The Tree Realm Descends on Douluo Continent

Chapter 45 The Third Soul Ring

Zhi Lin, a member of the teaching committee of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, possesses the Heavenly Green Vine as his martial soul.

As a martial spirit capable of growing to level 83, the power of this plant is beyond doubt.

Its characteristics include good extensibility, fast growth rate, and toughness.

It matches the attributes of Li Xun's second soul ring, Guzhu, very well.

Both plants grow quickly and are extremely resilient. The only difference is that one has a latent reproductive ability, while the other has an extension ability.

"Azure Vine? Not bad." Dugu Bo nodded. "But isn't choosing a five-thousand-year-old soul beast as your third soul ring a bit too risky?"

He knew he couldn't judge Li Xun by the standards of an ordinary Soul Master. But choosing a three-thousand-year Soul Ring was really going too far.

"Don't worry, I'm confident," Li Xun said with a smile.

"It's not that I'm worried, it's that I feel indignant on behalf of the other Soul Masters." Seeing Li Xun smiling at him, Dugu Bo snorted lightly.

The two chatted and laughed as they walked toward the outer perimeter of the Yin-Yang Well.

They were currently located in the very heart of Sunset Forest. While the location was advantageous, finding a suitable soul beast for Li Xun in the vast forest would still be difficult.

The two searched for a long time, but either the age limit was not high enough or it was too high.

Dugu Bo finally lost his patience. He grabbed Li Xun and tucked him under his arm, then leaped into the air.

"Grandpa Dugu, I'm actually not in a hurry." Li Xun tried to tilt his head back to prevent his brain from getting congested.

"Hmph, you're starting to complain now."

Dugu Bo's face showed a playful expression: "Kid, once you become a titled leader, even if you want me to carry you, I'll have to think about it."

You don't have to bring it now.

Li Xun rolled his eyes; he was feeling dizzy due to blood rushing to his head. Just as he was considering whether to vomit on Dugu Bo...

I suddenly realized it.

Below the two people, a vine was slowly moving, wrapped around a spotted cat.

"Grandpa Dugu, stop for a moment!"

Li Xun wiped his mouth with his hand and patted Dugu Bo on the shoulder.

"You've got pretty good luck, kid."

Dugu Bo didn't notice Li Xun's little trick: "This Azure Vine is collecting corpses as nutrients. If we follow this vine, we can find its main body."

After Dugu Bo finished speaking, he landed with Li Xun.

Instead of going directly to the main body of the Azure Vine, the two followed the vine with great interest.

"This vine is indeed very long; this section alone is probably about thirty meters long."

Li Xun nodded as he watched the vines slowly move.

The reason he chose the Azure Vine was precisely because of this property.

While Wood Release has a similar effect, the wood itself is hard, so the extension distance is not far, the speed is not fast, and the flexibility is insufficient.

It is easy for its soul master to dodge.

The two followed closely and soon came to see the main body of the Azure Vine.

"Judging from its age, this vine is likely close to six thousand years old. I advise you to be on the safe side."

Dugu Bo frowned upon seeing the Azure Vine.

"Do you still remember my self-healing ability?" Li Xun chuckled. "This soul beast isn't even six thousand years old yet; it won't kill me."

He deliberately displayed his self-healing ability while refining elixirs.

The purpose was to give Dugu Bo a mental preparation so that he would agree to let him absorb a spirit ring beyond his level.

Dugu Bo was taken aback, then nodded, recalling Li Xun's self-healing ability: "It seems you also obtained your second spirit ring using this method, right?"

Li Xun chuckled and offered no explanation.

"Since you already have experience, I won't stop you." After Dugu Bo finished speaking, the Azure Serpent Martial Soul appeared, and nine soul rings appeared under his feet: two yellow, two purple, and five black.

"Crimson Iron Python Strangulates."

As his second spirit ring lit up, Dugu Bo unleashed two streams of energy, which transformed into two dark green pythons that charged straight at the Azure Vine.

Perhaps they sensed danger.

Suddenly, more than a dozen vines stretched out from the ground around the Azure Vine, coiling around the dark green python with the force of thunder.

Li Xun was startled.

He never expected that the seemingly ordinary Azure Vine would hide such a trick.

Judging by the sheer power of the vines, even a Soul Venerable expert would be doomed if entangled with them.

Just as Li Xun was surprised.

The two giant energy pythons had already broken through the vine blockade and were heading straight for the main body of the Azure Vine.

With Dugu Bo's strength as a Title Douluo, even if he uses a low-level soul skill, it is not something that a mere five or six thousand-year-old soul beast can resist.

It looked like the soul skill was about to hit the Heavenly Green Vine.

Dugu Bo quickly reduced his strength to avoid killing him with a single blow.

"Kid, you can go finish him off now." Dugu Bo slightly raised his chin and stood with his hands behind his back.

Looking at the already softened azure vine, Li Xun nodded.

"Thank you, Grandpa Dugu."

Li Xun did not step forward, but instead summoned his martial soul on the spot: "Wood Release, Tree World Born".

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

A dozen or so trees rose up from the ground around the azure vine, quickly binding and entwining it.

The main body of the Azure Vine trembled slightly.

It used to be the one bothering others, but who would have thought that things would change today.

It kept twisting its body and extending outwards, and several more vines appeared on the ground and wrapped around the branches on its body, trying to break free from the restraints.

Li Xun felt a chill run down his spine and increased the intensity of his spell once again.

As the trees tightened their grip, the azure vine gradually lost its resistance, and the surrounding vines slowly slipped away.

A purple spirit ring appeared above the Azure Vine.

Li Xun turned his head and glanced at Dugu Bo.

"Kid, what kind of look is that?"

Dugu Bo retorted angrily, "If it weren't for you, would it still be alive after I used a single stab of Azure Phosphorous Serpent Venom?"

"Grandpa Dugu, I didn't say anything!"

Li Xun's eyes were clear. He blinked and calmly walked towards the Azure Vine.

This action made Dugu Bo grit his teeth in hatred.

Li Xun walked to the area beneath the spirit ring, summoned his martial spirit, sat cross-legged, and used his spirit power to guide the purple spirit ring.

Drawn by the current, the spirit ring floated to the top of Li Xun's head at an extremely fast speed.

It then suddenly shrank, turning into a small ring that floated straight toward the Thousand-Hand Buddha.

As soon as the purple spirit ring was attached to his martial soul, pain instantly spread throughout Li Xun's entire body.

The pain felt like being soaked in boiling water or being splashed with hot oil.

Li Xun quickly assessed his internal condition.

He discovered a powerful energy surging through his body, constantly damaging his flesh and meridians.

Fortunately, this azure vine is not over six thousand years old, otherwise I might have been in mortal danger.

Li Xun's forehead was covered in beads of sweat, and upon closer inspection, one could see that these beads of sweat even contained faint traces of blood.

The energy from the spirit ring continued to damage his body.

The energy was too immense; his self-healing abilities were too slow to recover from his injuries.

Li Xun had no choice but to control his chakra and follow behind this energy, carefully carrying out the repair work.

It's not that Wood Release's self-healing ability is weak, but rather that Li Xun's training time is still too short, and he is far from reaching the self-healing level of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.

After all, his cultivation time, at most, is less than two Kun years.

With Dugu Bo's cultivation level, how could he not see Li Xun's current state? However, no matter how anxious he was, he could not intervene at this moment.

"Kid, you have to hold on," Dugu Bo said solemnly, one hand clenched tightly.

Click—

A very faint sound came from behind.

Dugu Bo narrowed his eyes, instantly summoning his martial spirit, and looked behind him: "Who!"

(End of this chapter)