One Year Later

"Haa..."

After finishing a round of cultivation, Lin Feng exhaled a breath of stale air.

With the Soul Forging metals he needed successfully reserved in his original timeline, the Three-Character Battle Armor designed by his grandfather and forged by his father was swiftly completed and fitted onto him.

According to the settings of Douluo 3, with the enhancement of Three-Character Battle Armor, a Soul Sage was directly comparable to a Titled Douluo. As for a Spirit Douluo, with the armor's enhancement, they could even approach the realm of a Super Douluo.

Lin Feng had not yet reached the realm of a Spirit Douluo. His Soul Power was currently only rank seventy-nine, but thanks to the highly condensed Soul Power of his Twin Martial Souls, the total amount of Soul Power he possessed was no different from that of an ordinary Eight-Ring Soul Douluo. In fact, because Lin Feng had genuine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and a four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, an ordinary Spirit Douluo would most likely not be his match in a contest of Soul Power.

That meant that once Lin Feng equipped the Three-Character Battle Armor, even in terms of cultivation alone, he would not be much weaker than an ordinary Super Douluo.

With the Soul Power of a Super Douluo, Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings as a foundation, and even a million-year Martial Soul Avatar, Lin Feng no longer feared Qian Daoliu.

His current strength was even enough to make Qian Renxue put her hair up before Qian Daoliu.

"Venerable Lord."

Seeing that Lin Feng had finished cultivating, Dragon Duke stepped forward and bowed.

Thanks to the rewards Lin Feng had bestowed upon him, his Soul Power had now reached rank eighty-nine. He only needed one more rank before he could hunt his Ninth Soul Ring and become a genuine Titled Douluo.

Thinking of the lifespan of a Titled Douluo, as well as the rise in his family's status after becoming one, Dragon Duke could hardly conceal his delight.

"Mm." Lin Feng nodded slightly, then used his spiritual power to inspect Dragon Duke's condition. Unlike when they had first met, Dragon Duke's Soul Power had increased greatly, but it had also become much more unstable.

Moreover, compared with his body before he had taken any medicine, Dragon Duke now had countless medicinal residues within him. In this condition, Lin Feng felt that breaking through to Titled Douluo with just one Nine Dragon Pill would be rather difficult.

Fortunately, Dragon Duke had only taken six Nine Dragon Pills before this, so he still had three left for Dragon Duke to take at once and charge straight into the Titled Douluo realm.

However, the Nine Dragon Pill was an extremely dangerous medicine to begin with. Taking three at once might very well lead Dragon Duke to a Nine Dragon Pulling Coffin ending.

"Meng Shu, I will give you the final three Nine Dragon Pills next and help you break through to Titled Douluo in one go. However, breaking through to Titled Douluo is by no means easy. If you take only one Nine Dragon Pill, then given your current condition, failure is already certain."

"Fortunately, there are still three Nine Dragon Pills left. As long as you take all three together, your chances of breaking through to Titled Douluo should rise to a terrifying level."

Hearing this, Dragon Duke Meng Shu showed little joy. Instead, his entire body was drenched in cold sweat. "Venerable Lord, can these Nine Dragon Pills be taken three at once? When I took just one before, I already felt its terrifying medicinal power. If I take three together, will there be danger?"

"There will. That is why you need a powerful will to endure the backlash of the Nine Dragon Pills. Of course, I will assess the situation and help you along the way, so you will not be completely helpless. But to a certain extent, you must face the hardest obstacle yourself."

Hearing Lin Feng's words, Dragon Duke's expression turned bitter. "Venerable Lord, could we..."

Dragon Duke had wanted to ask whether they could use a gentler method and proceed slowly, but Lin Feng's gaze immediately left him unable to continue.

"What I need is someone who can do things for me, not trash that can only rely on the medicine I provide to increase their strength. Five Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones and enough pills to let you break through to Titled Douluo—if you still cannot become a Titled Douluo, what use are you?"

Silenced by Lin Feng's rebuke, Dragon Duke quietly shut his mouth. Then, at Lin Feng's signal, he swallowed the final three Nine Dragon Pills in one gulp.

Once the three Nine Dragon Pills entered his body, they quickly transformed into three extremely vast streams of energy that surged into Dragon Duke's meridians.

Dragon Duke immediately circulated his Soul Power to dissolve the medicinal effects. On ordinary days, refining a single Nine Dragon Pill was already far from easy, let alone refining three at once. The difficulty was obvious.

Before long, Dragon Duke's aged face was covered in cold sweat. His skin flushed red, and he was on the verge of exploding apart.

Watching this scene, Lin Feng knew Dragon Duke's body had reached its limit and was about to intervene when a sudden change occurred.

Dragon Duke, who had been sitting cross-legged and refining the medicine, suddenly roared.

"No!"

"I can't die!"

"I can't die!"

"I still have a family to protect!"

"Tianxiang is still waiting for me to return!"

"I, Dragon Duke, cannot be burst apart by medicinal power!"

"I have to endure!"

"I have to endure!"

Whether Dragon Duke's life was not yet meant to end or some underlying code of Douluo Continent had been triggered, no one knew.

When Dragon Duke thought of his wife, his will, which had nearly failed, suddenly awakened.

Sensing that unwavering resolve, Lin Feng withdrew the hand he had prepared to use for rescue and silently watched to see how far Dragon Duke's determination could carry him.

And so, after refining for two and a half hours, the redness on Dragon Duke's skin gradually faded. At the same time, his aura was no longer that of a rank eighty-nine Spirit Douluo, but had reached rank ninety. He only needed to add one more Soul Ring to become a genuine Titled Douluo.

"As expected, anyone in this era who can reach Spirit Douluo has some skill. I underestimated him." Lin Feng thought to himself as he took out a block of ice from a Soul Tool capable of storing living creatures.

With a casual gesture, he thawed the ice. In the next moment, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that had once been enemies with Tian Meng emerged from its frozen prison.

It was currently in an extremely weakened state. The little resistance it could muster was suppressed by Lin Feng's powerful Soul Power and spiritual power.

"Kill it."

"Thank you, Venerable Lord!"

Seeing that Lin Feng had already prepared his final Soul Ring for him, Dragon Duke did not hesitate. The sixth Soul Ring on his dragon staff lit up, and he thrust it through the Soul Beast's eye directly into its brain.

Very quickly, the Soul Beast died on the spot. Then, a blood-red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring floated out from its body.

Dragon Duke: "???"

"Absorb it. With the support of five Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, your body can withstand the power of this Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring."

No, was this even a matter of whether he could absorb it? Could a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast actually be captured alive?

After raising his evaluation of Lin Feng by another level, Dragon Duke began fusing with the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

After completing the fusion of the Soul Ring, Lin Feng set out for Heaven Dou City.

The year he had promised before going to Heaven Dou City had arrived.