Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 117 Tumbleweed and Nine-Death Resurrection Grass

The Gobi Desert of Death.

This is a gathering place for spirit beasts located outside the Storm Canyon. The environment is similar to a desert, but it is mostly rocky, while sand is relatively rare.

Tang San and Xiao Wu had been at level 40 for some time, using that time to hone their bodies in the hope of being able to withstand spirit rings of higher age.

During this time, Xiao Wu returned to the Star Dou Great Forest and obtained a ten-thousand-year fourth spirit ring, which strengthened her legs. After her spirit was attached to her body, a layer of white hair resembling dragon scales appeared on her legs, which felt very soft to the touch.

The fourth soul skill is a kicking ability. By channeling soul power to the white scales, it can greatly enhance the legs and unleash lightning. Its power can penetrate ten centimeters of steel.

Moreover, it carries wisps of electric arc, making it even more destructive to biological cells. It can be used to paralyze enemies in battle, or to stimulate one's own thighs to increase cell activity, achieving two goals at once.

Xiao Wuqi named this soul skill: Lightning Flash.

As the name suggests, it's a flash of lightning, so fast that people can't even notice it. By the time they do, they've already been hit.

After obtaining her fourth soul skill, Xiao Wu sparred with Tang San. Even when Tang San didn't use the Endless Grassland, Xiao Wu was already able to gain some advantages.

Guangling's third spirit ring came from a five-thousand-year-old Thunder Spider, a spider-like spirit beast with thunder attributes that could eat magnetic metal ores.

This spirit beast granted her a spirit skill that allowed her to shoot arrows that could then split and connect with each other using the power of lightning, forming an electric net.

Like Crimson Gold Aura and Golden Sun Aura, Guangling named his third soul skill Thunder Aura. Each time it is used, the power of thunder will temper his martial soul.

Currently, the Sunbow of the Light Feather has two attributes: Light and Lightning, and one characteristic: Upgrade. That is, every time a Soul Skill is used, the Sunbow will be passively tempered and its quality will be continuously improved.

If we take into account the crimson gold aura brought by the first spirit ring, it also carries the attribute of "gold".

"Third Brother, do you really have to find your fourth spirit ring in this desolate place?"

Although the Death Gobi Desert isn't as scorching as the Infinite Desert, it's still quite arid, and Xiao Wu is finding it unbearable. "Star Dou Great Forest, or Sunset Forest, or those lush Soul Hunting Forests—don't they have the plant-type soul beasts you need?"

"Yes, but the vegetation is too lush, so it's quite difficult to find them." Tang San shook his head. "Especially in Sunset Forest, there's a treasure trove there, and some of the plants there are quite suitable for my spirit rings. But now is not the time to make contact with them, and I don't know if I'll have the opportunity to do so again in the future."

"Is there a treasure trove in Sunset Forest?" Xiao Wu's eyes lit up. "Why don't we go treasure hunting in Sunset Forest before the major academies start recruiting students, after you find a suitable plant spirit beast? Don't worry, with me here, I'll guarantee your safety."

As a 100,000-year-old soul beast in human form, Xiao Wu possesses 100,000 years of cultivation origin and can release the aura of a 100,000-year-old soul beast. Soul beasts of 10,000 or 1,000 years level will definitely be scared away once they sense it.

This is Xiao Wu's source of confidence.

However, Tang San said that not all ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts would be scared away. Some abnormal soul beasts, such as the human-faced demon spider, would not be scared away and would instead take risks.

"Forget it, there's a Title Douluo there, it's not a good time for us to clash." Tang San shook his head and led Xiao Wu and Guang Ling to a Gobi Desert.

Looking ahead, there are many round clumps of grass that roll around in the wind, appearing very gentle.

"What kind of grass is this?" Xiao Wu asked Tang San beside her, curiously picking up a clump of grass and examining it for a while.

"Tumbleweed, as the name suggests, rolls when the wind blows."

Tang San took the dried tumbleweed from Xiao Wu's hand and threw it on the ground, letting it roll in the wind. "Don't be fooled by the fact that this grass looks dead. It's actually still alive. As long as there's water, it will take root, regain its vitality, and then flower, bear fruit, and spread its seeds. When it's dry, the green leaves will wither and shrink into a ball."

"This kind of grass is only suitable for growing in the Gobi Desert and semi-arid grasslands. It has no space to grow in other environments. Because this grass is edible, it is equivalent to a wild vegetable. If it grew in Shenghun Village, it would probably be dug up by the villagers there."

"And the plant spirit beast I'm looking for is this tumbleweed."

Xiao Wu seemed to understand something, and asked, "So, this tumbleweed has a very strong vitality, which is good for your Blue Silver Grass cultivation of vitality."

"That makes sense," Tang San said. "Moreover, the tumbleweed has another name, the Nine Deaths Resurrection Grass. As long as it is not completely burned to ashes, it will not truly die. Legend has it that the 100,000-year-old Nine Deaths Resurrection Grass is also known as the Holy Soul Grass, which can manifest the soul."

"That's amazing?" Xiao Wu exclaimed in surprise.

"So, it's just a rumor." Tang San shook his head. "There's no detailed information recorded in the Encyclopedia of Soul Beasts. The ten-thousand-year-old Nine Deaths Resurrection Grass I'm looking for this time will take quite a while if I'm unlucky."

The three entered the Gobi Desert to search for the ancient Nine Deaths Resurrection Grass.

"Can we deal with a ten-thousand-year-old plant spirit beast?" Xiao Wu worried about this question.

"Can."

Tang San said, "The ten-thousand-year-old Nine Deaths Resurrection Grass has no offensive power. Its only strength is its ability to hide. Perhaps there is a ten-thousand-year-old Nine Deaths Resurrection Grass among this pile of ordinary tumbleweeds. This can be considered a kind of plant soul beast that is relatively 'friendly' to humans."

Looking at the tumbleweeds all around, Tang San used his Purple Demon Eye to investigate the unusual ones among them, and took the opportunity to explain to Xiao Wu and Guang Ling: "The reason I chose the Nine Deaths Resurrection Grass as my fourth spirit ring is to enhance my mental control ability. Nine Deaths Resurrection Grass represents both the vitality of the tumbleweed and its immense spiritual power."

"I hope that after my Blue Silver Emperor absorbs the spirit ring of this kind of spirit beast, it will be better controlled, thereby strengthening the Endless Grassland."

"As for soul skills, the Notting City Martial Soul Branch Hall's records only mention one soul master who obtained a soul ring from the Nine Deaths Resurrection Grass and acquired a soul skill named 'Feign Death,' which allows one to fall into a deep sleep, with barely audible breathing, and even evade the perception of a Title Douluo."

"And that Soul Master's Martial Soul is not a plant, but a white wolf... I think you've guessed it as well, he was a commoner Soul Master who didn't understand any Martial Soul theory at all."

White Wolf, a beast spirit, hunts plant spirit beasts, including the completely unrelated tumbleweed.

Do you understand the theory of martial spirit cultivation?

Even so, the century-old tumbleweed gave that Soul Master a skill that could be considered a life-saving ability.

Tang San's martial soul is the Blue Silver Emperor, which, like the Nine Deaths Resurrection Grass, is a plant and both possess powerful vitality. In addition, his research on the Nine Deaths Resurrection Grass has allowed him to understand its origin, and he believes that he has a chance to obtain a soul skill that touches a trace of the essence of life through this opportunity.

(End of this chapter)