Douluo Continent: Sword Named Star, Slaying Gods to Prove the Dao

"Congratulations, Star! Your soul power is almost the same as ours now," Bone Douluo said with a delighted expression.

"Thank you, Uncle Bone and Uncle Sword, for protecting us. We can go back now," Ning Xingchen said.

“Yes, our divine test is almost here,” Sword Douluo said.

Actually, at this stage, their assessments are not particularly difficult.

"Uncle Jian, Uncle Gu, this is your fourth test, right?" Ning Xingchen asked.

The two nodded, and Sword Douluo said, "That's right, it is indeed the fourth test, and Zhao Ziyun's fourth test is coming soon as well."

In fact, the current Sea God assessment doesn't offer much improvement for them; only increasing the age of their soul rings is more appealing.

The first test increased their soul ring age by a thousand years, the second test by two thousand years, and the third test by five thousand years.

After just these three trials, Sword Douluo's ninth spirit ring has already broken through to 100,000 years. Bone Douluo is still a bit short, but he'll be there soon.

Zhao Ziyun is similar to Bone Douluo; as long as he completes the thinking reward to increase the age of his spirit ring, he can upgrade his ninth spirit ring to 100,000 years.

Although the 100,000-year spirit ring you reach the day after tomorrow will still only be one spirit ring, your previous spirit skills will be enhanced as the spirit ring reaches 100,000 years.

This is the biggest benefit of increasing the age of the spirit ring. If we were to add another benefit, we could say it's because it looks good and can impress people.

The three flew back to Seagod Island, and Ning Xingchen began cultivating and preparing for his sixth trial.

Ning Xingchen prepared for his own assessment while also helping others improve.

His sixth test was almost identical to Tang San's in the original novel: he had to endure the time it takes for an incense stick to burn in Poseidon's hands, with a one-year time limit for the test.

Ning Xingchen did not plan to challenge immediately. He had just reached level 95, and it was still a bit too early for him to challenge at this point.

Why not go find another spirit ring to absorb and try again?

That 500,000-year-old Star Sea Emperor is a good target. If he absorbs it, as Ning Xingchen thought, his soul power could definitely reach level 96 or even level 97.

Challenging Poseidon at that time wouldn't be a problem. Although defeating him would be difficult, it wouldn't be impossible. As for lasting for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, that would be too easy.

On Poseidon Island, less than a month passed, and Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and Zhao Ziyun all completed their assessments.

After this assessment, Bone Douluo and Zhao Ziyun's ninth spirit rings successfully reached 100,000 years, and neither of their spirit rings were less than 10,000 years old.

Zhao Ziyun has also worked hard, and his soul power has reached the peak of level 93, about to break through.

It would be much more difficult for Bone Douluo, who was at the peak of level 96, to break through to level 97. Furthermore, Sword Douluo's cultivation speed also slowed down significantly after reaching level 97.

It would take many years of accumulation to break through from level 97 to level 98.

At this time, there were still eleven months before Ning Xingchen's sixth test. Ning Xingchen found Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, chatted briefly, and then the three of them set off.

Let's follow Ning Xingchen to the Star Sea Emperor's location, which has existed for 500,000 years.

Ning Xingchen felt that if he absorbed the Starry Sea Emperor, his Starry Sword Body would have a lot of room for growth.

However, another problem arose during the flight of the three. Although Bone Douluo had high soul power and a fast flight speed, his disadvantage was that he was not suitable for long-distance flight.

Therefore, Bone Douluo had to land on Sword Douluo's Seven Kill Sword to recover his soul power after flying for several hours.

The two didn't argue because of Ning Xingchen's second spirit ring.

In the blink of an eye, sixteen days later, Ning Xingchen used the invisibility skill of the Vast Ocean Universe Cover to stand above the Starry Sea Emperor's lair.

Because it was nighttime, countless beams of light fell from the sky onto the sea, creating a spectacular sight.

“Stars, indeed there are soul beasts full of star power everywhere here. Is the one in the middle the Star Sea Emperor you mentioned?” Bone Douluo whispered.

"That's right, it's been 500,000 years, or more accurately, it's been 530,000 years now."

Ning Xingchen was deeply moved. In such a short time, the Star Sea Emperor had increased its lifespan by at least several hundred years.

After all, with such a large group of Star Sea Spots providing stellar power, if given some time, it might really be able to increase to a million years.

However, becoming a million-year soul beast is not so easy. Every tribulation is extremely terrifying, and the Star Sea Emperor is not particularly strong. If Ning Xingchen does not kill it now, it will die under the tribulation sooner or later.

"Uncle Jian, Uncle Gu, I'm going to kill this Star Sea Emperor. You two help me hunt down more Star Sea Spots; the star power on these Star Sea Spots will be useful to me," Ning Xingchen said.

"Okay, don't worry, there are so many, Star Sea Spots, I'll kill at least a thousand of them," Sword Douluo said.

Bone Douluo glanced at Sword Douluo and said helplessly, "Alright, you have Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin, so what? But I'm not much worse than you."

Ning Xingchen wants to kill both the Star Sea Emperor and these Star Sea Spots.

There are tens of thousands of Starfish here; killing even a few thousand wouldn't be a problem. This species cannot be wiped out.

However, Ning Xingchen didn't need that many.

"Uncle Jian, we don't need that many bone books, a few hundred will be enough."

Because he only has one hour to absorb the spirit ring, and the Star Sea Emperor's spirit ring will disappear after one hour, he only has this time to absorb the star power of other Star Sea Spots.

