Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Ten Ferocious Heavenly Horned Ant

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Dong Qing didn't care what Poseidon said. He planned to cultivate diligently for a while to make up for the progress he had missed in cultivating the Undying Scripture over the past three months.

Perhaps because the Lotus Lantern possessed the ability to restore the soul of the Heavenly Ant Jade Maiden, he gradually became somewhat lax in his cultivation, unlike before when he would cultivate for several hours every day.

However, now that he can't go anywhere, he plans to spend time catching up on his fallen cultivation progress.

Think about this.

Dongqing looked at the empty hall and, after discovering that Poseidon had already left, stroked his chin and began to peruse the Immortal Scripture in his mind.

[The First Level of the Immortal Sutra: Immortal Skin]

Abstaining from worldly desires and cultivating inner strength, being selfless and inactive, moving mountains and refining the body, all with the intention of contemplation.

They looked at each other, their expressions intertwined, they tempered their bodies in the deep sea, stirring up the ocean.

By deliberately focusing on the mysterious gate, subduing thoughts, and forcefully breaking through countless obstacles, one can achieve immortality.

"Now, with the first level of the Undying Scripture, the Mountain Moving Body Refinement, I can visualize a towering 300-meter mountain, which can consistently boost a portion of my normal strength each time."

"The problem is that since I started cultivating the Undying Scripture, I have never tried deep-sea body tempering. Now that I have some free time, I might as well try another way of tempering the body without dying."

"To achieve mastery of the first level of the Undying Scripture, the Undying Skin, one's own strength must exceed ten million tons. The specific method of body tempering used seems unimportant now; what matters is perseverance."

"Only by persistently cultivating the Undying Scripture can one have the opportunity to break through the power of ten million tons."

Do it when you think of it.

Dong Qing was not one to procrastinate. After carefully studying the sixteen-character general formula of the first level of the Undying Scripture, the Undying Skin Deep Sea Body Refinement, he left the Sea God Temple alone.

Ten minutes later.

Poseidon Island, outer area, Demon Whale Sea.

This area was originally the domain of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, but today it has welcomed an uninvited guest.

On the azure sea, a salty sea breeze blew, and a hundred-meter-long demonic great white shark, swishing its tail, carried a six-year-old boy to this place.

Normally speaking.

The Great White Shark of the Demon Soul, which has reached a length of 100 meters, has basically entered the realm of 100,000 years of soul power cultivation.

This Demon Soul Great White Shark is now a 100,000-year-old soul beast. It is not only the patriarch of the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan, but also the only 100,000-year-old soul beast in the clan.

"Humans, this is the territory of that great monster. Although it once had one eye blinded by the Sea God, its strength is still terrifying." The Demon Soul Great White Shark [Little White] grinned.

"Don't worry, I'm confident it won't dare to do anything reckless. Just come pick me up around dusk." Dong Qing gently patted the forehead of the Demon Soul Great White Shark [Little White].

"Human, are you annoying or what? Don't go too far. It's already a favor to send you here. You don't need me to pick you up. You can fly using that little red flag." The Great White Shark [Little White] said in an unfriendly tone.

"I don't care about all that. If you don't come to pick me up, I'll turn around and tell your High Priest of Seagod Island," Dong Qing said nonchalantly.

These words were spoken.

The Demon Soul Great White Shark [Little White] gritted her teeth in anger and said in a hateful tone, "I really don't know what the Grand Elder sees in you that makes me cooperate with you unconditionally."

"Want to know?" Dong Qing's lips curled into a smile.

"I want to know!"

The Great White Shark [Little White] stared wide-eyed. In fact, she had always been very curious as to why the High Priest of her own Sea God Island was so fond of Dongqing.

"Hey, you actually want to know? But I'm not going to tell you."

After Dong Qing finished speaking, without waiting for the Demon Soul Great White Shark [Xiao Bai] to get angry, he decisively jumped off the hundred-meter-long Demon Soul Great White Shark's body.

"Stinky humans, despicable humans, trashy humans, you just wait and see, one day I, Bai Xiuxiu, will make you pay the price!" Demon Soul Great White Shark [Xiao Bai] [Real Name: Bai Xiuxiu] said angrily.

"Haha, so your name is Bai Xiuxiu! I thought you, you silly fish, only had a nickname. Xiuxiu, remember to pick me up this evening!"

After Dong Qing finished speaking, without waiting for the Demon Soul Great White Shark [Bai Xiuxiu] to react, he nimbly darted into the deep sea like a slippery fish.

After Dongqing left.

This demonic great white shark, whose body was a hundred meters long, also known as Bai Xiuxiu, glanced angrily in the direction where Dongqing had disappeared, and finally flicked her snow-white tail and left the Demon Whale Sea.

Although this area is located in the outermost part of Poseidon Island, it is the outermost area. Due to its great distance from the main island, it is only nominally under the jurisdiction of Poseidon Island.

This is not the territory of the Demon Soul Great White Shark. This is the territory of the Demon Soul Great White Shark's nemesis, the Deep Sea Demon Whale. Even if she is a 100,000-year-old Demon Soul Great White Shark, she is definitely no match for dozens of 10,000-year-old Deep Sea Demon Whales.

Moreover, if she were to encounter the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, who possessed the title of a million-year-old sea spirit beast, she knew very well that her chances of survival would be slim, and she might even be eaten whole.

To know.

The former Deep Sea Demon Whale King was a million-year-old sea spirit beast that went head-to-head with the Sea God. If he didn't have a certain level of strength, it probably wouldn't have been as simple as just having one eye gouged out.

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How deep is the vast ocean?

At first, Dong Qing was completely unaware. After jumping off Bai Xiuxiu, he kept sinking. Only when the sunlight above him grew dimmer did he stop sinking.

