Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 202 The Dark Demonic Evil Tiger Full of Treasures
The dusk of evening enveloped the forest, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the man and two animals in the forest, which was particularly desolate.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger stopped where it was, its scarlet eyes full of hesitation.

Should he stay and fight to the death, teaming up with the Titan Ape to rescue the people they each want to save; or should he abandon his mission of protecting the inheritor of the evil god in order to survive and escape alone.

Although it is the representative beast of the God of Evil in Douluo Continent, it has only one life. If it chooses to betray its mission, the God of Evil can at most take back the power that has infected it, and it can at most turn back into a bright white tiger.

But if we stay and fight hard, we will almost certainly die, and the hope of success is extremely slim.

On the other hand, the stubborn Titan Ape doesn't have so many concerns.

Not to mention that the Titan Ape didn't know the strength of the human cub in front of it, the love brain alone was enough for it to want to save Xiao Wu at all costs, even at the cost of its life.

"Human, give me back Sister Xiao Wu!"

The roar echoed in the forest.

The Titan Ape rushed towards where Lin Rong was sitting. Without any fancy moves, he raised his arms as thick as mountains and punched with his huge fists, focusing on a simple and rough approach.

However, Lin Rong dodged this powerful attack easily.

Several cracking sounds were heard, and countless banyan tree roots broke out from the ground, tightly wrapping around the limbs and body of the Titan Ape.

As the saying goes, softness overcomes hardness.

These banyan tree roots were extremely resilient. Even though the Titan Ape was strong enough to move mountains, it was powerless to do anything about it. Its desperate struggles not only did not help, but the banyan tree roots only made it tighter and tighter, making it even more unable to move.

In the blink of an eye, the Titan Ape was tied up into a big dumpling by the roots of the banyan tree, with only its head left outside.

"Ohh Ohh ohh!"

The Titan Ape's eyes were wide open, and the vines blocked its mouth, making it unable to speak. It could only make vague whimpering sounds.

Lin Rong stepped into the air, walked to the head of the Titan Ape, and said calmly:
"Goodbye. Next time before you take action, remember to use the gravity field to restrict your opponent's movements."

After he finished speaking, a banyan leaf as crystal clear as jade appeared in his palm. He aimed at the Baihui point on the Titan Giant Ape's head and threw the banyan leaf in his palm out.

A green light flashed, and the banyan leaf sank into the forehead of the Titan Ape.

The Titan Ape's Baihui acupoint was injured and he immediately lost consciousness and fell into a deep coma.

"Take down the Titan Ape, next..." Lin Rong slowly turned around and looked at the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger who was still hesitating and didn't know how to make a choice.

"Idiot! You gave yourself up so easily!" The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger cursed in his heart.

Although it had been hesitating just now, it also paid some attention to observing the movements around it.

When the Dark Demon Evil Tiger saw the Titan Giant Ape rushing forward so recklessly, he had a premonition that something bad was going to happen.

It had fought with Lin Rong before and knew how resilient those banyan tree roots were. It had sharp soul skills that could break through them, but the Titan Giant Ape, who only had brute force, did not have that.

If it was the Titan Ape in its prime, it might still have a chance to tear the roots of the banyan tree apart with brute force, but at this moment, its physical strength was almost exhausted, and it was impossible for it to do so.

The fact turned out to be just as the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had expected, the Titan Giant Ape really fell into Lin Rong's hands.

Now that the Titan Ape has been dealt with, there is no time to hesitate.

When Lin Rong set his eyes on the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, it shuddered all over and immediately made a decision in its heart.

The evil god spread his wings and charged forward, escaping the battlefield at a speed comparable to teleportation.

"Sure enough, between the inheritor of the gods and yourself, you still choose to live?"

Looking at the scene in front of him, Lin Rong didn't feel that surprised.

If it were just Baihu, who had a kind and upright character, he would naturally not do such a thing.

But after being polluted by the God of Evil and turned into the Dark Demon Evil Tiger, greed and selfishness became the nature of their clan. This is rooted in their blood and cannot be changed.

"I let you run away last time, but this time, humph!" Lin Rong's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

A sky-blue halo spread from him, and the Vine Dragon Domain expanded to its extreme.

Wherever the domain reaches, the life energy of all plants is rapidly extracted and continuously gathered into Lin Rong's body to be transformed into soul power and then into mental power.

Materialized light golden mental energy surged out from his body, like a golden ocean sweeping towards the entire Star Dou Forest with overwhelming force.

