Dragon Bear

"Jin Tianming, I really have to thank you!"

Listening to Jin Tianming's report, Tian Mucheng was utterly speechless. What the hell was this? Without so much as a word, he had sold him off to a little girl?

Hearing Tian Mucheng's thanks through their spiritual link, Jin Tianming smiled.

"Just doing my part. No need to thank me, original body."

"..."

Tian Mucheng chose to sever the spiritual link. There was no point continuing; the deed was done. He could hardly fly to the Sun Moon Empire just to beat up Jin Tianming, could he?

That was completely unrealistic.

Tian Mucheng sighed. Fortunately, Jin Tianming was still fairly normal. If it had been Moyan, that girl would definitely have pissed him to death.

Ever since they had acquired a temporary base, Moyan's slacking had become even more outrageous. Whenever Xiao Xue trained Dugu Luo, she would run over under the excuse of training with them. In reality, she was just hiding from him and loafing around there.

As the original body, he could scold her, but surely Xiao Xue, as a Dragon Slave, would not let her get away with that, right?

That was not the case at all. Tian Mucheng directly ordered Xiao Xue to train Moyan as hard as possible. Sure enough, unless someone pushed her, she truly had no idea where her own potential lay.

She had now reached Level 24, just one step away from breaking through to Level 25.

He himself had recovered to Level 21, but if he created a new Dragon Soul, his Soul Power Level would probably drop again.

"Now that we've found a temporary base, I can start making plans for the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well as well." Tian Mucheng thought to himself. In truth, he was still hesitating over whether to use that one Dragon Soul opportunity.

That one-time opportunity was his greatest trump card. He had to consider again and again whether to use it.

Once he used it, he would no longer have any means of saving his own life.

Out of habit, he tapped his fingers against the table. The steady thump, thump, thump brought him into his optimal state of thought.

The words he hated most in life were gambler, yet life often forced the things you disliked upon you. Tian Mucheng was in exactly that position now.

From the moment he arrived in this world, he had entered a gamble. Whether he wanted to or not, if he did not gamble, he would die.

When he hunted his first soul ring, he had already embarked upon the gambler's path. If he had not prepared thoroughly that day, Tian Mucheng would have been the one to die.

In the end, he had narrowly prevailed and killed that monkey!

Tian Mucheng's mind raced. He was considering how to maximize his gains. Using that Dragon Soul opportunity to bring the Snow Empress and Ice Empress into his camp would indeed be excellent. Those two soul beasts could also lead them into the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, but he would have to give up on the two Dragon Souls at the bottom of the spring.

As for Electrolux, he had no idea what he could offer that would attract him.

"Right! That carving knife!" Tian Mucheng recalled the Evil Soul Master carving knife that had appeared at the Star Luo Auction House in the original story. He could try to buy it, but he could not possibly wait that long.

Since the child of fortune had changed, opportunities might also be affected by the butterfly effect.

"Hah..." Tian Mucheng took a deep breath. He chose to gamble.

If this had been during Dou Yi, it would have been truly fair. He could have taken his time leisurely, without any need to rush or take risks. But this was the era when Tang San ruled. As long as he did not act too arrogantly while he was weak, there would not be much trouble. Otherwise, like in Dou San, without a good system, he would simply be crushed to death!

Tang Hao was truly overprotective of his child, not to mention the added affection of a grandfather for his grandson.

"Xiao Xue."

"Here."

The moment Xiao Xue heard Tian Mucheng call, she appeared before him.

She was like an impregnable fortress, guarding Lord Saint's side every hour of every day. Lord Saint's body was as fragile as porcelain; if she did not remain at his side and something went wrong before she could arrive in time, she feared death would be the only way to atone for her failure.

"Have Dragon Bear return from Duke White Tiger as soon as possible. Those two children no longer need to be watched for now." Tian Mucheng began issuing orders. "Dugu Yan and Dugu Luo should prepare as well. As for Moyan, personally supervise her preparations. If she dares slack off, report it to me immediately."

"Yes!" Xiao Xue already understood what Lord Saint intended to do. He had told her about the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, and she had long since made complete preparations.

Xiao Xue left, and Tian Mucheng was once again alone in the room. One hand supported his chin while the other continued tapping the table as he sank back into thought.

Once they were done with the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, his game against Pure and Clean Tang Buddha would officially begin.

Sunset Forest

Once the second-largest soul beast forest on the Douluo Continent, it was now withering away. Even the strongest soul beasts here only possessed between ten thousand and twenty thousand years of cultivation.

The third Dragon Slave, Dragon Bear, scouted ahead, while Xiao Xue searched the surrounding area for hidden soul beasts or Evil Soul Masters.

Dugu Yan protected Tian Mucheng and the other two. Her Soul Power had originally been at Level 69, but after the Dragon Soul's transformation, she had directly advanced to Level 70. Her Jade Python Martial Soul had been transformed by the Dragon Soul into a Jade Scale Flood Dragon, increasing the potency of her poison severalfold while also strengthening her body.

It could be considered quite good.

They could also see whether Sunset Forest had any poison-element soul beasts. If there were, one would become Dugu Yan's seventh soul ring. If not, they would have no choice but to make a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Moyan yawned lazily, her gaze sweeping across the soul beasts that watched them hungrily yet did not dare approach. Finding it boring, she simply closed her eyes and lay on Dugu Luo's back, falling asleep.

Eleven-year-old Dugu Luo helplessly caught this older sister who always slacked off during cultivation, her eyes filled with affection and gentleness.

Seeing this, Tian Mucheng truly wanted to pull out a sack, stuff Moyan inside it, hang her from a tree, and beat her senseless!

Boom!

A powerful shockwave from an explosion erupted ahead. Tian Mucheng looked over curiously and saw that the Level 74 Dragon Bear had already entered battle mode.

Seven soul rings rose beneath Dragon Bear's feet: yellow, yellow, purple, purple, purple, black, and black.

Among the Dragon Slaves, perhaps only Moxie's first soul ring was a ten-year one.

"Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar!" Dragon Bear roared. The muscles across his body swelled wildly as his human form began transforming toward that of a beast.

A Dragon Bear, a hybrid of dragon and bear, appeared before the four of them.

The third Dragon Slave's original name was Wang Jin. He had been a Level 66 Evil Soul Master with a Magic Bear Martial Soul, but after being transformed by a Dragon Soul, his Magic Bear Martial Soul had become Dragon Bear, imbued with dragon bloodline. It was quite distinctive, in its own way.

Dragon Bear's powerful body began wrestling with the twenty-thousand-year soul beast ahead. He constantly restrained his immense strength to prevent the shockwaves from reaching Lord Saint and the others.

Tian Mucheng naturally saw this and shouted, "Dragon Bear, finish it quickly. We don't have much time to waste."

Hearing Lord Saint's command, Dragon Bear instantly understood. He no longer restrained his terrifying strength, grabbed the soul beast by the head, and began pummeling it relentlessly. Seeing the massive shockwaves about to reach them, Dugu Yan immediately stepped in front of Tian Mucheng and the other two, blocking them.

The twenty-thousand-year soul beast was a miserable sight. Its head was like a watermelon struck by a sledgehammer, pinned firmly to the ground beneath Dragon Bear's paw, while its body was like a rag doll, savagely battered again and again by his other paw. Not a single patch of hide on its body remained intact, as though it were grassland ravaged by a violent storm.

"Tsk, why is this guy still so violent?"

At some point, Moyan had been awakened by the noise. Raising her head to look at Dragon Bear beating the soul beast ahead, she could not help but complain.