Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 277 Fire Dance's Sixth Soul Skill: Solar Fire Lotus

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The moment it approached the Crystal Lotus, a burst of energy as scorching as the sun erupted from it, sending the Titan Fire Ape and the Radiant Cloud Smoke Bird flying. The intense heat even made it difficult for the two mutated soul beasts to get up immediately.

Even the wing of the Flaming Cloud Bird was broken off, and the flames and light on it diminished, revealing its dazzling golden-red feathers.

"So powerful!" Huo Wu's eyes narrowed. "That thing attacks on its own? Is it a plant-type soul beast?"

"That's a Crystal Lotus, a plant that can only survive in magma..." Tang San briefly introduced the Crystal Lotus to Huo Wu, his brows furrowed. "Judging from the current situation, this Crystal Lotus has indeed become a Soul Beast, possessing enormous Soul Power fluctuations, at least reaching the level of 100,000 years."

A soul beast that is 100,000 years old is equivalent to a level 95 Title Douluo.

Not to mention, this Crystal Lotus is a plant that lives in the magma of a planet, and alien species such as the Titan Fire Ape and the Radiant Cloud Smoke Bird are simply no match for it.

Even though Crystal Lotus was under debuffs at the moment, it was still not something these two ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts could contend with. With just one move, they dared not attack recklessly anymore.

"One hundred thousand years!" Huo Wu's eyes lit up. She asked, "While we were traveling, we also practiced dual cultivation of qi and blood. In addition, I studied gravity, which continuously strengthened my body. Is it possible for me to withstand a one hundred thousand year level spirit ring?"

"I can't handle it." Tang San shook his head. "If it were an ordinary 100,000-year soul ring, I could use the life force of the Blue Silver Emperor to keep restoring your body, and you would have a chance to absorb it. But this Crystal Lotus is a 100,000-year level, and it is an anomaly among anomalies. Although it is a parasite that hinders the world's progress in the entire plane, it can be called an innate being born from the plane for us humans."

If we were to make a comparison, Tang San could say that this Crystal Lotus is on the same level as the Silver Dragon King in terms of its origin, but it is far inferior in terms of cultivation. Moreover, this thing is despised by the entire Douluo Star, but it is rooted in magma, and the will of the plane can only destroy this Crystal Lotus through volcanic eruptions.

With Huo Wu's current physical condition, without external help, she can withstand at most one 80,000-year spirit ring.

As for the Crystal Lotus's spirit ring...

Unless she makes a voluntary sacrifice, Huo Wu has no chance of successfully absorbing it, even with Tang San's help.

"However, I can sense that the Sun Goddess is yearning for that crystal lotus." Huo Wu released her martial soul, and the Sun Goddess, who looked exactly like Huo Wu, had her face turned towards the crystal lotus.

Although the Sun Goddess had her eyes closed, Tang San and Huo Wu could still feel her unwavering gaze.

Even though Huo Wu was controlling her, turning her lower body around, her head remained motionless towards Jing Lian, and she even opened her arms as if to pounce on her and embrace her.

"Perhaps we can let her give it a try."

Electrolux suddenly spoke up, "Although that crystal lotus possesses immense energy and can become a soul beast, it only has instincts and no intelligence whatsoever... As a plant that parasitizes the world's 'blood,' the will of the plane will instinctively suppress the birth of its intelligence. If such a plant were to develop intelligence, it would probably actively absorb energy and become a true scourge to the world."

"The attributes of the Sun Goddess are extremely compatible with that Crystal Lotus. If Huo Wu can control the Sun Goddess to land on that Crystal Lotus, perhaps the Crystal Lotus can instinctively believe that Huo Wu is the sentient being born from it."

Tang San thought for a while and decided to let Huo Wu try. After all, it was just sending the martial soul over, and even if there was danger, it could be taken back immediately, so the danger was relatively small.

"Then let's give it a try!" Fire Dance flexed her wrists and mentally guided the Sun Goddess to fly towards the crystal lotus.

The Titan Fire Ape and the Radiant Cloud Smoke Bird noticed the Sun Goddess and became even more vigilant, but they did not attack. Instead, they wanted to see how this human-like soul beast would deal with the large flower.

The crystal lotus was entirely golden, yet translucent. As the Sun Goddess slowly approached, it actually opened its petals.

Upon closer inspection, there are thirty-six petals. At the center of these petals is a crimson lotus seedpod with nine round, golden lotus seeds on it. These seeds slowly emerge from the lotus trough, carrying golden halos, and float around the Sun Goddess before actively entering her mouth.

The Sun Goddess instinctively opened her mouth and swallowed the nine lotus seeds one by one. Then, golden flames ignited all over her body, and she sat down in the lotus platform of the crystal lotus.

The thirty-six petals gradually closed, enveloping the sun goddess.

At the same time, Huo Wu also sat cross-legged on the spot, and began to break through the bottleneck of level 60 soul power. Golden energy flowed through the meridians of her body, and her whole body was slowly getting stronger.

"It actually succeeded?" Tang San asked in surprise.

