Douluo Continent: Cultivating Qi and Immortals, Insidious to the Extreme

"Level 30?"

Jiang Xia was slightly taken aback, clearly not expecting Dugu Yan's improvement to be so significant.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Jiang Xia's strong reaction, Dugu Yan suddenly felt flustered.

Dugu Bo quickly came over, grabbed Dugu Yan's wrist, and began to examine her.

After a few breaths, Dugu Bo looked at Jiang Xia with a strange expression.

"There's no problem at all; on the contrary, the foundation is even more solid than before."

"Why don't you take a look, Xiao Jiang?"

Jiang Xia stepped forward and grabbed Dugu Yan's other wrist, his divine sense slowly probing into her body.

After a moment, Jiang Xia thoughtfully released his grip, turned to Dugu Bo, and asked:

"How many levels did Dugu Xin's soul power increase after taking the pill?"

"Not even two levels," Dugu Bo replied without hesitation.

"Although his soul power has not increased much, his foundation, which was eroded by the poison, has been completely repaired, and his talent has also been enhanced to a certain extent. Recently, his cultivation has been significantly faster."

Jiang Xia nodded knowingly: "Then there's no problem."

"This is also the first time I've used these celestial herbs to refine pills, and I somewhat underestimated their medicinal effects."

"Yan Yan is fine; on the contrary, she is very healthy and has a solid foundation, which is no less than that of an ordinary person with full innate soul power."

In the original story, the Shrek Seven Devils could increase their soul power by more than five levels simply by consuming immortal items, and they were still at the three-ring Soul Master stage.

Nowadays, when Jiangxia refines pills, in addition to the main ingredients of the immortal grade, there are also a large number of rare auxiliary ingredients. It is not impossible for Dugu Yan to advance nine levels at once during the Great Soul Master stage.

It seems like he's making a fuss over nothing.

"Phew~" Dugu Yan patted her chest and let out a long sigh of relief.

"It's good that you're alright. Jiang Xia, you looked so serious, I thought I was doomed."

"Since everything's alright, let's go hunt for spirit rings. There are so many spirit beasts outside the poison array; we should be able to find enough suitable spirit rings."

"By the way, Jiang Xia, you should have broken through to level 20 by now, right?"

Jiang Xia laughed and said, "Of course, you've already broken through to level nine, how could I not have broken through?"

"However, you're wrong about one thing. This time, only I will absorb the spirit ring; you can't absorb it yet."

Dugu Yan was taken aback: "Is it because of the whale glue body tempering you mentioned before, Jiang Xia?"

Jiang Xia nodded: "Yes."

"After a while, have your grandfather find some whale glue, and I'll refine it into a Body Tempering Pill for you. After taking it, it will enhance your physical fitness and meridian strength, allowing you to absorb higher-age soul rings."

"Using this as a transition will allow your fourth spirit ring to reach over ten thousand years."

Dugu Yan nodded repeatedly: "Okay, then I'll have my grandfather find more whale glue. Jiang Xia, you can temper your body with me too, and then we can absorb higher-age soul rings together."

Jiang Xia smiled and shook her head: "I'll pass."

"The Glazed Jade Bone Pill has already strengthened my body, and ordinary whale glue is no longer of much use to me, unless it is whale glue from whales that are over 50,000 years old."

"However, whale-type soul beasts of this level are extremely powerful. Even a Title Douluo might not be able to hunt them down in the sea, let alone their whale glue."

"Instead of waiting aimlessly, it's better to decisively absorb a soul ring to break through the current realm, which will also save time to sprint to a higher level."

Dugu Yan blinked: "Oh, is that so? Then let my grandfather help you hunt for the best spirit ring."

"Okay, let's go."

Jiang Xia nodded, and the three of them went down the mountain together.

As soon as Jiang Xia approached the poison array, he heard a large number of beast roars.

These people were attracted by the aroma of the medicine he used when refining pills, but they hesitated to approach due to Dugu Bo's poison array.

Upon arriving at the location, Jiang Xia extended his divine sense and quickly located their target.

