Douluo Continent: Simulating Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King, Trapping Tang San at Every Turn

Looking again at the circular ripple beneath Gong Yu's feet, he saw that after the orb of light had merged into it, it had acquired color and a framework identical to that of a Soul Ring. It was unmistakably a Soul Ring.

At the moment, however, the Soul Ring was white. But as the orb's power gradually merged with it, the white Soul Ring began to change color.

The Soul Ring, originally a deathly pale white, slowly changed to pale yellow, then yellow, then deep yellow. Yellow light flooded outward, only to contract again in the blink of an eye.

After the flooding yellow light contracted into the Soul Ring, a faint purple gradually appeared in the deep yellow ring, then replaced it with pale purple at a speed visible to the naked eye.

As time passed, the pale purple slowly deepened, turning purple and then dark purple. The dark purple grew richer and began to darken, quickly becoming grayish-black. Yet the grayish-black continued to deepen, transforming toward true black.

Before long, the mass of light's power had completely fused with the ring, finally forming a black Soul Ring.

But after sensing the Soul Ring's strength, Gong Yu frowned and asked, "Old man, is this so-called gift of yours just a Soul Ring of around twenty-five thousand years?"

The old man looked embarrassed. "I'm terribly sorry. My territory is only this little forest, and I don't have many subjects. The power they provided has already reached its limit at this level. But... I also intend to take a gamble..."

With that, the old man raised his hand again. The countless vines on the great tree behind him stirred at once, then stretched toward Gong Yu's Soul Ring.

One vine after another pierced Gong Yu's Soul Ring and began transmitting the Blue Silver King's own power.

Sensing that the Soul Ring's age had begun to increase again after the Blue Silver King injected his own power, Gong Yu immediately sat cross-legged. The Quanzhen Great Dao Song began circulating within him, and he gradually entered meditation.

Seeing Gong Yu's condition, the Blue Silver King beside him suddenly showed a sinister smile and began to mutter.

"Brat, I gave you a Growth-Type Soul Ring and you still weren't satisfied. Didn't you think its age was too low? Then I'll give you all my cultivation of nearly eighty thousand years as well. Once you've finished fusing with my power, the two combined will bring the Soul Ring to at least a hundred thousand years."

"But I'll be taking that body of yours!"

Chapter 94: Possession or Food?

"What do you mean?" Hearing the old man, Gong Lan was startled. She immediately went on guard and questioned him.

"Hmph... what do I mean?" A smug smile appeared on the old man's face. "Hahaha, exactly what I said, of course. Did you think I was kind enough to summon you here just to make a selfless sacrifice for you?"

"All I wanted was this brat's body. I only gave him a taste of the benefits first to make him lower his guard. Now that he's entered meditation, he's a lamb waiting for slaughter. No matter what I do, he can't resist."

Madness appeared on the old man's face. "Fuse, hurry up and fuse. Once you've finished fusing with my origin power, I'll enter your body through your Soul Ring. Then I'll devour your soul, and I'll be the master of this body.

"Hahaha, heaven has truly treated me well, sending me an owner of a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul that has been touched by divinity. I'm destined to become a god! Hmph... naturally, the god being made will be me!"

"I won't let you succeed!" Gong Lan pushed off the ground and unleashed her Blue Silver King Martial Soul. Vines spread toward the great tree behind the old man.

At the same time, she unleashed her Blue Silver Domain, and her fourth Soul Ring lit up. Combining the domain with her fourth Soul Skill, she sent spikes bursting from the ground, each vying to be first to pierce the Blue Silver King's true body-the great tree behind the old man.

The old man snorted. "I was the one who perfected your domain for you. What makes you think a rudimentary domain that has only just taken shape is worthy of being used before me?"

As his voice faded, the old man casually swung his hand. His Blue Silver King body erupted with an overwhelming presence that sent Gong Lan flying.

After blasting Gong Lan away, the formidable presence formed a transparent barrier around the area, glowing green and identical to the protective barriers formed when Soul Beasts made sacrifices.

Once the barrier had formed, Gong Lan raced back, only to be blocked by it. She immediately attacked it with all her might.

But no matter how she attacked, she could not break the barrier. In her desperation, she nearly burst into tears.

"What should I do?" Gong Lan's thoughts raced until she remembered Bi Ji. "Right, Sister Bi Ji will definitely have a way. I'll go find her!"

