Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 197 Prey and Hunter

Your inner voice?
Jixiang understood.

He raised his head, looked at Xu Keming sincerely, stretched out his right hand and made a handshake gesture, saying:

"I would like to join you."

"Welcome." Xu Keming stretched out his left hand and held Jixiang's right hand, with a hint of sincere smile on his expressionless face, and said:

"I still need to obtain the fourth spirit ring in the Star Dou Great Forest. After obtaining the spirit ring, I will take you to find our other partner."

Hearing Xu Keming mention this, Jixiang suddenly remembered the three yellow spirit rings on his body that represented a hundred years, and asked in confusion:
"Uh, isn't the best ratio for the third spirit ring a thousand-year spirit ring? Why is your third spirit ring only a yellow hundred-year spirit ring?"

Perhaps this question was a bit presumptuous, Jixiang added:
"If it involves your secrets, forget it."

Xu Keming shook his head and said:

"Although not many people know about it, it's not a secret, so it's okay to tell you."

"The reason why my third soul ring is a hundred-year soul ring is because of my own martial soul."

Wuhun? That pitch-black sickle!

Jixiang was stunned for a moment, and listened to Xu Keming continue speaking:
"The martial soul I awakened is called Dark Demon Scythe, which is a top-level martial soul with dark attributes!"

"However, the Dark Demon Scythe itself is too powerful, and it will backfire on the soul master himself."

"Because of the backlash of my martial spirit, my physical fitness is very weak and I cannot withstand the power of the thousand-year spirit ring."

"But that was before."

“The power inherited from the Dark God perfectly solved the hidden danger of the Dark Devil Scythe Martial Spirit’s backlash. Therefore, my fourth spirit ring can obtain a thousand-year spirit ring like a normal four-ring spirit master.”

"Oh, that's right." Xu Keming said this, looked at Jixiang, and asked curiously:

"You just said that your spirit power is level 33, but you came to the Star Dou Great Forest just to obtain spirit rings to advance. It seems that your third spirit ring is quite old!"

"Can you tell me how old your third spirit ring is?"

"Not high, only about two thousand... uh, more than four thousand years." Jixiang told the truth and revealed his three soul rings.

Purple, purple, purple. Three purple soul rings symbolizing a thousand years were reflected in Xu Keming's eyes, so dazzling.

"I..." For the first time, Xu Keming's expressionless face showed obvious movement.

A soul that only lasts for a thousand years, what kind of monster is this!

The silent atmosphere made Jixiang not know how to respond.

His three soul rings should have been a combination of yellow, yellow and purple, but Alex used the ultimate move of his body to instantly kill an entire group of yellow-ringed bees and a whole jungle of flowers, and at the same time generated a huge force of death.

Although most of this death force was absorbed by Alex to restore himself, the small part that remained also greatly increased the lifespan of his three spirit rings.

Now, each of his three spirit rings is over four thousand years old.

But because this matter involves his own secrets and is not convenient to tell, Jixiang can only scratch his head awkwardly and respond with a silly smile.

……

a few days later.

Lake shore.

Next to a clump of green water hyacinths, Ye Lingling sat cross-legged on the grass with her hands clasped together, a nine-hearted begonia floating between her palms.

Yellow, purple, three soul rings were rhythmically moving below the Nine-Hearted Begonia.

Above the Nine-Hearted Begonia, a deep purple thousand-year soul ring floated up and down, being pulled downwards little by little.

In the open space nearby, Lin Rong saw that Ye Lingling's process of absorbing the soul ring was almost over, so he walked over to Ning Rongrong and said softly:
"After Ye Lingling absorbs the water hyacinth spirit ring, you will be the only one among the four who has not yet obtained the fifth spirit ring."

"Where is the target soul beast of your fifth soul ring, the 32,000-year-old green water clam?"

Hearing this, Ning Rongrong took out a piece of parchment, handed it to Lin Rong with both hands, and said in a low and respectful voice:
"That green water clam lives in the depths of a lake where the outer and inner rims of the Star Dou Great Forest meet. This is the marked map."

Lin Rong unfolded the parchment and took out his own map for comparison. After comparing them, he quickly determined the approximate direction of the place marked on the parchment.

"The junction between the outer and inner perimeters is really a bit far now!"

……

Somewhere in the Star Forest.

"Brother, are you sure you remember the direction? We have been wandering around in the Star Forest for several days and haven't even seen the shadow of the three-eyed demon fox!"

