Douluo Continent: Gretchen at the start, empowered by the Star God.

Chapter 56 Goodbye, Airi

Explosion epicenter—

Lang Lei emerged from the smoke and dust, holding a glowing soul bone in his hand.

"Xuanbing, could you please clean up the surrounding area?" Lang Lei looked at Xuanbing in the sky.

"Yes!" Xuanbing agreed without hesitation.

The next moment, the cold air spread outwards, cooling back down the places that had been ignited by the terrifying heat.

Even small sparks in some places were extinguished.

"Okay, I'm going to absorb the spirit ring now. Don't let any other spirit beasts or spirit masters get close," Lang Lei instructed.

In fact, most soul beasts sensed such a terrifying attack and chose to flee. It is likely that no soul beasts will approach this area for a long time. The ones who are truly on guard are those soul masters who only know that "fortune favors the bold" but do not know that "life is easily lost in danger".

Of course, there's also the Azure Bull Python.

Although they cannot leave because they are guarding the gates of the Lake of Life, it is hard to guarantee that they will not impulsively leave the central area for the sake of their brother's comfort.

"yes!"

Lang Lei nodded with relief, sat down cross-legged, and continued absorbing the bright red 100,000-year-old Titan Giant Ape soul ring.

"Ding, [Encounter Quest: Showdown with Titan Ape] is complete. Rewards will now be distributed."

"Ding! Titan Giant Ape Soul Ring Age is increasing—"

"A dormant remnant soul of a 100,000-year-old soul beast, the Titan Giant Ape, has been detected within the soul ring. Cleaning will now begin."

"Clearance complete, Soul Ring upgrade complete."

"Please note that the absorption difficulty will not increase; it will remain at the level of a 100,000-year-old soul beast."

At this moment, Lang Lei had no time to pay attention to the system's voice. Although absorbing a 100,000-year soul ring was no longer a difficult task for Lang Lei, the process of absorbing a soul ring still required concentration.

Sea of ​​the Spirit —

That's right. Back when Lang Lei's martial soul evolved into the Burial Autumn Dragon King, Lang Lei had already opened up his spiritual sea, but he just didn't pay much attention to it.

At this moment, the Titan Ape's resentment, carrying boundless power, attempted to destroy this place.

Residual souls and resentment are different. The system cleared away the residual souls, but the resentment will probably have to come to Lang Lei himself.

In an instant, the sea of ​​consciousness surged with turmoil. Lang Lei manipulated his mind to fight against it, but it would probably take some effort to completely eradicate the other party's resentment.

"I should have known better than to mention Xiao Wu..."

This was the first time Lang Lei had witnessed the power of obsession, which amplified the Titan Ape's resentment countless times, making it exponentially more difficult to absorb.

What should have been an easy task of absorbing a spirit ring has now become a price to pay—a minor injury—because of his loose tongue...

Of course, that's all.

If it weren't for Lang Lei's mental weakness, the Titan Ape wouldn't have even had a chance to injure him.

Suddenly, a warm light enveloped Lang Lei—

"I know you're angry~"

"But you can't hurt him, okay?"

A warm pink light emanated, as if cleansing away dust. Wherever it passed, the ripples stirred in the sea of ​​spirits were completely calmed, and the black resentment was dissolved like the morning mist meeting the rising sun.

Despite the Titan Ape's deep resentment, it could not escape the fate of being annihilated by this power.

After all the resentment was cleared away, Alicia's figure appeared in front of Lang Lei's spiritual body.

"Hmm, it's different from mine."

"Little Du actually knew to conjure up a set of clothes for himself the first time he entered the Sea of ​​Spirit."

"Xiao Du?" Lang Lei looked at Alicia with a puzzled expression. At this moment, she was wearing the combat uniform that he often wore in the Fire Moth. Her figure was curvaceous and captivating.

"This one?"

"It's Lang Lei's nickname~"

"In the world of me and Gretchen, in the common language of the Mu Continent, 'Lang Lei' means 'loneliness'~"

"So, it's just a little solo act."

"I see……"

"By the way, Ellie, why are you in the Sea of ​​Spirit?" Lang Lei suddenly realized something. The last time he encountered Ellie's phantom, it must have been in a place similar to the mental space, right?

"Well..."

"After Lang Lei opened up his spiritual sea, my intuition told me that I could give this a try."

"And so, it was a success!"

"As expected, beautiful girls can do anything!"

"Although... there was a slight mishap when we came in."

"But that doesn't detract from the girl's perfection!"

"A minor accident?"

Lang Lei suddenly remembered what Alicia had said earlier: that he knew how to conjure up a set of clothes for himself the first time he came in.

So, in that case...

When Alicia first came in...

"Don't think about it! Don't think about it!" Alicia waved her hands in front of Lang Lei.

"Alright, alright, I know, I don't want to think about it anymore." Lang Lei sighed inwardly, wondering why he hadn't thought to come in and take a look when the Sea of ​​Spirit was first built!

"What's infuriating is..."

"My mini-fairy version is actually mocking beautiful girls!"

"She doesn't look like me at all when I was a child!"

Alicia pointed to Elpita, who was in the Sea of ​​Spirit. At that moment, Elpita was lost in a dream, whether he was developing new features or simply slacking off was unknown.

"That's not how it was originally..." Lang Lei said helplessly.

"Alright, I've used up so much energy, and now I'm out of energy again."

"See you next time!"

"Okay, see you next time, Airi."

Soon, Alicia's voice disappeared into the sea of ​​consciousness, while Lang Lei's absorption of the soul ring continued.

Having overcome the most difficult and dangerous hurdle of resentment, the remaining steps are much simpler.

Unsurprisingly, the second martial soul, Heavenly Fire Judgment, once again joined in the fun and "mooched a meal."

Soon, Lang Lei completed the absorption of the spirit ring.

The spirit ring, enhanced by the system, has reached an age of 300,000 years, making it a true Titan Giant Ape spirit ring of ferocious beast level!

Lang Lei's soul power level also improved significantly during this soul ring absorption, reaching level 45, which means he has theoretically completed half of the path to becoming a Soul Master...

Although the mission was indeed triggered, the mission reward did not include any lottery draws, and I am still two draws away from Lang Lei's habit of waiting for me to do a ten-draw.

The second spirit ring of the second spirit soul, Heavenly Fire Judgment, has reached a 700,000-year condensation progress. Once Lang Lei has the second spirit soul, Heavenly Fire Judgment, absorb the Titan Giant Ape's spirit bone, the second spirit ring of Heavenly Fire Judgment will arrive soon.

Unsurprisingly, the 300,000-year-old Titan Giant Ape spirit ring granted Lang Lei two spirit skills. These spirit skills were surprisingly well-suited to Lang Lei, effectively addressing his mental weakness once again.

As soon as Lang Lei opened his eyes, a pair of flawless, large eyes stared straight at him, making Lang Lei feel a sense of déjà vu about the scene.

"Brother Lang Lei, hug me~"

"Gresch, you weren't asleep after all..."

"No, I'm waiting for Brother Lang Lei."

"Kids shouldn't stay up late!"

"Your skin will get worse."

"You're lying, Gretchen wouldn't do that."

"Okay, okay, little Greta wouldn't do that~"

To Lang Lei's disappointment, after comparing himself to little Gretchen, it was clear that Lang Lei's height still showed no signs of growth...

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