Douluo: The Peerless King of Beast Tamers

Chapter 323 The First Soul Ring of the Sun Martial Soul, the Dream Dolphin

Even Zhou Sichen, who is usually calm and composed, couldn't help but nod slightly and show a hint of appreciation in his eyes when he looked at He Caitou's newly acquired soul skill.

Although Zhou Sichen himself couldn't use the defensive effects of the Golden Cigar, he was able to completely replicate He Caitou's Cigar Martial Soul thanks to the special abilities of the Mirror Beast Martial Soul.

With his profound spiritual power, mass-producing gold cigars was a piece of cake, and the possibility of large-scale production surprised everyone present.

The effects of the gold cigar are truly amazing; its powerful defense at crucial moments can turn the tide of battle.

However, the only drawback is that these cigars, which possess such powerful spiritual energy, have shortcomings in terms of storage.

Each gold cigar, once finished, can only maintain its potency for a maximum of two hours.

Once the time limit is exceeded, the soul skill enhancement will be removed, and it will become an ordinary tobacco product.

Even so, its strategic value should not be underestimated. If used properly, it will certainly play a significant role in key battles.

He Caitou slowly withdrew his martial soul, his eyes filled with undisguised excitement. He turned to the three people beside him and said, "Brother Zhou, Senior Sister, Senior Sister Jiu Jiu, I am very satisfied with the effect of this fifth spirit ring! Now all that's left is to attach a suitable spirit ring to the Sun Martial Soul as well."

Xu Jiujiu said with a smile, "He Caitou, your luck this time is absolutely phenomenal! The sun clam we're looking for is in the waters near this small island!"

"Really?!" He Caitou's eyes lit up instantly, his tone full of anticipation:

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's hurry up and catch one! My soul power is currently stuck at the peak of level 51. If we can find a Sun Clam that is about 20,000 years old, we might be able to break through two or three levels directly!"

Zhou Sichen smiled gently: "We're just waiting for you to successfully absorb the soul ring and reach a higher level of strength."

After saying that, he turned to look at Zhang Lexuan beside him and suggested, "Senior Sister, why don't you stretch your muscles? This task of capturing the Sun Clam is perfect for you."

Zhang Lexuan nodded gently, her expression calm and composed: "Lead the way, leave it to me."

He Caitou hurriedly took out his flying soul tool and put it on. The four of them transformed into streaks of light and sped towards the sea area where the Sun Clam was located.

Before long, the group arrived above the Sun Clam territory.

Zhou Sichen, Xu Jiujiu, and He Caitou tacitly stopped at a distance, closely monitoring the battle situation and preparing to provide support at any time.

Zhang Lexuan, alone, flew towards the group of sun clams below.

With sharp eyes, she quickly locked onto a sun clam with a cultivation level of about 20,000 years as her target.

Immediately afterwards, a powerful soul force erupted from her body, and a terrifying pressure spread outwards as if it were a tangible force.

In an instant, a bright moon slowly rose behind her, radiating a gentle yet boundless light.

At the same time, two yellow, two purple, three black, and one red soul rings rose up from her feet in succession, their dazzling light shining on the sea.

The soul power fluctuations of level 88 were released without reservation, and the powerful aura comparable to that of a titled Douluo instantly put the Sun Clam Clan below into a state of alert.

Almost simultaneously, the chieftain of a massive Sun Clam clan, whose cultivation level had reached over 50,000 years, launched the first attack.

It led the other sun mussels in the group to shoot out beams of scorching light from their mouths.

These beams of light did not shoot directly at Zhang Lexuan, but instead began to converge and merge in mid-air.

The intense light intertwined, and the energy surged continuously amidst the violent collisions.

In the blink of an eye, all the intense sunlight beams merged into a gigantic, blazing sun.

This blazing sun, with a diameter exceeding five meters, churned with surging energy on its surface, resembling a mobile furnace, radiating temperatures high enough to melt everything, its target directly aimed at Zhang Lexuan.