It was a giant, silver-white wolf, over 1.3 meters tall at the shoulder and nearly 3 meters long. Its limbs were covered with fine scales, and its three-foot-long horn on its head gleamed with a cold light, occasionally crackling with electricity. It looked majestic and awe-inspiring.

"Old Poisoner, what kind of soul beast is that?"

Dugu Bo looked up and couldn't help but laugh.

"Not bad, you're really lucky, kid. This is a Thunderhorn Scaled Wolf that's nearly 5000 years old, a Thunder-attribute sub-dragon soul beast. It's quite fast, and its single horn on its head is exceptionally sharp, making it extremely powerful. It's perfect for your needs."

"So, do you want me to catch it for you?"

Jiang Xia nodded: "Okay, this is it."

Without a word, Dugu Bo's soul power surged, and he flashed to the front of the Thunderhorn Scale Wolf, placing his hand on its forehead.

"Awoo~"

A flash of green light appeared, and the Thunderhorn Scaled Wolf whimpered and collapsed to the ground.

Dugu Bo grabbed the wolf by the neck and dragged it into the poisonous formation, then casually tossed it in front of Jiang Xia.

"All done, you can handle it now."

Without hesitation, Jiang Xia's right hand flashed with purple light, and purple lightning flew out.

With a flash of lightning, and a soft "poof" sound, a blood hole the size of a thumb appeared between the eyebrows of the Thunderhorn Scaled Wolf.

Moments later, purple energy specks floated out and converged above the corpse to form a mysterious purple soul ring.

Jiang Xia sat cross-legged, extended his right hand and released a wisp of soul power to pull out the soul ring of the Thunderhorn Scale Wolf, which instantly rushed into his body.

Time passed slowly, and soon an hour had gone by. Suddenly, a surge of soul power erupted from Jiang Xia's body, and two soul rings, one yellow and one purple, emerged and slowly rotated around his body.

Dugu Bo looked over with a smile.

"Oh? You broke through so quickly. It seems to have gone very smoothly."

Dugu Yan also came over: "Jiang Xia, congratulations on your breakthrough."

"What kind of soul skill is that? This is a 5000-year soul ring, it must be very powerful."

Jiang Xia opened his eyes, stretched out his right hand to summon Purple Lightning, and the purple soul ring on his body lit up accordingly.

hum-

With a hum, the purple lightning instantly burst forth with a dazzling light, making it look like a lightsaber.

Upon closer inspection, they were countless orderly arcs of lightning, cheering, leaping, and radiating extremely restrained light and heat through friction.

Jiang Xia's eyes sharpened, and a bolt of purple lightning suddenly shot out, piercing through several large trees in an instant.

The fist-sized hole was covered with charred marks and wisps of smoke were rising from it.

Jiang Xia reached out and recalled Zi Dian, introducing it with satisfaction: "Second Soul Skill: Thunder Blade Breaker, increases Zi Dian's lightning attribute attack by 100%, lightning attribute penetration by 50%, and causes a certain amount of burn and lightning paralysis effect when hitting the target."

"It feels alright. Although it doesn't increase attack speed, it does increase attack power, which complements the first soul skill perfectly."

Dugu Bo gave a bitter smile and shook his head helplessly.

"You're really ungrateful, aren't you? Your soul skills are constantly improving exponentially, and you call this 'just okay'? What are the other soul masters supposed to do?"

"You should know that Yan Yan's first soul skill only increases attack and speed by 20%, and my seventh soul skill, Martial Soul True Body, only increases all attributes by 200%."

"You're using your first and second soul skills simultaneously, doubling your attack speed, attack power, and attack penetration. What more could you want?"

"Forget it, the more I talk about it, the more discouraged I get. I need to go back and calm down."

Jiang Xia laughed and said, "Old Poisoner, you can't leave yet."

"What? If I can't afford to offend them, can't I at least avoid them?"

Jiang Xia smiled and shook his head: "No, I'm level 30, and I still need a soul ring."