I'm Going to Steal Ah Yin, Tang Hao Is Yours! (Happy New Year, May You Prosper)

Lu Duzhou's arrangement was very reasonable.

When he arrived at Vast Sea City, the fleet had just finished assembling. They rested in the city for the night, and early the next morning, the fleet entered the sea.

The captain was a Soul Sage named Feiluo, whose Martial Soul was a Deep Sea Octopus.

Feiluo was highly experienced. Half a month later, they found their first Demon Whale group.

The strongest was a Thirty Thousand Years Evil Spirit Orca, and there were four Evil Spirit Orcas with cultivation exceeding Ten Thousand Years.

They also hunted thirty-two Evil Spirit Orcas with cultivation above Five Thousand Years.

Those with lower cultivation were allowed to escape, to be harvested after they had grown larger.

This one hunt alone brought in a considerable haul.

They first consumed Five-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber to strengthen their physical bodies.

Lu Duzhou discovered that, thanks to the Diamond Body effect brought by the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, his ability to absorb Whale Rubber far surpassed everyone else's.

Just one month after consuming Five-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber, his physical body strength had soared to the Four Thousand Years level.

Then, he decisively began absorbing Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber.

Another month later, his physical body strength surged to the Eight Thousand Years level.

Lu Duzhou switched to Twenty-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber to continue improving himself.

After another month, his physical body strength reached the Twelve Thousand Years level.

At the same time, his Soul Power Level shot up like a rocket, rapidly rising from Level Twenty-Seven to Level Thirty.

The Level Twenty-Nine bottleneck seemed not to exist for him at all.

Lu Duzhou planned to obtain his Third Soul Ring in the ocean.

With the experience of his first two Soul Rings, he discovered that the Soul Skills produced by his Martial Soul were not limited to any particular kind of Soul Beast, but came from developing the Martial Soul itself.

It was like a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast taking human form—the Soul Skills originated from the source itself.

Therefore, the specific Soul Beast he hunted did not matter much, so long as it was old enough.

Lu Duzhou simply chose a Deep Sea Demon Whale that was around Eleven Thousand Years old to absorb its Soul Ring.

Ailin looked seriously at Lu Duzhou.

"Absorbing a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring causes Soul Shock. You are still young, and your Soul Strength is not high. Can you overcome the danger involved?"

Lu Duzhou did not answer. Instead, he directly unleashed his Soul Skill, Demon Eye Magic Pupil.

Ailin was no stranger to this ability. After mastering her Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar, she could form an eye between her brows.

That was the Demon Eye Magic Pupil!

Yet now, it had appeared on Lu Duzhou, who had not even obtained his Third Soul Ring.

"Dean Grandma, this Demon Eye Magic Pupil specializes in attacking Soul Spirit. The Soul Shock inside a Soul Ring is, frankly speaking, nothing more than the remnant soul of the Soul Beast causing trouble."

"With this Soul Skill, you should be at ease now, right?"

Ailin nodded upon hearing this and sighed.

"Your Martial Soul truly has so many things that people cannot make sense of!"

A Black Soul Ring rose from the corpse of the Deep Sea Demon Whale, and Lu Duzhou swiftly guided it into his body.

The instant the Soul Ring entered his body, a ferocious Demon Whale emerged within Lu Duzhou's Sea of Consciousness.

But in the next moment, it was reduced to nothingness by a streak of Black Light.

After only a quarter of an hour, Lu Duzhou successfully obtained his Third Soul Ring.

Three Mu of Land expanded into Ten Mu of Land.

This patch of land now resembled a domain even more.

At the same time, his Third Soul Skill appeared.

Stomach of the Earth: any living creature buried in the land would be digested and turned into pure Life Force for storage, providing Life Force to real plants grown on the land.

Previously, Lu Duzhou's Land Martial Soul could also grow real plants, but it needed to draw upon Lu Duzhou's Soul Power as Nutrients.

Although Lu Duzhou could continuously replenish his Soul Power through the Soul Skill Earth Vein Breathing, the efficiency of his replenishment was limited.

If he planted more powerful plants, such as a Ten-Thousand-Year Plant Soul Beast, he simply could not afford the burden.

But now, the land could store Life Force.

He could plant some powerful plants now, such as Ah Yin!

