Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 85 Jiang Nannan's Transformation!

Night falls.

"Brother~ mmm~ mmm..." Jiang Nannan, who was hiding in the tree, suddenly stood up excitedly. Just as she was about to shout, Zhu Ziyang covered her mouth and pulled her down.

"Shh!" Zhu Ziyang gestured for her to be quiet, then released her and whispered, "Wait a minute."

Why did Jiang Nannan suddenly become agitated?

It was quite simple. Not far from them, on the mountainside riddled with small holes, emerged a group of golden rats. These rats were covered in golden scales, with silver markings on their foreheads, and their short paws were milky white. They weren't very big; the largest was only two meters long, and the smallest was less than fifty centimeters.

These were the targets of Zhu Ziyang and his companions' journey: the Silver Moon Golden Armor Beasts.

Silver Moon Golden Armor Beasts are social soul beasts. Generally speaking, each group has forty to fifty individuals. The number that has appeared so far is only one or two dozen, which is far from enough to meet the standard of a group. Therefore, there must be more Silver Moon Golden Armor Beasts that have not yet appeared.

As Zhu Ziyang had predicted, another group of Silver Moon Golden Armored Beasts emerged from the cave. This group was clearly stronger than the previous one. The strongest of the previous batch of Silver Moon Golden Armored Beasts was only eight hundred years old, while this batch consisted of beasts with over a thousand years of cultivation, the strongest of which was a full three thousand five hundred years old—exactly the maximum age Jiang Nannan could withstand!

This Silver Moon Golden Armor Beast, with a cultivation of 3,500 years, is clearly the leader of this group.

"Elder Song!" After the leader, the Silver Moon Golden Armored Beast, appeared, Jiang Nannan's face lit up with joy, and she immediately looked at Elder Song with pleading eyes.

Zhu Ziyang nodded to Elder Song, indicating that he could choose the Silver Moon Golden Armor Beast.

However, Elder Song hesitated, repeatedly confirming, "This Silver Moon Golden Armor Beast's cultivation exceeds three thousand five hundred years. Is Nan Nan sure she can handle it? We can't harm ourselves by being greedy!"

"Don't worry, Elder Song," Jiang Nannan said confidently. "My second soul ring is already nine hundred years old, and absorbing a three thousand five hundred-year soul ring for the third soul ring is no problem at all. You can ask Brother Ziyang if you don't believe me."

"That's right, Elder Song," Zhu Ziyang said with certainty.

"Since that's the case, then I won't say anything more." Old Song was persuaded and agreed, "You wait here, I'll be right back."

With a leap, Old Song vanished from their sight in an instant. Before they could react, a commotion broke out among the Silver Moon Golden Armored Beasts not far away. Many of the beasts screamed and howled before scattering in all directions.

Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan were both puzzled until they saw that Old Song had returned, carrying the Silver Moon Golden Armor Beast leader, who was already unable to move.

The two couldn't help but exchange a glance, both seeing the shock and envy in each other's eyes.

Is this the strongest agility-based Soul Master on the continent? So fast!

That was incredibly fast! The distance of several hundred meters, including the round trip and the capture of the soul beast, was covered in less than half a minute!

"Let's go find a quiet place and let Nan Nan finish off this beast," Old Song said directly, ignoring the emotions in the two teenagers' eyes.

"Yes!" the two agreed.

The three of them arrived at the place where they had stayed before.

"Come on, Nannan, it's all up to you now." Old Song tossed the Silver Moon Golden Armor Beast to the ground and said to Jiang Nannan.

"Hmm!" Jiang Nannan nodded, walked to the Silver Moon Armored Beast, took out a dagger, squatted down, and the dagger in her hand instantly pierced the Silver Moon Armored Beast's brain through its eye.

The Silver Moon Golden Armor Beast's entire body was covered in hard scales, with only its eyes exposed, which was its only Achilles' heel. Jiang Nannan learned this from Zhu Ziyang, which is why she swiftly and decisively attacked the beast's eyes. The beast's body twitched a few times, then it was lifeless, utterly dead.

A purple spirit ring floated out.

Jiang Nannan's eyes were filled with joy and anticipation as she glanced at Zhu Ziyang. Zhu Ziyang's gaze was encouraging and supportive, which instantly reassured Jiang Nannan. She then sat cross-legged on the ground and immediately began absorbing her third spirit ring.

