Stepping into the Sea Area

"Roar! Didn't you say it's only natural for Soul Beast to hunt Soul Master? Fine, then die now!"

Understanding does not mean acceptance. Er Ming hearing this, Erming was greatly shocked and could no longer restrain himself, so he launched an attack on You Chen.

Of course, while he said "go to hell," Er Ming was actually thinking about capturing You Chen.

It also needs to get information about Sister Xiao Wu from You Chen!

Since this damned human is unwilling to cooperate, we'll force him to say it!

"Er Ming!"

Da Ming let out a deep shout, and with a flick of his tail, he controlled Er Ming. Under Er Ming's puzzled gaze, he said to You Chen, "Perhaps you are right, but even if lifespans and races are different, it doesn't matter. We and Sister Xiao Wu were never the same race from the beginning; we are just Soul Beast. What connects us is not blood, but emotion and spirit!"

Da Ming initially looked somewhat dejected, but as he spoke, that dejection gradually faded and was replaced by a resolute expression. "So what if Sister Xiao Wu becomes human? She is still our family! That will never change!"

You Chen showed no change in expression in the face of the Da Ming Dynasty's resounding declaration.

After all... what the hell does this have to do with him?

If you're so capable and so determined, why don't you just tell Xiao Wu yourself? Why are you telling him all this here?

'What a pair of clueless Soul Beast. Are they just stirring up this pretentious nonsense because they're thinking of entrusting Xiao Wu to me?'

You Chen instantly discerned some of Da Ming's thoughts.

As expected, the next moment, Da Ming lowered his head and said sincerely, "Human, although you rejected Sister Xiao Wu, the fact that Sister Xiao Wu is willing to follow you proves that she trusts you. Therefore—"

"Brother, how can you trust this guy! He just slaughtered so many of our comrades!"

Er Ming started shouting.

Rather than feeling indignant on behalf of its deceased younger brother, it was more out of resentment, because it had already guessed Da Ming's thoughts from Da Ming tone.

'Why, why would Big Brother want to give Sister Xiao Wu to this trashy human! Even if it wasn't me, even if it was Big Brother!' Er Ming thought angrily.

"Shut up, Er Ming!"

Da Ming gave Er Ming a stern look and said, "What this human guy said is indeed true; the racial conflict between human Soul Master and Soul Beast is undeniable. But since he's willing to consider Sister Xiao Wu as human, what does such a distinction matter to us?"

He turned his head and continued sincerely, "Human, you have such strength that you can protect Sister Xiao Wu through this dangerous period before she fully transforms into human form. In addition, you also acknowledge Sister Xiao Wu's human identity... Can I entrust Sister Xiao Wu to you?"

"What kind of reward can you give me?"

You Chen smiled slightly, "For your Sister Xiao Wu, are you willing to sacrifice yourself for me?"

Da Ming's pupils contracted. No matter what, it never expected that You Chen would suddenly say something that was tantamount to "you should kill yourself."

Er Ming had completely reached his limit.

"How dare you humiliate my brother! I'll beat you to death!!!"

Er Ming, realizing that his earlier collision hadn't killed You Chen, no longer held back.

I used 70% of my strength and didn't use the remaining 30% just to prevent unexpected situations and to allow me to retract some of my strength.

But how could such half-baked effort and speed possibly pose a threat to You Chen?

A cold glint flashed in You Chen's eyes. As soon as the Sacrifice Sanctuary opened, the suppressive power of Er Ming's Gravity Domain was instantly weakened by more than half.

To Er Ming's astonishment, she easily dodged Er Ming attack.

At the same time, You Chen didn't forget to show off by using his supersonic Sound Compression into a Line to mock Er Ming, saying, "I was just thinking that one punch wasn't enough."

The next moment, a dazzling Golden Sword appeared in You Chen's hand, with extremely sharp Air Blade gathered on its blade— Thousand Strikes in an Instant!

"Goooo!!!"

Er Ming let out a deafening scream, as if his back had been slashed by countless swords. Blood poured down like a river, instantly turning the surrounding ancient trees into a blood-red forest.

