Douluo Continent: The Myriad Body of Truth and Falsehood

Chapter 55 The Fourth Soul Ring

Mingdu.

This is the capital of the Douluo Federation, the second largest city on the continent, second only to Shrek City. The Federal Parliament, the Central Legion, and the Temple of War are all stationed here. For the Federation, Mingdu is the true capital.

As one of the eighteen great pillars of heaven, the Mingdu Spirit Pagoda, after years of renovation, has eighty stories and is second only to the Spirit Pagoda of Shrek City in terms of prosperity. Its architectural shape is very similar to the Spirit Pagoda of the East Sea, exceeding five hundred meters in height. Its base is octagonal, occupying a very large area. Every ten stories, it narrows inward until it reaches the spire at the top.

Gu Yue paid for three tickets, and the two of them, led by the Crimson King in human form, ventured into the advanced Spirit Ascension Platform. The primeval forest was once again revealed to the three of them.

The Crimson King walked directly ahead, spreading his spiritual power to investigate, and said, "My lord, the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform seems to be inside the original Star Mixing Zone. It is vast and the forests are lush. It will be difficult to find the ten-thousand-year-old golden dragon in a short time. Please understand."

Bai Xu didn't seem to care at all and comforted him, "It's alright, let's take a walk in the forest and see the diversity of species of the former Star Dou Soul Beasts."

"Yes."

The trio, led by the Crimson King, appeared rather relaxed, which was quite common. Younger members of Soul Master families were often led into the Spirit Ascension Platform by highly skilled elders; sometimes, the younger members didn't even need to lift a finger, simply waiting for their elders to kill the Soul Beasts and absorb the spiritual energy.

Although the Crimson King wasn't a spirit-type soul beast, at the level of a ferocious beast, its spiritual power was far greater than that of an ordinary Title Douluo. Its ability to spread out and survey the surroundings was far more efficient than Bai Xu and Gu Yue's reconnaissance soul skills. Led by the Crimson King, the two of them thoroughly explored this Star Dou Forest from ten thousand years ago.

"My lord, this is a ten-thousand-year-old Ice and Fire Demon Tiger, a combination of ice and fire, skilled in close-range attacks. If it were still alive, it would have generated two spirit rings after being killed by a soul master. It should be extinct by now," the Crimson King continued to explain to Bai Xu.

Bai Xu looked at the fierce tiger before him, with its red and blue wings and pure white fur, and nodded. The Crimson King's slightest aura was enough to frighten the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice-Fire Demon Tiger, causing it to tuck its tail between its legs and flee.

boom!

Suddenly, a loud roar erupted in the forest, and the earth trembled slightly, as if a huge creature was running. The commotion terrified the beasts within a radius of dozens of miles.

"What's wrong?" Bai Xu asked, puzzled.

The Crimson King's spiritual power swept over the area, and a look of disbelief appeared on his face. He then smiled wryly and said, "This is a familiar scene. The Imperial Beast is hunting, and the one it is chasing is the Cyclops."

After speaking, the Crimson King casually waved his hand, using his soul power to envelop Bai Xu and Gu Yue, and they both rose into the air, where they witnessed an astonishing scene ten miles away.

The forest collapsed like wheat seedlings under the Cyclops's trampling; followed by a massive shockwave, and an extremely powerful figure leaped in, landing with a thud that shook the earth. The tremor felt by Bai Xu and the others was caused by the Cyclops's leap.

Pursuing it was a three-eyed golden lion, a creature of ten thousand years in age. Its overall shape resembled a lion, with four claws like dragons, each claw resting on a ball of golden flame. Beneath its fur appeared to be fine, dense golden scales. A third vertical pupil had sprouted from its forehead, but at this moment, the pupil was closed, leaving only a slit.

"You have a story to tell, want to hear it?"

