Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul, the Dragon Abyss Sword, has become its scabbard.

Chapter 244 Poseidon's Trident

Tang Chen was well aware of Tang San's talent. He had a strong ability to learn the Clear Sky Techniques. Tang San used the Clear Sky Techniques that Tang Chen had created perfectly. When Tang Chen taught Tang San how to use the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul, Tang San was able to do so almost exactly like he had done it himself.

However, in Tang Chen's view, Tang San's future use of the Clear Sky Hammer would probably not surpass his own, as he lacked the potential for improvement.

However, Tang San possesses other similar self-created soul skills. Tang San's talent may lie not in using the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul, but in other areas, which is why Tang Chen did not point this out.

After all, Tang San has already inherited the position of the Sea God. As long as he completes the Nine Trials, he can become the Sea God.

"I understand, Great-Grandfather." Tang San's mind calmed down. Indeed, the power of the Haotian Nine Absolutes surpassed that of his own soul ring skills, and the power of the exploding rings was even greater.

In addition, he still has one last high-age spirit ring to absorb. As long as his spirit power increases further and he completes the seventh trial, he should be able to obtain a high-age spirit ring.

When the Ring Explosion skill is used, its power will be several times greater than it is now.

"Senior, how have you been?" Ding Quan arrived at the steps of the Sea God and was not surprised to see Tang Chen there.

"I didn't expect that after our last parting, your strength would be so unfathomable to me now." Although Tang Chen already knew that Ding Quan and his group were very strong, he was still secretly shocked when he saw them appear before him.

Although his soul power was sealed, he had previously reached the demigod realm, converting most of his soul power into Asura divine power and condensing the Asura Demon Sword, a divine artifact.

Although Tang Chen's strength was not as great as before, his eyesight was still sharp.

He was now unable to sense Ding Quan's soul power. When he tried to use his spiritual power to sense it, it was as if it was being absorbed by some entity without any response.

"Your cultivation has improved recently." Ding Quan turned his gaze to Tang San, who was standing next to Tang Chen. Tang San's soul power had also increased, which meant that Tang Chen had been guiding his cultivation during this period.

"It's not that I've made progress."

Before he was promoted to Title Douluo, he was able to fight against me. Although I was not at my peak at that time, I was still far beyond what an ordinary Title Douluo could match.

Now, the strength has naturally undergone a tremendous change.

With such a high-age ninth spirit ring, it wouldn't be surprising if Ding Quan's spirit power level increased to any level after absorbing it.

With an age of nearly a million years, the energy contained in such a soul ring is equivalent to the cultivation of a level 99 Peerless Douluo, and should be far more than that. After all, that soul beast was a terrifying existence that even Poseidon, the high priest with the martial soul of the Sea God, could not defeat.

Moreover, to absorb such a spirit ring, the person in front of me must be physically stronger than myself.

A perfectly preserved demigod body!

Tang Chen stared at Ding Quan again, but after finding nothing, he looked away. It wasn't surprising that he couldn't see through it now. However, apart from Ding Quan, the soul power of the others was no less than his level 99.

Such condensed soul power must have come from cultivating a self-created soul skill, the strength of which is probably no less than the Ring Explosion Secret Technique.

Tang Chen had heard Tang San say that Ding Quan possessed a powerful self-created soul skill, so it was understandable that Tang San couldn't defeat Ling even when he used the exploding ring technique.

"Let's not talk about that. We need to go and meet Senior Poseidon first." Ding Quan noticed Tang Chen's perception but didn't pay much attention to it. When he entered Seagod Island, he had already noticed several gazes. Seagod Island has several Title Douluos, and it's natural that their group's ability to pass the Red-level assessment would attract their attention.

"Senior Poseidon is currently in seclusion. It may be a while before we can see her," Tang San said upon hearing this. After returning to Seagod Island, Poseidon entered the Seagod Temple for seclusion. Her strength had reached the level of Poseidon, and it seemed that there was no possibility of further advancement. Tang San was somewhat surprised by Poseidon's seclusion.

However, he roughly knew the reason, which was probably related to Ding Quan and the others.

"In seclusion?"

A few days ago, when Poseidon was making his move against the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, he appeared in the Demon Whale Sea area. Why did he go into seclusion for such a short time?

Moreover, as the high priestess of the sea god, Poseidon's strength on the island of the sea god seems unlikely to improve.

"That's right, she seems to have received a divine decree." Tang Chen clearly knew more, which makes sense, considering he had previously initiated the Nine Trials of Asura.

"Is that so?"

