After absorbing the Soul Ring of the 200,000-year-old Golden Scorpion Emperor, Yang Podi and his group searched for half a month in the Star Dou Great Forest, but still couldn't find a suitable Soul Ring.
Logically speaking, fire-attribute Soul Beast usually congregate in places like volcanoes, where there is scorching magma, which is more suitable for fire-attribute Soul Beast to survive.
We'll probably have to search for water-attribute Soul Beast in the ocean. I was thinking of looking for the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, but I probably can't beat him now.
Yang Podi and his group originally wanted to find the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, but they couldn't even find a trace of it; they didn't know where it had gone.
After thinking it over carefully for a while, Yang Podi decided to go to the Lake of Life to take a look. There might be some good Soul Beast there. Anyway, he still had four Soul Ring slots left. If all else failed, he would see if he could find a Sky Azure Bull Python.
However, when Yang Podi arrived at the Lake of Life of Lake of Life, there were obvious signs of a fight nearby, as if a major battle had taken place. Chrysanthemum petals could even be found, indicating that Chrysanthemum Douluo had been there.
Yang Podi pondered to himself: Could it be that Bibi Dong sent Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to capture Xiao Wu, resulting in a great battle here? But there haven't been any sacrificial phenomena recently. Within the Core Circle area of Star Dou Great Forest, if a sacrifice were to occur and produce a special red light, it shouldn't go unnoticed.
The Lake of Life is indeed incredibly rich in spiritual energy, making it ideal for cultivation by both humans and Soul Beast. No wonder it is considered the very foundation of the Star Dou Great Forest.
After spending several days around the Lake of Life, they didn't see Xiao Wu, let alone the Titan Giant Ape or the Sky Azure Bull Python.
Yang Tianyue seemed a little irritated as she spoke, "Brother, I've been feeling a bit strange these past few days, like some kind of danger is approaching. And we haven't found any high-level Soul Beast these past few days, isn't that a bit odd?"
Yang Podi paused for a moment before speaking, "Let's go back first. Something's definitely not right around here."
However, after walking only half a kilometer, the six of them encountered a very burly middle-aged man. This man was 2.5 meters tall, with abnormally exaggerated muscles all over his body, and his aura looked extremely fierce, completely unlike an ordinary Soul Master.
The burly middle-aged man spoke with a fierce expression, "Is it you who have recently killed so many Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?"
Yang Podi could sense a powerful threat from the middle-aged man in front of him. Logically speaking, with his current strength, apart from the three Limit Douluo, no one should be able to pose a significant threat to him.
Yang Podi looked at the burly middle-aged man in front of him with a serious expression. "Who are you? Why are you paying attention to us?"
"You don't need to know who I am, just die."
The burly middle-aged man uttered only one sentence before throwing a punch at Yang Podi. The power in that punch seemed incredibly strong, as if it could shatter everyone.
Yang Podi quickly summoned his Martial Soul and Soul Ring, gripped the Soul Breaking Spear with both hands, and thrust it at the middle-aged man with all his might.
The blade of the Soul Breaking Spear collided with the fist of the burly middle-aged man. Yang Podi was forced back five meters, while a faint wound appeared on the fist of the middle-aged man opposite him. However, he only retreated one meter, clearly indicating that he was stronger than Yang Podi.
Seeing this, the other five summoned their Martial Soul and Soul Ring, intending to attack the burly middle-aged man.
However, the burly middle-aged man roared, "A bunch of ants dare to try and hurt me? Today you will all die!"
After saying that, the burly middle-aged man simply swung his arm and withstood the attacks of the five people. Even Yang Tianyue's Sea God Trident was blocked by his powerful body.
Immediately afterwards, two claws appeared on the burly middle-aged man's hands, reaching directly at Yang Podi as if they could tear through space.
Yang Podi hurriedly used the Soul Breaking Spear to block, but three huge claw marks appeared directly on the Soul Breaking Spear, and Yang Podi himself was even cleaved several meters away.
Yang Podi gritted his teeth and activated his Tool Soul Avatar. The huge Soul Breaking Spear collided with the middle-aged man's claws again. This time, the middle-aged man retreated three meters, and Yang Podi himself also retreated three meters.
Yang Podi spoke with unusual seriousness, "Are you Xiong Jun?"