Lu Duzhou looked toward the large amount of Whale flesh and blood that was about to be discarded and said,

"Grandfather Dugu, please have Captain Feiluo not throw away that flesh and blood. I have a use for it."

Dugu Yan asked curiously,

"What are you going to do?"

Lu Duzhou said with a smile,

"Fertilize land!"

A moment later, everyone fell silent as they watched the Ten Mu of Land Lu Duzhou had summoned split open like a Giant Beast opening its enormous mouth and swallow all the Whale carcasses.

Xiao Aimi exclaimed in amazement,

"Wow! Xiao Zhou Gege, your Martial Soul has such a huge mouth!"

Feiluo flattered him,

"This Soul Skill is incredibly powerful. If ordinary Soul Ancestors or Soul Kings were careless enough to fall into it, they would likely become fertilizer as well."

"Young Master Lu is a peerless genius and has the potential to become a Title Douluo!"

Dugu Bo stared at Lu Duzhou and laughed.

"You brat really are a freak!"

"After absorbing a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, what level is your Soul Power at now?"

"Level Thirty-Three."

Lu Duzhou said modestly,

"I am only serving as a reference. With my successful example, Yanyan Jie, Lingling Jie, and Xiao Aimi will be able to feel more assured when they exceed their limits to absorb Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings in the future."

Dugu Yan immediately stepped forward and pulled him into her arms, saying emotionally,

"Xiao Zhou Didi, you are so kind."

Xiao Aimi immediately pounced over as well, hugging Lu Duzhou and shouting,

"Xiao Zhou Gege is the best!"

A month and a half after Lu Duzhou obtained his Third Soul Ring, Dugu Yan's physical body strength finally broke through the Ten Thousand Years level.

They had long since selected a Dragon Blood Soul Beast for her: a Sword-Toothed Dragon Fish with cultivation just over Ten Thousand Years.

The remnant soul inside the Soul Ring was destroyed by Ailin using the Demon Eye Magic Pupil, eliminating the danger of Soul Shock.

After successfully absorbing this Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, Dugu Yan, who had reached Level Thirty more than four months ago, accumulated enough power to break through in one go to Level Thirty-Four.

More importantly, the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring caused her Martial Soul to mutate. A single horn grew from the top of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent's head.

This was a sign of Flood Dragon transformation.

The Third Soul Skill Dugu Yan obtained also proved it.

Sword Bone Dragon Transformation! After transforming, a layer of exoskeleton reinforced her body, and sword-like exoskeletons over a meter long emerged from both arms.

Her strength, explosive power, and speed doubled, while her defense increased drastically.

At the same time, she gained the ability to move freely underwater.

The transformation lasted for two hours.

This Soul Skill not only gave Dugu Yan comprehensive boosts to all her attributes, but also granted her a layer of armor.

She directly changed from a Control System Soul Master who originally relied on poison to restrain her opponents into an Assault System Soul Master.

Her combat power increased tremendously.

After Dugu Yan stabilized her condition, Lu Duzhou took out an Earth Dragon Golden Melon he had prepared long ago and gave it to her to eat.

The effects of the immortal herb were extremely obvious.

Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul truly transformed into a Jade Phosphorous Flood Dragon, and her Soul Power rose from Level Thirty-Four to Level 37.

After her serpent soul transformed into a flood dragon, Dugu Yan had completely mastered the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Venom within her body.

More accurately, it should now be called Jade Phosphorous Dragon Breath.

Lu Duzhou sighed,

"Yanyan Jie, it seems everything is developing exactly as we expected."

"Once you absorb a Fourth Soul Ring from a Twenty-Thousand-Year Dragon-type Soul Beast, then eat the remaining Earth Dragon Golden Melon, it will definitely allow your Martial Soul to fully undergo Dragon Transformation."

"At that time, you should be able to completely control the Jade Phosphorous Dragon Breath."

"Your Martial Soul Quality will be even higher. Perhaps once you become a Soul Sage or Soul Douluo, you will be able to directly control the poison within Grandfather Dugu's body, completely solving the problem."

Dugu Yan pulled Lu Duzhou into her arms and declared boldly,

"Xiao Zhou, from now on, Older Sister will be your protector. Not even a Title Douluo can lay a hand on you!"

If you put it that way, then I'll take you at your word.

I'm going to steal Ah Yin. Tang Hao is yours!

One month later, inside a hidden cave not far outside Holy Soul Village.

"Finally found it!"