Douluo Amon: I am the Heavenly Venerable of the Dragon King.

Chapter 265 The Fifth Soul

"Okay!" Fors gently stroked Xu Xiaoyan's cheek with his fingers, and finally hugged her tightly.

"No, oh no~." Xu Xiaoyan grabbed Fors's hands that were behind her back.

"Hmph! Xiao Yan, you'll pay the price for your threats against me."

Fors whispered in Xu Xiaoyan's ear, their fair skin pressed tightly together.

Xu Xiaoyan struggled for a moment, but how could a Soul Master with three purple soul rings possibly be a match for a Super Soul Master with four black soul rings in terms of strength?

"Oh no, she's so strong!" Xu Xiaoyan was practically in tears.

"No, not there!!!"

Tonight is destined to be anything but peaceful.

For the next five days, Xu Xiaoyan appeared early every morning with dark circles under her eyes. Heaven knows how much trouble Fors could cause.

However, she had already promised Nan Fusheng that she would urge Fors to cultivate, so she couldn't just run off and complain about Fors's atrocities now.

So, Xu Xiaoyan gritted her teeth and decided to shoulder this heavy responsibility herself. She would bear the responsibility she had been given, even if it meant tears streaming down her face.

Five more days. If I can just get through these five days, the holiday will be here.

……

On the last day of the final exams, Tang Wulin and his group of five finally arrived late and resolved their assessment issues.

After the final exams, in accordance with Shrek Academy's harsh rules, five members of Class 1, Grade 1 will be eliminated from those who failed.

Unfortunately, quite a few people failed this year. As a result, the five students with the lowest scores were eliminated.

Some of them caused trouble in the city and were arrested, while others went to the military region to cause trouble and were detained or sent back.

Even though they were extremely unwilling, these students could only slink back to their dormitories to pack their belongings and leave Shrek Academy. This made many people's hearts tighten.

After giving a brief end-of-term summary, Shen Yi announced the start of the holiday.

Although it was only one semester, for these first-year students, this semester was filled with so much.

They put in many times more effort than they did in their previous colleges. Being able to stay and continue their studies is the best outcome.

In just one semester, the vast majority of students have identified their goals and are working towards them.

The news that Tang Wulin had suffered a crushing defeat against the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy in the final exams, and that he was only able to turn the tide thanks to Fors's heroic efforts, had already spread throughout the outer academy.

In no time, in the outer courtyard, although no one had seen her yet, almost everyone had heard of her name.

Adding to this, Fors had previously brutally beaten two students from Class 1 of the second year. This year's first-year students are already hailed as the strongest freshman class in Shrek Academy's history.

Although it's called a holiday, it's actually only a month long.

Apart from Nan Fusheng, Tang Wulin, and Yuan Enyehui, the other work-study students all chose to go home, let their families know they were safe, and take a break.

"Fusheng, are you really not coming back to Donghai City with me?" Xu Xiaoyan's big, watery eyes were fixed on Nan Fusheng. She was still thinking of introducing Nan Fusheng to her family.

"No, I'll stay at the academy to cultivate. It'll only be a month anyway," Nan Fusheng said with a smile.

"Okay." Xu Xiaoyan nodded disappointedly, but then perked up. This was a good opportunity to go home and learn from her mother. The topic of love was just too heavy.

The mere mention of love reminded Xu Xiaoyan of Fors, and then of those five agonizing days, sending a chill down her spine. He was truly terrifying; heaven knows how Fors had tormented her during those five days.

After sending Xu Xiaoyan to the Soul Guidance Train Station, the others also said their goodbyes and left.

Seeing this, Nan Fusheng returned to his dormitory, and in a moment of consciousness switching, he returned to his original body. As for his body at Shrek Academy, he let Fusheng No. 1 take over.

……

Tianhai City.

In a sea area contracted by the Spirit Pagoda, Nan Fusheng stood quietly on the edge of a cliff, admiring the sea view. In the distance stood the invincible Qian Gu.

Before me stretched an endless blue expanse, waves crashing against the rocks at the foot of the cliffs, splashing up white spray. The sea breeze whistled past my ears, carrying the scent of the deep ocean—a salty, free-spirited aroma.

