Douluo Continent: The Eternal Order of the Azure Sky.

"Who knows? Let's not think about that anymore. Let's get some rest."

Xu Yingluo spoke calmly, but a strange glint flashed in her eyes.

"Okay, let's sleep then. Sister Luoluo, can I hold you while we sleep?"

"Stop it..."

Inside the tent on the other side, Kong Tianxu listened intently, and only after confirming that the other party had not made any further sounds did the lustrous sheen covering his earlobe quietly fade away.

Xu Yunxiao's Xuanming Power, wielded with the power of a Soul Saint, had a fairly good soundproofing effect, but it ultimately could not completely block out the sound, which was all picked up by his extraordinary hearing enhanced by his martial soul.

Xuanwu bloodline... It really is the Xuanming Sect.

He understood. Although he had seen many characters from the original work over the years, this was the first time he had encountered one related to the main characters, which made him feel quite novel.

Shaking his head to stop thinking about it, he continued to embed the four silver metal beads, each the size of a longan, into the specific grooves on the wrist guard of his hidden blade. With a slight exertion of his left hand, accompanied by an almost inaudible click of a mechanism, the incomparably sharp blade suddenly sprang out. A hazy four-colored halo swirled and flowed among the intricate and mysterious patterns on the blade, emanating a heart-stopping energy fluctuation.

However, strangely enough, although it is clearly a hidden blade, the grooved base shows a reverse inscription unique to long-range soul tools.

Level 6 melee soul tool - Elemental Creed.

He designed and manufactured everything independently, and some of his ideas were even beyond the comprehension of Kong Deming. As the only grandson of the strongest Soul Master in the world, he truly went all out by combining the power of his Martial Soul with the Soul Tool.

"These people seem to be hiding something; it's best to be careful."

The sword blade was like a mirror, reflecting half of his face clearly. Kong Tianxu narrowed his eyes as he watched the dazzling sword light about to burst forth.

Hopefully they won't do anything stupid.

……

Nothing happened that night. This place was quite a distance from the starry sky, and the Xuanming Sect had also sprinkled some beast-repelling powder beforehand, so no soul beasts came to disturb them.

The next morning, Kong Tianxu got up early and got ready. While he was having breakfast, Xu Yunxiao and the others emerged from their tents. Fortunately, they were quick and finished packing in no time. Kong Tianxu put on a relatively loose-fitting casual outfit, and the group of eight set off together.

Apart from Xu Yunxiao, the rest of the team members rarely spoke. Even the most talkative Xu Yuanxi seemed hesitant to be too lively in front of Xu Yunxiao, only occasionally whispering to Xu Yingluo.

Of the eight, Xu Yunxiao, who had the highest cultivation level, naturally took the lead, while the other four men formed a diamond shape behind them, protecting the two girls and Kong Tianxu in the center.

From what I can see, Kong Tianxu thinks that these people are quite reasonable. They didn't press him about his martial soul and soul skills, nor did they make him walk in front of them to clear the way.

Of course, this could also be interpreted as them wanting to better monitor their own movements and not taking their revealed Great Soul Master cultivation level seriously.

As dawn broke, the group had already entered the Star Dou Great Forest. Xu Yunxiao continued walking, but still spoke in a deep voice:

"Ahead lies the Star Dou Great Forest. I must remind everyone that the Star Dou Great Forest has become increasingly dangerous in recent years, with even ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts appearing on the outskirts. Therefore, none of you can afford to be careless. I will continue to lead the way. Tian Xu, you stay behind me and be ready to assist me at any time. Yingluo and Yuanxi, you two come together too. The rest of you, maintain formation."

"Yes," the other four men replied in unison.

Of the four, the one who caught Kong Tianxu's attention the most was Ye Handong, who stood at the very back. He was the strongest person besides Xu Yunxiao, possessing the cultivation of a Soul Emperor. It seemed that Xu Yunxiao trusted him quite a bit.

Kong Tianxu naturally had no objection to this arrangement. With a Soul Saint-level expert who might possess a top-tier Martial Soul leading the way, he felt even less pressure.

After giving these instructions, Xu Yunxiao let out a soft shout, and his muscles swelled up rapidly, making him appear larger and stretching his black clothes taut.

Most notably, in his right hand, there was a black tortoise-shell shield with a diameter of about two and a half meters, covered with a dense dark light, exuding a heavy texture.

The Xuanming Sect's most powerful martial spirit is the Xuanming Turtle.