The golden wave quickly caught up with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger that was fleeing in a straight line, and the ocean formed by the materialization of spiritual power submerged it.

The next moment, the sea water around the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger began to condense and purify, and in an instant it was sublimated from mental power to divine consciousness.

These divine consciousnesses were divided into two, one half turned into a light golden rope that bound the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger so that it could not move, and the other half turned into a towering golden gate in the air.

The next moment, the door opened and a mental clone of Lin Rong walked out from behind the door.

After the mental clone appeared, it immediately planted a green leaf mark on the body of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

Then the mark was activated, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger disappeared, and it exchanged space with a leaf marked by its main body.

Seeing that the mission was completed, the mental clone turned into starlight and disappeared in the sky. The light golden ocean that swept across a large area of ​​the forest also dissipated in an instant.

"You smoked too much. Be careful next time."

Lin Rong looked around the forest. As most of its life energy had been drained away at once, the forest seemed a little listless, and many of its branches and leaves showed signs of being half-withered.

This was the first time he used the effect of the Vine Dragon Domain to its full potential.

In the past, when the life energy of the forest was extracted, only a little bit was extracted from each tree, and the accumulation of small amounts would be enough to restore one's own soul power.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was a little confused at the moment, staring blankly at the surrounding scene with his scarlet eyes.

It couldn't believe it. After just a few months of not seeing each other, the other party's strength had improved even more than its own.

Divine consciousness, the other party clearly did not inherit the throne of God, so why can he possess this power.

"Sorry, you are too dangerous. Even if it means wasting your spirit ring, I will kill you now!"

Lin Rong walked slowly to the front of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and a blue-gold spear slowly condensed in the palm of his right hand.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger has many cards up its sleeve, and the reason why it has no ability to resist is because all its abilities are restrained by the ropes transformed from its divine consciousness, which makes it like a big black cat and can be slaughtered at will.

But the rope transformed by spiritual consciousness is like a rootless duckweed. Without any power to replenish it, the rope will dissipate soon.

By then, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was no longer restrained by its spiritual consciousness, giving it the opportunity to use its trump card to escape.

It’s just a soul ring. If it’s wasted, it’s wasted. As long as you can get the Evil God Pearl firmly in your hands, everything will be worth it.

Seeing the sharp tip of the gun getting closer and closer to its forehead, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's scarlet eyes were filled with unwillingness. It roared madly and struggled desperately, trying to use these useless efforts in exchange for a glimmer of miracle.

Fate did not favor the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. When the spear pierced its head, it meant the end of its life. At the same time, a round bead that looked completely black and emitting blue and green light appeared above the huge corpse of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

The round bead seemed to have a spirit and intended to leave as soon as it appeared.

But before the bead could move, the rope that bound the Dark Demon Evil Tiger turned into a transparent round cage and imprisoned the bead inside.

At this moment, a pitch-black soul ring appeared above the body of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

"The Evil God Pearl is the crystallization of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's essence. We must take precautions to prevent it from escaping."

Lin Rong thought about it carefully, took out thousands of dragon whisker needles, made a small cage, and locked the evil god bead inside.

Then, he put seven boxes made of rare metals on the outside of the cage.

After doing all this, Lin Rong looked at the corpse of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and thought to himself:
"Although in the original novel, after Tang San killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, its corpse did not drop soul bones, but this is a different time and place, so we can't generalize."

"The Dark Demon Tiger, which has been blessed with the power of the Evil God's artifact, should be somewhat different from the original work."

With this in mind, Lin Rong handed over the task of finding the soul bone to the Nine-bend Vine Dragon, while he himself leaned against a big tree to take a rest.

Time passed slowly.

About two or three minutes later, the Nine-bend Vine Dragon flew to its master excitedly with a soul bone in its mouth to ask for credit.

"It's the trunk bone!"

After seeing the shape of the soul bone, Lin Rong couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

He also hoped that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger would be able to explode into a pair of external soul bones of the Evil God's wings.

The Evil God's Wings are likely to inherit the wind and thunder attributes of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, which is very compatible with him.

If all else fails, the external soul bone of the evil god's tail hook will do. Although it does not suit him, it can be given as a reward to his subordinates.

The trunk bones are a bit disappointing.

Although among the six conventional soul bones, the torso bone is the most precious, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger is not a soul beast with spiritual attributes, so the quality of the head soul bone will not exceed that of the torso bone.

But he couldn't use it himself.

He was going to reserve the trunk bone for the Azure Bull Python.

Although the trunk bone produced by the Dark Demon Evil Tiger is good, it is only 60,000 years old.

