Honestly, was a Dragon Core a good thing?
A Dragon Core was indeed beneficial to Soul Masters, but it also came with both advantages and drawbacks.
It was effective only for Soul Masters with dragon-type Martial Souls, and it could only be used when one was on the brink of death.
After consuming a Dragon Core, a Soul Master had to remain constantly wary of its Soul Power backlash. Once the Dragon Core was fully refined, their strength would undergo explosive growth!
In this era, no one had yet uncovered the Dragon Core's true effects. Since such items were exceedingly rare, few Soul Masters recognized them.
"This is a rare exotic beast core!"
"This thing is even rarer than a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring or Soul Bone. In Douluo Dalu II, Dragon God Douluo Mu En possessed a light-attribute Dragon Core!"
"This Dragon Core was one of Huo Gua's cheat items. It helped him greatly increase his Soul Power during the middle stages!"
"However, there were quite a few exotic beast cores in Douluo Dalu I. Aside from this Dragon Core, there was also the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's inner core, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Evil God Orb, and the million-year Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's whale pearl!"
"Those were all rare exotic beast cores!"
Xia Mu looked at the Dragon Core in the center of the auction house. Obtaining it was purely an unexpected gain.
"Three million seven hundred thousand!"
"Congratulations to this honored guest for winning this Dragon Core!"
Xia Feng placed the bid and ultimately secured the item, taking the Dragon Core into his hands.
"Xia Mu!"
"What use does this Dragon Core have?"
"Other than being somewhat rare, it has no remarkable qualities. It's completely useless to Soul Masters!"
"Then why did you go to such lengths to buy it?"
On the way home, Xia Feng asked in confusion.
"My Martial Soul told me!"
"This Dragon Core is of great use to me, but I'm still not entirely certain how it should be consumed!"
Xia Mu shook his head as he answered Xia Feng.
"I see!"
Xia Feng nodded and did not ask any further questions.
Over the next period of time, many major events took place. Ye Renxin of the Nine-Heart Begonia lineage broke through to the Soul Sage realm and successfully obtained a Soul Ring.
Xia Feng and Liu Yuer paid a visit to the Ye Family with congratulatory gifts, further strengthening the relationship between the two families.
During this time, Xia Feng and Liu Yuer also sorted through their gains and consolidated their realms.
After obtaining his fifth Soul Ring, Xia Feng's Soul Power surged by two levels, allowing him to break through to level fifty-two.
Liu Yuer reached level fifty-three. With her External Soul Bone and the thirty-thousand-year Shieldblade Monster left arm bone, she was nearly comparable to a Soul Emperor. Her combat strength had risen to a terrifying degree!
As the owner of a Body Martial Soul, Xia Feng also possessed a forty-thousand-year top-grade Soul Bone. Going all out, his combat power was almost on par with a Soul Emperor.
"Xia Mu!"
"I finally found the information you wanted!"
"In the central-western region of Sunset Forest, there really is a rare Queen Medusa living there!"
"That Soul Beast is six hundred thousand years old. Why did you suddenly set your sights on her?"
Liu Yuer asked in confusion.
"This Medusa is extremely rare. There's a strong possibility that she has nurtured a rare Gemstone-Type Skull within her body."
Among the six Soul Bones, the head bone was the most unique. Together with the torso bone, it could connect the limb bones.
Head Soul Bones could be divided into three major types. One was the Gemstone-Type Skull, which came from gemstone-type Soul Beasts.
This type of Soul Bone was exceedingly rare. Its quality surpassed that of other head Soul Bones, and it possessed special attributes.
Besides that, there were mental-type head bones and illusion-type head bones. Those two kinds were far more common.
"Gemstone-Type Skull?"
It was the first time the two had heard that term.
"That's right!"
"This concerns a secret!"
"Once Soul Masters comprehend the laws of origin, they can convert Soul Power into divine power. Those who seek godhood have three foundations!"
"The first is a divine core!"
"The second is Destiny Divine Armor!"