Looking out, the sea and sky meet and merge into one on the distant horizon. Sunlight shines on the sea, making it sparkle like countless diamonds.

The cliffs below are steep and precipitous, yet they also add to the breathtaking beauty. The roar of the waves crashing against the cliffs is like a magnificent symphony played by nature.

Here, time seems to stand still, and all worries and noise are left behind.

As Nan Fusheng gazed at the magnificent seascape before him, his heart became incredibly calm and expansive.

Of course, he wasn't just standing there admiring the sea view; with a wave of his hand, a white ball of light appeared in his palm.

This sphere of light contains a vast amount of life energy. This life energy was obtained by August after hunting soul beasts in the ocean.

"It's time to wake up, the universe's most ferocious monster: Yanazaki. Oops, I misspoke, it's the Divine Tree."

Nan Fusheng threw the white orb of light in his hand into the sea.

The coastline began to tremble, as if an earthquake had occurred. Fortunately, the surrounding area had been taken over by the Spirit Pagoda, so no disturbance was caused.

Immediately afterwards, a glimmer of light began to rise from the sea.

"boom!!!"

An enormous tentacle rose from the shore, grabbed the ball of light, and dragged it into the water.

After a period of settling, the tremors along the coast not only did not stop, but seemed to be intensifying.

"BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!"

Finally, several tentacles rose from the sea surface and began to merge, forming a towering tree, a tree growing on the edge of the ocean.

"It's growing quite well; its aura has already reached the level of a 100,000-year-old soul beast." Nan Fusheng looked at the divine tree in front of him with satisfaction.

The Divine Tree! Its true form is the root of the Evergreen Vine of Life, which is the bag that initially enveloped the Golden Behemoth. It was because of its existence that the Golden Behemoth was able to maintain its vitality and was eventually obtained by Nan Fusheng.

The ivy of life absorbs life energy by penetrating the life crystal, so it is extremely beneficial for the transition and storage of life energy.

Therefore, the moment Nan Fusheng obtained the root, he already had the idea of ​​taking it as a spirit.

"Fooling" the life forms of roots, using "doors" to open the door to their wisdom, allowing them to ultimately exist in a "wrong" way.

All I can say is that conceptual abilities are really useful! Especially the uniqueness of the three Gou families! Every time I use them, they always make Nan Fusheng incredibly excited.

Finally, the root of the evergreen vine successfully transformed into a soul beast. At the moment of success, Nan Fusheng immediately parasitized it, transforming it into his own clone.

Because of its abilities and appearance, Nan Fusheng eventually named it: Divine Tree. Alternative name: Insect of Life.

The ability is simple: it absorbs energy to accelerate its own growth.

Nan Fusheng had initially thought he might be raising a useless creature, but after witnessing the divine tree's abilities, he immediately threw it into the sea to let it hunt for itself. At the same time, he also allowed the divine tree to absorb most of the white light orbs.

The reason is simple: the divine tree can devour all energy, and may even be able to access and absorb the life core of a plane.

After all, the prototype of the Divine Tree is the evergreen vine of life, whose roots can even penetrate life crystals. After being strengthened, achieving this is not difficult.

Because it was a plant-based soul beast, Nan Fusheng initially planted the divine tree in the Everlasting Defeat Garden, which had a special energy-gathering soul-guiding array that allowed the plant to survive better.

As a result, after planting the plants, overnight, all the evergreen flowers and plants died. After inspecting the site, Nan Fusheng discovered that not only the flowers and plants had died, but even the soil had perished.

The land cracked, and the soil became incredibly dry, resembling a desolate and undevelopable wasteland.

Having accomplished all this, the divine tree had reached a cultivation level of a hundred years, and its roots continued to spread outwards and penetrate deeper into the ground. The desolate landscape began to spread outwards with an invincible power that would last for millennia.

In the end, it was Nan Fusheng who discovered it first and thought about whether he could ask the Divine Tree to restrain itself, since the other party's abilities were bound to cause a great commotion.

