Douluo: The Glory of the Peerless Angel

Chapter 60 Radiant Light and Shadowy Shadows, Two Ferocious Beasts (Part 1)

The wind howled, the forest was in turmoil, and the crimson light seemed to be the only thing in the world. A grand funeral was taking place in the land of eternal night!

The Underworld Demon Basket shrieked and roared, trying to cover up the surging confusion in its heart. It had already sensed something was wrong, and its proud Death God bloodline began to tremble like never before. Just looking at the increasingly ferocious and evil figure opposite it, it wanted to beg for mercy and kneel down!

Fear, growing wildly like weeds, washed over the heart of the Underworld Demon King, but then an even more intense emotion rose up and overwhelmed the fear—that was anger!

The Netherworld Demon King's eyes blazed with fury. The last pride of the Death God's bloodline made it raise its battle flag once more. All the vines flashed with a cold, hard metallic color as if cast by molten iron, rushing towards Ling Bai, whose power had reached its peak, like iron chains!

However, after the Death Prison Spider King devoured hundreds of soul rings from the snake swarm, Ling Bai's soul power surged, fully recovering to his peak state and even surpassing it!

Scythe raised, cleaved, shattered, annihilated!

The Death Prison Demon Scythe struck the vines, bursting into dazzling sparks. The Netherworld Emperor's eyesight could no longer keep up with Ling Bai's ghostly speed. He was unable to resist or catch up with him!

"Snap—"

The Death Prison Demon Scythe pierced the eerie eye in the center of the Netherworld Emperor Demon Bamboo's chest. The next second, scalding hot blood gushed from all parts of this once infinitely glorious ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, falling to the ground and forming crimson and tragic blood flowers!

"boom!"

A tremendous roar resounded as the Death Prison Scythe cleaved open the chest of the Underworld Emperor's Demon Cage, revealing a steaming, crimson heart beating bewilderedly!

Ling Bai showed no mercy to his prey. The eight Death Prison Spider Spears on his back rose and fell simultaneously, instantly creating eight hideous holes in the soul beast's heart. Blood gushed out, and the Netherworld Demon Basket's life force continued to ebb away. In its dying moments, it stared intently at Ling Bai's face, as if trying to etch this hatred into its very bones and remember it in the next life!

As the fierce light in the eyes of the Underworld Demon gradually faded, an incomparably deep, pitch-black soul ring slowly condensed in mid-air. The quality of this soul ring was comparable to that of most soul beasts with 80,000 to 90,000 years of cultivation!

The battle was not over yet. Ling Bai endured the swelling pain caused by the overload of his soul power and turned his attention to the Snake Queen Medusa, who had just broken through the Star Guardian and was trying to sneak away!

Medusa fled frantically. Although the monster, the Underworld Demon, only had 50,000 years of cultivation, with the blessing of the Death God's bloodline and the innate domain of the Land of the Dead, there were few soul beasts in the past 100,000 years that could reliably kill it. That's why Medusa dared to risk the extermination of her clan and collude with it. Now that her backer had fallen, when else would she not flee!

Cruel reality often delivers a heavy blow to children who love to fantasize. Medusa suddenly felt as if her left side was much lighter, and looked down in surprise.

It turns out my left arm mysteriously disappeared. This is a big problem!

Medusa was terrified and instinctively swung her right arm, only to find that she had also lost sensation in it. She tried to twist her snake tail to accelerate, but stumbled and fell into the mud. Three meters away, the snake tail that had been severed at the root was still twitching.

Even ants struggle to survive, let alone a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast. Medusa's will to live was bursting. Even after becoming a snake-pig, she still tried her best to crawl forward like a maggot until a foot stepped on its back.

Medusa struggled to turn her head and saw Ling Bai looking down at her. For a moment, she was in a daze. Not long ago, the little snakes that the Underworld Demon King had forcibly sacrificed seemed to have also desperately tried to escape, and were eventually forcibly swallowed by the sea of ​​flowers and became nourishment for the Underworld Demon King.

