Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 92 Guangling's First Soul Skill: Crimson Gold Aura

Leaving the oasis, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Guang Ling braved the scorching winds and headed towards the quicksand region.

Since the camel-like beasts wouldn't go to the quicksand area, the group could no longer hitch a ride and had to walk step by step through the desert.

Fire Phoenix and Fire Dance followed behind.

The Flaming Lion King usually lives independently, so if you want to find it, you can't go to the territory where the Flaming Lion lives. Therefore, the two of them could only follow Tang San and the others and try their luck.

After all, the Fiery Lion King survives independently outside, and in order to grow, it must hunt other soul beasts. The Iron Fang Fish will appear in the quicksand area, and often rests on the edge of the quicksand. It is probably one of the easiest foods for the Fiery Lion King to catch.

After climbing up a hillside piled with yellow sand, Tang San stopped and gazed at the flowing "river" five hundred meters away.

Unlike the yellow sand beneath my feet, that stretch of quicksand was white, reflecting light so brightly it was almost blinding. I had no idea where it came from or where it was going.

This quicksand was not what he had imagined.

In his past life, quicksand looked no different from ordinary yellow sand on the surface. However, if a person or animal accidentally stepped into it, they would never be able to get out and would be trapped inside.

And the quicksand ahead was actually flowing, just like a river.

However, Tang San noticed several small black dots moving along the edge of the quicksand; these must be the Irontooth Fish.

So the group quickened their pace.

When Tang San arrived at a point less than thirty meters from the quicksand, he could hear the sound of the quicksand moving. It was a soft rustling sound, so faint that even he, a great soul master, could barely hear it.

Fire Phoenix said, "This is the River of Flowing Sands. Legend has it that an extremely powerful 100,000-year-old soul beast sleeps deep underground in the Infinite Desert, and with each breath, it causes the quicksand to flow."

"That's possible." Tang San noticed that the sand in the Flowing Sand River was not much different from the sand nearby, except that it was white in color, so he guessed that it had just emerged from a deeper layer below.

In this peculiar world, quicksand is caused by the breath of a powerful 100,000-year-old soul beast. One breath is one cycle, which is not impossible.

Then, Tang San began to scan the Iron Fang Fish basking in the sun by the quicksand. Finally, he identified a fifty-centimeter-long Iron Fang Fish. Without making a sound, he used the Endless Grassland technique, spreading the roots of the Blue Silver Grass under it. Then, leaves suddenly sprouted and bound the Iron Fang Fish, which he then delivered to Guang Ling's side.

However, once an Irontooth Fish that is about 500 years old leaves the sand, it is like a fish out of water; no matter how hard it struggles, it is to no avail.

Tang San said, "Kill it. This is your first spirit ring, five hundred years old. Although you've eaten a lot of whale glue, each piece is only the size of a fingernail. It's safer to kill it."

"Um."

Guangling took out a dagger from her storage bracers and stabbed it into the eye of the Irontooth Fish. With a forceful twist, she destroyed the Irontooth Fish's already small brain.

Upon seeing a yellow spirit ring rise, Guang Ling sat down cross-legged and activated the Xuan Tian Gong cultivation method that Tang San had taught her, drawing the spirit ring over and attaching it to her martial spirit iron bow.

Compared to the scenes Tang San had witnessed of Sisi and Wang Sheng absorbing spirit rings, Guangling only frowned at first, then calmed down and quietly absorbed the spirit rings.

In less than an hour, Guangling had finished absorbing the nutrients and looked delighted.

Upon releasing its martial spirit, crimson patterns appeared wrapped around the iron bow, the handle of the bow was slightly concave, and the protrusions at both ends became sharp, making it look like a peculiar double-edged sword.

It is obvious that Guangling's martial soul was influenced by the two horizontally long iron teeth of the Iron Fang Fish, and he truly gained the ability to fight in close combat.

However, this is only a change in the form of the martial soul. The true soul skill is still unclear, but Tang San estimates that the iron bow must have been imbued with the aura of metal.

"Third Brother, look."

Guangling drew back the bowstring, and his soul skill condensed into a sharp arrow. Unlike before he obtained the soul ring, a wisp of silver light appeared at the arrowhead, carrying a hint of sharpness.

Tang San had already determined that its penetrating power was definitely stronger than before.

More importantly, this was just Guangling using her soul power; she didn't actually use her first soul skill.

Then, the first spirit ring shone, and the blade at the bow swirled with crimson light, condensing into two energy-shaped scimitars that adhered to the condensed spirit power arrow.

Whoosh!

Guangling released the bowstring, and the arrow shot out, covering a distance of nearly sixty meters in the blink of an eye. Moreover, the two sharp blades on it were extremely sharp, cutting ten cacti as thick as a human body in half beside the Liusha River.

"It's a ranged attack-type soul skill, and those two energy-like blades are extremely sharp. Although I haven't tested them specifically, they should be able to break through the defenses of a Soul Master, as long as that Soul Master isn't a defensive type," Tang San commented after a brief analysis. He then asked, "Can this soul skill only be used after you've condensed an arrow?"

"no."

Guangling shook his head and drew the bowstring again, but this time he did not use his soul power to condense an arrow, but directly used his soul skill.

This time, the soul skill only condensed two energy-like blades, with a range of about sixty meters, but the power was much smaller. It only cut through five cacti that were about half the size of a human head, but it was still much stronger than a normal hundred-year soul skill.

Tang San didn't care much about this; what he was more concerned about was the change in the form of the Iron Bow brought by the Iron Fang Fish's spirit ring, which made it not only a bow but also a melee weapon.

That's the biggest gain.

"What's the name of your first soul skill?" Tang San asked.

"Aura of crimson gold."

Guangling thought for a while and came up with this name. "This spirit ring has made my martial spirit stronger. My spirit power has the sharp characteristics of the Iron Fang Fish. When I use a spirit skill, the two blades are red. More importantly, every time I use a spirit skill, the red patterns on my martial spirit will flow, as if it can absorb some kind of strange energy from the air to strengthen itself. And it is a permanent strengthening... Although the feedback I receive is very low, I know that it is real."

Tang San smiled.

He knew that Guangling's martial soul inherited the Iron Fang Fish's ability to absorb metal and evolve. When added to the martial soul, it meant absorbing elements from heaven and earth. Although the effect was extremely weak, and it could only absorb the corresponding metallic energy, it still had the possibility of making the martial soul continuously evolve.

"Excellent, the aura of crimson gold. A soul skill that can benefit you for life, and even give you a chance to catch up with those high-quality weapon spirits." Tang San exclaimed. "In that case, your spirit should also be given a new name, called the Sun-Chasing Bow. I hope that the arrows shot by your spirit can chase the sun and surpass it."

"The Sun-Chasing Bow?" Guang Ling gripped his martial soul, his resolve hardening. "Alright, I'll listen to Third Brother. Let's call it the Sun-Chasing Bow."

(End of this chapter)