stonecrandall Chapter 217 The 2-Year-Old Golden Scorpion King
Chapter 217 The 2-Year-Old Golden Scorpion King
Chapter 217 The Two Hundred Thousand Year Golden Scorpion King
After Ye Lingling absorbed the soul ring of the 100,000-year-old mutated ghost vine, the group rested for a while before continuing their search in the Star Dou Great Forest.
Yang Podi's four spirit rings now possess wood, space, earth, and darkness attributes respectively. Of course, the Netherworld Leopard, due to its extremely high speed, also possesses a strong wind attribute.
In addition to its powerful earth attribute, the Taotie Divine Ox also possesses a very strong strength attribute.
After absorbing these four spirit rings, Yang Podi's physical recovery, defense, strength, and speed all became very good. Even though he had just entered level 96, Yang Podi was extremely confident that he could defeat the level 98 Golden Crocodile Douluo.
That day, the group was walking in the Starry Sky Forest when they discovered a small desert several kilometers long and wide, which appeared to be quicksand.
This is highly illogical. The Star Dou Great Forest is rich in life force, and the plants grow exceptionally lushly. There are very few places with few plants. On the rocky mountain we encountered earlier, there was a 100,000-year-old mutated ghost vine hidden inside. This desert is clearly not simple either.
Moreover, there wasn't a single living creature near the desert, and the temperature inside the desert was significantly higher than in other places. There was probably a very powerful soul beast hidden in the sand.
Yang Podi took a detour, captured a two-thousand-year-old wildebeest, and went straight into the quicksand.
Unexpectedly, after the wildebeest entered the quicksand, its face was filled with fear. But no matter how hard it struggled, the quicksand seemed to have an infinite attraction. The wildebeest slowly sank into the quicksand and then quickly lost its life.
Logically speaking, even if a wildebeest gets stuck in quicksand, a two-thousand-year-old soul beast should be able to survive for a period of time. However, the wildebeest's aura disappeared in an instant, obviously killed by something or swallowed by some soul beast. Moreover, this soul beast must be extremely powerful.
Yang Podi thought carefully for a moment, then grabbed a 20,000-year-old Earth Demon Bear and threw it into the quicksand. However, this Earth Demon Bear was also terrified and quickly sank into the quicksand, and its aura disappeared very quickly.
Yang Ping'an, standing to the side, spoke with some hesitation: "Brother, there's probably an extremely powerful soul beast in this quicksand. It's not really suitable for us to fight in the quicksand. Besides, we still don't know what kind of soul beast it is. Attacking rashly might easily lead to losses. Moreover, we haven't been able to sense the soul beast's aura yet. This soul beast is probably hiding very well."
Yang Podi nodded: "Most 100,000-year-old soul beasts usually hide deep inside, and very few roam around outside like the Taotie Divine Ox. We need to find a way to lure this 100,000-year-old soul beast out."
"But how do we lure this soul beast out? It's obviously hiding in the quicksand," Yang Tianyue said, somewhat puzzled.
Yang Podi thought for a long time before speaking: "I plan to go into the quicksand and fight this soul beast, which will also serve as a warning to the enemy. You can provide support from outside as needed."
The five were shocked upon hearing this, and Yang Tianyue quickly said, "Brother, isn't what you're doing too dangerous? After all, we don't even know what kind of soul beast is inside."
Yang Podi simply smiled slightly: "Don't worry, with my current strength, no soul beast can easily deal with me. If it really comes to a head, I can just come out quickly."
Just as Yang Podi said, as long as he wanted to leave, no soul beast could truly trap him, after all, the Space Bone Dragon had extremely strong spatial attributes.
Under the watchful eyes of the five, Yang Podi summoned the Soul-Breaking Spear and his Soul Ring, forcefully plunging the Soul-Breaking Spear into the quicksand.
After entering the quicksand, the Soul-Shattering Spear swept through it with unstoppable force, piercing a huge hole in the sand. The spear flew nearly fifty meters into the quicksand, indicating that the small desert was at least fifty meters deep.
Especially after the Soul-Breaking Spear entered, a suction force emanated from the quicksand, as if it wanted to pull the Soul-Breaking Spear away.
