Heavenly Abyss Whale

With Du Busi at level 98 and a Class 7 Flying Soul Tool to boot, they flew extremely fast.

The Body Sect simply had no Soul Engineers; it did not reject Soul Tools outright.

If suitable Soul Tools were available, they had no objection to using them. On the contrary, they were more than willing.

During combat, a Soul Master's Martial Soul would inevitably suffer damage, and among all Martial Souls, Body Martial Souls passed the greatest proportion of that damage back to their masters.

When a Soul Master with a Body Martial Soul cultivated, their Martial Soul was part of their own body, so as they cultivated Soul Power and strengthened themselves, their Martial Soul grew stronger as well. A stronger Martial Soul made cultivation smoother, which in turn helped strengthen the Martial Soul further. Yet this heaven-defying mechanism of climbing skyward by stepping on one's own feet also came with an equally tremendous restriction in the opposite direction.

In battle, when the Soul Master was injured, their Martial Soul was injured; when their Martial Soul was injured, the Soul Master was injured.

It was the same process of stepping on one's own feet, only with injuries.

Describing the damage as stacking like this was somewhat exaggerated, but Soul Masters with Body Martial Souls really were prone to serious injuries.

So if they could get a Soul Tool longsword, a Soul Tool dagger, or even Soul Tool armor, Body Soul Masters certainly would not hesitate to use them.

The Body Sect itself had no fixed abode. They were not settled in the Heaven Dou Empire.

Before taking Vina as a disciple and entering into close cooperation with the Heavenly Soul Royal Family, the Body Sect had roamed throughout the Douluo Three Kingdoms, treating every empire there equally.

It was simply that Vina's talent was so outstanding that she had drawn the Body Sect and the Heavenly Soul Royal Family closer together. Over time, the sect naturally committed more and more resources to this region, and in the future, it would even establish its headquarters here.

Within the Douluo Three Kingdoms, those who rejected Soul Tools were Shrek Academy's Martial Soul Department, along with many sects and academies within the Heaven Dou Empire.

The enthusiasm for Soul Tools in the Star Luo Empire and the Dou Ling Empire was actually far from lacking. On the contrary, the research atmosphere was intense. But no matter how intense it was, the Sun Moon Empire still had them by the throat when it came to technology.

Many sects within the Heaven Dou Empire resisted them, while the Dou Ling Empire was tucked away at the very back, with very few avenues for acquiring Soul Tools.

The Star Luo Empire bordered the front lines and could obtain quite a few advanced Soul Tools from the battlefield, but most of those were bought up by Shrek. Yet Shrek did not prioritize Soul Tool development and invested relatively little in it. This further slowed the Douluo Three Kingdoms' efforts to catch up in the field of Soul Tools.

The Body Sect took an objective view of Soul Tools.

In fact, during these years of cooperation between the Body Sect and the Heaven Dou Empire, the Heavenly Soul Royal Family's attitude toward Soul Tools had gradually changed as well.

At least, as far as Su Yu knew, by the time of the future tournament in Mingdu, the Heavenly Soul Royal Family had already begun purchasing Soul Tools.

Unfortunately, their awakening still came too late.

Of course, even if they had awakened earlier, it would not really have helped.

The enormous disparity in national power was already beyond what even a Limit Douluo could reverse.

The only reason the Sun Moon Empire had delayed launching its final war might have been its fear of a decapitation strike by a Limit Douluo.

That delay had continued until the present, when Kong Deming had emerged, along with Mingdu's heavily fortified defense system.

With those two elements in place, it was only a matter of time before the Sun Moon Empire swallowed the entire Douluo Continent.

Even Su Yu did not actually feel any strong desire to oppose the Sun Moon Empire once he grew powerful.

There was no need.

In just three days, the two of them reached the deep-sea region.

Along the way, they encountered several storms at sea and witnessed several tsunamis.

With Du Busi there, however, Su Yu was not particularly worried about any of them.

Now that they were deep within the open sea, they soon discovered a ten-thousand-year Sea Soul Beast.

It was a Deep Sea Demon Octopus.

"It's a shame it isn't a whale Soul Beast. Let's keep looking," Su Yu said.

Du Busi had no objections and took Su Yu along as he searched the surrounding waters.

Soon, the two of them found a whale Sea Soul Beast.

"Heavenly Abyss Whale!"

As Su Yu gazed at that vast maw, black as an abyss, immense delight immediately shone in his eyes.

This Heavenly Abyss Whale was his most preferred target.

It was a type of whale Sea Soul Beast with an enormous body and a whole world cradled within. It was said to have a separate space inside its abdomen.

Its gaping maw resembled a bottomless abyss, connecting to that space.

Not only was its internal space vast, but the Heavenly Abyss Whale's Soul Power reserves also stood head and shoulders above those of comparable Soul Beasts.

With the same ten-thousand-year cultivation, a Heavenly Abyss Whale might possess more than ten times as much Soul Power as a Deep Sea Demon Octopus.

Such a terrifying disparity also made the Heavenly Abyss Whale unrivaled among its peers.

Of course, this also meant that Heavenly Abyss Whales had never evolved any particularly distinctive Soul Skills. Their usual way of fighting was to unleash all their Soul Power, strengthen themselves, and then ram their enemies.

If one insisted on adding some special effects, a little sound could be thrown in, something like, "Here comes the big truck!"

"This Heavenly Abyss Whale, then?" Du Busi asked for confirmation.

Su Yu nodded emphatically.

Even if there were other decent varieties of whale Sea Soul Beasts, they still fell somewhat short compared to this Heavenly Abyss Whale.

He had just developed the secret technique of Dantian Tempering, and the Soul Ring of a Heavenly Abyss Whale was currently the best match for it.

After all, once his dantian was sturdy enough, it could hold a sea of Soul Power-but that all depended on him having a sea of Soul Power in the first place.

With the target confirmed, Su Yu fitted a Flying Soul Tool onto his own back and activated it to hover in midair. Freed of his concerns, Du Busi immediately unleashed a lethal assault on the Heavenly Abyss Whale.

He did not hesitate for an instant or waste any time. As Du Busi struck, the Heavenly Abyss Whale barely managed to let out one long cry before it was brought to the brink of death.

Its immense Soul Power began surging in every direction, and its blowhole burst open, exposing the internal organs beneath it.

Su Yu sucked in a cold breath.

The sect master is far too brutal.

A level 98 Super Douluo attacking at full strength was absolutely beyond the ability of a ten-thousand-year Heavenly Abyss Whale to withstand.

After only a few brief exchanges, the Heavenly Abyss Whale was already in such a wretched state.

Of course, that was also because Du Busi had to leave Su Yu the chance to deliver the finishing blow. Otherwise, the Heavenly Abyss Whale would already have been dead.

Su Yu took a deep breath and wasted no time. He set up an enormous Soul Cannon, aimed at the ruptured blowhole, and fired into the Heavenly Abyss Whale's internal organs.

A Soul Ring could still be absorbed if the Soul Beast was killed with a Soul Tool.

With the thunderous blast of the Soul Cannon shell, the Heavenly Abyss Whale's organs exploded, and a mournful cry echoed through the seawater.

An ink-black Soul Ring slowly rose.

At the sight of the Soul Ring, Su Yu hesitated no longer and descended onto the boat Du Busi had deployed.

He touched the pitch-black Soul Ring with his Soul Power and drew it toward his body.

At the same time, his essence, energy, and spirit united, and in a mere instant, he entered the state of the inner landscape.