Meng Chen woke up four days later.
"Just as expected of a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. The enhancement to the body is truly extraordinary."
Feeling the meridians within him that had widened several times over, Meng Chen could not help but marvel.
The dantian space through which his Soul Power flowed had expanded geometrically, transforming from a small stream into a river. Yet his meridians had not become thinner in the slightest; instead, they had grown even tougher.
Not only that, Meng Chen tested his physical strength and found that it had increased by at least twofold. His body's durability had also improved tremendously, enough for him to absorb higher-quality Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
What delighted Meng Chen most was that the Soul Bone skill bestowed by the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone had changed as well.
The first Soul Bone skill was still [Wildfires Cannot Burn It Away, Spring Breezes Bring It Back to Life].
But the second Soul Bone skill was no longer [Flight]. It was [Deeply Rooted].
Upon using [Deeply Rooted], as long as Meng Chen stood on the ground, he could continuously absorb the spiritual energy of the earth veins like the Blue Silver Emperor, replenishing his expended Soul Power and stamina.
Meng Chen: "Six-six-six. So I became the Earth Tiger Hero?"
Now this was more like it.
The Soul Skills bestowed by Soul Bones were all innate talents of the Soul Beasts themselves. The Blue Silver Emperor was a plant-type Soul Beast, after all.
Yet San Gou had somehow given it a Flight Soul Bone skill. Wasn't that completely brain-dead?
Meng Chen had barely celebrated before he felt sticky all over. Looking down, he saw that his entire body was covered in the impurities expelled after cleansing his marrow and veins. They were pitch-black and gave off waves of foul stench.
Meng Chen nearly threw up.
He rushed into the bathroom in a panic and spent over an hour washing himself clean.
After changing into clean clothes, Meng Chen looked at the potted Blue Silver Emperor thoughtfully.
"Since the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings can't be activated and enslaved, then this Blue Silver Emperor should be possible, right? After her sacrifice, her soul should be weaker than even a ten-year Soul Beast."
Without rushing to test it, Meng Chen had Ye Xishui put away the Blue Silver Emperor. His most urgent task was to obtain his fourth Soul Ring first.
After checking out, Meng Chen did not take a carriage to the Star Dou Great Forest.
"Aunt Ye, I'll have to trouble you again." Meng Chen gave Ye Xishui an instruction.
Ye Xishui rolled her eyes at him, then reached out with a slender jade finger and lightly tapped Meng Chen's forehead. "You little brat, all you know is how to order your Aunt Ye around. Are you treating me like a carriage?"
Meng Chen smiled. Ye Xishui grabbed him by the collar, and ripples of space spread out. A flash of scarlet light gleamed, and their figures vanished with it.
Once Soul Masters reached the realm of Peerless Douluo, they could initially grasp the power of space, teleporting through stable space and even sealing off space within a certain range.
Of course, Ye Xishui had explained this to Meng Chen while guiding his cultivation.
Meng Chen actually knew very little about the abilities of Peerless Douluo, otherwise known as Limit Douluo.
Who could blame Douluo Continent 1 for portraying Peerless Douluo so shallowly?
There were only three Peerless Douluo in total. Aside from Bo Saixi, who had actually acted, one of the other two was half-dead—Tang Chen—and the other might as well not have existed—Qian Daoliu.
As for Douluo Continent 2, 3, 4, and 5...
Sorry, Meng Chen had read Douluo Continent 2 up to Wang Qiu'er's sacrifice. After hearing many people say that Huo Yuhao had been trained by Tang San into Dai Yuhao, abandoned the vengeance for his mother's death, and still kept calling Dai Hao his father, he had felt sick and stopped reading.
As for the following three installments, he had read bits and pieces of Douluo Continent 3, but he would not touch Douluo Continent 4 or 5 with a ten-foot pole. There was filthy stuff in them.
Meng Chen suspected that San Gou had written the God Realm being swallowed by a black hole and Tang San losing contact with Douluo Continent because he had ruined the plot by training Huo Yuhao later in Douluo Continent 2 and did not dare let Tang San interfere with Douluo Continent anymore.
