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

Chapter 27, Third Ring

However, looking at this five-meter-wide giant rock tortoise, there was indeed a feeling of not being able to bring oneself to touch it.

His body was covered in armor that resembled solidified lava, completely encasing him.

Moreover, when you get close to the Heavy Rock Black Tortoise, there is a sense of heaviness around it, as if the surrounding elements are moving towards it.

Ding Quan knew this was not an illusion. Due to its enormous soul power and its own abilities, the Chongyan Xuan Turtle would inevitably absorb the surrounding energy.

"Let's do it!" Ding Quan glanced around; there was no danger nearby.

Upon hearing this, the group took out their composite bows and aimed their arrows at the giant rock tortoise.

Whoosh!

The arrow struck the black tortoise instantly, but it had no effect on the tortoise.

Aha!

The rock tortoise, struck by the arrow, let out a loud exhalation and shook its head, but seemed unharmed.

What terrifying defensive power!

Ding Quan saw that the arrow had only penetrated about one-fifth of the way into the rocky tortoise.

The arrows from the composite bow are powerful enough to pierce through other thousand-year-old soul beasts with a single shot.

It was as if several thorns had been stuck into the body of the Rocky Black Tortoise; this injury was completely insignificant to it.

The arrows still struck the neck of the rock tortoise, where it met its shell—the weakest point in its defenses.

The result was so disappointing, which explains why not many Soul Masters had their eyes on it; its thick skin and tough flesh made it difficult to attack.

"This defensive power is indeed amazing." Seeing that the composite bow could only cause such little damage, the group put it away.

Turtles are incredibly resilient; even if several people used up all their arrows with a composite bow, they might not be able to kill one.

Even if the arrows contained poison, the Rock Tortoise metabolizes extremely slowly, so the poison from the arrows would take a long time to take effect once it entered its body.

Looking at the thick-skinned, rocky tortoise, after absorbing the immortal herb, he really didn't know how strong he had become.

Ding Quan clenched his right hand, and the Dragon Abyss Sword appeared in his hand, with two bright yellow soul rings appearing on his body.

Seeing this, Ling also withdrew his second soul skill. The illusory snow lotus came to the top of his head, and the sharp cold air condensed the surrounding grass into frost.

Wei'er moved the fastest, charging directly towards the Heavy Rock Xuan Turtle. Wind and thunder rose from her body, lightning condensed in her hands, and tiger ears and a tail appeared on her body.

The giant rock tortoise was startled to see the three people suddenly appear in front of it, and it shuddered violently at the sound of thunder that was almost within reach.

呲呲!

The lightning bolt from Vera's hand shot out and struck him directly on the head.

However, it only made its movements freeze for a moment, and then its head retracted directly into its shell.

Then a subtle surge of soul power erupted from the Heavy Rock Xuan Turtle, and the lightning rapidly weakened.

Seeing this, Vera refrained from attacking again.

"The Rock Tortoise can absorb energy from the soil and its surroundings, and it can also absorb some of our soul power attacks!" Seeing this, I wasn't surprised.

It can absorb damage from soul power attacks, and physical attacks, judging from its tortoise shell, will not fare well either.

Its defensive capabilities are indeed astonishing. Without strength far exceeding its age, there's really no way to deal with it, which explains why not many soul beasts have designs on it.

Ding Quan raised the Dragon Abyss Sword directly. With a thought, the fiery cloud patterns on the Dragon Abyss Sword lit up slightly, and a sharp aura burst forth.

Seeing its head retract into its shell, he thrust his sword directly at it.

Although it retracts into its shell, its head can still be seen.

Clang! Sizzle!

The sound of metal clashing rang out as the Dragon Abyss Sword struck his skin, and Ding Quan felt a resistance.

With a focused mind, the blade's sharpness intensified, and he pressed down on the hilt with his left hand, exerting force once more.

The sword tip then plunged directly into it, but was quickly jammed and could not advance any further.

