Douluo Continent: Dragon's Journey Across the World

Yang Ping'an was extremely surprised at this moment. He never expected that the first time his Bone Prison was broken was by this illusory sea serpent. In particular, Yang Ping'an had already severed its body, yet it was now completely intact, as if it had never been harmed.

Especially judging from the current appearance of this illusory sea serpent, it seems to want to escape, after all, in terms of strength, Yang Ping'an is much stronger than him.

But Yang Ping'an couldn't let this opportunity slip by. He teleported to the side of the illusory sea serpent again, ready to unleash his full power with the Golden Dragon Claw.

Unexpectedly, the illusory sea serpent seemed to be able to predict Yang Ping'an's teleportation and actually made preparations in advance. Its huge head swallowed Yang Ping'an and the surrounding seawater into its belly. Even Yang Ping'an did not expect the illusory sea serpent to be so bold. He knew that once Yang Ping'an entered its belly, he would be at its mercy.

In fact, Yang Ping'an could have dodged the attack, but relying on his strength and methods being much stronger than the illusory sea serpent, he let it swallow him.

After entering the belly of the illusory sea serpent, Yang Ping'an felt as if his entire body had entered an illusory space. It didn't seem to be inside the serpent's belly, but rather a small world that was both real and illusory, somewhat similar to his own Bone Prison.

Especially after entering the belly of the illusory sea serpent, his soul power seemed to begin to dissolve, and his body even seemed to be corroded by darkness. However, this power was still relatively small for Yang Ping'an, after all, Yang Ping'an's soul power and body had already reached the limit of a soul master.

Yang Ping'an carefully observed my environment. The abdomen of this illusory sea serpent was a bit abnormal. It didn't seem like his body. Instead, it was more like an independent, illusory small space, somewhat like the life-and-death arena of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the original work, but without that kind of spatial suppression.

Yang Ping'an merely snorted coldly, and with all his might, he used his right golden dragon claw to grab, instantly unleashing countless sword energies. The entire space seemed to be about to be cleaved apart, but it quickly returned to normal.

After Yang Ping'an launched several attacks, the illusory sea serpent's small space seemed to be torn apart each time, but it quickly recovered, which surprised Yang Ping'an.

Just then, a voice seemed to come from the space: "It's no use. This is my independent world, a virtual world that only the Phantom Sea Serpent race can master after reaching its limit. Humans cannot break through it."

Yang Ping'an smiled slightly: "You've finally spoken. I thought you didn't know how to communicate with humans. But I'm a little curious. I clearly cut you in half at the waist just now, yet you seemed completely unaffected. Could this be a characteristic of you illusory sea serpents?"

The illusory sea serpent seemed a little smug: "Of course, we illusory sea serpents are also known as the undead race in the sea. No human soul master can kill us, and you are no exception."

Yang Ping'an said calmly, "There is no creature in this world that cannot be killed. It just depends on whether the attack strength is sufficient. Especially after my continuous attacks just now, I vaguely felt that your so-called independent world seemed a bit unstable and could collapse at any time. Since you have shown yourself and are speaking, it seems that you are about to reach your limit."

The illusory sea serpent said, "I'm not that easy to defeat. If you stop attacking me, I might consider letting you go."

At that moment, Yang Ping'an's head soul power flashed, and a green light with a diameter of 100 meters appeared. The surrounding void seemed to be shrouded, and the original black aura seemed to quickly turn into nothingness. It was the first skill of the head soul bone: Light of Destruction.

The illusory sea serpent seemed extremely terrified at this moment: "Stop right now! I'll grant you anything you want!"

Yang Ping'an ignored the illusory sea serpent's words. Under the light of destruction, it was as if the sky was being torn apart, and the entire space seemed to be completely ripped apart. In a short while, he returned to the sea.

Compared to Yang Ping'an's leisurely stroll, the illusory sea serpent seemed exceptionally miserable at this moment. Its entire body appeared to have been blown apart, and it seemed that it could no longer use illusory transformation to recover.

The illusory sea serpent seemed extremely terrified: "Don't kill me! I'm willing to sacrifice myself for you. That way, your strength should increase even more. Just preserve a wisp of my soul."

Before he could finish speaking, Yang Ping'an snorted coldly again, and the entire space shattered like glass, ultimately revealing the illusory sea serpent's weakened state once more.

"A second-level illusion, quite interesting. I didn't expect an ordinary soul beast to be able to reach this level. It seems your so-called sacrifice was probably just a scheme to trick me, or rather, to manipulate my mental sea?"

The illusory sea serpent spoke in a trembling voice: "Why is your mental power so strong?"

"I never imagined there were such cunning soul beasts in this world, and with such strong survival abilities. It's a pity that your schemes are child's play."

Yang Ping'an ignored him and activated his fourth spirit ring. A black phantom seemed to shoot out from his head, eventually forming a huge black tiger that attacked the illusory sea serpent. Before he could react, the illusory sea serpent's head exploded, forming a huge blood-red spirit ring.

Yang Ping'an didn't hesitate and went straight to the corpse of the illusory sea serpent to begin absorbing the soul ring. This illusory sea serpent was clearly not a good person, so it was better to kill it directly than to leave any hidden dangers in the future.

