Chapter 338 Offense, No Defense.
"Hmm!" Wang Qiu'er nodded slightly, as if the soul bone in Elder Song's hand didn't hold much appeal for her.
Seeing Wang Qiu'er's unresponsive expression, Elder Song continued, "Qiu'er, even if your soul bone can't be given to you in the end, the academy will definitely not let you suffer a loss. The soul bone you exchange it for will certainly not be inferior to this one."
"Elder Song, you're overthinking it. I don't really care about soul bones." Wang Qiu'er looked at Elder Song with puzzled eyes, not understanding why he thought that way.
Elder Song was clearly stunned for a moment upon hearing this. This was a soul bone, a treasure that soul masters dreamed of. She never expected that Wang Qiu'er would actually not care about soul bones.
The absorption of a 200,000-year soul ring naturally couldn't be very fast, and what followed was a continuous wait.
In the blink of an eye, three days passed. During this time, apart from the three wolf apes approaching, not a single soul beast dared to come near.
"This should be it. I'm very sensitive to sound, so I'm sure I'm right." A righteous voice said confidently.
Wang Qiu'er looked up and met the gaze of a group rapidly traversing the Star Dou Great Forest. Leading the way was Li Yongyue, who had just spoken, his moon blade flashing as he cleared a path through the undergrowth.
"Sigh!!" As the group emerged from the forest, they exclaimed in unison upon seeing the massive crater a hundred meters deep in the distance.
"Alright, quiet down. That little guy Wu Xuan is absorbing his spirit ring!" Elder Song coughed lightly, suddenly appearing before the group.
"Elder Song!" Zhang Lexuan and the others were startled for a moment but quickly bowed slightly.
"Hmm!" Elder Song nodded slightly.
"Elder Song, what's going on?" Cai Mei'er asked, pointing to the hundred-meter-deep crater.
"Hehe, you'll have to ask that little guy Wu Xuan. That scene really startled me too," Elder Song chuckled. "How are you all? Has that little guy Mo Xuan obtained his spirit ring yet?"
"Yes, we arrived immediately after the successful fusion this morning. It's a 16,000-year-old Azure Sea Spirit Ape," Cai Meier nodded slightly.
The two then exchanged information about their encounter. During their conversation, Wu Xuan completed the final step in fusing his fourth ring.
Red, red, red, red, silver!
The 200,000-year-old Soul Devouring Spider Emperor's spirit ring, radiating a rich, blood-red light, ranked fourth. The moment it shone, everyone felt the faint life energy in the surrounding air vanish.
This was the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest; the life energy here was immense. Yet, the moment Wu Xuan's fourth ring shone, the meager life energy within a hundred meters disappeared.
Seeing that Wu Xuan had finished absorbing his spirit ring, Elder Song stopped the others from approaching to chat. He immediately decided to leave the Star Dou Great Forest. As for Wu Xuan's eighth ring of the Wind Element Martial Soul, it wouldn't be available in the short term.
After all, no human has ever been able to absorb 100,000-year spirit rings in succession. Leaving aside the question of whether such good luck is even possible, the human body and spiritual sea simply cannot withstand the impact of consecutive 100,000-year spirit rings.
Of course, spirit beast sacrifice is an exception. If a sacrifice is made, nine 100,000-year spirit rings a day are not a problem.
The group resumed their journey, moving as quickly as possible away from the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest. Along the way, Wang Qiu'er only exchanged a few words with Wu Xuan; her attitude towards the others remained indifferent, and she didn't interact with them much.
The rest of the journey took them only about a day to leave the Star Dou Great Forest. By dusk on the second day, they had finally returned to Seagod Island. After parting ways, Wu Xuan was about to leave when Cai Meier and Elder Song led him to the Seagod Pavilion.
In the main hall on the first floor of the Seagod Pavilion, Elder Mu was still reclining in his chair, with Elder Xuan drinking wine beside him. They were clearly waiting for Wu Xuan and his companions.
"Less than ten days, little apprentices, it seems your soul hunting went very smoothly this time!" Elder Mu said with a smile.
Elder Xuan stood up and placed a hand on Wu Xuan's shoulder, then froze for a moment: "Didn't break through to Soul Douluo?"
Elder Mu turned to look at Elder Song, as if asking, "Why did you come back so early if you didn't obtain the eighth ring?"
Seeing this, Wu Xuan stepped forward and explained, "Teacher, what we encountered in the Star Dou Great Forest was a 190,000-year-old Soul-Devouring Spider King, which is not suitable for my Wind Element Martial Soul, so I made it the fourth ring of my Soul-Breaking Spear."
"An Evil Soul Beast?" Elder Mu sat up straight instantly, his eyes fixed on Wu Xuan.
Wu Xuan nodded slightly, then recounted the entire process of discovering and killing the three Evil Soul Masters, which led to the appearance of the Soul-Devouring Spider King. After a long while, Elder Mu sighed, his voice filled with a chilling pressure: "Just a year ago, these Evil Soul Masters lost one Super Douluo, two Title Douluos, and nearly ten Soul Douluos. How long has it been?
They dare to show their faces again!" "Yes! I'm afraid it won't be long before the ambitions of these rats in the gutter surface," Cai Meier said gravely.
Elder Song stepped forward and bowed. "Elder Mu, Elder Xuan! With evil soul masters of this level appearing one after another, this is beyond the capabilities of ordinary members of the monitoring team. Before a tragedy occurs, I propose suspending the issuance of monitoring missions by the Monitoring Hall."
"Hmm, well said! The Sea God Pavilion Council should implement this suggestion tomorrow!" Elder Mu nodded slightly.
"Sigh, you're talking about serious matters again. You can bring these up at the Sea God Pavilion Council tomorrow. Little fellow, tell us about the soul skill you obtained from the Soul Devouring Spider King." Elder Xuan took a sip of fine wine and looked at Wu Xuan.
Wu Xuan smiled upon hearing this and said, "The fourth soul skill that the Soul-Devouring Spider King gave me is largely supportive. The first is Eternal Wound! It ignores physical defense; once it hits, the wound will spread endlessly, and can only be resisted by soul power until it is completely exhausted and one dies. My Soul-Breaking Spear is fatal no matter where it hits the body."
"The second soul skill is a passive soul skill, Life Devouring! Any creature killed by my Soul-Breaking Spear will have all its life force instantly devoured by the Soul-Breaking Spear and become my life force. Furthermore, it will purify half of the deceased's remaining soul power and return it to me."
Elder Xuan's hand holding the wine pot paused, and the others were also stunned.
After a long pause, Elder Xuan couldn't help but complain, "Hiss! Your third soul skill, 'Sharp Light,' ignores soul power defense, and now you've got 'Eternal Wound,' which ignores physical defense! Are you going to stick to attacking without defending to the very end?"
Wu Xuan shook his head slightly upon hearing this and looked at Elder Xuan, saying, "The spear is the king of weapons, a weapon of slaughter. If the wielder cannot have unparalleled faith and forge ahead without hesitation, then what is the point of wielding a spear?"
Elder Xuan was stunned; he couldn't respond to Wu Xuan's words. He waved his hand helplessly, "Alright, alright, you have a lot of grand principles, I won't argue with you."
"Alright, little disciple, you've worked hard these past few days. Go back and rest. Remember to go to the inner courtyard in a couple of days to select the candidates for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament. You decide who to send!" Elder Mu ended the conversation with a smile.
Wu Xuan bowed slightly upon seeing this and then left the Sea God Pavilion.
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