stonecrandall Chapter 206 Dark Night Reign
Chapter 206 Dark Night Reign
Chapter 206 Dark Night Reign
After leaving Blazing Fire City and Blazing Fire Academy.
Because of the ghostly titled soul power that carried him on his flight, Ye Qifeng successively arrived at several other elemental cities nearby, including Tianshui City, and even made a special trip to Elephant Armor City, which was controlled by the Huyan family of the Elephant Armor Sect.
In these elemental cities, Ye Qifeng did not stay for as long as he did in Blazing Fire City, but stayed in each city for about seven days.
Upon arriving at each elemental city, he would first visit the Spirit Hall branch in the city to obtain information about the city's spirit master forces and to understand the Spirit Hall branch's situation in the local area.
In summary...
Of the five elemental cities, the one in the best position is the Elephant Armor Spirit Hall in Elephant Armor City.
After all, Elephant Armor City belongs to the Elephant Armor Sect of the Huyan family, and the Elephant Armor Sect is a loyal vassal of the Spirit Hall.
Those in a less favorable situation include the Blazing Fire Spirit Hall, the Heavenly Water Spirit Hall, and the Divine Wind Spirit Hall.
Because Blazing Fire City, Heavenly Water City, and Divine Wind City were the original three elemental cities, they were closely connected. Although they were not exactly hostile to the Spirit Hall, they were not friendly either, and they still maintained a certain level of vigilance.
Therefore, the relationship between the Spirit Hall and the three elemental cities is relatively ordinary, and they generally coexist peacefully.
The one in the worst situation is the Thunder Spirit Hall.
Thunder City is a subordinate force of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, which is inherently hostile to the Spirit Hall. In addition, the people of this clan consider themselves a True Dragon Family and look down on everyone. They act domineeringly and tyrannically. Naturally, the Spirit Hall's establishment of a branch in their territory has aroused their hatred and targeting.
However, as the most powerful force in the entire Douluo Continent, no force can rival the Spirit Hall in terms of its domineering actions. It is not afraid of Thunder City's hostility, targeting, and provocation.
Although the Thunder Spirit Hall's situation is not good, Thunder City doesn't dare to really do anything to it. As arrogant and domineering as they may be, they are afraid when faced with the Spirit Hall's wrath and retaliation.
Didn't you see that the Haotian Sect, which was known as the number one sect in the world, was forced to retreat into the depths of the snowy mountains by the Spirit Hall, and closed its gates, never daring to emerge again?
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while believing themselves to be no weaker than the Clear Sky Clan, were not significantly stronger. They simply didn't have the courage to face the Spirit Hall on their own.
But since they are opposing forces, confrontation is inevitable.
This resulted in a balanced standoff.
After learning about the intelligence information of several elemental cities.
Afterwards, Ye Qifeng strolled around the city, enjoying the scenery, experiencing the local customs and culture, and tasting the local delicacies.
It is worth mentioning that each of the five elemental cities has its own unique cultivation ground.
For example, the Flaming Mountain in Blazing Fire City, the Heavenly Water Realm in Skywater City, the Mysterious Grand Canyon in Divine Wind City, the Thunder Valley in Thunder City, and the Elephant Trunk Mountain in Elephant Armor City.
These places are cultivation grounds, which are somewhat dangerous, but they are also great places to enjoy the scenery. It's just a pity that they are all controlled by the major elemental cities, and ordinary people are not allowed to approach or enter.
Ye Qifeng has a third soul skill, Dark Vision, which allows him to conceal his presence. In addition, with the titled Douluo Gui Mei by his side, he has never been to Flame Mountain except for the time he spent in Blazing Fire City, when he was busy cultivating, fighting and sparring with Huo Wu, and exchanging secret techniques and knowledge with her.
Ye Qifeng secretly visited the other places and saw them all.
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The trip to Elemental City has come to an end.
Next, Ye Qifeng headed northeast, his destination being --
Sunset Forest.
He was going to hunt for his fifth spirit ring.
Sunset Forest is one of the three famous forbidden zones for humans on the Douluo Continent, and also one of the habitats of wild soul beasts.
Its area is not as large as the Star Dou Great Forest, only equivalent to most of a kingdom, duchy, or province, but it is not without high-level soul beasts.
Sunset Forest is located a hundred miles east of Tiandou City.
The Five Elemental Cities are located in the southern part of Tiandou City, and on this side, they also border Sunset Forest, located tens of kilometers to the northeast.
It was from this point that Ye Qifeng entered the Sunset Forest.
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Sunset Forest.
With the absorption of the last trace of soul power completed, the soul ring refining process, which lasted for a whole night and six hours, finally came to an end.
Ye Qifeng withdrew from the meditative refining state, slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, carefully felt his body that had successfully advanced, and couldn't help but show a smile on his face.
Calculating the time, it has been a month and a half since he left Blazing City, and more than ten days since he entered Sunset Forest.
