Marketplace Items, Objective: Hunt the Demon-Marked Panther Emperor and Obtain a Soul Ring

Ding! The marketplace had been successfully opened. Reward: five Soul Essence Orbs, 10,000 Leveling Value, and 10,000 Exchange Value!

Soul Essence Orb: After consumption, it could double the cultivation speed of Soul Power for six months. Restriction: A person could only consume one within six months!

Sun Sheng received reward notifications from the system one after another, and he nearly grinned himself silly.

Good heavens!

This string of rewards was far too exhilarating.

Especially the rapidly growing Leveling Value and Exchange Value, as well as the Soul Essence Orbs that could double Soul Power cultivation speed.

Weren't those exactly what he urgently needed right now?

According to the system interface, he now had a total of 19,000 Leveling Value and 30,000 Exchange Value.

That was a considerable fortune.

However, when he saw the items in the marketplace, he found it hard to stay happy.

Just as the system had previously indicated, the cheapest items in the marketplace cost 10,000 Exchange Value.

For example, a Soul Orb cost 10,000 Exchange Value each, and it was only the lowest-grade Soul Orb.

Based on the Soul Orbs sold in the marketplace, Sun Sheng divided them into seven categories, plus a Supreme Soul Orb.

He named the first category One-Star Orbs. They could raise the Soul Power Level of anyone below Spirit King by one level. They were the Soul Orbs he had currently obtained.

He named the second category Two-Star Orbs. They could raise a Spirit King's Soul Power by one level. Price: 20,000 Exchange Value.

He named the third category Three-Star Orbs. They could raise a Spirit Emperor's Soul Power by one level. Price: 30,000 Exchange Value.

And so on. Four-Star Orbs were worth 40,000 Exchange Value and corresponded to Spirit Saints; Five-Star Orbs were worth 50,000 Exchange Value and corresponded to Soul Douluos.

Six-Star Orbs were worth 70,000 Exchange Value and corresponded to Titled Douluos from level ninety-one to level ninety-five.

Seven-Star Orbs, meanwhile, were worth 100,000 Exchange Value and corresponded to peak Douluos from level ninety-six to level ninety-nine.

As for the Supreme Soul Orb, it was worth one million Exchange Value and could allow a human to break through their limits and become a god at level one hundred.

This thing was simply too heaven-defying.

According to the system's description, any Soul Master could become a god with just one Supreme Soul Orb.

How was that any different from inheriting a divine legacy?

The thought made Sun Sheng inexplicably excited.

Sure enough, the Douluo Leveling System had not disappointed him.

Of course, aside from Soul Orbs, the marketplace had even more good stuff.

Mutation Orb: Worth 10,000 Exchange Value. It could increase the success rate of Martial Soul mutation by ten percent and could be accumulated. In other words, with ten Mutation Orbs, a Martial Soul could complete its mutation with a one hundred percent success rate.

Soul Essence Orbs: They came in grades one through nine, worth from 15,000 to 50,000 Exchange Value, with each adjacent grade differing by 5,000. They could grant Soul Masters two to ten times the cultivation speed for Soul Power.

God-Bestowed Soul Rings: They came in grades one through ten, worth from 10,000 to 100,000 Exchange Value, and could grant Soul Masters Soul Rings with the optimal age limit.

God-Bestowed Spirit Bones: They came in grades one through ten, worth from 10,000 to 100,000 Exchange Value, and could grant Soul Masters Spirit Bones of the corresponding age.

Soul Tools: Exchange Value was paid according to their power, including the Tang Sect's Hidden Weapons.

And so on!

If you could think of it, you could buy it.

There were even divine artifacts, though their prices were far too steep. With Sun Sheng's current Exchange Value, they were nothing more than a pipe dream.

"Great Sage?"

Seeing Sun Sheng grinning foolishly and not telling him to rise for a long time, Wang Wu timidly called out in a soft voice.

"Ah, Brother Wang, please rise!"

Hearing the call, Sun Sheng came back to his senses. He gave an embarrassed smile, stepped forward, and helped Wang Wu to his feet.

Though he was the master, he still had to show some humility before his subordinates at certain times.

