Douluo Continent: The Eye of Truth

Chapter 96 The Appearance of the Mirage Dragon

The boundless sea appears azure and deep.

Every night, the lightless ocean is like an abyss that threatens to swallow everything, inspiring fear.

Although for the strong, going to sea is generally not very dangerous.

However, even with the Super Douluo Undying leading the team, along with the support of five Title Douluos, the journey was not exactly smooth.

The group did not travel by ship, as ships would only slow down their movement for a group of titled experts whose soul power was above level ninety.

As for supplies along the way, apart from the edible sea spirit beasts in the ocean, each Title Douluo carried enough supplies in their storage soul tool.

Moreover, the islands encountered along the way can replenish the missing supplies, since for the Body Sect, going out to sea to hunt soul beasts has long been their daily routine for thousands of years.

The abundant resources hidden in the ocean are enough to support the stable development of such a secluded sect.

That's why the Body Sect and others came up with a set of action guidelines on how to hunt souls at sea.

On the vast ocean, the powerful members of the Body Sect were gathered with Huo Yuhao on a raft drifting on the sea.

Huo Yuhao was currently responsible for maintaining the stability of the raft using his soul power, while the other titled Douluo were meditating and restoring their soul power.

Nowadays, only Super Douluo are qualified to condense Soul Cores. As the exclusive domain of Super Douluo, the Soul Master world knows very little about Soul Cores.

This also means that due to a lack of understanding of soul cores, very few titled Douluo are able to condense them during their breakthrough.

The scarcity of Soul Core owners means that most people don't understand how to condense a Soul Core, so even Title Douluo cannot maintain a full Soul Power at all times.

After each exploration of the deep sea, even if they did not find a target soul beast for Huo Yuhao, the titled Douluo of the Body Sect would need to take a short rest to recover their soul power.

Unfortunately, in the vast ocean, searching for a suitable 100,000-year-old soul beast is like looking for a needle in a haystack without the cooperation of many powerful individuals.

"Damn it, didn't we hear that a 100,000-year-old soul beast was spotted here? Where did it go?" Du Busi cursed.

Another titled Douluo said with a helpless expression, "Sect Master, this happened three years ago. The changes of soul beasts in the ocean are determined by ocean currents, and are not as fixed as those of soul beasts on land."

"Previously, it was only said that the traces of a 100,000-year-old soul beast were suspected. Even if it is true, so many years have passed, and it is uncertain when it will return."

Poison Undying was naturally aware of this situation as well. However, along their journey, based on the intelligence gathered by the disciples and followers of the Body Sect during their previous sea explorations, they searched for several sea areas that might be inhabited by 100,000-year-old soul beasts.

However, without exception, they all came up empty-handed, even though most of the information they had was about 100,000-year-old spirit beasts that were unrelated to spirit beasts with 100,000-year-old spiritual attributes.

However, besides hunting spirit rings for Huo Yuhao, if they could also hunt one or two more 100,000-year spirit beasts, the resources contained within them would be enough for the Body Sect to cultivate a few more powerful individuals.

"Alright, now that we've recovered enough, let's get ready to move on. Damn, there probably isn't much left in the shallow waters now; we'll have to go deeper," said Poison Undying, frowning.

The sea area they are currently in is not far from the Douluo Continent. Apart from the coastal area, the deepest part of the sea in this near-shore area is only five or six thousand meters deep, and most of the sea spirit beasts living there have a cultivation level of only thirty or forty thousand.

Moreover, with the rapid development of soul tools in recent years, the competition for resources among humans on the continent has become increasingly fierce. As a result, human forces are now gradually beginning to explore the ocean.

Perhaps this is why human exploration has led to significant changes in the ecosystem of near-shore spirit beasts, or perhaps it is due to other reasons that there has been no harvest so far.

However, since he personally went out to fight Poison Undying this time, there was no reason for him to return empty-handed!

After everyone had rested enough, Huo Yuhao used his soul power to dismantle the raft that was drifting on the sea and put it into his storage soul tool.