"Er Ming!"

Da Ming exclaimed in surprise, immediately activating his Sluggish Domain. At the same time, he hurriedly transmitted his voice to You Chen: "Human Soul Master, stop! I can take this as a lesson for your disrespectful words to Er Ming, but if you attack again, even if you have Sister Xiao Wu's connection, I will treat you as a mortal enemy! I can see that your injuries have not fully healed either. Do you really want to do something that will only bring you no benefit?!"

You Chen sensed the effects of the Sluggish Domain, glanced coldly at Da Ming, but did not make another move.

He looked at Da Ming and said calmly, "This fool first gave me a big gift when we met, and then he offended me time and time again. I don't know where you got the nerve to say you want to entrust Xiao Wu to me. As for Xiao Wu, what I want to do is my own business."

Da Ming remained silent, unlike Er Ming who retorted, "You were the one who slaughtered the Soul Beast first." Both knew it was a pointless argument.

In the brief moment of its silence, You Chen turned and left without a second thought.

Only Da Ming remained standing there, deeply troubled and worried about not being able to get any information about Xiao Wu from You Chen, and then let out a sigh.

After absorbing the Soul Ring, You Chen can leave the scene safely at any time.

The reason he stayed behind to argue with Da Ming Er Ming was entirely to get revenge for what Er Ming had done to him, and to deliberately annoy them. As for planting a seed of resentment in Da Ming's heart, that was just something he did on the spur of the moment.

Having had this encounter today, the next meeting will be for real business discussions.

In the blink of an eye, another day has passed.

With You Chen's physique, he recovered to his full strength after only a short period of recuperation and soon arrived at Vast Sea City, which is located in the western part of the Douluo Continent near the sea.

Vast Sea City was already a relatively prosperous coastal city, and its prosperity was further enhanced after the Beast Soul Chamber of Commerce deliberately raised the price of seafood.

You Chen only needed to use his spiritual power to probe slightly to discover that a number of powerful high-level Soul Master had gathered here.

Instead of rushing out to sea, You Chen remained hidden in the city while unleashing his full mental power, completely enveloping the entire Vast Sea City and beginning to gather intelligence on its current waters.

Although the intelligence gathered by the Beast Soul Alliance was already very detailed, it could not possibly be more efficient than You Chen's direct on-site investigation using his mental power.

However, its advantage lies in its wider range of intelligence coverage.

You Chen's actions were primarily aimed at comparing the intelligence with existing information to determine if any aspects were outdated or erroneous. After all, information is highly time-sensitive.

"Have you heard? Earl Will's own fleet returned in a very sorry state the day before yesterday! Of the two hundred or so men on board, only five or six survived!"

"You must be kidding me! I heard that ship has Soul King level or even Soul Emperor level experts, as well as top-notch sailors and navigators. Even ten-thousand-year-old Sea Soul Beast can't threaten them. How could this happen? You must be lying to me!"

"Why would I lie to you? If you ask me, it must be that those people were too greedy and recklessly exploited the resources of the sea, which angered the Sea God!"

Before long, You Chen obtained several pieces of useful information.

While Prince Xue Xing was drawing attention away from the Beast Soul Chamber of Commerce, the Beast Soul Chamber of Commerce's heavy spending did indeed spark a wave of overseas expansion.

Because it wasn't just the Beast Soul Chamber of Commerce throwing money around, other merchants like the Seven Treasure Chamber of Commerce Beast Soul Chamber of Commerce Guild, seeing the Beast Soul Chamber of Commerce's moves, worried that some new era of gold was about to emerge, just like the Whale Rubber craze back then. So they all rushed into this market.

The price of seafood has been driven up to an unnatural level, and countless ordinary people and Soul Master have been investing in coastal and maritime trade over the past six months.

Even if seafood wasn't anything special at first, it has been shrouded in a special aura thanks to the influx of capital.

There's no need for the Beast Soul Chamber of Commerce to specifically cultivate the market for Soul Beast resources; during the process of a large number of people going to sea, collisions with Sea Soul Beast are inevitable.

