And so, the two rode in a carriage to Sunset Forest.
This was the second time the two had visited Sunset Forest, so they seemed quite familiar with the place.
But I wonder if I was just having particularly bad luck this time? I spent seven or eight days in Sunset Forest and still couldn't find a suitable Soul Beast.
It's either that the age limit is too low, or the quality of the Soul Beast is too poor. According to Yang Podi's own estimation, he can absorb Soul Beast within 10,000 years old, especially since his Third Soul Ring is already 4,000 years old. Moreover, he also ate a piece of top-grade Whale Rubber to enhance his physique. According to the original work, just the Thousand-Year Whale Rubber alone can increase the body's tolerance for 500-year Soul Ring absorption.
What he absorbed was Whale Rubber that had been stored for 50,000 years, the finest of Whale Rubber.
After discussing it for a while, the two finally decided to go to the Star Dou Great Forest.
However, the Star Dou Great Forest was quite far away, and it took the two of them about six or seven days to arrive by carriage.
When the two entered the Star Dou Great Forest, Yang Podi felt that the atmosphere of the Star Dou Great Forest was completely different from that of the Sunset Forest. The life force here was much stronger, and there were significantly more trees and various kinds of animals Soul Beast.
Even the simple trees, many of them are hundreds of meters tall, with trunks several meters in diameter or even larger. They are much more beautiful than those popular tourist attractions from my previous life.
Father Yang Zhentian also emphasized. "Son, in terms of the number and types of Soul Beast Soul Beast, the Star Dou Great Forest far surpasses other Soul Beast Soul Beast, but it is also far more dangerous. You must know that the Star Dou Great Forest Star Dou Great Forest spans the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, and no force in the world can conquer it."
"Especially the core area of Star Dou Great Forest, which is known as Forbidden Zone of Life. Even Titled Douluo dare not venture too deep into it, so we must be extra careful."
After entering the Star Dou Great Forest, Yang Zhentian, the father, produced a map of the Star Dou Great Forest from who-knows-where. The map was roughly divided into several areas, including an outer area of 200 kilometers, a mixed area of 500 kilometers, and a core area of 200 kilometers. The 50 kilometers in the center of the core area was called the forbidden Forbidden Zone of Life.
The outer area generally contains Soul Beast under ten thousand years old, while the mixed area contains Soul Beast Soul Beast one hundred, one thousand, and ten thousand years old, but not many of very high age. The core area is mainly inhabited by Soul Beast over thirty thousand years old. The Forbidden Zone of Life has never been explored; it is estimated to be the Lake of Life. (The original novel does not specify the exact size of the Star Dou Great Forest, only the size of the Balak Kingdom. After all, it is a fantasy world; a kingdom is roughly 1000 kilometers long and wide, about one-tenth the size of China.)
" Podi, this time we're going to the mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest. All kinds of Soul Beast are widely distributed there—hundred-year-old, thousand-year-old, ten-thousand-year-old Soul Beast, and there are many of them. Occasionally, even very high-age Soul Beast will escape. So you must stay by my side at all times and don't wander off."
Yang Podi, after looking at the map, couldn't help but ask, "Dad, why is one-third of the Star Dou Great Forest in the Heaven Dou Empire and two-thirds in the Star Luo Empire?"
"That's because neither the Heaven Dou Empire nor the Star Luo Empire can completely conquer the Star Dou Great Forest. Even the strongest experts are prone to dying in the Great Forest. As far as I know, in the last hundred years, six or seven Titled Douluo have died in the Star Dou Great Forest, and even the Clear Sky Sect Star Dou Great Forest lost an elder there."
"As for other forces, the number of deaths, both overt and covert, is likely to be even greater."
Just as Dad said, the Star Dou Great Forest was indeed full of endless dangers. It took the two of them almost three days to travel just the two hundred kilometers of the outer area. During the journey, they were attacked by Soul Beast many times. Moreover, some of these Soul Beast were extremely rare, and could even be described as top-grade Soul Beast, but unfortunately, they were too young.
After entering the mixed zone, the two became even more cautious, since they could encounter Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast at any time.
That night, Yang Zhentian, the father, found an open space and scattered some powerful Soul Beast droppings around it before the two of them went to rest.
"Dad, why don't we pitch a tent?"
" Podi, remember this: in the Star Dou Great Forest, tents will obstruct our view, which will cause great danger, especially at night when many powerful Soul Beast come out to roam."
The two sat down to rest, but did not sleep; no one dared to sleep in the Star Dou Great Forest.
As the night wore on, Yang Podi sensed something was amiss. The sounds of insects chirping and animals roaring had diminished considerably, which seemed rather unusual.
"Dad, don't you think something's off? It's much quieter than before, isn't it?"
"It's much quieter now that Podi. It seems some kind of Soul Beast is eyeing us."
The two of them stayed in that spot when they weren't moving.
Suddenly, Yang Podi's surroundings changed drastically. He should have been in the Star Dou Great Forest, but he had returned to the era of his previous life on Blue Star. What appeared before his eyes were his past events, including how he came to the Douluo Continent, and even the night he spent with Ye Lingling...
As I delved deeper and thought more, I found myself in a dazed state, as if in a dream.
At that moment, the scene changed rapidly, revealing a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. The location was Clear Source Mountain, the stronghold of the Breaking Clan.
His own father and two grandfathers were fighting bloody battles, but there were many more enemies. Countless enemies surrounded the entire Breaking Clan, and the leaders were several Titled Douluo. In particular, two of them looked familiar, namely the Snake Lance Douluo and the Spirit Luan Douluo who destroyed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect School.
Judging from the situation, it seemed that the Spirit Hall had dispatched a large army to besiege the Breaking Clan, and countless people he knew were already lying in pools of blood, including his sister and mother.
Suddenly, it was as if a powerful Soul Breaking Spear his mind, shattering the scene before him and turning it into fragments, plunging him into endless darkness.
Immediately afterwards, Yang Podi spat out a mouthful of blood and then fainted.
Yang Zhentian hugged his son tightly and quickly left the scene, while he seemed to be holding something in his other hand.
When Yang Podi woke up again, it was already noon the next day, and the sunlight was particularly dazzling on him.
Moreover, his whole body seemed to be very sore, as if he had been tortured, and his mental state was extremely poor, as if he had gone through a life-or-death struggle.