Without a 100,000-year spirit ring, it's uncertain who would be the prey of a 100,000-year spirit beast if a Title Douluo below level 95 encountered one!
Spirit rings are useless to Title Douluos; they can only kill them to extract their bones. Without any special abilities, a level 90 quasi-Title Douluo is no match for a 100,000-year spirit beast, which is why most Title Douluos on the continent don't have 100,000-year spirit rings.
For some reason, Qian Xunji, the former Pope of the Spirit Hall with a level 99 Peerless Douluo as his backer, doesn't even have a 100,000-year spirit ring for his ninth spirit ring. It's incredibly pathetic. Wang Teng simply can't understand it. Is Qian Xunji too useless? Does Qian Daoliu look down on his son?
If it were Wang Teng, no matter what, even if he threw a tantrum, his ninth spirit ring would at least be 100,000 years old!
It was precisely because of his lackluster strength that Qian Xunji, a level 95 Super Douluo, was utterly defeated by Tang Hao, who had just broken through to the Title Douluo level, in a 1v3 situation—a truly humiliating defeat. He returned home severely injured, only to be completely drained by Bibi Dong's spirit.
One can only say, worthy of being called a spider demon, right? Hmm, that thought is a bit wicked, scratch that!
Shaking his head, Wang Teng gathered his scattered thoughts.
"Teng'er, I've already planned your spirit. Your Xuan Guang Cross spirit's first spirit ring should be from a light-attribute spirit beast that's a little over four hundred years old, whether it's support or healing."
"Hn" (T/N: What is he an Uchiha?)
Wang Teng nodded. Although his father wasn't very knowledgeable about spirit beasts, he still knew that the spirit ring's attribute needed to match the spirit.
As for the year, it didn't need to be too strict; as long as it was over four hundred years old, it didn't need to be precise to the exact year.
Spirit ring absorption varies from person to person; not everyone needs the 423 year suggested by Master Yu Xiaogang.
Wang Teng estimated that although his martial soul wasn't a beast martial soul that significantly boosted physical attributes, the enhancement from previous dungeon "experiences," combined with his previously honed physique, would allow him to handle any soul beast under 500 years old without issue.
Wang Teng wasn't foolish enough to assume his first soul ring was a purple, thousand-year-old one. Putting aside other considerations, what if revealing his thousand-year-old first soul ring meant he couldn't continue hiding?
A powerful force might come knocking and dissect him for research. After all, without the amplification of a powerful soul bone, a thousand-year-old first soul ring definitely indicated some hidden secret.
Acquiring soul ring ages is like a snowball effect; initially, it might only slightly exceed the limit, but with each advantage, the difference can become enormous in the later stages.
In the Douluo Continent, everyone wants to surpass their limits to absorb soul rings, and many soul masters have died from overestimating their abilities.
Of course, many more soul masters, lacking a powerful leader, have white soul rings under a hundred years old as their first soul ring—these are countless.
In the original story, Xiao Chenyu, the minor villain of the Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy, had a white first soul ring. Wasn't his father the city lord of Notting City? How could he be so pathetic, not even having a yellow, hundred-year soul ring?
Was Xiao Chenyu from the neighbour's family next door? Disliked? Otherwise, how could a city lord's son have such a weak soul ring?
Most ordinary soul masters, without the support of a powerful force, cannot achieve the optimal soul ring configuration. Wang Teng even knew that the Spirit Hall's Title Douluo-level expert, Serpent Spear Douluo, didn't have an optimal soul ring configuration either.
His fifth soul ring was a black, ten-thousand-year ring, while others had a purple, thousand-year ring. It was only because of his talent that he could advance to Title Douluo; otherwise, it would have been a pipe dream!
Of course, this also explains why Serpent Spear Douluo, despite being a Title Douluo, was defeated by Yang Wudi, who was still only at the Soul Douluo level.
Like Dugu Bo, this Serpent Spear Douluo can be used as a unit of measurement for strength among Title Douluos. At least Dugu Bo excels in group attacks, while the Serpent Spear Douluo is weak in both, a bottom-tier performer.
This is the tragedy of Soul Masters without a background; their own strength is simply insufficient to defeat Soul Beasts suited to them, leaving them with no choice but to make do.
Insufficient talent coupled with subpar Soul Rings causes many Soul Masters who could have advanced to the next rank to be stuck at their current level.
Fortunately, Wang Teng doesn't have to worry about this. His father is a Soul Douluo-level expert, and with the optimal Soul Ring configuration, he won't have to worry about acquiring Soul Rings until his eighth.
Compared to ordinary Soul Masters, Wang Teng is fortunate; at least he doesn't have to worry about acquiring Soul Rings. Moreover, with the optimal Soul Ring configuration, his eighth Soul Ring will be from a Soul Beast under 100,000 years old. With his mother's assistance, his father could also defeat Soul Beasts under 100,000 years old.
After all, Wang Chengkun was a power-attack type Soul Douluo, and with a support-type Soul Saint, they could easily defeat an 80,000-90,000-year-old Soul Beast with some effort.
Not to mention, his mother was already level 79, and when Wang Teng needed his eighth Soul Ring, Li Chan would inevitably become a support-type Soul Douluo. Moreover, his father could probably improve his strength even further in the next few years.
The carriage steadily sped forward along the road. The horses pulling carriages in Douluo Continent weren't ordinary horses; they were clearly Soul Beasts, only domesticated by humans.
Over generations, their temperament had become docile, and even ordinary people could drive them, at most, just younger ones. Compared to the ordinary horses of Wang Teng's previous life, these Soul Beast horses were much faster. Of course, they didn't need to be incredibly fast, but their endurance was definitely much stronger than ordinary horses.
The carriage traveled rapidly along the open road. Wang Teng estimated the speed to be around 40-50 miles per hour, meaning that if they set off in the morning, they could reach the town outside Sunset Forest before evening.
Like the Star Dou Great Forest, Sunset Forest, a well-known forest for spirit beasts, has a supply town outside it. Where there's demand, there's trade, and thanks to Sunset Forest, the supply town is quite prosperous.
Aside from business people, most of the passersby are spirit masters coming to Sunset Forest to acquire spirit rings.
Wang Chengkun didn't need rest; he was a Soul Douluo-level expert, no doubt about it. But Wang Teng couldn't. Being a child, he was clearly tired after a day's carriage ride—a carriage wasn't as comfortable as the high-speed train in his previous life.
Upon arriving at the supply town, Wang Chengkun took Wang Teng to a hotel that wasn't very large.
After all, the spirit masters who came here were there to acquire spirit rings, not to enjoy themselves, and the supply town didn't have any high-end, luxurious hotels.