Douluo's Spirit Pearl Divine Sword

Chapter 116 The Mysterious Voice Leaving the Team

"This poisonous thorn should be the Purple-Veined Thorn. The purple veins are the mark of its poison taking shape. Judging from its length, it should be about 1,150 years old. It's perfect for me. Thank you, Brother Jun." Tang San, with his extensive knowledge, immediately recognized the plant-type soul beast.

He wasn't picky; after all, thousand-year-old soul beasts that matched his attributes in every way were quite rare.

"Since the gift is a soul beast, Tang San, you should accept it," Zhao Wuji said. This kind of thing is useless to Tian Lin, so there's no harm in accepting it.

Tang San nodded, thanked Tian Lin again, and immediately killed the Purple-Patterned Thorn, beginning to absorb its spirit ring. A spirit ring of less than 1,200 years was far too easy for Tang San.

In less than half an hour, Tang San finished absorbing the essence and officially became a Soul Master. Tian Lin kept watching him until he was sure that Tang San had not obtained any external soul bones like in the original story, and only then did he feel relieved.

However, the soul skill he obtained was not bad. It was called Blue Silver Strangulation, similar to Entanglement, but the difference was that this move was more aggressive and was not just a binding skill like Entanglement.

When this move is used, many deadly spikes will grow on the Blue Silver Grass, which are highly poisonous and can be fatal.

Tang San was quite satisfied with this move. At this moment, Tian Lin stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, saying, "Brother Tang, I believe that you will definitely become an incomparably powerful Title Douluo in the future."

Tang San was taken aback. He didn't understand why Tian Lin would suddenly praise him, but he still politely said, "Thank you for your praise, Brother Jun."

He didn't notice that when Tianlin said those words, there was little blessing in his eyes, but more pity. However, in the Douluo Continent, no one would think that Tianlin was pitying Tang San for being able to become a Title Douluo.

The premise is that they were unaware of Tang San's original achievements: a dual-god level powerhouse, making even a titled Douluo seem like an ant in comparison.

But now, the key to his becoming a dual god—the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye and the Eight Spider Spears—has been destroyed by Tianlin. Now, if he can inherit even one godhood in the future, he'll be considered incredibly lucky.

"Brother Tang, I'm sorry. Although I don't consider you an enemy, a continent doesn't need two protagonists. We have no grudges against each other, and you're not some evil soul master, so I won't kill you. But you should stay at the promising Title Douluo level from now on. You can't handle the dual gods." Tian Lin thought to himself.

With Oscar, Tang San, and Ning Rongrong having successfully obtained their spirit rings, there was no point in them staying any longer in the Star Dou Great Forest, so they prepared to leave.

Just then, a voice rang in Tianlin's mind, "Hey, kid, don't go! Come save me, I have something good for you."

Tianlin subconsciously stopped in his tracks, his heart filled with horror. That wasn't a method of transmitting sound into a secret space; the sound had actually been transmitted directly into his soul.

He immediately checked his spiritual sea and found that it was not only intact, but also closed to the outside. Even a titled Douluo who was good at mental attacks could not communicate directly with his soul under such circumstances.

If the other party harbors ill will towards him, such methods can instantly annihilate his soul.

Tianlin subconsciously surveyed his surroundings, but there was nothing there except for various plants.

"Little friend, don't look around. I'm not here. Try to shake off these people around you first, and I'll guide you to me."

The voice rang out again, sounding like a teenager, but incredibly irritating. Tianlin felt as if he had seen it somewhere before.

"Huh? Why did I think of seeing it instead of hearing about it?" Tianlin realized the blind spot in his thinking.

"Brother Jian, what's wrong? Why aren't you walking?" Ning Rongrong noticed Tianlin's unusual behavior and asked.

"It's nothing, Rongrong. Now that you've obtained your soul ring, Brother Jian is leaving too." Tianlin decided to trust his own guess this time. What he needed to do now was leave the team.

"Boss, you're leaving? Why? Isn't it good to stay with everyone?" Ma Hongjun asked anxiously.

"After all, I'm not from Shrek Academy, so how could I stay there forever?" Tianlin explained. "I only came here because I was worried about Rongrong. Now that I see she's doing so well, I can leave in peace. Let's part ways here!"

"Alright then, Brother Jian, I'll be back at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School during my vacation. You have to wait for me," Ning Rongrong said, clinging to Tian Lin's arm reluctantly.

Tianlin nodded. "Alright, now that you've advanced to the Soul Venerable level, it's about time you took that thing. Remember to bring Hongjun back next time too."

Ning Rongrong understood Tianlin's meaning; they could now take the Heaven-Mending Pill and the Phoenix Sunflower. Since Tianlin had promised Ma Hongjun, he wouldn't go back on his word.

“Xiao Tian, ​​let’s part ways once we’re out of the great forest. I’ll escort you all the way,” Yin Yang said.

