Douluo: Legend of the Holy Land

Chapter 208 Nether Sea Dragon

"You beast, prepare to die!"

With a shout, Huo Wu activated her Huo Ying Martial Soul, and five soul rings—two yellow, two purple, and one black—pulsated around her. Her body transformed into a streak of light as she rushed towards the leopard.

The leopard also suddenly sprang into action, its speed even surpassing that of Huo Wu, since speed is what leopards excel at.

"What was that woman thinking? She's definitely the one who'll suffer if she crashes into her like that!"

Seeing that Huo Wu actually chose to collide head-on with the explosive leopard, Qian Renxue couldn't help but frown. Huo Wu's current soul power is between level 55 and 56. In terms of soul power strength alone, the two should be evenly matched. At this time, she should play to her strengths and avoid her weaknesses by utilizing the characteristics of a control-type soul master. Why would she adopt such a simple and crude approach?

"Don't worry, Xue'er, Huo Wu may have a fiery temper, but she's actually quite shrewd!"

Xiao Yu smiled slightly; he seemed to have guessed what Huo Wu wanted to do.

Just as the two were about to collide, Huo Wu's left arm suddenly burst out with golden light. It was the soul bone skill left behind by the 100,000-year-old Soft Bone Rabbit: Invincible Golden Body, providing absolute defense against those below the god level for three seconds, and doubling the power.

Golden light instantly covered Huo Wu's entire body. Under the effect of the invincible golden body, the leopard was sent flying backward as if it had crashed into an iron wall, rolling several times before coming to a stop.

"Fifth Soul Skill, Fire Dance Storm!"

Huo Wu pressed her advantage, unleashing her fifth soul skill, which instantly trapped the leopard within a vortex of extremely high-temperature flames.

Immediately afterwards, all five of Huo Wu's spirit rings lit up, flames gathered in her hands, and finally condensed into a huge white ball of fire above her head.

Huo Wu used her fifth soul skill to trap the leopard, buying time for her to unleash her most powerful fourth soul skill after fusing with her rings.

The leopard seemed to sense the life-or-death crisis and struggled incessantly in the vortex, but how could it easily break free from the soul skills released by the ten-thousand-year soul ring?

Having already surpassed level 50, the Fire Dance Fusion Ring is even more powerful; the enormous fireball formed by Fire Dance Radiant Sun has reached a strength nearly equal to that of a Soul Emperor.

"it's over!"

Huo Wu let out a cold shout, and a huge fireball flew out of her hand. The fireball, which had a built-in locking function, landed accurately on the leopard, which was still in the vortex of flames.

With a terrifying explosion, the leopard was blasted to the ground, and the extremely high-temperature flames completely burned it, turning it into a charred mess, leaving only an inner core that emitted a faint, eerie color.

Huo Wu followed suit and easily pocketed the inner core with a single gesture.

Although this leopard's cultivation level wasn't very high and its attributes didn't match hers, since the inner core wouldn't dissipate after a certain time like a soul ring, keeping it for now wouldn't be a problem. In case she needed it someday, she could give it to someone else!

"So, this is your master!"

Having dealt with the leopard, Huo Wu returned with a smug smile. Now that she was somewhat prepared, she wasn't intimidated by the ferryman's strange face. She said to him triumphantly, "I've killed it, so what's the problem with ferrying us across the river?"

"No problem, no problem!"

The ferryman was so frightened that he didn't even dare to turn his head. He meekly stepped forward, untied the rope, and prepared to set sail.

"Lingling, let's go!"

Huo Wu stepped forward and took Ye Lingling's arm, walking excitedly towards the ship while giving Qian Renxue a smug look.

Seeing this, Qian Renxue snorted and quickly followed.

Only Xiao Yu stood still, not moving.

"Xiao Yu, why aren't you leaving yet?"

Huo Wu was stunned when she saw this, and greeted him.

Xiao Yu ignored Huo Wu's summons. He stood still, gazing at the not-too-fast-flowing Styx River in front of him, and said calmly, "Come out. I know you should be hiding inside."

"I guess you knew about our strength a long time ago. After all, the three-headed hellhound guarding the gates of hell has fallen. As the guardian of the next level, you couldn't have been completely unaware. That's why you deliberately arranged this whole thing, so that we could board the ship without any warning, and then you could launch an attack in the deepest and coldest part of the river, capsizing us and throwing us into the water, leaving us at your mercy!"

Upon hearing this, Qian Renxue was the first to react, looking as if she had just realized something: "I was wondering why the guardian of the second level was less than half as strong as the one in the first level. Now I see!"

Upon hearing Xiao Yu's name, the ferryman turned and ran.

Qian Renxue reacted swiftly, unleashing a soul power attack that knocked him to the ground once more. She then kicked him in the chest, sneering, "Your master's scheme definitely requires your cooperation, so I'll start with you!"

"stop!"

Just as Qian Renxue was about to deliver the fatal blow, a deep voice suddenly rang out from the River Styx.

Immediately afterwards, the calm river began to boil violently as if the water had come to a boil, with ripples spreading outwards in concentric circles, eventually turning into surging waves that crashed against the shore.

Xiao Yu, Qian Renxue, Huo Wu, and Ye Lingling all retreated backward at the same time, afraid of getting their hands on the dark water that was so shallow that not even a feather could sink. The ferryman was also pulled back by Qian Renxue.

Just as the group was retreating rapidly, a colossal creature revealed its true form from the River Styx.

It was a gigantic monster over ten meters long. Its body was flat, its tail was short, and its neck was long and flexible. Its overall appearance resembled a snake passing through a tortoise shell. Its head was also small, with its nostrils located near its eyes. Its jaws were almost hard, and inside were many slender, cone-shaped teeth.

This is the true guardian of the Akron River, the Nether Sea Dragon.

Having spent so much time in the water, its limbs had evolved into fleshy flippers, like four large oars, allowing it to move freely and maneuver nimbly in the water. In no time, it was ashore, its cold gaze sweeping over Xiao Yu and the others like sharp swords, finally settling on the ferryman: "Let him go!"

Although the ferryman is weak, his duty is extraordinary. The underworld is not lacking in powerful demonic beasts. For example, the leopard that was burned to death by the Fire Dance was a subordinate it had taken in from the Eight Great Hells, and it didn't care about its death. However, there are very few who can actually ferry people across. If the ferryman is gone, the Akron River will be completely paralyzed.

"A demon beast that can speak human language... it seems this guy is already equivalent to a 100,000-year-old soul beast!"

Qian Renxue casually tossed the ferryman aside and looked at the dragon in front of her with great interest. Having just broken through to the Soul Saint realm, she was in dire need of such an enemy to practice on.

(End of this chapter)