Douluo: I, the Ultimate Darkness, Don't Take Pressure
Chapter 15

Abstract Soul Skill Master, Farewell, This Is What a Truly Wrecked Chrysanthemum Looks Like

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To some extent, pulling draws was the true test of one's willpower!

The Summoning System's Soul Skill Replacement Function was extremely flexible. Skills Qian Ni had seen and skills he had never seen both had a chance of appearing.

But having weathered countless gacha games, he knew full well that rerolling affixes was something that severely tested one's self-control.

At least some games had soft pity, hard pity, or a spark system when pulling characters.

But affixes...

Heh. Did he enjoy farming Artifacts for a year without improving at all?

Did he enjoy emptying thousands of Echo tubes and getting zero improvements?

Brother, he needed restraint...

When he had only ten Fate Stones left, he told himself to stay calm.

When there were only five Fate Stones left, his vision had already gone completely dark.

After three Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skills had put him through a series of tortures including "Twist Serve," "Grease Technique," "Great Fireball Technique," "Nine Heavens Thunder Double-Foot Stomp," "Breakfall Crouch," and "Seed Machine Gun"...

Qian Ni painfully stopped summoning.

A gambler was a gambler. In the end, he had nothing.

Compared with his outrageously lucky item summons, his skill summons were unbelievably cursed.

Everything he got was either useless trash or utterly absurd.

Could he still play tennis on Douluo Continent? Twist Serve? System, how did you dare give him that?!

If it had given him Swallow Return Flash or White Whale Qilin, he would not have said anything. At least those were childhood memories. But what the hell was Twist Serve supposed to mean?

As for the Great Fireball Technique, which had never killed anyone, and that absurd Nine Heavens Thunder Double-Foot Stomp, Qian Ni could not bear to look at them.

The Fate Stones had been exhausted, and his Soul Skills were set.

First Soul Skill: Cursed Speech. Nothing more needed to be said about that notorious bottomless pit.

Second Soul Skill: Anal Gungnir. A causality-based throwing technique that always hit its target, but could only land on the chrysanthemum.

Third Soul Skill: Flower Bloom. A Flower-Flower Fruit variant that could freely grow limbs on other people and share their pain. It had nothing to do with Qian Ni himself.

Looking at his increasingly absurd and abnormal Soul Skills...

Qian Ni's face darkened.

System, do you have anything to say for yourself?

[...Nothing more to say. Do it quickly.]

What else could Qian Ni do?

He could only forgive it.

Fate Stones could be saved up again after they were spent. But if his sanity was gone, what was the point of pressuring a System?

Qian Ni lay flat on the beach, as though he had burned himself out and been reduced to nothing but pale white ash.

Bo Saixi and the others found it strange. Qian Ni had clearly succeeded in absorbing the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, so why was he acting like this?

Half a day later, at the port of Sea God Island.

Qian Ni stood on Xiao Bai's back with Alien, waving at Bo Saixi, Sea Witch, and the others.

He was already twelve years old, with Soul Power at rank thirty-two and three Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings. He had fulfilled the conditions he had agreed upon with Bo Saixi before leaving the island.

It was time to return to the mainland.

"No need to see me off. Go back, all of you."

Bo Saixi said nothing, merely gazing at Qian Ni gently.

Sea Witch was much livelier, waving her arms with all her strength.

"Little Qian! Remember to bring me presents when you come back!"

Beside her, Sea Dragon, Sea Horse, and the others had twisted expressions. Their smiles were nearly spilling over, but they forcibly held them back, squeezing out a few fake tears as they nodded fiercely at Qian Ni.

He's finally... leaving!

Over the past few years, Qian Ni had tormented them terribly.

Herring Can would occasionally be hidden in their food, and during cultivation, they sometimes had to shoulder the exhaustion of more than half the Sea Soul Masters.

If Qian Ni had not been softhearted, he might have even set them up with the Hypnosis Phone App.

Sigh, he was still too kind.

The day he left the island, the winds were calm and the sea was smooth.

Xiao Bai carried Qian Ni away in the direction of Vast Sea City.

Though she hated this little madman who had fed her Herring Can often enough to make her teeth itch, Xiao Bai was still willing to play with Qian Ni because he had once caused the Sea God to manifest.

It was just that Qian Ni kept taking out a golden rein every few days, intending to abduct Xiao Bai and turn her into his mount.

Xiao Bai was not that stupid, so she had never fallen for it.

As Sea God Island grew smaller and smaller in his sight, Qian Ni felt deeply moved.

These six years had been fulfilling and happy.

Everyone had treated him well, and he also liked the simple, honest customs here.

"I'll miss you all. Goodbye, my hometown."

Just then, although it was still daytime...

A thunderous commotion erupted from Sea God Island.

Streams of colorful fireworks shot into the sky, exploding into a dazzling display.

Even in broad daylight, one could see how desperately the Sacred Pillar Guardians wanted to celebrate.

Qian Ni could even faintly hear Sea Dragon's hearty laughter...

