Douluo Continent: Pioneers of the Era, Gods in Parallel

"It's alright. Even if the soul skill doesn't help us much right now, your strength has still increased, and our power has grown stronger."

"We will definitely get better and better."

Seeing Zhou Yanyan like this, Zhou Yuan immediately offered words of comfort and encouragement.

There was no other way; their team was still very small and needed to be nurtured as they grew.

"My first soul skill is called Netherworld Lurking. After using this soul skill, I will transform into a wisp of black smoke, increasing my speed by 100% and my resistance to physical attacks by 50%. In addition, as long as the soul power of any being is 10 levels higher than mine, it will be very difficult for them to detect me."

"As for soul beasts, those under five hundred years old, unless they are mental or possess special abilities, will have a hard time detecting my concealment..."

Zhou Yanyan knew that her soul skill was quite good, but she was still somewhat disappointed.

The reason is simple: in the current situation, she desperately wants a soul skill with powerful destructive capabilities.

"A very good stealth and reconnaissance-type soul skill, how can you say it's nonexistent?"

"This is so useful! With you here, we'll be able to explore even farther places. And once you've improved your strength, you might even be able to help me find the way out of here!"

Zhou Yuan's words were not meant to boost Zhou Yan Yan's confidence, but rather because he genuinely believed that Zhou Yan Yan's soul skill was very useful.

His second martial soul, the Illusionary Moon Star Eye, had limited use before he acquired a soul skill.

Furthermore, it requires specific conditions such as moonlight to be able to detect the surroundings.

With Zhou Yanyan's first soul skill, they will be able to explore situations at greater distances.

If we could find a safe route to the tribe in advance, that would be ideal.

"Really?"

Zhou Yanyan felt a little insecure for a moment.

"That's absolutely true!"

Zhou Yuan then explained to Zhou Yan Yan the wonderful uses of her soul skills and how to try to develop her martial soul a second time.

After that, he stopped disturbing Zhou Yanyan and allowed her to familiarize herself with controlling her own power, persist in meditation, and thus better refine the power in her soul ring so that she could advance to the next level as soon as possible.

Influenced by Zhou Yanyan, Manqian and Jiang Caiwei also worked harder in their cultivation.

As for Zhou Yuan, he had already consumed two pieces of Millennium Whale Glue.

Given the current situation, it's time to try and obtain your first spirit ring.

He had also considered softening the ten-thousand-year-old whale glue to improve his physique and pursue a first soul ring of a higher age.

But he did not try it lightly.

I really don't know if I can withstand the power of the ten-thousand-year-old whale glue.

Of course, there is an even more important reason, which is that there is no way to soften that ancient whale glue.

It's simply not possible under the current conditions.

Once I have a more stable life, I might try to create conditions that can soften the elixir of the ancient whale.

What should I choose as my first spirit ring?

Zhou Yuan fell into thought.

But soon he gave up thinking about it.

It makes absolutely no sense.

Under the current circumstances, he has no right to choose.

It's already quite good to find someone suitable.

He planned to focus solely on cultivating his first martial soul, the Holy Light Qilin.

With the attributes of holiness and light, coupled with his own powerful strength, he has quite a few soul beasts that are suitable for him.

The Radiant Unicorn, the Heavenly Dragon Horse, the Radiant Earth Dragon, the White Tiger... each of them is an extremely powerful and rare soul beast.

Given their current situation, it would be incredibly difficult for them to obtain it.

For the next period of time, Zhou Yuan led everyone to cautiously explore the surroundings, while Shi Hao and Jiang Caiwei, who were relatively weaker, mostly stayed in the cave to cultivate.

Before they knew it, another half month had passed. During this time, Zhou Yuan and his group had collected a lot of supplies, but they still hadn't found the soul beast they needed.

Even if Zhou Yuan lowered his standards and randomly chose a four-legged soul beast like a wolf, tiger, or leopard, he still couldn't find a suitable one.

It's not that we didn't make any discoveries at all.

He did find a suitable soul beast for him: the Heavenly Dragon Horse.

The problem is, it's a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast.

Although the other party was merely passing by, the oppressive aura emanating from him made Zhou Yuan and the others dare not show their faces.

Even Zhou Yuan was somewhat anxious under these circumstances.

"No rush, let's keep waiting!"

Zhou Yuan repeatedly told himself not to act rashly or impulsively.

"Zhou Yuan, we've found a soul beast that might be suitable for you."

Early this morning, Zhou Yanyan returned after her routine inspection of the surrounding area, her face filled with undisguised excitement and joy.

Even before obtaining a spirit ring, Zhou Yuan was already extremely powerful.

They were really looking forward to seeing how strong Zhou Yuan would become after obtaining the spirit ring.

"What kind of spirit beast is it? How old is it? Is there a chance to hunt it?"

Upon hearing this news, Zhou Yuan was immediately filled with anticipation.

Although one can still increase their soul power by meditating without obtaining a soul ring, having or not having a soul ring makes a world of difference.

"I don't know exactly what kind of tiger-type spirit beast it is, but I do know that it is less than a thousand years old. Although there is some danger in hunting it, there is still a chance."

"He was chased to this vicinity by an even more powerful soul beast."

"From a distance, it's clear he's injured."

"As for the specific extent of the injuries, we cannot determine that without further examination!"

Zhou Yanyan quickly informed Zhou Yuan of the information she had gathered.

"Tiger-type spirit beast, under a thousand years old, severely injured..."

Zhou Yuan keenly grasped these three keywords.

Wasn't this prepared especially for myself?

After waiting for so long, it's finally here.

Zhou Yuan knew that there was an element of luck involved, but it also proved that resources were abundant in this era.

In the primordial era, spirit beasts roamed the land, and battles between them were a constant occurrence. Such accidental events were quite likely to happen.

However, Zhou Yuan did not act immediately. Instead, he asked Zhou Yanyan to investigate the situation further, and he would confirm it again that evening.

Should we be cautious?

While Zhou Yuan was working feverishly to obtain his first spirit ring, Yu Xiaogang also began to take action on the Douluo Continent.

He spent a full two weeks, exhausting all his thoughts, piecing together a paper from various sources.

This paper is quite sensational, covering a wide range of topics, from Soul Masters to Title Douluos.

It can be said that Yu Xiaogang has poured his life's work and his pinnacle ideas into it.

He was very confident that he would shine this time.

So, Yu Xiaogang confidently brought his thesis to the Notting City Martial Spirit Hall branch.