Douluo Continent: Long Live the Spirit Hall

Although it's a bit early to rest at this time, if they continue on their way, they'll only be entering the interior of the mountains by nightfall. The soul beasts inside the Jingyang Mountains are not good, and the conditions for sleeping in the open are not as good as here. Yan has no interest in going there now to suffer.

On the morning of the second day, as the warm sunlight enveloped the entire Jingyang Mountains, Yan finally arrived at his destination, the Jingyang Mountains.

Viewed from high above, the Jingyang Mountains resemble a giant spider or a giant octopus, sprawling across the land, appearing particularly magnificent.

Although both are habitats of spirit beasts, the feeling Yan experienced here was completely different from that of the Star Dou Great Forest.

The Star Dou Great Forest is vast and boundless, with diverse ecosystems. However, it possesses a wild and fierce aura. While the number and diversity of spirit beasts here may not be comparable to those in the Star Dou Great Forest, the spirit beasts here are far more aggressive.

"Awooo~~~" Not long after Yan brought Bai Xiuxiu into the Jingyang Mountains, he heard the howling of wolves and beasts in the vicinity of the Central Mountain Range, which immediately attracted his attention.

"A pack of wolves or a lone wolf?" Yan paused and listened intently for a moment.

"I'm not sure if it's a golden wolf or a silver wolf, but either way, they both like to devour metal. These kinds of metal-devouring soul beasts themselves contain refined metal elements, making them excellent materials for soul tools." After hesitating for a moment, Yan quickly ran towards the direction from which the wolf's howl came.

His purpose in coming to the Jingyang Mountains this time was not only to find a special place, but also to collect some precious materials, especially precious metals.

"This place is quite deep into the Jingyang Mountains. If we continue this way, we might encounter ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts ahead." Yan followed the wolf beast's voice all the way to the depths of the Jingyang Mountains, near the intersection of the outer and inner rings of the central main vein.

The central main ridge of the Jingyang Mountains is oval-shaped. Although this is my first time here, I can imagine the general distribution of soul beasts here from the situation in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Those living on the outer edges of the mountains are definitely relatively weaker soul beasts, while the further in you go, the stronger the soul beasts naturally become.

However, for Yan, as long as he doesn't provoke those 100,000-year-old soul beasts, there is basically no danger.

"This should be a Golden Wolf. In the Jingyang Mountains, the metal-attribute soul beasts seem a bit too strong." Yan was very fast. In no time, a wolf-shaped soul beast with a body length of more than two meters appeared in his sight. Its golden fur reflected a faint glow. When it saw Yan, it immediately adopted a wary posture, as if it was showing off.

This golden wolf is entirely golden, its fur is like metal, reflecting a very strong luster, and under the sunlight, it seems as if it is glowing.

Judging from its aura, this golden wolf is probably a thousand-year-old soul beast. The golden wolf, also known as the metal wolf, is an extremely rare metal-attribute soul beast.

Metal-attribute soul beasts are relatively rare in the Douluo Continent, but they are not particularly precious or rare in the New World, which is rich in mineral resources.

Among metal-attribute soul beasts, the four strongest types should be lions, tigers, leopards, and bears, with the most famous and powerful being the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

Although metal wolves are not as strong as the four strongest metal soul beasts, they are faster and can move in groups.

It should be noted that in the Jingyang Mountains, the combat power of all metal-attribute soul beasts is at least 30% higher than normal. The combat power bonus obtained by these metal-attribute soul beasts that move in groups is even more terrifying.

The golden wolf that appeared before Yan looked exceptionally spirited. Beneath its metallic fur, bulging muscles made it appear strong and powerful, and its bloodthirsty gaze instantly locked onto Yan.

"Awooo!" The golden wolf roared madly, then pounced on Yan. Its front paws rose, sharp as knives, aiming for Yan's chest, while its wolfish snout was aimed at Yan's neck.

