Chapter 72: Soul Douluo Achieved, The Gaze from the Depths of the Star Dou Great Forest
In the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest, by a tributary of the Lake of Life, the smoke of battle and the scent of blood had not yet fully dispersed. The air was filled with the lingering ripples of violent energy and a faint aura of sorrow.
The members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan were quickly clearing the battlefield and suppressing their auras. The eight Soul Douluo Elders maintained the "Thunder Domain Dragon Locking Formation," shifting it from containment to defense, transforming it into a barrier. They vigilantly watched the deep, surrounding forest, guarding against powerful existences that might have been attracted by the earth-shattering battle just moments ago. Super Douluo and Yu Boyu stood guard beside Yu Boxuan, acting as his Protector while he adjusted his breathing. Yu Boxuan was not only heavily injured, but his consumption of Soul Power from facing the Azure Bull Python head-on had also been immense.
Tang Chen stood to the side, silently wiping the cyan blood from his Clear Sky Hammer. His eyes held a complex expression as he looked at the massive body of the Azure Bull Python that had just been dragged from the bottom of the lake. The satisfaction of vengeance and a trace of melancholy over the fall of a powerful opponent were intertwined, ultimately solidifying into an even firmer belief in becoming stronger.
At the center of everyone's attention was the crimson hundred thousand year spirit ring hovering above the lake surface, radiating vast energy fluctuations and a faint, sorrowful aura, along with the newly unearthed left leg Soul Bone, which was wreathed in cyan lightning and surging energy.
Yu Yuanchen sat cross-legged on a blue stone by the lake, his expression calm and his gaze deep. He adjusted his breathing, bringing his state to its peak. The thunder god mark between his brows grew slightly warm, resonating subtly with that hundred thousand year spirit ring.
"Let's begin." Yu Boxuan adjusted his breathing for a moment, opened his eyes, and said in a deep voice.
Yu Yuanchen nodded, hesitating no longer. His Spiritual Power, like an invisible tentacle, slowly extended, gently and firmly wrapping around the massive blood-red Soul Ring.
"Hum—!"
The moment his Spiritual Power made contact with the Soul Ring, a torrent of terrifying energy, vast as the sea and violent as thunder, mixed with a flood of will filled with intense unwillingness, anger, and sorrow, surged into Yu Yuanchen's body like a broken dam!
Absorbing a hundred thousand year spirit ring was by no means easy! The energy it contained far exceeded that of a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, and it also carried the powerful Soul shock and will impact from the Soul Beast before its death!
Yu Yuanchen's body shuddered violently, and his face instantly turned a shade paler. He felt as if he had been thrown into a violent sea of cyan lightning, with countless destructive thunderous forces crazily assaulting his Meridians, internal organs, and Soul! At the same time, the Azure Bull Python's roar, filled with wildness and defiance, seemed to explode directly in his mind, impacting his Spiritual will!
"Hmph!" Yu Yuanchen let out a cold snort, purple-gold lightning erupting from his eyes. He had been prepared; how could he fear this?
"Suppress, for me!"
Within his Dantian, the already fully-formed Thunder True Essence vortex suddenly accelerated its rotation. Vast and pure purple-gold Thunder True Essence surged out like loyal guards, meeting the invading, violent cyan lightning. The quality of his Thunder True Essence was extremely high, and it even contained a trace of the thunder god mark's Origin, possessing a natural suppression and control over all lightning under the heavens!
That seemingly violent cyan lightning, upon encountering Yu Yuanchen's purple-gold True Essence, acted as if subjects meeting their king. Its violent momentum suddenly stalled; while it remained surging, it lost some of its destructiveness and gained a sense of... being guided and tamed!
At the same time, his powerful Spiritual Power condensed into an impenetrable barrier, firmly guarding his Sea of Consciousness. Although the Azure Bull Python's Soul shock was strong, it was, after all, a rootless duckweed. How could it shake his powerful Soul, which had been tempered by the thunder god mark and had just experienced the test of questioning his heart? Those unwilling roars and sorrowful will, like waves crashing against a reef, shattered and dissipated one after another, unable to shake his resolve in the slightest.
