Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Black Dragon, I am the Lord of the Gods

Chapter 178 Don't hold back
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"Are you leaving again?" Ah Yin looked at Xuan Ming with some sadness.

"What's wrong?" Xuanming asked.

"Can I come with you?" Ah Yin asked timidly.

"I don't want to be here alone..."

Xuanming paused for a moment, then walked to the edge of the Acacia Heart Red and took out a small shovel and a flowerpot.

"Don't always act like a child. We can't stay together forever."

"Why?" Ah Yin's vines wrapped around Xuan Ming's wrist.

"Why not?"

"Just like before, I'll stay in the soul tool. You can take me wherever you go."

"And I can already help you a lot, I can..."

“It’s not safe,” Xuanming said.

"You saw what happened before, and who knows when..."

“I’m not afraid!” Ah Yin said earnestly, gripping Xuan Ming tightly.

Xuanming looked at Ayin and said, "I'm scared."

“I’m not a good person, but I have my own principles, and I don’t want to drag my friends down because of myself.”

Through years of self-cultivation, experience, and knowledge, he has lost much of his morality.

He used to be unwilling to harm the innocent or cause others to suffer because of himself, but now he no longer cares about the life or death of people who are unrelated to him.

The little morality he tried to maintain was only for his few friends.

The Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King were in the same boat as him; he had no other choice.

But Ah Yin is different; she can be reborn and doesn't have to stay with him.

“But I did it voluntarily,” Ah Yin said.

“If you were forced to do this, I wouldn’t feel any pressure, but because you did it voluntarily, I can’t let you be implicated,” Xuanming said.

Ah Yin was taken aback. "Then I could have been forced into it."

As she spoke, Ah Yin put on a pitiful look and hid to the side in fear, but her vines tightly wrapped around Xuan Ming's wrist, as if afraid that he would run away.

"Don't come over here!"

"..." Xuanming.

Why do I feel like I'm being made a fool of by an idiot...?

……

After leaving the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Xuanming flew towards the direction of Tiandou City.

The Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King each helped him condense a soul core. These two soul cores exist in the two black dragons respectively, forming a Yin-Yang complementary dual soul core, which allows his soul power to possess the characteristics of extreme fire and extreme ice at the same time.

This gives his soul power extremely destructive power. Once invaded by his soul power, one will experience a double shock of ice and fire, with extreme cold and heat surging alternately. If one cannot expel this soul power from the body, one will die painfully from the torment of extreme cold and heat.

Moreover, due to the extreme compression of the Yin-Yang complementary dual soul cores, his current soul power purity is no different from that of a Title Douluo.

The Black Dragon Martial Soul also gained a new domain, the Ice and Fire Dual Domain.

Once enveloped by the Ice and Fire Dual Domain, it's as if you've fallen into the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye.

Unless one possesses the domineering dissolving effect of the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul's Divine Soul Power, only a Title Douluo could withstand its extreme cold and heat.

Because his soul power purity has reached the level of a Title Douluo, his current flight speed is equivalent to that of a Title Douluo of the agility-attack type.

Previously, he mainly cultivated the Blood Spear, with the Black Dragon Martial Soul serving only as a supplement; now, the roles have reversed.

Using the Blood Spear, he possesses the combat power of a Soul Emperor; using the Devouring Ring, he can fight against a Soul Saint.

However, the Black Dragon Martial Soul directly granted him combat power at the Title Douluo level.

In a sense, he is now equivalent to Dugu Bo.

The greatly enhanced White Light Domain, fused with the Ice and Fire Dual Domain, while still unable to kill a Title Douluo, can leave the opponent with only a Title Douluo!

……

Xuanming led Ah Yin on a fast journey, first going to the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy to check on Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, just to let them know they were safe, since they hadn't heard from them for half a year.

After seeing these two, Xuanming originally planned to go directly to Tiandou City to find Arou, ask about the situation of the soul beasts, and hurry up and obtain the soul rings.

But since they hadn't seen each other for six months, the two of them wouldn't give him a chance to leave alone. He had no choice but to take them both with him into the city.

"Why have you been in seclusion for so long this time? It used to be at most ten days or half a month," Dugu Yan couldn't help but ask.

When Xuanming helped her evolve her martial soul, he took the two of them to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, but the environment there was too harsh. Even with her current strength, it was difficult for her to stay in that hellish place for long. But Xuanming seemed unaffected by that place. He spent at least half of each month at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and she got used to it.