Although it is a mutated form, its lineage is quite ancient. Originally a beast spirit, it can transform into a shield-like form similar to a weapon spirit, capable of both offense and defense. This is a spirit talent rather than a spirit skill. The fact that it possesses this innate ability means that the spirit is of extremely high quality, and this alone is enough to place the Xuanming Turtle among the top-tier spirits.

This also shows how powerful Kong Tianxu's two martial souls are, which is a fundamental difference in the foundation of martial souls.

The dark light filled the air, but it couldn't stop Kong Tianxu from peeking. His second martial soul was quietly released, and his eyes, now with a brighter sheen, saw through the dense dark light the number of spirit rings that Xu Yunxiao had created due to the release of his martial soul.

Exactly seven, no more, no less: two yellow, three purple, and two black. While not the optimal soul ring combination, it's still quite formidable.

The first of his seven spirit rings, a century-old yellow ring, lit up, and the black light on his tortoise-shell shield instantly doubled in intensity. A huge but not powerful black ripple spread out from the shield in an instant.

These water-like ripples appeared harmless on the surface, but after drifting out, they spread extremely far and quickly disappeared into the dense forest.

The first soul skill, is this their ripple detection method? Kong Tianxu could vaguely guess that this soul skill was similar to the ultrasonic detection of bat-type martial souls. Once the ripples came into contact with something, Xu Yunxiao should be able to make a judgment based on the different feedback.

Although he couldn't detect things as accurately as Xu Yunxiao with his X-ray vision, his cultivation level allowed him to explore a much wider range.

Moreover, based on Xu Sanshi's performance in the original work, this should be a control-type soul skill, because martial soul skills passed down for a long time will be relatively fixed. In other words, this is a skill he developed on his own.

"Let's go."

The ripples that had spread out first had partially returned, and Xu Yunxiao's voice came from ahead. It seemed that Kong Tianxu had returned to the previous times when he was hunting souls, and he didn't need to do anything more, he just needed to keep moving forward.

Xu Yunxiao led the group, constantly changing their route, and their speed was not much slower than that of Kong Tianxu traveling alone. During this time, they did not even encounter any attacks from soul beasts.

In less than an hour, they had already penetrated more than twenty kilometers into the Star Dou Great Forest. And this was already close to the boundary of the mixed zone.

After walking about another kilometer, Xu Yunxiao paused, turned around, and said solemnly:

"We've entered the mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest. The abilities of the soul beasts in the mixed zone are even more bizarre, which might catch us off guard and prevent us from providing timely assistance. Everyone, please be careful. To avoid angering some sensitive soul beasts, I need to narrow down the detection range and prepare for battle."

With that, he made a gesture and continued walking without looking back. This group once again demonstrated the extremely high quality of a top-tier hidden sect; their formation quickly contracted, yet they still maintained a distance of more than three meters between each person.

To Kong Tianxu's slight surprise, a mysterious aura emanated from their formation as they moved in perfect unison.

Similarly, Xu Yingluo and Xu Yuanxi did not miss the opportunity to observe Kong Tianxu. Their cultivation was at least at the Quasi-Soul Sect level, and traveling in this environment was not easy for them. However, Kong Tianxu followed behind Xu Yunxiao at a steady pace, without showing any signs of fatigue or fear. It seemed that this was not his first time entering the Star Dou Great Forest.

Xu Yunxiao's warning quickly became a reality. The group hadn't gone far when suddenly, Xu Yunxiao stopped in his tracks, and black tide surged on the Xuanming Shield.

Ghostly figures emerged from the dense forest from all directions, gathering towards the group of eight. These figures moved with incredible speed, traversing the forest without making a sound, and quickly surrounded Kong Tianxu and his group of eight as if they were organized.

Chapter 5 Elemental Vision

"Everyone be careful, it's a pack of wolves, a pack of golden wolves, we're surrounded."

Xu Yunxiao gave a warning and quickly stepped back, blocking the way for the crowd.

Golden Wolf? Kong Tianxu observed the soul beasts that appeared one after another around him, and memories surfaced in his mind.

This type of spirit beast is actually called a metal wolf, a type of metal-attribute spirit beast. Although it is not as powerful as the four other types of metal spirit beasts such as lions, tigers, leopards, and bears, it excels in living in groups and has an extremely volatile temper. Although it belongs to the strength-type spirit beast category, it is quite agile, especially skilled in close combat, making it very difficult to deal with.

