Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 140: Another Breakthrough!

Over the next few months, the six members of Shrek Academy's regular team, led by Elder Song and Cai Meier, launched a series of attacks, wiping out several evil soul master teams. The members gradually became familiar with each other, and their teamwork became more tacit.

Seeing her teammates' increasingly seamless teamwork, Ma Xiaotao, who had been resting in the inner courtyard, finally couldn't sit still any longer. Ignoring Yan Shaozhe's advice, she forcibly returned to the team. Ma Xiaotao's return made the Shrek Academy's main team complete, and their combat power increased significantly, but it also greatly increased Zhu Ziyang's workload.

Because whenever Ma Xiaotao uses her martial soul, the evil fire within her body burns fiercely, accumulating at an alarming rate. Almost every time Ma Xiaotao's battle lasts more than half an hour, she inevitably loses control, at which point Zhu Ziyang must do everything in his power to suppress the evil fire. Since Ma Xiaotao is always out of her mind at this time, controlled by her instincts, she often does things that embarrass Zhu Ziyang, constantly teetering on the edge of things going wrong. Then, after Ma Xiaotao recovers, she unknowingly displays her charm, causing Zhu Ziyang considerable frustration during this period.

At the same time, Jiang Nannan gradually developed dissatisfaction with Ma Xiaotao. The girl wasn't an idiot, nor was she blind; in her eyes, Ma Xiaotao's actions were an attempt to seduce her Ziyang brother.

Zhu Ziyang was quite helpless about this. Perhaps the only good news was that his mastery and application of the Ultimate Ice was almost catching up with that of the Ultimate Light. After all, Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire was almost the same as the Ultimate Fire. Each suppression was a test and tempering of the Ultimate Ice. With so many times, the Ultimate Ice, which had never had the opportunity to be tempered, had reached its current level.

This could be considered a blessing in disguise.

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Time flies, and another summer has arrived.

Within Shrek Academy, a golden light shot out from the Sea God Pavilion, its target the Star Dou Great Forest. This scene was witnessed by several elders, who all showed expressions of surprise; they were all too familiar with the identity of that golden light.

Dragon God Douluo, Mu En!

They couldn't help but speculate: what could have prompted Moon to personally intervene? Could it be another incident like the one two years ago? But wait, there haven't been any Soul Hunting Operations lately.

So, when exactly did they alert Moon?

The reason is very simple: his disciple, Zhu Ziyang, has broken Shrek Academy's record again.

Fourteen years old, Soul King!

Indeed, Zhu Ziyang's soul power had reached level 50, just like two years ago, breaking through within a month or two after his birthday. Mu En was extremely gratified, even bursting into laughter upon hearing the news—a rare occurrence for him. A fourteen-year-old Soul King wasn't unprecedented in the history of the continent; Mu En knew of only one example: a member of the Sun Moon Empire's royal family. However, that member's attainment of the Soul King realm at fourteen was entirely due to the accumulation of rare and precious medicinal herbs and elixirs, a world of difference compared to Zhu Ziyang's achievement through his own talent and cultivation!

Previously, Mu En might have hesitated a bit about directly making Zhu Ziyang his successor, but after today, his concerns completely disappeared. Judging from the cultivation speed that Zhu Ziyang has shown, he might even see him become a Soul Saint before he dies.

Therefore, upon learning of Zhu Ziyang's breakthrough, Mu En didn't hesitate and personally led Zhu Ziyang to the Star Dou Great Forest to find his fifth spirit ring. For a spirit master, the importance of the fifth spirit ring is second only to the seventh and ninth spirit rings. He didn't trust anyone else to do it!

"Ziyang, have you decided what kind of spirit beast you want for your fifth spirit ring?" The master and disciple landed at the edge of the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest. Mu En asked with a smile, his old voice full of affection.

"Hmm!" Zhu Ziyang nodded and slowly said, "Teacher, I want to absorb a fifth spirit ring that has the attribute of death."

"Oh? Why?" Upon hearing this, Moon's eyebrows twitched slightly, but he did not immediately refute her. Instead, he asked curiously.