Facing the menacing golden wolf, Yan did not dodge. Instead, he raised his right hand, and his dark golden claws instantly slashed down, avoiding the wolf's hardest point, its forehead, and instead grabbing the central nerve of its neck. The thousand-year-old golden wolf died instantly.

"The fur is tough, offering better defense than ordinary armor. The wolf meat is firm and rosy in color; after processing, it should taste quite good. The wolf tendons are very resilient and contain some special elements, which can be used to craft soul-guided bows or crossbows." After the golden wolf died, Yan crouched down and began dissecting the carcass with his dark gold dagger. Using the Dawn AI, he quickly obtained some of the data he needed.

"The refined metal in wolf bones is very strong, and the secret formula for the special alloy is worth studying." Yan had obtained quite a few useful things, and just as he was about to continue his research, suddenly the howls of wolves rose up all around him, and golden wolf shadows appeared and surrounded him.

"A pack of golden wolves, and even a ten-thousand-year-old golden wolf. It seems my luck is indeed quite good." Yan looked around. This was a wolf pack of just over a hundred people, with the main force consisting of adult golden wolves, whose cultivation levels ranged from a hundred to a thousand years. Among them, the one that attracted his attention the most was the exceptionally large golden wolf in the very center.

The Golden Wolf of Ten Thousand Years is over four meters long, and its robust body, when standing upright, is almost like that of a giant bear.

Its limbs are extremely muscular, and the sharp blades on its four wolf claws emit a faint dark golden light, looking no less impressive than dark gold daggers.

His dark gold dagger was made from a century-old dark gold dinosaur, and its strength was close to that of the ultimate gold. It was definitely not comparable to an ordinary gold wolf or a century-old dark gold dinosaur.

However, the energy within the Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Wolf had already undergone a transformation, and the quality of its metallic energy was close to that of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, which had a low cultivation level back then, which made sense.

Chapter 299 The Golden Wolf King and the Silver Wolf King

"Roar~~~" While Yan was sizing up the Ten Thousand Year Golden Wolf King, the Ten Thousand Year Golden Wolf King was also sizing him up.

The Golden Wolf King's eyes were blood red, unlike the brown eyes of ordinary golden wolves, and a bloodthirsty aura constantly emanated from it.

Seeing the dismembered corpse of the golden wolf, the Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Wolf King couldn't help but roar in anger. With the Golden Wolf's howl, the entire golden wolf pack instantly erupted in chaos.

The howls of the wolves shook the heavens; these golden wolves wanted to kill Yan and avenge their brethren. Yan looked around; the golden wolves were gathering, numbering over a hundred. Although they had formed an absolute encirclement around him, these wolves did not make any rash moves, clearly sensing the threat he posed.

"Although we can collect more materials, I'm not one to kill indiscriminately, so let's not cause any unnecessary trouble." Yan's gaze wandered for a moment before settling on the Golden Wolf King.

He came to Jingyang Mountain Range with his own purpose, one of which was to collect information on the unique soul beasts in this gathering place, especially some metal-type soul beasts.

This golden wolf was one of his targets, and the ten-thousand-year-old golden wolf king was an extremely precious resource. Now that it had been delivered to his doorstep, he wouldn't be polite.

As Yan's gaze swept across the room, his aura subtly changed, causing the pack of golden wolves to stir as they sensed a threat emanating from him.

Wolves are not the kind of wild beasts that knowingly throw their lives away despite the strength of their enemy. Wolf-like spirit beasts are known for their cunning and intelligence, and rarely do anything reckless or desperate.

"Heh, a bunch of hundred-year-old or thousand-year-old soul beasts think they can stop me? Dream on." Yan's gaze locked onto the Golden Wolf King, and then he took a step and leaped straight into the sky. The Golden Wolf King also realized that Yan's target was him, and immediately let out a wolf king howl.

In an instant, all the golden wolves roared and charged toward Yan, their fierce eyes flashing with golden light, releasing an incomparably tragic killing intent.

