Douluo Continent: From Rusty Spear to Emperor-Slaying Spear

Chapter 68 Ten Thousand Year Nine Heavens Dragon Centipede

The man and the shark traversed the vast ocean, encountering fewer and fewer merchant ships along the way. The ferocious shark was difficult to control, frequently veering off course or even retreating.

"Sigh! You're such a coward, even though you're a thousand-year-old soul beast. I didn't let you cross the territory of a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast directly. As long as you follow the route, you won't be in any danger."

At this moment, Ji Wuming was quite helpless. He desperately wanted to kill the thousand-year-old Ferocious Shark beneath him immediately and tame a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast that already possessed intelligence. At least a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast could understand what he was saying.

However, taming a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast takes too much time, and even riding a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast would present the same difficulties on the way to the North Sea.

Ji Wuming sighed, then took out a piece of the earth dragon melon peel that he had deliberately collected before, and patted the lower right side of the Fierce Bite Shark's head with his left hand.

"Here, this is your reward. Have something to eat first."

When the Earth Dragon Golden Melon Peel was thrown into the seawater directly in front of the Fierce Bite Shark, several streams of precious energy spread out along with the current. The Fierce Bite Shark's eyes darted around, fixed intently on the Earth Dragon Golden Melon Peel floating in front of it.

The shark's tail swam rapidly as it opened its massive mouth and swallowed the contents whole. A warm yet powerful energy was quickly absorbed by its entire body. The shark's tail thrashed wildly, and it even leaped its entire body out of the water. The ferocious shark appeared incredibly excited.

Even its original aura surged, and it became bolder, no longer afraid of the ten-thousand-year-old sea spirit beast that suddenly appeared in front of it. Wherever Jiming pointed, it bravely went.

The man and his beast traveled north, passing through dozens of seas, and after three months, Ji Wuming finally arrived at a sea area on the outskirts of the North Sea.

At this moment, fine white snow began to fall over the North Sea, and the water temperature dropped to five degrees Celsius.

Although it was extremely cold, the water was much warmer than the biting wind and sub-zero temperatures of the floating ice on the surface.

At this moment, Ji Wuming, sitting on the back of the Ferocious Shark, was already wrapped in a thick bearskin coat, and his hands holding the map were frozen red.

"The weather is already this cold just on the outskirts of the North Sea. If you go deeper inside, even a Title Douluo would perish there if things don't go smoothly."

"Fortunately, we're not far from the Chaotic Star Sea!"

After glancing at the markings on the map, Ji Wuming immediately retracted them into his soul tool. He then tucked his hands into his sleeves and placed them in front of his chest, his entire body hunched over like an old man from Northeast China, trying to maintain his body temperature and minimize the consumption of his soul power.

After traveling a distance, the ferocious shark beneath their feet kept spinning in place, no matter how Ji Wuming pointed out the way. Its entire body trembled even more violently, and it dared not go any further.

"Fine, you can leave now!"

Ji Wuming jumped onto a floating ice floe, threw three pieces of earth dragon golden melon peel into the water, and waved for it to leave.

When the Fierce Shark saw its treasure reappear before it, it swallowed the skin of the Earth Dragon Golden Melon in one gulp, then turned its head and sped away from the place at an unprecedented speed.

After putting on his non-slip shoes, Ji Wuming used his soul power to quickly leap back and forth on the ice floes. He stopped shortly afterward.

Looking 600 meters away, a vast expanse of sea comes into view, with no ice floes around it and a snow-white island in the very center.

"This must be the Chaotic Star Sea!"

At this time, the Chaotic Star Sea was in winter, and being located on the outskirts of the North Sea, many fish hibernated in the deep sea, rarely moving. The Nine Heavens Dragon Centipede Swarm, the top overlord of the Chaotic Star Sea, hibernated in a cave on the central island.

Ji Wuming's fifth soul ring is the Nine Heavens Dragon Centipede.

Ji Wuming first swallowed the advanced antidote pills developed by Dugu Bo, then took out hundreds of porcelain bottles from his storage soul tool and opened them one by one. Black poisonous mist drifted out from inside, completely corroding even the snow and ice falling from the sky.

In an instant, a highly toxic protective barrier was formed, centered on Ji Wuming and within a radius of 500 meters.

Ji Wuming quickly took out the Fragrant Silk Fairy Item and hurriedly swallowed the advanced antidote pill developed by Dugu Bo, quietly waiting for the prey to arrive.

Sure enough, shortly after the Fragrant Silk Immortal Item was released, the precious aura emanating from it immediately attracted a group of soul beasts, the vast majority of which were ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, especially some aerial soul beasts, which were eager to make their move.

Suddenly, a giant snow eagle, its wings flapping, carrying a thousand-year-old fish-like spirit beast in its beak, swung its head. The fish-like spirit beast, which had fallen into the poisonous barrier, was instantly corroded away, leaving only an extremely faint purple spirit ring.

Upon seeing this, they immediately retreated several steps, but the greed in their eyes remained undiminished. Just as the ancient snowfield eagle took flight, preparing to use the hurricane to disperse the poisonous fog,

But in the next instant, countless ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts pounced on it and killed it.

This action by the giant eagles would undoubtedly spread the toxins, filling their habitat with endless poison and making survival impossible.

It might even directly alarm the Nine Heavens Centipede swarm on the island, as poison is an excellent tonic for the overlord clans of the Chaotic Star Sea.

At that very moment, four enormous, expansive red eyes suddenly opened from their slumber, and a powerful male voice resounded from the depths of the island, exuding boundless authority.

"Human, your current cultivation level is hard-won. Leave that herb behind, and I might spare your life."

At this moment, Ji Wuming felt a pressure similar to that of a Title Douluo, which showed that the true overlord of the Nine Heavens Dragon Centipede Swarm—the 100,000-year-old Nine Heavens Dragon Centipede—had been awakened.

"I have come here to offer this precious herb, which I have painstakingly collected, to the overlord of this place, the Nine Heavens Dragon Centipede. However, I have a request. I am a poison master, and I hope that the Nine Heavens Dragon Centipede clan can test the effects of this poison for me."

Ji Wuming was very respectful and spoke with great sincerity, though he wasn't sure if the Nine Heavens Dragon Centipede King could hear him.

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"Human, I grant your request. Do not be afraid, I will have my people give you full guidance."

Ji Wuming was overjoyed upon hearing this. As expected, soul beasts were easy to deceive, and 100,000-year-old soul beasts were even easier to deceive, especially those that had never experienced the dangers of human society. In this way, his soul ring was secured.

The Nine Heavens Dragon Centipede King, dwelling deep underground, turned its head to look at a Nine Heavens Dragon Centipede that had just awakened beside it.

"Sixth brother, take a few clansmen to retrieve that elixir. Once you have it, kill that human immediately. The poisonous mist will be a great tonic for the clansmen."

The newly awakened Nine-Headed Dragon Centipede responded to the call and led its ten tribesmen out in full force. Eleven nine-segmented dragon centipedes crawled out of the cave.

The leading soul beast, Lao Liu, was pale red all over, ten meters long, with nearly 50 sharp red giant feet, and a pair of black mouthparts sixty or seventy centimeters long on the underside of its head, making it look extremely ferocious.

(End of this chapter)