stonecrandall Chapter 44 Soul Sect Offering Reaction and Leverage
Chapter 44 Soul Sect Offering Reaction and Leverage
The dense forest blocked out the sunlight, and the occasional chirping of autumn insects echoed through the woods. In the sky, a powerful creature spread its wings, sharply scanning the lone beast. From the depths of the forest came the deep roar of a spirit beast.
This is the Forest of Death, a place fraught with danger and shrouded in an aura of death.
In order to obtain a suitable fourth spirit ring, Qin Xu came to this forest.
According to Hei Yin's deduction, there are very few types of soul beasts that are suitable for his martial soul and can also grant him command-type soul skills. Most of them are powerful soul beasts such as dragons and tigers, or social soul beasts such as ants and bees.
The former intimidates its subordinates with solemn majesty and powerful strength, while the latter's "kingly essence" comes from bloodline, but is only effective against those of the same race.
"The Vajra Tiger King, the Spirit Ant, the Swamp Monster, the Demon Vine Dragon, the Myriad Spirit Bee, and the Spirit-Binding Dragon Bee... these six soul beasts can all meet my requirements. Among them, the Demon Vine Dragon, the Spirit-Binding Dragon Bee, and the Swamp Monster all live in the Death Forest, but they are all very rare."
Qin Ruins does not have strict age requirements!
Through enhancement, he can infinitely increase the age of his spirit rings.
Now, Qin Xu's first and third soul rings have reached ten thousand years. For him, the variety or diversity of soul skills is obviously more important than the age limit.
As long as he has enough soul power, he will eventually be able to upgrade all his soul skills to 100,000 years, 1 million years, or even 10 million years.
At that time, any one of his fundamental techniques will point directly to the Great Dao and possess the power to destroy the world.
However, the types of soul beasts that meet Qin Xu's requirements are extremely rare. Fortunately, through subtle questioning, Bibi Dong told him that she had spent a year in the Death Forest in order to hunt a 100,000-year-old Death Spider King.
At that time, I encountered a 20,000-year-old Spirit Dragon Bee in the Forest of Death.
The Spirit Dragon Bee is a bee-like soul beast that possesses some dragon blood.
It is the absolute leader among bee-type soul beasts!
Like the dragon spider, it is the offspring of a hybrid of bee-like soul beasts and dragons.
Not only does it possess a powerful kingly aura, but it can also form spiritual contracts with other soul beasts through the honey it harvests, "employing" other soul beasts to protect their kind.
Of course, some theoretical masters have verified through various channels that the spiritual contract is not reliable and can be violated.
The Spirit Dragon Bee has no males; it is born as a queen bee. Its subjects can be any kind of spirit bee, and when in danger, it can borrow the power of its subjects through a contract.
Although this soul beast still doesn't perfectly meet my requirements, it should be fine after being strengthened.
As dusk fell, Qin Xu set up camp and waited quietly.
Two weeks have passed in the blink of an eye.
The Qin Ruins finally discovered their target.
On the eerie red and white stone mountain, a huge black spirit bee's nest hangs halfway up the mountain.
This is a beehive as tall as a mountain. The left side of the beehive is covered with scales as dark as night, while the mouth of the beehive is as if forged from molten gold. A huge chamber occupies two-thirds of the beehive.
Unlike other bee-type soul beasts, the Spirit Dragon Bee possesses the warlike genes of dragons. When encountering a battle, it will personally don its armor and go into battle as soon as it identifies the enemy.
The concept of "leveraging" one's abilities may originate from this.
Qin Xu held his breath. Although the Qiling Dragon Peak was powerful, Qin Xu was not afraid of it. He skillfully used the technique of "using tigers to devour wolves," and soon used the blood vines to lure a Terrorclaw Bear.
After acquiring the ability of "Listening to the Heavens of Ten Thousand Lives," he can monitor the surrounding situation at any time, which not only enhances his survivability but also improves his tactical level.
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Time is like flowing water; it never stops.
Two weeks have passed in the blink of an eye.
at last!
As Qin Xu continued to wear down Qin through relentless warfare.
As more and more wounds appeared on Qilinglongfeng's body, it let out a strange roar in resentment, and the light in its eyes gradually dimmed.
It clearly realized that it must be being targeted, otherwise why couldn't it get a good night's sleep?
If it had known this would happen, it would have let its people test it first.
"They're here."
Qin Xu looked at the state of the Qiling Dragon Bee, his expression hardened, and his entire body was covered with dragon scales.
Blood spread, and a fierce aura erupted, unleashing a sharp and malevolent power.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The wounds on the Spirit Dragon Bee exploded, spewing out a massive white mist of blood that converged in wisps toward the blood seal in the void.
It was terrified and tried to escape.
Qin Xu gripped the thick-backed greatsword forged from the long fangs of the Mad Fang Saber-toothed Tiger and slashed out fiercely to meet the Spirit Dragon Bee.