"Get lost!" Yan simply waved his hand in mid-air, and an invisible force slapped out like a giant hand, sending all the golden wolves in front of him flying.

The Golden Wolf King, who had originally planned to launch a sneak attack while the clan was exhausting Yan's strength, no longer dared to do so. He quickly turned his wolf head to try and avoid Yan's pursuit.

"You want to run? Did you ask me first?" Yan swept out with a palm in mid-air, and the powerful palm force immediately suppressed the Golden Wolf King's movements. The wolf king's body burst out with brilliant golden light in an attempt to save itself, but it was of no use at all.

"Awooo~~~" In desperation, the Golden Wolf King howled again, and the surrounding golden wolves charged forward one after another in an attempt to stop Yan's actions. However, with a ring of soul power shooting outward, all the charging golden wolves were overturned.

Taking advantage of Yan's burst of soul power to deal with the pack of wolves, the Golden Wolf King finally found an opportunity to barely break free of his restraints. He immediately turned and retreated, trying to escape.

However, Yan's figure had already landed, and in an instant, he was behind it. As a hand quietly fell, the wolf king's blood-red eyes widened considerably.

"Awooo~" The Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Wolf King turned its head in terror, letting out a low howl before blood seeped from the corner of its mouth, and then its breath weakened to the extreme.

Yan released his hand, and the Ten Thousand Year Golden Wolf King collapsed to the ground, convulsing, blood foam spitting from the corner of its mouth. It seemed to still want to struggle, but after a moment, the wolf king's life force was cut off, and it never moved again.

"Get lost!" Yan looked around again, then channeled his soul power and shouted. Seeing that their wolf king had been easily killed, and with Yan's shout containing spiritual power, the golden wolves lost all courage. They growled and fled in all directions, quickly disappearing into the forest.

After the pack of golden wolves had all left, Yan glanced at the golden wolf king at his feet. The wolf king had already closed its eyes unwillingly. Yan didn't hold back and used his dark gold dagger to slash open the wolf's body. With his previous experience dealing with golden wolves, dealing with this golden wolf king was easy for him.

"We've got the Golden Wolf. Next, we need to find the Silver Wolf and the Sun Worm's territory." Before the Golden Wolf King's corpse, Yan carefully extracted a wisp of golden liquid from its spinal cord.

"Just as I suspected, the metal-attribute soul beasts of the Jingyang Mountains possess extremely diluted golden blood. Although this thin golden blood doesn't even qualify as a golden bloodline, it gives them more possibilities, especially the Golden Wolf and the Silver Wolf. The Golden Wolf King has a powerful physique, and the Silver Wolf King is proficient in multiple elements; they look just like the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King. However, to verify the relationship, we need to find a Silver Wolf King that is over ten thousand years old. We couldn't extract even a trace of golden blood from the thousand-year-old Golden Wolf before." In front of the Golden Wolf King's corpse, Yan carefully categorized the things he had processed, and then placed all the materials into his storage soul tool and his Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch.

After he finished doing all that, he leaped onto a high mountain and looked down at the plains below, trying to find traces of other wolf packs.

He initially came to the Jingyang Mountains for the Sun Worm. The Sun Worm is a unique soul beast of the Jingyang Mountains in the New World, but when he discovered the fragment of the Time Gate, it was inside the lair of a Sun Worm.

The appearance of unique soul beasts from a new continent in Douluo Continent, along with the existence of a fragment of a spacetime soul tool, inevitably sparks speculation.

Moreover, Yan also knew from some of the memories of the Sun Worm that it had suddenly descended upon the Douluo Continent.

Therefore, it is very likely that the solar worm with a thousand years of cultivation discovered a fragment of the Time-Space Gate in the Jingyang Mountains and unintentionally activated its power, which is why it was transported to the Douluo Continent.

