"What?! You want to absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring!!!"
Dugu Bo and the other two stared in shock, their eyes bulging as they cried out.
"Is that so strange? My fifth Soul Ring was already close to ninety thousand years old, so it's only natural for my sixth to be a hundred thousand years old."
Qin Yuan said, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
The three of them froze for a moment.
Right. This kid's fifth Soul Ring was already close to ninety thousand years old. It wasn't impossible to accept that his sixth would be a hundred thousand years old, too.
They had just subconsciously assumed that only Titled Douluo could absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
Mm, it was perfectly normal for this kid's sixth Soul Ring to be a hundred thousand years old...
My ass!!!
What Soul Master could absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring as their sixth Soul Ring?! He didn't even have Twin Martial Souls!
This was absurd!
Dugu Bo, Porcupinefish Douluo, and Snake Lance Douluo fell silent.
Their heads were buzzing.
They had thought this was just an ordinary hunt for a fourth Soul Ring, but they hadn't expected to witness history.
To witness the rise of a terrifying monster!
"Once your injuries have healed, we'll start hunting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!" Qin Yuan declared, brimming with confidence.
"Wait!" Dugu Bo suddenly spoke up.
"You want to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. As far as I know, there are only two in the Star Dou Great Forest, and they're extremely close—they're never apart. There's no way we can deal with two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts at once."
At that, Qin Yuan smiled mysteriously.
"I have my own way."
Da Ming and Er Ming were the best of friends. They even had a crush on the same rabbit.
Unfortunately, that rabbit had grown curious about the human world. It took human form, abandoned them, and entered the world of humans.
But they didn't blame the rabbit. They still loved her dearly.
That day, the breeze was gentle and the sun shone bright.
As usual, the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python, the two brothers, were soaking together in the Lake of Life, deep in the heart of the Star Dou Great Forest.
The Sky Azure Bull Python was submerged in the Lake of Life, nowhere to be seen.
Only the Titan Giant Ape was visible, scooping up water with its palm to drink.
It was a creature as massive as a mountain.
Its black fur shimmered faintly beneath the sunlight. Though it stood on all fours, its shoulders still rose more than seven meters high.
It looked like something between an ape and a gorilla. Apart from its lantern-sized eyes, which gleamed like yellow crystals, its entire body was pitch-black.
It was not only enormous; every inch of its body was packed with powerful muscles, more fearsome than granite, bulging like little hills.
As tranquil and beautiful as ever, the place suddenly changed.
Without warning, two Red White Dragon Claws, each the size of a fist, smashed into the Titan Giant Ape's eyes.
Squelch—!!
The Red White Dragon Claws pierced the Titan Giant Ape's tough defenses and crushed both its eyeballs, plunging it into darkness.
"ROAR—!!!!"
The sudden pain and darkness made the Titan Giant Ape let out a tortured howl.
"Second Brother!!"
With a splash, the still surface of the lake burst open. A gigantic Soul Beast, with the head of a bull and the body of a python, emerged from the water. Seeing the Titan Giant Ape's bloodied eyes, its expression changed drastically.
"Who is it?! Get out here!!!"
The Sky Azure Bull Python looked around furiously, speaking in human language.
At last, it spotted a human wearing a Golden Dragon Mask above the Titan Giant Ape's head. Its eyes instantly turned blood-red.
"Human!! You're asking to die!!!"
Terrifying pressure surged toward Qin Yuan like a tidal wave.
With Martial Soul Possession active, and the four-hundred-percent boost to all attributes from his Second Soul Skill, Golden Dragon God Transformation, and Fourth Soul Skill, Berserk, Qin Yuan possessed an Ultimate Attribute Martial Soul and Soul Power at level sixty-one.
At that moment, he was on par with a Titled Douluo!
The pressure weighed on him, but not by much.
"ROAR!!!" Blind and disoriented, the Titan Giant Ape attacked wildly. The lake erupted, sending waves high into the air as rain poured down everywhere.
Seeing that its pressure had no effect, the Sky Azure Bull Python opened its mouth and fired a Green Energy Egg at Qin Yuan.
Quick as a flash, Qin Yuan ducked behind the Titan Giant Ape, leaving the Sky Azure Bull Python afraid to attack for fear of hitting its companion.
"Hahahaha, my Seventh Soul Ring! See you next time!"
Pressing one hand against the enraged Titan Giant Ape's back, Qin Yuan laughed and used Teleportation to disappear with it.
The Sky Azure Bull Python froze for a moment, then roared in panic and fury.
"Second Brother!!! Damn human!!!!"
Qin Yuan and the Titan Giant Ape appeared out of thin air on a vast plain.
The place was more than two hundred miles from the Star Dou Great Forest. With no idea where they were, the Sky Azure Bull Python wouldn't be able to find them anytime soon.
As soon as it landed, the Titan Giant Ape roared furiously and swung its arms wildly, trying to attack its enemy. But blind, it could only strike at random.
If it had calmed down, it would have gradually adjusted to the darkness. But the Titan Giant Ape was clearly a dim-witted brute. In its current rage, it couldn't settle down at all. It slammed the ground blindly, wasting its strength.
Even with his all-attribute boost of four hundred percent, Qin Yuan's Soul Power was only on par with that of an ordinary Titled Douluo. Carrying the heavy Titan Giant Ape over a thousand miles to this place had drained him completely.
So he promptly put some distance between himself and the enraged Titan Giant Ape, then shouted to the three men who had been waiting for a long time.
"I'm leaving it to you!"
Against a Titan Giant Ape that had lost its eyes, three Titled Douluo—and Dugu Bo's deadly poison—had a real chance of taking it down!
Qin Yuan, meanwhile, kept well away and recovered his Soul Power.
Dugu Bo, Porcupinefish Douluo, and Snake Lance Douluo stared at the enraged Titan Giant Ape from a distance.
In just a short while, the once-flat, unbroken plain had become a pockmarked wasteland riddled with deep craters.
They swallowed, exchanged glances, and spoke in unison.
"You go first."
The air fell into an eerie silence.
The Titan Giant Ape's furious roars thundered in their ears.
After a long silence, they turned to look at the mountain-sized brute pounding the ground in a frenzy, took a deep breath, and cursed.
"Damn!"
Dugu Bo and the other two charged forward with grim determination. The three Titled Douluo's Martial Soul Avatars engaged the Titan Giant Ape in a brutal melee.
Porcupinefish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo created an opening for Dugu Bo, who sent a large quantity of Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison into the Titan Giant Ape's two blood-soaked eye sockets, letting it seep into its body.
"It worked!" Dugu Bo and the other two brightened. Watching from afar as he recovered his Soul Power, Qin Yuan's eyes also lit up.
Now it was just a matter of wearing it down. Sooner or later, they would exhaust the Titan Giant Ape.
"ROOOAR!!!!"
Perhaps sensing that its situation was dire, the Titan Giant Ape went berserk. It slammed the ground even more violently and attacked Dugu Bo and the other two as if it didn't care whether it lived or died.
But now that the poison had entered its body, Dugu Bo and the others had no reason to meet its attacks head-on. They dodged and kept it occupied, making sure it couldn't escape.
The Titan Giant Ape had lost its eyes and couldn't tell which way it was facing. It didn't even know where to run, so it could only charge around blindly.
Seeing this, Dugu Bo and the other two let it be as long as it wasn't heading toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
The Titan Giant Ape had become a turtle trapped in a jar. Death was all that awaited it.
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