"Thank you, Great Sage!"

Wang Wu was flattered that Sun Sheng had personally helped him up, and he thanked him gratefully.

"Little Brother Sun, you were the one behind Brother Wang Wu's Martial Soul mutation just now, weren't you?"

At that moment, Hu Liena slowly approached while holding Tuo Bayue's little hand.

"Yeah, Little Sheng, what kind of treasure was that? How could it be so miraculous?"

Tuo Bayue directly looped her arm around his right arm and asked curiously.

Seeing this, Hu Liena refused to be outdone and immediately wrapped herself around Sun Sheng's left arm.

She even gave it a slight tug.

Xie Yue, who had successfully advanced to level fifty-one Spirit Elder, and Yan, who had fully absorbed a One-Star Orb, walked over together.

They also wanted to know what exactly had happened just now.

What method had Sun Sheng used to mutate Wang Wu's Martial Soul?

Moreover, based on their observations, Wang Wu's Martial Soul quality was not much inferior to theirs now.

It had transformed in one stroke from an ordinary, powerful beast Martial Soul into an even more powerful king-class beast Martial Soul.

Among beast Martial Souls, that counted as a superior Martial Soul.

"Hehe, it was nothing much. I just had Wang Wu eat a Mutation Orb..."

Sun Sheng smiled proudly and explained the effects of the Mutation Orb to the four of them in detail.

He also claimed that he had developed the Mutation Orb based on Soul Orbs and that it was still in the experimental stage.

When Wang Wu heard that he had been the first test subject, his whole body trembled slightly as fear arose in his heart.

Fortunately, he had succeeded just now. If he had failed, who knew what would have happened to him?

"Little Sheng, Little Sheng, I want my Martial Soul to mutate too. Give me one as well."

"No, I want ten!"

After hearing about the Mutation Orb's effects and learning that Wang Wu, the first test subject, had succeeded, Tuo Bayue decisively asked for some.

Although Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue said nothing, their expressions had already revealed their thoughts.

Their Martial Souls were already powerful to begin with. If they could use Mutation Orbs to improve them further and evolve them—

It was impossible to imagine just how far their talents would rise.

"You silly girl, where would I get that many Mutation Orbs? If I had them, I would have taken them out long ago."

"Besides, your Martial Souls are already very powerful. You shouldn't take risks for now."

"Wait until I study them a while longer and stabilize the Mutation Orb's effects further. Then I'll give them to you."

Sun Sheng scraped Tuo Bayue's delicate little nose and smiled helplessly.

Although he currently had six Mutation Orbs, enough to give one to each of them.

One Mutation Orb only had a ten percent success rate, which was simply too low.

The Martial Souls of Hu Liena and the other three were already excellent. If the mutation failed and weakened their Martial Souls, wouldn't that have the opposite effect?

Therefore, Sun Sheng planned to accumulate more Mutation Orbs, raise the success rate, and take their Martial Souls to the next level.

Likewise, he had to wait for the right opportunity.

"Fine!"

Tuo Bayue pouted her little lips in slight disappointment.

"All right, let's go. We'll continue deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest."

Sun Sheng offered Tuo Bayue a little comfort, then took Hu Liena's small hand and continued toward the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Next, he needed to hunt a Soul Beast and obtain his third Soul Ring.

Ding! Side Quest issued: Hunt the fifty-thousand-year Soul Beast, the Demon-Marked Panther Emperor, and obtain the third Soul Ring.

Suddenly, Sun Sheng received a mission from the system.

He had not expected the Douluo Leveling System to have even planned out his third Soul Ring for him.

It seemed this Demon-Marked Panther Emperor was no ordinary creature. Perhaps it could bring him an unexpected surprise.

Otherwise, the Douluo Leveling System would not have issued it as a mission.

"Continue deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest? Little Brother Sun, you mean..." Hu Liena asked in alarm.

"Hehe, of course I'm hunting a Soul Beast to obtain my third Soul Ring!"

Sun Sheng gave an awkward smile and released the Soul Power fluctuations of level thirty.

T-This speed!

Wasn't that far too fast?

When Hu Liena and the others sensed his Soul Power Level, they were completely dumbfounded.