With one hand holding Huo Yuhao, Du Bu Si led the group and continued flying deeper into the ocean.

Neither the storms, the attacks from sea spirit beasts, nor those ignorant soul master pirate groups could pose any obstacle to the powerful Body Sect group.

After drifting for another month, Du Busi led Huo Yuhao and the others to a deserted island in the middle of the ocean.

"Let's rest here for a while." It was already late when the group arrived at the island.

The island is not very large, and the mental power of the super Douluo Du Bu Si is more than enough to cover it.

After scanning the island several times with his mental power, Poison Undying said, "This island isn't dangerous at all; it doesn't seem to have any soul beasts that are over a hundred years old."

"Let's set up camp first, and when it's light tomorrow, we'll set off along this island and continue exploring into the deep sea. I refuse to believe that we won't find a single 100,000-year-old soul beast."

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement. Huo Yuhao, along with Du Busi, quickly set up a campsite for rest using the supplies stored in their soul storage devices.

The members of the Body Sect are all titled Douluo, and even though they have been living in the open these past few days, their spirit and physical strength have remained intact.

Even Huo Yuhao, whose cultivation level was relatively low, had a good physique due to various opportunities. Although it was called a rest, in reality, everyone took turns to regulate their breathing for about half an hour.

The main reason was that everyone wanted to wait until the sky brightened and the sun rose before they could begin their exploration.

After all, the dangers of the ocean at night are vastly different from those during the day. In addition to the nocturnal sea spirit beasts coming out to roam, some spirit beast groups that originally only lived in the deep sea will also surface at night.

Although they pose no threat to the sea creatures, searching at night when sea spirit beasts are most active is still much more troublesome.

After all, a 100,000-year-old soul beast isn't that stupid. If it were disturbed by the momentum of the battle between the Title Douluo and the sea soul beast, and if it found that the Body Sect had a large number of people, it would most likely have already fled.

During his cultivation, Huo Yuhao, who had not suffered much loss during his explorations along the way, was adjusting the course of his destiny through the Eye of Truth.

A 100,000-year-old soul beast is extraordinary, unlike the 100,000-year-old Evil Eye Tyrant, which was destined to be Huo Yuhao's soul ring in the original work.

As a 100,000-year-old soul beast, its ability to grow to such a level indicates that its origin, bloodline, and fortune are all extraordinary. Therefore, hunting it down would not be easy.

However, the luck of Huo Yuhao and his group is even greater. With Huo Yuhao's continuous adjustments over the past few days, he has begun to sense that they will likely reap some rewards in the next few days.

The next day, as dawn broke, the group resumed their search for the 100,000-year-old sea spirit beast.

Under the blazing sun, the coastal area is shrouded in rising water vapor and swirling mist, creating a unique and picturesque scene.

Several titled Douluo dived again, but even after reaching a depth of 8,000 meters, they still failed to succeed. However, Huo Yuhao suddenly spoke up and said, "Master, there seems to be something wrong with this mist."

Poison Undying sneered, "Hmph, it seems this beast has his eye on us. But he's just unlucky; he's run right into our line of fire."

"You guys better protect Yuhao, this beast is mine!"

In a flash, a giant figure, tens of meters tall and entirely dark green, appeared on the sea.

At the same time, several titled Douluo quickly took action and cooperated closely. These titled Douluo were all veteran powerhouses.

Their tacit understanding was honed over decades. As the light and shadow shifted, they used various methods to protect Huo Yuhao.

"Hmph, still trying to hide like a coward and not come out? Then don't come out at all!" Poisonous Undying roared, and a dark green light illuminated the sky and sea, turning the surrounding environment into one color.

However, his methods did not stop there. Since Huo Yuhao was still nearby, in order to ensure that this attack would be foolproof, Du Busi did not hold back and directly used his own natal poison.

As the poison spread along with its dark green soul power, large numbers of sea spirit beasts in the surrounding sea died from the poison. At the same time, an area with a contrasting color to the dark green soul power that the poison could not kill was also revealed.