Dark-attribute soul beasts are extremely rare in Sunset Forest, far less so than in Star Dou Great Forest.
Ye Qifeng and Gui Mei searched tirelessly for more than ten days, day and night, deep in the Sunset Forest, before finally finding a dark attribute soul beast that was extremely suitable for the Shadow Martial Soul.
A dark monster that is nearly 40,000 years old.
The Dark Night Beast, as its name suggests, prefers to act in the dark. It possesses powerful control skills and is a high-level dark-attribute control-type soul beast that can grow up to 50,000 years old.
Ye Qifeng stood up, shrugged his shoulders, twisted his waist, and relaxed his muscles. After absorbing the Dark Night Beast Soul Ring, which far exceeded the limits of ordinary Soul Masters, his body had developed ahead of schedule, and his height had officially reached the threshold of 1.7 meters.
"Congratulations, Your Highness, on successfully advancing to the Soul King realm!"
At this moment, the ghostly figure guarding the area spoke up with delight to offer his congratulations.
"I'm so sorry to trouble Elder Ghost. If it weren't for Elder Ghost finding and capturing soul beasts for me to protect me while I absorbed the soul ring, I wouldn't have been able to advance so easily."
Hearing the ghostly, hoarse, and cold voice, Ye Qifeng looked up at him and smiled in gratitude.
"It is my duty, Your Highness, there is no need to be so polite with me. Besides, even without me, with Your Highness's abilities, hunting soul beasts and advancing to the Soul King realm is not difficult, it is only a matter of time."
The ghostly, muffled voice spoke.
"I wonder how Your Highness's gains have been?"
After a pause, Ghost asked.
Ye Qifeng possesses a disguise skill, and his aura is extremely concealed. Even the Ghostly Demon, with his spiritual power at the peak of level 94, could not sense Ye Qifeng's current soul power level.
Having witnessed Ye Qifeng absorb a soul ring with a lifespan far exceeding the limit that a level 50 Soul Master could absorb, Gui Mei was extremely curious about Ye Qifeng's soul power level.
"The harvest is not bad. After all, it is a spirit ring that is nearly 40,000 years old. Normally, a spirit master can only absorb it when he breaks through to the spirit saint realm. After I absorbed it, my spirit power level has increased to level 53."
Ye Qifeng smiled calmly and replied.
"Already level 53?!"
The ghost was greatly shocked.
As expected of His Highness the Holy Son, with just one soul ring, he not only advanced to the Soul King realm but also instantly increased his soul power by three levels.
It should be noted that the rate at which a Soul Master's Soul Power increases slows down as they progress. Under normal circumstances, when a Soul Master successfully acquires a Soul Ring and advances to the next level, their Soul Power usually increases by one level.
Now, His Highness the Holy Son has directly increased his soul power by three levels, saving the time required to increase his soul power by two levels. Coupled with the Holy Son's terrifying innate soul power talent of level 20, the speed at which his soul power grows is simply unimaginable.
What's even more terrifying is that His Highness is only eleven years old.
An eleven-year-old Soul King!
Even the young master Qian Renxue is no match for His Highness the Holy Son.
As far as he knew, the young master was about twelve or thirteen years old when he broke through to the Soul King realm.
Although the young master's soul power was at level 50, which was also a soul ring that exceeded the limit of absorption, his soul power growth seemed to be only two levels. When he was promoted to Soul King, his soul power was finally at level 52, which was one level less than that of the Holy Son.
Eleven years old, Soul King with a Soul Power of Level 53.
In this world, perhaps only His Highness the Holy Son could achieve such a feat?
The ghost kept sighing to itself.
"By the way, Your Highness, how are the soul skills granted by the soul rings?"
At this moment, Ghost suddenly remembered Ye Qifeng's soul rings and soul skills, and hurriedly asked again.
"Because the spirit ring I absorbed came from a control-type Dark Night Beast, and its spirit ring also granted me a control-type spirit skill called Dark Night Domination."
Ye Qifeng said with a smile.
"Dark Night Domination is a field control skill that creates a hemispherical dark field for control."
"All enemies within the Dark Night Domination Field will be deprived of their sight, and their soul power and mental strength will be suppressed, weakening the power of their soul skills."
As Ye Qifeng spoke, he summoned his Shadow Martial Soul and simultaneously deactivated his third Soul Skill, Dark Vision, to disguise his Soul Ring.
next moment.
A pitch-black figure, over five meters tall, emerged from behind Ye Qifeng, hovering in mid-air, its swirling black light instantly dissipating.
The clear daytime suddenly turned gloomy.
In the dense forest, the wind, which had been slightly warm under the sunlight, suddenly became cool.
At the same time, five spirit rings, one purple and one black, rose up from beneath Ye Qifeng's feet, undulating rhythmically around his body.
The colors of the five spirit rings were all deeper and their light was all brighter than the last.