These golden wolves all looked similar, differing only in size. The largest exceeded three meters in length, while the smallest, even when standing upright, was taller than an adult. Their metallic fur stood out prominently in the forest. There were at least thirty or forty of these wolves. After surrounding the group, they immediately began to emit low, menacing growls, which sounded extremely eerie.

Not far away, the most robust golden wolf let out a long howl, and the hard fur on its back, gleaming with a metallic luster, suddenly stood up. Its body shot out like lightning, and the stood-up fur instantly transformed into a large clump of metal spikes that covered it from the side.

Most soul beasts, before reaching ten thousand years of cultivation, possess intelligence essentially no different from wild animals. For this pack of golden wolves, the standard for judging things is simply whether they are edible and delicious. And the bloodline and muscles of soul masters, constantly nourished by soul power, are the most delicious food for them. Although this golden wolf leader is not yet ten thousand years old, and its fur has not yet turned bronze-gold, it is at least nine thousand years old. On the outskirts of the mixed zone, their pack's power is already formidable.

Just as the leader of the golden wolves launched its attack, the other golden wolves also leaped out of the forest at the same time. With their swift speed, clusters of metal spikes rained down from the sky, converging on the group.

Xu Yunxiao, standing at the forefront, snorted coldly and slammed the Xuanming Tortoise Shell Shield heavily onto the ground. Countless small shields formed from black water waves appeared precisely in the path of the metal spikes, deflecting most of the flying metal spikes in one move.

Immediately afterwards, a black halo suddenly spread outward from the Xuanming Tortoise Shell Shield, like a huge air shield pushing outward, instantly enveloping the rain of spikes that the golden wolf leader had shot in front of him.

Amidst a muffled roar, sharp black ripples erupted, followed by a series of dense crackling sounds. Most of the metal spikes were scattered by the shock, while some were directly shattered and fell helplessly to the ground.

It is unclear whether Xu Yunxiao did this intentionally or not. While he used his second soul skill, Xuanming Shield Formation, and his first soul skill, Xuanming Shock, to neutralize most of the golden wolf's attacks, he missed a cluster of metal spikes not far behind him. The target of these metal spikes happened to be Kong Tianxu's location.

Do metal-type soul beasts use ranged attacks?

Kong Tianxu was somewhat surprised, but he didn't slow down at all. With a long howl, the scorching heat began to spread from his body.

The blazing flames soared into the sky, completely obscuring his figure. Kong Tianxu simply tapped his slender fingers, and several lines of fire burst forth, making contact with the incoming metal spikes one by one, melting them completely.

A wave of intense heat swept in, distorting the surrounding air. Xu Yuanxi, who was closest to Kong Tianxu, was shocked by his strength and had to quickly summon the Xuanming Shield to shield herself and Xu Yingluo before she could feel a little better.

She and Xu Yingluo exchanged a glance, their beautiful eyes sparkling with admiration:

"His martial soul is fire element?"

Among the martial souls of soul masters, all sorts of special existences may appear, but elemental martial souls are undoubtedly one of the most powerful, with a very high upper limit and a not too low lower limit. They are among the few martial souls whose own level will increase as the soul master's cultivation level increases.

The flames Kong Tianxu had ignited were already approaching a thousand degrees. This was absolutely the most powerful elemental martial soul she had ever seen, probably not far from the legendary ultimate fire. No wonder even her top-tier water-attribute martial soul, the Xuanming Turtle, felt restrained.

I wonder what her expression will be when she learns that this fire element, which she has never seen before, is actually less than one-seventh of Kong Tianxu's strength.

The Golden Wolves' attack continued, but the first wave of flying spikes was ineffective, so they changed tactics.

The leader of the golden wolves seemed to sense that Xu Yunxiao was not easy to deal with, and it quickly disappeared back into the woods. Dozens of golden wolves howled and pounced on it.

Xu Yunxiao and his group immediately demonstrated their excellent teamwork, with no one behaving erratically and each releasing their martial spirit to defend themselves.

Among them, besides Xu Yunxiao who kept waving his shield to knock away the surrounding golden wolves, the one who attracted Kong Tianxu's attention the most was undoubtedly the Soul Emperor Ye Handong.

