Douluo V: Starting with daily check-ins, I'm trying to trick Xiao Wu into becoming my wife.

Roar—!

Ao Yin shuddered violently, his body tensing instantly, almost instinctively adopting a defensive stance.

The next instant, a huge black shadow suddenly rushed out.

It was a giant bear covered in dark golden fur, standing upright, its height exceeding seven meters. Its beastly eyes were cold and lifeless, devoid of any emotion, displaying only primal, cruel ferocity.

Its dark gold fur resembled cast metal armor, its broad shoulders stood tall like two heavy city walls, and its thick, sharp claws sent chills down one's spine.

Glug! Glug!

Ancient Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear!

A top-tier ferocious beast among soul beasts!

Ao Yin's pupils contracted sharply, his gaze fixed on the ends of the giant bear's arms. A pair of dark golden claws gleamed coldly, each over a meter long.

He realized it instantly.

The 30,000-year-old human-faced demon spider was actually injured by this 10,000-year-old dark gold dreadclaw bear, which then mistook the 30,000-year-old human-faced demon spider for its prey.

But now, having killed the human-faced spider, its prey has failed, and it has become the spider's new target.

Fortunately, his soul power was not severely depleted from the battle with the human-faced spider.

Boom!

The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear suddenly spread its arms wide, its giant claws sweeping across the air, cutting through the air with sharp blades and producing a series of ear-piercing hissing and friction sounds.

A dazzling golden claw-like light tore through the forest and instantly reached Ao Yin!

"Block them!"

Ao Yin waved his hand, and the Blood Jade Dragon Silk that had just slain the Human-Faced Demon Spider moved in response. The two Blood Jade Dragon Silks intertwined and entwined, instantly weaving a sturdy giant net in front of him, attempting to withstand the attack.

Sizzle—!

A piercing tearing sound suddenly rang out.

The incredibly tough Blood Jade Dragon Silk was torn to shreds like paper before the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's sharp claws.

Two loud bangs!

It collapsed one after another.

The blood-jade dragon threads couldn't hold on any longer and broke one by one.

The golden claws were almost touching his chest, but Ao Yin blocked them with his Dragon-Piercing Staff!

Bang!

The deafening clang of metal striking metal sent shivers down my spine, making my knuckles go numb.

A terrifying force surged through the staff, sending Ao Yin flying backward like a kite with a broken string. His throat churned, a metallic taste rising to his throat, and his blood and qi violently trembled.

roar--!!

The ancient dark gold dinosaur claw bear strode out, its massive body fully revealed before Ao Yin, and its ferocious and savage soul beast aura pressed down from the sky.

Ao Yin's face darkened considerably.

The composure he displayed when dealing with the 30,000-year-old human-faced demon spider was completely gone.

This is a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear with ten thousand years of cultivation.

This beast is a lone wolf, with terrifying close-combat destructive power, and its burst damage is equally formidable, earning it the title of "Earth Ripper".

Moreover, he is a potential king among soul beasts, capable of contending with ordinary thousand-year soul beasts within a hundred years.

It has almost no natural enemies among land-based soul beasts. Even when it encounters a real dragon, it has the strength to fight back and is not at a disadvantage at all, ranking firmly among the top soul beasts.

He vaguely remembered that there was a list of the top ten ferocious beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest. The sixth-ranked Bear Lord was the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear, which was enough to show how terrifying the bloodline of this race was.

All its deadly moves are concentrated in its two giant claws. The two claws look almost the same size, but the right claw is actually more powerful.

Once it reaches ten thousand years, its strength will become extremely abnormal.

The creature before us, with only ten thousand years of cultivation, already possesses combat power approaching that of an ordinary hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast. This is the true value of a top-tier bloodline soul beast.

In contrast, Ao Yin is currently only a Soul Master.

"Only those two hundred-thousand-year-old soul beasts, Da Ming and Er Ming, can suppress a ferocious beast of this level. If it is allowed to continue to grow, it won't be long before another king-level ferocious beast appears in the Star Dou Great Forest."

escape!

This was the first thought that popped into Ao Yin's mind.

The human-faced spider soul ring doesn't matter anymore; survival is the most important thing.

We are now close to the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest, and danger lurks everywhere.

But against a tens of thousands-year-old Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, escape is not something you can just do as you please.

The giant bear let out a furious roar, like that of a lion.

A golden claw, tearing through space, was unleashed from afar, ignoring the distance, and once again pounced on Ao Yin!

"Damn it! If that claw grazed me, I'd be crippled even if I didn't die!"

A sense of impending death looms over us!

"Even if it costs me my lifeblood, I must survive today!"

This ancient, dark gold dinosaur bear is extremely ferocious and will not show any mercy to Xiao Wu like Er Ming did, out of consideration for their relationship.

If it falls into its hands, it will only be torn to pieces by its sharp claws.

Ao Yin let out a low, explosive roar.

"Dark Holy Dragon, possess me!"

"First Soul Skill, Crimson Tide!"

Om-!

A red tide swept across the land.

At the same time, a dazzling crimson 100,000-year soul ring slowly rose from beneath his feet, its blood-red aura shaking the surrounding area.

Two diametrically opposed auras, darkness and holiness, instantly swept over his entire body. Dark, dragon-scale-like patterns crawled all over Ao Yin's arms and neck.

At the same time, after absorbing the soul ring of the 100,000-year-old Azure Bull Python, the Panlong Staff emitted brilliant blue holy light from its dim dragon patterns, suddenly illuminating the dark dragon patterns.

"Fourth Soul Skill - Holy Light Azure Dragon Transformation!"

His soul skill erupted, and his body underwent a complete transformation, turning from a bull python into a blue dragon.

