Blue Silver Rain

The blood-red sunrise on the horizon foreshadowed that the day ahead might not be so peaceful.

This was the seventh day since Ling Yi and his group entered the ' Golden Sand Desert '. Apart from spending most of their time traveling, the eight-person team also encountered several Soul Beast with cultivation levels of over 30,000 years.

Unfortunately, the attributes don't match well; they're either earth-oriented, metal-oriented, or have strength or speed attributes.

Although for Tie Futu, who considers blacksmithing his destiny, gold, earth, or strength attributes are all within his range of choices, Ling Yi suggested that, based on his Eighth Soul Ring, which is related to his combat power and potential after becoming Soul Douluo, it would be best for him to Martial Soul a fire attribute Soul Beast Soul Ring, since his martial spirit is "Blazing Fire Ant".

The Roaring Volcano is located in the southwest of the inner perimeter of the Golden Sand Desert, about 700 miles away from the starting point of Ling Yi and the others.

Of course, this does not mean that Ling Yi and his group only traveled a little over 700 li in the first six days.

In fact, even with Ling Yi and the other two Soul Elder around, and even though it took a lot of time to find suitable target Soul Beast, their team could still complete a map migration of anywhere from 100 to 300 miles every day.

The Golden Sand Desert is one of the three major gathering places of Soul Beast within the Star Luo Empire. In terms of the diversity of Soul Beast species, it may be slightly inferior to the Star Dou Great Forest and the Lost Track Grand Canyon, but in terms of the quality and quantity of Soul Beast, it is in no way inferior to the Sunset Forest of the Heaven Dou Empire.

The Roaring Volcano, on the other hand, is an extremely active volcano with a very wide radiation range, constantly emitting thick smoke and erupting from time to time.

Similarly, this is also one of the activity areas for most fire-attribute Soul Beast in the ' Golden Sand Desert '.

"Ah Yi, do we really want to go in?"

Tie Futu withdrew his gaze from the black column of smoke that pierced the sky, looked at Ling Yi beside him who was also staring at the volcano ahead, and asked in a somewhat uncertain voice.

After more than ten days of buffering, Tie Futu, who had now entered a period of calm, no longer had the high spirits he had when he first broke through to his Eighth Soul Ring, nor did he have the idea of setting his sights on a fire-attribute Soul Beast around 50,000 years old.

In his view, materials like his that had already gone astray were good enough to play their own role; there was no need to waste effort in the end trying to control the furnace fire, reverse the direction of smelting, and transform the forging hammer into a battle axe.

He's not the type to fight.

Seemingly having heard Tie Futu's thoughts, Ling Yi turned around and met those slightly apprehensive eyes, reassuring him, "Uncle-Master, as I told you before, it's not about asking you to switch to a combat path. Our Blacksmith Association still needs you and Senior Brother Lou Gao to lead us in exploring new avenues for the forging system—"

"Your previous seven Soul Ring —the first, third, fifth, sixth, Seventh Soul Ring —all came from fire-attribute spirit Soul Beast. While your second and fourth Soul Ring didn't come from fire-attribute Soul Beast, but rather from a 500-year-old ' Thousand Ton Ant ' and a 4,300-year-old ' Jin Gang Ant ', they significantly strengthened the foundation of your Martial Soul, the ' Blazing Fire Ant.' This is why you now have the possibility of advancing to the Soul Douluo level."

"I've researched a lot of information. Once Soul Master reaches the ninth realm, the Soul Douluo, they need to consider their future path and what 'foundation' they should use to break through to the Titled Douluo realm."

"Clearly, judging from the attributes of the previous seven Soul Ring, neither the power of the ' Thousand Ton Ant ' nor the defense of the ' Jin Gang Ant ' is as suitable as the fire attribute of the ' Blazing Fire Ant ' itself."

"Can..."

Tie Futu admitted that Ling Yi's words made a lot of sense and were also very tempting.