As time went by, by absorbing the spirit ring of the illusory sea serpent, Yang Ping'an's body gained a blood-red spirit ring. In particular, upon closer inspection, there were five golden runes on this spirit ring, indicating that the illusory sea serpent was over 500,000 years old. Coupled with his life-saving abilities, it's no wonder that even the Deep Sea Demon Whale King couldn't kill him.

With the absorption of the eighth spirit ring of his martial soul complete, Yang Ping'an felt his spirit power increase once again, reaching the peak of level ninety-nine, seemingly one step closer to level one hundred.

Unexpectedly, as the soul ring absorption was completed, the enormous corpse of the illusory sea serpent turned into nothingness and gradually merged into Yang Ping'an's body, seemingly enhancing his physical attributes significantly, especially his dark attribute.

Especially as the illusory sea serpent's corpse merged into his body, countless energies eventually formed a black energy ball at his heart, somewhat like an external soul bone, and also somewhat like a snake's gall bladder.

Yang Ping'an carefully examined it and concluded that this thing should be an external soul bone. It seemed to resonate with his heart from afar. As long as it was used, it seemed to provide his heart with endless energy, and could even replace his heart for a short time. Moreover, using this soul bone could make his body turn into nothingness, thereby avoiding enemy attacks.

Yang Ping'an called this black sphere the external soul bone of the Illusory Heart, which might have a miraculous effect in the future.

After all, a 100,000-year-old soul beast is bound to produce a soul bone, and it's a soul bone that the beast itself has never appeared before. Yang Ping'an already has a full set of soul bones, so this illusory heart is probably a once-in-a-millennium find.

At this moment, Yang Ping'an was also extremely excited. The illusory sea serpent had given him so much. In addition to two soul skills, it had actually evolved his original martial soul into the ultimate darkness, and at the same time formed a dark domain.

At this moment, Yang Ping'an couldn't help but be a little surprised. This dark domain was somewhat similar to his Golden Dragon Domain. It could not only suppress enemies, but also seemed to be able to devour everything in the world, and it seemed to have endless room for development.

The illusory sea serpent also granted Yang Ping'an two 100,000-year soul skills.

The first of the eighth soul skills of the main body's martial soul: Illusory World, a large-scale group control soul skill. The mental power of everyone around the soul skill is pulled into an illusory world, and they cannot escape unless their soul power is stronger than Yang Ping'an's.

The second of the eighth soul skill of the main body martial soul: Illusory Body. No matter how serious the injury or how much soul power is consumed, after using this soul skill, the whole body can turn into nothingness and then the body will be restored to its best state. Unfortunately, this move requires more than 24 hours between each use, which means it can only be used once a day.

At this moment, Yang Ping'an began to understand. The illusory snake had clearly been seriously injured by him, yet it was able to recover in an instant. It probably used this skill as well.

Yang Ping'an even felt that this move was easier to use than Bibi Dong's immortality, since Bibi Dong's immortality required prior use, while Yang Ping'an's move could be used as long as he had a breath left.

Yang Ping'an was very satisfied with both the soul bone and the two soul skills. With these two soul skills, he would have a certain ability to protect himself even when facing a level 100 True God, let alone an ordinary Limit Douluo.

After Yang Ping'an finished tidying up, he left the deep sea and prepared to return to the mainland.

This voyage was incredibly fruitful. They not only completed part of the assessment but also obtained two perfect soul rings and soul bones. Now they are fully confident in challenging Qian Daoliu or fighting Tang Chen, even if Tang Chen possesses the Asura Demon Sword.

Just two days later, Yang Ping'an finally returned to Douluo Continent, now confident that he was invincible.

Especially after absorbing the eighth spirit ring, he felt as if his entire body had undergone another transformation. He no longer possessed that extremely powerful spirit power; instead, he felt a sense of returning to simplicity.

According to Yang Ping'an's estimation, at least 90% of his soul power has been converted into divine power, and his physical fitness seems to have reached the limit of a soul master. As long as he completes the sixth trial of the Grim Reaper, his original martial soul's ninth soul ring might have a chance to reach the million-year level.

When Yang Ping'an returned to Wuhun City, he also sighed with emotion.

Although the Spirit City still appeared incredibly majestic and even sacred, it seemed to be shrouded in a chilling aura. In particular, the golden light that had enveloped it seemed to have diminished, probably due to Qian Renxue's Angelic Trial.

Moreover, according to Yang Ping'an's estimation, Qian Renxue's progress in the Nine Trials of Angel should be similar to his own, or even slightly faster. However, Yang Ping'an is confident that he can catch up in the last few trials, and may even become a god before Qian Renxue.

In a sense, Wuhun City was the starting point for his growth. Here, Yang Ping'an had Chrysanthemum Douluo as his master. It was precisely because Chrysanthemum Douluo provided him with so much help that he was able to cultivate with peace of mind and truly embark on the path of becoming a strongman.

Upon arriving at Chrysanthemum Douluo's home in Wuhun City, to everyone's surprise, both Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo were there. Logically speaking, since Bibi Dong had already launched a war between the three great empires, how could Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, Bibi Dong's right and left hands, not be on the front lines?

Chrysanthemum Douluo was also surprised to see Yang Ping'an. Normally, Yang Ping'an was always homeless, either cultivating in some secluded place or on his way to cultivate, and rarely visited Chrysanthemum Douluo's home. (End of Chapter)