Douluo Continent: Dragon's Journey Across the World

Yang Ping'an couldn't help but smile when he heard Bibi Dong's words: "I am no match for Your Majesty's talent. Compared to Your Majesty, I am just a little luckier."

Bibi Dong's face darkened slightly: "A bit luckier? Then tell me, what exactly is the meaning of you hiding your second spirit? And where did you get so many 100,000-year spirit rings? Besides wanting to deal with Tang Hao, you wouldn't be planning to deal with my Spirit Empire too, would you?"

Yang Ping'an couldn't help but shake his head: "Your Majesty is wrong. My second martial soul is a bit special. It is my body. Even when I first awakened my martial soul, I did not realize that I had a second martial soul. I think that in the history of the Spirit Hall, they must have discovered many people who did not awaken their martial soul or whose martial soul was just a part of their body."

"My martial spirit originates from my mother, who is well-known for not having awakened a martial spirit. Perhaps it was never truly discovered."

The surrounding crowd fell silent. Indeed, there were a very small number of people who had not awakened their martial soul, or whose martial soul was part of their body. However, these were generally considered to be useless martial souls. And having half a level of innate soul power was indeed somewhat similar to having a useless martial soul.

Bibi Dong continued, "Then tell me, why do you have so many 100,000-year-old spirit rings?"

Yang Ping'an smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, you are wrong again. This is not a 100,000-year soul ring, but only a 90,000-year soul ring."

"Recently, my master and uncle were searching for spirit rings in the Star Dou Great Forest. We were quite lucky and found three 90,000-year-old Thousand-Pound Ants. Unexpectedly, after absorbing them, they turned into 100,000-year spirit rings. His Majesty has sent people to search for top-tier spirit beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest for so long, so someone should have discovered these three Thousand-Pound Ants before."

Bibi Dong was stunned for a moment. She had indeed received news about the Three-Headed Thousand-Pound Ant. Although its age was extremely high, it was not a good match for her martial soul, so she hadn't considered it. If she had known it was three 100,000-year soul rings, she probably would have made her move long ago.

Yang Ping'an continued, "Is Your Majesty doubting my stance? If I hadn't intervened just now, my master and uncle would have been in danger, and the Titan Giant Ape and the Azure Bull Python might have sacrificed themselves for Tang San. In that case, your efforts would have been in vain, and you would have only benefited others."

"You should know that the Clear Sky Sect has a grudge against me, but the hatred for the Spirit Empire is even deeper. I think that once Tang San rises to power, the Spirit Hall will never have peace again."

Bibi Dong thought for a moment before speaking: "Then how can I trust you? You haven't joined the Spirit Hall yet. You were born into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and are related to the Breaking Clan. Moreover, it concerns a 100,000-year spirit ring. I don't want to create another enemy."

Yang Ping'an's face was cold: "Your Majesty has made another mistake. I personally killed Yu Luomian and Yu Yuanzhen, and I have nothing to do with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan anymore, let alone the Po Clan affiliated with the Haotian Sect. On the contrary, my stance is already very clear after I killed Tang Hao today."

"Your Majesty is acting strangely today. As one of the strongest beings in the world, you were actually held back by two mere 100,000-year-old soul beasts. If Your Majesty had attacked Tang Hao and Tang San earlier, I'm afraid none of the Clear Sky Sect members would have escaped."

A moment of silence fell over the scene. This battle was indeed a bit strange. Given Bibi Dong's strength, if she really wanted to make a move, Tang Xiao alone wouldn't have been able to stop her, let alone the situation where Yang Ping'an was fighting Tang Xiao alone.

Bibi Dong's face revealed a hint of sarcasm: "Speaking of which, I'd also like to ask you, when exactly did you hide in this area? I didn't even notice you. Could it be that you've been plotting something from the very beginning?"

Yang Ping'an shrugged: "To be honest, I arrived here a long time ago. Ever since I learned that His Majesty wanted to obtain the Titan Giant Ape and Azure Bull Python spirit rings, I have been waiting here. If His Majesty succeeds, I will naturally not make any moves. If anything unexpected happens, I will at least ensure the safety of my master and uncle. In my eyes, their safety is much more valuable than two 100,000-year spirit rings."