The Crimson King sighed, his face full of helplessness and bitterness, his appearance suddenly becoming weathered: "Back then, it was I who guarded the Emperor Beast to prevent it from being harmed. Ten thousand years ago, it was during its pursuit of the Cyclops that it was captured by Shrek Academy. At that time, the strongest person in Shrek Academy was named Xuanzi. I was no match for him, and since the Beast had fallen into their hands, I had no choice but to agree to their conditions and was extorted for its spirit ring and spirit bone."

"Looking back now, the reason why the auspicious beast later went to the human world must be because humans did something to me while I was away. It might have been forced to undergo attribute conversion, but the auspicious beast didn't tell me in time. Later I found out that the Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao was also among them."

"This moment is just like that moment back then."

Gu Yue's eyes flickered as she watched with a meaningful gaze as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion hunted down the Cyclops and devoured its brain. She hadn't resurrected ten thousand years ago, so she naturally knew nothing of this.

After the Crimson King recounted the story, Bai Xu remembered this part of the plot, but it was not important. The three of them took a detour and simply searched for the aura of the Golden Dragon directly above the star.

One day after the Ascension Platform

The Crimson King's powerful spiritual energy swept across almost the entire forest, and finally found a 50,000-year-old golden dragon in a corner of the advanced spirit ascension platform.

Gu Yue explained, "This soul beast is not a pure dragon. Because the Three-Eyed Golden Lion contains a trace of golden dragon bloodline, after the Spirit Ascension Platform mastered the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, it wanted to further restore the golden dragon. However, no matter how many resources the Spirit Transmission Tower consumed, it could not create a pure-blooded golden dragon. It could only take a step back and mix in some other bloodlines."

"However, this golden dragon has grown to the level of 50,000 years, so it undoubtedly possesses the ultimate power attribute."

Bai Xu nodded and said, "Let's do it."

The ultimate attribute of 50,000 years is indeed quite troublesome, but even though the Crimson King was injured, it was not something it could shake. After a fierce battle, the Golden Dragon collapsed helplessly at Bai Xu's feet, on the verge of death.

Bai Xu examined the golden dragon's body. The golden scales moved rhythmically with the dragon's breathing, and the collisions between them seemed to produce a crisp, metallic sound.

"Fifty thousand-year level?" Bai Xu frowned slightly, slowly lifting the Fruit of Myriad Deeds. "Based on this calculation, my fifth spirit ring seems to be a hundred thousand year? I'll take that Qiluo Tulip thing!"

After saying this, the Fruit of Myriad Deeds trembled slightly and slowly floated above the head of the golden dragon. The surrounding space cracked slightly, creating black fissures that even enveloped Bai Xu. Spacetime underwent subtle changes, and the fragments flowed like a vortex.

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Gu Yue suddenly felt a sense of unease. When she looked at him again, Bai Xu was already sitting cross-legged, absorbing the soul ring.

"After absorbing a ten-thousand-year-old golden-haired lion-dog, his physical strength increased by leaps and bounds. Now he can even absorb a fifty-thousand-year-old golden dragon." Looking at Bai Xu's body covered in green flames, Gu Yue felt that the dragon bloodline was like a toy in front of such a martial soul.

"The Karma Martial Soul... even a divinely bestowed Martial Soul can't compare to it!"

In Gu Yue's mind now, the only way to fight against the Karma Martial Soul is to merge the gold and silver bloodlines and allow the Dragon God to reappear as a Martial Soul.

After a while, as Bai Xu finished absorbing the energy, his soul power reached level 43. Four soul rings, one purple, one purple, one black, and one black, surrounded him. The swift on his shoulder excitedly rubbed against Bai Xu's cheek, occasionally letting out a soft "coo coo" sound.

However, the Fruit of Myriad Deeds returned to his body, the two ten-thousand-year soul rings disappeared, and his soul power aura plummeted, suppressed to level 26.

Gu Yue had already pictured this scene in her mind: what kind of reaction would the people around Bai Xu have when he revealed his hidden power in front of everyone?

(End of this chapter)