"No, this is already the outer area. You can hardly see any soul beasts that are tens of thousands of years old here. Ordinary soul beasts with ten thousand years of cultivation are no match for me. Grandpa Eagle, you can rest assured."

Tianlin declined Yin Yang's offer, as protecting Rongrong was still of greater importance to him.

"Then, Brother Jun, I'll take my leave now. Take care." Tang San was unaware that Tian Lin had tricked him. On the contrary, he thought that Tian Lin had been helping him all along and was very grateful to him.

"Alright, see you later, Brother Tang. By the way, if you see any other members of the Royal Fighting Team later, please tell them that I have some things to attend to and need to return to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy."

After giving a word of advice, Tianlin turned and walked in another direction. Soon, Qin Ming planned to bring the rest of the Huang Dou team here for training, and he needed to give them an explanation before leaving.

An hour later, Tianlin guessed that the others should be about to leave the forest, so he sent a telepathic message, "Hey, are you still there? I've already left the group. Tell me your location."

"Yes, yes! I've been waiting for you for years, how could I not be here? Head deeper into the forest, I've already shielded you with a mental barrier, your aura won't dissipate. As long as you're careful and don't walk directly in front of the soul beasts, you don't have to worry about being discovered. I'm pretty powerful, right? When you meet me, don't be too over-admiring."

The voice rang out again, a boyish voice, calling himself "brother," cheeky and so narcissistic. Tianlin became more and more certain that it must be that thing.

However, despite its arrogant words, it was truly capable. After venturing deep into the forest, Tianlin discovered that as long as he didn't foolishly walk right up to the soul beasts, they wouldn't notice him even if he walked right past them.

Following the voice, Tianlin arrived at a cave that radiated golden light.

Chapter 117 Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm Spirit Pearl Divine Sword

"What a huge cave entrance! It must be a colossal creature living here. But it's really strange," Tianlin remarked, marveling at the cave's immense size. However, he then noticed how incredibly peaceful it was.

Since arriving at the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest, we had seen ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts everywhere along the way, but upon arriving here, we have not seen a single one.

"Little friend, don't just stand there at the entrance, come in quickly!" the voice urged anxiously.

Tianlin stepped into the cave, and what surprised him even more was that it was a golden cave, filled with gold. No wonder the entrance to the cave was shimmering with golden light.

Upon entering the cave, Tianlin finally saw the thing that had been communicating with him: a large, snow-white, fleshy worm with nine golden stripes on its body, looking noble and magnificent. However, it seemed to be sealed inside a transparent yellow crystal.

"Golden-patterned Ice Silkworm, it really is you."

Tianlin knew that this giant worm's real name was actually Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, but that was a name it gave itself after it broke through a million years. Now it was called Golden-Patterned Ice Silkworm.

"You actually know me? Does that mean I'm famous not only among the soul beast world, but also among you humans? I'm doomed!" The Golden-Patterned Ice Silkworm wailed. It was a soul beast that was close to a million years old. Once humans learned of its existence, they would definitely hunt it down at all costs.

That would be even worse than falling into the hands of other soul beasts. In the hands of soul beasts, at least it would have a way to survive, as it would just be used as a power bank and a cheat device for cultivation.

"Stop, stop howling. Don't worry, besides me, no other human should know you." Tianlin interrupted its wailing. After all, of the two transmigrators on this continent, he was the only one who had seen the peerless expert.

No wonder when he heard the tone of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, he thought of seeing rather than hearing, because he had never actually heard it speak, only heard a written description.

"Phew, that's good. You scared me to death. But now that you recognize me, I'm even more certain that you must be my savior. Although I don't know why you turned from a bead and a sword into a human, let's finish this good deed and save me one more time!" the Golden-Patterned Ice Silkworm said pitifully.

From its words, Tianlin gleaned several key pieces of information: the bead, the sword, and the possibility of being saved. Could it be that his own martial spirit had once saved its life?

"The sword and the bead you mentioned, are these the two?" Tianlin raised his left and right hands, and the Demon Sword and the Holy Spirit Bead appeared one after the other.

“Yes, yes, those are the ones. So they became your martial souls. It’s a pity that only a sword and a pearl are left now. If the others hadn’t been taken away, you would definitely have become the strongest being in history. After all, I have lived for hundreds of thousands of years, but I have never seen such powerful artifacts.” The Golden-Patterned Ice Silkworm sighed.

Upon hearing this, Tianlin stroked his chin and began to speculate, "You mean the rest? It seems that something happened twelve years ago that I don't know about. Legend has it that a meteorite streaked across the sky twelve years ago and fell deep into the Star Dou Great Forest. The place where it fell should be the Lake of Life, right?"

