Offensive Soul Tools

"Of course it's true."

Dai Chengqian smiled slightly, then took out a black case and strapped it to his right arm.

Dai Chengqian looked at Dugu Bo and said:

"Old monster, do me a favor. Let me test this thing's power on you."

Dugu Bo glanced at the black case and nodded.

"Go ahead. Let's see what you've tinkered together."

"Here I go, then!"

With that, Dai Chengqian activated the Soul Light Ray.

Several metal tubes on the black metal case fired beams of white light at Dugu Bo.

Sensing the power of the rays, Dugu Bo raised an eyebrow.

The Jade Phosphorous Serpent behind him spat out a cloud of green mist, shielding him.

The beams hissed as they struck the green mist.

A few seconds later, the rays exhausted their energy, having eaten away a small patch of the mist spewed out by the Jade Phosphorous Serpent.

Dugu Bo waved the green mist away, then looked at the metal case on Dai Chengqian's arm in surprise.

"Interesting. This thing's attack power is roughly on par with an ordinary Soul Master in their thirties."

Dai Chengqian turned to Ye Lingling and smiled.

"See? I wasn't lying, was I?"

"This is great! With this thing, even a pure support Soul Master like me can fight!"

Ye Lingling excitedly picked up a metal case and strapped it to her arm.

Besides the Soul Power Milk Bottle and the Soul Light Ray, Dai Chengqian had also prepared Soul Tool Thrusters to boost their speed and Soul Tool Bracelets for storage.

Altogether, each person received four different kinds of Soul Tools.

After receiving their Soul Tools, the girls eagerly went off to one side to figure out how to use them.

Dai Chengqian took two more sets out of the Storage Space and handed them to Dugu Bo and Bai Qingyue.

"Thank you both for training with us all this time. These little things might not be much use to Titled Douluos like you, but you can play with them as toys, or give them to someone else.

"If I develop Soul Tools that are useful to you in the future, I'll give you those too."

Looking at the Soul Tools in his hands, Dugu Bo asked curiously:

"Kid, did the Star Luo Emperor give you these Soul Tools?"

Dai Chengqian smiled.

"Couldn't I have developed them myself?"

Dugu Bo chuckled, assuming Dai Chengqian was joking.

He figured the Star Luo Empire must have made some breakthroughs in Soul Tools, but could not conveniently disclose them yet.

Dugu Bo did not know the specifics of the Star Luo Empire's situation, but Bai Qingyue did.

She knew the Star Luo Empire had no Soul Tools like those the Sixth Prince had produced.

In other words, the Sixth Prince really had tinkered these things together himself at some unknown point!

Looking at Dai Chengqian, Bai Qingyue marveled inwardly. This prince always managed to surprise people.

Of all the Star Luo Emperor's sons, only this Sixth Prince remained a mystery to her.

The qualifiers for the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament were fast approaching. Dai Chengqian let the girls study their Soul Tools for a short while, then took them to the Star Dou Great Forest.

The two Titled Douluos, Dugu Bo and Bai Qingyue, accompanied them again.

This time, they would have to venture deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain their Soul Rings.

Although the group's overall strength had risen by more than one tier, the Star Dou Great Forest was home to hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts, after all. Dai Chengqian did not dare grow complacent.

With the help of the two Titled Douluos, they found suitable Soul Beasts for Zhu Zhuqing, Asuya, and Meng Yiran in less than twenty days.

Zhu Zhuqing absorbed a Soul Beast over 4,500 years old, and her Soul Skill was still Netherworld Shadow Clone.

The Soul Beasts Asuya and Meng Yiran absorbed were both around 4,000 years old.

Asuya's fourth Soul Skill was called Space Split, an instantaneous single-target attack.

Meng Yiran's fourth Soul Skill was called Thousand Snake Arrow, an area-of-effect attack.

Although its attack power was lower than that of a single-target Soul Skill, it had crowd-control properties.

