Galactic Explosion

After dealing with the Silver Emperor Skyfalcon, the group continued onward.

Their next target was the Ten Thousand Year Golden Earth Dragon King.

It was the Soul Ring prepared for Qian Renxue.

The Golden Earth Dragon King's territory lay east of Golden Lake in the Star Dou Great Forest.

A hundred years ago, the original owner of that place, the Golden Crocodile King, had been slain by Golden Crocodile Douluo and turned into his Soul Ring.

Later, a Golden Earth Dragon King took over the place.

Golden Crocodile Douluo had provided this information.

Golden Lake was lush with emerald grass, its waters shimmering. The entire lake surface was suffused with a faint golden glow.

Golden Crocodile Douluo struck out with his palm. Accompanied by a dragon's roar, the Golden Earth Dragon King appeared!

Bai Ge took one look and felt his worldview shatter. "This thing is worthy of being called a dragon? Are you kidding me?!"

There was no helping it. What appeared before him was a huge, entirely golden Tyrant Dragon!

It was vastly different from either the Eastern divine dragons or Western evil dragons he had imagined.

"Senior Golden Crocodile, don't attack yet. Let me test the power of my Third Soul Skill."

Golden Crocodile Douluo was somewhat taken aback, then burst into laughter. "Good lad! Just as expected of the man Miss has taken a fancy to—fearless as a newborn calf facing a tiger!"

Bai Ge stepped forward and raised his right hand high. Endless light gathered within it—

"Galactic... Explosion!"

Bai Ge's right hand struck the Golden Earth Dragon King with world-destroying force. Accompanied by a miserable howl, the Golden Earth Dragon King was severely wounded!

The residual force even blasted a crater several meters deep and over ten meters across into the ground!

"Only this much?" Bai Ge sighed, somewhat dissatisfied.

To Bai Ge, Soul Rings were merely keys used to unlock the inheritances of the twelve Gold Saints.

Soul Power, meanwhile, was merely fuel for driving the Cosmos.

In the original work, the Saint Seiyas used Star Power from the Eighty-Eight Constellations to drive their Cosmos. However, that power was excessively fierce and overbearing, and it depleted one's lifespan to a certain extent.

Shion from the original work was an example. Once he grew old, his strength greatly declined, and Saga killed him outright.

Douluo had the same problem. Although Sea God Douluo Bo Saixi had said in the original work that a Titled Douluo's basic lifespan was around two to three hundred years, and that after Rank 91, each rank gained could extend one's life by a hundred years.

In other words, taking Golden Crocodile Douluo as an example, he should theoretically be able to live beyond a thousand years.

However, based on Bai Ge's experience reading countless xianxia novels, the age at which one broke through to Titled Douluo determined one's potential.

Before becoming a Titled Douluo, one's lifespan was only a hundred years. Breaking through at eighty, at fifty, or like Tang Hao in the original work—breaking through at forty-four, in the prime of life with ample lifespan remaining—were certainly not comparable.

Moreover, a Soul Master's breakthroughs meant fighting Soul Beasts. Injuries were perfectly normal.

And when breaking through, enduring the impact of Soul Power could very likely result in hidden injuries.

Losing lifespan was entirely normal.

In the original work, Sword Douluo lost an arm and could never make another breakthrough for the rest of his life.

The cultivation methods of Douluo Continent were truly far too crude. There were no concepts of meridians or acupoints at all. One simply relied on Martial Soul talent, meditation, absorbed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, and converted it into Soul Power.

That was why they valued Innate Soul Power so highly. To them, it was equivalent to a martial artist's sense of qi.

Without Innate Soul Power, there was no possibility of cultivation whatsoever.

Low Innate Soul Power also meant poor absorption of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, which was why the Grandmaster's situation had been so tragic!

This was fucking ridiculous!

Therefore, it was not strange at all that they injured themselves and left behind hidden ailments during breakthroughs.