Woohoo!

A painful howl suddenly rang out as the giant rock tortoise's limbs emerged from its shell.

The ground shook; this thing was indeed terrifyingly heavy.

Ding Quan drew his sword and retreated, when a head even larger than Ding Quan suddenly popped out of the tortoise shell.

At the same time, a surge of soul power erupted from the Heavy Rock Xuan Turtle, and Ding Quan immediately felt his body sink.

Has the gravity around me increased?

Unexpectedly, the Heavy Rock Tortoise directly used its gravity ability.

At the same time, a huge mouth, big enough to bite Ding Quan completely, attacked him.

However, Ding Quan's physical fitness has improved so much recently that he has been on guard against this move. The increased gravity is not too high, and Ding Quan can still cope with it.

As its limbs emerged, Ding Quan had already drawn his sword and retreated, rendering the attack of the Chongyan Xuan Turtle futile.

After all, the only way the Heavy Rock Tortoise could hurt several people was through this method.

Its attack methods are simply too limited!

Its walking speed is too slow, and although it has great strength, it cannot attack people. Its bite is its strongest attack ability.

At that moment, ice spikes shot towards its open mouth, and Ling seized the opportunity to strike.

The ice spike pierced directly into the mouth of the Rock Tortoise, instantly gushing blood.

Its strongest attack exposes its weakest point; although it has an extremely strong bite force, there is no protective flesh inside its mouth.

As ice began to form in its mouth, the icicle continued to rapidly freeze the moisture inside.

With a thought, Ling Xin's mouth was ignited with an illusory flame.

Alas!

An even more piercing cry rang out, and the deep yellow soul power in the mouth of the Heavy Rock Xuan Turtle surged, instantly flinging out the ice in its mouth.

After the ice burned on the ground, the weeds on the ground were burned away, leaving a layer of white ash.

The deep yellow soul power of the Heavy Rock Xuan Turtle surged wildly, and Ding Quan felt the pressure on him increase significantly once again.

A bolt of lightning struck its open mouth again, and the Rock Tortoise was injured and retreated rapidly.

I glanced at Vera beside me; she wasn't too affected.

Seeing the wound on the head of the Chongyan Xuan Turtle, pierced by the Longyuan Sword, slowly flowing out deep red blood.

Judging from the depth to which the blade had penetrated, it seems that the stab had hit the skull, which explains why the blade got stuck.

However, it's no wonder that they retaliated immediately.

Ding Quan also gained a general understanding of the sharpness of the Longyuan Sword.

Looking at the wound on his head caused by the Longyuan Sword, such a wound is unlikely to be fatal.

The violent tremors caused by its retreat startled many of the surrounding spirit beasts.

Let's resolve this quickly.

To deal with this kind of tough-skinned guy, his physical defense is very strong, but what about his mental strength?

Since obtaining the Mysterious Fire Eye, he has not actually used any mental attacks. After absorbing the Autumn Water Dew of the Looking River, he has no idea what level his mental power has reached.

However, their spiritual power is definitely stronger than that of these thousand-year-old soul beasts.

Soul beasts that are less than ten thousand years old have little intelligence and generally weak spiritual power.

Ding Quan's spiritual power surged, and a golden-red light shone in his Xuanhuo Pupil.

A beam of fire shot out from Ding Quan's eyes, transforming into a sword light that shot straight at the Chongyan Xuan Turtle.

Psychological attack!

The giant rock tortoise froze as it retreated, its head drooping instantly.

His soul power also came to an abrupt halt!

Boom!

The giant rock tortoise staggered a few steps and fell heavily to the ground.

"Mental attacks are so effective!" Vera was somewhat surprised to see the Rock Tortoise instantly become motionless under Ding Quan's mental attack.

"Fortunately, the soul beast is less than ten thousand years old, so its mental strength is not strong." At this low-level soul master stage, very few people have mental protection methods, and mental attacks can be considered true damage.

