Douluo: As Yan Shaozhe's Son, I Defected from Shrek at the Start
Chapter 40

Tenth-Thousand-Year Soul Skill Dragon Shadow Devour, Hypothesis of Spiritual Domination

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Yan Jingchuan followed Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui as they left the headquarters of the Holy Spirit Cult.

The three of them first made a circle around the Evil Forest on the spot, but as expected, they did not find any suitable soul beasts.

"There are quite a few with the dark attribute, and the age is sufficient, but none of them are the most suitable for you."

Since there were better choices, Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui naturally did not want Yan Jingchuan to just make do with something.

"For soul masters with our Dark Sacred Dragon martial soul, soul beasts of the dragon family are the first choice. Both the soul skills obtained and the improvement to physical fitness are the best."

As someone who had walked this path before, Long Xiaoyao had used his own strength to cultivate the Dark Sacred Dragon martial soul to the realm of a ninety-ninth-level Limit Douluo, and the experience he shared with Yan Jingchuan was undoubtedly the most practical.

"It's a pity that the Sun Moon Empire doesn't have that many dragon-type soul beasts. It seems we still have to make a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest."

Ye Xishui's proposal had no problems, but Yan Jingchuan, upon hearing that they were going to the Star Dou Great Forest, felt an inexplicable sense of guilt in his heart.

He had hunted a Golden Tortoiseshell from the core zone of the Star Dou Great Forest and had not been back for long before having to go over there again. He had a strong illusion of a criminal returning to the crime scene after committing a deed.

He just didn't know if those beast kings had let down their guard. If they truly encountered them, Yan Jingchuan was actually not afraid at all; with two Limit Douluos on his side, apart from Di Tian, the other beast kings posed no threat whatsoever.

Even if Di Tian really came, with Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui joining forces, it couldn't stop them if they wanted to leave.

What truly worried Yan Jingchuan was not the issue of safety, but the subsequent trouble caused by being targeted. When that happened, wanting to come to the Star Dou Great Forest to acquire soul rings would probably be difficult.

Having confirmed their decision to head to the Star Dou Great Forest, Yan Jingchuan immediately got to witness the tip of the iceberg regarding the strength of Limit Douluos.

Under the speed of Limit Douluos, the outline of the Jingyang Mountain Range vanished in an instant, and in less half a day after crossing the Ming Dou Mountains, they had already appeared above the Star Dou Great Forest.

Cultivating to the level of a Limit Douluo allowed one to utilize the power of space to a certain extent.

Swallowing hard, Yan Jingchuan truly and solidly experienced the prowess of humanity's limit below the divine level, which was far beyond the comparison of ordinary Titled Douluos or Hyper Douluos.

It was no wonder there was the saying, "Every level gained past level ninety is a qualitative leap in strength."

Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui, while approaching the core zone, unleashed their vast spiritual power.

With two Limit Douluos finding soul rings for him, Yan Jingchuan had nothing he needed to worry about, so he leisurely pondered the plan targeting Shrek.

When he saw Yan Feng, Yan Jingchuan had the idea of infiltrating Shrek from the bottom up.

Zhang Lexuan had already been crippled, and whether she could recover after modification remained an unknown.

Without Zhang Lexuan, the Inner Court's senior sister, as the main pillar, it was quite hard to say whether Shrek could still cultivate a genius within a year or so to lead the team to victory in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament.

Ever since the destruction of Spirit Hall ten thousand years ago, the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament had not been cut off; instead, it became an event hosted in rotation by various countries.

It was probably from that time on that the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament, originally monopolized by Spirit Hall, became Shrek's.

It had been like this for ten thousand years, and Shrek directly became an alternative Spirit Hall.

From the perspective of a transmigrator and the overall landscape of the continent, no matter how Yan Jingchuan compared it, Shrek was simply not worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as Spirit Hall.

Just the fact that Spirit Hall awakened martial souls for all commoners on the continent for free completely crushed Shrek.

Regardless of what motives Spirit Hall had, it genuinely did practical work. Unlike Shrek today, which actually required ten gold soul coins for a commoner to awaken a martial soul, completely blocking the opportunity for commoners to turn their fortunes around.

Even ordinary people in many armies did not even know what a martial soul was, so one could imagine what kind of role Shrek's existence truly played.

This session of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament was being held in the Douling Empire. If Shrek failed to continue defending its consecutive championships due to the absence of Zhang Lexuan.

That would undoubtedly be no small blow to Shrek's reputation, and those blind fools who believed Shrek was invincible under heaven would inevitably begin to doubt Shrek.

