Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 19 The Millennium Soul Ring and the Blessing of Light! (Seeking Recommendation Votes)

In the bushes, Zhu Ziyang confronted the blazing mantis.

This blazing mantis's cultivation level should be around 1,400 years. Perhaps it had just experienced a great battle, as it still had many wounds on its body and was very agitated, raising its forelimbs to look at Zhu Ziyang in a threatening manner.

Take care of the Blazing Mantis first!

Zhu Ziyang made up his mind and immediately took action.

He charged toward the Blazing Mantis in one stride, his Radiant Scythe slashing and creating gusts of wind.

Enraged, the blazing mantis let out a series of sharp cries, its two forelegs glowing as it charged towards Zhu Ziyang.

The Glowing Scythe clashed with the Blazing Mantis, causing the air to tremble. The Blazing Mantis was incredibly strong, and Zhu Ziyang's arm trembled slightly. However, the Blazing Mantis was also not faring well; its already unhealed injuries were now compounded by new wounds.

Zhu Ziyang suddenly exerted his strength, repelling the Blazing Mantis while also taking a large step back. Immediately afterward, his first spirit ring lit up, and a gray-white blade of light carrying an aura of deathly stillness flew out instantly.

The Blazing Mantis, having suffered a setback, was furious. Its eyes turned red, and its massive body froze. In an instant, its two scythe-like forelimbs transformed into hard bronze, radiating intense light, and it actually slashed straight at Zhu Ziyang's Death Blade!

"Nonsense!" Zhu Ziyang watched this scene with a hint of contempt on his face, but his hands were not careless at all. The Radiant Scythe spun at high speed in a strange manner. After the blade made contact with the Blazing Mantis, it was released from his hand and flew towards it.

The moment the Radiant Mantis encountered the blade, it felt an overwhelming sense of fear. Driven by its biological instinct for death, it retreated. This very retreat sealed its fate. The blade of death instantly severed one of the Radiant Mantis's forelegs at the root. Before blood could even flow, the muscles and nerves at the wound were enveloped by a gray aura.

Immediately afterward, to the horrified gaze of the Radiant Mantis, the rapidly spinning Glowing Scythe struck it precisely, its sharp blade mercilessly severing its head.

The Radiant Mantis is dead!

"Haha!" The Radiant Scythe returned to Zhu Ziyang's hand, and he couldn't help but burst into laughter. Looking at the fallen Radiant Mantis and the light purple spirit ring emerging from its corpse, he said, "It's still just an insect. Even as a thousand-year-old spirit beast, its intelligence is still lacking!"

With a flick of his wrist, the Radiant Scythe and the bright yellow spirit ring vanished.

Arriving at the Bright Yellow Fruit Tree, the fruit was now fully ripe. Zhu Ziyang smiled broadly, picked a bright yellow fruit, and put it into his jade bracelet. The strong osmanthus fragrance disappeared instantly, much to Zhu Ziyang's satisfaction, as the aroma would no longer attract other soul beasts.

After picking the bright yellow fruit, Zhu Ziyang did not rush to absorb the soul ring. Instead, he squatted down and began searching through the corpses of the blazing mantises under the bright yellow fruit tree.

The scythe-shaped forelimbs of the Blazing Mantis are excellent materials for guiding souls, and the Thousand-Year Blazing Mantis's scythe-bone limbs are even hot-selling items on the market. These mantis forelimbs should be enough to make them a small fortune.

Of course, these were just secondary considerations; Zhu Ziyang's main goal was the Soul Bone. Unfortunately, none of the five Blazing Mantises generated a Soul Bone, including the one he killed himself.

He reluctantly put away his ten scythe-shaped forelimbs, then carefully arranged the surroundings to create a hidden cave before crawling inside.

He was about to begin absorbing spirit rings.

Zhu Ziyang sat cross-legged on the ground, drawing the purple soul ring to his front. His face was solemn, and he closed his eyes. He activated the Great Brightness Technique, and his soul power became active, quickly connecting with the purple soul ring in front of him. The surging alien soul power instantly flowed into his meridians.

