Nine-Headed Xiangliu

Seeing that everyone had begun absorbing the Immortal Herbs, Di Lintian went up to the second floor alone.

There were seven rooms on the second floor, corresponding exactly to the seven members of the Imperial Dou Team. He pushed open Na'er's door.

At a glance, he saw an envelope on the table.

He walked over, picked up the envelope, opened it, and after scanning it once, Di Lintian rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

"She went back to the Star Dou Forest."

Staring at the only sentence in the letter, Di Lintian fell into thought.

Why had Na'er suddenly returned to the Star Dou Forest?

Weren't they supposed to head to the Extreme North together?

Di Lintian could not figure out what Na'er was thinking. In the end, he shook his head and decided to ask her tomorrow.

The next day, morning light filtered through the window and fell upon the five of them.

They opened their eyes one after another.

Di Lintian was sitting on the sofa in front of them, waiting for them to wake up.

If not for the unknown nature of Dugu Yan's Martial Soul Evolution and Ye Lingling's changes, he would have left Heaven Dou Royal Academy long ago.

"Boss, the effects of these Immortal Herbs are incredible! My Soul Power rose by four whole levels, and I've become a Soul Ancestor!" Osler shouted when he saw Di Lintian sitting on the sofa.

"I'm level forty too." Yu Feng sprang to his feet excitedly.

"My Soul Power rose by five levels as well." Yu Tianheng sensed his own Soul Power and spoke.

"Osler and Yu Feng should have risen by more than four levels. It just hasn't shown because you haven't obtained your fourth Soul Rings yet." Di Lintian said calmly, then turned his gaze to Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.

Ye Lingling was the last to awaken. She had first absorbed the Seed of Life, then the Ice Immortal Jade Muscle Bone, so she woke up slightly later.

"My Martial Soul... has changed." Dugu Yan spoke as she released her Martial Soul.

Behind her, an enormous jade-green serpent appeared, with nine savage snake heads.

"A nine-headed serpent body! Xiangliu!"

Dugu Yan's transformation was beyond Di Lintian's expectations. He had thought her Martial Soul would evolve toward a dragon.

"That's right, Boss. My Martial Soul is now called—Nine-Headed Xiangliu." Dugu Yan nodded.

Di Lintian also noticed that three of the nine heads had already changed color.

Noticing Di Lintian's gaze, Dugu Yan explained, "I'm now a Soul Elder, so I've gained three special soul skills. The first is Corrosive Poison Mist from the purple head on the right, and the second is Blood Poison from the blood-red head on the left."

Dugu Yan pointed at the dark-green main head. "This one has my original Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison."

"Your Martial Soul Evolution was extremely successful. Its quality now surpasses Tianheng's." Di Lintian said.

"Boss, my Martial Soul has changed a great deal too." Ye Lingling spoke after Dugu Yan finished introducing hers.

"Lingling, did your Martial Soul evolve too?" Osler had already lost all the excitement he had felt upon waking after being dealt such a blow by Dugu Yan. Holding his face in both hands, he asked in disbelief.

"Not exactly." She raised her hand and summoned the Nine Heart Begonia.

Held in her palm, it radiated a pure, rich aura of life that instantly filled the entire room.

Ultimate Life.

Di Lintian was not shocked in the slightest. Everything had gone exactly as he expected. Ultimate Life differed from other ultimate attributes; it stood at an extremely high level. Even Bi Ji, known as the pinnacle of healing-type Soul Beasts, did not possess the Ultimate Life attribute.

Now that Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia had evolved into Ultimate Life, once she became a Titled Douluo, she would truly be able to revive the dead and regrow flesh on bones. As long as Ye Lingling intervened, that person would not be able to die even if they wanted to.

"Your life attribute has improved, and your healing ability has increased substantially."

Di Lintian did not directly mention Ultimate Life. During the era of Douluo I, there was not yet a concept of ultimate attributes, and explaining it would only waste time.

"Oh, right, Dugu Yan. Have you made up your mind? Do you want to take a gamble?" Di Lintian took out Tang San's original third Soul Ring from a bag capable of storing living creatures.

