Douluo Continent: Peerless Angel Qian Renxue

Chapter 199 Level 40, Unsealing the Ring Bone Again!

Xu Shaoxin naturally wouldn't appear here with his true appearance. Before coming, he had taken the disguise pill given to him by Ye Xishui, and with the help of a special soul tool to suppress his aura, it was no problem for him to deceive Xu Tianyuan, an ordinary titled Douluo.

"It doesn't matter. If they dare to come, we'll let them taste the power of soul-guided technology! As long as they're not a Super Douluo above level 95, we're confident we can blast them to smithereens!"

"Well done!" Xu Shaoxin clapped his hands loudly. "If a Super Douluo comes, I'll throw you out as a sacrifice to activate the weakened version of the Death God's Light and see how it goes!"

Xu Tianyuan's initial worries vanished almost instantly. It seemed that this group had a grudge against the three kingdoms in the east. In their eyes, the Sea Douluo was just an experimental subject, and they would most likely still rely on the Sun Moon Empire for protection.

"A rare metal has been discovered two thousand meters underground! But there is a huge amount of groundwater surrounding the rare metal!" another researcher reported. "If we dig blindly, Hansong Cliff could very well turn into a massive inland lake!"

"How are we supposed to dig for treasure when it's turned into an inland lake? Is this kind of pointless, blind excavation plan really something you could come up with?" Xu Shaoxin slammed his fist on the table. "Think of a way to drain the water!"

"That would probably require building a huge drainage system first, to find a way to calm the underground water down a bit," the researcher said. "But this water is strangely like amniotic fluid in the womb of a sea god, and it seems to be nurturing a lot of life."

Lin Mengtong was taken aback. She ignored the strange analogy: "You mean, there's a life system underground?"

The researcher's expression turned serious: "It's not a life system, but a pure life force. According to our detection, this underground area is practically a life-giving lake within the Star Dou Great Forest!"

Lin Mengtong's expression turned serious. She wasn't unaware that there were secrets hidden underground, but she never expected that there might be something similar to the Gold of Life underground!

"Well done, you scoundrel! You deserve credit! But if Hansong Cliff turns into a second Lake of Life, I'll still tie you to the operating table!" Xu Shaoxin encouraged loudly.

"No!" Lin Mengtong stopped their conversation. "Dig! Dig this place up completely! It doesn't matter if it becomes a second Lake of Life. It's far more valuable than those rare metals!"

"The Lake of Life?" Xu Tianyuan listened to the beastly conversation of this group of people, his heart pounding with fear. They were so quick to send their own people to the operating table or sacrifice them—were these really normal people? Even he, a veteran of countless battles, found it terrifying.

"The Lake of Life in the center of the Star Dou Great Forest contains magical metals imbued with life force beneath its surface," Lin Mengtong explained simply to him.

Xu Tianyuan suddenly realized that although he didn't quite understand why metal could have life force, he knew about the Lake of Life and that many ferocious beasts lived there.

That's a good thing after all.

A gust of wind swept across the sky, and a figure as black as ink appeared before everyone.

"Chief Venerable One!" Lin Mengtong and the researchers bowed deeply.

Long Xiaoyao appeared here. He hadn't quite recovered from the excitement of having a grandson and didn't want to stay at the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters, but he also didn't want to go straight back to the Mingdou Mountains, so Ye Xishui had him come here to check on things. She would handle Yan Shaozhe's situation.

"The situation is different from what we imagined." Lin Mengtong walked to Long Xiaoyao's side and whispered, "There are far more secrets underground than we expected."

"That bastard Sea God pulled some tricks underground?" Long Xiaoyao said expressionlessly. He now had absolutely no goodwill towards Shrek Academy and the so-called continental faith. His beloved grandson had become like this... although it was also related to Yan Shaozhe not growing up by his side. "Yes, and if I'm not mistaken, this should be a means left by Sea God for his descendants. He hid this life force underground, and when the time is right, he can use the life force contained in this underground water to create a second life core in the Douluo plane," Lin Mengtong said solemnly.

Long Xiaoyao glanced at Lin Mengtong: "How do you know so much?"

Lin Mengtong tilted her head: "I read a lot of books."

Long Xiaoyao didn't think much of it. These researchers thought differently from him, so it was normal for them to see things from a longer-term perspective. However, he didn't notice that Lin Mengtong's way of thinking was already comparable to Qian Renxue's.

"Have you guys come up with any ideas yet?" Long Xiaoyao asked.

"Yes, we need you to stay here temporarily," Lin Mengtong said seriously. "The current position can withstand attacks from those below Super Douluo level, but it can't stop Sea King Bastions of level 95 or higher."

"Okay." Long Xiaoyao nodded. "Leave it to me."

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Ten days later.

High above the Jingyang Mountains, a golden figure radiated light.

Qian Renxue exhaled slowly, stabilizing the surging power within her body. This time, she had successfully broken through to level 40, and she was not even twelve years old yet. This efficiency actually surpassed that of her previous life, and compared to that, her strength this time was much more profound. Conservatively speaking, she could defeat 1.5 times her previous level 40 self.

Qian Renxue stretched out her hands, making a gesture of support in front of her chest, and then a dull spirit ring appeared. This was her fourth spirit ring, which had been sealed away. At this moment, the spirit ring began to change, like a miracle. The originally grayish-white spirit ring was imbued with light and began to slowly transform, turning white.

In a mere instant, it transitioned from white to purple; the yellow century-long limit vanished in a flash. But this wasn't the end. The purple spirit ring gradually deepened in color, finally settling on a profound black spirit ring.

"Tsk—" Qian Renxue closed her eyes and let out a soft sigh, clearly not satisfied with the current timeframe.

Forty thousand years—this is the age limit for her fourth soul ring.

At the same time, the lifespan of her first three spirit rings also transitioned to 40,000 years.

She didn't open her eyes, but instead stretched out her right hand. Frowning slightly, she spread her five fingers and then slowly bent them upwards, as if some unknown force was flowing from between heaven and earth into her right arm.

Angelic Armor, 100,000-year-old right arm bone, unsealed!

Ye Xishui stared in disbelief as Qian Renxue unsealed her soul rings and soul bones. For some reason, she felt that compared to Qian Renxue, the spirit ascension techniques she had experienced were utterly weak, and that her spirit gathering techniques might eventually lead her to the same point as her amazing disciple, where she could autonomously condense her soul rings.

(End of this chapter)