Yang Podi ignored it and did not resist, letting the suction power take away the Soul-Breaking Spear. Suddenly, it seemed that the Soul-Breaking Spear was swallowed by something.
Yang Podi merely sneered, "You've got some nerve, daring to swallow even my martial spirit. You're practically courting death."
Yang Podi's right leg flashed with soul power, and he kicked hard at the location of the Soul-Breaking Spear. It was Yang Podi's right leg soul bone skill: Bone Dragon Tail Sweep. A huge bone dragon tail appeared in the space and swung directly at the quicksand. The quicksand was split apart as if it had hit a heavy object. The strong collision split the quicksand apart.
Immediately afterwards, Yang Podi waved his hand forcefully, and the Soul-Breaking Spear returned to his hand. At the same time, a huge soul beast appeared on the surface of the desert.
This soul beast was entirely golden, over twenty inches long, and was a giant golden scorpion. This scorpion had two enormous pincers, and its tail was even more terrifying. Both the pincers and the tail were extremely sharp and emitted a faint blue light, clearly indicating that it was highly venomous.
"A 200,000-year-old golden scorpion king."
Yang Podi swallowed hard and uttered a few words.
The Golden Crab King also seemed unusually angry, clearly because its rest had been disturbed.
"Human, how dare you disturb my rest! I'll tear you to pieces!"
Yang Podi ignored all that, gripped the Soul-Breaking Spear with both hands, and flashed in front of the Golden Scorpion King, thrusting it forcefully.
But this Golden Scorpion King was unusually fierce. It used its huge pincers to clamp down on the Soul-Breaking Spear. Although it retreated a considerable distance, it simultaneously thrust its massive scorpion penis forward, as if trying to pierce through Yang Podi's entire body.
Yang Podi gripped the Soul-Breaking Spear with both hands and swung it forcefully, using the spear to block the scorpion's tail attack.
Immediately afterwards, Yang Podi's entire body turned golden, and four spirit rings appeared on his body. In particular, the second spirit ring flashed, and a black hole appeared in the space behind the Golden Scorpion King. Yang Podi used all his strength to stab it again with the Soul-Breaking Spear, pushing the Golden Scorpion King's body into the black hole together.
With this attack, Yang Podi and the Golden Scorpion King appeared simultaneously on an open space in the distance, a full two kilometers away from the quicksand. This was Yang Podi's biggest plan: to prevent the Golden Scorpion King from hiding in the quicksand.
Before the Golden Crab King could react, the other five quickly arrived beside the Golden Scorpion King, surrounding it in the center, clearly intending to attack it.
The Golden Scorpion King seemed extremely angry: "Human, how dare you scheme against me! I will kill you!"
At the same time, the Golden Scorpion King emitted an exceptionally powerful aura of a soul beast, far stronger than the aura of a 100,000-year-old soul beast. This should be considered the aura of a ferocious beast.
"kill."
Yang Podi uttered a single word and then directly attacked with the Soul-Breaking Spear.
The other five seemed to have heard the instructions as well, and each attacked the Golden Scorpion King from different directions. Yang Tianyue directly used the Trident of the Sea God to attack the Golden Scorpion King's huge tail, while Yang Ping'an, Dugu Yan, and Niu Meng each attacked the Golden Scorpion King's torso, with Yang Ping'an on the left and Dugu Yan and Niu Meng on the right.
Yang Podi directly used his sixth soul skill: Golden Lion Break. A huge golden light flew out from the Soul Breaking Spear, like the phantom of the Golden Lion King, and pounced head-on on the Golden Scorpion King.
Since his sixth spirit ring reached 100,000 years, Yang Podi's sixth spirit skill underwent a qualitative change, seemingly possessing extremely strong metal properties, and its destructive power was greatly enhanced.
The Golden Scorpion King seemed to know the power of this move and hurriedly used its pincers to desperately defend itself, but the Golden Lion King pounced on the pincers, leaving a huge wound.
Yang Ping'an, like lightning, struck the Golden Scorpion King's torso, causing another wound.
Yang Tianyue's Trident of the Sea God collided with the Golden Scorpion King's tail, and the immense force sent the tail flying.
Dugu Yan and Niu Meng, on the other hand, seemed to have difficulty breaking through the Golden Scorpion King's defenses, only managing to leave shallow wounds on its surface. It truly lived up to its reputation as a ferocious beast of the 200,000-year level.