The burly middle-aged man laughed wildly, "I never imagined that anyone in this world would know who I am, Xiong Jun. It seems I cannot let you live."
"Everyone be careful, don't confront him head-on."
After Yang Podi finished speaking, his Eighth Soul Ring flashed, and he directly used his Eighth Soul Skill: Golden Behemoth Slash the Soul Breaking Spear, and a huge beam of light appeared on the spear and slashed towards Xiong Jun, as if it would tear the sky apart.
Xiong Jun seemed exceptionally ferocious, directly using his steel claws to tear at the Golden Behemoth Slash —it was Xiong Jun's Dark Gold Dreadclaw.
The Dark Gold Dreadclaw and the Golden Behemoth Slash collided, seemingly tearing the entire space apart—truly a clash of Ultimate Metal.
Even so, Yang Podi did not gain any advantage; this was the first time someone had withstood Yang Podi's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill.
The five people around him also used their Tool Soul Avatar, wanting to step forward and assist Yang Podi.
But Xiong Jun on the other side simply tore with his bear claws, and Niu Meng's Plate-Armored Giant Rhinoceros and Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor were directly cleaved in huge wounds, while Yang Ping'an's Thunder Dragon Spear was directly cleaved away, and even Yang Tianyue and the Sea God Trident were forced back more than ten meters.
Yang Podi spoke with a vicious look on his face, " Xiong Jun, you're courting death."
Yang Podi's multiple Soul Ring flashed as he simultaneously activated his First Soul Skill, Qian Jun's Strength, and his Third Soul Skill, Golden Power. The Soul Breaking Spear instantly became extremely heavy, and both its strength and attack power increased several times over.
Immediately afterward, Yang Podi gripped the Soul Breaking Spear and Spear Strikes Like a Dragon thrust, the Soul Breaking Spear seemingly tearing through space, even emitting bursts of dragon roars.
However, Xiong Jun on the other side was also exceptionally fierce, attacking directly with his Dark Gold Dreadclaw. The two sides clashed repeatedly in just a moment. Whether it was the Soul Breaking Spear thrusting forward multiple times or Xiong Jun's claws tearing through the air multiple times, neither side gained any advantage. Of course, both of them had several wounds on their bodies, and both seemed to have become exceptionally ferocious.
As for the other five, their attacks were completely ineffective against Xiong Jun. Dugu Yan and Niu Meng couldn't even break through Xiong Jun's defenses; it was like tickling him.
Yang Ping'an and Yang Tianyue are far inferior to Xiong Jun in both attack power and strength. Even when Yang Tianyue uses the Sea God Trident, she can only injure Xiong Jun. However, the difference in their Soul Power is too great. It is estimated that Xiong Jun has reached the Limit Douluo level, while Yang Tianyue is only a Soul Douluo. Even with a set of top-grade Soul Bone, the gap is still huge.
Yang Tianyue was seen using a halberd technique he had never seen before, and a huge blue phantom appeared in the sky, like Sea God. This must be the Golden Thirteen Halberds taught by the Sea God.
Yang Ping'an transformed into lightning, unleashing his Ninth Soul Skill: Thunder Under Heaven. The entire Thunder Dragon Spear transformed into a Thunder Dragon, rapidly attacking.
Yang Podi's Eighth Soul Ring flashed again, this time using his Eighth Soul Skill: Earth Behemoth Break. The huge Soul Breaking Spear pierced directly towards Xiong Jun at high speed. This was under the condition of using two amplified Soul Skill, and its attack power was almost at its limit.
The Xiong Jun on the opposite side roared, and its body instantly grew to a gigantic size, transforming into a 15-meter-tall Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. Its body was covered with a thick, dark gold coat, and its arms were incredibly long, hanging down at its sides. For such a massive body, the length of its arms was even longer than its knees. Moreover, its entire body was exceptionally strong, displaying extreme power and gold properties.
As Xiong Jun faced the attacks of the three, his two claws suddenly became exceptionally terrifying, as if they could tear the heavens and earth apart—this was Xiong Jun's Sky-Rending Claw.
This earth-shattering attack forced all three— Xiong Jun, Yang Podi— to retreat considerably, clearly indicating that neither side held a significant advantage, and both sustained numerous wounds.
