Douluo Continent: Long Live the Spirit Hall

Boundless golden light pierced through the heavens and earth, and Yan's right hand bone was unconsciously revealed. The dark golden claw became incomparably dazzling at this moment, as if it was resonating with the golden radiance on the golden earth dragon.

The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear is a descendant of the Golden Behemoth and possesses the golden bloodline. Although the Behemoth and the Dragon Clan have a feud, pure-blooded dragons are almost extinct on the Douluo Continent today, let alone the even rarer golden bloodline.

Therefore, upon sensing the faint golden bloodline power (evolvable external metacarpal bone) within Yan, it ultimately chose to grant the inherited power of the golden bloodline to this young man, in exchange for the safety of its own clan.

A golden flame burned on the body of the Golden Earth Fire Dragon King and Yan. The former's golden bloodline power continuously surged into his right palm. The pure golden bloodline power caused his palm bone to instantly break through the ten-thousand-year level and be sublimated.

The golden flames burned ever brighter, and the body of the Golden Earth Fire Dragon King began to fade. With the final power transfer, its remains collapsed with a thud. A strange soul ring, black with a hint of gold, appeared above Yan's head. His aura rapidly changed, and he leaped to become a level 43 Soul Master.

As the last golden light dissipated, only some golden skeletal remains and golden scales remained of the Golden Earthfire Dragon King. Its flesh and blood merged into the golden bloodline and were passed on along with its power to Yan, who possessed the Dark Gold Terror Claw. A right arm bone gleaming with golden light also appeared before Yan.

He silently accepted the right arm bone, and information about it involuntarily surfaced in his mind: the Golden Light Right Arm Bone, produced by the Golden Earth Fire Dragon King with golden bloodline, condensing the essence and power of this pure-blooded golden earth dragon.

Because it was a soul bone specially left to him by the Golden Earth Fire Dragon King, he understood what soul skills this soul bone possessed the moment he came into contact with it: Golden Light, an auxiliary skill, an extremely powerful all-around amplification soul bone skill.

This skill is quite powerful. If Yan remembers it well, it's a versatile soul bone skill that can be used in many aspects, such as combat, recovery, and cultivation.

At the mouth of a valley in the Huangyan volcanic cluster, Yan held a right arm soul bone in his hand, his expression extremely complicated.

He never imagined he would encounter such an experience. He had come to hunt soul beasts to obtain soul rings, but now... He had considered all sorts of scenarios, but he never expected that the Golden Earth Fire Dragon King would choose to pass on his power to him, a human.

Although the Golden Earthfire Dragon King was on the verge of death, their side held an absolute advantage. He had expected it to be a fight to the death, but he never imagined that he would obtain a soul ring and a soul bone in such an inexplicable way.

Yan was lost in thought at the Golden Earthfire Dragon King's actions. After a long silence, he finally sighed, put the golden right arm bone into his storage soul tool, and then, with a sigh, circulated his soul power to carefully lift up the remains of the Golden Earthfire Dragon King.

He walked step by step into the valley, and came to the ten-thousand-year-old earth fire dragon that he had defeated. After silently putting down the remains of the golden earth fire dragon king, he bowed slightly, and then left the valley under the gaze of pairs of dragon eyes.

"Holy Son, are you alright?"

Yan returned to the group of Soul Masters. Facing the many Spirit Hall experts who came to express their concern, he simply shook his head without saying a word and led everyone away from the Huangyan Volcano Group.

“Bishop Linsa, please try to conceal the information about the Earth Fire Dragons in the Huangyan Volcanic Group. In the future, our Spirit Hall Soul Masters should try not to hunt them.”

Outside the Huangyan volcanic cluster, Yan Yao gazed at the towering mountains behind him, still billowing with thick smoke, sighed, and then spoke to Bishop Linsa beside him.

"Holy Son, this..."

Bishop Linsa looked troubled. The matter of hunting spirit beasts to obtain spirit rings was crucial to a spirit master's advancement. The Fire Lizard possessed dragon blood, making it an excellent choice for spirit rings. It was a bit... inappropriate for the Spirit Hall's own people not to hunt them.

Yan shook his head. "Never mind, I'll figure something out later. Please take good care of them and make sure there are no unnecessary casualties."

A rare heaviness settled over him. The Golden Earth Fire Dragon King's actions gave him a new thought: with fewer and fewer types of soul beasts, soul masters would have no future.

Chapter 152 Changes in the Right Hand

In the southwest of the Heaven Dou Empire in the Douluo Continent, at the Martial Soul Palace in Huangyan City.

