Douluo Phoenix

Chapter 13 Opportunities

After everything was ready, Xiao Fei lay on the bed and carefully reviewed the novel Douluo Continent that he had read before, recalling some of the opportunities the main characters had, including some secret realms in the four parts of Douluo.

As everyone knows, there are three great treasure lands throughout the entire Douluo Continent: the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, the Valley of Love and Destiny, and Dragon Valley. At present, the only one that is possibly accessible is the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well; the other two are simply impossible to find.

There's also some knowledge from later generations, which is Xiao Fei's biggest opportunity at this stage. For example, the scarcity and price of precious metals, the effects of whale glue, and the Soul Core cultivation method. All of this was underestimated in Douluo Continent I, and now is the best opportunity to seize it.

Of course, all of this needed to be done discreetly. Xiao Fei couldn't help but recall the face-changing technique, one of the four great evil arts of Asia in his previous life. So, Xiao Fei bought some necessities from the market, including a fake beard, a large belly to wear, some unknown paint on his face, and finally dyed his hair red. After dressing up and checking himself in the mirror to make sure there were no flaws, he slipped out of the window and walked directly down the street towards the auction house.

Inside the auction house, Xiao Fei spent 50,000 gold soul coins to buy a huge piece of whale glue that was about 30,000 years old. This was a real steal. Then he went to the street selling iron materials and bought all sorts of materials, including a large piece of deep-sea sunken silver. After browsing around, he spent another 300,000 gold soul coins, almost filling his entire storage soul tool. Speaking of which, the soul tool he originally obtained had a capacity of 50 cubic meters. Now he's still not satisfied and wants to get an even bigger storage soul tool.

After buying everything, Xiaofei started walking back. Sure enough, there were still a few rats behind him. He walked into an empty alley, crossed it, and immediately activated his Phoenix Flame, burning his outer garment, fake belly, paint, and other items to ashes. Then he emerged from another alley and joined the crowd, leaving the rats behind completely bewildered.

Back at the hotel, Xiaofei stared at the enormous mass of whale gelatin in front of him. He melted the entire product with flames and then swallowed it whole. A foul, fishy smell filled his mouth, and Xiaofei felt as if his entire body was on fire, a fire that seemed to penetrate every cell and every pore. At the same time, it seemed that his evil fire was also flaring up.

Xiao Fei, suppressing his desire, jumped into the bathtub that had been prepared in advance and kept adding water. After a night of torment, the room gradually calmed down, and Xiao Fei himself fell asleep in the bathtub.

Xiao Fei woke up at noon the next day. He felt as if his limbs and body had been cleaned, as if he had taken a cold shower in the middle of summer. The water in the bathtub had turned black.

Xiao Fei carefully observed his body; he was now level 29. Furthermore, his physical attributes and cultivation speed had improved considerably. His current cultivation speed should be comparable to that of someone with innate full soul power.

After resting for a day, Xiao Fei changed into a new set of clothes and left Soto City. It took him two full days to travel before he reached the outskirts of the Soul Hunting Forest. Seeing Xiao Fei heading into the forest, people frequently approached him, some asking if he needed mercenaries for soul hunting, others if he wanted to form a team, and still others directly offering to recruit him into their mercenary squads. Xiao Fei refused them all. He knew the cruelty of the Douluo Continent and preferred to be a lone wolf.

After another day of travel, Xiao Fei finally returned to the Flamebird's nest. He had either hunted down or driven away the few small spirit beasts inside. Looking at this familiar place, Xiao Fei sighed, "This place is really good. It's close to the volcano and also near the fire elemental separation point, so the fire element is excellent. I'll stay here for the next while."

After tidying up the nest, Xiao Fei began to meditate. Lately, he'd been engaged in intense battles, leaving him little time for meditation, and the results weren't as good as at the blacksmith's.

And so, for the next three months, Xiao Fei spent his days fighting spirit beasts in the forest and his nights meditating in the Fireburning Forest Nest. Xiao Fei found these days very fulfilling.

