Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 412 The Third Ring, The 30,000-Year-Old Ant King! (Daily 10,000 words)

"Bang!"

A muffled thud erupted the instant the Lightwing Butterfly was fully absorbed in its meal. The Thousand-Pound Ant King's six limbs slammed into the tree trunk simultaneously, the terrifying force of the impact generating a powerful recoil.

Like a cannonball, the Thousand-Pound Ant shot out almost like lightning, and in a flash of black light, it had already reached the Lightwing Spirit Butterfly.

"Whoosh—"

The delicate wings of the Lightwing Butterfly were instantly pierced by the Thousand-Pound Ant King's projectile, which shot through them like a cannonball. The butterfly tried to flap its wings and fly away, but with two holes punched through its wings, it couldn't take off at all.

"Let's do it!"

At Huo Yuhao's command, Wang Dong's Butterfly God Slash was instantly activated, heading towards the Lightwing Spirit Butterfly with a cultivation level of 19,000 years. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao's Ice Emperor Claw instantly appeared, carrying surging extreme ice, and slammed into the Thousand-Pound Ant King after Huo Yuhao attacked.

"boom--"

Extremely cold ice surged into the body of the Thousand-Pound Ant King, instantly freezing its limbs stiff and rendering it unable to move. Huo Yuhao then replicated what the Thousand-Pound Ant King had just done, directly tearing off its wings, which had been frozen into brittle plates.

To deal with an opponent that can fly, first tear off its wings!

Its wings were ripped off, and the Thousand-Pound Ant King was enraged. It swung its enormous mandibles, ready to tear Huo Yuhao to shreds. Huo Yuhao dared not be cut by this thing; aside from its charge, the Thousand-Pound Ant's few offensive methods were its terrifyingly large mandibles.

Even a powerful offensive Soul Saint who has activated their Martial Soul True Body might not be able to withstand being cut by this thing!

"Clang clang clang clang"

The Thousand-Pound Ant King bit several times, its huge mandibles opening and closing continuously, bursting out a burst of intense flames, which startled Huo Yuhao.

This thing is like a pair of pliers that has been sharpened and magnified several times. Even tungsten steel would probably be deformed if it were bitten by this thing!

Even a regular Soul Saint would be bewildered by this steel behemoth that's as big as a tank, let alone Huo Yuhao. He really couldn't use his skills in front of this Thousand-Pound Ant King, which is nearly 30,000 years old.

Unable to break through the defenses with his attacks, Huo Yuhao was like a skilled cook without ingredients.

Fortunately, Huo Yuhao didn't need to worry about hunting down the target soul beasts; Elder Xuan would handle it.

Huo Yuhao flipped his hand, and a square block of tungsten steel, weighing several tons and measuring thirty cubic centimeters, appeared directly in front of the Thousand-Jun Ant King. The Thousand-Jun Ant King, which had been frantically opening and closing its mouthparts, pierced through the tungsten steel block by more than ten centimeters, causing Huo Yuhao's pupils to shrink involuntarily.

Such destructive power could even bite through He Caitou's soul-guided fortress!

"Elder Xuan, I'll leave this Thousand-Pound Ant to you. I'll deal with the butterfly with Wang Dong first."

Huo Yuhao shouted and rushed towards Wang Dong's location with the flowing water and moon-stepping steps. Upon hearing this, Elder Xuan appeared directly in front of the Thousand-Jin Ant King.

It must be said that the bite force of the King Ant is indeed terrifying. However, terrifying bite force does not mean that this thing has great strength when it opens its mouthparts.

Elder Xuan chuckled at the sight. The mandibles of the Thousand-Jin Ant King were stuck in the tungsten steel block that Huo Yuhao had thrown out, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pull it out. This comical scene made Elder Xuan laugh heartily.

On the other side, Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao cooperated quite well. One was responsible for using mental shocks to confuse the Lightwing Spirit Butterfly's judgment, while the other wielded the Dark Gold Terror Claws to deal with the Lightwing Spirit Butterfly.

Despite the Lightwing Spirit Butterfly's cultivation level of 19,000 years, almost all of its abilities are focused on light-gathering attacks, resulting in very weak defense. If caught by other soul beasts, even a typical thousand-year-old soul beast would be a serious threat to it. It is the complete opposite of the Thousand-Pound Ant.

"A Radiant Spirit Butterfly of 19,000 years."

Wang Dong swallowed hard, hesitating to speak.

Wang Dong felt that absorbing a ten-thousand-year-level spirit ring as his fourth spirit ring wouldn't be a big problem, but a spirit ring at the nineteen-thousand-year level would be quite a challenge for him.

After all, the absorption period for the sixth soul ring of a typical Soul Emperor is within 20,000 years.

However, Wang Dong was also clear that his physical attributes were more than sufficient. With two top-tier ten-thousand-year-old arm soul bones and a dark gold dinosaur claw external bone, his configuration was more than enough.

What he was more worried about was Huo Yuhao.

After all, Huo Yuhao is currently absorbing his third soul ring, but the Thousand-Pound Ant King has a cultivation level of 29,000 years, or even 30,000 years.

This level already represents the absorption period for the seventh soul ring of a Soul Saint level expert.

A third spirit ring lasting ten thousand years is already an unbelievable thing, let alone a third spirit ring lasting thirty thousand years.

This is simply a fantasy.

However, Huo Yuhao felt that this matter was quite promising.

First of all, the spirit rings they need are indeed hard to find. A Thousand-Pound Ant King of nearly 30,000 years is even harder to find, and if you miss it, it will be very difficult to get it again.

Secondly, after Huo Yuhao obtained the ten-thousand-year whale glue from the Treasure Appraisal Meeting, his physical fitness had already improved to the point where he could withstand a ten-thousand-year soul ring, not to mention the continuous strengthening provided by the Life Gold and the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's torso bone.

With the physical enhancements he gained from deep meditation under the Golden Tree, and the external spinal bone attached to his back, it wasn't entirely unfounded for Huo Yuhao to attempt to absorb a spirit ring of nearly 30,000 years.

The two turned their attention to Elder Xuan. At this moment, the Thousand-Pound Ant had actually lifted the tungsten steel block embedded in its mouthparts and charged at Elder Xuan again and again.

That was a block of tungsten steel weighing several tons!

Fortunately, after tormenting the opponent for a while, Elder Xuan summoned a fiery red hand and slapped the opponent half to death. Huo Yuhao quickly moved in, activated the Holy Flame Sword Blade, aimed the blade at the opponent's dark golden carapace, and slowly pierced it.

The terrifying temperature slowly melted the carapace of the Thousand-Pound Ant King. Soon, after half of the blade had sunk into the Thousand-Pound Ant King's corpse, Huo Yuhao twisted the blade sharply, and a deep black soul ring floated out from the opponent's body.

"Suitable spirit rings either don't come at all, or you get two at once. Not bad, not bad."

Elder Xuan nodded in satisfaction. He hadn't drunk any alcohol for over ten days. If he were to accompany Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong on their journey through the Star Dou Forest, he estimated that his alcohol addiction would be completely broken, which wouldn't do.

"You two should be in good physical condition, right? Hurry up and finish absorbing your spirit rings so we can head back. I need to go back to the academy for a drink."

Elder Xuan took out a wine gourd, sniffed it vigorously, and after enjoying it, put the gourd back into his storage soul tool.

(End of this chapter)