According to Yan's speculation, the complete Time Gate is not just the two fragments he obtained. He has basically found all the fragments of Douluo Continent, but he still hasn't collected them all. Therefore, he turned his attention to the Jingyang Mountains of this new continent.

Although he wasn't sure of his exact destination, he had a feeling ever since he entered the mountains that he hadn't made a mistake coming here, so he was prepared to search carefully.

As for collecting materials from spirit beasts, including the Golden Wolf King and the Silver Wolf King, those were just side projects. His Spirit Hall would eventually rule this continent, and he couldn't be completely ignorant of his future territory.

However, after arriving at the Jingyang Mountains, the two unique soul beasts, the Golden Wolf and the Silver Wolf, caught his attention, reminding him of the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King. So he decided to pursue another research project, since he had plenty of time for the time being.

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"A Silver Moon Wolf King with ten thousand years of cultivation, a soul beast with chaotic attributes that can draw upon the power of multiple elements—it's truly a wondrous existence, very suitable for research." Before a cliff near the main ridge of the Jingyang Mountains, Yan blocked a soul beast whose entire body radiated a bright silver glow, a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

Silver wolves and golden wolves look largely similar, but there are some differences. The silver wolf in front of Yan is about three meters long. It is not as strong as the ten-thousand-year-old golden wolf, but it has a slender and beautiful body. On its forehead, a tuft of silver-white fur is crescent-shaped, which makes it look extremely beautiful.

This silver wolf is a unique soul beast of the Jingyang Mountains. Its attribute can be considered as metal, but it is not an ordinary metal attribute.

The silver wolves of Jingyang Mountain grow by feeding on mithril, a metal considered the finest of all metals. Silver wolves need to consume large quantities of mithril to break through their bottlenecks and advance to become ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts.

It is said that a Silver Wolf King with considerable cultivation once appeared in the Jingyang Mountains. Although it had not reached the level of a 100,000-year-old wolf king, it was able to fight against two Soul Douluo-level powerhouses and eventually escaped with injuries. This shows how powerful this kind of soul beast is.

The fur and bones of the silver wolf are excellent materials for making soul tools, and its meat is also very delicious. Consuming it can enhance the physique of a soul master.

With so many wonderful uses, the silver wolf naturally caught the eye of the great researcher Yan.

"Awooo~~~" On the cliff, the Silver Wolf King, whose way out was blocked by Yan, roared angrily. Its silver fur suddenly shone brightly, and it spat out a silver ball of light from its mouth.

The silver orb of light made no sound in the air, but just as it was about to reach Yan, the silver light suddenly changed, turning into a wind blade about ten meters long, which was about to cut Yan in two.

The silver wolves of Jingyang Mountain Range are also known as elemental silver wolves. Ten thousand years before their ascension, they were able to control their own chaotic silver light and release attacks with the six elemental attributes of water, fire, earth, wind, light, and darkness.

It can transform the power it releases into any attribute according to its will, making it particularly difficult to deal with, and almost no attribute can counter it.

After being promoted to the Ten Thousand Year Silver Moon Wolf King, it will also gain a rare evolutionary elemental attribute.

"If you behave yourself, I might spare your life for now." Yan spoke softly to the Silver Wolf King, reaching out his hand as he spoke. But it was clear that the Silver Wolf King was unwilling to cooperate, and even though his entire body was bound by Yan's soul power, he still tried to break free.

Just as Yan's palm was about to strike, the Silver Wolf King's body trembled violently. It let out a sharp howl, and a layer of colorful light suddenly burst forth from its head.

This colorful light contained seven colors: blue, red, yellow, cyan, gold, black, and purple. When they appeared together, they caused the air around the Silver Moon Wolf King to distort violently, so much so that even its massive body became somewhat obscured.

A terrifying, extreme fire instantly rose from Yan's palm, and the layer of seven-colored light twisted violently, transforming into a huge vortex that seemed to engulf and shred his body.