But just as she turned to leave, she heard Gong Yu's voice through Sound Transmission. "Lan'er, calm down and listen to me. I'm fine. I'm pretending.

"That old man appeared out of nowhere and gave us things without asking for anything in return. How could there be such a good thing in this world? I've been on guard against him from the start. That old thing can't devour me. Instead, I'll be the one to benefit!

"So carry on as you were, and act a little more desperate at the end. Hmm... that's all. Keep pretending, and make yourself look desperate. Don't let him notice anything."

How could Gong Yu possibly be possessed? Leaving aside the fact that he had a system, if the old man's soul dared to act up, the pressure from the Golden Dragon King Bloodline in his body alone could suppress it. Besides, he also had Break Evil Dragon's will protecting him.

Gong Lan breathed a sigh of relief upon receiving the message. So the young master had a plan all along. All right, I'll keep attacking and play along!

Gong Lan continued her fierce assault for roughly half an hour, then held her head and wept on the spot, putting on a display of utter despair.

Seeing her like that, the old man nodded in satisfaction, convinced his plan had succeeded.

By then, Gong Yu's Soul Ring had fused with more than a third of the power from the Blue Silver King's true body. Added to the power of the mass of light it had fused with earlier, his Soul Ring had now reached approximately fifty-three thousand years.

At that level, however, Gong Yu seemed to be struggling to hold on. His External Soul Bone, the Wind and Lightning Twin Wings, abruptly spread behind him and began bearing some of the soul pressure produced as the Soul Ring continued to fuse with the power.

At the same time, the wings absorbed the power leaking out while they bore the soul pressure. As they absorbed it, they slowly began to evolve.

"An External Soul Bone. Looks like this brat really does have quite a few treasures, but they'll all be mine in the end." Looking at the wings behind Gong Yu, the old man nodded in satisfaction again.

As time slowly passed, the Soul Ring grew darker and darker, reaching sixty thousand, seventy thousand, eighty thousand, then ninety thousand years. A faint red flush appeared on the surface of the pitch-black ring as it approached the hundred-thousand-year threshold.

"Haha... just one more step. Although quite a bit of power leaked away, we finally reached this point."

Excitement shone in the old man's eyes, seemingly mixed with a trace of madness. "The last step. All that's missing is a soul. As long as I enter the Soul Ring in soul form and merge my origin with my soul, it can reach a hundred thousand years. Then I'll devour this brat's soul."

Growing more excited the more he thought about it, the old man turned into a streak of light and plunged into Gong Yu's Soul Ring.

The moment the old man entered it, Gong Yu's Soul Ring completed its transformation into a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

The red Soul Ring radiated a blood-colored light that dyed everything around it red.

Bathed in the red Soul Ring's light, Gong Lan, who had still been pretending to despair, raised her head.

Seeing that the old man was nowhere to be found, Gong Lan immediately smiled. She finally no longer had to pretend.

After the Soul Ring advanced to a hundred thousand years, the old man followed Gong Yu's body straight into his Sea of Consciousness.

But what greeted him was Gong Yu's smug smile. "Old thing, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"Weren't you in meditation? You're actually awake?" Seeing that Gong Yu was conscious inside his Sea of Consciousness, the old man could not help being startled. He added, "But so what if you're awake? You're just a Soul King. Devouring you will be as easy as turning over my hand!"

Gong Yu snorted. "You dare set your sights on my body? Hmph... you're just a blade of grass. Are you worthy? You want to devour me? Fine, let's see who devours whom. Spiritual Black Hole, devour!"

As Gong Yu's voice faded, a rapidly spinning black hole appeared in his Sea of Consciousness.

The moment it appeared, the black hole began sucking and tearing at the old man's soul. His soul stiffened as he tried to resist.

Gong Yu snorted again and increased the Spiritual Black Hole's suction.

The Spiritual Black Hole was a spiritual devouring skill separate from a Soul Skill. Gong Yu had awakened it by absorbing the darkness attribute after fusing with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Soul Ring. It was particularly effective against souls and spiritual attacks.

It could not have been more fitting to use the skill against the Blue Silver King's soul now.

Chapter 95: Devouring the Blue Silver King's Soul

"Get in there, old thing!" Gong Yu increased the Spiritual Black Hole's suction again, and in an instant, half of the Blue Silver King's soul was sucked inside.

