Star Dou Great Forest: Dugu Yan's Martial Soul Evolution

"Lingling, what do you want for your fourth Spirit Ring?"

As they walked through the Star Dou Great Forest, Gu Changge asked Ye Lingling beside him.

"I don't mind. Soul Skills are all pretty much the same anyway. As long as it suits me, anything is fine!"

Ye Lingling held Gu Changge's arm and smiled sweetly.

Gu Changge pondered briefly. "Then let's choose the Jade Water Nether Orchid. It's a water-and-wood dual-element plant-type soul beast, renowned for its powerful vitality. As for its age, around nine thousand years should do. Ten-thousand-year Spirit Rings come with the risk of Soul Shock, so we won't take that chance!"

Although Gu Changge was speaking to Ye Lingling, his gaze was directed toward Ye Guanlan and Mu Qingyu.

It was not merely a matter of manners.

It was also a matter of showing respect to them as her parents.

Ye Guanlan smiled. "The Jade Water Nether Orchid sounds good. Let's do as you say, Chang Ge."

Mu Qingyu smiled and nodded as well.

Gu Changge had genuinely put thought into choosing the Jade Water Nether Orchid as Ye Lingling's fourth Spirit Ring.

As for its age—

That was no longer something they needed to worry about.

For one thing, Whale Rubber could strengthen the body.

Gu Changge had already brought it out when he was little.

Not only Gu Changge, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling—

Even Dugu Bo had used plenty of it over the years.

Secondly—

There was also the MC World.

When absorbing a Spirit Ring, they could simply open the Void Gate.

They could sit inside the gate and absorb it.

With the Steve Physique protecting them then—

Forget a mere thousand-year soul beast.

Even if they dragged Dragon Chief over and killed him, they could absorb his ring successfully in minutes.

Speaking of this—

Some viewers would definitely ask—

"Streamer, streamer, if even Dragon Chief can be absorbed, why are you still choosing a thousand-year soul beast as Lingling's fourth Spirit Ring?"

Naturally, it was because Gu Changge was not sure whether the Steve Physique could ignore Soul Shock.

If it could ignore it, then everything would be easy.

But if it could not ignore it, wouldn't that be utterly disastrous?

So rather than take a risk—

It was better to safely absorb one at the upper limit below ten thousand years.

Besides, sooner or later, they would unlock the [Soul Master Continent Survival Module].

Whether it was a thousand-year or ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring would not matter at all.

After confirming Ye Lingling's Spirit Ring target—

They soon found one in the mixed zone.

It was a Jade Water Nether Orchid between roughly nine thousand two hundred and nine thousand four hundred years old.

Dugu Bo, whose spiritual level had undergone another transformation, found it.

Then, without any complications, it became Ye Lingling's fourth Spirit Ring.

After settling Ye Lingling's Spirit Ring—

About half an hour later—

They also found a suitable Spirit Ring target for Dugu Yan.

It was an Earth Azure Dragon that was nearly thirty thousand years old.

Clearly, in this life, Dugu Yan—

Had not followed Dugu Bo's poison-attribute path like she had in the original story.

Under Gu Changge's influence—

She had abandoned the poison-attribute path from a young age.

Instead, she had embarked on the path of Flood-Dragon Ascension.

By now, all four of her previous Spirit Rings possessed an extremely high concentration of dragon blood.

This nearly thirty-thousand-year-old Earth Azure Dragon was the same.

And compared to her previous four Spirit Rings—

This fellow had an even higher concentration of dragon blood.

Among subdragon species, its bloodline purity was absolutely among the best.

As such, its ferocity and combat strength were also exceptionally formidable.

Unfortunately, it had encountered a group of cheaters.

So the little dragon was finished.

Dugu Bo cleanly slapped it into a half-dead state.

Then Dugu Yan took it away before anyone could even carry it off.

With the support of the MC World—

She completed the absorption through the Void Gate.

Then, something surprising happened.

The Flood-Dragon Ascension that had made Dugu Bo endlessly frustrated—

Appeared on Dugu Yan once more.

And compared to Dugu Bo, who had only shown signs of it—

Dugu Yan's path of Flood-Dragon Ascension was obviously much more stable.

A pair of tiny dragon horns directly emerged on the head of her Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul.

Although limbs had yet to grow out, the four little bumps beneath its belly were much larger than Dugu Bo's.

"Good, good, good!"

Dugu Bo was overjoyed at the sight.

The path of Flood-Dragon Ascension!

Although Gu Changge had brought it up when he was very young—

Dugu Bo, a native of Douluo with generally little education—

Had always harbored doubts in his heart.

It was only when his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Martial Soul unexpectedly began Transforming into a Flood Dragon that he believed Gu Changge had not been talking nonsense.

But even so—

Dugu Bo still had no idea when his precious granddaughter, Dugu Yan, would be able to reach the point of transforming into a flood dragon.

After all, the reason he could Transform into a Flood Dragon—

Was because his Martial Soul had already once evolved from the Jade Phosphor Serpent into the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor.

Compared to that, Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul naturally had far less foundation.

Therefore, although the path of Flood-Dragon Ascension had been proven viable—

He still had no confidence in when Dugu Yan would be able to complete this step.

But now, with only her fifth Spirit Ring, Dugu Yan had already begun the process of Transforming into a Flood Dragon.

And it looked as though her transformation was even more advanced than that of his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor.

How could Dugu Bo not be excited by that?

After all, this represented that the Martial Souls of their lineage—

Had truly embarked on a brand-new path, just as Gu Changge had said.

Once they completely transformed into flood dragons or dragons—

Their family's Martial Soul would no longer be that damned innately flawed Jade Phosphor Serpent.

As the Spirit Ring absorption ended—

Dugu Yan could not wait to summon her Martial Soul and merge with it.

Then, a pair of tiny dragon horns appeared on her forehead.

At the same time, powerful strength surged out from within her body.

"Such powerful strength! Chang Ge, is this the evolution you spoke of, Flood-Dragon Ascension?"

Feeling the new power within her body, Dugu Yan looked at Gu Changge with eyes full of delight.

Gu Changge smiled and touched the adorable little horns on her forehead. "This is only the beginning. Once your strength improves again and your Dragon Raja origin grows stronger, this evolution will become even more pronounced!"

"Alright."

Dugu Yan nodded her little head. "Then I'll strive to completely evolve my Martial Soul into a Flood Dragon when I reach seven rings and gain my Martial Soul Avatar. Then, when I become a Title Douluo, I'll completely evolve into a Dragon Raja!"

Hearing Dugu Yan's bold declaration—

If this had happened before, even Dugu Bo would only have smiled and encouraged her.

In his heart, he would not have taken it seriously at all.

But now, not a single person present doubted that Dugu Yan could accomplish it.

Because the past was the past, and the present was the present.

Do not use the past to judge the present.

After Dugu Yan finished obtaining her Spirit Ring—

The group continued deeper toward the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest.

As for Gu Changge's fifth Spirit Ring—