His limbs simultaneously contracted by a third, a massive carapace bulged on his back, and his entire body shimmered with black light. Six spirit rings—three yellow, two purple, and one black—rose from beneath his feet. Facing the onslaught of several golden wolves, he swiftly spun the carapace behind him, sending several wolves flying from his sides. He then retracted his head, completely shrinking it into his chest cavity, dodging the sharp claws that attacked from the front. The next moment, his head emerged from his chest cavity, and with a single breath, he spewed out a stream of black, icy liquid. A golden wolf with hundreds of years of cultivation was corroded and fell to the ground by the black liquid he spat out.

The Xuanwu Turtle is also one of the top defensive beast spirits. The current Xuanming Turtle spirit is a mutated spirit formed by the combination of the Xuanwu Turtle family and a Xuanwu Turtle spirit master. It can be said to have the strengths of both.

Xu Yuanxi was not to be outdone. Among the four soul rings on her body, two yellow and two purple, the first two shone in turn, and the layers of shield shadows made the places that others had missed completely impenetrable.

Among those present who revealed their spirit rings, she was the only one with the best spirit ring ratio. Moreover, according to Kong Tianxu's investigation, her bone age was around nineteen years old, yet she had reached the bottleneck of level fifty, which was ten levels higher than Xu Yingluo standing next to her.

Such a cultivation speed can definitely be called genius, and she has a real chance of becoming a Title Douluo in the future. What puzzled Kong Tianxu was that her status among the group was clearly lower than that of Xu Yingluo, whose talent was much inferior.

After passively withstanding the attacks of the golden wolves for a moment, the group had already assessed the strength of the pack. Xu Yunxiao did not rush in; his Xuanming Shield moved with wide, sweeping movements, yet the golden wolves, who were most adept at close combat, could not even get within a meter of him. Instead, their heavy tortoise shells struck him precisely in the waist each time.

The wolf had a head of bronze, a body of iron, and a waist of tofu. Before long, several golden wolves died at his hands.

Because of his presence, the number of golden wolves facing him was the fewest, and Kong Tianxu naturally faced less pressure. He only needed to release a wave of flame from time to time to repel the golden wolves.

Xu Yunxiao wanted to observe the details of his battle, but he was completely shrouded in flames, and even his spirit rings were not clearly visible, so he had to give up.

Kong Tianxu's move was actually out of necessity. Although after ten thousand years of development and progress, exceeding the optimal ratio of spirit ring age was no longer a shocking thing, his spirit ring ratio was still too unconventional.

In the first millennium, if the Xuanming Sect members are knowledgeable enough, they might easily deduce that he belongs to the Body Sect or has twin martial souls, which would be quite troublesome.

Perhaps because they were all defensive-type Soul Masters, although the Xuanming Sect members resisted easily, they were not quick to inflict effective damage on the golden wolf pack. Only Xu Yunxiao and Ye Handong occasionally killed a few with their Soul Skills, but the cumulative number was quite considerable.

Kong Tianxu observed coldly, and based on his understanding of high-level soul masters, he immediately judged that the two of them had not used their full strength.

Perhaps in order to hone the sect's combat skills, judging from their current performance, they are clearly holding back.

Meanwhile, Xu Yingluo was quite relaxed, not even releasing her martial spirit, but instead enjoying the brilliant firelight behind Kong Tianxu with great interest.

Just as the group was steadily expanding their gains, suddenly, a shrill howl rang out, and a bronze-colored figure suddenly rushed out from the side. At the same time, the golden wolf pack no longer held back, and their attack became even more frenzied, suppressing the group with all their might.

The golden wolf leader, hidden in the forest, finally couldn't hold back any longer and made its move. With a roar to the sky, its whole body shimmered with a strong metallic luster. Its muscles suddenly swelled up, and it charged fiercely towards the formation that had seemed unbreakable just a second ago, blasting a weaker Soul King backward.

Kong Tianxu raised his hand and repelled a golden wolf that was biting him. His keen senses seemed to have caught something, and his eyes underwent a very subtle change. A silver light shone in his pupils, and the whole world turned into a large, colorful block of color in his eyes.

One of the Silver Dragon Martial Soul's innate abilities is Elemental Vision, which presents the world's appearance in an elemental form. This is a dominant vision unique to the Silver Dragon clan, the elemental controllers.

From this perspective, Kong Tianxu saw that in addition to the bright metallic light representing the leader of the Golden Wolves in the arena, there was an even larger and brighter ball of light in the dense forest, which was slowly moving towards them.

The flames in his hands intensified.

Chapter 6 The Golden Wolf King