The purple soul ring floated gently onto Jiang Nannan's jade-like hand, and a powerful soul force, thick and somewhat violent, poured out and surged into Jiang Nannan's body. Such a huge amount of soul force made it quite difficult for Jiang Nannan to absorb.

"Hmph!" Jiang Nannan let out a muffled groan, and then the phantom of her martial spirit, which had transformed into a cocoon, appeared behind her. Old Song couldn't help but show a surprised expression when he saw Jiang Nannan's martial spirit phantom.

With the appearance of her martial soul, Jiang Nannan instantly felt much more relaxed, her aura began to stabilize, and the absorption of the soul ring became smoother. Under the watchful eyes of Zhu Ziyang and Elder Song, Jiang Nannan, just like her martial soul phantom, was enveloped by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth drawn by a massive amount of soul power, and transformed into a giant cocoon of light.

"This..." Elder Song was extremely surprised, looking at Jiang Nannan who had completely transformed into a large cocoon, and exclaimed in astonishment, "She actually underwent a martial soul evolution! This girl is truly lucky!"

Zhu Ziyang, having been mentally prepared, remained quite calm.

He was eagerly anticipating what changes would occur after Jiang Nannan's final transformation.

The two began to wait idly. Based on the changes in the surrounding spiritual energy, Zhu Ziyang guessed that Jiang Nannan's transformation would take at least ten hours. During this time, he could not cultivate, lest the already active spiritual energy around him cause abnormalities and hinder Jiang Nannan's transformation.

So, after checking that the Silver Moon Armored Beast's corpse had no soul bone, Zhu Ziyang stepped aside and took out a book that recorded the customs and anecdotes of the Sun Moon Empire to read. He was completely unaware that Old Song had quietly come to his side, looking at the book in Zhu Ziyang's hand with a slight frown.

After some time, Zhu Ziyang grew tired and shifted his position, only then noticing that Elder Song was standing beside him. Feeling a little embarrassed, he said, "Elder Song!"

"Hmm!" Old Song looked at Zhu Ziyang with an inscrutable expression and said, "Zhu Ziyang, I have a question for you, and you must answer me truthfully."

"What's wrong, Elder Song?" Zhu Ziyang asked, looking at Elder Song with a puzzled expression.

Old Master Song seemed thoughtful, then said, "You've witnessed the plight of the common people within the Star Luo Empire along the way. You yourself are of commoner origin, so you should know that the situations in the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Douling Empire are similar to those in the Star Luo Empire. I'd like to know, what are your thoughts on the current rulers of these three great empires?"

"Huh?!" Zhu Ziyang was startled, not expecting Old Song to ask such a question. He was momentarily stunned and didn't know how to answer.

"Don't rush, you can think about it slowly and tell me when you've thought it through." Seeing Zhu Ziyang's reaction, Old Song was a little disappointed, but she also felt it was normal, after all, he was still an eleven or twelve-year-old child, so she said.

"..." Zhu Ziyang remained silent for a long time. He didn't understand why Old Song suddenly asked such a question, what her stance was, and whether he should tell her the truth or remain silent. In fact, it was not difficult to see from Old Song's actions along the way that she was an old lady with a heart for all living beings, making her own judgment and receiving feedback from the Eye of Light. Zhu Ziyang decided to take a gamble.

To be frank with them.

"Elder Song, I've made up my mind." Zhu Ziyang took a deep breath; it would be a lie to say he wasn't nervous. Although Elder Song wouldn't kill him for his answer, he might very well develop a dislike for him. Being disliked by a level 97 Super Douluo was definitely not a good thing.

"Oh? Tell me about it." Old Song smiled, a hint of anticipation hidden in his smile.

"I think these rulers are all idiots and fools," Zhu Ziyang said bluntly with a hint of mockery. "Sooner or later, I will overthrow the corrupt order they established and create a world where everyone can awaken their martial spirit on an equal footing!"

These were the thoughts Zhu Ziyang had come up with after experiencing these past few days. He had originally planned to confide in Jiang Nannan, but he never expected that the first person to hear them would be Old Song.

Upon hearing this, Old Song's face immediately lit up with a kind smile, and he said in a cheerful voice, "Good lad, you have ambition!"

Seeing Song Lao's reaction, Zhu Ziyang felt relieved and thought to himself, "Great, I won my bet."

"I hope you won't forget what I said today!" Elder Song's expression turned solemn as he said in a daze, "It's time for change for this Douluo Continent!"

(End of this chapter)