Chrysanthemum Douluo had already heard about Yang Ping'an's arrangements from Li Gui. Moreover, Li Gui almost risked his life to rescue the two of them, enduring Tang San's 100,000-year soul skill and even blocking Tang San's Blue Silver Overlord Spear for Ghost Douluo. All of this was arranged in advance by Yang Ping'an.

At this moment, even Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo were somewhat moved, and the surrounding crowd was also amazed. The disciples that Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo had taken in were quite good. Not only were they both titled Douluo, but they were also willing to risk their lives for their master's safety.

Bibi Dong finally relented: "Alright, you've done a great service this time, so I'll give you the Titan Giant Ape's soul ring and soul bone. But I hope you won't act this way next time. Sometimes, when facing enemies and hidden dangers, I'd rather kill the wrong person than let one go."

"Then thank you very much, Your Majesty."

Yang Ping'an sneered inwardly. Bibi Dong's words were all high-sounding, but her actions were completely inconsistent with her status. Otherwise, how could she allow Tang Hao and Tang San to act so recklessly?

Neither side brought up the matter of Yang Ping'an joining the Spirit Empire again. They had already made it very clear last time that with Yang Ping'an's aptitude, strength, and age, he was already enough to overwhelm all the younger generation in the Spirit Empire. How would Hu Liena and Qian Renxue then be able to put themselves in that situation?

Yang Ping'an was silent for a moment. Everyone present was brought by Bibi Dong. If he wanted to obtain the Titan Giant Ape's spirit ring, he would really have to get her approval. At least having this group of Title Douluos protecting him was not bad.

Bibi Dong arrived in front of the Azure Bull Python's corpse, preparing to absorb its spirit ring. The titled Douluo immediately surrounded her, clearly wanting to protect Bibi Dong from interference.

Without saying a word, Yang Ping'an picked up Tang Hao's severed arm from the ground and came to the Titan Giant Ape, preparing to absorb the fifth soul ring of his original martial soul. Li Gui also came to Yang Ping'an to protect him.

Fortunately, thanks to Yang Ping'an's arrangement, Li Gui stayed behind Ghost Douluo the whole time. Otherwise, Ghost Douluo might have really been in danger, especially with the terrifying power of Tang San and Tang Hao's 100,000-year soul skills, which was almost breathtaking.

Yang Ping'an sat cross-legged beside the Titan Giant Ape's corpse. Under the pull of his soul power, the blood-red soul ring was quickly attracted to his main martial soul.

It took four whole days for the Titan Giant Ape to complete absorbing its spirit ring, while Bibi Dong was still absorbing the Azure Bull Python's spirit ring. It seems that the Azure Bull Python is indeed much stronger than the Titan Giant Ape, and may already be at the level of a ferocious beast.

Although the Titan Giant Ape's spirit ring was powerful, it posed no challenge for Yang Ping'an at the moment. The absorption process was painless, and Yang Ping'an even felt that the Titan Giant Ape's spirit ring had too little energy.

Yang Ping'an didn't care about that. He didn't unpack the corpse in front of so many people, but instead put the Titan Ape's body away.

After absorbing the spirit ring this time, Yang Ping'an's spirit power increased again, reaching level 96. However, even after absorbing such a powerful spirit ring, he did not reach the peak of level 96, but only barely entered the middle of level 96.

The Titan Giant Ape's 100,000-year spirit ring also granted Yang Ping'an two extremely powerful skills. His fifth spirit ring skill, Titan Sky Cannon, utilizes his control over gravity to instantly compress air into terrifying energy, unleashing a full-force attack with the power of the Titan Giant Ape. This spirit skill is somewhat similar to the Ant King's Wrath, but it leans more towards gravity control, while the Ant King's Wrath focuses more on pure power attacks.

The second skill of the fifth soul ring of the main body martial soul: Titan's Power. It can control the power of the earth for its own use and form a gravity field around it. Compared with the previous Thousand-Pound Power, it is also a power amplification skill, but it is more inclined to rely on the power of the earth, which is somewhat similar to a domain skill.

