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

"What the heck?"

Dugu Bo stared wide-eyed at Jiang Xia in disbelief.

Dugu Yan's mouth was slightly open, looking as if she had seen a ghost.

Jiang Xia smiled and nodded: "You heard me right, I'm already level 30."

Dugu Bo took a deep breath, suppressing his shock, and said, "How could it have improved so much?"

"Yan Yan's level 9 advancement is already astonishing, but compared to your level 13, it really doesn't seem like much."

Jiang Xia laughed and said, "You can't calculate it that way."

"First, the pills I took were made from two celestial herbs, the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum and the Narcissus Jade Bone, which complement each other, so their medicinal effects are relatively stronger."

"Secondly, I absorbed a spirit ring two levels higher than the previous one. The higher the age of the spirit ring, the more energy it will provide me after absorption, so it is normal for me to break through 13 levels in a row."

"Thirdly, I'm not leveling up to level 13 this time, but higher."

"You should know that my third ring is a challenge for a ten-thousand-year soul ring. After absorbing this soul ring, it will definitely allow my soul power level to break through explosively again."

Dugu Bo was speechless, standing there for a long time without saying a word.

Dugu Yan's emerald-like eyes gleamed with a sharp light as she stared intently at Jiang Xia.

"Wow, that's amazing! Can absorbing a spirit ring from a higher level really improve your power this much? I want to absorb spirit rings from higher levels too!"

"Jiang Xia, just you wait, I'll catch up with you very soon."

Jiang Xia encouraged him, "Okay, I'll wait for you to come after me."

Dugu Bo sighed as he looked at his granddaughter's confident demeanor.

Silly child, how could ordinary people like us possibly catch up with such a monster that even other monsters fear?

I really hope you won't suffer any more setbacks in the future.

Dugu Bo shook his head helplessly and did not offer any advice to Dugu Yan.

After all, people can only grow faster by experiencing more things; this was what Jiang Xia told him.

"Xiao Jiang, are you planning to absorb this third spirit ring using the same methods as the first two?"

Jiang Xia nodded: "That's right, the same standard, lightning attribute, fast speed, and strong attack power."

"I want to reach the very top of Kyokugenryu."

Dugu Bo frowned slightly and shook his head thoughtfully.

"Xiao Jiang, I think you might be falling into a misconception."

"In reality, the Limit Flow is not a simple and crude endless increase in basic attributes, but rather all soul skills are designed to enhance a certain characteristic."

"For example, offense, defense, control, healing, etc., rather than basic attributes such as strength, speed, and attack."

"Everyone knows that endlessly increasing basic attributes will result in great strength, but the human body has its limits, and we must make trade-offs."

"You might think one or two soul skills are fine now, and the base power boost of one or two times would be very strong, and your body could handle it, but what about later?"

"With the simultaneous amplification of several soul skills, plus the Martial Soul True Body, the pressure will be several times or even dozens of times greater than before. At that time, let alone attacking, the pressure will cause your body to collapse first."

"Don't forget you have another martial soul. Absorbing the other nine soul rings will also put a lot of pressure on your body."

Jiang Xia was slightly taken aback, but after a moment's thought, he completely understood.

The "Extreme Flow" refers to pushing the limits in major aspects, rather than focusing on relentlessly enhancing basic attributes.

For example, Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Yang Wudi of the Breaking Clan both have soul skills designed for offense. They are generally considered to be the ultimate style soul masters in the soul master world.

There is absolutely no need to enhance the basic attributes of every soul skill.

That's not called pushing your limits, that's called courting death.

"You're right. If the body can't handle it in the future, then absorbing more amplifying soul skills now will be useless, and it might even waste soul ring slots."

"It's better to play it safe. What type of spirit beast do you think I should absorb for my third spirit ring?"

"A functional soul beast," Dugu Bo said after a moment's thought.

"Your flying sword attack speed is indeed very fast, but I find that the attack pattern is very simple. It's just flying thrusts and aerial slashes."

"This kind of attack is difficult for low-level Soul Masters to dodge, but high-level Soul Masters have keen senses and can often predict the arrival of the attack in advance, thus making a dodge."

"In addition, with the diversity of martial souls and the uniqueness of soul skills, there might be a soul master who has the means to restrict your flying sword, thus forming a targeted counter to you."

"If your flying sword attacks are diverse, such as stealth, splitting, exploding, teleporting, etc., you can easily face any enemy and avoid being targeted."

Dugu Bo truly lives up to his reputation as a seasoned veteran, the number one rogue cultivator and titled Douluo Continent, and a representative figure of the balanced style.

This can be seen from his spirit ring configuration.

It has everything: single-target attack, area-of-effect attack, defense, and control.

It has no particular strengths, but it also has no obvious weaknesses.

Although they cannot defeat the enemy, they will not be easily killed either.

No matter who he encounters, he seems to have a knack for dealing with them.

This choice may have been a helpless situation for Dugu Bo as a rogue cultivator, but for Jiangxia, it became the first step for him to become a hexagonal warrior.

After all, he absorbed each of his spirit rings beyond his level, each of his spirit skills was powerful enough, and he also had a second spirit to make up for his weaknesses.

"Alright, let's do it your way, Old Poison Master. Help me pick a suitable soul beast."

Dugu Bo chuckled, lightly touched the air with his toes, and rushed out of the poison array in the blink of an eye.

"Don't worry, I'll definitely pick a soul beast that you'll be satisfied with."

Ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts are already extremely powerful and quite rare.

The most ordinary ten-thousand-year-old soul beast is already comparable to a five-ring soul king. If it also contains some powerful bloodline, its combat power can easily double or triple.

For example, the famous Titan Giant Ape can compete with ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts in a hundred years, and can fight against a titled Douluo in fifty thousand years. When it first enters the hundred-thousand-year stage, it is comparable to a level 96 Super Douluo.

Given Jiang Xia's talent, while he doesn't necessarily need to use a top-tier soul beast like the Titan Giant Ape as his soul ring, it definitely can't be too ordinary either.

Dugu Bo walked through the air, flying around the poison array, carefully selecting the most suitable soul beast for Jiang Xia.

The 8,000-year-old Flaming Lion can add an explosive effect.

The features are okay, but the lifespan is too short.

The Eternal Jungle Cat can become invisible in forest environments and also increase its speed.

The age requirement is met, but the species is too common, and there are too many restrictions on camouflage.

The Ten-Thousand-Year Thunder Eagle, with its wings flapping like thunder and its attacks like lightning, has very suitable attributes and characteristics.

But if he is too vigilant and flies too high, Dugu Bo will be unable to catch him.

After circling around, Dugu Bo eliminated one soul beast after another. Just as he was about to return to the starting point to find another way, he suddenly caught a glimpse of something unusual out of the corner of his eye.

Just now, a large tree seemed to have moved slightly.

Dugu Bo immediately stopped and tentatively launched a cloud of poisonous mist towards the unusual location.

Whoosh whoosh—

The next second, seven or eight monsters with dazzling light burst out of the poisonous fog and disappeared into the depths of the jungle in the blink of an eye.

Dugu Bo was stunned for a moment, then his expression turned to wild joy. His soul power surged, and a bright green light instantly covered an area of ​​about a thousand meters in radius.

Clearly, he recognized the soul beast.

Yes, just one.

Those seven or eight figures all came from a single soul beast, the Mirror Shadow Beast.