With a clang, the keratinous carapace on the neck of the Spirit Dragon Bee shattered, its straight body gradually twisted, its head flew high into the air, but its body fell to the ground.
In an instant, a black spirit ring slowly floated out.
After inspecting the Qin Ruins, I was slightly disappointed.
"Good fortune really has nothing to do with luck. My good fortune should have been off the charts, but it didn't make me any luckier. The probability of a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast dropping a soul bone is still too small."
It takes almost forty ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts to drop a single soul bone.
The probability of obtaining an external soul bone is even lower.
"To gain it is my fortune, to lose it is my fate," Qin Xu murmured, then adjusted his state and began to absorb the soul ring.
Soul bones, treasures of the Blood River, are not something that can be obtained casually.
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Wuhun City.
The light gray granite exterior exudes the weight of history, while the Gothic spire pierces the sky, topped with a pure white emblem of crossed wings and swords symbolizing the spirit of angels.
Inside, under the brilliant lights, a group of menacing figures gathered.
Qian Daoliu's gaze was majestic, his silver armor gleaming, exuding an aura of grandeur. He spoke first:
"Gentlemen, you should already know the purpose of our meeting today."
"How could I not know? Physical martial arts?? He actually broke free from the innate limitations of his martial spirit."
The second elder, Jin'e, said, "Since he has such talent, I think we should give him a chance. If he can continue to develop the martial arts realm he created within five years and produce continuous results in the research of martial soul theory, I think it's not impossible for him to follow Xiaoxue."
Qian Daoliu nodded slightly. The Spirit Hall also had a great shortage of theoretical talents like Qin Xu.
Qian Renxue possesses innate soul power at level twenty, and has the potential to become a god in the future. Initially, having Qin Xu follow Qian Renxue might make him uncomfortable, but that's on the premise that Qian Renxue is merely an ordinary person.
The truth is that Qian Renxue has the potential to become a god. Not only is she born extraordinary, but she is also expected to become the ruler of the Heaven Dou Empire in the future.
Furthermore, he had already realized that cultivating martial arts required a large number of herbs and spiritual substances for medicinal supplementation and the refining of herbal martial arts pills, and Qin Xu would definitely have to worry about these resources.
Joining the Spirit Hall was his only option.
Thinking of Xiaoxue, Qian Daoliu's face softened.
in fact.
With the Spirit Hall's strength, overthrowing the Heaven Dou Empire would be a piece of cake. But in his view, sending Qian Renxue to the Heaven Dou Empire would not only keep her away from that crazy woman Bibi Dong, but also temper her mind.
In the high-pressure environment of the Undercover Empire, Qian Renxue is bound to become a true sage.
She won't be as foolish, mediocre, and indecisive as her father.
As for the negative impact on her personality, Qian Daoliu believes that if Qian Renxue can become a god, she will have an endless lifespan.
The impact over a few short years is like snow falling into the palm of your hand—perhaps icy cold, but it won't cause any real damage. Most importantly, Bibi Dong was already mentally unstable, and being corrupted by an evil god would inevitably affect Qian Renxue.
"That wicked woman, Bibi Dong." A look of disgust and coldness flashed in Qian Daoliu's eyes.
"We'll talk about it after Xue'er finds someone she likes." Qian Daoliu let out a long breath. In the past two years, he had confirmed the relationship between Qian Renxue and Qin Xu.
They weren't as close as the rumors suggested.
At most, it's just mutual appreciation!
Therefore, he lowered his guard against Qin Xu and was willing to give the other party some chances.
As soon as he finished speaking, the Third Elder, Azure Phoenix Douluo, frowned and objected:
"Boss, you say he has broken free from innate limitations, but I don't think so. As you all can see, the martial arts he created are a hundred times more difficult than normal Soul Master cultivation. I've tried it myself. Each secret realm of this martial arts is a bottleneck, no less difficult than breaking through to become a Title Douluo. Moreover, some require a large number of spiritual treasures from heaven and earth, otherwise the speed of strength improvement will be as slow as a snail. Most importantly, after breaking through a realm, one still needs to explore and create skills on one's own, which is far inferior to the Soul Master system, where one can hunt Soul Beasts and obtain Soul Rings after breaking through a realm."
"Third Brother is right," said Lion Douluo. "However, I have discovered that Bibi Dong and this boy are very close. Bibi Dong also has those so-called martial arts training methods, including the previous Golden Needle Body Tempering Method."
Qian Daoliu frowned upon hearing this.
The Spirit Hall is currently divided into two factions, and Xiaoxue will undoubtedly be the next successor. If Qin Xu and Bibi Dong get too close, the future will see a change of emperors and ministers, and it may be difficult for them to gain trust in the future.
Everyone fell silent, and no one knew what Qian Daoliu was thinking.
"Your descendant has produced a rather talented individual." After a long while, Qian Daoliu brought up another topic.
"Hao'er's sixth spirit ring is quite peculiar, causing his martial spirit to awaken. Now his talent is no weaker than mine back then!" Lion Douluo said proudly.