The Golden Crab King seemed extremely frustrated, as it was surrounded and attacked from all directions by multiple people. Even though its scorpion claws were incredibly strong, with exceptionally impressive defense and attack capabilities, it quickly found itself overwhelmed.
Yang Podi, however, pressed his advantage relentlessly, gripping the Soul-Breaking Spear with both hands and thrusting it directly at the Golden Scorpion King's head, forcing him to use his twin claws to defend himself.
In less than ten minutes, the Golden Scorpion King was covered in wounds. Its torso had suffered various injuries, and a section of its tail had been severed, clearly cut off by Yang Tianyue's Trident of the Sea God. Even one of its two claws had been severed, cut off by Yang Podi's Soul-Breaking Spear.
The Golden Scorpion King roared, its face filled with resentment, as if pleading for help.
But Yang Podi ignored all that and directly activated his eighth soul skill: Earth Behemoth Break. A huge soul-breaking spear flew directly through Yang Podi's body, piercing through the Golden Scorpion King's body and pinning it to the ground.
At this moment, the Golden Scorpion King seemed to be on its last breath, but it still spoke fiercely: "Humans, you will pay the price."
As the Golden Scorpion King uttered those words with all its might, Yang Podi smashed a punch into its head, piercing through its skull. The Golden Scorpion King instantly died, and at the same time, a huge red spirit ring appeared. This spirit ring was much larger than any spirit ring he had ever seen before. If you looked closely, there were actually two golden lines on the spirit ring, which proved that this Golden Scorpion King was over 200,000 years old and had already reached the level of a ferocious beast.
After resting for a while, Yang Podi began to absorb the soul ring, while Yang Tianyue continued to maintain the Vast Ocean Universe Shield for protection.
The 200,000-year-old Golden Scorpion King truly lived up to its ferocious beast status. This time, it took a full ten days to absorb the spirit ring, much longer than previous spirit ring absorption times, and the energy was even more violent.
However, with Yang Podi's current level 96 soul power, absorbing it is not a problem at all.
After absorbing the spirit ring, Yang Podi peeled open the corpse of the Golden Scorpion King. A golden left arm spirit bone appeared on the Golden Scorpion King. The boundless power contained on it even made people feel a strong cutting sensation. It was indeed a spirit bone from a ferocious beast, and it was indeed a spirit bone from a golden-type spirit beast.
Yang Podi has always preferred gold-type soul beasts, including the Golden Crocodile King, Golden Lion King, Golden Behemoth, and so on. This 200,000-year-old Golden Scorpion King is the fourth gold-type soul beast he has ever encountered.
Gold-type soul beasts generally possess extremely strong metallic properties, along with formidable strength and excellent defense, making them the pinnacle of soul beasts.
Yang Podi spent another three days absorbing the 200,000-year-old Golden Scorpion King's left arm soul bone.
After absorbing the soul ring and soul bone of the 200,000-year-old Golden Scorpion King, Yang Podi's soul power had reached the peak of level 97. Even if he continued to cultivate on his own, he should be able to break through to level 98 very soon.
Yang Podi wants to find a water-attribute soul beast and a fire-attribute soul beast next. Ideally, he would also like to find a spirit-type soul beast. These three types of soul beasts are very difficult to find, and there are basically no high-level ones in the Star Dou Great Forest.
As for the so-called lightning attribute soul beasts and time attribute soul beasts, Yang Podi has never heard of anyone seeing one that is more than 100,000 years old. Yang Ping'an's lightning dragon is the strongest one he has ever seen. As for the Azure Bull Python, it doesn't seem to be a pure lightning attribute, but rather a combination of water and lightning attributes. In terms of lightning control alone, it is not even as good as Yang Ping'an's lightning dragon.
Especially for spirit-type soul beasts, it is extremely rare to see one that is 100,000 years old, and even fewer that are of high age.
Since absorbing so many spirit rings, Yang Podi felt that the biggest advantage of his physical spirit was its versatility. It could absorb any type of spirit ring without any rejection or hidden dangers. No wonder Du Busi could absorb all the toxic spirit rings without any health problems.
If one truly possessed the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth in a soul ring, their combined use would likely be incredibly versatile.
(End of this chapter)