The market naturally formed around the activities of guarding, hunting, and selling Sea Soul Beast resources.

However, in the past two weeks, this wave of enthusiasm for going to sea has shown some signs of waning.

While the allure of profit is undeniable, the heavy loss of personnel has deterred many from pursuing their goals once their initial enthusiasm waned.

The most obvious reason for this is...

'Sea Soul Master.'

Several powerful fleets did not suffer because of the Sea Soul Beast, but instead encountered pirates and suffered heavy losses.

Judging from these people's discussions and the combat skills they mentioned displayed by the pirates, it's hard to imagine what kind of desolate and harsh environment could produce pirates who could even defeat Soul Emperor...

This is clearly a regular Sea Soul Master disguised as a pirate.

As for legitimate Sea Soul Master in the sea, You Chen couldn't think of any other forces besides Sea God Island.

Clearly, it was probably the excessive encroachment of land-based Soul Master on the ocean that provoked the dissatisfaction of the Sea God Island.

Marine resources are secondary.

Importantly, during this process, a large number of Sea Soul Beast were hunted down by human Soul Master.

Compared to the past, the rate at which Sea Soul Beast die has increased tenfold or even a hundredfold.

As the effects of using more and more parts of Sea Soul Beast as food or materials are discovered, Sea Soul Beast resources have begun to surpass some seafood products and become the mainstay of the market.

That was enough to trigger a strong reaction from Sea God Island.

After all, under the rule of Sea God Island, the conflict between Sea Soul Master and Sea Soul Beast was not as acute as that between land Soul Master and land Soul Beast.

Land-based Soul Master, who had little contact with Sea Soul Master, could never have imagined that their rampant hunting of Sea Soul Beast would attract attacks from Soul Master. They would only regard these Sea Soul Master as pirates who were after money.

Such actions by Sea God Island would undoubtedly hinder You Chen's plundering of Soul Beast resources.

However, You Chen does not plan to respond to this for the time being.

His primary goal was naturally to complete the fifth and sixth Soul Ring of his Second Incarnation.

After absorbing the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring of the Holy Spirit Bird, You Chen obtained the healing Soul Skill "Holy Spirit's Grace" and the group-targeting attack Soul Skill "Sanctification".

The healing effect of the Holy Spirit's Grace was already evident when facing Er Ming earlier. In addition to simple healing, those healed by the Holy Spirit's Grace also gain a defensive buff that lasts for a very long time.

With the addition of the Sacrifice Sanctuary, You Chen's defensive capabilities are probably no less than the heights he has reached in terms of speed.

As for the Sanctification, its attack method is to form countless pillars of holy light to punish the target, and it has a very strong special attack against negative attribute life forms such as Evil God King and darkness.

However, if it is not used against a target, its power will probably only reach the level of 100,000 years.

But the strength of this Soul Skill lies in the fact that it is a lock-on skill. You Chen doesn't need to aim or control it separately; once he locks onto the target with his mental power, it will automatically track and attack.

There's even another use: directly detecting hostility and Evil God King. You Chen doesn't even need to use his mental power to lock on; he can just use it directly, and it will automatically attack.

It's practically a perfect skill for dominating weaker opponents in groups.

His Soul Power also surged to level 85 after breaking through the bottleneck.

Once he absorbs these two Soul Rings, his Soul Power Level will definitely reach level 90.

For his Second Incarnation's Soul Ring, You Chen prefers Soul Skill or the high bonuses brought by higher age limits.

However, there is one Soul Beast whose Soul Skill are quite versatile and functional. Although its age is not particularly high, its bloodline as a top-tier Soul Beast gives it a bonus that is no less than that of Ferocious Beast with an ordinary bloodline.

What's even better is that Sea God Island won't interfere with the hunting of this Soul Beast.

This lucky Soul Beast is none other than the Evil Orca King, which appeared in the original work.

Incidentally, they can also harvest a large number of Evil Spirit Orca to take back as resources for cultivation.