"Old Lion, according to you, won't your family have two ancestral tablets in the future?" Golden Crocodile asked in surprise.
The Lion Douluo grinned, his face beaming with joy: "Haha. Who knows!"
Although Xinhua is gone, he has no feelings for her.
At his level, lifespan is long, and the only generation with emotional attachments is Jiang Fuhao.
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Fasino Province, Jiang Family.
The sky was as dark and heavy as lead.
The dark-colored tiled floors are stacked like scales, and old banana trees grow against the wall, but by now the banana flowers have been blown away by the rain and wind.
"Are you out of your mind? Your son is dead and you don't care! All you want to do is cultivate?! And you're buying all these strange resources! You even want to take that little beast as your disciple, what exactly are you trying to do?"
First they went to sea, and a year passed without any news. Now they've caused me all this frustration!
Although our son's death had nothing to do with that man surnamed Qin, my heart aches terribly whenever I think of your apprentice." A thin woman with a sallow complexion, dressed in a light blue ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress), looked grief-stricken.
Listening to the woman's sobbing, Jiang Fuhao frowned, somewhat displeased with his wife's tearful manner.
But he didn't say anything.
The wife knew too little.
The Spirit Hall was in chaos, and the patriarch had repeatedly reminded him that their loyalty was not to Bibi Dong, but to the young master of the Spirit Hall. However, the identity of the young master, his talent, and his cultivation level remained unknown!
The only thing he knew was that Qin Xu was somewhat involved with the young master he would follow in the future.
If it were before, it wouldn't have mattered.
But now that he has obtained that treasure, he doesn't intend to put all his eggs in one basket with the Spirit Hall.
Who is he to be loyal to?
Therefore, after he breaks through to the Soul Saint realm, he plans to do something to see if he can create a rift between the Ancestor and the Spirit Hall.
If possible, he planned to leave the Spirit Hall with his ancestor; if not, he planned to travel overseas, leave the Douluo Continent, and go to another continent he had discovered!
As for taking Qin Yang as a disciple... that was just a side effect.
That person actually wants to be the city lord? And he even deduced some nonsense about "martial arts"?
He lost his son, how could he let someone else benefit from his death?
"Do not emulate the Qin sparrow's soaring cry, but laugh at the black jackal's hunched head. With thick skin, the axe and blade will naturally approach; this is fate, so do not panic," he murmured to himself, a wild ambition flashing in his eyes. (This serves as a supplement to explain why this character was not in the original work; the last original character.)
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In Nottingham, Qin Xu changed into a clean and tidy outfit, his hair tied up with a simple wooden hairpin, making him look refreshed and clean.
A faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. The enhanced effect of his original skill was even better than he had expected.
The name of this fundamental technique is... Heavenly Destiny King!
The power of this primal technique far exceeded his expectations. Even after Qin Xu had undergone three exhilarating primal enhancements, he was still pleasantly surprised!
The effects of the Heavenly Mandate Venerable King are quite simple, mainly consisting of two major effects.
The first effect can be simply summarized as passive and active. The passive effect is that it can intimidate and mentally suppress all soul beasts!
For soul beasts weaker than oneself, one can use mental pressure to directly subdue them or render them unable to resist.
If facing a soul beast stronger than oneself, it will greatly weaken the soul beast's will to resist, thus causing the soul beast to involuntarily have the idea of submitting.
The active effects are Subordinate Contract and Kingly Contract. The former can control the life and death of the beast, while the latter is more like an equal contract, in which neither party can violate the content of the contract.
He couldn't tamper with this royal contract either; its most basic clause was that neither party could harm the other.
As for the second effect, it is to leverage external forces!
As the Heavenly King, he gains the instinctive faith and reverence of many soul beasts. Therefore, at certain times, he can borrow power through a contract, just like a Spirit Bomb, causing his strength to surge in a short period of time.
Leveraging external resources is not scary; what's scary is the extent to which you leverage them.
He could only borrow 10% of the power of his contract partner, which was considered useless. However, he could borrow 50% of the power of his contract partner!
This magnitude is truly astonishing.
Although he could only borrow the power of the soul beasts he had contracted, it was clearly enough.
At the same time, Qin Xu realized once again that strengthening the origin of a martial soul is not only about strengthening the soul rings, but also about strengthening the martial soul itself.
If the initial Blue Silver King of the Sun was used as a base and the fourth spirit ring was directly strengthened, it would be impossible to obtain such a powerful spirit skill.
After four rounds of fundamental enhancement, Qin Xu's martial soul was only half a step weaker than a god-level martial soul. However, although a god-level martial soul had a good foundation, it lacked fundamental skills, which made it inferior to his current martial soul in every way.
Of course, the ability to develop such a soul skill is also inseparable from his mental will at the peak of the "Preservation of Spirit".
Next, it's time to revive the Blue Silver Emperor.
P.S.: Time's about to speed things up.