Douluo Continent: The Peerless Tang Sect, Angels and Rakshasa Return

Chapter 285 - A Journey to the Deep Sea, The Demon Whale Sea!

Bai Yuan impatiently shoved Wan Hun Douluo and said, "Alright, alright, stop dawdling. Lead the way, let's hurry up and get some souls from that Ice Sea for you."

"Um."

Reminded, Wanhun Douluo nodded as if waking from a dream. He was about to speak when he frowned again, looking at the two figures flying in from not far away, and asked suspiciously, "Who are they?"

"One of our own."

Qian Lingyun gave a concise explanation, waved to the two people flying from afar, and reassured them, "We're not in a rush to go to the Ice Sea. My precious Blood Soul's takeout has arrived."

"Takeout?!" The Soul Douluo was startled, looking to Bai Yuan and Yuma for help, and asked telepathically, "What is takeout?"

"Oh, don't worry about the details. The Holy Maiden is always talking nonsense. It's normal that we can't understand what she's saying," Bai Yuan said in a Buddhist-like manner, pulling out a chair from her storage soul tool.

She plopped down on him and beckoned to the Soul Douluo, saying, "Come on, twelfth brother, we just had a little sparring match, come and give your tenth sister a shoulder massage!"

"I'll f***ing slap your shoulder!" Wan Hun Douluo cursed, about to explode in anger, but Bai Yuan gave him a strange look and teased, "Aren't you curious how I broke through to level ninety-three and then defeated you!?"

"Not curious at all! Not even a little bit!"

Wanhun Douluo pursed his lips, glanced guiltily at Qian Lingyun, and guessed, "Anyway, I think this matter must be related to the Holy Maiden!"

"Oh my, you old codger, you're quite clever! You get it right away," Bai Yuan chuckled, tugging at Yuma's sleeve, and teasingly said, "The Fourth Elder has certainly taken in a fine daughter!"

"No, not the fourth elder! My ranking has gone up!" Yuma turned around with a half-smile and chuckled softly.

"Last month, after I broke through level 97, I defeated the Third and Second Elders in succession, so... their ranking dropped by one place."

"They've dropped one rank... which means..." Bai Yuan stared blankly at Yuma and murmured, "The current Second Elder... is you."

"That's right. Also... Shangguan Weier, who returned to the main headquarters of the Hall of Offerings last week to rest, defeated Xiao Chen, the former Ninth Offering Master, with a cultivation level of 94, and was promoted to Ninth Offering Master, while Xiao Chen was demoted to Tenth Offering Master."

"That means your original ranking will have to drop another step."

Yuma patted Bai Yuan on the shoulder with a smile, comforting her, "Keep it up, Eleventh Offering!"

"Damn it! This ranking tournament was a complete waste!" Bai Yuan cursed, then sat down to sulk.

On the other side, the Wu sisters returned laden with more than 20,000 vengeful spirits and the soul of a Title Douluo, which they had seized from other evil soul masters.

"Look... look at what my sister and I have accomplished over the past year!"

Wu Yu arrogantly shoved everything she was handing over to Qian Lingyun, saying haughtily, "Consider the extra few hundred vengeful spirits as interest. Keep the change. And what about my sister's and my soul bone sets?!"

"Don't worry, the things are there, and they've been prepared for a long time!"

After briefly counting the items, Qian Lingyun presented a square wooden box containing two sets of Soul Bone Sets in slightly different colors.

That year, the rabbit and ant soul beasts, with their strong reproductive abilities, suffered. In order to collect enough secret soul bones, Qian Lingyun would "visit" a soul beast forest every few days, specifically targeting rabbits.

The reason... is naturally to nourish the blood soul and the secret soul bone.

After receiving the Soul Bone Sets, Wu Yun and Wu Yu each received a set that they liked.

But this time, the Soul Bone Set they obtained was not refined from the Bone Dragon, but from the Harpy and the Lich!

These undead creatures, which are of a lower level than the Bone Dragon, can be housed in a single Soul Bone. Although their overall attributes are not as strong as the Bone Dragon set, their individual attributes are even better!

The second phase of the artificial soul bone set is divided into five categories: Banshee, Skeleton, Dread Knight, Abomination, and Lich.

"Hurry up and absorb this, then come with me to the Ice Sea!" Qian Lingyun said with a laugh, carrying her soul tool lantern as she walked towards Wan Hun Douluo.

"How about we stay here for one more day and set off for the Ice Sea tomorrow?"

"I will obey the Holy Maiden's will," Wan Hun Douluo said with a forced smile, following Qian Lingyun back the way they came.

As they chatted and laughed, before they had gone far, a squad of flying soul masters descended from the sky and blocked their path.

The leader took a wary step forward and said coldly, "The soul power fluctuations from the battle here just now were yours..."

"Hey, this is a waist token personally bestowed by His Majesty. I am an imperial envoy sent by His Majesty. You may all leave!"

Yuma casually tossed out a golden waist token engraved with the emblem of the sun and moon. Seeing the leading Soul Master trembling as he received the token with his face, even Qian Lingyun couldn't help but sneer.

"Your subordinate was unaware of His Highness's presence and has offended you. Please forgive me!"

After carefully reading the inscription on the token, the Soul Master Captain respectfully handed it back, apologizing repeatedly. Yuma simply nodded and waved, saying, "It's nothing, you were just doing your duty. Go on!"