Even if this race were You Chen, they wouldn't have any objections to Sea God Sea God Island. They even managed to label the Demon Soul Demon Soul Great White Shark, a Soul Beast that eats its own kind, as a "Kindness God King Soul Beast."

With the diverse intelligence brought by numerous people who went to sea, You Chen has confirmed the approximate location of the Evil Spirit Orca pod's activities during this period.

Without much hesitation or extra preparation, You Chen began his journey across the ocean using only his own body.

Even though he already knew the approximate location in advance and had the Spiritual Detection range of the Spirit Domain Realm, the ocean was too vast. You Chen still flew over the ocean for a full day and night before finally finding the trace of the Evil Spirit Orca.

These Evil Spirit Orca were traveling in groups, resting near a rocky island on the ocean shore.

You Chen used his spiritual power to investigate from a distance. Of these hundreds of Evil Spirit Orca, nearly a third had grown to adulthood, each with a body length of twenty to thirty meters, which meant they had ten thousand years of cultivation.

The remaining two-thirds, the longest of which was only about ten meters, were all thousand-year-old Soul Beast.

Although individually weaker than the Deep Sea Demon Whale, the Evil Spirit Orca, as a top-tier Soul Beast of the ocean, possesses the ability to fight beyond its level.

Even if they are only at the thousand-year level, they still possess combat power comparable to human Soul King. A few with pure bloodlines or who have been developing for a longer period of time can even rival human Soul Emperor.

Those at the ten-thousand-year level are at least comparable to human Soul Sage, and many have even reached the strength of ordinary Soul Douluo.

Perhaps it was because the Evil Orca King, Xie Hu, wanted to maintain his absolute position as leader. In You Chen's observation, there were no powerful beings among this group of Evil Spirit Orca who had reached the title level. The Evil Spirit Orca with the highest age of about 50,000 years of cultivation had an impure bloodline and relatively weak life force, and was only at the peak level of Soul Douluo.

Now, it's unclear whether the Evil Orca King has gone out to forage, swim, play, or visit another colony; You Chen couldn't find any trace of it here.

'In that case, let's try out my new skill.'

You Chen's purpose in setting sail was to collect some Soul Beast resources to use for his cultivation back home.

Sea God Island itself was hunting Evil Spirit Orca, You Chen felt that hunting Evil Spirit Orca wouldn't cause a conflict with Sea God Island, and he had no worries.

The crimson Eighth Soul Ring suddenly lit up.

'Eighth Soul Skill - Sanctification!'

Whether it's the Evil Spirit Orca, the Demon Soul Great White Shark, or the Deep Sea Demon Whale, the violent factors on these extremely bloodthirsty Sea Soul Beast far exceed those of ordinary Soul Beast. You Chen directly chose the automatic attack mode to detect Evil God King.

In an instant, countless beams of light fell from the sky.

You Chen sensed the state of the pillar of light and tried to control and influence it with his mental power. As expected, it went smoothly. Even when it entered automatic attack mode, the automatic authority of this Soul Skill could still be revoked at any time, and it could be controlled by You Chen's will.

These Evil Spirit Orca You Chen's training materials, and he doesn't want his Soul Skill to directly smash them to pieces.

Therefore, the system primarily used automatic attacks, supplemented by manual control, and with minimal mental effort, it manipulated the Sanctification Pillar to launch a fatal attack.

With You Chen sparing no effort in unleashing his Soul Power, most of the thousand-year-old and hundred-year-old Evil Spirit Orca were killed or injured in an instant.

The numerous ancient Evil Spirit Orca hurriedly protected their young, but they soon discovered that this seemingly ordinary beam of light possessed extremely powerful destructive force.

Even with their cultivation levels of ten thousand years, they would suffer severe damage if they were to take the attack head-on.

But it was already too late.

Under You Chen's Sanctification, more than two-thirds of the hundreds of Evil Spirit Orca were instantly wiped out, and the remaining less than one-third were also severely injured.

Only the strongest of the Evil Spirit Orca, comparable to those in Soul Douluo, suffered minor injuries.

You Chen raised an eyebrow slightly.