"The third is a destined divine artifact!"
"Peerless Douluo at level ninety-nine can actually be divided into three realms, corresponding to Quasi-Demigod, demigod, and Quasi-God!"
"A Soul Bone set is the prototype of divine armor!"
"To form a Soul Bone set, none of a Soul Master's six Soul Bones can be below ten thousand years!"
"The higher their age, the stronger the Soul Bone set!"
"Gemstone-Type Skulls possess special attributes and can enhance the foundation of a Soul Bone set together with the torso bone."
"After gathering all six Soul Bones, a Soul Master can transform the Soul Bone set into Soul Bone armor upon breaking through to demigod. After becoming a god, it can be called Destiny Divine Armor!"
"I only learned of this by chance."
"As for whether it's true, I don't know!"
Xia Mu gently shook his head. It was merely an interesting tale he had heard by chance, and he did not know whether it was real.
"A divine core?"
"Destiny Divine Armor?"
"A destined divine artifact?"
Upon hearing this secret, Liu Yuer and Xia Feng fell into thought. Better to believe it existed than not, after all. Who would not want Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones?
"Wait, a sixty-thousand-year Medusa!"
"You brat, you want the two of us to hunt a Queen Medusa that's around sixty thousand years old?"
"Have you lost your mind?"
Xia Feng snapped back to his senses and asked Xia Mu.
"I want you two to lure the Queen Medusa away. I have something else to do!"
"This is very important to me!"
Xia Mu's target had always been the peerless Immortal Herbs within the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, not the Queen Medusa.
This time, he intended to lure the tiger away from the mountain!
"Make a feint in the east, then strike in the west!"
"I hope I can get what I want this time."
There were many things Xia Mu could not explain openly. Only when the time came could he reveal them one by one!
"So mysterious!"
"Fine, let's set off now!"
Xia Feng made the final decision. Truthfully, both of them dearly wanted that sixty-thousand-year head Soul Bone as well.
"Whoosh~"
"Bang~"
An arrow streaked through the air like a meteor and shot straight into a patch of Jade-Phosphor Seven-Extinction Flowers, causing a massive explosion.
Struck by the attack, the Jade-Phosphor Seven-Extinction Flowers released a terrifying poisonous mist. At the same time, a strange phenomenon arose in the clearing.
A six-meter-long Queen Medusa emerged from the patch of Jade-Phosphor Seven-Extinction Flowers and raised her head, letting out a series of hisses.
"Hiss~"
As an exotic beast of heaven and earth, the Queen Medusa suppressed countless top-tier Soul Beasts with her Petrifying Ray.
The Jade-Phosphor Seven-Extinction Flowers could assist the Queen Medusa's cultivation, which was why she had chosen this territory.
Now that the Jade-Phosphor Seven-Extinction Flowers had suffered a large-scale attack, the Queen Medusa had been thoroughly enraged.
"Oh, heavens!"
"Damn legs, run already!"
Xia Feng hurriedly activated his soul skill. With one step, the ground fractured in every direction as he shot away like a cannonball.
The Queen Medusa pursued him relentlessly from behind. Today, she would make this human pay a painful price.
This patch of Jade-Phosphor Seven-Extinction Flowers was the Queen Medusa's lifeblood. Normally, she was terrified that they might be damaged.
Yet this human actually dared to target the Jade-Phosphor Seven-Extinction Flowers. He truly did not know the meaning of death!
"That was the sound of an explosive arrow!"
"Looks like Old Xia has already engaged her!"
Elsewhere, upon hearing the explosion, Xia Mu looked at Liu Yuer. He intended for her to carry him over the patch of Jade-Phosphor Seven-Extinction Flowers so they could enter the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
Because of the Jade-Phosphor Seven-Extinction Flowers, the outer region of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well was shrouded in poisonous mist all year round.
However, they could enter the depths of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well from directly above, though they would have to pass through a thin layer of poisonous mist.
After taking antidote pills, Liu Yuer carried Xia Mu and flew straight toward the depths of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
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