Watching the Soul Masters line up neatly and take off with a flustered air, Qian Lingyun couldn't help but step forward and poke the soft flesh on Yuma's waist, asking curiously:

"Mommy, I remember you were a marquis, how come you became a duke so quickly!?"

"Silly girl, it's all for you!" Yuma chuckled, flicking Qian Lingyun's forehead with a light tap, and said softly:

"You want to be the empress, right? Since you're the empress, the higher your birth, the better. Of course, the daughter of a marquis or a duke has a more prestigious title."

"Furthermore, in terms of merit alone, I poisoned the previous emperor, empress, and princess. If not for that... I should have been a duke long ago."

"so…"

"So I also became a royal honoree of the Sun and Moon, and with that title, becoming a duke was a natural progression!"

After speaking, Yuma took out a new-style token and stuffed it into Qian Lingyun's arms. "New token, take it!"

"Oh, thank you, Mommy!"

With a beaming smile, Qian Lingyun carefully put away the token and, guided by Wan Hun Douluo, entered the largest branch of the Holy Spirit Cult in the North.

As night fell, Wan Hun Douluo knocked on Qian Lingyun's door and presented her with a sea chart.

On the nautical chart, a marker called the Demon Whale Sea caught Qian Lingyun's attention. She tapped the chart with her index finger and asked, "What kind of place is this Demon Whale Sea?!"

"Legend has it that a hundred years ago, a demonic whale haunted this place, causing storms and waves. That's why this place has retained its name ever since."

"But I don't know the specifics! However, the number of sea spirit beasts in the Demon Whale Sea has indeed decreased significantly in recent years."

As he spoke, the Soul Douluo waved his hand, pointed to a location adjacent to the Demon Whale Sea, and introduced it:

"This is one of the gathering places for sea spirit beasts. Although it is adjacent to the Demon Whale Sea, there are many sea spirit beasts here, and it is also very close to the far north, so the quality of the spirit beasts is quite good!"

"Okay, let's go here tomorrow!"

Having finalized their destination, Wan Hun Douluo bowed and took his leave, but Qian Lingyun had a feeling that the old man seemed to have something he wanted to say, but he was holding it in…

After Wanhun Douluo left, Qian Lingyun placed the lantern on the table and stuffed the vengeful spirits into it like feeding birds, allowing the blood souls to feast on it at will.

At this moment, the Blood Soul no longer had its harmless appearance, but reverted to its gluttonous nature, devouring all the weak vengeful spirits.

By dawn, the blood soul that had devoured more than 20,000 vengeful spirits had swelled up more than one size, growing from the size of a small dog's head to the size of a large dog's head!

Qian Lingyun was quite satisfied with this. Although it wasn't as huge as Ye Xishui's blood soul, which was the size of a human head, it wasn't far off, right?

Carrying a large lantern and wandering around, Qian Lingyun discovered that even when she idly tried to trick the Holy Servants into doing work for her in the branch, the Ten Thousand Souls Douluo pretended not to see her and even considerately sent the branch manager away...

At noon, after the Wu Yun sisters finished absorbing the Soul Bone Set and walked out of the gate, Qian Lingyun did not forget to entrust the weaker Nana and Yueyue to the person in charge of the local Holy Spirit Cult branch.

After receiving assurances from the branch elder, Qian Lingyun felt relieved and left Dongyang City with the others.

After leaving the city, the group of six flew towards the icy sea.

Even in this far north, the sea is not completely frozen; it is vast and boundless. Underwater currents flow both cold and warm, resulting in the occasional sight of massive icebergs and floating ice floes on the surface, yet they remain unfrozen.

Even so, the temperature here is so low that ordinary people simply cannot survive.

On the ice floes, chunks of ice drifted about, and a biting wind, carrying the fishy smell and chill of the sea, howled past.

With the power of extreme ice, Qian Lingyun was naturally not afraid of the cold.

In fact, her strength would increase even more under such circumstances.

Beneath the ice, numerous marine creatures swam, including several sea spirit beasts. However, as soon as they sensed the powerful aura emanating from these six humans, they dared not attack them.

The further north you fly, the lower the temperature becomes. The amount of ice floes on the icy sea also increases.

Huge icebergs are everywhere. Some of the most enormous ones are like small landmasses.

On the ice, there were also some sea spirit beasts, watching them intently but not approaching.

Soul beasts have very keen senses, and the group didn't deliberately suppress their auras. Naturally, these ordinary soul beasts with lower cultivation levels wouldn't dare to make a move against them.

"Wow, quite a few!" Qian Lingyun hovered in mid-air, pointing at the iceberg not far away with a half-smile.

As they gazed into the distance, they saw a series of cold, piercing eyes fixed on a massive iceberg.

They were enormous marine creatures, numbering in the hundreds, all lying prone on an iceberg.

They were spirit beasts, entirely black in color, varying in size. The largest was over ten meters long, radiating a pale blue aura. The smallest was only a little over a meter long. Each one had two long, sharp fangs protruding from its mouth.

"It's so ugly! What is this thing?!"

"It's my first time visiting the Ice Sea," Wu Yu asked curiously.

Wu Yun, who was also visiting for the first time, stammered and couldn't speak. Fortunately, Qian Lingyun secretly reminded her, otherwise, Wu Yun's image in her sister's eyes would have been ruined!

(End of this chapter)