Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 190: The Choice of Soul Ring
The aroma of the thick soup in the bowl continued to stimulate Oscar's taste buds, making him quickly put the matter behind him.

"Next, we will continue to go deeper into the Xingdou Great Forest and head to the outer central area where the thousand-year soul beasts roam."

Lin Rong blew on the soup in his hand, glanced at Oscar from the corner of his eye, and said:
"Oscar, do you have a target soul beast in mind for your third soul ring?"

"Ah? A thousand-year soul beast? Sister Ke Yunhui's second soul ring..." Oscar was stunned when he heard it, and his tone was a little confused.

But he had just said halfway when he realized that Yun Hui's first soul ring was more than 700 years old, which was comparable to the maximum age of a normal soul master's second soul ring.

Therefore, Yun Hui's second soul ring is fully capable of absorbing the soul rings produced by thousand-year soul beasts, which is equivalent to the third soul ring of a normal soul master.

The second soul ring is a thousand years old, and maybe its age is even higher than his third soul ring.

Thinking of this, Oscar suddenly felt that the mutton in the bowl was no longer fragrant.

But he quickly hid these emotions deep in his heart and answered Lin Rong's question:

"I don't have a soul beast that I'm interested in."

"My first two spirit rings were chosen for me by Teacher Shao Xin. I never worried about this aspect."

"Besides, my martial soul is sausage, which can basically match the soul ring produced by any soul beast. If I were to think about it myself, I really can't figure out which soul beast I need to get my next soul ring from."

This answer is consistent with Oscar's lazy and unmotivated appearance before he met his true love Ning Rongrong.

The first top-notch talent of the food-type with innate full soul power in the history of Douluo Continent was wasted in vain.

"If you don't know what type of soul beast you want, then think about what type of soul skills you want. Once you have a goal, you will know which soul beasts you can get the soul skills you want from."

Lin Rong did not directly tell Oscar which soul beast he should get the third soul ring from, but instead gave him some pointers in this way, allowing him to make his own choice.

"The soul skill I want myself?" Oscar put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hands and lowered his head to think.

His first two soul skills were the recovery sausage and the detoxification sausage.

The first soul skill: the recovery sausage, which can restore soul power and injuries, and can be used as ordinary food to satisfy hunger.

The second soul skill: Detoxifying sausage, which can detoxify. The effect is not very strong, but it can be taken continuously to enhance the detoxification effect.

His first two soul skills already possessed the abilities of recovery and detoxification. As a food-type soul master with auxiliary responsibilities, he needed a soul skill that could improve the self-protection ability of himself and his companions.

After figuring out what soul skill he wanted, Oscar looked up at Lin Rong and said:
"My Lord, I want a soul skill that can improve my ability to save my life. Which soul beasts should I get this soul skill from?"

"There are many ways to save your life, but yours is not specific enough." Lin Rong drank the soup in the bowl slowly and said:

"Besides, I'm not an encyclopedia, and I don't know all the information about soul beasts."

"But I have a complete list of soul beast species here. You can take a look at it."

As he spoke, a thick book appeared above Lin Rong's right hand and slowly floated in front of Oscar.

The soul beast information in this soul beast encyclopedia all comes from the accumulation of the Spirit Hall over thousands of years, and was compiled by Yu Xiaogang from various ancient books in the Spirit Hall's library.

When Shi Nian followed his orders to cast Nightmare on Yu Xiaogang, he also made a copy of this complete list of soul beast species.

After Lin Rong got it, he flipped through it roughly and found that this soul beast species encyclopedia was indeed much more detailed and richer than the soul beast atlas passed down in his family.

It can only be said that the Spirit Hall is worthy of being the number one force on the continent. The knowledge and accumulation of soul beast species alone far exceeds that of other forces by several times.

"No way, it's so thick! And so big!" Oscar stared at the book in front of him, which was thicker than his waist and bigger than his chest. He widened his eyes and smiled bitterly:

"How long will it take to find the soul beast of your choice here?"

Ning Rongrong sat aside, and seeing Oscar's frustrated look, she couldn't help but chuckle and said:
"Xiao Ao, I can actually give you some reference."

"Tell me what kind of life-saving ability you want from your third soul skill."

Her tone was full of confidence. After all, thanks to someone, her hard work over the past five years from the age of six had allowed her to achieve balanced development in all aspects.