The two biggest hurdles—energy impact and Soul shock—were easily overcome by Yu Yuanchen with absolute advantage!
What remained was the slow, meticulous work of guiding and refining this massive amount of energy, completely integrating it into himself to condense his eighth Soul Ring.
Yu Yuanchen held his breath and focused, operating his Cultivation Technique with all his might. The thunder god mark between his brows glowed, resonating with the Soul Ring's energy on a deeper level, further weakening its rejection. The True Essence vortex in his Dantian acted like a highly efficient energy furnace, continuously devouring and refining the surging cyan lightning, converting it into pure Thunder True Essence to nourish himself.
His body seemed to transform into glazed glass interwoven with purple-gold and cyan brilliance. His Meridians expanded slightly under the impact of the vast energy, becoming even more resilient; his internal organs shone with vitality, nourished by the Life energy; and his bones emitted faint thunderous sounds, undergoing deeper tempering.
This process lasted for a full three hours.
When the last trace of violent cyan lightning was completely refined, the crimson Soul Ring stabilized completely, slowly descending and perfectly fitting onto Yu Yuanchen's body. After his seventh Soul Ring, it became his eighth Soul Ring!
Yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, red, red!
Eight Soul Rings rippled slowly, especially those two blood-red hundred thousand year spirit rings, which exuded a terrifying pressure that made one's heart palpitate! Yu Yuanchen's aura surged instantly, and he officially stepped into the Realm of an eighty-third-level Soul Douluo! His Soul Power became even more vast and majestic, and his control over lightning reached a new height. A Soul Douluo at just over twenty-two years old! It could already be said that there was no one before him!
However, the absorption was not yet over!
The moment the eighth Soul Ring was completely stabilized, that left leg Soul Bone, which had been emitting cyan lightning and Life energy, seemed to receive a summons. It transformed into a streak of cyan light and instantly submerged into Yu Yuanchen's chest!
"Ngh!" Yu Yuanchen let out a muffled groan, feeling an even purer, yet much gentler, force of thunder and vast Life energy surge into his body, rapidly fusing with his left leg!
Although the energy contained in this hundred thousand year left leg Soul Bone from the Azure Bull Python was not as violent as the Soul Ring, it was deeper and more enduring. Especially its dense Life force, which was a tremendous supplement to his Foundation, which had been somewhat depleted by consecutive battles and cultivation.
The Fusion process was relatively smooth. His physique, having undergone multiple temperings, was already incomparably strong, and it could perfectly accept the power that also belonged to lightning.
Another half an hour passed, and the Soul Bone Fusion was complete!
Yu Yuanchen slowly opened his eyes; his Soul Power was just a sliver away from level 84. Cyan and purple lightning flashed in his eyes and then vanished. His aura was rounded and restrained, yet it exuded a suffocating majesty. He stood up and stretched his body, his bones emitting crisp cracking sounds, filled with an infinite sense of power.
He could clearly feel that his physical strength, blood-Qi power, and even his Life force had all been greatly enhanced! This hundred thousand year left leg Soul Bone granted him not only a powerful boost in speed and strength, but also a nourishment and sublimation of his very Life level!
"How do you feel?" Yu Boxuan stepped forward and asked with concern. Everyone else also gathered around, their eyes filled with anticipation and curiosity.
"Very good." Yu Yuanchen smiled slightly. With a thought, he activated his eighth Soul Ring.
Hum! The crimson eighth Soul Ring lit up!
Purple-gold lightning surged around Yu Yuanchen. "Eighth Soul skills One: Sacred Dragon Prison Suppressing Tribulation!"
He shouted in a low voice, his right hand grasping at the void. A thick pillar of purple-gold lightning shot into the sky. Within the lightning pillar, countless ancient cyan runes seemed to flow, emitting a terrifying aura that suppressed all things and imprisoned the Void Realm! Wherever the lightning pillar passed, the space distorted slightly under the vibration, making it difficult for others to move and causing their Soul Power to stagnate!