Faced with such a powerful offensive, Zhang Lexuan did not hesitate at all, nor did she choose to launch a probing attack. She immediately unleashed her strongest 100,000-year soul skill.

The blood-red eighth spirit ring on her body suddenly lit up, and the dazzling red light instantly enveloped her entire body.

"Eighth Soul Skill: Blood Moon Eclipse!"

With a cold, low shout, the originally bright moon was instantly stained an eerie blood red, exuding a chilling aura.

The blood moon, trailing a long, red tail of flame, crashed down upon the blazing sun with the force of a thunderbolt.

Under the crimson glow of the blood moon, the blazing sun's originally raging flames seemed to be suppressed by an invisible force, and its light gradually dimmed.

The intense heat was also dissipating, as if it were slowly losing its vitality under the erosion of the blood moon.

Faced with an attack launched by more than a dozen ten-thousand-year-old sun clams, Zhang Lexuan managed to withstand the powerful offensive with just this one hundred-thousand-year-old soul skill.

However, her actions did not stop there. Taking advantage of the moment when the opponent's attack slowed down, she lightly tapped her fingertip, and a soft moonlight fell from the sky, accurately locking onto the sun clam with a cultivation of 23,000 years that she had selected in advance in the sea below.

As her black fifth spirit ring lit up, a mysterious and powerful force burst forth from the moonlight.

The moonlight transformed into an invisible giant hand, and the powerful attraction it generated pulled the sun clam directly out of the seawater.

Immediately afterwards, several more beams of moonlight fell in succession, binding the sun clam tightly like chains. No matter how much it struggled, it could not break free in a short time.

Zhou Sichen and the others, who were watching from a distance, were full of admiration for the spectacular battle.

Zhang Lexuan's formidable strength and calm fighting style are undoubtedly something that Xu Jiujiu and He Caitou need to learn a lot from.

He Caitou looked at the sun clam that had been successfully captured, his eyes filled with anticipation.

With this sun clam, he can continue to break through bottlenecks and his soul power cultivation will reach a new level.

After the 23,000-year-old sun clam was completely subdued, Zhang Lexuan's movements were swift and decisive; she raised her hand and tossed out an antique wooden tray.

The wooden base is carved with intricate and mysterious patterns, and more than a hundred gemstones of various colors are inlaid on it, which refract the sunlight and make it look like a galaxy hanging upside down.

As soul power was injected, the runes on the surface of the tray lit up, transforming into a stream of light that shot toward the bound sun clam.

In an instant, the tray burst into a dazzling light, forming a huge suction vortex.

Even though the sun clam trapped by the moonlight struggled frantically, it could not resist this powerful force and was instantly sucked into the tray.

After the light dissipated, a layer of golden sealing patterns appeared on the surface of the tray, firmly suppressing the powerful soul beast.

This seemingly ordinary wooden support is actually the ninth-level soul tool, the Conferred God Platform, which once sealed the Snow Emperor's embryo.

If it could seal even a powerful being like the Snow Empress, dealing with a mere 20,000-year-old soul beast would naturally be a piece of cake.

With a flick of her wrist, Zhang Lexuan put the Conferred God Platform into her bosom, and transformed into a beam of bright moonlight, flying away into the distance.

The moment she threw herself off the Conferred God Platform, Zhou Sichen and the other two understood immediately and used their movement techniques to escape.

Sure enough, shortly after everyone left, the blazing sun, which had been suppressed by the blood moon, suddenly erupted, reigniting its raging flames and steaming up large swaths of seawater, creating a scene of billowing steam.

The intense heat swept across the entire sea, as if it were about to burn the sky to ashes.

However, by this time, Zhou Sichen and his companions had long since disappeared from the sea.

This battle may seem thrilling, but Zhang Lexuan had a clear goal from the very beginning.

Faced with the terrifying combined offensive of the Sun Clam Clan, even with her powerful level 88 strength, she was not entirely confident that she could defeat them all.

