Douluo Continent: Not enough bloodline? Make up for it with brains

Chapter 36 Xu Yuan's Ambition

Five?

Xu Yuan sighed inwardly.

The battle had lasted so long, and although his and Ye Xinglan's physical condition continued to recover, their mental exhaustion was inescapable.

Although Xu Lizhi did not fight, he kept making large meat buns, which consumed his soul power.

Food-type Soul Masters can also enjoy the full benefits of the food they make.

Xu Lizhi himself can enjoy the effects of the big meat bun, and he can also enjoy the positive feedback.

In other words, the soul power restored after consuming it is more than the soul power consumed.

This may seem to violate the law of conservation of energy, but in reality it is only because of Xu Lizhi's own consumption and recovery of soul power. The making of the big meat bun consumes the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Rather than saying that the energy inside the large meat bun used to restore soul power and physical strength is Xu Lizhi's soul power, it would be more accurate to say that it is the primordial energy of heaven and earth, or a kind of recovery mechanism.

Xu Lizhi's soul power is mostly used to maintain this mechanism, which is transformed into unique energy that allows the body to quickly absorb the internal spiritual energy of heaven and earth to restore soul power.

"Make four big meat buns. I'll eat two, and you'll eat two. You should be able to recover some of your soul power by the next round. Try to recover enough to make three buns by then."

Ye Xinglan hadn't fully digested what she had just eaten; she needed to focus all her energy on absorbing the energy from the previous battle and recover as quickly as possible.

In the eleventh match, Xu Yuan defeated three opponents and won.

In the twelfth match, Xu Yuan and Ye Xinglan fought together and passed.

In the thirteenth round, Ye Xinglan helped Xu Yuan eliminate one person in the first half, and then began to recover her strength. Xu Yuan fought two opponents and won.

In the fourteenth round, Xu Lizhi squeezed out all his soul power to make only one large meat bun, which he gave to Xu Yuan. Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi each stepped forward to entangle an enemy, giving Xu Yuan a one-on-one opportunity. He quickly dealt with his opponent and then defeated Xu Lizhi's opponent. Finally, he joined forces with Ye Xinglan to defeat the last enemy.

With a total of fourteen victories, Xu Yuan and his two companions achieved a perfect score.

After leaving the Soul Arena, Wang Hao and his group did not rush to take Xu Yuan and the other two to participate in the next assessment.

The three of them entered a meditative state to recover their exhausted spirits.

Wang Hao gave Xu Yuan and the other two a full half hour before interrupting their recovery.

"Alright, now you will proceed to the ninth test."

The ninth test tests one's character.

Xu Yuan and his two companions continued their work as a team.

We entered a virtual platform simulating the Starry Sky Forest.

"There's no danger around, let's continue recovering," Xu Yuan suggested.

The three were still exhausted from fighting fourteen battles in a row, so now that the situation allowed, they naturally wanted to recover first.

"Although it's tiring, the last level really pushed us to the limit, which was very effective in improving our combat skills. Recall the details of the battle just now," Xu Yuan reminded Ye Xinglan.

Ye Xinglan nodded, her indifference towards Xu Yuan gone.

She had known Xu Lizhi since childhood. She felt that Xu Lizhi was too fat and did not approve of him eating too much. Xu Yuan's so-called secret technique of feeding Xu Lizhi even more food from the very beginning aroused her dissatisfaction.

Also, she felt something was wrong at the time, thinking that Xu Yuan was lying to the little foodie.

Having gone through a battle together, she realized the benefits of Xu Yuan's Devouring Heaven and Earth Technique.

If she weren't unfamiliar with the technique, and if she had nothing to offer in exchange, she would also like to learn Xu Yuan's unique skill.

After resting for a full two hours in the distance, Xu Yuan and the other two were fully recovered.

"Let's go, it's time to explore this place."

Staying in the same place isn't a solution.

Just as the three were about to take action, two fluctuations of soul power suddenly appeared in their senses.

Strangely, despite such a powerful fluctuation of soul power, the three of them unanimously decided to go and investigate.

