Douluo: Yun Ming in the Spirit Hall Era

Chapter 9 The Phantom God Leopard

Twelve days later

outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest

A young boy is wielding a silver spear and fighting a large bear with thick gray fur that looks like it's wearing armor.

The boy was Yun Ming, who had gone out with his maternal grandfather, Yang Wudi, to obtain his first spirit ring.

Almost two weeks have passed since Yun Ming arrived in the Star Dou Great Forest, and he still hasn't found a suitable spirit ring. However, this is quite normal for hunting spirit rings, especially since Yun Ming wants a space-type one. During this time, he did find a Void Python, but it was too old, over a thousand years old, and completely unusable.

Today, Yang Wudi and his grandson had only been searching for a short time when they encountered an armored bear.

Yun Ming thrust his silver spear straight out without any fancy moves, and this simple and unadorned spear struck the right claw of the armored bear opposite him.

"Ding!"

The spear collided with the right claw, producing a clear, resonant clang. Yun Ming felt as if his spear had struck a steel plate; the armored bear remained completely still.

However, the Armored Bear's feelings weren't as calm as it appeared. The instant the spear and claws clashed, the Armored Bear was thrown into disarray! It felt that the spear wasn't piercing its proud, hard armor, but rather its very soul. At that moment, the Armored Bear felt that this spear was unstoppable, and shouldn't be blocked, just like when facing the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear—if the ruler commands the subject to die, the subject has no choice but to die!

Immediately, the armored bear bled from all seven orifices, slowly collapsed to the ground, and fainted. Seeing that the armored bear could no longer rise, Yun Ming let out a long sigh. Yang Wudi, standing beside him, also nodded in satisfaction. Although he had seen Yun Ming defeat hundred-year-old soul beasts with a lifespan of five hundred years or more more than once in the past few days, each time he witnessed it, he was deeply shocked and couldn't help but sigh.

"I, Sun Yunming, possess unparalleled talent!"

Upon hearing his grandfather's sigh, Yun Ming suddenly felt something superfluous about him, and his heart filled with unease. However, he quickly regained his composure in a strange way. After all, Yun Ming was a top-tier expert among the ninety-nine level peerless Douluo in his previous life, so he could easily withstand such a small flag.

Yang Wudi glanced at the armored bear with its face covered in blood and clicked his tongue in amazement.

"Ming'er, your 'Reign Over the World' is absolutely worthy of being called the number one extraordinary skill in the world!"

"Reigning Supreme" is the name Yang Wudi gave to Yun Ming's "self-created" meditation method. It is simple, straightforward, and points directly to the core of the method. As for Yun Ming's shot just now, it was the combat application of "Reigning Supreme" that he had discovered in the past few days. "Reigning Supreme" has no specific moves. Every move can be used to rule the world. It can not only injure people's bodies but also their hearts and minds.

When Yunming heard his grandfather's praise, he pretended to be modest and said...

"Grandpa, you flatter me. It's nothing special!"

Yang Wudi smiled as he looked at Yun Ming's seemingly indifferent yet arrogant expression. Only at times like this could he see Yun Ming's childlike side. He didn't point it out and continued speaking.

"The bear paws of this armored bear have an excellent taste. Not only are they succulent and chewy, but they are also rich in nutrients. They are the best among all bear paws. Now my grandfather and grandson are in for a treat."

Upon hearing Yang Wudi's evaluation of the Ironclad Bear Paw, Yun Ming's eyes lit up, filled with anticipation. It wasn't that Yun Ming valued culinary pleasures too much, but rather that after practicing "Reigning Supreme" for a few days, he discovered a drawback, or rather, a prerequisite for its cultivation: this method heavily depletes mental and physical energy, requiring replenishment. The most practical way to replenish this energy is by consuming highly nourishing and nutritious foods. Judging from Yun Ming's consumption of soul beasts these past few days—one medium-sized hundred-year-old soul beast a day—the energy expenditure was quite substantial.

One hour later

Yun Ming swallowed hard, gazing at the golden-brown, crispy-on-the-outside, tender-on-the-inside bear paw roasting over the campfire. The color and aroma were incredibly tempting; it truly deserved to be called a top-grade bear paw. Just as the paw was almost done roasting, Yun Ming was about to reach for it when suddenly! A dark shadow shot out from the woods, aimed directly at the bear paw.

Yun Ming's mind didn't react, but his body moved on its own. He summoned the Sky-Piercing Spear, stepped forward, and thrust it upwards in one fluid motion. The timing, angle, and force were perfect. The casual thrust was natural and pleasing to the eye, and it struck the shadowy figure directly.