But she knew that as long as she successfully captured a soul beast that matched He Caitou's Sun Martial Soul, the mission would be complete.

Therefore, after succeeding, she chose to retreat without hesitation, not wasting a single bit of her soul power. The four of them sped along for a full hour before stopping on a deserted island.

After landing, Zhang Lexuan handed the Conferred God Platform directly to Zhou Sichen.

Zhou Sichen took it with both hands, and with a slight exertion of force in his palms, he infused it with a gentle soul power.

As the light of the sealing runes gradually faded, the trapped sun clam regained its freedom.

The freed sun clam instantly burst forth with intense light, transforming into a blazing mini-sun. The surrounding air was distorted by the high temperature, and even Zhang Lexuan unconsciously took a half step back.

However, its struggle was destined to be in vain, because it was facing Zhou Sichen, who possessed the dual extreme attributes of ice and fire.

The blue flame patterns on Zhou Sichen's body spread rapidly like a living thing, and the powerful force of the Heavenly Fire Three Transformations was activated with a roar.

At the same time, his true spirit was released, and three spirit rings—platinum, red, and crimson—slowly rose, their dazzling light illuminating the entire beach.

With the activation of his second soul skill after 100,000 years, moon-red light enveloped his entire body, and Zhou Sichen's arms instantly transformed into icy blue turtles, with extreme ice emanating a bone-chilling coldness coiling around them.

With a swift movement, his icy blue claw shot out like lightning, precisely clamping down on the frantically struggling sun clam.

The once blazing sun quickly dimmed under the suppression of the extreme ice, and the surface of the clam shell was covered with frost, gradually turning dark blue.

Under the terrifying power of the Ice Jade Giant Clam, fine cracks began to appear on its shell.

The sun clam refused to submit and tried its best to break free of its restraints, releasing beams of scorching light.

However, Zhou Sichen's ultimate ice was extremely domineering, freezing every ray of light the moment it touched the ice layer.

Under the overwhelming power, the sun clam's resistance weakened until it finally lost all ability to resist.

He Caitou, who was standing to the side, could no longer contain himself and took out a huge spiked club from his soul tool.

He took a deep breath, poured all his soul power into it, and swung his spiked club fiercely at the half-frozen sun clam.

"boom!"

With a deafening roar, the immense impact shook the ground slightly, and the sun clam's shell shattered, completely losing its life.

A moment later, a dark, shiny, ten-thousand-year-old soul ring slowly condensed above the Sun Clam's body.

He Caitou dared not delay and immediately released his Sun Martial Soul, sat cross-legged on the spot, circulated his soul power, and began to absorb the long-awaited soul ring.

Meanwhile, Zhou Sichen was not idle.

His icy blue claws deftly cleaned the broken shells of the sun clam, and his sharp front claws separated the clam meat with the precision of a scalpel.

Since the Sun Clam is inherently fire-attribute and cultivates with the power of the sun, its flesh was in a perfect state of being half-cooked and half-raw after being briefly frozen by Zhou Sichen's extreme ice.

Zhang Lexuan and Xu Jiujiu had already prepared the tableware.

The three sat together, savoring this rare delicacy.

The sashimi made from the meat of the sun clam, which is over 20,000 years old, offers a wonderful sensation of ice and fire upon first bite after being prepared by Zhou Sichen.

The scorching power of the sun and the icy chill collided on the tip of the tongue, then transformed into a warm current that flowed into the stomach, as if a small sun was slowly rising inside, dispelling the fatigue and chill of the whole day.

The three of them enjoyed their meal while keeping an eye on He Caitou, who was absorbing a spirit ring not far away, waiting for the moment he would complete his breakthrough.

Time passed slowly, and a full hour went by. Around the campfire where Zhou Sichen, Zhang Lexuan, and Xu Jiujiu sat, only a few sun clam shells and some still burning firewood remained.

The three of them had already devoured the delicious meal, a perfect blend of hot and cold.