"My suggestion is worth trying," Electrox laughed. "However, more importantly, this world possesses wondrous martial spirits and soul beasts. Otherwise, she could at most strengthen her body and improve her cultivation with the help of the Crystal Lotus. But now, I estimate that she can obtain everything from the Crystal Lotus through the Sun Goddess, and perhaps in the future, she will even be able to master the ability to swim in lava."

At this moment, the two soul beasts below could no longer hold back and wanted to attack the Crystal Lotus, but Tang San would not allow them to do so. He released the Clear Sky Hammer, which transformed into Nine Hao and directly tore at the Titan Fire Ape.

After Tang San broke through to the Soul Emperor realm, Jiu Hao also grew a sixth head with gray eyes, which was the attribute of death.

Titan Fire Ape was far inferior to Jiu Hao in terms of strength, defense, and control over flames. In just three rounds, Jiu Hao broke one of its arms and then stomped it under his feet.

The Radiant Cloud Smoke Bird was bound and controlled by Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor, and tied to a protruding sun crystal pillar.

Wu Lin and Wu Tong were released, one to cool down the Light Flame Cloud Smoke Bird and the other to interfere with the fire element energy in its body, preventing it from condensing energy.

Both of these ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, capable of contending with Title Douluo, were defeated and controlled by Tang San in the blink of an eye. Although the two had been injured by the energy impact of the Crystal Lotus, even if they hadn't been injured, Tang San's current strength would have allowed him to deal with them relatively easily without using the Fusion Ring Secret Technique.

While Huo Wu was cultivating and absorbing the Crystal Lotus, Tang San collected a lot of hair, feathers, and blood from the Titan Fire Ape and the Radiant Cloud Smoke Bird, and used his first soul skill to heal them, saying, "You are a special kind of soul beast, and your intelligence should be higher than that of ordinary ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts. You can understand what I'm saying, right?"

"Behave yourselves. My partner will leave after absorbing the Crystal Lotus. He won't kill you."

As the two spirit beasts sensed the healing of their injuries and the life force emanating from the human before them, they calmed down and stopped struggling.

Half an hour later.

Suddenly, the crystal lotus bloomed, its petals unfolding to reveal its form radiating boundless light and fire.

As the flames subsided, Tang San lowered his hand that had been covering his face.

The petals of the crystal lotus spread out, circling the sun goddess in a peculiar trajectory, constantly approaching and shrinking, connecting to her waist to form a golden lotus-shaped glass skirt.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, and black—five spirit rings emerged from the Sun Goddess's body. As the last red spirit ring appeared, the Sun Goddess slowly opened her tightly closed eyes, her golden pupils extremely lively, as if her entire spirit had come alive.

Between its eyebrows is a lotus-shaped pattern, adorned with nine sesame-sized reddish-gold dots, as if containing the power of the true sun.

"What? Don't you recognize me?" The Sun Goddess spoke, her voice like that of a fire dancer, yet with a touch of etherealness, truly as majestic as a deity.

"It's not that I don't recognize you, it's just that you seem to have gained quite a bit of benefit, actually being able to use your Martial Soul as another body." Tang San sized up the Sun Goddess for a while, then looked at the Fire Dance's true form sitting cross-legged at the cave entrance. "Can you still control your original body?"

"Okay." The Sun Goddess nodded, the liveliness in her eyes not fading, while Huo Wu stood up, leaped down, and came to Tang San's side.

Both have equally bright and expressive eyes, as if they were one person, yet they can do different things.

"How do you feel now?" Tang San pinched the skin of the Sun Goddess and found that it was no different from that of a real person, even smoother than Huo Wu herself.

"How so?"

Fire Dance and the Sun Goddess said in unison, "Both of me, controlling two bodies with one soul, this feeling is very strange, I don't know how to describe it, but it should be considered a very advanced technique of multitasking."

As she spoke, the Sun Goddess approached Huo Wu, her figure becoming ethereal and overlapping with hers. Then, Huo Wu's hair began to dance, and a lotus-shaped pattern appeared on her forehead. A black, form-fitting bodysuit, similar to a leather jacket, appeared on her body, engraved with golden patterns that, together with the voluptuous waves of her hair, formed a golden sun pattern.

At the waist, there was a lotus-shaped short skirt composed of thirty-six golden crystal petals, shimmering with a faint golden-red glow. Upon closer inspection, each crystal petal had a sun-shaped pattern, making it seem like the most dazzling work of art in the world.

"What do you think of me now?"

Huo Wu's voice returned to normal, and then, with a simple gesture, a golden crystal lotus flower condensed. It had thirty-six petals, with golden flames flowing across them, and in the center were nine thumb-sized spheres, like lotus seeds, containing extremely terrifying energy.

"Is this your first spirit skill from your sixth spirit ring?" Tang San asked curiously, examining it. "I can feel the immense energy within it. If it were to explode, its power would be enormous."

"That's right, this is the first soul skill that the 100,000-year soul ring gave me. It's an area-of-effect explosive damage skill. I'm afraid we can't test its range and power here, but I've already thought of a name for it: Solar Fire Lotus!"

(End of this chapter)