Ye Lingling quickly used the Nine Heart Begonia to treat the five people. Although their wounds were healing, the treatment effect was significantly worse than before. It seemed that an invisible force was blocking the healing process. Ye Lingling was now Titled Douluo, and she could heal ordinary wounds with just a little Soul Power. She could even be said to be able to make people truly immortal.
However, even with Ye Lingling's powerful healing abilities, the healing of these wounds was much slower than usual.
Yang Podi gritted his teeth, and his Ninth Soul Ring flashed. This was the first time Yang Podi had used his Ninth Soul Skill: Sky Support.
Suddenly, the sky changed, and the heavens and earth seemed to tremble. Countless Soul Power formed a huge Soul Breaking Spear -Soul Breaking Spear, which was tens of meters long. The huge spear blade seemed to tear the heavens and earth apart, and the friction between the spear blade and the air caused it to be filled with sparks.
This move was a combination of the Ultimate Metal and the Ultimate Strength. Xiong Jun's entire body seemed to be under immense pressure, as if he were locked in place by the pressure. Even when Xiong Jun used the Sky-Rending Claw, it seemed that he could not stop the huge Soul Breaking Spear from falling.
But Xiong Jun was also exceptionally fierce, roaring at the Soul Breaking Spear that was falling from the sky, as if he wanted to withstand it head-on.
At that moment, a sudden change occurred between heaven and earth. Lightning seemed to flash across the sky, and a faint dragon's roar could be heard, a roar that seemed to strike directly at everyone's soul.
Immediately afterwards, a giant dragon claw appeared in the void, grabbing at the massive Soul Breaking Spear that was falling from the sky Soul Breaking Spear seemed to be shattered, and a huge wound appeared on the dragon claw. In this move, the dragon claw gained the upper hand.
Upon seeing this, Yang Podi's expression changed drastically. He immediately used his Soul Power to pull the five people to his side. Then, the first red Soul Ring flashed rapidly, and a black hole appeared in the space. Without hesitation, Yang Podi led the five people into the black hole and disappeared instantly.
When Yang Podi reappeared, they were already several kilometers away. However, Yang Podi was still extremely nervous, flapping his wings and leading the five of them away from the Star Dou Great Forest at Extreme Speed, as if they had encountered some great terror.
A tremendous voice echoed from afar, "Human, you are forbidden from entering my Star Dou Great Forest again!"
Yang Podi ignored the voice, merely sneered, and then flapped his wings to increase his speed to the maximum, quickly departing.
The group flew for a full 300 kilometers out of the Star Dou Great Forest before stopping, at which point Yang Podi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The group quickly found a place to sit down, and Ye Lingling swiftly began treating them.
The treatment took a full day, and it was only after all five of them had fully recovered from their injuries. However, Ye Lingling asked with some confusion, " Podi, why was it so difficult for that middle-aged man to treat your wounds?"
Yang Podi shook his head. "This is the Ultimate Metal, just like my Soul Breaking Spear. It represents the pinnacle of metal properties. This wound is no ordinary wound; wounds with the properties of Ultimate Metal are very difficult to heal."
Yang Tianyue seemed a little unsure and asked, "Brother, what is the Ultimate Metal?"
Yang Podi looked at Yang Tianyue with a hint of doting affection, and then gave a detailed introduction.
"When the metal elemental Martial Soul attribute is cultivated to its highest level, it becomes the Ultimate Metal. This attribute not only has a restraining effect on other attributes, but it even has a restraining effect on the original metal element."
"Any element, when cultivated to its ultimate level, will possess Ultimate Attribute. Those who can cultivate to this level are extremely rare, and are basically invincible among their peers."
Yang Tianyue, still somewhat puzzled, asked, "Then how can one cultivate to the Ultimate Attribute?"
Yang Podi thought for a moment before speaking, " Ultimate Attribute are extremely difficult to cultivate. First, it requires a very high quality Martial Soul. In addition, it requires absorbing the same type of Soul Ring countless times and breaking through to achieve it. My current Martial Soul is almost at the Ultimate Metal and Ultimate Strength."
Yang Tianyue said with a face full of regret, "Brother, if you knew why you didn't tell me sooner, I could have cultivated the Ultimate Metal too."
Yang Podi couldn't help but chuckle, " Ultimate Attribute are indeed powerful, but they also present enormous difficulties. Soul Master with Ultimate Attribute will experience extremely slow cultivation speeds between levels 30 and 70, so slow that it can make one question the meaning of life."