Ding Quan looked at the temple above. It seemed that the Sea God had already taken action after Shui Bing'er injected her spiritual power into the Vast Ocean Universe Cover in the Demon Whale Sea.

Now that the Vast Ocean Universe Cover has been returned, it seems it's no longer in Tang San's hands. Therefore, Poseidon should have already finished her seclusion.

"Quan, let's cultivate on these steps. Once Senior Poseidon emerges from seclusion, he will naturally come to see us," Ning Rongrong said, pointing to the Sea God's Steps.

"Moreover, Senior Poseidon's seclusion might be due to our assessment." Ling gazed at the light of the sea god enveloping the steps of the sea god. He could feel that the light of the sea god above was extremely dense, and the surrounding light seemed to be converging towards the direction of the temple of the sea god.

Also!

Ding Quan thought about the assessment content of Ling and Wei'er, and realized that this was indeed one of the reasons.

"Cultivating on these Sea God's Steps is twice as effective, and you can use this to consolidate your cultivation." Tang Chen turned his gaze to Zhu Zhuqing and Wei'er. He could see that their soul power was not very stable, obviously because they had just absorbed their ninth soul ring.

Level 96? What kind of spirit rings could allow the two of them to directly leap from level 90 to the peak Douluo level, or have they been stuck at level 90 for too long? But that doesn't seem very realistic either.

"Then we'll cultivate here," Vera said, and walked towards the Sea God's steps.

Tang San saw Wei'er's actions and was about to remind her, but after seeing Wei'er step onto the Sea God's steps, he nodded thoughtfully and stopped.

Then he turned his attention to the group of people who had not stopped and had gone straight up.

He was also eager to know how far these people could go.

The Sea God's Stairs have a thousand levels. The higher you go, the greater the pressure you will experience. However, cultivating under this pressure will increase the speed of soul power circulation in your body, thus improving your cultivation speed, and there are no side effects.

Ding Quan felt the pressure on his body. This pressure was nothing to him at the moment. He glanced at Wei'er and the others, who also had no reaction. It was clear that it was far from their limit.

In the blink of an eye, Ding Quan arrived at the 300th floor, where several familiar figures appeared.

Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar were all cultivating on the third floor. With their current strength, cultivating here was not easy.

He turned to look at Ning Rongrong, who was continuing to walk uphill, and immediately understood.

They were able to cultivate here at the level of Soul Saints because they had absorbed the ten-thousand-year-old soul bones they had promised when they traded the two people for the divinely bestowed soul rings.

Those two soul bones are quite old, belonging to the top-grade soul bones. Soul bones that are over 50,000 years old are enough to greatly enhance the physical strength of a Soul Saint.

However, Ma Hongjun, who had not absorbed the soul bone, also appeared here, which made Ding Quan take a second look.

"Fire Phoenix?" Shui Bing'er noticed the martial spirit released by Ma Hongjun. Although she had fought against several people from Shrek Academy in the previous Soul Master Competition, she had naturally seen Ma Hongjun before.

However, Ma Hongjun's martial spirit at that time was definitely not up to the level it is now; back then, Ma Hongjun's martial spirit could indeed be described as worthless.

And now it has transformed into a fire phoenix.

"It is indeed a fire phoenix, but it seems to have some flaws." Upon hearing this, Ding Quan turned his attention to Ma Hongjun's martial spirit.

The Shrek Academy members all received a divinely bestowed spirit ring, but Ma Hongjun did not; he absorbed that divinely bestowed spirit ring.

His martial spirit had now transformed into a fire phoenix, likely due to the divinely bestowed soul ring.

A divinely bestowed soul ring can allow a soul master to obtain the most suitable soul ring and soul skill, so it's not surprising that Ma Hongjun's martial soul has stabilized.

"A flaw?" Shui Bing'er seemed to be thinking about this. Her martial soul was the Ice Phoenix, but at that time she was unable to control it, and the Ice Phoenix was often at risk of going out of control.

This was also the reason why she chose to follow the control type at the time. Later, because of Ding Quan and the others, she embarked on the path of the offensive type. After absorbing a herb and obtaining the head soul bone, she was able to completely control it.

"If his mental strength were improved, he might be able to completely suppress his evil fire."

Ding Quan's Xuanhuo Eyes flashed. Ma Hongjun's flames also contained a sinister aura, though it was no longer very obvious, it was still present.

"Let's go, I want to see how many steps I can climb." Vera glanced at the three Shrek students and then walked straight up without stopping.

Ding Quan nodded to the three Shrek students and then followed them.

