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

Chapter 570 Strength Enhancement

Starlight bursts forth from the earth.

A vortex centered on starlight enveloped the gun's body.

Xu Yuan and Xu Zhi retreated far away, even leaving the bottomless crevice behind.

However, the vortex within the crack continues to expand.

Xu Yuan was very familiar with that vortex; it was the very elixir he had cultivated.

He transferred the elixir into Jue's body, and then fused his own body, constructed from essence, energy, and spirit, along with the corresponding three spiritual apertures of essence, energy, and spirit, into Jue's main body.

At the same moment, the Yuan Vortex Spirit Furnace evolved.

After all, he had a contract with the Spirit Furnace, and Xu Yuan still sensed it when he stripped all his power to Jue.

The Yuan Vortex Spirit Furnace can evolve three times, but under special circumstances, it seems to have undergone this fourth evolution.

Meanwhile, the Holy Guiding Spirit Furnace also underwent its fourth evolution. The catalyst for this evolution was the evolution of the Yuan Vortex Spirit Furnace. The Yuan Vortex Spirit Furnace evolved, and the Spirit Pill fused with the three major spiritual apertures, subsequently merging with the Yuan Vortex Spirit Furnace. This vortex also became the main body of the Yuan Vortex Spirit Furnace.

The birth of this vortex gave rise to Jue's Devouring attribute and stabilized it. It then absorbed the Holy Guidance ability related to the Devouring characteristic from the Holy Guidance Furnace and expanded it.

Holy Light is no longer just for attracting enemy attacks; it can also attract energy and matter.

With the coordination of essence, energy, and spirit, the two spirit furnaces evolved, which also induced the most difficult-to-evolve Star Spirit Furnace to undergo its fourth evolution.

The Starry Spirit Furnace was originally crafted using Absolute's true form.

Now, the fourth evolution has naturally given rise to a space that is exactly the same as the space that originally gave birth to it.

Using this spear-shaped space as its core, Jue inherited Xu Yuan's essence and spirit, and quickly constructed his own essence and spirit.

At this moment, it is no longer a soul or spirit.

Even with just that, his aura has already surpassed what it was before, and it can perhaps already be called a super artifact.

"Even I didn't expect this gun spirit to become a super artifact," Xu Zhi said with emotion.

He personally crafted the ultimate weapon, but he never imagined that one day it would become a super artifact.

His ultimate goal was to become a god-level soul spirit.

Xu Yuan has indeed forged a path that is completely unprecedented in the world of Soul Masters.

Xu Zhi's gaze occasionally drifted towards Xu Yuan.

In his perception, Xu Yuan had become illusory, almost as if he didn't exist, but he had become even more powerful.

When it first came into this world, it needed the help of a stable consciousness to maintain its essence, energy, and spirit. Now it exists independently and maintains its own form.

Even this small improvement is enormous.

Not to mention, in Xu Zhi's perception, something about Xu Yuan had changed.

A gunshot rang out.

On the vast, desolate land, a huge crack seemed to split the earth in two, and within this bottomless crack, endless starlight burst forth, attracting the energy of heaven and earth to continuously flow into the crack.

Above the sky, energy converged, thunderclouds rolled, and a heavenly tribulation was already brewing.

A million-year calamity.

There was no mixed lightning tribulation.

This time, I must personally experience this calamity that is completely filled with destruction.

A long spear burst forth from the crack.

The dazzling starlight has already faded away.

The all-consuming vortex gradually shrank, eventually merging entirely into that small spear.

Starlight shimmered on the spear, which was also imbued with illusory spiritual power and crimson blood energy. The power of the five elements, the power of thunder, and the power of life were all wrapped around the spear.

boom!

A heavenly tribulation descends.

The first bolt of lightning showed no mercy and struck Jue directly on the head.

The destructive power permeated the entire gun barrel from start to finish.

As the lightning dissipated, the form of the Absolute also changed.

All kinds of forces seemed to dissipate, but the gun became even more dazzling, radiating a white light.

boom!

The heavenly tribulations continued to fall, and the power outside Jue's spear gradually diminished. Finally, under the ninth heavenly tribulation, all kinds of power dissipated, leaving only the white light emitted by Jue's spear.

A white light swept across the entire gun, transforming into a new power that surrounded Jue.

A white spear light burst forth, actively meeting the tenth heavenly tribulation.

The spear flashes continued unabated.

Gunfire was everywhere.

At this moment, above the crack in the earth, a long spear seemed to be at odds with the entire world. The heavenly tribulation, which carried the power of heaven and earth, not only failed to destroy the spear, but was instead countered by it.

Those sharp white spear beams utterly crushed the heavenly tribulation.

The heavenly tribulation is growing stronger, and the range of the thunderclouds is becoming more and more extensive, even taking longer to conceive the next heavenly tribulation.

