Douluo: The Gate to Heaven

Chapter 48 First Soul Ring

The next day.

The group chose to deviate from the original route and explore in a direction slightly northeast.

The northeastern part of the Star Dou Great Forest is mountainous, with countless strange peaks and dangerous ravines. The soul beasts that are active here are mainly ferocious beasts such as monkeys, tigers, bears, and birds. Fortunately, there are far fewer soul beasts living in groups in the mountain peaks and valleys.

The road was rugged and difficult to travel.

Mountains loomed ahead, and each one required a significant amount of time to cross.

It took the group three days to finally reach the inner area.

Even with its sense of smell fully activated, the canine teeth were unable to find a soul beast perfectly suited to Tuoba Wukong in a short period of time.

Hunting for spirit rings is never a simple matter. The Star Dou Great Forest is vast and boundless, and there are countless spirit beasts living there. However, it is not an easy task to find a spirit beast among so many that has the perfect attributes and age for a spirit master.

In particular, Tuoba Wukong's target is limited to five thousand to six thousand years. If it is less than five thousand years, it will be a waste of Tuoba Wukong's talent. If it is more than six thousand years, it will be difficult for Tuoba Wukong to absorb it. Even if the attributes are relaxed a bit, it is not easy to find.

Over the course of three days, Tuoba Wukong and his companions encountered numerous spirit beasts and engaged in many battles, but they still failed to find a suitable spirit beast for him.

For the past three days, Tuoba Wukong has been following the Tianlang Mercenary Group, speaking and doing less, learning and observing more. In just three days, he felt that his wilderness survival skills had improved by more than one level.

Even if Tuoba Wukong were to venture into the Star Dou Great Forest alone next time, he wouldn't be completely clueless and blindly trying his luck like a headless fly.

Under the blazing sun, the group rested by a canyon.

Fang said, "Everyone, have some water, eat something, and recover your soul power. I sensed the aura of a soul beast nearby; perhaps we'll encounter a suitable target this time."

Everyone fell silent and took out their own grains and water to eat.

After wandering through the Starry Sky Forest for several days, everyone felt exhausted.

After finishing their meal and resting for a while, the group once again began to circle in the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Be careful, something big is approaching, it's a thousand-year-old soul beast." Suddenly, Fang returned and whispered to the others.

The members of the Sirius Mercenary Group immediately became alert.

As the leisurely sound of an ancient bronze bell resounded, a golden divine ape appeared on the cliffs on both sides of the canyon. The ape carried a huge bronze bell on its back, clung to the cliff face with one hand, and stared intently at the people in the canyon with its fiery eyes.

"It's the Bell-Bearing Divine Ape! Judging from the shape of the divine bell on its back, its cultivation level should be over five thousand years!" Upon the appearance of the divine ape, Tianlang and the others showed no fear, but rather excitement.

After wandering around for so long, I've finally found a suitable target.

The Bell-Bearing Divine Ape is a unique soul beast. At birth, it searches for metal ores and uses its soul power and blood to forge a bronze bell that is connected to its destiny. Then it keeps searching for rare metals to forge the bronze bell, growing up with the bronze bell and carrying it on its back. Therefore, people call it the Bell-Bearing Divine Ape.

The more powerful the bronze bell of the Bronze Bell-Bearing Divine Ape is, the stronger its own cultivation will be. Its cultivation and blood energy are closely related to the bronze bell.

Carrying a bronze bell, climbing mountains and leaping across streams!

The Divine Ape Carrying a Bell.

The Bell-Bearing Divine Ape tempers the bronze bell with its blood and qi, carrying a thousand-pound bronze bell on its back. It is undoubtedly a powerful offensive soul beast with strong blood and qi.

The bronze bell on the back of the bell-bearing divine ape clinging to the cliff face has five silver lines, which means that its age is just over five thousand years but not yet six thousand years, making it the best choice for Tuoba Wukong's soul ring.

At this moment, the Bell-Bearing Divine Ape was looking at Tuoba Wukong with a greedy expression. It sensed a large amount of rare metal aura on Tuoba Wukong.

For the Bell-Bearing Divine Ape to grow, the bronze bell on its back is crucial, and it is more sensitive to the aura of rare metals than any human soul master.

As a Soul Master, Tuoba Wukong's Soul Tool incorporates a large amount of rare metals, which is why the Bell-Bearing Divine Ape was able to find him by sensing the metallic aura on his body with its keen sense of smell.

"Xiongcheng, come with me and blast it down!" Tianlang said excitedly. With a low shout, he had already completed the Martial Soul Possession. His third purple Soul Ring shone, and a large purple wolf-head bow appeared in his hand. He drew the bowstring, and the bowstring vibrated as purple arrows shot straight into the air!

Third Soul Skill: Hunting Heaven Bow.

Looking northwest, shooting Sirius.

Sirius's third soul skill is a rare skill that condenses a weapon, which is also a ranged attack weapon, the Hunting Sky Bow.

On the other side, Xiong Cheng also summoned his martial spirit, which turned out to be a pitch-black shield.

With a powerful flick of his wrist, the black shield flew out, spinning and hurtling towards the bell-bearing divine ape clinging to the cliff face.

Clang! Clang!

Sensing two terrifying attacks, the Bell-Bearing Divine Ape did not hesitate to take the bronze bell from its back and use it to block in front of it. The blue wolf-hair arrow and the giant shield struck the bronze bell one after another, causing the bronze bell to tremble. The Bell-Bearing Divine Ape's tall body also involuntarily took a few steps back.