"That's right, it was the Lake of Life. I was in a terrible state back then. Every day, those ferocious beasts treated me like food, constantly draining my life force to cultivate. It was a heartbreaking sight. But just when I was in despair, suddenly, two beams of light fell from the sky into the center of the Lake of Life. The powerful force instantly injured all the ferocious beasts. It was during that moment that I used my strong mental strength to force back Biji, one of the beasts who wasn't good at fighting, and escaped from its direction," the Golden-Patterned Ice Silkworm recalled.

"That's right, and those weren't meteorites, but two beams of light, one black and one white, colliding and falling into the Lake of Life. The black light disappeared, and the white light appeared, which were the two swords and six beads."

"What?! Two swords and six beads! Tell me, what do the other beads and the sword look like?" Tianlin asked excitedly.

He had a hunch that what came to Douluo Continent with him was probably more than just the Demon Sword and the Holy Spirit Pearl.

"I remember that the other five beads contain the five attributes of earth, water, fire, wind, and thunder respectively. Such powerful beads naturally attracted the attention of soul beasts with the same attributes. For example, the Crimson King almost fought to the death with other ferocious beasts in order to grab the fire attribute bead."

"It's the Five Elemental Pearls, but what about the sword? What does it look like?"

"A turquoise hilt and a silver blade!" The Golden-Patterned Ice Silkworm spoke frankly. "Speaking of that sword, I should be most grateful to it. Among the ferocious beasts, there was one called the Demon Spirit. Its attribute was darkness, which did not match those beads. So it ignored the beads and instead chose to capture me and take me back."

"But just as it was chasing after me, its aura triggered the divine sword. The divine sword simply spread its divine power and suppressed it so that it could not move. It's a pity that the divine sword was unclaimed at the time, otherwise it would have been easy to kill that bastard demon spirit."

The Golden-Patterned Ice Silkworm's tone was filled with regret, while Tianlin was extremely excited. "The Divine Sword of Illumination, also known as the Demon-Suppressing Sword, is definitely it. This sword has an absolute restraint on demons and evil spirits. That's great! Do you know where the other beads and swords are now?"

"I only know that they must have fallen into the hands of those ferocious beasts, but I don't know exactly who they are in. At that time, in order to seize the treasure, the various ferocious beasts killed each other. In his anger, Di Tian launched a powerful attack that scattered the two swords and beads. One sword and five beads were taken by the ferocious beasts, while the other sword and one bead flew away to who knows where. It turns out that they were transformed into your martial soul with your birth."

The Golden-Patterned Ice Silkworm recounted the events of twelve years ago. Upon hearing this, Tianlin knew that he had another mission: no matter how much effort he had to put in, he would retrieve the remaining sword and five pearls from the ferocious beast.

"Furthermore, what I'm more concerned about isn't actually the two swords and the beads, but the black light that suddenly disappeared. I sensed an unprecedented darkness and evil aura from that light. Both Di Tian and Yao Ling possess dark attributes, but their darkness is nothing compared to that black light, like a crow compared to a phoenix. Do you know what that black light is?" Tianmeng Bingcan asked.

Tianlin shook his head. He had absolutely no clue about what Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had said at the end. It seemed that he still had many truths to uncover.

"By the way, didn't you run away? How come you're here again?" Tianlin asked, puzzled.

"Well, it's like this. Among the ferocious beasts, besides the demon spirit, there is another soul beast whose attributes are completely incompatible with those beads. It is called Xiong Jun. Its true form is a dark gold dinosaur bear, and its attribute is gold. After the demon spirit was suppressed by that sword, it avoided that sword and secretly chased after us from another direction."

"This guy is very selfish. He has no intention of returning me to other ferocious beasts. Instead, after capturing me, he secretly sealed me in this cave and turned me into a cultivation tool for himself and one of his sworn brothers." The Golden-Patterned Ice Silkworm said awkwardly. It must have felt quite ashamed to be captured right after escaping, considering it was a 990,000-year-old soul beast.

"I see. No wonder there are no other spirit beasts near this cave. So this is the territory of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear." Tianlin understood, then thought of something, "Wait, doesn't that mean the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear could return at any time?"

"Yes, I sensed it just now. It should be almost at the cave entrance by now," the Golden-Patterned Ice Silkworm said calmly, making a sarcastic remark.

At this moment, heavy footsteps suddenly sounded outside the cave. There should be two giant soul beasts. Tianlin broke out in a cold sweat. One of them was the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. This time, he was really in trouble because of this big fleshy worm.

Chapter 118 Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and Earth Behemoth

Looking at Tianlin, who was sweating profusely, the Golden-Patterned Ice Silkworm said nonchalantly, "Why are you so afraid? What a waste of your two divine-level martial souls. Summon your courage."

"You make it sound so easy. That's a soul beast that's over 400,000 years old. Even if my potential is greater than itss, I'm only level 40-something now and haven't fully grown up yet. I'm no match for it at all, and even escaping would be difficult." Tianlin's expression was grim.