"Boss Dai, how far do you think they can go?" Ma Hongjun looked at Ding Quan and the others walking past him. He himself was having some trouble moving around on these three hundred steps, but the others seemed to be doing fine.

"Their strength is no less than Tang San's, so naturally they went further than Tang San."

"That's true! It's a good thing we obtained this ten-thousand-year-old soul bone, otherwise we wouldn't be able to cultivate here." Although Oscar's expression was a bit unpleasant, it was no easy feat for him, as a support soul master, to get here.

"Little Oscar, don't mention the soul bone." Ma Hongjun glanced at Oscar with displeasure, feeling somewhat annoyed.

If he hadn't absorbed that divinely bestowed soul ring, he should have obtained a ten-thousand-year-old soul bone by now.

Rongrong was really willing to part with it, actually taking out a soul bone that was so old.

That's a soul bone that's over 50,000 years old. Such a soul bone allows Oscar, an auxiliary soul master, to have physical strength that's almost on par with his own. How could he not be envious?

Moreover, when Oscar and Dai Mubai advanced to the Title Douluo realm, the other party promised to hunt down 100,000-year-old soul beasts for them. At that time, the two of them could obtain 100,000-year-old soul rings and soul bones, which are the number one treasures on the Soul Master's Dream List.

The three Shrek students also stopped cultivating and then watched Ding Quan and the others go upwards.

"Are you feeling the pressure?" Ding Quan watched as Ning Rongrong's movements began to slow down. She had already climbed to over six hundred floors, approaching seven hundred.

"It's alright." Ning Rongrong waved her hand. Although there was some pressure here, Ning Rongrong had a fully equipped soul bone, and she had not yet released her martial soul. She was only using her soul power to resist the pressure here.

"Quan, I think if we climb with all our might, we might be able to reach the summit directly." Shui Bing'er felt the pressure on her body and looked at Ling and Wei'er, who looked as usual.

"I feel the same way." Ling nodded. Although the pressure on the steps was increasing rapidly, at this rate of increase, it would still be within her tolerance when she reached the top floor.

"I might be able to do it, but I'm afraid I'll need to unleash my full power." Zhu Zhuqing looked at the others. Her martial soul was the Netherworld Cat. Although she had absorbed the immortal herb, her martial soul strength was not considered strong among them.

"Should we go to the top?"

"We'll see then, and we might not even be able to reach the top." Ding Quan knew that only those who reached the highest point of these steps were qualified to inherit the Sea God's position.

When Tang Chen first arrived at Seagod Island, he climbed these steps, but he didn't reach the top. Of course, for Tang Chen, who was able to maintain his Asura God status, it was clear that he didn't use his full strength.

Now that the Sea God has a successor, it seems a bit inappropriate for our group to ascend to the summit.

Just as the group was talking, a light emanating from the Sea God's Steps suddenly appeared and then shot towards the location of the Sea God's Temple.

A beam of blue-gold light emanated from the location of the Sea God's Temple.

This is?

Ding Quan was somewhat stunned as he sensed the increasingly intense light of the sea god surrounding him.

For a brief moment, my martial soul felt a slight tremor.

Artifact!

Ding Quan felt the atmosphere around him become heavy, and Ling Ruo was looking thoughtfully at the sword pattern on her right hand, a faint blood-red light illuminating it.

The artifact that could elicit a reaction from the Asura Demon Sword must be another artifact.

At that time, there was indeed such a divine artifact in the Temple of the Sea God.

Thinking of the Vast Ocean Universe Cover that flew to the Sea God's Temple not long ago, it is clear that the Sea God's light emanating from the Sea God's Temple at this moment is probably because the Sea God's artifact, the Trident, has been repaired.

Although in the original story Tang San used the whale pearl of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King to repair this divine artifact, it now seems that he can also repair it with the power of the Sea God.

Suddenly, a look of astonishment appeared on Ding Quan's face.

In Ding Quan's view, this thing radiating the light of the sea god was actually heading towards the location of the sea god's staircase.

A few breaths later, Ding Quan was even more surprised by what he saw.

A woman dressed in a long red robe, with a rather tall figure, came into Ding Quan's view.

Sensing the aura emanating from this person, it was none other than Poseidon, known as the invincible sea creature. On this island of sea god, her aura was truly unfathomable.

Ding Quan wouldn't be surprised by Poseidon's appearance, but what Poseidon possessed caught his attention.

You can't be wrong!

This is Poseidon's Trident! Poseidon's divine weapon!

In the original story, Poseidon struggled to even pick it up, but now she seems to be doing it very easily.

The Sea God really went to great lengths to assess Ling Wei and the others.