Moreover, the attributes of the soul bones are that evil and darkness occupy the majority, wind, thunder, and space occupy a minority, and the time attribute is so weak that it can be ignored.

The time attribute is too weak, and he also has the space attribute.

The wind and thunder attributes only occupy a small part, and the evil and darkness that occupy the majority of the soul bone attributes are not compatible with him in terms of attributes.

If the age of this trunk bone is more than 100,000 years, he might still hesitate whether to choose the trunk bone of the Azure Bull Python or the one of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

The age of 60,000 years is incomparable to that of the Azure Bull Python.

"I have reserved the trunk bone. Grandpa Yu also has the one from the ten thousand year old ninth grade ginseng king. Who should I give this soul bone to?" Lin Rong lowered his head and pondered:

"The spirit rings and spirit bones produced by the same spirit beast are best absorbed by the same spirit master. The same is true for the Evil God Pearl and this torso bone."

"How about this, whoever gives the Evil God Pearl, I will give this torso bone as a reward as well."

Lin Rong made a decision in his heart and looked away again.

There, the corpse of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was chopped into pieces by the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon as it searched for its soul bones.

In the original work, after Tang San absorbed the soul ring of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, its corpse turned into a wisp of gray smoke and dissipated.

"This flesh and blood contains such a huge amount of energy. It would be a shame if it turned into smoke and dissipated. I have already wasted a spirit ring. These cannot be wasted."

Lin Rong looked at Jiuqu Tenglong and said gently:

"Xiaoqing, root your banyan tree in the corpse of the Dark Demon Evil Tiger and use it as nutrients to strengthen your banyan tree. This will also be a good way to make the best use of it."

"The Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger has the attribute of time. Its flesh, blood, and bone marrow also have more or less time elements. If you absorb these, it should be able to provide some help for awakening the time attribute in the future."

The Nine-bend Vine Dragon nodded obediently and summoned the banyan tree from the void to take root on the corpse of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

The roots of the banyan tree pierced into the flesh and bone marrow of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, greedily absorbing the energy contained therein.

Space and time, these two elements are something that every god has comprehended to some extent.

For example, Poseidon, the god of the sea, and his trident's Thirteen Styles, the first of which is Unstable Wind Wave, is a magical skill with time attributes.

Time and space are originally one. Since the Nine-bend Vine Dragon has already obtained the spatial attribute from Kong Qingzhu's skull soul bone, Lin Rong certainly does not want to let go of the time attribute.

It’s just that the attribute of time is too overwhelming. If one wants to awaken the power of time, there are still many things that need to be prepared.

The banyan tree roots devoured very quickly. Within a quarter of an hour, all the energy contained in the flesh, blood, and bone marrow of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was absorbed.

Lin Rong and the Nine-bend Vine Dragon were in tune with each other and could clearly feel that there was an extremely weak force of the element of time brewing in Xiaoqing's body.

"Hmm? Xisui Jing..."

The Nine-bend Vine Dragon is Lin Rong's martial soul. The martial soul has the attribute of time, which is equivalent to him having the attribute of time.

When the meager power of the element of time was gestating in the body of the Nine-bend Vine Dragon, abnormal fluctuations were heard in the realm of the Washing Marrow Sutra.

"The bottleneck of the fourth level of the Xisui Sutra is shaking..." Lin Rong's eyes flashed with a strange color, and he thought to himself:

"The fourth realm is called Fingertip Transcendence, and the bottleneck is shaking at this time. Could it be that this realm is related to time?"

"A snap of the fingers, transcending eternity. Reading it this way really has the flavor of time."

The abnormal fluctuations in the Xisui Jing realm came quickly and went away quickly.

As the time element nurtured in the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon's body became stable, the shaking of the realm bottleneck also disappeared.

Since time is related to the fourth level of the Xisui Sutra, awakening the time attribute of the Nine-bend Vine Dragon has become something that must be done.

Lin Rong glanced at the Titan Ape that was tied up by the roots of the banyan tree behind him. After confirming that the banyan leaf in the other party's Baihui acupoint was enough to keep it in a coma, he put it into the coral stone pendant and locked it together with Xiao Wu, whom he had been thinking about all the time.

At this time, the sky was almost completely dark, and stars began to twinkle faintly in the twilight sky.

"It's been delayed for so long and it's so late now. I hope Grandpa Yu isn't too worried." Lin Rong looked at the dim sky, his tone a little worried.

"Xiaoqing, we should go back."

(End of this chapter)