Each tribulation is several times stronger than the last.

Even so, Jue still held the upper hand, taking the initiative to attack and defeat the Heavenly Tribulation one by one.

A soaring gun spirit filled the entire world.

From this day forward, Jue has broken away from Xu Yuan, inheriting his essence, energy, and spirit, as well as the three spiritual apertures and elixirs, and using the four spiritual furnaces to reshape himself.

Similarly, he will assist Xu Yuan in an even stronger manner.

Xu Yuan looked at all this with satisfaction in his eyes.

"As expected, the Heavenly Tribulation is unreasonable. It adjusts according to the strength of the soul beast undergoing the tribulation. However, since Jue's strength exceeded the limit of the Heavenly Tribulation, the Heavenly Tribulation could not stop him from passing through this level of tribulation."

Xu Yuan knew that after the Heavenly Tribulation, Jue would no longer be a Soul Beast.

He is no longer a spirit.

It is a completely new life, inheriting the essence of many systems, inheriting the spirit of a Soul Master, combining the four spiritual furnaces, and integrating the power of many elements.

No longer bound by the Heavenly Tribulation, he will no longer be classified as a Soul Beast.

He shouldn't have been a soul beast in the first place, but because of the soul master's soul spirit, he was forced into the category of the Heavenly Tribulation's judgment and became a 'soul beast'.

Now that he has survived the tribulation, if he is unwilling to become a soul beast, then he is not a soul beast.

His true form was born from the world of the Holy Demon Continent. His essence, energy, and spirit were inherited from Xu Yuan and then tempered through a heavenly tribulation, so he has no connection with soul beasts anymore.

"The power of the Holy Demon Continent is also a kind of constraint. When I return, I will refine his spiritual furnace power again."

That would be another step forward.

The power of the Absolute completely suppressed the Heavenly Tribulation.

As the thunderclouds nurtured an even stronger heavenly tribulation, Jue unleashed a spear-like beam that pierced through the heavens and earth.

A white light pierced through the heavens and the earth.

The thunderclouds were forced to unleash a heavenly tribulation, but it crumbled instantly upon contact with the spear's edge, piercing through the entire thundercloud.

This shot seemed to carry the power of law, piercing through the thunderclouds and their very essence, preventing them from coalescing again.

Jue Na's original body, which was radiating white light, instantly turned into pitch black, transforming into an endless vortex that devoured all the power of the heavenly tribulation and rapidly expanded to encompass the entire thundercloud.

The heavenly tribulation dissipated.

Heaven and earth returned to tranquility.

A long spear stood suspended in mid-air, exuding an unparalleled aura.

The sound of a spear echoed between heaven and earth, and the spear vanished instantly, then reappeared in the hand of Xu Yuan's phantom.

Xu Yuan sensed a strong sense of affinity from the spear.

"Dad, I need to get myself in shape and prepare to challenge Long Haochen. After the challenge, I should be able to return."

Having already obtained the biggest gain from this trip, Xu Yuan no longer had any needs.

Xu Zhi was taken aback.

He didn't expect Xu Yuan to leave so soon.

"you"

After a pause, he still offered a word of advice.

"There's no need to rush to leave. Long Haochen is already a demigod, and he's only one step away from becoming a true god."

"It's alright. I just wanted to experience his power. After all, in my estimation, his current strength is probably at the half-step God King level. I also want to see the difference between my current full strength and that of a half-step God King."

The difference between a half-step God King and a true god?

Xu Zhi gave a wry smile.

As Xu Yuan's father, he easily understood what Xu Yuan meant.

This means they're not going to sit idly by and wait for their doom.

He plans to return to Douluo Star after challenging Long Haochen, then take the initiative to attack and resolve the threat of the Abyss, and may even launch a counterattack against the Crimson Domain.

"There's no need to rush. Even if your strength is similar to that of a half-step God King, I think you'll still be interested in Long Haochen's next move."

What's the next step?

Xu Yuan's eyes flickered.

Is it to become a god?

Is Long Haochen going to become a god?

A flawless version after careful inspection!

How can he become a god in such a world?

Xu Yuan had heard that Feng Xiu was trying to condense a divine position, using the method of a divine position to gather his own power.

Could it be that Long Haochen obtained Fengxiu's method?

Xu Yuan truly didn't know this; he didn't remember whether Long Haochen eventually became a god.

(Long Haochen lived to the second level of the Divine Seal, so he should have become the creator god of another world.)

"What is he going to do?"

"They are probably preparing to go to a destroyed and ruined plane, to restore it, and to carry out what is called creation."

Xu Zhi knew quite a lot; he even knew how Long Haochen planned to become a god.

"I'm not going to wait anymore. I'm not curious about how he created the world."

Xu Yuan didn't care if it was just about restoring the broken plane to life.

