Yu Xiaogang: This Lone Bamboo Suits Your Blue Silver Grass Quite Well!

As the Soul Ring and External Soul Bone completely fused into his body, Lu Xiao's aura surged once more!

His Soul Power began to climb steadily from its original tenth level!

Eleventh... twelfth... thirteenth!

His immense Soul Power shattered its restraints and soared upward without pause!

Fourteenth! Fifteenth!

Sixteenth!

Lu Xiao kept his eyes tightly shut as layers of Soul Power radiance swirled around him, azure and gold intertwining in a dazzling display.

Seventeenth!

As that driving force gradually faded, his Soul Power stabilized firmly at level seventeen.

If his Body Martial Soul, Bronze, had not consumed most of the medicine's effects during its earlier awakening, and if activating the Golden Dragon Martial Soul had not used up the energy of the Soul Ring and Soul Bone,

his Soul Power Level could have been even higher!

Whoosh!

Lu Xiao's eyes snapped open. Golden light shot from them, and two faint phantoms of golden dragon eyes flashed past.

The dark azure dragon scales covering his body receded like a tide, while the thousand-year Soul Ring slowly rose from beneath his feet and circled him.

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With a movement of his body, he leaped out of the massive cauldron. His Soul Power was dense and refined, dragon might lingering around him as his entire bearing underwent a complete transformation.

Much of his childishness had faded away, replaced by the awe-inspiring majesty and domineering presence of a dragon race sovereign.

Xiao Wu was the first to approach. Upon catching that familiar, faint fragrance, all the fear in her heart dissipated.

She stared at Lu Xiao and suddenly realized that he, who had just been the same height as her, was now half a head taller.

Du Busi forcibly suppressed his shock and asked urgently, "Disciple, what is your second Martial Soul?"

Lu Xiao raised a hand and concentrated. With a thought, golden light flared around his body.

Lu Xiao's black hair swiftly turned golden, as did his eyes, and crimson-gold vertical pupils emerged!

Boom!

The brilliant phantom of the Golden Dragon Martial Soul appeared behind him, coiling through the air. Its dragon might was vast, intimidating all in every direction!

At his current strength, Lu Xiao still could not fully manifest the Golden Dragon Martial Soul over his body!

After all, the Golden Dragon Martial Soul possessed the rare ultimate strength attribute... inherited from the Golden Dragon King's bloodline!

It was far beyond what the current Lu Xiao could control!

"My second Martial Soul is the Golden Dragon, which possesses the ultimate strength attribute!"

Upon hearing Lu Xiao's words, Du Busi strode forward, his gaze fixed firmly upon the Golden Dragon phantom. Even his hands trembled slightly as he said in wild delight, "Good! Good! Good! This Martial Soul's talent is unparalleled in this age. His future accomplishments will be limitless!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he laughed loudly. "It seems your Body Martial Soul is no weaker than the Golden Dragon! Otherwise, how could it form twin Martial Souls with the Golden Dragon Martial Soul?"

Seeing Du Busi praising himself so shamelessly, Lu Xiao's mouth twitched slightly. He withdrew his Martial Soul without refuting him.

"Since we're here, we can't leave empty-handed!"

Du Busi patted Lu Xiao on the shoulder and said, "Fighting all kinds of soul beasts is also part of your training!"

After speaking, Du Busi swept his gaze over the endless mountains and forests, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.

Under a Super Douluo's spiritual detection, not a single soul beast in this soul beast forest could escape his notice!

Lu Xiao instantly understood Du Busi's intentions.

Having just awakened the Golden Dragon Martial Soul and fused with the 3,800-year Wind-Thunder Demon Dragon Soul Ring, his Soul Power had surged dramatically!

Only through the refinement of real combat could he completely control this newfound power and solidify his foundation.

"This disciple understands!" Lu Xiao answered in a deep voice!

Xiao Wu stood to the side, thought for a moment, and said, "Lu Xiao, I'll go with you!"

While Lu Xiao had been absorbing the Soul Ring, she had also condensed her first Soul Ring.

Du Busi merely gave Xiao Wu a faint glance and said nothing.

After all, he could crush every soul beast in this forest with a single finger!

