From the Soul Motion Machine onwards, the Mechanized Douluo

Chapter 274 Douluo Team VS. Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Cave Demon Spider! Demon Spider: wnm! [Bonus Chapter]

From this moment on (favorability level increased), Chen Hong's view of Qian Daoliu changed somewhat. Previously, he had only sided with Qian Daoliu from the perspective of self-interest.

But now, Chen Hong has discovered that Qian Daoliu actually possesses a certain respectable personal charm.

After resolving the distribution of the immortal herbs, the Spirit Hall members left behind Dugu Bo, Light Feather Douluo, and Lion Douluo as guards to protect the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. Then, they took Chen Hong and the other Title Douluos and flew towards the outside of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

With Chen Hong's telekinetic power clearing the way, the poisonous mist of the Azure Scale Seven Absolute Flowers surrounding the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, as well as various natural poisonous miasmas, posed no obstacle whatsoever, allowing Qian Daoliu and his group to cross this natural poisonous miasma maze in a straight line.

The poisonous miasma surrounding the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye is mostly natural, composed of poisonous flowers and herbs from within the Sunset Forest. However, a small portion was planted by Dugu Bo over the years. For example, at least half of the Jade Scale Seven Absolute Flowers outside the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye are Dugu Bo's creations, used to prevent others from raiding his base.

Unfortunately, Dugu Bo didn't understand a fundamental principle: the strongest fortresses are often breached from within. The exposure of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well wasn't entirely unrelated to Dugu Bo; it was, in fact, his own fault.

Fortunately, Dugu Bo encountered Chen Hong, not anyone else. If it were another protagonist from Douluo Continent, Dugu Bo's life would be in danger. They would have used various methods to properly kill Dugu Bo and then loot all the immortal herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

As Chen Hong said, this is the difference between producers and porters; their worldviews are completely different.

Previously, when Dugu Bo was looking for the Ten Thousand Year Jade Scale Seven Absolute Flowers, he also asked Chen Hong for help in resolving his martial soul poisoning problem.

Chen Hong's answer was yes, but he would have to wait until he had more time later.

Chen Hong agreed to Dugu Bo's request not because of any personal gain, but because he was researching martial spirits and was willing to spend resources to cure various special martial spirit diseases for free.

Just as some large modern hospitals are willing to treat all kinds of difficult and complicated diseases for free, the experience that doctors gain is more valuable than the resources they consume.

Now Chen Hong possesses materials for 'Transformed Soul Beasts', 'Human-Beast Offspring', 'Half-Beastman', 'Martial Soul Evolution', and 'Martial Soul Fusion'. Adding Dugu Bo's 'Martial Soul Poisoning Material', Chen Hong felt a surge of excitement just thinking about it. Standing behind Qian Daoliu, he felt that his future was bright and promising.

(Qian Daoliu: I can't refute what you're saying.)

In the Sunset Forest, teeming with all sorts of poisonous insects and wild beasts, Qian Daoliu and his group moved silently through the woods, their auras ethereal.

"Chen Hong, what kind of soul beast do you want? If Sunset Forest doesn't have any, we can go to Star Dou Great Forest on the way." In a group of people wearing black cloaks covered with Chen Hong's secret soul runes, Qian Daoliu, who was at the front, suddenly said to Chen Hong behind him.

Although Chen Hong felt that Qian Daoliu's suggestion of going along the same route was somewhat ambiguous (because it involved Douluo Continent), Chen Hong still answered truthfully: "My martial soul is a bit strange. I have a feeling that my third soul skill should be a self-amplifying spiritual soul skill. I don't even need to specifically look for a spiritual attribute soul beast. My third soul skill will be a spiritual soul skill."

Upon hearing this, Golden Crocodile Douluo at the back of the group exclaimed in surprise, "Such a strange martial soul exists in the world?"

The elegant and easy-going Azure Phoenix Douluo smiled and said, "Compared to young friend Chen Hong himself, the strangeness of his martial soul is insignificant."

Qian Daoliu was also slightly surprised, and turned to look at Chen Hong, saying, "The more I learn about your martial spirit, the stranger it becomes."

Chen Hong replied, "Of course, this is just a speculation. We can try to find a non-spiritual soul beast and see if the final third soul skill is a spiritual soul skill."