It turned out that, without anyone knowing, a mist of water the same color as the sea and sky, which contained a huge amount of soul power, drifted to a location not far from Huo Yuhao and the others.

"Hahaha, very good, very good! It came to me without any effort. No wonder it was delivered right to my door. I only realized it was a mirage dragon then. This is perfect as Yuhao's sixth spirit ring!"

Poison Undying's laughter was like thunder, and his soul rings kept flashing. Under the multiple pressures of his innate poison, soul power, soul skills, and combat skills, the mist became increasingly thin.

Amidst the clouds and mist, the shadowy silhouette of a dragon gradually appeared and rose.

Unlike the dragons they were searching for, this dragon shadow had a streamlined shape and no wings. Only the occasional dragon roars and the faint dragon might revealed its identity as a close relative of the dragon race.

As its domain was compressed to less than ten meters by the soul power of the Poisonous Undying, the mirage dragon roared angrily, seemingly ready to fight the Poisonous Undying to the death.

However, Poison Undying struck first. His dark green soul power, tinged with golden light, clung to his fist as he unleashed a punch.

All that Poison Immortal had done before was to lull the mirage dragon into a false sense of security, making it misjudge Poison Immortal's strength and mistakenly believe that it still had a fighting chance. That's why it didn't try to escape.

As Poison Undying unleashed his punch, the water mist that had been barely resisting Poison Undying's innate poison was instantly overwhelmed by Poison Undying's deadly poison.

As the mist dissipated, a giant seashell, roughly the same size as the one that Poison Undying was in at that moment, floated in mid-air.

The seashell is dotted with stars, as beautiful as a starry sky, while also subtly containing immense power, as if it could unleash a terrifying and ferocious aura at any moment.

The dragon shadow that had been shrouded in mist was merely the light emanating from a large, bright pearl in its mouth.

As the clouds and mist dissipated, the light emitted by the giant pearl gradually dimmed. The light kept changing shape, but it was constantly compressed by the surrounding dark green soul power. No matter how it struggled, it could not escape the control of Poison Undying.

Poison Undying didn't focus on the seemingly extraordinary shell, but instead concentrated all its attention on controlling the enormous pearl, which was the true form of the Mirage Dragon. It wasn't a dragon, but a shellfish, and although it carried dragon blood, it wasn't much of it.

In order to purify its bloodline and maximize its abilities as a dragon, the Mirage Dragon will condense its dragon bloodline after ten thousand years of cultivation.

It condenses into a dragon ball, and as time goes by, the dragon ball's effects will become more and more powerful. When it successfully breaks through 100,000 years of cultivation, the dragon ball bloodline contained within it will be incomparably pure.

It is by no means inferior to true dragon species such as the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, and only after cultivating for 100,000 years can it be qualified to be called a Mirage Dragon.

Moreover, after this transformation, its original shellfish body is no longer its true body. This Dragon Ball and the Soul Crystal of the Evil Eye Tyrant are quite similar.

However, compared to the soul crystal, which can only store soul and spiritual power, the dragon pearl of the mirage dragon not only serves as a carrier of soul and spirit, but also condenses all of its bloodline essence and its life's cultivation.

"Hmph, if this mirage dragon had nearly 200,000 years of cultivation, it would be difficult for me to subdue it so easily. However, this mirage dragon has probably just broken through the 100,000-year level and is likely still injured."

With a wave of his hand, Du Busi saw the Mirage Dragon's Dragon Pearl fall into his grasp. As expected, there was a faint crack within it, from which flickered barely perceptible lightning.

The enormous seashell had lost all its luster and sank into the deep sea. As it continued to sink, its shape gradually dissipated and could no longer be maintained.

"Turning reality into illusion and illusion into reality, the Mirage Dragon truly lives up to its name. However, if you can absorb it, as a legendary dragon species, its soul ring and soul bone will surely provide you with many benefits, Yuhao."

Poison Undying's figure gradually shrank, then stepped on the waves and returned to Huo Yuhao's side, who was being protected by five Title Douluos.

(End of this chapter)