Qian Ni's expression stiffened.

"Ha..."

He gave a dry laugh and pulled out a silicone butt model.

"Target locked: Sea Dragon!"

Magic Butt automatically linked with Sea Dragon.

Qian Ni drew Lightning Pellet, then burst forward with a savage thrust!

"Enjoy it, Uncle! Thousand Years of Death!

"It wasn't me who harmed you! It was this world!"

In the distance, a howl far more miserable than the laughter rang out from Sea God Island's port.

Fate Stone +9

Fate Stone +9

Fate Stone +9

Fate Stone +9

Fate Stone +9

One could only imagine how deep the psychological trauma of the other Sacred Pillar Guardians was.

They would probably never forget Qian Ni or this day for the rest of their lives.

Thus, the seven Sacred Pillar Guardians had been completely drained of Fate Stones.

"I'll take your final ripples!"

With Magic Butt impaled on Lightning Pellet, Qian Ni raised it high overhead.

Xiao Bai carried Qian Ni onward at full speed, drawing closer and closer to shore.

Half a day after passing Purple Pearl Island, several whirlpools suddenly appeared in the distant sea.

Xiao Bai shuddered, her voice tinged with nervousness.

"Qian Ni! I smell Evil Tiger!

"The Evil Spirit Orca pod is nearby!

"Hold tight. I'm speeding up! We'll avoid him!"

Qian Ni frowned upon hearing that.

"Hm? The Evil Orca King? I'm supposed to avoid its edge?

"Stop. Let's kill it together! We can even avenge your little brother!"

But Xiao Bai did not listen. Her enormous shark tail swung, and the Demon Shark Domain covered her entire body as she sped toward the coast.

"It's a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. I hate to say it, but it really is stronger than me, and it has the Evil Spirit Orca pod with it.

"Xiao Bai... Xiao Bai can't beat it!

"Xiao Bai promised the High Priest that she would get you safely ashore. Xiao Bai can't take risks!"

Xiao Bai said no more and simply raced ahead with her head down.

She pushed the Demon Soul Great White Shark's natural speed talent to its limit, becoming a grayish-white streak shooting across the ocean toward the coast.

Qian Ni looked back and vaguely saw a huge Soul Beast surfacing from the water, staring at Xiao Bai with cold, evil eyes.

It was a gray-black Evil Spirit Orca, far larger than the others.

It was Evil Tiger, the Evil Orca King and Xiao Bai's mortal enemy who had killed her little brother.

After pondering for a moment, Qian Ni lowered his head and asked, "Xiao Bai, what will you do when you return? Take a detour?"

Xiao Bai gave a wronged little hum before saying,

"That's the only way. Xiao Bai also needs to visit the various islands and warn those humans to avoid Evil Tiger's pod.

"Ah! Evil Tiger definitely knows Xiao Bai will do that. It'll hide along the way and attack Xiao Bai when she arrives.

"But don't worry, Qian Ni. Xiao Bai swims fast. At most, she'll get bitten a couple times.

"I'll just treat it like being bitten by a dog!"

The Hundred-Thousand-Year Demon Spirit Great White Shark King spoke bitterly.

Qian Ni narrowed his eyes.

"You're taking me ashore. How can I just stand by and watch?"

Xiao Bai did not understand. "What are you going to do?"

Qian Ni turned around and stared directly into the Evil Orca King's eyes across the vast sea.

He took more than a dozen whale-bone spears from his storage Soul Tool and spread them out across Xiao Bai's broad back.

Over the past few years, Sea God Island had killed quite a few Evil Spirit Orcas, making the members of this pod increasingly reluctant to travel alone.

Besides whale meat and Whale Rubber, whale bones were also decent materials. Qian Ni's collector's habit had flared up, so he had stockpiled quite a few.

Weren't they useful now?

"What am I going to do? Of course, I'm going to do what needs to be done!"

He raised a Whale Bone Spear. The muscles throughout his body bulged as Soul Power surged forth.

Qian Ni shouted and hurled it with all his might!

"Second Soul Skill! Declaration of the Gods: Anal Gungnir!"

The Whale Bone Spear shot through the air. As it neared its target, it traced a strange arc, plunged irresistibly beneath the waves, and went straight for the Evil Orca King's chrysanthemum!

"Aooouuu!!!--"

Never before had such a tragic whale song echoed across the sea!

Qian Ni sneered and threw the remaining spears one after another!

Anal Gungnir! Soul Skill repeat!

The whale song reverberated, stirring the soul!

"I once heard that a Tyrant Dragon unable to clasp its hands together has no right to trigger Li Jing's 100% Barehanded Blade Catch.

"And you, Evil Tiger, are neither Cnidaria nor Porifera. You are Chordata!

"You possess an anus, so you cannot resist my causality-based Soul Skill!"

Qian Ni turned around and stopped looking at his miserable opponent.

"Xiao Bai, your route back to the island is safe now."

What about Xiao Bai? Why was she not saying anything?

She was also Chordata. How could she dare say anything now?

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