Inside the Martial Soul Hall Church, Yan sat cross-legged alone in a quiet room. He remained silent for a long time before raising his palm. A golden light flashed, and the Golden Light Right Arm Bone appeared before him. Along with this arm bone, a strange soul bone appeared, carrying a trace of blood light.

The best secret technique soul bone that Yan obtained during the operation to eliminate the wolf bandits was refined from the soul power of the previous wolf bandit leader. If one could refine it, one would not gain any soul skills, but one could directly increase one's soul power by a percentage.

The effects of this secret technique soul bone are extremely powerful, but what Yan values ​​even more is its other ability: using the secret technique soul bone as a medium to fuse soul bones has a higher success rate and can enhance the abilities of the fused soul bone.

Yan placed the two soul bones on his right arm at the same time, and then used his soul power to guide them into his right arm. With a flash of golden light, the golden right arm and the secret soul bone disappeared into his right hand at the same time. His body trembled violently and his face turned extremely pale.

The Golden Light Right Arm Bone contained pure golden blood, and its absorption difficulty was no less than that of a typical 50,000-year-old soul bone. Yan felt as if his right arm had been pierced and shattered by something, and his entire hand lost sensation and could not move.

The sharp, piercing golden power pierced his skin, fascia, and flesh, finally embedding itself deep into his bones. His entire right arm bone was shattered, and the golden power merged into it, reforging it.

The changes didn't stop there. His right palm was also burning hot and glowing with golden light. After the two forces resonated, they began to merge. The Dark Gold Terror Claw, the Golden Right Arm, and his right hand began a second fusion of soul bones, a deeper fusion.

Pain, pain, pain...

The unspeakable pain caused Yan's face to be covered in cold sweat and contorted in agony. This kind of nerve-related pain was something that no human could control or endure.

His mouth gaped open instantly, his eyes bulged out as if they were about to pop out of their sockets, and his body trembled violently.

Before absorbing the golden right arm, he vaguely guessed that the fusion of the two golden powers might bring about different changes, but he did not expect that it would start the second fusion of the soul bones, and that the two soul bones would tend to condense into a whole, which doubled his pain.

The extreme pain was indescribable, and even though he had prepared himself, it was to no avail; it almost took his breath away.

At this moment, the faint blue light transformed from the secret technique's soul bone covered Yan's right hand, making him feel a cool sensation, and the pain gradually lessened.

Perhaps the pain he had just experienced had pushed him to his limit. Although the transformation was still quite painful, he felt a sense of comfort instead. Although the spasmodic pain was still there, compared to the previous experience, he immediately felt much better.

As he gradually adapted to the pain, his entire right hand, including his arm and palm, turned golden. His flesh seemed to become transparent at this moment, revealing a perfectly intact golden right hand bone.

After the golden light covered all the bones of Yan's right hand, the dazzling golden light began to dim. At this moment, Yan began to circulate his soul power to refine all the power brought by the soul bone.

His blood circulation accelerated, his soul power coursed throughout his body, and a rich fluctuation of blood energy began to emanate from him. The initial spasmodic pain gradually transformed into a tingling, itchy sensation, and all the bones in his right hand began to feel full of power.

After an unknown amount of time, accompanied by a muffled hum in the air, a burst of golden light exploded within the quiet room, revealing the transformed Yan within.

At this moment, he became extraordinary. His entire right hand was glowing with a golden halo, his body lines were perfectly coordinated, his muscles were distinct and flawless, and his skin radiated a special luster.

He slowly opened his eyes, and a hint of gold appeared in his pale red eyes, like the eyes of a legendary golden dragon.

"Golden Dragon Flame, a very powerful ability."

A golden flame appeared in Yan's palm. Under this magical flame, everything around seemed unable to get close to Yan's body, as if a vacuum zone had appeared.

"It's a pity that the Golden Earth Fire Dragon King, with such powerful strength, was targeted by the Soul Devouring Spider King and almost killed. But the result was pretty much the same."

Yan felt the power of the flame and sighed, muttering to himself, "Even without me, it would die, and those earth dragons have little chance of inheriting its golden power."

"The Soul-Devouring Spider King, we thought it had fled to the northern grasslands, but it turns out it has hidden itself in this desolate northwestern desert. No wonder the Spirit Hall has been unable to find it despite their numerous investigations."