Looking at it this way, its fate is no different from that of the little snake, becoming a soul ring for human soul masters to break through their limitations.

Medusa was not as stubborn as the Underworld Demon King, resigning herself to her fate and giving up resistance to be killed or tortured. However, Ling Bai's expression was very cold, and his eight spider spears were sharp and gleaming. Snake scales and bones were as thin as paper in front of the Death Prison Spider King. The spider spears accurately pierced the snake king Medusa's vital organs, injecting the Death Prison Spider King poison, which was several times stronger than the Death Prison Spider King poison.

Capturing her alive meant leaving her barely alive. To be on the safe side, Ling Bai had to extinguish Medusa's dying struggle. He deliberately controlled the spread of the Death Prison Spider King's poison, putting Medusa in a state of extreme poisoning, causing her to suffer excruciating pain all over her body and preventing her from mustering any soul power. She eventually turned into a pool of poisonous water and died four days later.

After storing the nearly unrecognizable Medusa into his storage soul tool, Ling Bai sat down against a large tree, his entire body covered in blood as if he had been run over by a train, with various gruesome wounds on his abdomen that were too painful to look at.

As the Death Realm of the Death Spider Emperor was released from its innate domain, the pain from the wound instantly rushed into his mind through his nerves. The sudden, immense pain after the initial suppression was no less than the most gruesome punishment in the world. However, Ling Bai's face did not show any emotion related to the pain. He simply sat alone under the tree, gazing up at the dark and lightless sky of the Eternal Night Land.

Xu Jiujiu unknowingly entered Ling Bai's field of vision, unaware of the lingering malevolence in Ling Bai's gaze.

She paused slightly, pursed her lips as if in thought, but ultimately decided to step forward. With a ripping sound, she tore off a piece of her clothes to use as a strip of cloth, grabbed Ling Bai's blood-stained hand and wiped it clean, leaving no trace, before carefully treating the injuries to his abdomen and chest.

Ling Bai's lips curled into a slight, annoyed smile.

This princess still has some conscience.

"Done, perfect!"

Fifteen minutes later, Xu Jiujiu clapped his hands, looked Ling Bai, who had transformed into a bandaged monster, and nodded in satisfaction.

Ling Bai stiffly stood up, with only one thought in his mind.

Oh no, we've fallen for their scheme!

Her Highness knows absolutely nothing about bandaging!

Perhaps it was the undisguised regret in Ling Bai's eyes, but after a long while, he couldn't help but turn his head away to hide his embarrassment, stubbornly saying, "I wasn't very skilled the first time, don't worry, I'll definitely improve next time!"

"I suspect you're cursing me, but unfortunately I have no proof."

Ling Bai stretched his arms and slowly walked towards the ten-thousand-year soul ring of the Underworld Demon Bamboo. He couldn't afford to miss this top-grade soul beast that he had hunted with great effort and risked his life to kill.

The process of absorbing the soul ring was incredibly smooth and proper. The soul shock from the Underworld Demon Basket directly gave the Death Prison Spider King an extra dessert. The Death Prison Spider King ate the soul ring first and then the resentment, and was so full that it was stuffed in one night. Even the way it looked at Ling Bai in its spiritual sea seemed much more refined.

Ling Bai opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing in them. A new black soul ring had appeared on his lonely gray soul ring, releasing extremely dangerous soul power fluctuations.

At the same time, Ling Bai's soul power jumped from level 44 to level 46, partly due to the Netherworld Emperor's Demon Basket, and partly due to the additional effect of the ultimate talent, Soul Devouring.

The reason why evil martial souls are called evil martial souls is because they have the ability to devour/slaughter life to increase their soul power, such as Blood Infant Douluo harming infants, and Death God Puppet killing people and capturing souls, etc.