At this moment, Zhou Sichen looked at He Caitou, who was still sitting cross-legged absorbing the spirit ring. He saw that He Caitou was surrounded by a light red halo and his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat. He was obviously still immersed in the deep integration with the power of the spirit ring.

"It took Cai Tou quite a while to absorb this, it seems this breakthrough will yield considerable results." Zhou Sichen wiped his mouth, his eyes filled with concern and anticipation.

Zhang Lexuan nodded gently, her expression calm: "Don't worry, with me here to protect you, nothing will go wrong."

Seeing this, Zhou Sichen turned to Xu Jiujiu and suggested, "Since we're just idling around anyway, why don't we wander around the island? We might make some unexpected discoveries."

After a long while, his eyes lit up, and he readily agreed.

After saying goodbye to Zhang Lexuan, the two headed deeper into the island.

Along the way, a gentle sea breeze caressed the shore, and waves crashed against the rocks, creating a rhythmic sound. Unidentified seabirds circled and cried out in the air, adding a touch of life to this tranquil island.

Before long, the two arrived at the bay on the west side of the island.

The seawater here is exceptionally clear, and sunlight shines through the water, casting dappled shadows on the seabed.

With sharp eyes, Xu Jiujiu suddenly pointed to the water not far away and shouted, "Sichen, look! Isn't that a Dream Dolphin?"

Zhou Sichen looked in the direction she was pointing and saw a nimble dolphin swimming happily in the water.

Its body surface shimmers with a dreamlike seven-colored light, and every time it leaps out of the water, it seems to draw a magnificent rainbow in the sky.

After careful observation, Zhou Sichen's eyes flashed with surprise: "That's right! It's a 1,500-year-old Dream Dolphin, and it's also a spiritual one, which is perfect for that kid Huo Yuhao."

After pondering for a long time, he recalled, "I remember during the last dinner, Huo Yuhao said that his soul power had reached level twenty-nine."

"This Dream Dolphin is the perfect third spirit ring. It can enhance his strength, strengthen his mental attributes, and maybe even unlock some special skills."

Zhou Sichen nodded in agreement: "Spiritual attribute soul beasts are rare to begin with, so it's really lucky to encounter one here."

“These Dream Dolphins usually live in groups. If there were a group here, there would definitely be other of their kind around. But right now, there is only one lone one in the surrounding area. It must be a coincidence. You wait here for me, I will be right back.”

After saying that, Zhou Sichen's soul power surged, and his figure transformed into a stream of light, flying towards the Dream Dolphin.

The dream dolphin seemed to sense the danger and tried to escape quickly, but it was no match for Zhou Sichen's speed.

Zhou Sichen waved his hands, and ice-blue patterns appeared. The Three Transformations of Heavenly Fire were displayed once again, and the ultimate ice burst forth instantly, with wisps of cold air condensing into frost in the air.

In the blink of an eye, the Dream Dolphin was encased in a layer of crystal-clear ice, unable to move.

Its eyes were filled with terror, but it could only struggle in vain.

Zhou Sichen carefully controlled the ice power, ensuring that the Dream Dolphin's life force remained intact while preventing it from resisting.

After confirming that the Dream Dolphin had been completely subdued, he gently put the ice-sculpted soul beast into his soul tool.

Looking at the shimmering sea, Zhou Sichen couldn't help but sigh, "This is really good luck."

They successfully found the sun mussels that He Caitou needed on the previous island, and now they've encountered the Dream Dolphin here.

If it weren't for God's favor, how could things have gone so smoothly?

Without the influence of Tang Sanzang, the super buff of the Chosen One is truly delightful.

Xu Jiujiu strode forward, his eyes full of smiles: "It seems we've gained a lot this time. Once He Caitou has absorbed the soul ring, Huo Yuhao will definitely be overjoyed to see this 'gift'."

The two exchanged a smile and, carrying this unexpected gain, returned to the place where He Caitou had absorbed the soul ring.

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