A few pieces of information flashed through Yan's mind. These were some memories from the Golden Earth Fire Dragon King. The reason why the latter was so badly injured was that he encountered an insurmountable enemy, the 90,000-year-old Soul Devouring Spider King.

Several hundred-thousand-year-old soul beasts within the Star Dou Great Forest once mentioned that a Soul Devouring Spider King, over seventy thousand years old, escaped from the Star Dou Great Forest and headed north at some point. This Spider King was extremely suitable for Bibi Dong, so the Spirit Hall spent a great deal of effort to track down its whereabouts, but to no avail.

Yan never expected to find its trace in this southwestern desert. Soul-devouring spider kings are rare on the continent. There are basically no other ones over 70,000 years old on the entire continent. If nothing unexpected happens, this is the one that Xiao Wu and the others mentioned before.

Like the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, the Soul Devouring Spider King is a soul beast that can cultivate quickly by devouring other soul beasts, but its devouring efficiency is not as good as that of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

However, this cultivation method was hated by the beasts. If it hadn't escaped the Star Dou Great Forest early when it saw the situation was bad, it might have been ganged up on and killed by the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape.

"The news about the Soul-Devouring Spider King can be passed on to the teacher first. The powerful offensive burst soul skill of the fourth soul ring has made up for my shortcomings. Now, apart from not having a domain and not being able to fly, I basically have no other weaknesses."

Yan felt the surging power within him, and a smile involuntarily appeared on his lips. He clenched his fist tightly, and his well-coordinated body burst forth with a sense of power. With just a light swing, he produced a sonic boom.

His right hand was fused with three soul bones. The Golden Light Right Arm Soul Bone and the Dark Gold Terror Claw Right Palm Soul Bone resonated with each other, producing a miraculous reaction that gave him extremely powerful strength and allowed him to undergo an unprecedented transformation.

The percentage-based soul power amplification ability of the secret soul bone was retained within his right arm bone, giving him a permanent 10% soul power amplification, which is a very powerful ability in itself.

The Golden Light Soul Skill is an extremely powerful all-around attribute boost that can enhance any ability.

Of course, the most crucial thing is his fourth soul ring ability, Golden Flame Dragon Break, which can release a golden flame dragon soul shadow similar to a five-clawed golden dragon to surround his right arm. It can be integrated into himself to amplify his melee power, or it can be used for ranged attacks to unleash tremendous power, thus solving his biggest weakness.

While Yan's combat ability has never been weak, he has always had the problem of insufficient ranged attacks, making him vulnerable to being kited and easily defeated.

However, he rose to prominence early on, becoming the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall. Although he was known as a genius, most people perceived him as having an even better mind. His status as the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall saved him a lot of trouble, and no one dared to question him. If he didn't want to, naturally no one had the ability to bring him down.

However, he no longer needs to worry about this issue. The Golden Flame Dragon Break, a ten-thousand-year-old soul skill, is unparalleled in close combat and extremely powerful in long-range combat. If he were to be even more ruthless and release all the amplification skills to their full potential, the power of that strike would be easily surpassed even by a level.

He was already imagining his magnificent and heroic figure when he took action, with golden dragons constantly changing around him, such as the Mighty Dragon Breaking the Army, the Angry Dragon Piercing the Heart, the Crouching Dragon Soaring to the Sky, the Dragon Raising its Head, and the Dragon Turning its Head... The golden dragon shadows danced, exuding an overwhelming sense of power and prestige.

Whether he's strong or not is another matter, being handsome is a lifelong thing, okay?

"This thing must be a Dark Gold Terror Claw or a Golden Dragon Claw."

Yan suddenly opened his right hand, and five golden rays spread out, forming a golden dragon claw arm together with his right arm. It was not as long as the Dark Gold Terror Claw, but it was more flexible and more powerful in close combat.

"This thing still has two forms, but it should be renamed Golden Terrorclaw."

Yan moved his mind again, and the golden blade at his fingertips spread out once more, in the same form as the original dark gold dinosaur claw, but with a slight change in color. It was no longer a deep dark gold, but a golden color like the bone of his right arm, and its power seemed to have changed as well.

"This trip has been quite fruitful, but it's time to head back. I'll go back and tell the teacher that we've discovered the Soul-Devouring Spider King, give the little fox and Sister Liya some pointers on their cultivation, and then go to the Star Dou Great Forest to get to know the little rabbit better, since we'll need their cooperation to solve the Soul Ring problem in the future."

Yan thought to himself, the more he counted his things, the more he felt a heavy sense of being needed. "There are so many things to do, I need to manage my time and arrange my tasks well."