"It's hard to explain the specifics in a short time. Why don't you experience it for yourself, Elder Ghost? I'll demonstrate as I go and explain."
After summoning the Shadow Martial Soul and Soul Ring, Ye Qifeng looked at the Ghostly Demon and said seriously.
"Very well, Your Highness, please proceed with your plan."
The ghostly figure, shrouded in a black robe, nodded in agreement in a muffled voice. He was also eager to know the power of the Holy Prince's soul skill.
"Elder, I'm beginning. Fifth Soul Skill, Domination of the Night!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Qifeng's Shadow Martial Soul returned to his body, and his fifth Soul Ring at his feet shone with black light, indicating that it had been activated.
A strange energy emerged from the lit fifth spirit ring, dark and deep, yet seemingly formless and intangible, resembling a sphere the size of a human head.
"Dark Night Domination can be released in any area you designate, as long as it is within your mental perception range."
"Moreover, its coverage area is at least one kilometer in diameter. With my current soul power, releasing it for an hour is not a problem. Of course, the coverage area and duration are subject to growth."
As he spoke, Ye Qifeng released his spiritual power and casually pointed at the ghost.
In that instant, the ghost suddenly felt that its energy seemed to be locked by a powerful spiritual force.
The next second, the strange, dark, and invisible energy ball, guided by Ye Qifeng's mental power, flew swiftly to the ghost's front with lightning speed.
boom--
A soft sound.
A bizarre energy sphere the size of a human head instantly swelled, expanded, and exploded, forming a hemispherical dark field with a diameter of a kilometer in the blink of an eye, centered on the ghost.
The ghost was directly enveloped by the dark field, and Ye Qifeng, who was not far in front of the ghost, was naturally also within the range of the field.
As Ye Qifeng said, enemies in the dark field have their sight directly taken away.
That's exactly what the ghost was like at that moment.
At the moment when it was enveloped by the dark field.
Because of the Title Douluo's keen reflexes, Ghost had sensed a hint of danger and instinctively tried to slip away and escape the area.
But out of trust in His Highness the Holy Son, he forcibly suppressed this impulse.
Thus, in the instant the dark field enveloped them, the ghost lost its sight.
But he remained calm. As a Title Douluo, losing sight was no big deal, because Title Douluos could perceive objects through their spiritual power.
The black robe billowed, and the ghost immediately released a massive amount of spiritual power.
next second.
The ghost was completely dumbfounded.
He was shocked to discover that the mental energy he released was greatly reduced, and he could only exert half of his strength.
Ghostly frowned and sensed his own spiritual power.
The total amount has indeed remained the same, but it just can't unleash its full potential.
"By the way, His Highness the Holy Son just mentioned that his soul skill, Dark Night Domination, not only deprives people of sight but also suppresses soul power and mental power, weakening the power of soul skills."
Only then did the ghost remember.
So he used his own soul power to unleash a soul skill, Ghost Shadow Earth Pool Hand.
Sure enough, the soul power was suppressed, and the attack power of the soul skill was reduced by half.
After concentrating for a moment, Ghostly increased its soul power output and unleashed Ghostly Earth Pool Hand once more.
It can still only exert half of its strength, but its attack power has been enhanced.
That's it!
Ghost instantly understood that His Highness's soul skill, Dark Night Domination, had a constant suppression and weakening effect on soul power, mental power, and the power of soul skills.
Within the dark field, one can unleash their full potential by consuming twice the original cost.
However, this will cause your soul power and mental energy to be consumed rapidly.
Ah, this.
That's way too insane!
Soul power, mental power, and the power of soul skills were all cut in half at once. If anyone were to fight against His Highness the Holy Son in this arena, wouldn't they suffer a great loss?
hiss--
The ghost gasped in shock.
"Elder Ghost, the soul power of all enemies within my Dark Night Domination Domain will be suppressed by 50% to a certain extent, and the power of their soul skills will also be weakened by 50%. Hmm, this 50% is just a basic value."
"The extent to which soul power is suppressed and the power of soul skills is weakened is also growth-oriented. It increases with the increase of strength level. For each level increase, the suppression and weakening will increase by 10%."
"I am now at the Soul King level, so the suppression of soul power and the weakening of soul skill power are both 100%. Most importantly, the suppression and weakening of Dark Night Domination ignore the difference in foundation and strength."
At this moment, Ye Qifeng's voice rang out in the arena, confirming the ghost's suspicions.
"Elder Ghost, the dark field under the rule of the night can be controlled at will."
"Form invisible walls of darkness within the field, dividing the field, trapping the enemy within, and restricting their movement to a very small range."
"As for me and my teammates, who are the hosts, we are not subject to any restrictions."
As he explained, Ye Qifeng controlled the field to change, sometimes creating a dark maze, and sometimes constructing small secret rooms.
My mental energy sensed the dazzling actions of His Highness the Holy Son.
The ghost was so shocked that words could not describe it.
The whole person
I was stunned.
(End of this chapter)