Like all lock-on skills, Sanctification is by no means a guaranteed hit or kill.

Even though You Chen had allocated more of his Sanctification Power to target the strongest of the Evil Spirit Orca, the fact that they only suffered minor injuries is the best proof of that.

By weakening the Sanctification energy through the sea and reefs, the attack that would have severely damaged them was greatly reduced, eventually becoming sufficient to withstand.

Furthermore, while Sanctification, as a group attack skill, does meet the standard of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill, it is not like the Ming X Ark, which is stronger when attacking a group than when attacking a single target. Its power is naturally not comparable to a 100,000-year single-target Soul Skill. Even if all the Sanctification beams are concentrated on a single target, it is only as strong as a tens of thousands of years single-target attack Soul Skill.

If it weren't for the amplification of Soul Power brought by You Chen's Stardust Dragon Martial Soul, which brought his Soul Power strength close to that of Super Douluo, ordinary ten-thousand-year-old Evil Spirit Orca probably wouldn't have considered him a threat and wouldn't have achieved such terrifying results.

Just as You Chen was silently analyzing and comprehending the strength of the Sanctification Soul Skill, the Evil Spirit Orca seemed to mistakenly believe that You Chen had suffered too much damage, and they unleashed their inherent ferocity, launching an attack on You Chen.

Beams of blue energy carrying the power of decomposition shot towards You Chen.

In the ocean, the attack power of these Evil Spirit Orca can be said to have been increased by an additional level.

However, such an attack naturally had no effect on You Chen; it only reminded You Chen that it would be better to finish up the remaining tasks.

The Eighth Soul Ring began to rotate once more.

"Sanctification".

With a low growl, the pillar of sanction, bringing despair to the Evil Spirit Orca, once again fell from the sky.

Soul Ring and Soul Skill do not have a clear cooldown time. If you have to say, it's the consumption of Soul Power and the power fluctuation when using Soul Ring.

The higher the age of the Soul Ring Soul Skill, the stronger the Soul Power vibration, and repeated use amplifies this effect. This is the hidden cooldown time.

However, for You Chen, unless he used the same Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill from the same Soul Ring more than ten times in one go, the vibration of the Soul Ring was practically nothing.

As for the consumption of Soul Power?

Offensive Soul Skill are always heavy consumers of Soul Power. Soul Douluo- level Soul Power can only be used three or four times before needing to be exhausted.

But for You Chen, who possesses Soul Core... the Soul Power consumed during this analysis time has almost recovered.

Holy light once again enveloped the entire sea.

Half a time later, the crimson stain on the sea had not faded, but all the corpses had been taken by You Chen.

Before this trip, You Chen specially asked the research department to create a Soul Tool for him with a built-in refrigerator effect. All the Soul Beast corpses, including the Emperor Golden Lion Beast and the Holy Spirit Bird, were kept in it for refrigeration and preservation, so there was no need to worry about them spoiling.

You Chen collected the corpses of the Evil Spirit Orca and did not leave. Instead, he landed on the rocky island, concealed his aura with the Aura Concealment Art, and waited silently.

The entire Evil Spirit Orca genotype consists of only a few hundred individuals. If a branch of a genotype with over a hundred members goes missing, it's obvious that the Evil Orca King will come looking for them.

However, before the Evil Orca King could arrive, a group of uninvited guests came to the place.

The spiritual energy silently enveloped and observed; the leader was dressed in purple, followed by a group of Soul Master in yellow robes.

You Chen glanced at their attire and immediately confirmed that they were Soul Master from Sea God Island.

You Chen silently intensified the circulation of the Aura Concealment Art, wanting to see what these guys from Sea God Island were after.

There was no need for mental energy to probe; with You Chen's current hearing, he could directly hear their undisguised conversation.

"Xiula Nuo, the Saint Pillar Lord summoned us here because he sensed the movements of those Evil Spirit Orca, right? But we can't find any trace of them here. They must have already left, right?"

"No..."

Xiula Nuo, dressed in purple, revealed a solemn expression. "Bloodstains, there was undoubtedly a fierce battle that took place here!"