His martial spirit and his body began to refine this soul power. He could feel the light element of the Radiant Scythe slowly increasing and being refined.

Time passed quietly.

After an unknown period of time, an eight- or nine-year-old boy rushed out from the dense bushes.

His handsome face was beaming with excitement. In his hand he held a pure white scythe that gleamed with silver light, with intermittent golden patterns on the handle. Behind him were two spirit rings, one yellow and one purple.

It was Zhu Ziyang.

"Second Soul Skill, Blessing of Light!" Zhu Ziyang shouted in a deep voice.

The purple second soul ring behind him lit up quickly, and then the Radiant Scythe in his hand was covered with a layer of bronze light. Then, Zhu Ziyang waved it lightly, and all the plants and rocks within a range of nearly five meters in front of him were instantly cleaved in half, the process as smooth and fluid as a cleaver cutting tofu.

Upon seeing this, Zhu Ziyang was overjoyed.

Blessing of Light: Upon release, Zhu Ziyang's power increases by 100%, the hardness and sharpness of the Radiant Scythe increase by 100%, and the Light attribute is enhanced by 50%.

He was quite satisfied with this soul skill. It was already very rare for a soul skill provided by a thousand-year soul ring to amplify three abilities, not to mention that Blessing of Light could also amplify the power of attributes.

After absorbing the spirit ring, Zhu Ziyang's spirit power reached level 21, just a little short of level 22. He estimated that he would reach level 22 in about half a month. Besides, he also had a Bright Yellow Fruit.

Furthermore, his affinity for the Light element has reached around fifty, further enhancing the Light attribute of the Radiant Scythe. At this rate, the Radiant Scythe might reach the level of a top-tier Martial Soul when Zhu Ziyang reaches the third ring.

"Great! Mission accomplished, time to go home!" Zhu Ziyang said with a smug smile.

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Zhu Ziyang traveled through the night and returned to Anyang City the next morning. At this time, it had been exactly seven days since he left Anyang City.

"Oh! Brother, you're back!"

When Zhu Ziyang returned to his dormitory, he ran into Jiang Nannan, who was on her way to class. The girl was so excited to see Zhu Ziyang return safely that she rushed over to him and hugged him happily.

"This is wonderful! You have no idea how worried I've been these past few days!" The girl cried tears of joy, burying her head in Zhu Ziyang's arms and sobbing.

"Alright, alright! I'm back now, aren't I?" Zhu Ziyang gently comforted her, patting Jiang Nannan's back softly. "Besides, I've made a lot of progress, you know. Do you want to see?"

"Okay!" Jiang Nannan stopped crying, her voice still trembling with sobs, and looked up at Zhu Ziyang, replying.

"Then watch closely!" Zhu Ziyang smiled, released Jiang Nannan, took a step back, and then the Radiant Scythe appeared, with two spirit rings, one yellow and one purple, in front of Jiang Nannan.

"This..." Jiang Nannan's eyes widened and her mouth opened when she saw the purple second soul ring, looking incredulous.

"Hehe! How about it? Aren't I amazing, brother!" Zhu Ziyang said with a hint of pride.

"Mmm! Brother, you're so amazing!" Jiang Nannan's eyes still held a hint of shock, but her pretty face was filled with excitement and exhilaration as she exclaimed, "A purple spirit ring! Brother, you're so amazing!"

The girl had a limited vocabulary, but her emotions were spot-on, and Zhu Ziyang could feel it.

"You should keep up the good work!" Zhu Ziyang put away his martial spirit, reached out, and affectionately stroked the girl's hair, saying, "When you reach level 20, I'll help you find a soul ring that's about a thousand years old!"

Jiang Nannan's soul power level is 16, which is still some distance from level 20, but the girl has great talent and should be able to become a two-ring Great Soul Master before the age of nine.

"Yes! I definitely will!" Encouraged by Zhu Ziyang, Jiang Nannan was full of fighting spirit.

"By the way, are my parents back yet?" Zhu Ziyang asked.

"Not yet," Jiang Nannan said.

"Hasn't he come back yet?" Zhu Ziyang was taken aback. It had been almost half a month, and he was a little worried.

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