So, you big worm don't have to die, but if the Dark Gold Devil Claw Bear saw a human like yourself, it would definitely devour you alive.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here. The reason I've lived this long is because I have an exceptional ability to protect myself. Your mental shield is still intact. This cave is so big, quickly find a place to hide. As long as you don't appear in front of those two guys, they won't be able to find you. Don't worry, they'll leave first thing tomorrow morning, and that's when we can escape." Since the Golden-Patterned Ice Silkworm had brought Tianlin here, it had naturally already come up with a plan.

The reason it didn't let Tianlin take it away directly, but talked to him for so long, was because if it ran now, it would definitely be chased and killed relentlessly by the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear that had just returned. Only by escaping when these two big guys had just left could it buy as much time as possible.

Tianlin nodded and affixed a concealment talisman to his body. The concealment talisman could hide his figure, while the Golden Pattern Ice Silkworm could conceal his aura. The combination of the two was perfect. Unless there was a god here, even Di Tian would probably have a hard time finding him.

Tianlin, who had sat cross-legged in a dark corner, finally saw the two spirit beasts that had entered. The first was a giant bear covered in dark golden fur, with thick arms and incredibly sharp, dark golden claws at the tips. Standing tens of meters tall, it was much larger than a typical Dark Golden Terrorclaw Bear, and would even grow larger during battle. That was one of the kings of the Star Dou Great Forest, Bear King.

Behind it was another colossal beast, tens of meters long, resembling a bear but not quite, with a ferocious face. It should be the sworn brother of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear that the Golden-Patterned Ice Silkworm had just mentioned. Its earthy yellow skin was covered with golden patterns. Tianlin had consulted the Soul Beast Encyclopedia but had not seen any Soul Beast with this appearance.

The two soul beasts walked up to the Golden-Patterned Ice Silkworm, opened their blood-red mouths, and immediately, a beam of light from the Ice Silkworm connected to their mouths.

"Hey, you saw that? They're draining my soul power again. What bastards! You must remember what these two look like so you can avenge me someday!" the Golden-Patterned Ice Silkworm transmitted indignantly through its soul.

Neither of these two spirit beasts are mental beings, so they couldn't detect its little trick at all.

"It's easier said than done!" Tianlin said with a wry smile. "Leaving aside the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, what about this other big monster? Judging from its cultivation level, it's probably close to 100,000 years old, right?"

"Hmm, this guy's original cultivation level was only around 90,000 years. If it hadn't absorbed my soul power, how could it have grown so fast? According to my estimate, it will become a true 100,000-year soul beast in less than five years at most."

Upon hearing the words of the Golden-Patterned Ice Silkworm, Tianlin's eyes lit up, and a plan formed in his mind. If possible, he had a way to easily obtain a 100,000-year soul ring.

But before that, we need to determine the bear's attributes. "Brother Ice Silkworm, do you know what kind of soul beast this guy is? And what are its attributes?"

"I know a little about it. It should be a descendant of an ancient soul beast. When I only had ten thousand years of cultivation, there was a very powerful soul beast race on the continent called Behemoth. The strongest among them was the Golden Behemoth, whose attributes were metal and earth. I think this guy should be a descendant of the Behemoth, but its bloodline is not so pure, so it did not inherit the metal attribute, only the earth attribute, so it should be called the Earth Behemoth. This is probably why the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear loves this younger brother so much, because the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear is also a soul beast with a trace of Behemoth bloodline."

"It's actually a Behemoth, and an earth-type one at that! Excellent, I'm going to have this guy!" Tianlin was overjoyed. He planned to find a way to get this earth behemoth to make a soul ring when it broke through 100,000 years.

Therefore, he had to make a slight change to his original plan for the fifth soul skill, abandoning the three-attribute soul skill and instead developing another auxiliary skill from the Demon Sword Technique. The plan had already begun at this moment.

After absorbing the Golden-Patterned Ice Silkworm's soul power for an entire night, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and the Earth Behemoth turned and left. They usually lived near the Lake of Life, and if they left for too long, it would arouse Di Tian's suspicion. They didn't want to hand over the Golden-Patterned Ice Silkworm, their "power bank."

Tianlin tore off the concealment talisman and walked to the Golden-Patterned Ice Silkworm's side. "Now is the perfect time. Let's leave quickly. You're sealed right now, which means you're in a sealed state?"

"Yes, this is the Dark Gold Seal of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. This big guy not only has amazing offensive and defensive capabilities, but I didn't expect it to be proficient in sealing techniques as well. But I think, with your two such powerful divine-level martial souls, you should have a way to break it, right?" the Golden-Patterned Ice Silkworm asked expectantly.

"Of course! No matter how strong this sealing technique is, as long as it's in a certain state, I can break it. Third Soul Skill, Feng Shui Flow!"