"How is this possible? You're just a Soul King. How can your spiritual power be so strong?" Feeling that half his soul had already been annihilated in the Spiritual Black Hole, the Blue Silver King fell into a panic. But the other half was still outside, so he struggled desperately. As long as half his soul remained alive, he would not perish.

Gong Yu snorted. "Hmph... old thing, did you really think I wasn't on guard against you? I merely turned your own scheme against you. As it happens, your origin power and Spiritual Origin are both mine now.

"I really do have to thank you. At my current level, I wasn't quite strong enough to absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. But since you took the initiative to fuse your origin power with it, things are different. Thank you, thank you. To show my sincere gratitude, I'd better send you to your death!"

As he spoke, Gong Yu unleashed the full extent of his Spirit Abyss Realm spiritual power. Reaching the Spirit Abyss Realm meant he had crossed the threshold for cultivating to Titled Douluo, so how could the Blue Silver King, with less than eighty thousand years of cultivation, possibly devour his soul?

As Gong Yu unleashed all his spiritual power, the Spiritual Black Hole's suction grew several times stronger. The remaining half of the Blue Silver King's soul was completely sucked in.

The Spiritual Black Hole churned the remaining half of the Blue Silver King's soul to pieces, reducing it entirely to Spiritual Origin, which Gong Yu absorbed.

Time passed, and half an hour went by in the outside world. Gong Lan had grown somewhat anxious from waiting.

Fortunately, she saw that Gong Yu's condition had stabilized, which reassured her a little.

After roughly another half hour, Bi Ji and the others grew anxious from waiting. Worried that something had happened to Gong Yu and Gong Lan, she brought everyone to look for them.

When they arrived, Gong Lan immediately pulled Bi Ji aside and told her everything that had happened.

After hearing her out, Bi Ji simply smiled. "Don't worry. Xiao Yu's spiritual power has already reached the Titled Douluo level. A mere Blue Silver King can't do anything to him. Judging by his condition, he'll wake up before long."

Hearing Bi Ji's words, Gong Lan's still-anxious heart finally settled considerably.

A little while later, Gong Yu, who was sitting cross-legged, finally opened his eyes.

The instant he did, Gong Lan used Sound Transmission to ask him, "Tell me something to prove that you're really the young master."

Gong Yu was taken aback by the message. He thought the girl was quite cautious.

A smile curved his lips, and he replied through Sound Transmission, "You lost your virginity in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Afterward, you secretly used your Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone Skill to repair it..."

"Stop, I believe you're the young master!" Before Gong Yu could finish, Gong Lan interrupted his transmission with another of her own. An awkward blush appeared on her face. She was the only one who knew she had used her Soul Bone Skill to repair it, but she had never expected Gong Yu to notice as well.

Gong Yu slowly stood up and first went over to the Blue Silver King's trunk, which had withered after its origin power was absorbed. He hacked at it a few times, found a right leg bone, and put it straight into his Soul Tool.

He did not intend to use the Soul Bone himself or give it to the girls. After all, it was a Soul Bone of less than eighty thousand years, and he looked down on that age. Besides, he already had plans for Soul Bones; all the girls would receive better ones in the future.

He looked back at everyone, then glanced at the sky and saw that dusk was approaching. He smiled and said, "It's getting late. Why don't we stay in this forest for the night and head to the Three-Legged Fire Crow's territory tomorrow? I'll go hunt some game!"

He had just started to leave when Gong Lan said, "Young master, I'll go with you and try out my new Soul Skill while I'm at it!"

Trying out her new Soul Skill was only an excuse. What she really wanted was to be alone with Gong Yu.

Gong Xue also wanted to offer to go, but her older sister had spoken first. Then Gong Yu beat her to it and said, "All right. The rest of you gather firewood in the forest. Lan'er and I will bring back some game."

Gong Xue could only swallow her words and obediently go gather firewood with the other sisters.

Before long, Gong Yu and Gong Lan hunted down a family of four wild boars two li away.

After they had finished preparing the boars, Gong Lan suddenly said, "Young master, I want it."

Gong Yu understood what she meant and was speechless for a moment. Then he laughed. "What are you thinking? We're out in the wild. If you want it, wait until we get back!"