Boom!!

A deafening roar erupted, and Ao Yin surged forth like a dragon emerging from the sea, his aura surging wildly. The surging air currents swept outwards, snapping branches of numerous large trees and sending wood chips flying everywhere.

Ao Yin's figure suddenly rose higher, surrounded by a magnificent aura of interwoven blue and black light. His powerful and vast dragon might swept across the mountains and forests as he raised his head to face the dark golden claws that were hurtling through the air.

"Legend has it that the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear can rival dragons; today, I, Ao Yin, will transform... into a dragon!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he no longer hesitated and fully activated the power of his soul bone.

"Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone Techniques—Azure Annihilation Thunder, Azure Sluggish Divine Claws!"

"The power of the dragon and elephant!"

Suddenly, azure-blue lightning surged and erupted from his dragon body, crackling and exploding. Thick bolts of lightning coiled around his dragon scales, and the destructive power of the lightning filled the entire forest.

"Smash it!"

Ao Yin's dragon roar reverberated through the valley as the giant azure dragon claw, carrying annihilating lightning, slammed forward fiercely.

Bang----!!

The dragon's claws collided fiercely with the golden claw imprint of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, and a violent energy shockwave spread out, blasting dirt and rocks into the sky.

The golden claw mark crumbled inch by inch under the erosion of the lightning, but the violent aftershocks still slammed into Ao Yin's azure dragon body.

The impact propelled Ao Yin's massive dragon body backward several feet, carving two deep furrows in the ground. Several dragon scales were shattered, and trickles of blood seeped out from between the scales.

Before he could regain his footing, the ancient dark gold dinosaur had already charged close.

The massive, seven-meter-tall beast body pressed down like a mountain, while its even more powerful right claw rose high, its dark golden claw blade gleaming coldly, carrying the power to split mountains and shatter rocks, and ripped straight down toward the Azure Dragon's neck!

Roar! !

The ferocious roar of the bear shook the air violently, and the crisis of death once again loomed over Ao Yin.

Bang-!

A terrifying force exploded out, and Ao Yin was struck as if by a heavy blow, his body flying backward uncontrollably.

"Damn it, can't I still do it?"

Using the momentum of his backward flight, his eyes narrowed, and he pushed the [Luoyan Step] to its limit.

Swah——

A fierce wind swept through, and Ao Yin sped off without looking back towards the deepest part of the Star Dou Great Forest, the core forbidden zone!

A 30,000-year-old human-faced demon spider soul ring?

No matter what!

Compared to life, a 30,000-year soul ring is nothing.

As long as you successfully find Xiao Wu and stay in the core area of ​​the Star Dou, which has the most magnificent fortune on the entire continent, and keep signing in, you may have a chance to obtain a 100,000-year soul ring, let alone a 30,000-year soul ring!

It's utterly foolish to risk your life here for a single spirit ring!

……

in situ.

The ten-thousand-year-old dark gold dinosaur claw bear, which had just been fiercely pursuing Ao Yin, suddenly stiffened.

The area previously struck by the Azure Sluggish Claw instantly developed a strange, sluggish, and numbing sensation.

His blood vessels were stagnant, his soul power was sluggish, and even his movements became extremely stiff.

For the first time, fear and apprehension surfaced in its cold, ferocious beastly eyes.

This aura...

It's the oppressive aura of a high-ranking king-level soul beast!

Although faint, it was incredibly pure and ancient, the supreme aura belonging to the overlord of the Star Dou Great Forest—the Azure Bull Python!

The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear possesses a powerful bloodline and roams freely throughout its life, having no natural enemies after reaching adulthood.

But born and raised among the stars, its ingrained instincts give it an instinctive awe of the two ancient forest kings!

Not only that, it also sensed the aura of the Holy Dragon bloodline, and that bloodline suppression was even more terrifying!

Immediately afterwards, it looked in the direction Ao Yin had fled.

That is—the core forbidden zone of the Star Dou!

An absolute forbidden zone for all spirit beasts in the entire forest!

Even a top-tier ferocious beast with battle power comparable to 100,000 years old would never dare to take a single step here!

He shuddered violently, and the overwhelming ferocity instantly vanished.

The thought of pursuing them vanished completely.

Roar!

A low, unwilling roar rang out.

Since its human prey had escaped into the restricted area, it gave up completely.

It only recognizes the prey it has already caught!

With a wave of its hand, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear unleashed a flash of cold light from its golden claws, instantly cleaving open the corpse of the Human-Faced Demon Spider beside it. It precisely extracted the crystal-clear soul beast core from within, tilted its head back, and swallowed it whole.

The essence and vital energy instantly enter the body, rapidly replenishing the consumed power.

It doesn't care about a human who ran away.

Who would dare to pursue them in this core restricted area?

It's in their nature for soul beasts to seek advantage and avoid harm!

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the other side.

Ao Yin's feet created plumes of smoke as he sped for dozens of miles.

Only after confirming that the terrifying pressure behind him had completely disappeared did Ao Yin exhale a long breath, his back already soaked with cold sweat.

"That was incredibly close... The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, a potential king of the Star Dou Great Forest, truly lives up to its reputation!"

That ten-thousand-year-old dark gold dinosaur bear was so powerful that even an ordinary titled Douluo would find it incredibly difficult to kill it in a head-on confrontation!

I was only able to escape death by sheer luck!

If it weren't for the suppression of the Dark Holy Dragon's bloodline, coupled with the paralyzing effect of the Azure Sluggish Claw, he would never have been able to escape.

In the brief exchange of blows, Ao Yin once again truly understood what it meant for life and death to be separated by a single thought.

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