Anyone struck by Thousand Snake Arrow would find its mucus clinging to them like a festering sore gnawing at the bone, inflicting all sorts of negative effects such as slowing, poisoning, and devouring Soul Power.

After the three girls absorbed their fourth Soul Rings, Dai Chengqian was the only one in the group who still lacked one.

"Kid, your third Soul Ring was already a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

"For your fourth, I think you could absorb one around twenty thousand years old at the very least."

Dai Chengqian looked at Dugu Bo and said:

"Old monster, do you think so little of me?

"I think I can absorb a thirty-thousand-year Soul Ring at the very least."

"You little brat, give you an inch and you start puffing out your chest.

"I don't have time to joke around with you.

"If you hadn't already surpassed the normal limits by absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as your third, I would never recommend a twenty-thousand-year Soul Ring.

"You should know that most Soul Masters' Sixth Soul Rings aren't even twenty thousand years old. Absorbing one that old as your fourth is already monstrously terrifying.

"Yet you're still greedy enough to want a thirty-thousand-year Soul Ring. I'm honestly afraid you'll explode and die while absorbing it."

Bai Qingyue looked at Dai Chengqian, her brows drawing together slightly.

If anyone else had said they wanted to absorb a thirty-thousand-year Soul Ring, she would have thought they were joking.

But Dai Chengqian was definitely not joking.

He truly wanted to absorb a thirty-thousand-year Soul Ring.

Although she thought it was risky, Dai Chengqian was no ordinary Soul Master.

He was a genius who had set a record by absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as his third. What others could not accomplish might be possible for him.

However, thirty-thousand-year Soul Beasts were far rarer than ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts and would be difficult to find.

In the Star Dou Great Forest, Soul Beasts over thirty thousand years old were mostly concentrated in the depths, where ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts predominated.

To ordinary Soul Masters, that was an absolute forbidden zone.

With bad luck, they might even encounter terrifying hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts such as the Titan Giant Ape or the Sky Azure Bull Python.

His Majesty had sent her to protect the Sixth Prince. She could not allow anything to go wrong.

At that thought, Bai Qingyue addressed Dugu Bo.

"Poison Douluo, I don't think His Highness is joking. He really does intend to absorb a Soul Ring around thirty thousand years old."

Hearing Bai Qingyue's words, Dugu Bo asked Dai Chengqian seriously:

"Kid, do you really intend to absorb a Soul Ring as old as thirty thousand years?"

When Dai Chengqian nodded, Dugu Bo gave him a long look, then sighed.

"I see it now. For the sake of strength, you really don't care about your life."

Glancing at the girls behind Dai Chengqian, Bai Qingyue said:

"Your Highness, hunting for a thirty-thousand-year Soul Ring means venturing deep into Star Dou. It's too dangerous.

"There are too many people for me to protect them all.

"I suggest having Poison Douluo escort Zhu Zhuyun and the other five back to the Star Luo Empire.

"I'll accompany you into the depths to hunt a Soul Beast."

"I won't be going back just yet. Senior Poison Douluo, please escort the other girls back first. I'm going with His Highness."

As soon as Bai Qingyue finished, Zhu Zhuyun spoke up, insisting on staying.

Then Zhu Zhuqing said, "Since Sister Zhu Yun is staying, I'm not leaving either."

The other girls also spoke up, saying they did not want to return to the Star Luo Empire.

After these months of intensive training, they had become people who could entrust their backs to one another.

Looking at his teammates, Dai Chengqian felt a faint warmth of emotion.

But Bai Qingyue was right. Venturing deep into the Star Dou Great Forest was dangerous, and it would be better to send them back first.

Just as he was about to persuade the girls to return—

Suddenly.

A tremendous roar rang out from the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Immediately afterward, the earth began to shake, and a violent, chaotic surge of Soul Power came crashing toward them.

Sensing that power, Bai Qingyue's expression changed drastically, and she shouted to Dugu Bo:

"This is bad! Those are the shock waves of a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast fighting someone!

"Get them out of here, now!"