"I trust you, Boss."

The purple head of Nine-Headed Xiangliu instantly spewed out a cloud of purple poison mist, enveloping the Man Faced Demon Spider. Moments later, when the poison mist dispersed, the Man Faced Demon Spider had already turned into a pool of foul-smelling liquid.

Only a solitary purple Soul Ring remained floating there.

"Yan, isn't your Martial Soul way too overpowered?" Yu Tianheng trembled.

"This is nothing. Once I absorb my fourth Soul Ring, I'll show you what the true source of all poisons is." Dugu Yan flicked her pale-purple hair, sat cross-legged on the ground, and began absorbing the Soul Ring.

A moment later, movement arose behind Dugu Yan. One deep-purple spider lance after another extended outward, with drops of venom occasionally falling from their tips.

When the venom landed on the ground, it hissed.

"Is this an External Soul Bone?" The five members of the Imperial Dou Team gathered around and carefully examined the Eight Spider Lances.

Dugu Yan was wearing the Heaven Dou Royal Academy uniform. Its quality was excellent, and it had not been torn apart by the Eight Spider Lances.

Dugu Yan's absorption proceeded smoothly, nowhere near as difficult as Tang San's had been.

"Cough, cough."

Yu Tianheng pretended to cough twice.

The five members of the Imperial Dou Team immediately understood and moved aside, no longer staring at the Eight Spider Lances.

"Boss, you're way too good to Yan. When are you going to get me an External Soul Bone too?" Osler sidled up to Di Lintian and said with feigned envy.

"These things can only be encountered by chance. Dugu Yan was simply lucky." Di Lintian said inscrutably.

A man and a woman flew over the Star Dou Forest. Without stopping in the outer regions, they flew directly to the Mixed Area before landing.

"There's already a small number of Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in the Mixed Area. We'd better not draw too much attention."

Di Lintian restrained his Soul Power and walked forward.

The two did not linger in the Mixed Area either. Qian Renxue's target was a Soul Beast around fifty thousand years old, and such high-level Soul Beasts appeared at the boundary between the Mixed Area and the Core Area.

Di Lintian's plan was even more straightforward: head directly for the Core Area. If he did not still need to conceal his identity as a Soul Beast, he would have loved to fly straight to the eighty-thousand-year Holy Light Pegasus.

Outside the Star Dou Forest, in a small town.

"Brother Pufferfish, Brother Snake Lance, we four brothers really met too late in life. Come, drink!" Mystic Water dragged Snake Lance, Pufferfish, and Red Fire into an inn and kept guzzling wine.

"Brother Mystic Water, the young master has already entered the Star Dou Forest. How can we still be drinking?" Snake Lance and Pufferfish wanted to leave, but the two of them held them back tightly.

"No need to worry. Our Second Worship, Thunder God Douluo, is right beside the young pavilion master. With Thunder God Douluo protecting her, what could possibly happen?" Mystic Water put an arm around Snake Lance's shoulder.

"Thunder... Thunder God Douluo?"

"Thunder God Douluo Yu Yuzheng, known as the Valkyrie?" Pufferfish confirmed.

"Not worried now, are you? Come, drink!" Mystic Water raised his cup again and drained it in one gulp.

There was no Thunder God Douluo secretly protecting them. Only Di Lintian and Qian Renxue had entered the Star Dou Forest.

As for Red Fire, Di Lintian had sent him to Shrek Academy to keep an eye on Xiao Wu.

Before setting out, Di Lintian had given the two of them their orders: one was responsible for holding back Pufferfish and Snake Lance, while the other was responsible for preventing Xiao Wu from escaping.

PS: There was no information whatsoever about Ultimate Life in Douluo Dalu II. Not even Zhuang Yusen, whose Martial Soul was the Tree of Life, was said to possess Ultimate Life, and Bi Ji was not introduced as having it either. If they had possessed Ultimate Life, the author would definitely have mentioned it.

Consider this the author's little bit of fan creation~(￣▽￣~)~