Douluo Continent: Half-level Innate Realm, but a Sword Cultivator with a Heart-Only Mind

The Dark Gold Bear was already on its last legs, but when it saw Qi Dao descend from the sky in front of it, a ferocious glint suddenly appeared in its huge pupils.

"roar!"

With a roar, the Dark Gold Bear, filled with intense hatred for Qi Dao, managed to stand up from the giant pit, despite its injuries.

But its injuries were too severe. It had just stood up, and before it could rush toward Qi Dao and tear him to pieces, it collapsed again.

With a loud "boom," the entire ground shook.

There was no pity in Qi Dao's eyes.

As a Soul Master, he needs Soul Rings!

Qi Dao gripped the sword hilt with his right hand, and a powerful sword intent erupted from his body, almost solidifying into a tangible form.

The next moment, a sword light was drawn, and Qi Dao thrust out his sword, ending the life of this 70,000-year-old dark golden bear.

As soon as the black spirit ring representing the Dark Gold Bear rose, Qi Dao immediately sat down to the side and began to absorb it.

After Qi Dao absorbed the power of the spirit ring into his body, he immediately felt an extremely domineering force surging wildly within him.

Different soul beasts, even if they are the same age, have different levels of difficulty in absorbing their essence.

For example, some plant-type spirit beasts have relatively milder spirit ring power.

Top-tier soul beasts like the Dark Gold Bear undoubtedly possess extreme and violent soul ring power.

The first two times, he absorbed the spirit rings of a 6,000-year-old Dark Gold Bear and a 20,000-year-old Dark Gold Bear, respectively. The absorption process was actually not difficult.

For Qi Dao's physique at that time, neither six thousand years nor twenty thousand years had actually reached his limit.

That's why, even though the Dark Gold Bear's spirit ring power was even more violent, Qi Dao was still able to withstand it easily.

But this time is different.

Although Qi Dao's physical endurance surged after he fully digested the medicinal power of the Qi Rong Tong Tian Ju, reaching the level of a 70,000-year-old, his body's resilience increased dramatically.

But the current 70,000 years is already the limit that his body can reach.

Therefore, for Qi Dao, this was actually the true limit of absorption.

Moreover, it absorbed a top-tier soul beast like the Dark Gold Bear.

The violent energy within the Dark Gold Bear Soul Ring surged through Qi Dao's body like a tidal wave, frantically impacting his meridians.

His forehead veins bulged, and his expression was contorted and grotesque. Just by looking at his current state, one could tell what kind of pain he was enduring.

Beside him, a serious expression flashed across Dugu Bo's face.

Qi Dao's current appearance reminded him of the scene when Qi Dao took the Qi Rong Tong Tian Ju.

Fortunately, having learned from his previous experience, Dugu Bo was not too nervous.

He believed that Qi Dao would not fight a battle he was not confident of winning!

At the same time, in addition to enduring the impact of the soul ring energy, Qi Dao was also suffering from the soul shock of the Dark Gold Bear.

Soul tremor is a special ability generated by high-level soul beasts before their souls completely dissipate after death. The stronger their resentment in life, the more terrifying the soul tremor will be.

It goes without saying how immense the resentment this 70,000-year-old dark gold bear harbored towards Qi Dao.

Therefore, when Qi Dao absorbed the soul ring, this resentment instantly attacked Qi Dao's spirit.

Unfortunately, Qi Dao had been meditating on the Peerless Sword since childhood, and his mental strength was even far superior to that of other mental attribute soul masters of the same level. In addition, he later consumed the Dew of Longing for Autumn Water, which caused his mental strength to surge again.

Moreover, Qi Dao's sword heart is clear and bright; how could a mere product of resentment possibly harm him in the slightest?

Therefore, in just a moment, the soul vibration formed by this resentment was annihilated by Qi Dao's spiritual will.

Compared to the pressure exerted on Qi Dao's meridians by the violent energy within the Dark Gold Bear's soul ring, the soul tremors caused by the Dark Gold Bear's resentment were child's play.

However, these pains are not unbearable.

Time passed quickly, and several hours went by in the blink of an eye.

Just as Qi Dao's expression was gradually relaxing, the situation suddenly changed.

Qi Dao's body suddenly trembled violently, and a ferocious look reappeared on his face.

"What's going on here!"

Upon seeing this, Dugu Bo's pupils dilated, and a look of solemnity and doubt appeared on his face.

Just a moment ago everything was fine, and the energy within the Dark Gold Bear Soul Ring was about to be completely absorbed by Qi Dao.

How did it suddenly turn into this scene?

But his gaze was quickly drawn to Qi Dao's back.

Suddenly, a dark golden light burst forth from Qi Dao's cervical spine.

This dark golden light spread from Qi Dao's cervical spine to his thoracic spine, then to his lumbar spine, and finally to his coccyx, bursting out with a violent fluctuation of soul power.

Upon seeing this, Dugu Bo's pupils suddenly dilated.

"This...this is an external soul bone!"

As a titled Douluo, he was knowledgeable and immediately guessed what was going on.

An external soul bone—this is a treasure second only to a 100,000-year soul bone!

No, Qi Dao's external soul bone comes from a 70,000-year-old Dark Gold Bear, so its quality may not be worse than an ordinary 100,000-year-old soul bone.

Thinking of this, Dugu Bo couldn't help but show envy on his face.

You should know that he, a titled Douluo, only possessed a 50,000-year-old Medusa skull.

Qi Dao is only level 50, yet he has already obtained a top-tier external soul bone that is comparable to a 100,000-year-old soul bone. How could Dugu Bo not be envious?

After realizing that the sudden change was due to the external soul bone, Dugu Bo was no longer nervous and waited quietly.

More than an hour later, Qi Dao's body trembled, and five soul rings—yellow, purple, black, and purple-yellow—pulsated around his body, releasing a powerful surge of soul energy.

"It's done!"

Dugu Bo smiled as he watched this scene.

At the same time, Qi Dao opened his eyes, and a smile that he could hardly suppress appeared on his lips.

Clearly, he was also aware of the changes that occurred in his body during the process of absorbing the spirit ring.

"Qi Dao, how are you feeling?"

Dugu Bo looked over and asked.

Qi Dao clenched his fist, a hint of joy in his eyes.

"I can clearly feel that my strength and defense have increased significantly, and my soul power level is the same."

"The 70,000-year-old Dark Gold Bear directly boosted my soul power level to level 55!"

Upon hearing this, Dugu Bo gasped in shock.

"Level 55!"

"You...you're trying to fly!"

"Just broke through level 50, and now I've reached level 55!"

Dugu Bo originally thought that Qi Dao could only be raised to level 54 at most.

Unexpectedly, he underestimated the benefits of absorbing a 70,000-year soul ring and a 70,000-year external soul bone that were beyond his level.

But then Qi Dao continued, "It's all thanks to the external soul bone."

He hadn't expected that this 70,000-year-old dark gold bear would drop an external soul bone.

However, upon closer examination, it seems to make sense.

After all, the older a soul beast is, the greater its resentment, and the higher the chance it will drop a soul bone.

In the original story, when Tang San hunted down ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts to replenish his Blue Silver Emperor Clear Sky Hammer soul ring, he obtained two soul bones.

A 100,000-year-old soul beast has a 100% chance of breaking a soul bone.