The ten-thousand-year-old Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear was already on par with a Titled Douluo. This one, which had lived for seventy thousand years, was enough to make an ordinary Titled Douluo despair.
"Roar—!!!"
The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear charged over with a furious roar.
Dugu Bo, Porcupinefish Douluo, and Snake Lance Douluo all paled.
"It's a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear! This is bad!"
Dugu Bo roared, "Ling Tian, are you sure you want it as your fourth Soul Ring? Can you absorb it?!"
"I'm sure." Qin Yuan laughed excitedly.
"Then... let's fight!"
Dugu Bo, Porcupinefish Douluo, and Snake Lance Douluo roared and immediately unleashed their Martial Soul Avatars, charging at the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear to engage it in battle.
Despite facing three opponents, the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear showed no sign of being outmatched.
Its defenses were terrifying. Even the three Titled Douluo working together struggled to break through them.
Qin Yuan, on the other hand, laughed.
It was so powerful! A Soul Beast like this was worthy of becoming his Soul Ring!
Martial Soul Possession!
Golden light flashed as Golden Dragon Scales covered Qin Yuan's limbs, torso, neck, and cheeks. Then he raised both arms, one shining white and the other red.
He was using the Ice Fire Dragon King's God-tier Soul Bone for the first time.
The red and white lights swiftly fused. With Qin Yuan's low growl, a massive dragon claw several feet across, shimmering red and white, shot straight toward the burly Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear.
The Ice Fire Dragon King's fused Soul Bone Skill—Ice Fire Dragon King Claw!
A hundred percent armor penetration!
The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear dismissed the attack from a weakling with contempt. It didn't even bother to dodge, continuing to fight the three Titled Douluo.
"Don't interfere! This isn't a fight you can take part in!" Dugu Bo, Porcupinefish Douluo, and Snake Lance Douluo shouted angrily.
As their words fell, the Ice Fire Dragon King Claw slammed into the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's head.
Five bloody gashes instantly tore through its hard skull.
The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear let out a pained howl.
Dugu Bo, Porcupinefish Douluo, and Snake Lance Douluo froze in place, even their attacks momentarily halted.
The terrifying defense that the three of them couldn't break together had just been torn open by a Soul Ancestor who hadn't even absorbed a Soul Ring!
How... how was that even possible?!
"Hey, not bad." Qin Yuan panted, then laughed.
That strike had cost him a third of his Soul Power, but the results were impressive.
"Dugu Bo, use poison!" Qin Yuan shouted.
A wound on the head was the perfect opportunity to use poison.
Dugu Bo came to his senses. Ignoring his shock and confusion, he seized the opportunity and unleashed the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison.
A thick green aura, bright and potent enough to corrode even the air, flashed like lightning into the wound on the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's head as it roared in fury.
The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's eyes turned blood red. It fixed its gaze on Qin Yuan and charged at him.
It would tear that little bug to pieces!
"Watch out!!" Dugu Bo and the other two cried in alarm, rushing to his rescue.
Qin Yuan remained calm. Eight Golden Dragon Wings suddenly burst from his back. With a powerful beat, they sent him soaring into the sky.
The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear froze.
"Didn't see that coming, did you? Your grandpa can fly!"
High above, Qin Yuan looked down at the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, staring blankly up at him, and laughed mockingly.
Dugu Bo, Porcupinefish Douluo, and Snake Lance Douluo stood stunned for a moment. They stared at the eight beating Golden Dragon Wings, then looked at one another, each seeing the other's shock and disbelief.
"Are those... External Soul Bones?"
"How many secrets does this kid have?!"
"Damn it! I'm not jealous at all!"
"ROAR—!!!!!"
The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear roared at the sky and swung its sharp, massive claws at Qin Yuan.
A Dark Gold claw several feet across shot toward him.
It was the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's skill—Dark Gold Dreadclaw!
"Watch out!" Dugu Bo and the other two cried out in alarm again.
Qin Yuan didn't dodge. Instead, he flew straight toward the Dark Gold Dreadclaw as if to provoke it.