Ding Quan closed his eyes slightly. It was his first time using a mental attack, and he was indeed a little unaccustomed to it. Moreover, it seemed that he had used too much force.

"Quan, your mental strength is too strong. Make your move!" Ling looked at Ding Quan, and it seemed that his next soul skill could be selected to acquire a mental attack type.

Ding Quan approached the man's neck, found a spot, raised the Longyuan Sword, and stabbed it directly into the nerve center of the man's neck.

A deep purple soul ring appeared in front of Ding Quan, who immediately drew it onto himself.

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Ling nodded to the two of them and then released his second soul skill, Simulation.

The powerful soul force surged into his body instantly, and Ding Quan's expression changed slightly; this soul force was indeed substantial.

Hoping to obtain the soul skill he desired, he quickly sat cross-legged and circulated his soul power, directly attaching the purple soul ring to the Dragon Abyss Sword.

As time passed, Ding Quan felt his soul power becoming thicker and thicker, and his body was absorbing the remaining medicinal power from the immortal herbs he had previously absorbed.

I feel myself absorbing energy from the surroundings, but the speed is not fast.

Feeling the medicine being rapidly absorbed by the body, it seems that the earth element has enhanced the body's digestive and absorptive abilities.

With his soul power enhanced, Ding Quan began to predict his soul skills, since absorbing soul rings and soul skills would be affected by his mental will.

An hour later, Ding Quan slowly opened his eyes.

Three soul rings, two yellow and one purple, swirled around him. Ding Quan was somewhat surprised to sense his own soul power.

Level 37?

I remember that after the Shrek Seven Devils absorbed the immortal herb, they all increased their soul power by more than five levels. At that time, they were Soul Masters of more than thirty levels, while I had just absorbed my third soul ring.

In addition, the absorbed soul ring can increase soul power by about two or three levels, so absorbing two immortal herbs only provides about six or seven levels of soul power, which is indeed a bit low.

It seems that absorbing the two immortal herbs wasted some of their medicinal properties, but the current thick soul power I feel may be due to its high quality.

After experiencing the newly acquired soul skill, he was immediately surprised, probably more so because of the soul skill itself.

Then he looked at the Dragon Abyss Sword. The Dragon Abyss Sword seemed to have become thicker. Ding Quan took a closer look and realized it wasn't an illusion.

A dark yellow line ran through the entire blade on both sides of its spine, and Ding Quan felt that the Longyuan Sword had become much heavier.

"Quan, how is it? It seems like the soul skill you acquired is quite good." Ling noticed that Ding Quan's expression was a bit strange.

"My third soul skill, which I call Earth's Weight, increases my soul power and recovery speed by 100%. Releasing the soul skill consumes soul power, which increases the weight of the Dragon Abyss Sword. The increase depends on the amount of soul power," Ding Quan said. The effect of this soul skill was indeed somewhat unexpected.

However, with this soul skill, Ding Quan's weakness of insufficient soul power in his second soul skill was almost resolved.

With his current physical condition, plus the quality and quantity of his soul power, the upper limit of his second soul skill has been greatly increased. Most importantly, his basic stats are now several times higher than before.

With his already solidified soul power, plus the effect of this soul skill, Ding Quan's soul power is definitely several times that of other soul masters of the same level.

Looking at the now-heavy Longyuan Sword, it's now suitable for slashing.

Compared to technique, Ding Quan preferred to overpower others with brute force. Of course, Ding Quan didn't have much swordsmanship skill; he always relied on brute force to overwhelm his opponents.

"A doubling of soul power amplification and recovery? Then Quan, your soul power isn't twice that of others!" Wei'er's eyes widened. At the same level, how could she fight when her soul power was exhausted while her opponent was full of energy?

"It should be more than that. We all absorbed spirit rings that were above our level, so our spirit power is much greater than that of ordinary spirit masters."

"Too."

