The Martial Soul Skeleton, in Douluo Continent's Bone-Changing Susanoo

Chapter 108 Death Valley

The spirit beasts in Death Valley are all wild, not domesticated.

Even if the Spirit Hall takes over the entire canyon, it will not be able to truly penetrate the power of the Spirit Masters into every corner of the canyon.

Especially in the core area of ​​the canyon, where the 100,000-year-old soul beast Death Spider King once appeared, there must be other powerful soul beasts inhabiting this area as well.

If you want to send a group of Soul Masters to guard the core area of ​​Death Canyon, then these Soul Masters must all be at least Soul Saint level experts.

Although the Spirit Hall is the organization with the most Spirit Masters on the continent, it would not expend so many Spirit Masters' strength for a mere Death Valley.

Therefore, most of the Spirit Hall Soul Masters stationed in Death Valley are located near the entrance and the outer area.

The soul beasts living in Death Valley are mostly like the Human-Faced Demon Spider—violent, dark, cunning, and powerful. They are all extremely aggressive beings.

The dark valley environment and the formidable chasm further enhance the perilous nature of Death Canyon.

Some Soul Masters were betrayed by their companions or ambushed by Soul Beasts. Their corpses or bones were exposed in the wilderness after they died. Unable to find peace, their spirits gathered in the canyon, forming a strong aura of death.

Reaching the pass between the two mountains, Xia Liang felt a surge of excitement. This was because his Necromancer Skeleton Martial Soul had become active after sensing a strong aura of darkness and death.

This place is practically a natural mass grave. It's perfect for the necromancer skeleton spirit to absorb the dark and death energy from the outside world.

It wasn't until nightfall, when the sky was completely dark, that things continued.

Xia Liang bypassed the mountain pass and entered a valley forest. After activating his X-ray vision and necromancy attributes, he could clearly see the wandering necromancy within a radius of one kilometer.

One by one, the undead, which looked like white Gastly, wandered through the forest, emitting indistinct mournful cries.

His gaze swept over the wandering ghosts around him, and the undead skeleton martial spirit within Xia Liang's body became even more active.

He was almost certain that cultivating in Death Valley would not only allow him to increase his soul power faster, but he could also try to use the dark attribute to devour these homeless undead in the future.

This not only rapidly increases soul power but also strengthens the origin of the martial soul, making it closer to the ultimate undead attribute.

In a clearing in the valley forest, Xia Liang used his X-ray vision to examine an area of ​​several hundred meters in radius and discovered that the same Soul Saint expert was always keeping a distance of one hundred meters from him.

The enhanced X-ray vision can even see invisible objects, so even though this Soul Saint expert used his Soul Skill to shield his aura and mental power detection, he could not escape the X-ray vision's detection.

Upon entering Death Valley, he did not reveal that he possessed a soul bone or other valuable items. The silver bracelet soul tool on his wrist was crudely made and looked worthless. Logically, it should not have attracted the attention of a Soul Saint.

Xia Liang guessed that this Soul Saint might have been sent by the Porcupine Douluo to monitor him, which was probably Qian Renxue's idea.

In the future, as they need to refine their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, they will inevitably have to reveal the secrets of their Martial Soul sooner or later. Xia Liang does not object to Qian Renxue's act of sending people to monitor him. Having someone to monitor him means having someone to protect him, which makes him feel more at ease training and searching for Soul Beasts in Death Valley. He just needs to be careful not to expose some of his private abilities.

After some consideration, Xia Liang decided to ignore the Soul Saint expert a hundred meters away and activated his Undead attribute.

Clusters of dark purple will-o'-the-wisps lit up one after another in the air.

They didn't transform into Gastly or Haunter; they simply remained in the form of Will-O-Wisp.

Qian Renxue knew she had the ability to summon ghost fire to find soul beasts, so there was nothing wrong with revealing it.

Upon receiving the order, approximately five hundred clusters of will-o'-the-wisps suddenly scattered in the air. Their mission was to search for spirit beasts like Shadow Lords in this Death Valley.

Because they have awakened the Dark attribute, they can use darkness to absorb light energy. Therefore, whether it is a blackish-purple Will-O-Wisp, Gastly, or Haunter, they are no longer afraid of sunlight. Even during the day, they do not need to hide in dark places.

In other words, as long as these five hundred ghost flames are not destroyed by soul masters or soul beasts, they can tirelessly carry out the search for soul beasts 24 hours a day.

In order to conserve his soul power to deal with unexpected situations, Xia Liang only used one-third of his soul power to summon the black-purple ghost fire.

Once you're fully recovered, consume some soul power to summon again. Repeat this process, and you can quickly search every corner of the outer area of ​​Death Canyon.

If you still can't find any trace of the Shadow Lord, then venture deeper into the core area to search.

After entrusting the task of finding the soul beast to the black-purple ghost fire, Xia Liang activated his X-ray vision and continued to look for a suitable place for secluded cultivation in the vicinity.

three days later.

Death Valley, outer area.

At the foot of the mountain, in a dark forest, there is a place that resembles a cemetery.

Each grave was casually placed, with no tombstone or trace of incense burning in front of it. Overall, the graves within a radius of 300 meters were scattered haphazardly, suggesting that this was a place where Spirit Hall Soul Masters buried those whose bodies had been left to rot in the wilderness.

For the past three days, Xia Liang has been sitting cross-legged in the center of the cemetery, using the intense aura of death around him as a natural mimicry field for meditation and cultivation.

He discovered that during meditation, the Necromancer Skeleton Martial Soul not only absorbed natural energy from the outside world, but also frantically devoured the surrounding darkness and death energy.

The combination of the two energies not only increases the soul power generated by the undead skeleton martial soul, but also makes the origin of the martial soul purer and more powerful.

The three days of cultivation using the cemetery as a natural simulated field were very effective. Xia Liang could see with his X-ray vision that the thickness of the soul power flowing in his body was increasing significantly every day.

With the Necromancer Skeleton Martial Soul so active and frantically absorbing the surrounding darkness and death energy, it's estimated that it will increase its soul power by one level in less than a month.

In a sense, after devouring the corpse of the ten-thousand-year-old Red-Eyed Tree Demon King, the Undead Skeleton Martial Soul could be considered to have consumed a top-tier Dark Immortal Herb. In terms of cultivation speed alone, it definitely surpasses any other Martial Soul.

However, there are advantages and disadvantages. This cemetery is located in the outer area of ​​Death Valley, and soul beasts often come here to forage.

During meditation, one must also be mindful of dealing with the possibility of being suddenly attacked by a soul beast.

It was only thanks to the awakening of the spiritual attribute, coupled with the black and purple will-o'-the-wisps wandering outside as a warning, that this concern was eliminated.

At this moment, an aura appeared within the range of mental perception.

Xia Liang immediately ended his meditation, stood up, and used his X-ray vision to look ahead. What came into his view was a middle-aged man dressed in the uniform of a Spirit Hall steward. Judging from the flow of soul power within him, this middle-aged man was at least a level 60 Soul Emperor.

With his X-ray vision deactivated, the middle-aged Soul Emperor walked up to Xia Liang, dragging the corpse of a Soul Master, his gaze sweeping over the surrounding graveyard.

Xia Liang and the middle-aged Soul Emperor exchanged a glance and smiled amicably.

"That's strange, I didn't expect to see a Soul Master cultivating here. Young man, are you also a Soul Master from the Spirit Hall?"

When the middle-aged Soul Emperor asked about his identity, Xia Liang's attention was finally drawn away from the dragging Soul Master's corpse. He then took out a token from his silver bracelet and handed it over.

There will be another chapter updated around 10 PM tonight.

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