Dong Qing made a rough estimate in his mind.

The current depth is approximately 500 meters below sea level.

At a depth of 500 meters, the ocean is filled with terrifying water pressure, and the currents are very slow.

"This depth should be about right. Any deeper and we'll be completely out of sight. Losing sight isn't so bad, but I'm worried about some weird thing swallowing me whole."

"The strength of these deep-sea spirit beasts varies greatly. Even the million-year-old deep-sea demon whale king doesn't pose much of a threat to me."

"The only thing to worry about is overdoing the deep-sea body training, which could cause me to lose strength and fall into the deep sea at a depth of 10,000 meters. If that happens, it won't be so easy for me to climb out."

Dong Qing's concerns were not unfounded.

Successfully climbing out from 10,000 meters below the surface of the ocean is not something that ordinary creatures can do.

There was a reason why he initially chose to move mountains to refine his body instead of choosing to refine his body in the deep sea: he was worried that he might accidentally sink to a depth of 10,000 meters or more.

This might not be intuitive enough.

In the ocean, for every ten meters you descend, the pressure increases by one atmosphere. At a depth of ten thousand meters, the pressure is one thousand atmospheres, enough to crush a solid steel tank into an unidentifiable mass.

Moreover, at a depth of 10,000 meters, there is absolutely no sign of life; everywhere is silent and desolate. What you will hear is the true sound of the sea crying. It is as if this is another world altogether.

Silence, death, nothingness.

Logically speaking...

As a cautious man, Dong Qing never liked taking risks. He shouldn't have come to a place like this, a place that might cause trouble and threats to his own safety.

However, Dongqing has now made some progress in refining his body by moving mountains, and his normal strength has also exceeded 900,000 jin.

In addition, with the power of the Martial Soul being doubled and the power of his pure-blooded Heavenly Horned Ant bloodline exploding tenfold, Dong Qing's power at his peak exceeded 18 million jin (9,000 tons).

[Nine hundred thousand catties multiplied by two equals one million eight hundred thousand catties; one million eight hundred thousand catties multiplied by ten equals eighteen million catties.]

Therefore, Dong Qing believed that he could simply try out the effects of deep-sea body tempering, as long as he was careful not to recklessly venture into the depths of the ocean at a depth of 10,000 meters and risk his life.

This is also why he came to the Demon Whale Sea today to undergo deep-sea body tempering.

There is.

Dongqing's current maximum strength has exceeded nine thousand tons, and he is just one percent away from completing the first level of the Undying Scripture, the Undying Skin, which is ten million tons.

thus.

Dong Qing will need to work even harder to cultivate the Undying Scripture in the future, because he is still far from perfecting the first level of Undying Skin.

But to be honest...

It has been less than a year since Dongqing began cultivating the Undying Scripture.

Even if he can complete one percent of the progress in a year at most, it will take him a hundred years to perfect the first level of the Undying Scripture, the Undying Skin, with its ten million tons of power.

For a top-tier long-lived species like the Dongqing, which takes a thousand years to reach adulthood, a mere hundred years is but a blink of an eye. Their lifespan is far beyond what other living beings can imagine.

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Back to topic.

Just as Dong Qing was about to cultivate the first level of the Undying Scripture, the Undying Skin, and the second special body-tempering method, the Deep Sea Body Refinement, a black shadow with a volume of a thousand meters floated out from a deep trench beneath his feet.

next second.

A powerful mental force swept across the area where Dong Qing was located.

This spiritual power is very special, like someone has turned on a microphone, or rather, a free-speaking microphone, so that all living beings within range can hear its spiritual transmission.

"Human, this is not a place for you. Leave now, and I may spare your life for the sake of the High Priest of Seagod Island and the Pope of the Spirit Hall!"

The Deep Sea Demon Whale King watched Dong Qing warily in the distance, while its powerful mental energy frantically scanned everything within a radius of several kilometers.

It naturally recognized Dong Qing and knew that Bibi Dong and Bo Saixi stood behind him, two peak level 99 peerless Douluo who were enough to pose a fatal threat to it.

It didn't believe that Dongqing would dare to come to the Demon Whale Sea alone and risk its life. Now it was very worried that it had fallen into Bibi Dong and Poseidon's trap.

Simply put...

The Deep Sea Demon Whale King was panicked, extremely panicked. It feared that its life was nearing its end and that it would be directly killed in its Demon Whale Domain by these two completely unreasonable women.

The Deep Sea Demon Whale King was confident it could withstand a peak level 99 Peerless Douluo. After all, before losing an eye, it was a million-year-old sea spirit beast capable of directly confronting the Sea God.

Even though the Deep Sea Demon Whale King still had internal injuries left by the Sea God, preventing it from recovering to its peak strength, it was still confident that it could withstand a peak level 99 Peerless Douluo.

However, if he were to accidentally encounter two peerless Douluo at the peak of level 99, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King felt that he could only do his best and leave the rest to fate.

You must know, I am the ruler of the Demon Whale Sea, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, a million-year-old sea spirit beast who survived the clutches of a first-level god like the Sea God!

Do you think just some nobody can kill me? At least two peak level 99 peerless Douluo would be qualified to kill me in the Demon Whale Sea!

The above.

These are all thoughts from the deepest part of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's heart.

"You are the Deep Sea Demon Whale King? The legendary million-year-old sea spirit beast that could fight the Sea God head-on?"

Upon hearing the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's mental transmission, Dong Qing also released a mental transmission, making it seem as if no one would dare to use their free microphone in public to transmit their mental energy.

It's not that he doesn't want to speak.

The issue is.

This is beneath the ocean; opening your mouth will cause seawater to rush in, choking you until you're dizzy and unable to speak. You can only use a free microphone [mental communication].

However, it's just a gyrfalcon; if it were an ordinary creature...