Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's Beast Fire

Jia Ma Empire, Black Rock City.

Inside an upscale guest room in Black Rock City, Su Luo sat cross-legged, fusing with the Mysterious-tier high-grade Dou Technique, Eagle's Wing, made from the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's wings.

Facing the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's remnant soul, Su Luo frowned slightly. Fighting a remnant soul was clearly no easy task.

Still, it was merely not easy. Compared to when Xiao Yan had fused with the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's wings during his Dou Zhe stage in the original work, Su Luo's body and Soul Power had been tempered by two Soul Rings after breaking through the Soul Master and Soul Grandmaster realms. From beginning to end, he had suppressed the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's already dwindling remnant soul.

The Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's remnant soul was simply too stubborn. Moreover, compared to Xiao Yan, Su Luo had obtained Eagle's Wing several years earlier in the timeline, so he had needed more time.

But it only took more time. Although Medicine Elder was not there to assist him, Su Luo's Soul Power was stronger than Xiao Yan's had been at the Dou Zhe stage, making it far easier for him to fuse with Eagle's Wing.

Once the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's remnant soul had been completely refined by Su Luo, Eagle's Wing swiftly flew to his back and opened up an outward-extending meridian for him.

The intense pain nearly made Su Luo pass out, but his Soul Power was strong enough that he forcibly endured the agony brought by the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's wings.

Amid that pain, Su Luo swiftly entered a cultivation state and attempted to refine the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's remaining Soul Power.

In the original work, when Xiao Yan had created his Bone Wings, he had once refined the Heavenly Demon Phoenix's remnant soul. The Soul Power he gained from it laid the foundation for his eventual attainment as a Seventh-grade Alchemist.

The Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle was naturally different from the Demon Phoenix Wings of the original work, but even if Su Luo could only devour and refine a little of the remnant soul's Soul Power, it would still be immensely beneficial to him.

"Mm..."

After several hours of struggle, Su Luo finally succeeded in devouring the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's remnant soul amid needle-like agony, greatly increasing his own Soul Power.

When Su Luo opened his eyes, a vicious aura similar to that of the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle surfaced within him, only to be forcibly suppressed at once.

"Is this the risk of forcibly refining souls without the Fallen Heart Flame? I can understand now why those Evil Soul Masters are always so mentally unstable, like lunatics. One remnant soul carries this much viciousness. If they devour a few more, it would be a miracle if they could remain normal."

It took Su Luo two days to fully digest the negative effects brought by the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle.

"I can't try to devour any more remnant souls for the time being. Fortunately, this time's gains were quite good."

Su Luo placed his hand on the Magic Stone Tablet. The words Three-star Fighter appeared, indicating that his current cultivation had reached the level of a Three-star Fighter.

Although he had only recently become a Dou Zhe, the power of an Earth-tier cultivation method, coupled with the high-grade healing medicine he had used after that Ring Detonation, had allowed Su Luo to quickly advance from the early Two-Star Dou Practitioner stage to its peak.

Afterward, on his journey to Black Rock City, Su Luo had not neglected his cultivation either. Two days earlier, while fusing with the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's remnant soul, the immense pressure had allowed him to leap from a Two-Star Dou Practitioner to a Three-star Fighter—the cultivation displayed on the Magic Stone Tablet now.

"This speed isn't bad, but it still isn't enough."

Although Su Luo had taken less than half a month to advance from a One-star Dou Zhe to a Three-star Fighter, he needed to reach the Da Dou Shi realm within a year. This pace was ultimately still too slow.

After testing his Star Rank, Su Luo put away the Magic Stone Tablet and took out a crystal ball instead.

As Su Luo injected a trace of Dou Qi into it, the crystal ball released an intense red glow. Yet within that brilliant red light, there was not a single trace of green belonging to the Wood Attribute.

"So it was as expected?"

Su Luo was not surprised by the crystal ball's solid red color. Other Summoning-type Martial Souls summoned whichever Soul Beast had provided the Soul Ring after killing it. But the Su Family's Martial Soul worked differently. To Su Family Members, Soul Rings were more like keys. After obtaining one, they would randomly summon some creature from an unknown world, one almost completely unrelated to the Soul Ring itself, while the Soul Ring's attributes would be erased entirely.

It was precisely because the Su Family's Martial Soul had Mutated that Su Luo had been able to come to the Dou Qi Continent. Yet it was also because of this mutation that he could not obtain the Wood Attribute from Soul Rings.

"Fortunately, this is the timeline of Douluo Continent Season 2."

Putting away the crystal ball, Su Luo was not discouraged by his lack of the Wood Attribute. He had considered this possibility long ago.

A Wood Attribute second Soul Ring had merely been a test. Success would have been ideal, but if it failed, then in the timeline of Douluo Continent Season 2, Su Luo could still find a way to obtain a Soul Bone.

Throughout the entire Douluo trilogy, Douluo Continent Season 1 took place at the beginning, when Title Douluo were still beings above emperors. Fewer Soul Beasts had been killed then, so naturally there were fewer Soul Bones.

As for Douluo Continent Season 3, Soul Beasts were practically being hunted to extinction. Soul Bones had almost no new supply, only existing stock. Every one used meant one fewer remained, and their value was no less than it had been in the era of Douluo Continent Season 1.

Only during the era of Douluo Continent Season 2 had many Soul Beasts already been killed while their population still remained abundant.

Soul Bones were not particularly precious during this period. They could appear at auctions and even in Shrek Academy's examinations, showing just how widespread they were. Under such circumstances, obtaining a ten-thousand-year Wood Attribute Soul Bone would not be difficult.

Unlike the Su Family's Soul Rings, Soul Bones would not have their attributes erased. It could be said that as long as Su Luo obtained a ten-thousand-year Wood Attribute Soul Bone, he would definitely gain a trace of the Wood Attribute.

However, Soul Bones were not urgently needed by Su Luo. Before the fifth grade, Alchemy Skill did not place such heavy emphasis on the Fire-Wood Attribute. Those with powerful Soul Power and only a Fire Attribute could still brute-force their way through it. Thus, the Wood Attribute could wait. What mattered more to Su Luo now was something else: he needed to alter his method of alchemy so that it looked like that of a normal Alchemist from the Dou Qi Continent.

A strand of Dou Qi, accompanied by Soul Power, entered the Storage Ring Ye Fan had left behind. In one particular place, Su Luo found what he currently needed.

It was a strand of Beast Fire—more precisely, the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's Beast Fire.

After the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle had been captured, its wings had been turned into Eagle's Wing and placed inside the stone box in the cave. Its remaining bones, essence blood, Magic Core, and Beast Fire had all been stored inside Ye Fan's Storage Ring.

And Su Luo's purpose this time was that strand of Beast Fire, the Beast Fire that could enhance his Alchemy Skill.