Although forced back, the bell-bearing divine ape's eyes flashed with ferocity, and golden light enveloped its arm as it forcefully struck the bronze bell.

"Plug your ears and open your mouth wide!" Sirius roared immediately upon seeing this.

Chen Qi, Chen Xiu, Xiong Cheng, and even Canine Tooth, who had transformed into a hunting dog and charged up the steep cliff, all instinctively covered their ears.

Tuoba Wukong reacted quickly, and heeded the advice to cover his ears.

"Roar!" Tianlang opened his mouth wide, the fourth soul ring swirling around his body flashed, and a sharp wolf howl came from his mouth.

Just then, the bell-bearing divine ape slammed its palms onto the bronze bell.

As the bronze bell trembled, a golden sound wave emanated from it.

The sound of the bronze bell and the howling of the heavenly wolf against the moon collided, causing the air to distort.

Even though Tuoba Wukong had covered his ears, he still felt dizzy and had tinnitus. Only by combining his two bodies did he alleviate some of the tinnitus.

Sonic attack.

The Bell-Bearing Divine Ape hadn't expected that the humans below would also possess sonic attacks; seeing them frantically approaching...

Even the menacing canine teeth showed a hint of human fear on their faces.

The strength of these humans before it far exceeded its expectations.

The bell-bearing divine ape grabbed the large bell in front of it, pushed off the cliff with its legs, and was about to use the cliff face to escape.

"Want to leave? Not so easy. Bind your feet." Chen Qi and Chen Xiu, who had been silent until now, saw that the Bell-Bearing Divine Ape was trying to escape because it couldn't defeat them. How could they let it get away like that? They had finally found a suitable soul beast for Tuoba Wukong.

Two cyan ropes shot through the air and wrapped around the legs of the Bell-Bearing Divine Ape.

With its legs bound, the Bound Ape couldn't exert any force. The sharp claws in its canine teeth were already grabbing at it. The Bound Ape roared in desperation, trying to break free from the restraints on its legs. However, how could it break free from the control of two control-type Soul Kings? The Bound Ape used all its strength, but could only loosen the Soul Binding Rope slightly.

Faced with the canine fangs' claws striking at close range and the blue wolf arrows shot again from the longbow in the hand of the Heavenly Wolf, the Bell-Bearing Divine Ape roared, its whole body emitting a strong golden light. The bronze bell it was holding in front of it melted directly in the golden light, turning into a layer of golden liquid that adhered to its body surface, as if it were wearing a layer of golden clothes.

Golden bell protects you!

As the blue wolf arrows and canine claws fell, the sound of the bronze bell striking rang out again. The bell-bearing divine ape trembled, but neither attack could penetrate his golden armor.

What terrifying defensive capabilities.

Both Fang and Sirius were startled.

The attack failed to break through the defenses of the Bell-Bearing Divine Ape, but it thoroughly enraged it. The Bell-Bearing Divine Ape became ferocious, grabbing the cliff wall with one hand and clenching its fist with the other. The iron fist, shrouded in golden light, smashed down directly on the canine tooth.

"Binding Fist!" A cold voice rang out, and two Soul-Binding Ropes reappeared, binding the fists of the Bell-Bearing Divine Ape.

"Twin Canines." Canines chuckled, unleashing its fourth soul skill of the millennium. A pair of golden energy canines condensed and bit directly into the shoulder of the Bell-Bearing Divine Ape, piercing through its protective golden bell, causing blood to splatter out.

If this attack had been aimed at the heart of the Bearing-Bell Divine Ape, the Bearing-Bell Divine Ape would have perished.

Five Soul Kings, working in perfect harmony, unleashed their full power. The combat strength displayed by the Bell-Bearing Divine Ape surpassed that of ordinary thousand-year-old Soul Beasts, but the outcome was already predetermined.

The Bell-Bearing Divine Ape cried out in pain, and two blue ropes reappeared, this time tightly binding its body and turning it into a dumpling.

With a single kick, the canine tooth sent the Bell-Bearing Divine Ape tumbling down the cliff face.

Sirius handed over a sharp dagger and said, "The eyes of the Bell-Bearing Divine Ape are its weak point. You can end its life by stabbing it directly into its eyes."

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Tuoba Wukong nodded, gripped the dagger, and without hesitation stabbed it into the eyes of the Bell-Bearing Divine Ape. He then stirred it around inside the ape's brain, and a deep purple soul ring slowly rose from the ape's corpse.

"Brother Zhou, don't worry, start absorbing the Soul Ring of the Beast-Bearing Divine Ape. This Soul Beast is not weak even among top-tier Soul Beasts. So many of us have been struggling for so long. Absorbing its Soul Ring should give you a decent skill." Fang jumped down from the cliff and said with a smile.

They breathed a sigh of relief and were also somewhat excited at having successfully completed their mission without any major incidents. The Star Dou Great Forest was fraught with danger, and every second they stayed there added to their stress. Unless something unexpected happened, no one wanted to linger in the Star Dou Great Forest any longer.

Tuoba Wukong nodded, walked to the corpse of the Bell-Bearing Divine Ape, and sat cross-legged.

Therefore, my martial spirit flashed, and a pulling force erupted, causing the purple soul ring that had condensed above the corpse of the Bell-Bearing Divine Ape to fly towards his body.