Even if he could do all that, Xu Yuan could roughly guess the source of all the power, which was nothing more than the power of the throne of the God of Eternity and Creation.

That little bit of power is enough to experience in battle.

Xu Zhi was helpless.

In that case, he would have to say goodbye to his son sooner rather than later.

He still has much cultivation to complete here and cannot leave for the time being.

"Alright, I'll pass on your message. When do you roughly plan to challenge him?"

"I don't even have a physical body right now, so I have to find a way to cultivate one again that can handle high-intensity combat." Xu Yuan looked down at his illusory body.

"About a month. Even if my body hasn't recovered to its peak after a month, I will still challenge him. Anyway, my own strength won't have much impact on the battle."

Xu Zhi nodded.

He patted Xu Yuan on the shoulder, leaving Xu Yuan to recover properly.

After Xu Zhi left, Xu Yuan sat down cross-legged and placed the spear on his lap.

"Pure consciousness, that state is quite peculiar."

Xu Yuan looked at Jue and said with a smile, "Jue, you borrowed my essence and spirit to condense your physical form before, this time I will borrow your power."

The gun vibrated, indicating that Xu Yuan was alright.

Xu Yuan's consciousness merged into Jue's body.

He activated the power of the Yuan Vortex Spirit Furnace.

A vortex appeared out of nowhere between heaven and earth.

The vortex entered Xu Yuan's illusory body and landed on his lower abdomen.

Then, a second and third vortex appeared.

They landed on Xu Yuan's chest and between his eyebrows, respectively.

The three vortexes stabilized Xu Yuan's spiritual body and initially gathered spiritual power for him.

However, these three vortexes did not possess any spiritual energy or spirit; they only contained pure spiritual power.

With three spiritual apertures, Xu Yuan also manipulated the spiritual power to circulate within his illusory body, and quickly, his entire body seemed to materialize.

The energy of heaven and earth surged in, and the spiritual power rapidly increased.

The fourth spiritual aperture appeared.

Then came the fifth, the sixth...

It wasn't until the tenth spiritual aperture appeared that Xu Yuan once again stepped into the ninth rank.

After that, Xu Yuan's spiritual power began to increase more slowly.

However, with the help of an energy filter, he was able to improve very smoothly and quickly.

Previously, Jue relied on Xu Yuan's power to condense his body, and Jue's power depended on Xu Yuan's power, so he could not display the power of the super artifact.

Now that Jue is completely independent and has become a complete super artifact, Xu Yuan's consciousness is using Jue's power to gather strength, so his power depends on Jue.

This is an ultimate artifact, theoretically capable of reaching the level of a god-king.

Therefore, Xu Yuan can easily reach the level of God-King by using the power of Absolute to condense his body.

Of course, the timing is uncertain.

The reason Jue was able to unleash the full potential of the spear spirit that Xu Yuan could condense was because Jue himself was of high enough quality; at this moment, Xu Yuan's realm was not high enough to reach the God King level.

Even so, his progress in spiritual power was still visible to the naked eye.

The eleventh spiritual aperture condensed without any obstacles.

Three days later, Xu Yuan had condensed thirty spiritual apertures.

In another ten days, he condensed seventy spiritual apertures.

However, in the following two weeks, he only managed to condense twenty new spiritual apertures.

With a total of ninety spiritual apertures filling his body, Xu Yuan felt a sense of power he had never experienced before.

"This power is much stronger than my original body."

During the transformation, Jue and his power ceiling increased by more than one level.

Clenching his fist, Xu Yuan felt as if he could shatter a star with a single punch.

"Let's go and see the ultimate power in this world."

As he spoke, Xu Yuan teleported.

Demon-Suppressing Pass.

Xu Yuan arrived here two days early.

He sat cross-legged on the city wall of Zhenmo Pass and waited quietly for two days.

Suddenly, a spatial fluctuation appeared, and Xu Yuan opened his eyes.

He looked ahead.

Two figures appeared there, hand in hand.

One male and one female.

A young man dressed in pure white armor, with a crown adorning his head, and a stunningly beautiful young woman with flowing long hair, exuding a pure and refreshing aura.

The two walked out of the space as if strolling.

"Are you the real Xu Yuan?" Long Haochen looked at Xu Yuan and spoke slowly.

Xu Yuan subconsciously looked at Xu Zhi, who was far to the side, and revealed a resentful look.

Upon meeting, his first question was, "Are you the real Xu Yuan?"

It sounds weird.

"My power has reached the limit of this world. Are you sure you want to fight me with all your might?"

"Of course, although it's not quite what I imagined, your strength should still be at the half-step God King level. I also want to test my level."

Long Haochen frowned.

What does that mean?

Is there a difference?

Why does it sound like you're looking down on your own strength?

(End of this chapter)