Just as Du Busi led Lu Xiao and Xiao Wu in search of suitable opponents for training,

outside the Soul Hunting Forest, Yu Xiaogang stood at the entrance with Tang San.

Yu Xiaogang frowned slightly as he looked at the obviously increased number of soldiers around them.

Seeing the sudden increase in guards at the entrance, Yu Xiaogang frowned and asked the captain responsible for checking entry permits, "The outer defenses have been greatly increased today. Could it be that a beast tide has occurred in the Soul Hunting Forest?"

"What does anything that happens in the Soul Hunting Forest have to do with you!"

Seeing Yu Xiaogang's shabby appearance, the soldier captain sneered, "Since you don't have the strength, there's no need to go in and throw your life away!"

Those words instantly struck at the most sensitive part of Yu Xiaogang's pride.

His expression darkened at once, alternating between green and pale...

Seeing this, Tang San quickly consoled him in a low voice. "Teacher, there's no need to get angry with ordinary people."

Yu Xiaogang forcibly suppressed his rage, snorted coldly, and pulled Tang San straight into the Soul Hunting Forest.

The soldier captain watched Yu Xiaogang leave and spat fiercely onto the ground!

"What a piece of trash!"

Looking at Tang San's small, thin figure, he said with some regret, "What a pity about that child, ending up with a teacher like him."

"His whole life's ruined!"

After entering the forest, Yu Xiaogang did not rush forward. Instead, he silently observed their surroundings.

After confirming that there were no other Soul Masters nearby, he immediately activated his pitiful Soul Power!

"Come out, Luo Sanpao."

Pfft.

A stream of pale purple Soul Power separated from Yu Xiaogang's palms, sounding like a fart.

After a weak pulse of Soul Power, an additional creature stood before him.

More accurately, it was a pig-like creature over one and a half meters long, with a waistline that was probably about the same!

Its pale purple fur covered its body, and its two small ears drooped down. Its fat body wriggled, making its plump backside sway from side to side.

Its four short, thick legs would have been impossible to spot without close inspection.

"Little San, didn't you want to know what my Martial Soul was before?"

Two hundred-year Soul Rings rose beneath Yu Xiaogang's feet. "This is my Martial Soul. You can call it Luo Sanpao, or simply Sanpao."

"Teacher, this is your Martial Soul?" Tang San looked astonished.

"My Martial Soul is a mutated Martial Soul!" Yu Xiaogang explained simply.

Tang San did not ask further. After all, he understood that when it came to strength, Yu Xiaogang had nothing worth learning from!

After they had traveled barely a hundred meters, the slender, upright silhouette of bamboo abruptly appeared in their field of vision.

Vegetation was sparse throughout the area, yet this Lone Bamboo stood alone. Its entire body was jade-green, its stalk long and straight, its surface flowing with an extremely faint white gleam. Though there was no wind, it swayed gently, giving off a warm, restrained fluctuation of Soul Power.

"It isn't difficult to judge a soul beast's strength. Look at that Lone Bamboo ahead."

Delight flashed in Yu Xiaogang's eyes as he took the opportunity to instruct Tang San. "It's a plant-type soul beast with a hundred years of cultivation. It stands more than twenty meters tall, so it must be at least four hundred years old!"

Tang San looked at the Lone Bamboo, his eyes filled with anticipation. "Teacher, are we going to hunt this Lone Bamboo?"

Yu Xiaogang hesitated inwardly.

Given the situation at the outskirts, he had realized that something might have gone wrong in the Soul Hunting Forest.

He very much wanted to properly nurture Tang San and prove his theories.

But if it truly was a beast tide, let alone prove his theories, even ten of him would not be able to escape.

"The Lone Bamboo itself is tough. Although it isn't very aggressive, its defense is decent. It suits you well!"

After pondering for a moment, he slowly said, "If we don't find a more suitable choice for now, it will have to be this one in the end!"

However, Yu Xiaogang did not know that this Lone Bamboo was also a mutated soul beast. Though it stood over twenty meters tall, its cultivation had not yet reached a hundred years.

It was stuck at ninety-nine years!

If they had arrived a few days later, perhaps this Lone Bamboo could have fully transformed into a hundred-year soul beast!