"Eighth Soul skills Two: Sacred Dragon Annihilation Divine Thunder!"
His Soul Power shifted, and he summoned the thunder dragon spear. The lightning attribute around him suddenly transformed, becoming violent and filled with deathly stillness. Using the dragon spear as a staff, a purple-gold dragon-shaped divine thunder struck a hill covered in green grass like a meteorite. With a loud "boom," the hill became a pit over ten meters deep, and the vegetation within a hundred meters around it withered completely—and this was even after he had held back some of his strength.
The two Spirit Abilities, one control and one attack, one suppression and one destruction, complemented each other perfectly. Both had an extremely high compatibility with his lightning attribute, and after being converted by his Thunder True Essence, their power was even greater!
"Good! Good! Good!" Yu Boxuan said the word "good" three times in a row, his face full of gratification and pride. Both of these Spirit Abilities were top-tier, and they were a tremendous supplement to Yu Yuanchen's combat power.
Everyone also praised it one after another; a hundred thousand year spirit ring and Soul Bone were indeed extraordinary.
Yu Yuanchen felt the newly acquired power and was also satisfied in his heart. These two Spirit Abilities greatly compensated for his previous lack of powerful control methods and high-damage single-target attack skills, making his combat system more complete.
"We shouldn't stay here long." Yu Boxuan restrained his smile and looked toward the depths of the forest, his expression solemn. "The commotion just now was too great. Although it didn't disturb existences deeper inside, there's no guarantee that other hundred thousand year Soul Beasts won't be attracted. We have consumed quite a bit and need to leave as soon as possible."
Everyone nodded and quickly packed up. Super Douluo carefully put away the hundred thousand year Soft Bones Rabbit right arm Soul Bone (left behind by the rabbit mother). This was also a rare treasure, but it was a pity about this hundred thousand year spirit ring; no one could absorb it, so it could only be left to dissipate on its own.
Just as everyone was preparing to leave, Yu Yuanchen suddenly felt something, and the thunder god mark between his brows throbbed slightly. He turned his head abruptly and looked toward the depths of the Lake of Life, in the direction that was even darker, as if it were connected to another World.
Just a moment ago, he felt as if, in the depths of that area, an extremely obscure yet vast-as-a-star-sea, ancient-as-the-primordial-era consciousness had fluctuated ever so slightly, like a sleeping giant god turning over, and then it returned to silence.
Although it was only a flash, that momentary pressure made Yu Yuanchen's Soul tremble, far exceeding what he felt when facing the Azure Bull Python!
"Sure enough... was it disturbed..." Yu Yuanchen felt a chill in his heart, but he remained calm. He knew that it must be the master of the Soul Beasts sleeping in the main area of the Lake of Life—the Silver Dragon King. She did not seem to have truly awakened; perhaps it was because her injuries were too severe, perhaps because she was unwilling to easily leave the core, or perhaps... she had some misgivings.
But in any case, this place must not be stayed in for long!
"Go!" He said in a low voice and did not look back. His figure turned into a bolt of lightning as he took the lead and sped toward the periphery of the forest.
The others followed closely behind and soon disappeared into the dense forest.
Not long after they left, by the tributary of the Lake of Life, the space fluctuated slightly. A blurry emerald-green figure quietly appeared. She took one look at the messy battlefield and the blood-stained lake water, let out a barely audible sigh, and then quietly vanished, returning to the Lake of Life.
Deep in the forest, a little rabbit with pink eyes full of endless sorrow and hatred looked back once in the direction of the human World, gritted her teeth, and without looking back, stumbled toward the outer perimeter. Without the protection of Da Ming, Er Ming, and her mother, she was not qualified to continue occupying the Little Lake of Life.
She had to survive; she had to take revenge for Da Ming, Er Ming, and her mother. She could not die now.
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