Both the Death Spider Emperor and the Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor could be considered evil martial souls in the current Douluo Continent, not to mention their fusion, the Death Prison Spider Emperor.

If the Death Prison Spider King hadn't severed most of the energy of the Devouring Serpent Swarm's soul rings, and Ling Bai hadn't only obtained a negligible amount from its claws, his soul power would probably have soared to Soul King level in this battle alone!

Ling Bai would rather the Death Prison Spider King be even more greedy, since getting something for nothing is addictive. Many evil soul masters fall into depravity because of an accidental killing, which easily increases their soul power by a huge margin. Touched by this, they do it again and again, becoming bolder and bolder, and eventually they fall into an uncontrollable path of depravity!

Feeling the leap in his soul power, Ling Bai secretly made a mental note to use Soul Devouring less or not at all in the future, so as not to leave any hidden dangers for himself!

After absorbing the spirit ring, the next step was naturally to dissect the spirit beast and open the spirit bone blind box. After a series of swift and efficient operations, Ling Bai stared into deep thought at the empty spirit beast corpse.

Seriously, I'm going to cause trouble!

The Netherworld Demon Clan, such a monstrous soul beast, doesn't drop soul bones?!

What happened? Whose fault is it?

Ling Bai deeply considered the feasibility of borrowing luck from the Emperor Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest. After several simulations and deliberations, he decided to give up. It wasn't that the ferocious beasts were too powerful to deal with, but mainly because the 100,000-year-old golden hawksbill turtle was more cost-effective!

"It's about time we left."

Having completed the inner academy assessment, Ling Bai will return to Shrek Academy to watch Ning Tianwufeng's outer academy freshman competition.

To be honest, under the premise of a fair fight, Ling Bai is not optimistic about Ning Tian's team winning the championship. Because Wu Feng's strength and intelligence are both limited, and Nanmen Yun'er is dragging them down in high-level games, if they encounter Huo Yuhao's and Dai Huabin's teams, Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er will not only be unable to compete with Tang San's daughter and the twin martial soul Xiao Xiao, but they will also have a hard time dealing with Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie.

Even with the amplification from Ning Tian's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, it was still difficult to match the two teams' Martial Soul Fusion Skills, Golden Road and Netherworld White Tiger.

"I hope they can win..."

Ling Bai grew up with Ning Tian and Wu Feng, and knew that Ning Tian was actually much more arrogant than Wu Feng. However, the good upbringing of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School's sect leader prevented her from saying hurtful words to his face. If Ning Tian were to be defeated, he would definitely be depressed for a long time.

"Where did Xu Jiujiu go?"

Ling Bai looked around but couldn't find Xu Jiujiu. He activated his Spider King Sense and found Xu Jiujiu squatting under a big tree, busy with something and muttering to herself.

As they drew closer, Ling Bai heard her mutterings clearly:

"Uncle She Chong, we will forever remember your sacrifice. All the soul beasts that killed you have been slain. May your spirit rest in peace..."

After a long time, a small grave was built, and a stone tablet was erected with six large characters engraved on it: "Guardian of She Chong's Tomb".

Upon seeing this, Ling Bai immediately suppressed his smile. Few people can forgive and forget with a smile, but when a person dies, it's like a lamp going out. All the unpleasantness from their lives has gone with the wind. Moreover, there was no deep-seated hatred between the two. If Ling Bai were to replace She Chong, he would not allow any ill-intentioned strangers to get close for long either.

"Are you done?"

After paying his respects to She Chong, Xu Jiujiu looked at Ling Bai as if he were a monster. It was outrageous that a 50,000-year soul ring could be used in less than half an hour!

Ling Bai nodded slightly and said, "Let's go, Miss Xu, let's leave the Youyao Forest."

Upon hearing this, Xu Jiujiu's eyebrows furrowed, and she said unhappily, "I told you not to call me Miss Xu!"

"So, shall I call you Princess Jiu'er?"