Besides, we've calmed down for so long, Lieyan should have forgiven me by now, right? He should, he should…”

Yan silently cheered himself up, then pushed open the door and joined the group of Soul Masters before setting off on his return journey. At this moment, he was eager to return to Wuhun City as soon as possible to continue his stealthy development. Although he had three Title Douluos accompanying him, he still felt insecure.

Before leaving, he took one last look at the location of the Huangyan volcanic cluster. The image of the Golden Earth Fire Dragon King flashed through his mind. He had no way to properly arrange the affairs of the Earth Fire Dragon clan at the moment.

Even if he becomes a Title Douluo and succeeds as Pope, he cannot prevent the Spirit Hall and even the Spirit Masters of the Spirit Master world from hunting the Earth Fire Dragon Clan.

Soul Masters need Soul Rings to advance in rank, and killing Soul Beasts to obtain Soul Rings is currently the only way. Only by solving this problem at its root can the conflict between Soul Beasts and humans be completely resolved, and true coexistence and mutual development be achieved without internal strife.

Chapter 153 Suspected Dragon Valley

Inside the Spirit Hall's underground research lab, Yan, back in Spirit City, began his day's work as usual, opening a portal to search for world coordinates and attempting to acquire resources from other worlds.

This was the third day since he returned from the Huangyan volcanic cluster in southwestern mainland China, and the first time he had opened the portal to time and space in the past few months.

He had a lot to do after returning to Wuhun City. There were some backlogged matters that he had to handle, and he also had to reconnect with Little Fox, Sister Liya, Sister Xue'er, and the Pope.

I spent my days looking for this older sister, my evenings meeting with that younger sister, and even managed to squeeze in a message to my little rabbit who's far away in the stars. Sigh, there are just too many troubles.

"Strange, the aura of the dragon race seems to be guiding me to open a certain spacetime coordinate, related to the dragon race? It seems to be within the Douluo Continent?"

Before the portal to time and space, Yan skillfully activated the soul tool. However, for some reason, his right arm suddenly emitted an unusual aura, which seemed to affect the portal to time and space, which was constantly searching. Ripples suddenly appeared on the screen of time and space.

"The location of this connection seems to be within Douluo Star, on another continent?"

As the spatial coordinates began to stabilize, an unfamiliar world appeared on the other side of the light screen. According to the feedback from the spatial coordinates, this seemed to be still within Douluo Star, but it was far from his current location and was likely not on Douluo Continent.

"What's going on? Something seems wrong. How could this be? The spacetime tunnel has actually connected stably."

Yan suddenly sensed something was amiss. This time, after the light screen stabilized, the other side was a world that was extremely clear. Even more strangely, the portal to spacetime did not draw upon his faith power again. Instead, it maintained its connection with the other side in a series of bizarre ways.

"Something's not right. Could it be that some powerful being on the other side has discovered my actions? The Silver Dragon King is still asleep. There shouldn't be any god-level beings left on the Douluo Continent."

Yan subconsciously took two steps back. With a flash of his third soul ring, he quickly created a clone. While his main body stayed here to observe, his clone quickly moved away from this place and headed towards the Papal Palace and the Elder Palace above. At this moment, he only felt somewhat safe under the angel statue.

"Could it be that I guessed wrong?"

Yan waited for a long time, but the light curtain of the portal remained calm, as if nothing had happened.

He subconsciously stepped forward, carefully approaching the light screen, observing the other side of the mirror, which belonged to Douluo Star, but to another world outside of Douluo Continent.

This seems to be a very ancient world. At least Yan could not see any trace of human activity in the scene opposite, indicating that it was very likely that no humans had ever visited it.

He mustered his courage and stepped forward, beginning to manipulate the portal to change subtle coordinates, allowing him to observe that area of ​​the world more comprehensively.

"Strange, really strange, aren't there any animals here?"

Yan manipulated the portal to continuously receive feedback from the other side. What came into his view was a hilly area with vegetation growing around it, but it was not lush. There was a faint mist in the air, so he could not observe much more.

Tranquility was his first impression of that place. Although no sound was transmitted back from the mirror image of the portal, he could still make out a lot from the picture. There seemed to be no trace of animals in that place, as if it were a silent world.

Inside the underground research room, Yan continued to manipulate the portal to obtain more information from the other side. The scene slowly shifted, and beyond the hills lay a wide plain. The fog over the plain had thinned considerably, and wisps of clouds could be seen drifting by in the distance.