Douluo Continent: My Path to Godhood Through Stat Allocation

Chapter 57 Bad Luck (Update rules appended at the end of the chapter)

Holding the newly upgraded sickle, he moved with light steps, his movements incredibly swift and powerful.

Besides feeling comfortable, I also felt particularly strong in my right leg, which was literally light and agile.

The right foot bone of the one-eyed giant antelope strengthened his body.

Overall, there was an increase.

His right foot, which is the location of the external soul bone, received the greatest improvement, which also strengthened his right leg.

The one-eyed giant antelope can leap far, sometimes tens of meters.

Fang Ling wasn't that strong, but she could still jump seven or eight meters.

Even without jumping, just walking feels like stepping on springs, as if walking on cotton candy.

The speed was even faster than when traveling at full speed before.

Half a day passed, and six o'clock arrived easily.

Because you're walking in a straight line out of the forest, the further out you go, the lower the level of the soul beasts become; they're all ten-year-old soul beasts.

In a place like this, it's impossible to encounter another unknown thousand-year-old soul beast.

If there were really so many stubborn and inflexible soul beasts, would they still be alive today?

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As Fang Ling walked, he was surprised to find that the surroundings were too quiet.

Even the sound of the breeze rustling the leaves had disappeared; it was eerily quiet.

The eerie atmosphere stirred a strange unease within him.

Looking around, all you can see is the scenery of a typical primeval forest.

"Could I really be that unlucky..." Fang Ling muttered to himself, his nose twitching slightly, before his face suddenly darkened.

A sweet, fishy aroma filled the air.

Just a light sniff made him feel dizzy and weak all over.

poisonous?

Fang Ling quickly held her breath and took a few steps back.

The grass and leaves here are a darker color and look wilted, as if they have been poisoned.

Following this clue, he found a huge black shadow not far away, swaying and feeding under the withered branches and leaves!

My heart skipped a beat.

His eyes were full of vigilance.

Fang Ling couldn't believe it, but upon reflection, it did make some sense.

According to the law of conservation of luck, I obtained a precious external soul bone, and the luck I had accumulated before has been used up.

This is the lowest point in my life; it's time for bad luck to strike.

Fang Ling didn't want to be unlucky, and even less did she want to provoke such a powerful poison.

He quickly and quietly retreated, but still managed to startle the shadowy figure.

The shadowy figure stopped moving and slowly coiled itself around the tree.

It turned out to be a giant, purplish-red centipede that was a full twenty meters long!

Its half-meter-wide body resembled a flowing purplish-red river, each segment brimming with power and threat.

Its shell is like that of steel, not only indestructible but also with a smooth surface.

It can reflect a cold, eerie light in this forest where the light is not very abundant.

The most terrifying part was its head, with a pair of huge and sharp fangs that gleamed with a cold light, as if they could easily tear apart any creature that dared to approach.

He just happened to recognize this one.

A highly venomous spirit beast, a gigantic multi-legged celestial dragon!

Every fifty years of cultivation increases one segment, and two more legs are added.

The creature before us has forty segments and eighty long, sharp limbs, and is exactly two thousand years old.

The large, purplish-red centipede was not far from him, only about thirty meters away, and it had just been happily feeding.

Now, stunned by his presence, his appearance was particularly terrifying as he clung to the tree.

A deep purple poisonous mist began to passively spread from its body, colliding with the surrounding vegetation and making a "squeaking" corrosive sound.

Even the stone seemed to be corroded away.

The decline of the forest was just the prelude; only now is it truly beginning to unleash its toxic power.

Fang Ling's pupils constricted, and she gasped.

The pair of enormous fangs in sight had begun to secrete deep black venom, and its slender limbs moved rhythmically.

Its eerie appearance was just like that of a demon god who had just been unsealed.

Fang Ling's face turned bitter. She was just disturbed while eating, and he was so possessive of his food. Did he have to be so fierce?

We've truly witnessed the dangers of the Star Dou Great Forest!

He nervously summoned his War Scythe Spirit, gripped the rough, silvery metal handle, and felt a little more at ease.

Want to fight?

If the poisonous fog on the outside was so potent just now, how could he possibly withstand this poison that can melt rocks?

A two-thousand-year-old soul beast? What can it possibly do?

A flash of light, and the martial spirit vanished.

Fang Ling's expression turned serious. He slammed his right foot into the ground, leaped, and turned to run. Two thousand years, twenty meters—if he insisted on fighting, he was doomed.

He ran, and the centipede also sprang into action.

Its body twisted and shot out at an incredible speed, like a dark purple light, strange and swift.

Those forty pairs of long, slender limbs on its body are truly not for nothing; combined with its agile body, its speed is simply incredible.

They were almost right in front of Fang Ling in no time.

So fast!

Realizing he wasn't fast enough, Fang Ling twisted his body, summoned his scythe, and unleashed a swift spinning slash with his cursed blade.

The fangs, glistening with venom, collided violently with the mirror-smooth scythe blade.

"collapse--!"

In an instant, a tremendous roar erupted.

As expected, Fang Ling was defeated and forced to retreat.

He was at a complete disadvantage in the confrontation and was sent flying with a "bang".

At the moment of impact, he felt as if his martial spirit was creaking and about to shatter.

Keep in mind, this is a mid-level War Scythe Spirit that has just been upgraded to Lv4, and its Resilience Feat has also been upgraded to Lv4 at the same time!

If you encountered it when you were still at Lv3, it would definitely shatter on the spot.

Fortunately, it happened when I was upgrading to Lv4, which is one of the few consolations.

Fang Ling found joy amidst her suffering.

The centipede's legs moved rapidly, advancing with lightning speed.

Its fangs gripped the sickle, and its head thrashed wildly.

The sickle was almost twisted and shattered by the immense force.

The scythe vanished instantly, and Fang Ling, having escaped the Death Sway, swiftly recalled his martial spirit and retreated.

This thing is fast, strong, aggressive, and its poison is potent.

It is a genuine and powerful thousand-year-old soul beast, not comparable to a mindless, reckless creature like the one-eyed giant horned antelope.

For this kind of spirit beast, the terrain is of no use.

The only way to escape is to divert the trouble to the east, provoke the two tigers to fight each other, and then act according to the circumstances.

We need another thousand-year-old soul beast!

The problem lies here.

Originally located at the boundary between a hundred-year and a ten-year period, after walking straight out for half a day, this place is now completely occupied by ten-year soul beasts.

Where can we find a thousand-year-old soul beast that can fight against this centipede?

Fang Ling's heart sank.

He quickly channeled more soul power into his right foot.

He was truly saved by the external soul bone sent by the one-eyed giant horned goat; otherwise, his body would be cold by now.

Although it's not cold yet, it's almost cold.

It's fast, but not fast enough.

The chance of survival that the one-eyed giant horned goat had gained for him with the bone in his right foot was constantly shrinking.

Holding on is pointless; running away might offer a glimmer of hope.

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