"Alright, a few hundred it is. Let's get started," said Sword Douluo.

Ning Xingchen then deactivated the invisibility skill of the Vast Ocean Universe Cover, and Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo began to fight.

Sword Douluo immediately used the Ten Thousand Swords Return to One technique. His aura and posture were incredibly cool. Meanwhile, Bone Douluo used his group attack soul skill on the other side.

The two sides attacked from both sides at such a speed that the Starfish Spots did not have time to escape. Even if they did escape, it would be troublesome, since the Starfish Spots were densely packed together.

During their escape, many of the starfish collided with each other.

"Damn it, it's you again, human! You're still alive!" The Starry Sea Emperor looked at Ning Xingchen again. In its eyes, Ning Xingchen had already died from its attack.

However, the person was right in front of him, and he also found two extremely powerful helpers.

In just a short time, many members of the Starsea Spotted Clan have died.

There are definitely hundreds.

"Die!" Starry Sea Emperor roared in fury and launched an attack on Ning Xingchen.

"Then let me show you the first soul skill of the Star Sword."

Ning Xingchen's 100,000-year soul ring lit up, and the Star Sword transformed into a phantom of a demonic tiger whale before merging into the Star Sword. This sword strike seemed to contain the power of the ocean.

With a single, unstoppable strike, the attack of the Star Sea Emperor shattered and finally landed on him.

However, Ning Xingchen felt that the blood flowing from the Star Sea Emperor was somewhat of a waste, as it resembled the power of stars.

However, no matter how wasteful it may be, we must still kill it first.

"Impossible! How did you suddenly become so powerful? You were definitely faking it last time. Damn it, you're too cunning, human."

"You killed so many of my people, I will make you all die too."

The Star Sea Emperor suddenly leaped up, seemingly intending to self-destruct.

It felt it couldn't defeat three humans alone, and seeing the corpses of Starfish floating everywhere on the sea, it decided to fight to the death.

Even Ning Xingchen didn't expect that this Star Sea Emperor would choose to self-destruct after just one encounter.

Isn't self-destruction only a choice made in the most desperate situations?

That's way too fast.

At this point, Ning Xingchen hadn't realized that the appearance of the three of them had already driven the Star Sea Emperor to despair, since it wasn't a sea spirit beast with exceptionally high combat power.

Choosing to self-destruct not only gives you the chance to kill the humans in front of you, but more importantly, it also means that your soul rings and soul bones will disappear, preventing them from being used by humans.

The Starry Sea Emperor's body was still expanding, but Ning Xingchen flashed to the Starry Sea Emperor's side.

What are you going to do?

Ning Xingchen drew the Star Sword and plunged it into the Star Sea Emperor's body, rapidly absorbing the immense power of the stars.

Its speed was so great that even the Star Emperor was unable to complete the self-destruction.

"Human, you, you..."

"Die!"

Seeing that he had absorbed enough, Ning Xingchen stabbed him with his sword and killed him.

The Star Sword cannot absorb too much; if it does, it might reduce the lifespan of the Star Sea Emperor's soul ring to below 500,000 years, which would be a huge loss.

Reducing it from 530,000 years to 510,000 years is acceptable, but reducing it to over 400,000 years would definitely not be worthwhile.

Fortunately, Ning Xingchen can now control the Star Sword to absorb energy freely. It would be more troublesome if he faced the Star River Heavenly Net Vine as he did before.

At this time, the Star Sea Emperor was still at 500,000 years old. After being killed, his soul ring slowly rose.

What color is a 500,000-year-old spirit ring?

The answer is red, but Ning Xingchen noticed that this red soul ring had a ring of light gold, which was not noticeable unless you looked closely. The gold ring seemed to be completely covered by the red thread.

After glancing at the spirit ring, Ning Xingchen immediately reached out to find the spirit bone of the Star Sea Emperor.

Wait, this soul bone is actually a torso bone.

Ning Xingchen originally intended to absorb the soul bone of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King as a torso bone, just like Tang San did, but the torso bone came to him like this.

Although the Deep Sea Demon Whale King is excellent, being almost a million years old, this Starry Sky Torso Bone is the most suitable for him right now.

What would happen if the Star Sword Body had an additional Star Body Bone?

After putting away the soul bone, Ning Xingchen then used the Star Sword to insert into the Star Sea Emperor's body to devour the star power within his flesh.

Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo have also finished their business.

"Star, I'm sorry, we couldn't stop. We probably killed over a thousand of them," Sword Douluo said.

"Uncle Jian, Uncle Gu, it's fine if it's too much. Maybe I can absorb it all."

Before long, he absorbed all the star power from the corpse of the Star Sea Emperor, and now his Star Sword Body has been condensed to 31%.

Next, Ning Xingchen began to use the Star Sword to devour the star power contained in the soul rings of other soul beasts.

He started with ten-thousand-year-old ones. As time passed, one by one, the spirit rings disappeared. Ning Xingchen only needed half a minute to absorb a ten-thousand-year-old spirit ring.

However, a soul ring can only exist for one hour, after which it will disappear.

Ning Xingchen didn't dare leave too much time, estimating that there were still fifteen minutes left before ending the devouring.

At this moment, Ning Xingchen's Star Sword Body had condensed to over 46%.

As usual, Ning Xingchen took out the Dragon Abyss Boat, then controlled the Soul Ring into his body to begin absorbing this 500,000-year-old Soul Ring.

Chapter 118 Breaking Through Level 97, Ning Xingchen's Myriad Swords Return to One