Douluo: The Peerless Tang Sect - The Ordinary Life of a Supporting Character

Chapter 2 First Soul Ring

Wang Xing's idea was quickly put into practice, and some relatively young spirit beasts became Wang Nan's practice targets. After traveling and stopping along the way, and repelling several attacks by spirit beasts, the two finally arrived at their destination.

Obtaining a spirit ring isn't just about blindly taking chances. As Wang Xing mentioned before, he had been to the Star Dou Great Forest several times and had naturally noticed a few spirit beasts suitable for Wang Nan. Their first target was a four-hundred-year-old Azure Scale Python that lived nearby.

"This is it." The number of spirit beasts around them had clearly decreased, but Wang Nan and his companion did not let their guard down. As the largest gathering place for spirit beasts, the Star Dou Great Forest was not a place without spirit beasts. The decrease in their numbers could only mean that a more powerful spirit beast lived here and had claimed this place as its territory.

After waiting for a while and seeing that there was still no movement around him, Wang Xing took out a small bottle from his storage soul tool and spilled some of the liquid inside.

"This is made from the urine of other soul beasts. I added something to make its scent more volatile. Soul beasts have a strong sense of territory, so it should be able to attract that Azure Scale Python." Wang Xing sighed. "Hopefully, it wasn't absorbed by someone else."

Fortunately, the worst did not happen. Not long after, a python seven or eight meters long slowly appeared.

It looks similar to an ordinary python, with a brown body and black leopard-like spots on its back. The most eye-catching feature is the huge emerald green scale on its head, which almost covers the entire top of its head and appears crystal clear in the sunlight.

Wang Xing also released his martial spirit, five spirits—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, purple—that slowly pulsated around the Panlong Staff.

"Looks like we're in luck." Wang Xing observed for a moment, confirmed the age of the soul beast in front of him, and then without hesitation, he pushed off with his feet and pounced through the air. His third soul ring lit up with a pale purple light, and he swung the Panlong Staff in his hand, creating a sharp sound in the air.

The Azure-Scaled Python showed no sign of backing down, coiling its body into a ball like a spring, its head fixed on Wang Xing. Just as its body reached its limit of compression, it suddenly exerted all its strength, arriving in front of Wang Xing in the blink of an eye.

"boom--"

The difference in strength between a hundred-year-old soul beast and a soul king is still too great. As the Panlong Staff fell, the soul beast, which had been so aggressive just moments before, became motionless in the blink of an eye.

Wang Xing kicked the limp python twice to make sure it was unconscious, then beckoned to Wang Nan, "Nan'er, come here, your first spirit ring has been secured."

"What is this?" Wang Nan's eyes lit up as he looked at the strange python in front of him. During its growth, the scales on the top of the head of the Azure Scale Python will show different states due to different environments. The scales of this one covered the entire head, so it was obviously not an ordinary one.

"The one I chose for you is naturally not ordinary." Wang Xing said, pointing to the scales on the top of the Azure Scale Python's head. "See this green scale on its head? It must have been influenced by some kind of dragon-type soul beast. This is not a snake scale, but a dragon scale."

"Dragon scales, can they turn into dragons?" Wang Nan exclaimed in surprise. In an instant, he recalled many stories he had seen in his previous life about snakes transforming into dragons.

"How could that be? It's just mutated due to the influence of dragon aura. Dragons are the top-tier type of soul beasts; they can't just transform into anything."

"I see." Wang Nan didn't delve any deeper. In his memory, there was a black dragon deep in the Star Dou Great Forest, so it was best not to discuss dragon-related topics too much here.

"Alright, get ready to absorb the spirit ring. With your physical strength, you can withstand a four-hundred-year spirit ring without any problem. Don't be nervous, take your time. I'll be watching you from the side. I'll take action if anything unexpected happens."

"Okay." Wang Nan nodded, enlarged the coiled dragon staff in his hand, and stabbed it into the top of the green python's head. The green scale shattered instantly, and soon, a yellow soul ring slowly rose up.

Wang Nan sat cross-legged beside the Azure Scale Python, his Dragon-Coiling Staff touching his Soul Ring. Just then, his consciousness uncontrollably left his body and entered the Sea of ​​Spirit.

"Why now?" Wang Nan's heart tightened. He had encountered this situation before, when his Martial Soul awakened, and it was at that time that the ball of light appeared in his spiritual sea. He didn't expect that something like this would happen again while absorbing the Soul Ring.

He sensed it briefly and, as usual, could still feel that his body was in a meditative state. Normally, Wang Nan would have pondered what was happening, but at this moment he was absorbing a spirit ring, a crucial moment that couldn't be interrupted.

Just as his consciousness was about to leave and return to his body, an uninvited guest appeared in his sea of ​​consciousness. A brown body, black markings, and emerald green scales—the Azure Scale Python he had killed outside appeared in his sea of ​​consciousness.

"What's going on here? Could it be because of absorbing a spirit ring?" Wang Nan guessed. After all, this wasn't the first spirit beast he had killed, and no other spirit beasts had appeared here, so he could only guess at the spirit rings.

"I've heard that when absorbing a spirit ring, the consciousness clashes with the consciousness of the spirit beast within the ring, but I've never heard of a spirit beast directly appearing in the sea of ​​consciousness. But now's not the time to worry about the reason; I need to figure out how to deal with it first. There's another spirit ring waiting for me to absorb outside."

Facing a hundred-year-old soul beast, Wang Nan naturally dared not be careless, but he wasn't overly nervous either. He had been to the Sea of ​​Spirit countless times and was intimately familiar with its rules.

Here, he can detect even the slightest disturbance immediately, and his body, formed from spiritual energy, can instantly appear anywhere here. Even if this body is scattered, as long as the lake below hasn't dried up, he can reassemble it.

With such an advantage, even a hundred-year-old soul beast is not invincible.

The Azure Scale Python naturally didn't understand what was happening, but its instincts still made it pounce towards Wang Nan. Its huge body did not affect its speed, and it was much faster than the tree snake it had encountered before.

Unfortunately, Wang Nan was fully aware of the situation within the entire Sea of ​​Spirit, and it was detected as soon as it made a move. Wang Nan's figure flickered continuously, easily dodging several attacks in succession.

After gradually becoming familiar with the Azure Scale Python's attacks, Wang Nan subtly moved his mind, causing ripples to spread across the lake beneath his feet. A staff materialized and flew into Wang Nan's hand. He unleashed the staff techniques he had been practicing, and after several rounds, the Azure Scale Python hadn't even touched the hem of Wang Nan's clothes. Instead, Wang Nan seized the opportunity to swing his staff several times.

The Azure Scale Python was, after all, a hundred-year-old soul beast. Wang Nan's attack did not defeat it directly, but instead aroused its ferocity. The emerald green scales on its head shimmered with light, and streaks of blue light covered its entire body. Its speed was even faster than before.

"What a pity. In the outside world, I would have no chance of dodging at that speed, but in my mental sea, teleportation is just a matter of a thought."

After several failed attacks, the Azure-Scaled Python seemed to have exhausted its strength and stopped attacking. The man and the python stared at each other for a moment, and Wang Nan took the initiative, teleporting behind the Azure-Scaled Python and tentatively swinging a few blows with his staff.

(End of this chapter)