Knowledge about the types of soul beasts suitable for auxiliary soul masters is just basic skills for Ning Rongrong now. The problems that gave Oscar a headache are just a piece of cake for her.

"Really?" Oscar's eyes lit up after hearing this. He put the obtrusive heavy book into his soul guide and looked at Ning Rongrong who was sitting next to him. He said excitedly:
"My wife is really amazing. She is worthy of being the woman that I fell in love with at first sight!"

"You're so talkative!" Ning Rongrong blushed when she heard the first half of the sentence, but when she heard the second half, she rolled her eyes at Oscar's narcissism.

Oscar said cheekily:
"I'm not being sarcastic, I'm just telling the truth."

"You are the inheritor of the Nine-Colored Goddess, and I am the inheritor of the God of Food. We are a natural match."

After hearing this, the blush on Ning Rongrong's cheeks became more noticeable. The shame in her heart made her lower her head to avoid Oscar's gaze.

Seeing that the joke was almost over, Oscar brought the topic back on track and said:

"Rongrong, the requirements for my third soul skill are not high. As long as it can significantly improve my ability to survive, it will be fine."

At this time, the blush on Ning Rongrong's face had not yet faded, so she still lowered her head and whispered:

"You're still too general, be more specific."

"Isn't this specific enough?" Oscar touched his hair, racked his brains and thought about it, and said:

"Then let's talk about speed. As the saying goes, as long as I run fast enough, danger will never catch up with me."

"Speed?" Ning Rongrong put her hand on her face, and after feeling that the temperature of her cheek was not as hot as before, she raised her head and looked at Oscar, saying:
"There are many types of soul beasts that are good at speed, and most of them are flying soul beasts."

"Xiao Ao, with your talent, if you absorb the spirit rings produced by spirit beasts with the ability to fly, you may be able to gain a spirit skill that allows you to fly for a short period of time."

"Most soul masters don't have the ability to fly, so this can be considered a good way to save their lives."

flight?

Oscar nodded thoughtfully.

Although many soul beasts with wings have the ability to fly, when these soul beasts are used as martial spirits, their effects cannot be compared with those of soul beasts.

Even if it is a flying spirit, if the spirit quality is below high level, it still needs a flying spirit skill to be able to fly.

Only winged martial souls of advanced or higher quality can directly grant the soul master the ability to fly without the need for soul rings.

The reason why he knew this so well was because when Shrek Academy was still in a village near Soto City, he accidentally learned about it when he was taken by his teacher Shao Xin to watch a battle at the Soto City Soul Fighting Arena. At that time, they were watching a seven-person team soul fighting match hosted by a woman named Doudou.

Her martial soul is a white dove, and she is a soul master with three yellow soul rings.

Although her third soul ring was not of the best millennium level, the soul skill that soul ring gave her was flying.

Doudou is quite famous in the Soto City Fighting Spirit Arena, and information related to this aspect is no secret, so when Oscar asked, Shao Xin told him directly about it.

Of course, the reason why Oscar asked these questions was simply because the female host named Doudou was a beauty.

It was the first time he had seen a beauty of this level, so it was normal for him to feel excited.

Oscar kept reminding himself in his heart that he must never let Ning Rongrong know that he had fallen in love with another woman.

On the other side, Ning Rongrong didn't know what Oscar was thinking, and continued to explain:

"Our auxiliary spirit masters' physical fitness is relatively weak among spirit masters of the same level, so we are not suitable for absorbing the spirit rings of those domineering and ferocious spirit beasts. For example, the human-faced demon spider, which is called the evil killer, is not suitable for our physical fitness to absorb."

"Therefore, those ferocious raptor soul beasts are directly excluded, but in this case, there are not many soul beasts to choose from."

"Among the few soul beasts to choose from, the Spine-tailed Swift and the Phoenix-tailed Cockatiel are the best."

"These two soul beasts have their own advantages and disadvantages."

"Although the Spine-tailed Swift has reached the pinnacle in terms of speed, the spirit skills granted by the spirit rings it produces are mostly pure speed enhancements. I have never heard of an auxiliary spirit master obtaining flying spirit skills from this kind of spirit beast."

"Although the flying speed of the Phoenix-tailed Cockatiel is not as fast as that of the Spine-tailed Swift, it is not slow among all the flying soul beasts. Most importantly, there is a precedent of auxiliary soul masters obtaining flying soul skills from this kind of soul beast."