Arriving at a valley, the three cautiously observed the situation inside from outside the valley.

"Two powerful soul beasts are fighting. According to my understanding, one of them is a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. The aura it emits is terrifying. I don't know if it is ten thousand years old or a thousand years old. I am more inclined to believe it is a thousand years old. After all, a ten thousand-year-old Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear is comparable to a hundred thousand-year-old soul beast. Its destructive power should be stronger than the one in front of us."

A thousand years, but certainly not just a thousand years.

Xu Yuan was focused on another soul beast.

"The Imperial Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion!"

Xu Lizhi and Ye Xinglan were greatly surprised.

They hadn't expected that the two sides battling below were such rare and powerful soul beasts, and that the Emperor Beast was a legendary soul beast.

The three observed for a full hour. The two super soul beasts seemed to have a deep-seated hatred for each other, fighting to the death, and finally perished together.

They arrived at the corpses of the two super soul beasts.

"Soul Bone!"

Xu Yuan's gaze sharpened as he looked at the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's right paw.

Xu Lizhi and Ye Xinglan were also breathing rapidly.

Before the three of them entered, Wang Hao had said that this place was similar to the previous Beast Arena and Soul Arena, but it was also different. The soul beasts inside were all real. If they needed a soul ring, they could directly absorb the soul rings of the soul beasts inside. They could even absorb and fuse with soul bones if they were found.

Everything can be taken out!

On the right claw, this is clearly not one of the regular six soul bones, but an external soul bone!

The three of them breathed even more rapidly.

Xu Yuan calmed down and said to the two of them, "Don't rush, let's see how things go."

He also had the idea of ​​forcibly taking over the soul bone, but he felt that there was something wrong with it, after all, this was an assessment.

"Special super soul beasts like the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion have a very high probability of leaving behind soul bones after death. The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear mostly produces Dark Gold Terrorclaws, while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion..."

Xu Yuan looked at the head of the three-eyed golden lion.

The Heavenly Spear thrusts down.

A ray of rose-gold light shone forth.

Have!

"Two soul bones, and there are three of us, how should we divide them?" Xu Lizhi asked Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan is the strongest of the three, so the allocation of resources is ultimately up to Xu Yuan.

Ye Xinglan is no match for Xu Yuan. Although they have never fought, Xu Lizhi was well aware of this from the previous seventh and eighth trials.

They would not agree if Xu Yuan wanted to keep both soul bones for himself.

Xu Yuan frowned and pondered for a long time.

"I can do without the soul bone of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, but I can have the skull of this Three-Eyed Golden Lion."

Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi breathed a sigh of relief.

Their biggest fear was that Xu Yuan would monopolize both soul bones.

"The fusion requirements for the Dark Gold Terrorclaw are frighteningly high; I doubt I can fuse it before level 50," Xu Yuan thought to himself.

As for the skull of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, it has the best effect.

Unconsciously, Xu Yuan was led to ignore many memories and believed what Wang Hao had said before, subconsciously accepting the illogical reasoning in it.

To be honest, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw doesn't fit Xu Yuan's plan for his combat system.

Even if it takes over, it won't absorb it on its own, and it certainly won't be able to absorb it in a short period of time.

It would be better to give the soul bones to Ye Xinglan and the other two. These two are undeniably talented, and in the original story, they were part of the Shrek Seven Devils of this generation. They could serve as Xu Yuan's core team in the future.

Some readers feel this is a case of "idiocy," or wonder if the protagonist shouldn't know the truth.

There must have been some foreshadowing beforehand, right?

Shrek Academy has definitely used this kind of test more than once. Those in the Spirit Pagoda, the Hall of Heroes, or families with Title Douluos surely know about it. They explain it to their juniors beforehand; how can they possibly see through human nature like that?

Therefore, there must be an illusion technique to ensure that those who know everything will not immediately think of it, and to guide them to believe that the soul bone inside can be brought out.

I personally think this is reasonable.

(End of this chapter)