If Shrek still desperately defended the championship in this session, it actually didn't matter.

Anyway, as long as Shrek's condition of having a generation gap and a lack of successors remained unchanged, it would inevitably and eagerly need a genius who could shoulder heavy responsibilities in the future.

Yan Feng was the life-saving medicine Yan Jingchuan carefully selected for Shrek.

As the possessor of a Bone Dragon Martial Soul with a clear lineage and immense symbolic significance, as long as he was made to connect with the Nine-Treasure Glazed Sect in advance and then entered Shrek Academy, the old fellows in the Sea God Pavilion certainly wouldn't refuse him.

As for the fact that Yan Feng was an Evil Soul Master, Yan Jingchuan wasn't worried at all. With the example of the Bone Douluo Gu Rong from ten thousand years ago, plus the background of the Nine-Treasure Glazed Sect, who would dare say he was an Evil Soul Master?

The only problem lying before Yan Jingchuan was how to make Yan Feng serve him.

Before an exact answer to the problem could be found, a soul beast suitable for Yan Jingchuan was found first.

On the periphery of the core zone, Long Xiaoyao casually struck a Bloodraged Earth Dragon, beating it half to death:

"This kind of dragon-type soul beast, known for being fierce and formidable, is very suitable for you, and its age is also sufficient, around sixteen thousand years."

Ye Xishui brought Yan Jingchuan down in front of this soul beast.

Yan Jingchuan did not hesitate and decisively ended its life.

The black ten-thousand-year soul ring slowly condensed and formed.

Sitting cross-legged, he officially began to absorb it, and soul rings of yellow, purple, and black encircled his body.

Within the Sea of Spirit, the resentment of the Bloodraged Earth Dragon attempted to launch an attack against Yan Jingchuan.

The soul shock of over sixteen thousand years was still too insignificant under Yan Jingchuan's Titled Douluo-level spiritual power.

Easily shattering it, the resentment of the Bloodraged Earth Dragon could only dissipate unwillingly.

Outside, Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui watched as Yan Jingchuan frowned slightly, and then nothing more happened; the absorption of the ten-thousand-year soul ring entered a smooth phase.

"Truly a monster among monsters!"

While exclaiming in admiration, the corners of Long Xiaoyao's mouth couldn't be suppressed no matter what.

Ye Xishui remained silent, quietly harboring some other thoughts in her heart.

Five hours later, Yan Jingchuan finished absorbing the soul ring, and his soul power reached the peak of the thirty-third level.

"How is it? What is your third soul skill?"

Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui looked over together.

"Great-grandfather, Great-grandmother, my third soul skill is named Dragon Shadow Devour, an instantaneous burst-type offensive soul skill."

Without needing any concealment, Yan Jingchuan stated the effect of his third soul skill.

Dragon Shadow Devour: soul power condenses into the physical entity of a giant Dark Sacred Dragon to launch a surprise attack on the enemy. Born from the lurking burst of the Bloodraged Earth Dragon, this soul skill possessed extreme might and had the effect of devouring other soul skills to strengthen itself.

"Not bad, not bad!"

Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao nodded. With the third soul skill being like this, there was indeed nothing to pick on.

"Great-grandmother, I have a question I'd like to ask for guidance."

At this moment, Yan Jingchuan suddenly asked Ye Xishui an inexplicable question:

"What kind of soul beasts do we need to hunt with our Demon Puppet martial soul to obtain a spiritual control-type soul skill?"

As soon as he asked this question, Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui were startled for a moment.

Ye Xishui, who quickly reacted, frowned slightly:

"Xiaochuan, are you thinking of adding a soul ring to your Hell Demon Puppet? Do you want to take the control-type route?"

Yan Jingchuan asking this question was not a passing whim, but rather the best method he could think of after comparing several plans for controlling Yan Feng.

He indeed intended to develop the Hell Demon Puppet toward the control system; in terms of offense, he possessed the first martial soul, the Dark Sacred Dragon, which was of the fierce attack system, allowing the two to achieve a mutual complementarity with different focuses.

The plan to infiltrate Shrek was something Yan Jingchuan had to direct personally, and naturally, manipulating Yan Feng also required him to do it himself, which would make control and improvisation much more convenient.

Spiritual control was covert and not easily detected, which was Yan Jingchuan's final answer.

As for who understood the Demon Puppet martial soul best, there was undoubtedly no one other than Ye Xishui; asking her was definitely the right choice.

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