"Teacher, as you know, my Jing Shi Xiu Ming Scythe possesses both extreme light and death attributes. Of my first four spirit rings, only the first one is of the death attribute, while the other three are of the light attribute. If the fifth spirit ring also absorbs the light attribute, it will inevitably lose its balance." Zhu Ziyang had already thought of a reason and said, "I need to maintain the balance between the two attributes, so I need to absorb the death attribute fifth spirit ring."

Zhu Ziyang's reasoning was true, but incomplete. He needed to absorb a death attribute spirit ring to maintain the balance between extreme light and death attributes, but his more important goal was to completely fuse the two attributes by absorbing the death attribute spirit ring! This was the suggestion given by Electrolux.

"I see, then I'll listen to you." After thinking for a moment, Electrox felt that Zhu Ziyang's words made no problem, so he readily agreed and said, "If you want a light attribute spirit ring, we may need to work hard; but if you want a death attribute spirit ring, that will be too easy. I happen to know of a spirit beast with a death attribute in the Star Dou Great Forest."

"Really? That's great!" Zhu Ziyang was overjoyed upon hearing this.

"Come on, teacher will take you to absorb a spirit ring!" Mu En laughed, grabbed Zhu Ziyang's arm, and sped towards the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest. His speed was very fast, and it did not slow down at all as he went deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest. Is this the composure of a Limit Douluo?

The surrounding scenery changed rapidly, but Zhu Ziyang paid no attention, immersed in his own world. He was wondering what kind of soul beast with the death attribute that Mu En had mentioned was. His mind raced, recalling the death attribute soul beasts that might appear in the Star Dou Great Forest. He glanced up casually and discovered that Mu En was actually walking back!

Before he could ask why, Moon had already stopped on a giant tree, looking in amazement at a giant canine soul beast leisurely strolling not far away.

The canine spirit beast was two meters tall and five meters long. Its entire body was covered in black fur, but its chest, shoulders, and neck were covered in pale bone armor. A pair of curved but sharp white bone horns topped its ferocious and grotesque head. Its two eyes flickered like eerie flames, and its four sharp fangs emitted an almost solidified bloody stench. Its tail hung vertically downwards, ending in a skull-shaped mane.

Although Mu En did not recognize this canine soul beast, it did not prevent him from sensing the dense death aura emanating from this strange and vicious dog, as well as its cultivation level of up to 70,000 years.

"Ziyang, do you recognize this soul beast? Do you want it?" Mu En asked Zhu Ziyang for his opinion. He could sense the power of the vicious dog in front of him. If Zhu Ziyang could absorb it, it would definitely provide him with considerable help.

Zhu Ziyang didn't recognize this kind of spirit beast, but the Ilex in his mind did, strongly urging him to capture it and tell him the origin of this canine spirit beast. While listening to Ilex's explanation, Zhu Ziyang answered Moon's question, "Teacher, I want this hellhound!"

"Hellhound?" Mu En was surprised. He didn't expect his disciple to know this unfamiliar soul beast. It seems that all those books in his room weren't read for nothing.

"Yes, that's right, it's a hellhound. It's said to be a powerful creature that lives in the underworld, the guardian of the gates of hell, possessing the purest death attribute, and definitely a super soul beast. Legend has it that an adult hellhound can easily devour a city; it's synonymous with death!" Zhu Ziyang relayed Electrolux's words, feeling extremely surprised!

"So that's how it is!" Mu En was somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected to see a legendary soul beast with just a casual glance. This made him even more convinced that Zhu Ziyang was the protagonist of the upcoming great struggle. He looked at the Hellhound, his eyes gradually sharpening, and said, "Then I can't keep you alive even more. Use you as a stepping stone for my disciple!"

After saying that, he told Zhu Ziyang to stay in the tree and not move. However, in a flash, he appeared behind the hellhound. A hand that looked like a withered tree instantly transformed into a huge dragon claw. As the hellhound turned around, he slammed it into the soil with one palm. The two horns on its head shattered, and blood stained its head.

When the Limit Douluo makes his move, the outcome is decided in a single strike!

Moon carried the half-dead hellhound back to Zhu Ziyang's side and said, "Let's go, we'll go to the outer edge of the forest to absorb soul rings."

"Okay, teacher!" Zhu Ziyang nodded repeatedly.

The two quickly disappeared from the area.

(End of this chapter)