Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Spinning Top, Explosive Warrior

Wang Teng said calmly, "I'll do it."

Madam Wei glanced at Wang Teng, said nothing, then turned around and walked out along the passage she had come from.

Dugu Bo gave a few instructions and then went out.

The cold air inside the cave was too intense; neither Madam Wei nor Dugu Bo could endure it for long.

Only Wang Teng and that dark blue icy lake remained in the cave.

Without further hesitation, Wang Teng took off his coat and neatly stacked his clothes and boots on the ice by the lake.

Then he walked to the lake and jumped into it.

With a "plop," water splashed up and echoed several times in the empty cave.

After diving about twenty meters, Wang Teng's feet touched the bottom of the lake.

It's very flat and soft.

Looking down, I saw a layer of sediment covered with a thin layer of fine sand, the sand grains moving slowly with the water.

The Ten Thousand Year Mystic Ice Marrow lies beneath the fine sand.

Chapter 462 Excavation Successful, Soul Beasts Riot

The tranquility of the frozen lake was shattered.

Wang Teng squatted at the bottom of the lake, his hands pressed on the dark blue Xuanbing marrow layer, his soul core spinning rapidly within his body.

Energy surged from the soul core and flowed through the meridians to the limbs.

Wang Teng took a deep breath and unleashed his soul skill.

"Fourth Soul Skill: Supreme Golden Armor Spinning Top"

Golden light exploded in the water.

The top flew out of my palm and spun rapidly underwater.

The water resistance is significant, so the top spins much slower than it would on land.

The sacred beast Vajra Armor appeared at the top of the spinning top, its golden shell appearing exceptionally thick under the refraction of the water waves.

"Ultimate move: Mountain Collapse and Earth Shattering".

A golden light suddenly burst forth from the tip of the spinning top.

The light did not explode like it would on land.

Instead, it condensed into a sharp golden ripple, drilling downwards from the tip of the axe and crashing hard into the layer of mysterious ice marrow at the bottom of the lake.

"Snap—"

The sound of the ice breaking was as muffled as thunder rumbling from underground.

The entire frozen lake trembled.

Outside the cave, Dugu Bo and Madam Wei, who were waiting at the entrance, simultaneously felt the tremor beneath their feet.

Madam Wei's expression changed slightly, and Dugu Bo frowned, but did not move.

Madam Wei's expression changed slightly, but Dugu Bo remained calm, only frowning slightly.

At the bottom of the lake, where the golden ripple passed, the thick layer of ancient ice marrow, several meters thick, shattered from the center outwards like a piece of glass struck by a heavy hammer.

The cracks spread outwards from the tip of the zither in all directions, crisscrossing and densely packed, cutting the entire layer of Xuanbing marrow into countless fragments of varying sizes.

The fragments broke off from the rock strata under the tension of the cracks, suspended in the water, and slowly drifted away with the flow of the water.

Wang Teng's vision became completely clouded in an instant.

Fragments of Xuanbing marrow, fine sand from the lake bottom, and mineral powder deposited over millions of years were all stirred up by the shockwave of the explosion, mixing into the lake water and engulfing everything around them like a thick fog.

He could see nothing, and could only rely on his mental power to perceive the location and direction of the fragments.

Wang Teng did not hesitate.

He stretched his hands forward, and the storage soul tool instantly lit up with a white light.

Wang Teng pulled the floating fragments of Xuanbing Marrow one by one toward the entrance of the soul tool.

There were too many fragments, varying in size from as big as a washbasin to as small as a fingernail. Under the influence of suction, they surged into the storage space of the soul tool like a school of startled fish.

Wang Teng closed his eyes, fully activated his mental power, and focused on sensing rather than looking.

The location, size, and shape of those fragments formed a three-dimensional image in his mind.

He could even distinguish which were complete fragments and which were too small pieces of powder. The Xuanbing marrow energy in the powder dissipated quickly, but he couldn't care less at the moment. Wang Teng took it all in at once.

The first area has been cleaned up.

After that, Wang Teng changed his position at the bottom of the lake.

Every time he changed positions, he would summon the Supreme Golden Armor Spinning Top, unleash a Mountain Collapse and Earth Shattering event to shatter the new Xuanbing Marrow layer, and then collect the fragments.

Wang Teng's efficiency was astonishing, and his speed was so fast that even he himself was somewhat surprised.

In the water, his movements were much slower than on land, but obstacles that would be almost insurmountable for ordinary people were like a thin sheet of paper to him, easily pierced.

Days passed by one by one.

