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

Chapter 99 The Fourth Soul Ring
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"Alright." Xue Qinghe sighed.

"However, if I deliberately keep my distance, will Xuanming feel that I am neglecting him and become even more distant from me? Moreover, some misunderstandings will only deepen if they are not addressed."

She was initially eager to achieve quick results because she was worried that Xuanming had been indoctrinated with something detrimental to her by the Pope while in the Papal Palace.

However, Xuanming kept denying it, which made her wonder if Xuanming had started to support the Pope.

That's why she kept pursuing him relentlessly, but she didn't expect that this eagerness would make Xuanming feel disgusted with Xue Qinghe.

She had considered changing her approach, but thinking about changing it meant admitting her mistake, so she preferred to stick to it!
“Your Highness, there are priorities. What you should be focusing on now is his wariness of you. If you don’t address that first, everything else will be useless,” Tang Yuehua said.

“I know some of what I said wasn’t appropriate, but…aren’t you being too harsh on this child?”

Xue Qinghe is not the kind of person who is eager for quick success. He is very particular about his actions, especially after establishing contact with Ning Fengzhi, the sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. He has become more profound than before and will not easily let people see through his thoughts.

But now, regarding this child, she could clearly see Xue Qinghe's anxiety, even anger!
“Your Highness, if you consider this child a precious treasure, you don’t expect to obtain him through simple means,” Tang Yuehua said.

"If you can get it easily, so can others."

"Precious things are never easy to come by."

"You know that this treasure isn't something he can obtain so easily. If he suddenly gets it so easily, wouldn't you be suspicious?"

"Moreover..." Tang Yuehua's expression was somewhat unnatural.

“Your Highness, that child is very intelligent. He knows everything. He may seem suspicious at times, but he is definitely not blind to the situation.”

"If you think he doesn't understand, it's probably because you haven't seen his situation."

"If one is stupid, one cannot be considered sensible; if one is sensible, one will never fail to see the situation clearly."

"The so-called deliberate violation is not necessarily a case of having no other choice."

"..."

Xue Qinghe remained silent for a long time, his expression changing repeatedly.

"I see."

……

Five years later.

Star Forest.

"Young Master, it's one thing for him to act recklessly, but why didn't you stop him!"

After driving away several ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, he returned to find that Xuanming was actually absorbing the soul ring of the twenty-thousand-year-old Ghost Shadow Leopard. The Serpent Spear Douluo was on the verge of a mental breakdown.

Fourth spirit ring! Twenty thousand years!

Don't die! ?
"I stopped him? Why don't you listen to what you're saying?" Qian Renxue was speechless.

"Can I stop him?"

Last night, they encountered a chaotic battle between several ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts. They had hoped to reap the benefits, but unexpectedly, the aura of the dragon martial soul bloodline on Xuanming's body attracted the attention of those ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, and they were forced to get involved in the battle.

To protect the two of them, Serpent Spear Douluo crippled the first Ghost Shadow Leopard that charged at them, and then went to lure away the remaining five ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts.

She was about to lead Xuanming to retreat to the outer perimeter when this guy went up and killed the Ghost Shadow Leopard!
Without saying a word, he started absorbing the spirit ring!
What can she do?
“This isn’t the first time he’s absorbed a super-limited spirit ring. He didn’t have any problems with the third spirit ring he had eight thousand years of cultivation last time, so this time… he should be fine too,” Qian Renxue said.

"Young Master, a thousand-year soul ring is not the same as a ten-thousand-year soul ring!" Serpent Spear Douluo said helplessly.

"You know that, don't you!"

Even after a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast dies, its soul has not yet dissipated, and the terrifying resentment contained within it will cause a soul shock!

Only a Soul Master of at least level 50 could withstand the impact of that kind of soul shock!

Moreover, the older the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, the more terrifying its soul vibration!
For most Soul Masters, even a 20,000-year-old Ghost Shadow Leopard would be extremely difficult to use as their sixth Soul Ring! "Do you think he doesn't know?" Qian Renxue said.

"He..." Serpent Spear Douluo hesitated, unable to finish his sentence.

"Young Master, when did he start absorbing spirit rings?"

“After you left last night,” Qian Renxue said.

"It's been almost three hours now."

Absorbing a ten-thousand-year spirit ring normally takes at least three to five hours, and for a limit spirit ring, the time will at least double.

Xuanming's body and spirit were extremely strange. When he was at the third spirit ring stage, Serpent Spear Douluo could hardly understand him and could not give a rough estimate.

just now……

Time passed slowly, the sun moved slowly from the east to the west, and finally slowly sank below the horizon.

Twelve hours, a whole day has passed!
When the sun was directly overhead, Qian Renxue began to regret her decision. She wanted to have Serpent Spear Douluo forcibly interrupt Xuanming, but by then, the spirit ring had already been absorbed more than halfway. If she forcibly interrupted it, not only would Xuanming's martial spirit be severely damaged, but his spirit power would also inevitably drop. So she hesitated.

After the sun had completely set, she began to feel a little scared.

Her sixth spirit ring was over 30,000 years old, but it only took her less than eight hours to absorb it.

Twelve hours—this was the first time she had ever witnessed someone spend so much time absorbing a soul ring…

"Can you please stop looking like I'm about to die?"

Xuanming's somewhat speechless voice suddenly rang out, and Qian Renxue abruptly raised her head.

"You... succeeded?" Qian Renxue looked at Xuan Ming, whose figure had grown even taller and whose aura had become increasingly suppressed, with some disbelief.

Yellow, purple and black!

Four spirit rings undulated around Xuanming's body, and an invisible pressure spread out, forcing Qian Renxue to passively release her spirit rings.

Yellow, purple, black!

Although their soul power levels differed by nearly twenty levels, their auras were almost identical.

"What is your fourth soul skill?" Serpent Spear Douluo couldn't help but ask.

Xuanming looked at the Serpent Spear Douluo, "Would you like to try it out?"

"I don't want to!" Serpent Spear Douluo's expression froze.

If it were a thousand-year soul skill, he could pretend, but this was a ten-thousand-year soul skill, or even a twenty-thousand-year soul skill, and he didn't want to embarrass himself.

"Is it an offensive soul skill?" Qian Renxue asked.

"See for yourselves." Xuanming summoned the blood spear again, and the black soul ring beneath him quietly lit up.

The next instant, the blood spear in Xuanming's hand suddenly split into four blood spear phantoms. The four blood spear phantoms were exactly the same as the original blood spear, exuding a chilling aura, as if they were deadly weapons from the deepest hell.

The phantom of the blood spear trembled slightly in the air, emitting a low hum, as if it were gathering destructive power.

Qian Renxue's beautiful eyes were filled with shock. She could clearly feel the terrifying energy contained in the four blood spear phantoms. Even with her current strength, she dared not underestimate them.

Serpent Spear Douluo's eyes widened in disbelief. He secretly rejoiced that he hadn't agreed to try it out. Otherwise, with his Title Douluo strength, he might not have been injured, but he would have certainly embarrassed himself.

"Go!" Xuanming shouted, pointing his blood spear forward. The four blood spear phantoms instantly transformed into four streaks of blood-red lightning. Wherever the blood spear phantoms passed, the air seemed to be torn apart, emitting a sharp whistling sound.

They shot toward a small hill in the distance and reached their target in the blink of an eye.

With a deafening roar, the small hill was instantly blasted to pieces, sending dust and debris flying everywhere.

As the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, the original hill had disappeared, replaced by a huge crater, with the surrounding ground covered with countless cracks.

(End of this chapter)