Then he passed through the attack without a scratch.
Teleportation!
"Hahaha! I gave you a chance, and you blew it!" Qin Yuan laughed mockingly.
"Roar—!!!" The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear flew into a rage and fired several more Dark Gold Dreadclaws at Qin Yuan without mercy.
With Teleportation, Qin Yuan dodged them with ease.
"Can't hit me? Bet that makes you mad!"
Qin Yuan kept provoking it, holding the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear at bay as he waited for the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison to take effect.
A top-tier Soul Beast as terrifying as the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, with seventy thousand years of cultivation, had extraordinary resistance to poison.
Even the deadly poison cultivated by a Titled Douluo would take quite some time to bring it down.
The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear was furious, too. It had never encountered such an obnoxious two-legged creature in its life.
It simply ignored Dugu Bo and the other two, focusing all its attacks on Qin Yuan.
Qin Yuan knew that if he wanted to keep it chasing him, he had to give it hope that it could kill him.
So he deliberately let himself nearly get hit several times, giving the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear hope that it could finish him off.
And so, he kept the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear chasing him.
With Qin Yuan's level fifty-four Soul Power—high-quality and endowed with an Ultimate Attribute—even after spending a third of it, he could still Teleport hundreds of times over short distances.
Just like that, more than half an hour passed.
The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear suddenly stopped attacking and ran toward the depths of the forest.
It was fleeing.
It had finally realized how terrifying the poison coursing through its body was and didn't dare stay any longer.
But how could Qin Yuan let it escape?
"Quick, chase it! Keep it occupied! Wear it down!"
Qin Yuan swooped down, let Dugu Bo and the other two grab his arms, then Teleported them all in front of the fleeing Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear.
Dugu Bo and the other two unleashed their Martial Soul Avatars again and engaged the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear.
The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear began to fight for its life. It knew that if this dragged on, it would be the one to die.
But it had only cultivated for seventy thousand years. With three Titled Douluo keeping it occupied, it had no chance to escape.
And that was without counting the little schemer who could Teleport with other people.
The seventy-thousand-year-old Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear was worn down to death.
A deep-black Soul Ring gathered above its enormous corpse.
"Go ahead. We'll protect you while you absorb it," Dugu Bo said.
This battle had been far easier than he'd expected.
Qin Yuan nodded, walked straight up to the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's corpse, sat down, and began absorbing his first Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring!
Dugu Bo and the other two watched Qin Yuan with trembling eyes, unable to hide their shock.
He really could absorb it! Good heavens, a seventy-thousand-year Soul Ring as his fourth—there wasn't another like him anywhere on the Douluo Continent!
Who was this kid? Terrifying!
The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's immense energy surged through Qin Yuan's body, carrying its venomous hatred and trying to burst him apart.
But after being strengthened by the two Immortal Herbs, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot, as well as the lingering power of the Ice Fire Dragon King, his physique was even stronger than that of a Soul Douluo. The energy put him under pressure, but he could withstand it!
Qin Yuan refined the vast Soul Ring energy. The sun moved from its zenith toward the west, set, then rose in the east again and slowly began its westward descent.
On the morning of the third day, Qin Yuan's aura began to surge.
Level fifty-five!
Level fifty-six!
Level fifty-seven!
Level fifty-eight!
The Soul Ring, with seventy thousand years of cultivation, made Qin Yuan, who possessed an Ultimate Attribute, shoot up four levels in Soul Power!
Since he hadn't absorbed a fifth Soul Ring, Dugu Bo and the others couldn't sense Qin Yuan's exact level. They only knew that his Soul Power had surpassed level fifty.
They had expected this from the start.
Absorbing a seventy-thousand-year Soul Ring as his fourth and breaking through from level forty to level fifty was perfectly normal.
They just didn't know that Qin Yuan had already broken through level fifty long ago.
"What a little monster!" Dugu Bo sighed deeply.
Porcupinefish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo nodded in agreement.
"This boy's future is limitless! I only hope he won't betray the young lady." They couldn't help feeling concerned.
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