"Quan has no shortage of soul power now, so the maximum boost of his second soul skill will definitely be much higher." With his current soul power and the terrifying boost, the enemy will face an increasingly stronger opponent.

"Alright, let's go. Next, let's find the Vajra Tiger!" Ding Quan glanced at the corpse of the Heavy Rock Tortoise with his Mystic Fire Eyes and found nothing unusual.

Unfortunately, even though it was one of the best in its kind, it failed to produce a soul bone.

Without paying attention to the corpse of the Chongyan Xuan Turtle, he simply let it return to the world.

Tiger-type spirit beasts have vast territories and basically no fixed abode, making them difficult to find in this Star Dou Great Forest.

Moreover, the Vajra Tiger is also quite powerful, and can be considered a top-tier soul beast.

Vera needs a high-age spirit ring, so she needs to go to a place near the mixed zone to find one.

After all, as a top predator, the Vajra Tiger, with its lifespan of several thousand years, is capable of defeating many ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts.

This is also why Ding Quan obtained his third spirit ring first.

The group quickly headed into the Star Dou Great Forest after finding their bearings.

Thanks to Ling's second soul skill, the group did not encounter any danger, and they avoided several groups of soul masters who were hunting for soul rings.

Very few people hunt soul beasts alone in this place, and absorbing a soul ring takes a lot of time. It's very dangerous without someone to protect you. Most people who come here to hunt soul beasts are soul master teams.

However, suitable Vajra Tigers are indeed rare, and the group searched the Star Dou Great Forest for more than twenty days without finding anything.

Although we encountered two tigers, they were too young.

There were also a few tiger-type soul beasts of suitable age, but their strength was too weak to provide Vera with amplifying soul skills.

"Quan, we should be closer to the Star Luo Empire now." Ling held the map and estimated the group's travel speed over this period of time. The Star Dou Great Forest was located at the border between the Star Luo and Tian Dou Empires.

"The Vajra Tiger seems more likely to be heading towards the Star Luo Empire. Let's hope we have good luck!" The Star Luo Empire's royal family's martial soul is the White Tiger, and their first few soul skills are not much different.

As one of their choices for the third spirit ring, the Vajra Tiger suggests that they have no shortage of such spirit beasts; they just hope to find one of suitable age.

"Um?"

The three people who were resting suddenly heard a noise coming from not far away, and it was coming in their direction.

Ling's expression changed slightly. The effect of his second soul skill, Mental Simulation, was enhanced. Their speed was so fast that the others didn't have time to dodge.

A middle-aged soul master with five soul rings—two yellow, two purple, and one black—carrying an unconscious woman on his back, burst into the sight of Ding Quan and his companions in less than ten breaths.

This is a Soul King whose Martial Soul resembles a leopard and who possesses the best Soul Ring configuration!

Ding Quanxuan watched the Soul King running away at lightning speed with his fiery eyes.

The Soul King's speed was much faster than Ding Quan had expected.

However, he was in a sorry state, his face was black, and his clothes were as if they had been corroded by something, turning a dark color.

The woman he was carrying on his back was the same.

Ding Quan's expression changed slightly when he saw the woman behind him; the woman's mental state was very chaotic.

Looking at the man again, he had several wounds on his body, none of which were fatal, but in Ding Quanxuan's observation with his fiery eyes, the blood flowing out of him appeared green.

Is this poison? Or an extremely deadly poison?

As if sensing something, the Soul King's expression hardened, a Soul Ring on his body flashed, and his speed increased once again.

Seeing the Soul King's actions, he sensed his own spiritual power.

Ding Quan withdrew his mental energy, but this person's mental fluctuations were too great. He looked again in the direction the two had come from, but there was nothing chasing them.

Thinking about their chaotic mental fluctuations.

Have you ever been attacked by a spirit-attribute soul beast?

Ding Quan looked in the direction the two had run from.

(End of this chapter)