When Xu Jiujiu held Medusa back, he revealed the Star Crown. As everyone knows, the Star Crown is the inherited martial soul of the Star Luo Empire's royal family, so the name is indeed appropriate.

"as you like!"

After a long while, she tossed her long hair, strode away angrily, and thought, "Is it appropriate for an evil spirit master to mess with me?"

Does she think I'm blind?!

Royal disciples are skilled at judging people, and the two of them had fought on the battlefield together and shed blood. After a long time, she thought she had figured out a bit of Ling Bai's personality. In his non-combat state, he was gentle and humorous and could take a joke. At times, she even forgot that Ling Bai was an evil soul master.

"Awooo—"

A long wolf howl came from afar. The two looked at each other and saw the doubt in each other's expressions. The only wolf-type soul beast in the Youyao Forest was the Radiant Silver Wolf, but the Radiant Silver Wolf lived in the Everlasting Day area and should never set foot in the Everlasting Night area!

The creature that Xu Jiujiu and She Chong encountered was an exception; it was determined to die and lured the two into the trap.

A glint of silver light appeared and disappeared. The Spider King's senses told Ling Bai that the Silver Wolf's cultivation level was similar to the previous one, having just broken through ten thousand years.

"Hmm? Something's not right. The Radiant Silver Wolf is pure silver-white, but this guy seems to have faint golden specks on his body!"

Ling Bai noticed something amiss and whispered to Xu Jiujiu.

"I understand! It's a mutated form of the Radiant Silver Wolf, the Radiant Star Silver Wolf!"

Xu Jiujiu's face visibly flushed red, and her voice trembled slightly: "According to the ancient records of the Star Luo Royal Family, only one Radiant Silver Wolf can be born out of ten thousand Radiant Silver Wolves! The Radiant Silver Wolf is born bathed in starlight, controlling the power of the sun, moon, and stars, making it the most suitable soul beast for the Star Crown Martial Soul, without exception!"

In her desperation, she disregarded her ladylike reserve and princess-like demeanor, tightly gripping Ling Bai's sleeve. Her eyes shone with excitement as she exclaimed, "Ning Bai, quickly help me kill it! By absorbing the Radiant Silver Wolf Soul Ring, my Star Crown quality will surpass that of all previous royal powerhouses!"

"That amazing?"

Ling Bai gently stroked his smooth chin. Xu Jiujiu's words were not an exaggeration. Some spirit rings could bring about earth-shattering changes to a martial soul. Not to mention the distant past, the Golden Tortoise Shell could help the Xuanming Turtle activate its bloodline and completely evolve into the Xuanwu Turtle!

The Shining Silver Wolf is to Star Crown what the Golden Tortoise is to the Dark Turtle—its importance is self-evident!

With ten thousand years of cultivation, even the Radiant Silver Wolf couldn't surpass the Netherworld Emperor Demon. Ling Bai had it completely under his control, but he didn't want to satisfy Xu Jiujiu so easily, so he spoke seriously to her:

"I promise you, but I can't just help you hunt soul beasts for nothing."

"What kind of conditions are you talking about at a crucial moment!" Xu Jiujiu stomped her foot in anger, but was forced to patiently say, "Help me quickly, and I'll give you a ten-thousand-year soul bone when we get back to Star Luo City!"

"I don't care." Ling Bai shook his head like a rattle-drum.

"Just tell me what you want, and I guarantee you, with the reputation of the Star Luo Royal Family, I will give it to you!"

Xu Jiujiu raised three fingers to swear that she was almost driven crazy by Ling Bai. She had missed out on the Shining Star Silver Wolf and felt like slapping herself twice when she sat up in bed in the middle of the night!

Ling Bai revealed his true intentions and said, "Fine, then tell me, young master, please kill the soul beast."

Xu Jiujiu: ? ? ?

Alright, alright, are you really an evil spirit master?

(End of this chapter)