Aside from surfacing for air, eating a couple of bites of dry rations, and resting for two hours each day, Wang Teng spent the rest of his time digging at the bottom of the lake.

His storage soul tool was being filled up day by day, and the dark blue light was accumulating more and more in the storage compartment of the soul tool, like a compressed starry sky.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing stood guard in the valley outside the cave entrance, with Xianyun keeping them company.

At first, Ning Rongrong was worried that something might happen to Wang Teng down there, so she would look into the cave entrance every now and then.

Later, she gradually got used to this waiting and stopped looking around. She just sat quietly on the ice rock next to the cave entrance, taking turns resting and keeping watch with Zhu Zhuqing.

Dugu Bo and Madam Wei took turns guarding the passageway by the lake.

Wang Teng was underwater, while they were above, each doing their own thing, without disturbing each other.

Occasionally, when Wang Teng came up for air, Dugu Bo would ask him a couple of questions about the progress. Wang Teng would reply, "Not bad," "Almost there," and then plunge back into the water.

Ten days later, the first storage slot of the storage soul tool was full.

Twenty days later, the second storage compartment was also full.

A month later, the third and final storage compartment was also full.

When Wang Teng surfaced from the bottom of the lake, he was soaked to the bone, and his hair was plastered to his forehead.

He climbed onto the lake shore, stepped barefoot onto the ice, bent down and put on the clothes piled up beside him one by one, tied his belt, hung the storage soul tool on his waist, and glanced back at the frozen lake.

The lake water was a bit turbid than it was a month ago, and the fine powder suspended in the water had not yet completely settled.

But the thick, dark blue light at the bottom of the lake had thinned considerably, like a quilt with most of its cotton removed, leaving only a thin, dim halo spread across the lakebed, emitting its last faint breath.

"Is it all dug up?"

Madam Wei walked over from the entrance of the passage, her dark gray eyes fixed on the storage soul tool at Wang Teng's waist, her gaze filled with an undisguised urgency.

"almost."

Wang Teng patted the soul tool at his waist and said, "There are still some left, but it's not worth continuing."

Madam Wei nodded without saying anything more.

Afterwards, Wang Teng poured out half of the Xuanbing Marrow from his storage soul tool. As previously agreed, they would split the profits 50/50, with him taking 50% and the Earth Dragon Gate taking 50%.

Madam Wei was very satisfied, especially after seeing the mountain of Xuanbing Marrow in front of her.

Wang Teng put his share back into the storage soul tool.

The three storage compartments of the soul tool were completely full.

Everyone packed their belongings by the frozen lake, preparing to leave.

Wang Teng was the first to realize something was wrong.

His spiritual power was always projected outwards, and nothing within a radius of several hundred meters could escape his notice.

Just as Madam Wei stuffed the last piece of Xuanbing Marrow into her storage soul tool, Wang Teng's spirit detected a slight anomaly at the bottom of the lake.

After the ice marrow layer at the bottom of the lake was hollowed out, something seemed to have changed.

The ice beneath the surface was slowly breaking apart silently, but the cracks extended downwards from the lake bottom, growing deeper and wider.

The lake water began to churn.

It wasn't boiling; something surged up from the bottom of the lake and churned the whole lake upside down.

Waves surged across the lake, crashing against the ice on the shore. The splashing water froze into ice beads in mid-air, then pattered down onto the ice like a hailstorm.

The color of the lake water is also changing.

The once crystal-clear ice-blue color began to be mixed with wisps of milky white mist.

Mist billowed out from the cracks at the bottom of the lake, swirling and spreading in the water, turning the entire lake into a murky white soup.

The temperature of the mist was much lower than that of the lake water, and the water temperature dropped immediately wherever it passed.

New ice formed on the lake, of uneven thickness; in some places it was as thin as paper, and in others it was several inches thick. They pressed against each other, making a creaking sound.

The lake water churned violently, and a strong aura of Xuanbing marrow rose from the bottom of the lake, flowing through the cracks, through the ice layer, and out of the ice pillars on the cave ceiling.

The aura was no longer faint as before, but rather like water bursting its banks, rushing in all directions and impossible to stop.

At the same time, Dugu Bo's expression also changed.

He is a titled Douluo, and his perception range is greater than Wang Teng's.

As soon as the aura of the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow spread out, Dugu Bo's spiritual power detected a series of reactions on the distant ice plain.

Countless soul beasts are rushing towards this place.

"Oops."

Dugu Bo said something in a low voice, then turned and walked quickly toward the cave entrance.

Madam Wei's expression also changed.

Her reaction was a little slower than Dugu Bo's, but she quickly realized the seriousness of the problem.