"Young master, there are too many sisters back there. It's rare for me to have you to myself!" Gong Lan sounded a little aggrieved, but her face turned red in an instant.

"Still no. This is the Sunset Forest. Soul Beasts could pass by at any time. It's too dangerous!" Gong Yu refused again.

But Gong Lan said, "Young master, I have the Blue Silver Domain. We can hide. Even if a Soul Beast passes right in front of us, it won't discover us."

Gong Yu's face stiffened, then brightened. He looked around. They were out in the wild, but that felt pretty good too.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Gong Yu gave a wicked smile. He had already refused twice; if he refused a third time, he feared he would truly be a killjoy.

Gong Lan was delighted. She unleashed her Blue Silver Domain, and the two vanished from sight as though they had become invisible.

Two hours later, Gong Yu and Gong Lan leisurely brought the game back.

The game had already been prepared, so it could go straight onto the roasting rack. To get it ready sooner, Gong Xue used Ultimate Fire to help, but unfortunately, she ruined one of the smaller boars.

Seeing this, the two cooks, Gong Lan and Gong Yue, chased Gong Xue aside to wait. If they let her keep at it, no one would get anything to eat that day.

After some time and effort, the food was finally ready. Once everyone had enjoyed a good meal, they each went to meditate and cultivate.

The next day arrived in the blink of an eye. In the morning, Gong Yu and the girls practiced the Purple Demon Eye as usual, then threw together something to eat for breakfast before setting out.

Their journey went smoothly. Not long after entering the Three-Legged Fire Crow's territory, they found it.

The Three-Legged Fire Crow had reached twenty-three thousand years, making it just right for Gong Niuniu to absorb.

With Dugu Bo's help, Gong Niuniu successfully killed the Three-Legged Fire Crow, and the process of absorbing its Soul Ring went smoothly as well.

Their trip was now over, though Gong Qianqian still needed a Soul Ring.

Zi JI had returned, however, and she happened to find them as they left the Sunset Forest. So Gong Yu took Gong Qianqian with him, accompanied by Zi JI, and the group split into two parties.

Bi Ji took the others back to the Academy of the Gods, while Zi JI accompanied Gong Yu and Gong Qianqian to the Frozen Forest.

Their trip to the Frozen Forest went smoothly as well. It took them several days to reach it, and within half a day of entering the forest, they encountered a Wind and Snow Empress of around twenty thousand years.

The Wind and Snow Empress was a half-human, half-tiger Soul Beast, with a woman's upper body and a tiger's lower body. It had wind and ice attributes, and although they were not Ultimate Attributes, they were not much inferior to them.

After successfully obtaining the Ice and Snow Empress's Soul Ring, the three set out on the return journey to Heaven Dou City.

Chapter 96: Expelling Shitrek's Teachers and Students

A few days later, Gong Yu, Gong Qianqian, and Zi JI returned to Heaven Dou City.

Not long after they entered the Academy of the Gods, Bi Ji sent someone to summon Gong Yu to the dean's office.

Not knowing what had happened, Gong Yu went at once.

When he reached the dean's office, he saw the Shitrek Seven Devils standing in a row outside the door and could not help being taken aback.

He walked over and greeted them teasingly. "Yo, Little Scumbag, we meet again! But what are you doing at the academy my family runs? Don't tell me you want to enroll. That's impossible. We only accept commoner students, and only two of you qualify!"

Tang San said nothing. He stared at Gong Yu with gritted teeth, looking as though he wanted to swallow him whole and skin him alive.

"Huh? What did I ever do to you? Why are you looking at me with that vicious expression?" Gong Yu was baffled by the way Tang San glared at him with gritted teeth.

He swept his gaze over the Shitrek Seven Devils and saw Dai Mubai standing with Ning Rongrong, Oscar with Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun to Xiao Wu's right, and Tang San to her left.

Ma Hongjun was fawning over Xiao Wu like a lapdog, but Xiao Wu barely paid him any attention, intent on pleasing Tang San. Tang San, however, seemed to enjoy her attention.

Gong Yu was even more baffled by the sight. What's going on? Did something happen that I don't know about?

Of course he did not know that Gong Xue, Gong Miaomiao, and Gong Xi'er were to blame. The three of them had caused the Shitrek Seven Devils to pair up again!