However, the thought of entering the Roaring Volcano, a place teeming with high-age Soul Beast, to hunt a fire-attribute Soul Beast that was at least 30,000 years old, wasn't a question of whether he had the confidence or not; rather, it felt like a lamb entering a tiger's den.

Among this group, the only one who can fight is Yao Qi, a level 73 Power Attack System Battle Soul Saint. The others, including Tie Futu, whose Soul Power has reached level 80, are not particularly powerful.

Tie Futu can barely be considered a Soul Saint in terms of combat strength. With the blessing of the "Azure Wood Battle Armor", the others, Lou Gao, Ah Gu, and Shangguan Tianyou, are three Soul Emperor in terms of combat strength, while Ling Yi and the other two are three Soul Ancestor in terms of combat strength.

In the end, the Tie Futu was persuaded by Ling Yi and turned to find Yao Qi, who had just gone to explore the surrounding area, to express their willingness to continue.

Splash splash splash splash—

Just as we entered the eruption zone of the Roaring Volcano and stepped onto a thick layer of volcanic ash, a torrential downpour began.

The rain dispelled the pervasive heat in the air, obscuring visibility and reducing the risk of the team being exposed to the senses of the Soul Beast.

This is one of the reasons why Ling Yi insisted on entering the Roaring Volcano area today after seeing the sunrise in the morning.

In a small open space of about ten square meters surrounded by several huge rocks.

Ling Yi stopped and, under Yao Qi's surprised gaze, took out two items from the Storage Soul Tool on his wrist.

One was a huge crossbow, as tall as a person, but without an arrow on the string.

The other one was a large wooden box, inside which were small, light yellow paper packets about the size of a fist.

"Ah Yin ~" Ling Yi called out, while simultaneously adjusting and setting up the giant crossbow.

As Ling Yi called out, Ah Yin walked to Ling Yi's side and skillfully placed her small hand into Ling Yi's palm.

A deep blue glow of Soul Power appeared in their palms. If they hadn't been paying close attention, even Soul Saint Yao Qi would have almost missed it.

Then, two fair hands, one large and one small, covered the large wooden box, and blue fluorescent light swept over each pale yellow paper package.

"President Lou Gao, what's Brother Ling Yi and the others doing...?" Yao Qi turned to Lou Gao and asked.

Lou Gao: "Spread..."

He had only uttered two words when, on the other side, Ling Yi released Ah Yin's small hand and filled a pale yellow paper packet onto the huge crossbow.

Immediately following, with the sound of bowstrings being plucked in quick succession, yellow paper packets flew into the sky in all directions, their outer shells getting wet from the rain halfway through their flight.

The rain seemed to have triggered some mechanism. Yao Qi circulated his Soul Power to his eyes and vaguely saw that after the pieces of paper flew hundreds of meters into the air, they suddenly burst open, and small black dots scattered and fell from them.

In less than a minute, Ling Yi shot out all the paper packets inside the wooden box, then flipped his hand and put the empty wooden box and the huge crossbow back into his Storage Soul Tool.

"Ah Yi ~" Lou Gao stepped forward at the right moment and asked, "How long does it take for these ' Blue Silver Grass ' seeds to germinate?"

Behind Lou Gao, Yao Qi couldn't help but fix his gaze on Ling Yi, waiting with a heart full of doubt for his explanation.

"About half an hour."

Ling Yi looked up at the gloomy sky that was still pouring rain, then looked down at the dark, fine soil under his feet and gave this answer.

After speaking, she met Yao Qi's gaze, took Ah Yin's small hand, and explained with a smile, "Ah Yin and I both have ' Blue Silver Grass ' as our Martial Soul. We can use the Martial Soul Fusion Skill ' Blue Silver Domain,' which can turn any ' Blue Silver Grass ' within a radius of several miles into our eyes and ears."

"Although it doesn't have much combat power, it still has some advantages in scouting the surroundings, as it's not easy for Soul Beast to detect it."

"We were lucky; the rain covered up the noise of the packets launched into the sky, and the ' Blue Silver Grass ' seeds will fall with the rain..."