The human body's meridians were already extremely fragile. With such crude and reckless methods, the only reason they did not die was because the people of Douluo were exceptionally gifted, possessed Martial Souls, and were blessed by nature.

One had to know that the Soul Master system on Douluo Continent had already existed for a full ten thousand years!

Who knew what these people had even been doing all that time.

Thinking of this, Bai Ge felt immensely fortunate.

His cultivation technique had been personally tailored for him by the system, using Virgo's Cosmos Meditation Technique from the world of "Saint Seiya" as its foundation, adding the Cosmic Force cultivation method from "Swallowing the Starry Sky," and then integrating Innate Formless Sword Qi.

Thus, Bai Ge had surpassed the people of the Douluo world by far from the very first step.

Likewise, the strength of Bai Ge's skills depended solely on his cultivation.

Therefore, he was very dissatisfied with the Galactic Explosion he had just unleashed.

By Bai Ge's estimate, it was only at the level of the Sixth Sense Cosmos.

It merely bore the name "Galactic Explosion." It was simply tarnishing the name.

Especially since Bai Ge's attack was less a "Galactic Explosion" than a "Galactic Star Dust Fist."

The former was an area attack, while the latter was a single-target attack!

However, Golden Crocodile Douluo and the others, including Qian Renxue, were dumbfounded.

Because that strike was already enough to kill an ordinary Soul Emperor.

Yet Bai Ge's cultivation was only that of a Soul Elder!

They knew that this brat's Martial Soul could resonate with Her Highness's and produce a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, so it had to be a god-level Martial Soul on the same level as the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul.

Its power even surpassed top-tier Martial Souls such as the Seven Kill Sword and Clear Sky Hammer, but wasn't this far too outrageous?

Bai Ge paid them no mind. He waved a hand before Qian Renxue's eyes. "Xue Er Jie, stop staring blankly. Hurry up, kill it and absorb its Soul Ring!"

"Ah?! All right."

Qian Renxue snapped back to her senses at his words, lifted the Sacred Sword, and ran the Golden Earth Dragon King straight through with a single thrust.

Then she began absorbing its Soul Ring.

Two hours later, Qian Renxue slowly awakened. "Strange. Why didn't the Soul Impact from a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring occur?"

Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other three exchanged bewildered glances.

If they could not figure it out, then they would not dwell on it. In any case, a smooth Soul Ring absorption was a good thing.

Qian Renxue was not one to fuss over such matters.

But when she turned her head, she saw Bai Ge standing there, grinning like an idiot.

"Hey, what are you so happy about?"

"Sky Azure Vine, Dragon Scale Fruit, plus the Golden Earth Dragon King's Dragon Tendon and Dragon Marrow. With these four treasures, we can raise our physical strength to a terrifying level!"

Bai Ge was so delighted he could barely contain himself. "I found them earlier in the Golden Earth Dragon King's lair.

With these, Xue Er Jie, the limit of what your seventh Soul Ring can endure can be raised to a hundred thousand years!"

"Stop focusing only on that. This is for you."

As Qian Renxue spoke, she tossed a Soul Bone to Bai Ge. "I have Angel Divine Equipment, so I have no use for this."

This Soul Bone was golden-red, and it actually floated above Bai Ge's hand. It appeared to be an arm bone, with five slender finger bones pointing upward. Each fingertip emitted a faint golden-red radiance.

"This is... the Golden Light Left Arm Bone from a fifty-thousand-year Golden Earth Dragon King?

Xue Er Jie, you really are luck incarnate!"

On the other side, Snake Spear Douluo She Long and Porcupine Douluo could not help shedding tears of envy upon seeing that Soul Bone.

But they did not dare entertain any improper thoughts.

Golden Crocodile Douluo had a complete set of Soul Bones. More importantly, his Ninth Soul Ring was a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, which meant Golden Crocodile Douluo possessed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone!

With him standing guard, there naturally would be no problem.

Besides, She Long was already Qian Renxue's trusted confidant. Still, envy was unavoidable.