Because she couldn't find the soul beast of her choice with a fifth soul ring, Hu Liena's charming and delicate facial features were filled with complaints.

Xie Yue held his forehead with one hand, his handsome face full of helplessness, and said:
"Nana, I didn't pay much attention to it at first. Besides, it happened two years ago. How could I remember it so clearly?"

"And don't even mention you. Along the way, we haven't encountered any soul beasts suitable for Yan and me."

"Yan and I are not anxious, so you shouldn't be anxious either."

Hu Liena was very dissatisfied with her brother's answer and complained:

"Of course I know that searching for spirit rings is a boring process, but you gave me so much hope, and I, as your sister, trust you so much."

"Don't you know there's a saying that goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment?"

"Who gave me such high hopes? Now I have to face this cruel reality and feel so lost."

At this time, Yan wanted to show off himself, so he quickly interrupted:
"Nana, don't worry. Before you get your fifth spirit ring, even if I meet a spirit beast that is suitable for my spirit, I will never absorb the spirit ring before you."

"Oh!" Hu Liena replied with one word indifferently.

Hu Liena had known for a long time that Yan liked her.

However, Yan's conditions did not meet her requirements.

Her requirements for her other half are not high, that is, he/she must be more talented than herself and more handsome than her brother.

In terms of talent, Yan is on par with her brother. In fact, except for the quality of her martial spirit, she is slightly inferior to her brother in other aspects.

In terms of appearance, although Yan can be considered handsome, he is far less handsome than her brother.

Her talent is higher than her brother's. Yan is not as good as her brother, so naturally he is not as good as her.

Yan's talent and looks did not meet her requirements for a partner, not to mention that he always tried to please her without any bottom line, which made Hu Liena very annoyed.

Her other half should be of equal status to her, instead of being like Yan who is always inferior to her. He can neither give her the security and happiness she wants, nor be a support to protect her from wind and rain.

Hu Liena's cold answer did not make Yan feel sad, but instead made him secretly happy.

"Nana didn't correct my way of calling her. Does that mean I can call her Nana? That's great. I'm one step closer to catching up with Nana!" "???" Looking at Yan with a mysterious smile on his face, Xie Yue's forehead was full of question marks.

He didn't understand why his sister was so cold to Yan, but Yan seemed very happy.

This made Xie Yue secretly guess:

"Could it be that Yan has a masochistic tendency?"

"Hiss~..."

"Be alert! There's a soul beast!" Xie Yue had just taken a breath when he heard the Soul Douluo who was walking in front of the team to lead the way shouting loudly.

In the forest, a huge white fox shuttled through the trees, flashing past them at an extremely fast speed.

Hu Liena's expression suddenly became extremely excited, because when the white fox passed by her, she clearly saw that the white fox had three eyes.

The three-eyed demon fox is exactly the soul beast that she desires for her fifth soul ring!
Except Hu Liena, everyone else in the team also saw the three eyes of the white fox.

Xie Yue suddenly recalled the memory from two years ago and exclaimed loudly:
"It is it, that is it, it is the three-eyed demon fox that I accidentally encountered two years ago and is nearly 30,000 years old!"

"Bishops, hurry up and chase after Nana. Don't let her fifth spirit ring escape!"

The Soul Douluos, including Saras, remained silent. When Xie Yue just opened his mouth, they activated their martial spirits and chased after him without saying a word.

"Brother, Yan, hurry up, let's catch up!"

As she spoke, Hu Liena had already completed the fox possession, and four soul rings, two yellow and two purple, appeared on her body.

The three-eyed demon fox was right in front of her. She didn't bother to wait for her brother and Yan's reaction. The moment she completed the possession of the demon fox, she chased in the direction of the three-eyed demon fox at full speed.

"Nana, wait for me!"

Almost at the same time, Yan also completed the possession of the Fire Lord and followed closely behind Hu Liena.

"..."

The only person left there was Xie Yue, who looked a little dazed.

He just suddenly saw the three-eyed demon fox, recalled his memories from two years ago and said a few words. Is there anything wrong with that? Why did everyone leave him here?

"Damn!" After Xie Yue reacted, he immediately completed the spirit possession and ran to chase the large army that was almost gone.

After Xie Yue left, Lin Rong's figure walked out from the void on the branch of the big tree behind him, with a smile on his face:
"What a coincidence! I didn't expect there would be an unexpected gain."

Time goes back to a while ago.

