Absolute Defense

After arranging everything, Lin Yi immediately headed toward the deep sea.

However, despite reaching the deep-sea territory, there was no movement there at all.

Lin Yi recalled Yu Xiaogang saying that the longer a divine beast lived, the better it would be at hiding. He reasoned that the beast hadn't left, but was merely evading him; if he continued searching from his current perspective, he might never find a trace of it.

Narrowing his eyes, Lin Yi once again used his twin martial soul, Dragon Stream Soul, to whip up thousand-foot waves across the sea surface.

Sure enough, shortly after, a Giant Shark Beast weighing several hundred thousand catties appeared.

Lin Yi gazed at the layer of golden light on its body and curled his lips into a smile.

"You've got quite the ability, but unfortunately, you're out of luck running into me. First Soul Skill, Dragon Binding!"

Just as he unleashed his ultimate move, the giant beast suddenly vanished from before his eyes.

Lin Yi felt a bit puzzled, but he quickly released his second soul skill, Flying Dragon in the Sky.

Because he had hesitated for a moment, he narrowly avoided the beast's lethal strike, but the giant creature clearly had no intention of stopping, continuing to press him step by step.

It truly was a million-year divine beast; its temper was certainly fierce!

Lin Yi knew that if he didn't strike hard this time, this soul beast would never acknowledge him as its master.

Therefore, even knowing it was somewhat cruel to kill the soul beast in this manner, he released his seventh soul skill, Dragon Storm.

Who would have thought that the giant beast's movements were even faster than Lin Yi's.

Although Lin Yi's attack was directed at the beast, the creature's movement speed was a cut above his own.

The giant beast let out a massive roar, then followed up by spinning and charging toward Lin Yi.

"Eighth Soul Skill, Dragon Golden Light!"

As the golden radiance bathed his body, Lin Yi was shielded within the light.

Yet, he could feel that the Giant Shark Beast was determined to kill him.

Clearly, others must have tried to hunt it down before, which was why the beast's heart was filled with such hatred.

Lin Yi flipped over, flew onto the beast's head, and struck it with a punch.

After the beast let out a muffled grunt, it continued to lash its massive tail against the sea surface.

Watching the layers of waves rising, Lin Yi knew he could not drag this out any longer.

Taking a deep breath, he drew his blade and stabbed toward the Giant Shark Beast.

Once the beast's eye was wounded, Lin Yi initiated his seventh soul skill, Dragon's End.

The Giant Shark Beast was dragged onto the surface, its entire outer shell bleeding.

When Lin Yi met its eyes, he felt that the beast hated him, but he needed to end the battle quickly, so he turned his head away and ended its life with a single strike.

When the million-year golden ring appeared above the soul beast, Lin Yi immediately sat down to absorb it.

Feeling that immense power surging within his body, Lin Yi realized that a soul ring obtained personally was indeed different from one gifted by the system.

Although the Dragon God Soul Ring gifted by the system had its uses, it was quite difficult to fully trigger.

While he didn't yet know the effects of this current soul ring, he felt that once fully absorbed, it would surely be far more powerful than his first.

More importantly, this soul beast harbored intense resentment, so the Slaughter Aura would undoubtedly become very potent, giving him an absolute advantage in dealing with the God of Destruction.

Although the God of Slaughter Domain could not be used against the God of Destruction, the effects brought by this soul ring itself could be, so Lin Yi's gaze held a touch of resolve as he teleported back to Tang San and the others.

"You're back so soon?"

While Yu Xiaogang and the others were still talking, Bibi Dong held them back.

"He hasn't fully absorbed the soul ring yet; everyone, let's not disturb him for now."

"You are far too bold."

Liu Erlong couldn't help but gasp.

"Coming back before you've finished absorbing the soul ring—aren't you afraid of losing your life?"

"I'm not."

Lin Yi smiled calmly.

"I only came back so everyone wouldn't worry so much. Alright, I'm going to absorb the soul ring now; see you in three hours."

With that, he wrapped himself in his soul skill to prevent the Giant Shark Beast's Slaughter Aura from affecting the others.

Standing to the side, Yu Xiaogang and Tang San couldn't help but exchange glances.

It seemed Lin Yi was the most powerful rising star on this Douluo Continent; perhaps turning around the tragedies of this world would depend on him.

"Third Brother, congratulations on finding another successor."

"He is not my successor."

Tang San shook his head helplessly.

"Hasn't this kid already chosen the Dragon God Position?"

"Even so, he has twin martial souls. If he is like you, he could inherit the positions of two God Kings."

"I almost forgot about that!"

Tang San's eyes lit up.

"In that case, I'll ask Lin Yi later if he's willing to inherit the Sea God position. Once this position is passed on, we can finally go roam the world!"