But then Yunming saw a faint glow emanating from the shadowy figure, and his Sky-Piercing Spear overlapped with the shadowy figure. There was no sense of collision, but Yunming felt a strange resistance.

"Awoo~"

The shadowy figure also trembled slightly, letting out a roar tinged with pain, likely because its attack had been broken by the Sky-Piercing Spear. After the shadowy figure forcefully parried Yun Ming's spear, its speed slowed down a bit, but it still continued its mad dash towards the bear paw.

Yun Ming quickly figured out what had just happened and let out a gasp of surprise.

"The nothingness of the spatial system?!"

Just as the shadowy figure was about to strike the bear's paw, Yang Wudi, standing beside Yun Ming, also moved. Yang Wudi coldly snorted, summoning the Soul-Shattering Spear, unleashing the full power of his top-tier weapon spirit, that of a Soul Douluo.

"snort!"

Yang Wudi witnessed the brief clash between the shadowy figure and Yun Ming, and upon hearing Yun Ming's exclamation, he understood the situation of this soul beast. Without resorting to any fancy tricks, he directly unleashed his full soul power to suppress the shadowy figure.

Then Yunming heard the dark figure roar.

"Awoo!"

The dark figure, its limbs stiff, rolled a long distance due to inertia, kicking up a cloud of dust. Only after the dust settled could Yun Ming make out the figure's appearance.

It was a leopard cub, but unlike the usual leopards with their brightly colored fur, covered in black spots and a yellow base, this little bun had jet-black fur all over its body. If you looked closely, you would find that it also had faint, strange silver patterns on its body. Looking at those patterns was like seeing the true meaning of space.

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"The Phantom God Leopard?"

Yang Wudi gasped in surprise as he looked at the little leopard. The Void God Leopard was the king of leopard-type soul beasts, equivalent to the Titan Giant Ape of the ape clan and the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear of the bear clan. However, unlike the Titan Giant Ape and the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, which were all-around super soul beasts that followed the righteous path, the Void God Leopard was the epitome of the bizarre and unpredictable.

The Void God Leopard's strength, defense, and physical attributes are only at the average level of high-level leopard-type soul beasts. Its only exceptional strengths lie in two innate abilities: Void Rift and Etherealization, especially the latter. Void Rift ensures the Void God Leopard's lethality, while Etherealization not only grants it the ability to become invisible but also enhances its survivability, making it impossible to hit or catch. Therefore, in the world of soul beasts, the Void God Leopard is also known as the "Deceptive" God Leopard!

The ability to pierce through space and become ethereal makes the Void God Leopard one of the kings of soul beasts. If it were a little more bloodthirsty by nature, it would definitely be a top-tier soul beast hunter even more terrifying than the Human-Faced Demon Spider.

The Void God Leopard before Yun Ming was only suppressed because it hadn't been slightly injured by Yun Ming's Soul-Shattering Spear, and hadn't been subjected to Yang Wudi's unique Soul-Shattering Soul Power pressure. Otherwise, the Soul Power pressure of an ordinary Soul Douluo wouldn't have had much effect on the Void God Leopard. It can only be said that encountering Yang Wudi and his grandson was a destined calamity for the Void God Leopard.

Yun Ming's eyes lit up when he heard his grandfather's name for the little leopard. Whether it was the ethereal transformation or the sky-splitting spear, it was a perfect match!

If I could obtain the Ethereal Soul Skill, not only would my previous ideas come true, but it would also have a life-saving effect! I could directly merge myself into space, directly change between reality and illusion, and turn the real into the unreal!

Before Yun Ming could speak to Yang Wudi, Yang Wudi saw Yun Ming's intention and spoke directly to Yun Ming.

"This ethereal divine leopard is nearly six hundred years old!"

However, perhaps because Yang Wudi felt that this spirit ring was too suitable for Yun Ming, or perhaps because he had seen Yun Ming's extraordinary performance since his martial spirit awakened and his trust in the super martial spirit, the Sky-Piercing Spear, he did not directly refuse.

When Yunming heard his grandfather's assessment of the age of the illusory divine leopard, the burning passion in his heart cooled down somewhat.

In this era, the Soul Master world still believes that the maximum age for a Soul Master's first Soul Ring is 423 years. Now, whether to absorb the Soul Ring of a nearly 600-year-old super Soul Beast, the Void God Leopard, as his first ring, Yun Ming fell into deep thought.

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