Lin Rong and his team successfully found the 32,000-year-old green water clam in a large lake.

The old butler took action and severely damaged the Green Water Clam, leaving it to Ning Rongrong to deliver the final blow.

While waiting for Ning Rongrong to absorb the soul ring, Lin Rong sensed the life breath of six humans appearing within the range of his life perception.

One of them was none other than the former platinum bishop of the Spirit Hall, Saleth.

At first, Lin Rong was just curious and simply wanted to see what Salas wanted to do in the Star Dou Forest. He never thought that Salas would give him such a big surprise.

At such a close distance, Lin Rong could clearly sense the faint aura of divine power in the bodies of the three people from the golden generation of the Spirit Hall.

"The seven deadly sins: pride, anger, and lust. The personalities of these three people from the golden generation really fit the inheritance of these three divine thrones."

"There is an old saying in the past: life and death are determined by fate, and wealth and honor are determined by heaven."

"The inheritance of the gods is both an opportunity and the root of disaster. Whether you have this blessing and live a long life depends on how strong your life is!"

Lin Rong took out the coral stone pendant. This soul guide device that could store living things contained a 100,000-year-old transformed soul beast, the Soft Bone Rabbit.

The coral stone flashed, and six slightly dirty hairs floated in the air.

"Titan Giant Ape, they have the scent of your beloved Xiao Wu on them, what will you do? Don't let me down!"

The silver-white light enveloped the six strands of hair that were pulled from Xiao Wu's head. Lin Rong activated the green leaf mark that he had just quietly planted on the six people from the Spirit Hall. The space replacement was activated, and a silk thread on their clothes was replaced by hair with Xiao Wu's scent.

At the same time, the golden generation of the Spirit Hall who were chasing the three-eyed demon fox suddenly felt their hair trembling, as if something bad was about to happen to them.

But now was the critical moment of chasing the three-eyed demon fox, so they didn't think too much about it and soon forgot about it.

……

The center of the Star Forest.

At the moment when Lin Rong took Xiao Wu's hair out of the soul guide, the Titan ape who was drinking water by the lake was suddenly stunned, and his honest eyes bloomed with extreme excitement, and he shouted:
"Brother, Sister Xiaowu is back, I'll go pick her up!"

Boom~Boom~Boom...the earth is shaking.

The surface of the lake was rippling, and when the Sky Blue Bull Python surfaced, the Titan Ape had already crashed into countless trees and ran out of its sight.

"..."

Looking at the devastated home destroyed by the Titan ape, the Azure Bull Python's huge bull head showed an extremely human helplessness. The huge python body left the lake and came to the ground to start doing the aftermath work.

……

"Chase! Chase! The deeper the better!"

The three-eyed demon fox smiled secretly, and calmly and elegantly snatched the soul attacks released by the three soul fighters of the Spirit Hall, and constantly lured the six people of the Spirit Hall to chase into the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest.

This three-eyed demon fox is not a real soul beast, but an illusion that Lin Rong materialized with his mental power. He separated a part of his consciousness into the illusion so that he could try to control the course of the chess game.

They would not think that it was really such a coincidence that a three-eyed demon fox with a cultivation level of nearly 30,000 years would suddenly appear in front of them. They did not even use their brains to think about how a soul beast with a cultivation level of less than 30,000 years dared to hang around in front of three Soul Douluos.

"Asshole!" Salas looked at the three-eyed demon fox that was so close to him but always easily dodged their soul attacks, and couldn't help cursing in his heart:

"This damn soul beast, how can it run so fast!"

The mental state of the other two Contras was not much better than that of Saras.

If they, three Soul Douluos, could lose a Soul Beast that hadn't cultivated for 30,000 years, their colleagues would laugh to death if they heard about it.

In the back, Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena could not keep up with the speed of the three Soul Douluos due to their shallow cultivation. At this moment, they could no longer see the figures in front of them. They could only rely on the traces left by the three bishops on their journey to ensure that they would not lose them.

"Nana." While hurrying on the road, it was not clear whether it was Xie Yue or Yan who said vaguely:

"We seem to be going deeper and deeper into the Star Forest. We are now in the inner area. If we continue like this, I'm afraid there will be big problems."

Because the words were too unclear, Hu Liena's mind was on the three-eyed demon fox, so she ignored it and walked silently along the traces left by the three bishops.

Seeing this, Xie Yue and Yan could only follow silently.

(End of this chapter)