"Xiao Ao, if you want to obtain the flying spirit skill stably, the Phoenix-tail Cockscomb Snake has a higher chance of obtaining it, and its flying speed is not much worse."

"But if you choose the Spine-tailed Swift, you're taking a gamble."

"If you win the bet, you will gain a flying spirit skill with extremely high flying speed, but if you lose the bet, you can only gain an ordinary spirit skill that purely increases speed."

Ning Rongrong spoke slowly so that Oscar could think while listening.

Ning Rongrong analyzed the pros and cons of the two soul beasts, the Spine-tailed Swift and the Phoenix-tailed Cockapoo, very well and it is easy to understand.

Oscar now has two choices.

Choose one:

To be safe, he chose the Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake as his third soul ring. With his talent, there is a high probability that he will be able to obtain a flying soul skill with a good flying speed.

Choice two:
Taking a gamble and choosing the Spine-tailed Swift as his third spirit ring, he would either gain a flying spirit skill with extremely high flying speed, or a normal spirit skill that purely increased speed.

For a moment, Oscar was in a dilemma and didn't know how to choose.

Ning Rongrong may have seen Oscar's hesitation at the moment, so she opened her mouth and offered her suggestion:

"Xiaoao, if you are not particularly eager to be able to fly, the Spine-tailed Swift would be more suitable for you than the Phoenix-tailed Cockapoo."

"Even if you lose the bet, with your talent and the speed attribute of the Spine-tailed Swift, the speed increase provided by the third soul skill will reach an extremely exaggerated level."

"Although pure speed increase cannot ignore terrain like flying spirit skills, as long as the speed is fast enough, it can also avoid many dangers."

"Of course, if you really want the flying spirit skill, then choose the Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Snake as your third spirit ring. The probability of obtaining the flying spirit skill is much greater than that of the Spine-tailed Swift."

Oscar just listened silently, looking around the dining table.

Among the six people present, except for Old Yu, the other five, including him, are all inheritors of gods.

His innate talent of full soul power, which he was proud of, was nothing compared to the inheritance of the gods.

Especially his fiancée Ning Rongrong, who is two years younger than him, but her soul power is twenty levels higher than his.

Although the reasons for this huge gap are mostly related to resources, a small part of it is also related to his own laziness in cultivation and Ning Rongrong's diligence in cultivation.

He has fallen so far behind, so what right does he have to play it safe?

No, he had to take a gamble.

At this moment, Oscar's heart was filled with a competitive fire, and his eyes gradually became firm. After Ning Rongrong finished speaking, he made a choice without hesitation:

"I choose the Spine-tailed Swift as my third soul ring."

When Oscar finished speaking, Lin Rong had just finished drinking the mutton soup, so he put down his bowl and chopsticks, stretched out his hand, and said casually:
"Give me back my book."

"Book? Which book? What book?" Oscar was a little confused when he heard it.

Afterwards, seeing that Lin Rong's gaze towards him gradually became somewhat dangerous, he quickly realized that the book referred to the complete list of soul beast species that he had just casually put into the soul guide.

After realizing what was happening, Oscar immediately took out the thick encyclopedia of soul beast species from his soul guide and said sincerely:

"Um, sir, I'm sorry, I didn't react quickly just now."

Lin Rong was unable to comment on Oscar's explanation.

In the land of love, once you fall in love your IQ goes negative and your brain starts to cramp and short-circuit.

A complete list of soul beast species, such a thick and large book, was lent to Oscar for no more than two or three minutes. It is really speechless that he even forgot about it.

Lin Rong put away the books, took out a map of the Star Forest and spread it out on the dining table.

Spine-tailed swifts like to live in an environment with a wide view.

The wide field of vision means that once danger approaches, the spine-tailed swifts will have enough time to react and use the speed that they are proud of to avoid the danger.

Because the Star Dou Great Forest is so huge, this map only roughly depicts the general terrain distribution of the Star Dou Great Forest.

By calculating from the direction they entered the Star Dou Great Forest and combining it with the map in their hands, they can effectively find the nearest terrain location with a wide view.

Lin Rong looked at the map carefully, and after determining the location, he quickly knew which direction they should go.

(End of this chapter)