Golden Crocodile Douluo exclaimed in shock, "Young friend, what if your soul skill becomes useless?"

Before Golden Crocodile Douluo could finish speaking, his voice gradually faded, as if he had thought of something. Chen Hong's soul skills were not fixed.

Chen Hong summoned his two purple soul rings and said to the crowd as he walked through the forest, "To be honest, both of my soul rings have reached the realm of intent. My soul skills are a bit different from yours. They should be called 'soul techniques,' which can extend into many different skills."

"I am also trying to study my own martial soul. The first two spirit rings have been enough for a long time. I can take out the third spirit ring for research. I have to verify some things, otherwise I will never understand what my martial soul is."

Facing a group of Title Douluos, Chen Hong did not hide the special nature of his martial soul, because, as Qingluan Douluo said, Chen Hong's own value had already made his martial soul unimportant.

Azure Phoenix Douluo couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, "Young friend's dedication to research is truly admirable!"

"Since you've made up your mind, I won't say anything more. I believe that with your talent, even the most useless soul skill can shine in your hands." Qian Daoliu decided to respect Chen Hong's decision, and then asked:

"What age limit do you need for your third spirit ring? We'll help you find one."

"Yes, Teacher Yu Xiaogang said that a normal Soul Master's third Soul Ring takes one or two thousand years. My talent is six times that of a Grandmaster."

Everyone: "???"

"Then find me someone below the Black 2 level (20,000 years)."

"???"

Buzz.

The imagined battle scene did not materialize. Five Title Douluos of level 96 or above stood silently around a black spider-shaped soul beast at the Black 1 (more than 10,000 years) realm. Their heavy killing intent had suppressed the giant spider, named "Cave Demon Spider" (the same type as Tang San's fourth soul ring), which was half the height of a human, to the point that it dared not move an inch.

The cave spider's compound eyes stared in terror at the Title Douluos who had surrounded it, and it couldn't help but curse inwardly!

Damn it! What kind of Douluo Continent raiding operation did I just raid?! I was just hunting for a spirit ring! Did they have to go to such lengths?!

Where is your sportsmanship?! Do you even have any sense of reason?! If you didn't know better, you'd think Old Spider was a 100,000-year-old cave spider king!

"Hello." A gentle spiritual wave emanated from the dark purple eyes of the young man in front of the cave spider.

"Damn it!" The Black 1 level cave spider was already quite intelligent, so it was furious and confused in its own mind.

Chen Hong condensed the spiritual fluctuations of the Cave Demon Spider, causing everyone present to sense this divine thought.

Everyone:

hum!

Chen Hong revealed a bright smile, and the purple rings in his eyes instantly exploded. His mental fluctuations, which were no less than those of a Soul Saint, burst forth instantly. The Sage Soul Technique and the Overclock Soul Technique appeared in Chen Hong's eyes. In the realm of mental perception, pure white spiritual flames rose violently from Chen Hong's body, and then directly locked onto the Cave Demon Spider in front of him, which was unable to move due to the heavy aura of Qian Daoliu and others!

Overclocking - Divine Flame Amaterasu!

Whoosh!

Pure white spiritual flames instantly spread across the cave spider's body, shattering its mental defenses amidst its furious screams.

Then, buzz

Deng!

The symphony of annihilation of souls plays once more!

[Experiment Log: Forbidden (Red) - First 'Forced Sacrifice' Experiment Initiated.]

"Human! On behalf of the Soul Beast race, I sternly warn you that you must respect the dignity of the Soul Beast race! The name of the Dragon God cannot be trampled upon! Any act of usurpation by any creature will be considered a declaration of war against our Dragon race!"

"Transcender! The name of the Dragon God cannot be trampled upon! Give up!"

"Godslayer! We acknowledge your power! We acknowledge your outstanding contributions during the Crimson Abyss incident, but! The name of the Dragon God cannot be slandered!"

"You're trying to sow discord between humans and soul beasts that has lasted for ten thousand years!"

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Excerpt from "The Three Dragons Era: Observation Record of the First Human-Beast Conflict" in the Library of the Sacred Martial Soul Technology University - Poison Must Die

(Comment: I knew they were going to fight the moment Old Mu advanced to Title Douluo.)

(End of this chapter)