Finally, on this day, Xiao Fei broke through to level 30. The next step, hunting for spirit rings, was rather troublesome. Now, no one could help him. Xiao Fei couldn't trust the mercenaries he hired; although the spirit beasts in the vicinity were all fire-attribute, their ages were too young, the oldest being less than 2000 years old.

Xiao Fei's target this time is a 5000-year-old soul beast, or even 6000 years if possible. Xiao Fei looked up at the crater, feeling that there was something he wanted inside. Gritting his teeth, Xiao Fei decided he had to explore the volcano. If all else failed, he could always fly away quickly.

We climbed up the crater to the top. Looking down, we saw a truly spectacular view. Below, the crater was filled with boiling lava, and along the edges were some water-like holes, just big enough for a person to stand in.

Suddenly, Xiao Fei's eyes lit up. He spotted a small figure in one of the tiny holes—a Fire Lizard, a soul beast that lives near magma. Its attack power isn't strong, but its body is covered in incredibly intense flames, said to be close to the ultimate fire. Upon closer inspection, the Fire Lizard was only about 1.7 meters long and had been around for seven thousand years. A Fire Lizard grows to 1 meter in a thousand years, then increases by 10 centimeters every thousand years thereafter. Once it reaches 2 meters, it becomes a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, and at that age, it begins to approach the ultimate fire. Legend says that a hundred-thousand-year-old Fire Lizard possesses the ultimate fire, capable of incinerating everything in the world.

Looking at the Fire Lizard, Xiao Fei felt a slight longing within his Fire Phoenix Martial Soul for it. He pondered for a moment, mainly because this Fire Lizard was incredibly old, almost comparable to some people's fifth spirit ring.

After thinking for a long time, Xiao Fei still felt he should give it a shot. After all, this was the first time the Fire Phoenix Martial Soul had such a desire.

Xiao Fei secretly approached the Fire Lizard, but the lizard, for some reason, sensed him and burrowed straight into its burrow. Left with no other option, Xiao Fei waited at the burrow entrance. After all, the Fire Lizard's habit was to periodically emerge from its burrow to breathe. Finally, after seven days, the Fire Lizard cautiously poked its head out, and Xiao Fei seized this only opportunity. His right hand transformed into a sharp claw, aiming straight for the Fire Lizard's head. This was Xiao Fei's most powerful attack at the moment, his external soul bone skill: Blazing Strike.

Although its fiery claws pierced part of the fire lizard's head, it ignored the damage and bleeding and burrowed back in. "Oh no, this fire lizard is trying to escape."

Xiao Fei charged towards the fire lizard without hesitation, desperately grabbing its neck with both hands. How could the fire lizard survive without its head? Xiao Fei was utterly baffled. Suddenly, another head lunged at Xiao Fei's arm. Xiao Fei quickly used his wings to slash at the fire lizard's head. The other head was also severely injured.

This wasn't the same fire lizard from before; this was a two-headed fire lizard, a mutated variety. What followed was a tug-of-war between the two. The fire lizard continued to desperately crawl into the burrow, while Xiao Fei pulled it back with all his might. The burrow entrance was simply too small, preventing it from using its wings effectively.

Xiao Fei's left hand was severely burned, and his right hand was also in unimaginable pain. A burnt smell filled the air. Finally, after enduring half an hour, the fire lizard was too weak, and Xiao Fei pulled it out of the burrow. The fire lizard was on the verge of death.

Suddenly, a low rumbling sound came from beneath the magma, and Xiao Fei was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.

Xiao Fei quickly grabbed the still-alive two-headed fire lizard, flapped his wings, and left the lava mouth at his fastest speed.

Half an hour later, Xiao Fei finally returned to the Flamebird's nest. He tossed the still-alive two-headed fire lizard aside and focused on recovering his strength, panting heavily.

(End of this chapter)