As for that so-called ten-thousand-year grand plan, it was utter trash!
Star Dou Great Forest, core area.
A breeze swept past, and faint ripples spread across the azure lake. The surface was clear as a mirror, reflecting rows of tree shadows. Blue Silver Grass grew luxuriantly along the shore, where a group of herbivorous Soul Beasts lowered their heads to forage.
The mountain-like Titan Giant Ape crouched by the lake, watching a beautiful figure in a white dress seated on a large rock not far away. It let out several low roars at her.
The girl turned around, revealing a flawless, exquisitely beautiful face like that of an elf. It was Xiao Wu!
She should have been at Heaven Dou Academy, yet she had appeared once more in the Star Dou Core Area.
Moreover, the aura she gave off was even stronger. She had clearly broken through to Rank 40.
Xiao Wu took small steps over to the Titan Giant Ape. The Titan Giant Ape lowered its enormous head and brought it close to her.
"Alright, don't rush. Wait a little longer. A-Chen must have been delayed by something on the road. I can sense that he's on his way here."
Xiao Wu reached out and stroked the Titan Giant Ape's head, then gently placed her hand over her chest. Her beautiful eyes lowered slightly, revealing traces of tenderness.
In the past, she had been unable to sense the distance between herself and Meng Chen.
But after obtaining the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, it seemed that a wonderful connection had formed between her and Meng Chen, allowing her to vaguely sense his presence.
The closer Meng Chen was to her, the clearer that feeling became.
Seeing Xiao Wu looking lovestruck, the Titan Giant Ape raised a hand and scratched its head.
Two days ago, Sister Xiao Wu had suddenly returned and ordered it to search the entire forest for lightning-attributed Soul Beasts.
It had no idea what Sister Xiao Wu wanted to do, but since she had asked, it simply obeyed.
After capturing quite a few lightning-attributed Soul Beasts, Sister Xiao Wu had told it to throw them into Heavy Cloud Ravine and imprison them there.
Only afterward did it learn that they had been prepared for a human Soul Master, so he could choose a suitable lightning-attributed Soul Beast.
The Titan Giant Ape could not understand why Sister Xiao Wu cared so much about that Soul Master named A-Chen. Could she have fallen in love with that human?
But Sister Xiao Wu was a Soul Beast. Humans and Soul Beasts could never be together.
Suddenly, waves rose across the lake, startling the Soul Beasts nearby that were drinking and grazing into scattering in all directions. A bull's head as large as a house emerged from the water.
The Sky Azure Bull Python spoke human language. "Sister Xiao Wu, I sensed it. The Heart-Protecting Scale I gave you has appeared in the forest."
Hearing this, Xiao Wu had the Sky Azure Bull Python confirm the location again to see whether it matched the direction she sensed.
The Sky Azure Bull Python looked toward the southeast. It was exactly the same direction as the one in which Xiao Wu sensed Meng Chen.
"Roar..." The Titan Giant Ape let out another two low roars at Xiao Wu, asking whether she wanted it to go now.
Xiao Wu shook her head. "A little later. Wait until A-Chen goes deeper into the forest, then go."
The Titan Giant Ape snorted through its nostrils, spraying out two clouds of white mist, but it still obediently remained by the lake.
The Sky Azure Bull Python gazed toward the direction of the Heart-Protecting Scale, its eyes somewhat complicated.
Meanwhile, at the outskirts of the forest.
Meng Chen wandered around aimlessly, thinking about what kind of Soul Beast he should seek for his fourth Soul Ring.
He did not care for ordinary ones, while high-quality ones might not necessarily suit the Thunder Hell Vine. He could only take things one step at a time.
"I really envy Soul Masters twenty thousand years from now. Why would they need to hunt Soul Rings so painstakingly like I do? They could just spend some money at the Spirit Pagoda and easily equip themselves with the most suitable Soul Spirit."
Casually blasting apart a shrub blocking his path, Meng Chen could not help but grumble.
"Little fellow, do you long for the era twenty thousand years from now that much?"
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