic Tiger Whale had reached a fever pitch. One Soul Douluo and four Soul Saints had been killed by the Demonic Tiger Whale, which was covered in wounds, its metallic skin battered and tattered.

Roar————

The demonic orca immediately let out a huge roar to the sky. Everyone thought that the demonic orca was at its last gasp, but little did they know how much disaster their thoughts would bring them.

The last one came from the quasi-titled Douluo King elder. This demonic tiger whale will be his ninth soul ring. After absorbing it, he can become a top expert on the continent and enter the Hall of Worship of the Star Luo Empire.

A black and red spirit ring emerged from the Demonic Orca. The 90,000-year spirit ring was the closest to the 100,000-year spirit ring. The spirit ring was no longer pure black, but black with red.

Anyway, Dugu Bo's ninth spirit ring was not black with red markings. He hunted down a snake-like spirit beast that was about 85,000 years old on his own.

This is the disadvantage of not joining a major power, but it's not a big problem. He is currently at level 95 in soul power. So what if this guy's ninth soul ring is a bit higher than his? He can kill this Elder Wang instantly.

The hunt was now complete, and Elder Wang began absorbing the spirit rings. Dugu Bo and the level 88 Soul Douluo stepped forward to protect him.

The Sea Serpent Douluo was resting and recovering on the spot, while the two Soul Douluos were examining the corpse of the Demonic Orca to see if there were any soul bones, as the probability of such high-level soul beasts dropping soul bones was very high.

"Lord Sea Serpent! There's a soul bone, a head soul bone!" A Soul Douluo shouted, startling the Sea Serpent Douluo who was still meditating.

He instantly teleported to the Soul Douluo's side, his hands trembling as he looked at the deep blue soul bone. The eyes of the other Soul Douluos and Soul Saints were filled with fervent light.

This is an extremely rare skull! It's a demonic skull formed from concentrated spiritual energy. Its soul skill is estimated to be from the crystallization of a demonic orca. This 90,000-year-old skull is worth no less than the limbs of a 100,000-year-old soul bone.

The value of a head spirit bone is extremely high. Dugu Bo also saw the head spirit bone and was ready to quickly eliminate everyone here and seize the spirit bone. He was determined to get such a good spirit bone for his granddaughter.

Just as Dugu Bo was about to make his move, an unexpected event occurred: a colossal creature suddenly leaped out of the sea—another demonic killer whale.

This demonic orca was also 90,000 years old. After seeing the corpse on the island, it roared and its eyes emitted a red light, shooting towards Elder Wang.

By this time, Dugu Bo also understood why this soul beast was outside. Judging from the situation, the two soul beasts were a couple, and both were over 90,000 years old. They were probably driven out by their clan's king because of their advanced age, which is why they were here.

Elder Wang was truly absorbing the soul ring and could not be disturbed. The sudden attack caused his body to crystallize, and then his body cracked inch by inch.

"Xiao Wang!"

"Elder Wang!"

The Soul Hunter team was furious; they were about to collect their reward, but the mission failed. Sea Serpent Douluo, enraged, unleashed his Martial Soul True Form and fought a desperate battle against the Demonic Orca.

He didn't have much time left to live, only a few decades. Elder Wang was the successor he was grooming to take his place. But now that the successor was gone, how could he not be furious?

The remaining Soul Douluos and Soul Saints unleashed their Martial Soul True Forms to attack the Sea Demon Dragon. Due to the sudden appearance of the second Demonic Orca, the demonic skull formed from condensed spiritual energy was not stored in the storage soul tool and was left on the corpse of the first Demonic Orca.

Dugu Bo took it away without lifting a finger.

Inspired by a dragon-patterned staff, with slight modifications and permission obtained.

(End of this chapter)