"Chaotic colored light, huh? Interesting, but not enough." Yan looked at the Silver Wolf King and slightly extended his hand. The seven-colored vortex shattered with a soft popping sound. The Silver Moon Wolf King let out a mournful cry, and its pair of silver eyes burst open instantly, spurting out blood. Its body rolled over before it could barely stand up.

Chapter 300 The Sun Worm Appears Again

"Hmm, so many people have come to the Jingyang Mountains. How lively." On a cliff in the central mountain range of Jingyang, Yan carefully studied the Chaos Light of the Silver Moon Wolf King and collected enough data before sending it to keep the Golden Wolf King company. Just as he was dividing the materials and preparing to leave, he suddenly noticed that a large number of people had entered the Jingyang Mountains from the outer edge of the mountain range in the distance.

"So many people, and many of them seem to be nobles from the Sun Moon Empire. What are they up to?" Outside the Jingyang Mountains, a large number of armored guards protected a group of several hundred people who had ventured deep into the central mountain range of Jingyang. Yan, hiding in the deep forest, observed from above and discovered that many of the people being protected were dark-skinned nobles from the Sun Moon Empire.

"Wait, that symbol belongs to the royal family of the Sun Moon Empire." Deep in the mountains and forests, Yan looked down at the central position guarded by the crowd. A group of dark-skinned nobles surrounded several richly dressed young men and women. On the clothes of the young men and women, there was the unique emblem of the royal family of the Sun Moon Empire.

The royal crest of the Sun and Moon Empire could not be misused, so these people must be members of the royal family, but it is unclear whether they are direct descendants or collateral relatives.

However, the fact that these royal family members were able to mobilize so many people into the Jingyang Mountains suggests that even if they are not direct descendants of princes and princesses, their backgrounds are certainly not simple.

"Royal hunt? Is it for the Sun Worm?" Yan pondered for a moment after observing. The Xu family, the royal family of the Sun Moon Empire, is a family with an extremely long history in this new continent.

Their clan's inherited martial spirit is called the Sun, not the legendary three-legged golden crow, but an elemental martial spirit, the sun that hangs high above everyone's head.

The Sun Martial Soul is extremely powerful, and only direct descendants of the Xu family royal family can possess it. The power of the sun is extremely strong and rigid, making it a top-grade martial soul among light and fire attribute martial souls. Even if it is not the ultimate martial soul, it is almost the same, and it can also use the power of the sun to strengthen itself.

Although this kind of martial soul is powerful, it is very difficult to obtain a suitable soul ring, because the soul beast that is suitable for this kind of martial soul is best to have the power of the true fire of the sun. Such soul beasts are extremely rare and precious, and even finding them is difficult, let alone hunting them.

However, as the rulers of the Sun Moon Empire in the New Continent, the Xu family possesses resources and power that are incomparable to ordinary people. Rare soul beasts that are difficult for ordinary people to find are not entirely beyond the reach of the royal family, although they present challenges.

There are not many recorded soul beasts with the power of the sun in the New World. One of the most famous soul beasts with a high degree of compatibility with the sun martial soul is the sun worm.

The Sun Worm's innate divine ability, Sun Gaze, is a soul skill perfectly suited to the Sun Martial Soul. Therefore, the people who appeared in front of Yan were likely there to hunt down the Sun Worms.

"I don't know how to find the Sun Worms, so I'll just follow them and look for an opportunity." After thinking for a moment, Yan decided to follow these people.

Compared to him acting alone, the royal family members who led a large group of people were clearly more aware of the locations where the sun bugs appeared.

The Sun Worm is a small soul beast that doesn't usually make much noise, making it far rarer and more precious than the Golden Wolf and Silver Wolf.

Yan can follow the wolf howls to find the Golden Wolf and Silver Wolf, but to find the Sun Worm, it would be difficult unless it was like the forest in Douluo Continent, where the Sun Worm and the Soul Beast were fighting fiercely and constantly releasing True Sun Fire. Only then would it be easy to observe.