However, this is the first time I've ever stayed in that godforsaken place for half a year without any news!
"Something came up," Xuanming said.

"Are you alright?" Dugu Yan asked worriedly.

"It's nothing. But you, how come you suddenly rose so quickly?" Xuanming asked.

Six months ago, Dugu Yan had just reached level 46, but now she has actually reached level 48. A Soul Master advancing two levels in half a year is not in line with Dugu Yan's cultivation speed.

“Grandpa gave me his Jade Phosphorous Serpent King Pill Pearl, and for the past six months he has been personally guiding my cultivation for most of the time,” Dugu Yan said.

"Moreover, I had been steadily controlling the Jade Phosphorous Serpent King Poison before, and I hadn't fully absorbed the medicinal power from before. With the help of my grandfather's pills in the past six months, I no longer have any problems controlling the Jade Phosphorous Serpent King Poison, and I have fully absorbed the medicinal power, so my improvement has been relatively fast."

"Grandpa said that at my current pace, I should be able to reach level 50 before the competition."

"I won't hold you back."

"Danzhu?" Xuanming's expression was somewhat unnatural.

"And what about your grandfather?"

The elixir contains half of Dugu Bo's strength. Giving it to Dugu Yan would indeed greatly benefit her cultivation, but without it, Dugu Bo would become vulnerable.

“He lives at home,” Dugu Yan said.

“Last month, Grandpa said he would soon no longer be a titled Douluo gatekeeper, and should be about to break through again.”

Xuanming was taken aback. "Breakthrough? So fast?"

After Dugu Bo changed his cultivation method with the help of the Ice Dragon King, he broke through two levels in the past six years, reaching level ninety-three. If he breaks through again now, he will reach level ninety-four.

"It seems that Grandpa found some treasure while collecting herbs," Dugu Yan said.

"I'm not too sure either. He's currently in seclusion, and he's taken the Danzhu back. He shouldn't be out of seclusion for a while."

……

Shrek Academy.

After entering Tiandou City, Xuanming, relying on his senses of Arou and Xiaowu, led Dugu Yan and the other person directly towards this place.

The original Blue Tyrant Academy has now been renamed Shrek Academy.

He originally planned to think about the fifth spirit ring only after the Soul Master Competition ended, but things never go according to plan.

For his fifth spirit ring, he needs the spirit ring of the Thunderous Hell Vine.

Bibi Dong's initial plan for his spirit rings was to acquire spirit rings from lightning-attribute spirit beasts as much as possible, and avoid absorbing spirit rings from other natural elemental attributes, because this would result in impure lightning attributes.

If there is really no suitable lightning-attribute soul beast, you can choose a berserk soul beast without natural element attributes, or one with devouring attributes, like his third and fourth soul rings.

With his fifth spirit ring, he can now absorb spirit rings that are less than 50,000 years old.

The Thunderous Hell Vine typically explodes after absorbing too much destructive lightning, around 20,000 to 50,000 years, making it the best choice for his fifth spirit ring.

Arou should know where the Thunderous Hell Vine grows in the Star Dou Great Forest.

If Arou doesn't know, he'll have to ask Bibi Dong.

The Thunderous Hell Vine, with its ten thousand years of cultivation, is enough to alter the celestial phenomena, causing thunder to descend upon the mortal realm and wielding the power of thunder to destroy everything in the outside world.

This spectacle should have been recorded.

"Teacher Qin Ming, it's been a long time."

After the gatekeeper informed him, Qin Ming rushed over immediately.

Although Qin Ming had not been the leader of the Royal Fighting Team for long, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling still respected their teacher very much.

Not to mention, Qin Ming gave up a promising future at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy for the sake of his teachers.

"Yanzi, Lingling, it's been a long time." Qin Ming led the way.

Why did you suddenly decide to come here?

“I came with Xuanming,” Dugu Yan said.

"He's here to see his girlfriend."

Qin Ming was taken aback. "Girlfriend? Aren't you the one with Yuexuan...?"

Before he could finish speaking, Qin Ming shut up under Dugu Yan's resentful gaze.

During his years at the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy, he also learned about the relationship between Xuan Ming and Dugu Yan. Ye Lingling was alright, after all, that was just her personality. Perhaps she had feelings for him, but she was too shy to take the initiative.

But Dugu Yan, to put it bluntly, was in a situation where she was the one who couldn't have what she wanted.

Anyone with eyes can see how proactive she is!
Unfortunately, Xuanming's clueless mind couldn't see it at all.

(End of this chapter)