Yang Ping'an carefully evaluated the two soul skills. Compared to the pure power of the Thousand-Pound Ant King, the bloodline attribute of the Titan Giant Ape was indeed stronger and more inclined towards a domain-type soul skill.

However, Yang Ping'an also sensed the changes in his soul power at this moment. After a Soul Master enters the Title Douluo realm, their soul power undergoes a qualitative change, gradually transforming from a gaseous state into a liquid state, becoming more condensed.

However, after reaching level 95, the soul power even begins to solidify, and the gap between each level is enormous. Even absorbing a 100,000-year soul ring may not necessarily improve one level. Especially between level 98 and level 99, the strength will be like an insurmountable chasm. Many people may not be able to cross this gap even after decades or even centuries of hard training.

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No wonder Bibi Dong is still at the peak of level 98. You have to know that Bibi Dong, the Soul Devouring Spider Queen, absorbed seven soul rings, including three 100,000-year soul rings and the rest of the soul rings, all of which were over 50,000 years old. Moreover, it took her almost ten years to improve her soul power in the last few levels. This shows how difficult it is to improve soul power in the last few levels.

At this moment, Yang Ping'an was also thinking. He estimated that he was still three levels away from level ninety-nine. He also had four spirit ring slots. Excluding the divine spirit ring, he still had three spirit ring slots. However, he had been searching in the Star Dou Great Forest for so long but still hadn't found the dark and evil attribute spirit rings he wanted. He should have gone to other places to look for them.

At this moment, Yang Ping'an couldn't help but think of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King. That was a soul ring that was nearly a million years old, enough to raise his level from 96 to 99. Unfortunately, no matter how you looked at it, it seemed that he couldn't beat the Deep Sea Demon Whale King. You know, even Tang San, who had a divine artifact, almost lost to the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.

While Yang Ping'an was pondering, the titled Douluos, though protecting Bibi Dong, were also watching Yang Ping'an with great envy, especially the Titan Giant Ape's corpse that Yang Ping'an had collected.

Yang Ping'an now has four soul bone slots, only lacking a torso soul bone and a left leg soul bone.

A 100,000-year-old soul beast will always produce a soul bone that has never appeared on the killer. Based on the characteristics of the Titan Giant Ape, there is an 80% chance that a torso soul bone will appear. It should be noted that this is a top-grade strength-type torso soul bone, which is the most valuable among all soul bones. Even many titled Douluo do not have a torso soul bone.

Yang Ping'an didn't care what those Title Douluos were thinking. If he hadn't intervened, probably half of them would have been killed by the Clear Sky Sect and the two 100,000-year-old soul beasts. He was already being lenient by not asking them for money to save his life.

Over the next few days, Yang Ping'an simply sat down to rest normally, chatting with Li Gui and the other person, mainly discussing the current situation of Douluo Continent, as well as the growth of spiritual herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

Li Gui was extremely grateful to Yang Ping'an. If it weren't for Yang Ping'an's prior arrangements, Ghost Douluo would probably be in trouble, especially since most of Li Gui's soul bones were provided by Yang Ping'an, and they were basically top-quality soul bones.

Moreover, theoretically speaking, although the two are several decades apart in age, they should actually be considered fellow disciples. Don't be fooled by Chrysanthemum Douluo's youthful appearance; even if he's not a hundred years old, he's at least eighty or ninety.

Two more days passed, and Bibi Dong finally finished absorbing the Azure Bull Python's spirit ring. Yang Ping'an carefully observed the changes in Bibi Dong's body. Her spirit power seemed to have undergone a qualitative change. In particular, the moment the spirit ring was absorbed, the entire surrounding space seemed to tremble, and a kind of great power seemed to emanate from her body, somewhat similar to that of the Sea God Douluo Poseidon. It seems that in terms of strength, Bibi Dong is probably no weaker than Poseidon.

Especially the evil aura emanating from Bibi Dong, which was no weaker than the Eerie King and the King of Slaughter deep in the Death Forest, truly demonstrated the formidable power of a level 99 Limit Douluo. (End of Chapter)