However, the divine tree expressed some difficulty, stating that taking root in the earth, absorbing life energy, and then processing and storing it was almost its instinct. It wasn't impossible to make it restrain itself, but that life energy was simply too tempting for the tree.

After the divine tree secretly absorbed life energy several times, Nan Fusheng finally decided to throw it into the sea. Since the other party could absorb any energy, seawater should be fine. Besides, it could also have a feast in the water whenever it wanted.

Thus, the growth path of the Divine Tree was fixed: it must grow in the ocean, but it cannot indiscriminately absorb life energy.

After all, Ah Yin is the core of the plane, and Tang Hao is the master of the plane. They might not notice a small loss of life energy. But if it is lost in one direction for a long time and in large quantities, it would be difficult for them not to notice.

Given their personalities, it's hard to guarantee they won't let Shrek Academy destroy the Divine Tree. To put it more seriously, it's not impossible that they themselves would take action.

After all, it's difficult for the Abyss Saint to come in person; at most, he can only tear open a dimensional rift and allow abyssal creatures to invade.

That aspect can be handled by the people of Douluo Continent; after all, it'll just mean a few deaths. But life energy is their genuine energy, and that cannot be lost.

Nan Fusheng doesn't want to confront them so soon. He's also very eager for the energy of the Abyss.

"Come, become my soul!"

Nan Fusheng's physical body has now reached level 50. For him, who has the ability to absorb life energy to improve his cultivation, it is only a matter of a few levels of soul power, which he can reach in no time.

Not to mention, he had just recently received a large amount of life energy from August.

The reason his soul power level increased slowly was not only because he needed to make offerings to the divine tree and also to help Lu Fa and the others improve, but the most important reason was that he needed to find or create powerful soul spirits.

The tyrannical insect granted him the ability to mass produce troops; it remains to be seen what abilities the divine tree will grant him.

With the help of the invincible, Nan Fusheng finally succeeded in making the divine tree his fifth soul spirit.

Purple, purple, purple, black, and green—five spirit rings rose from beneath his feet. Nan Fusheng looked at this scene with some surprise. Green spirit rings? But considering that the Divine Tree itself was quite peculiar, this wasn't surprising.

Nan Fusheng sensed the fifth soul skill that the divine tree had given him, and then opened his eyes as a green soul ring lit up.

Fifth Soul Skill: Inorganic Reincarnation.

An invisible wave emanated from Nan Fusheng and swept outwards. Immediately afterwards, the parched earth seemed to breathe, undulating slowly; the sleeping rocks opened their "eyes," scrutinizing the world.

Under the influence of Nan Fusheng's fifth soul skill, the ground within a hundred-meter radius centered on him began to writhe and gather like living things, displaying an astonishing form.

Sometimes it conjures tentacles, and sometimes it creates a large crater around it.

Nan Fusheng watched this scene thoughtfully. His fifth soul skill, Inorganic Rebirth, had a very simple ability: it could bring other inanimate objects to life by giving them life force.

Even if the object is something like a toy, the ground, or a building, as long as it is an inanimate object, he can use this ability to bring it to life.

The process was a bit bizarre. After the earth within a hundred meters was given life, tentacles would actually condense, along with strange eyes. The visual style was really a bit jarring.

The next second, the fifth soul skill lit up again, but this time it was not to grant life, but to reclaim the vitality of the earth.

Visibly, once Nan Fusheng withdrew the vitality he had given to the earth, the strange phenomena here subsided.

"It's alright, as long as it can be recycled." Nan Fusheng breathed a sigh of relief. After all, a piece of land that had been revitalized was problematic no matter how you looked at it.

However, this also gave him a deeper understanding of his own abilities.

The fusion of the fifth soul spirit greatly reduced his expenditure of life energy, which also allowed Lu Fa and the others to cultivate more quickly.

The area he has just been able to bring life to is not his limit. If he so desires, the area of ​​the revitalized earth can become even more expansive.

If he has enough stored soul power and life force, then one day, could he bring an entire continent to life?

Of course, this is merely his idea at best. It's just...

"Isn't this ability a bit too bizarre? Is it really trying to make me develop into an evil god?"

Banned once

(End of this chapter)