LRAB Chapter 195 Small Beast Tide! Tang 3 Fails to Absorb Soul Ring?
Chapter 195 Small Beast Tide! Tang 3 Fails to Absorb Soul Ring?
Chapter 195 Small Beast Tide! Tang San Fails to Absorb Soul Ring?
A few hours later, the moon was as bright as a silver plate, and the sky was filled with stars.
At the other end of the sunset forest, the atmosphere was peaceful and orderly.
At this moment, Dugu Bo had already hunted down suitable soul beasts for the Shi brothers, who were now sitting cross-legged on the ground, absorbing their fourth soul ring with all their might.
Beside the two Shi brothers lay the corpses of soul beasts, each as large as a small hill – the Thorn Rock Tortoises with five thousand years of cultivation.
Its appearance is somewhat ferocious, with a thick rock shell covering its entire body like natural armor, and sharp stone spikes standing on the shell, all of which demonstrate its powerful defensive capabilities in life.
Two deep purple soul rings hovered above the Shi brothers' heads, emanating rich soul power fluctuations that then surged into their bodies like a tide.
Tang Chuan and Dugu Bo stood not far away, quietly protecting them.
Although Dugu Bo still looked lazy, the occasional glint of shrewdness in his blue eyes showed that he had never let his guard down.
However, this tranquility did not last long.
"Rumble... rustle..."
Suddenly, an unusually intense and dense commotion arose without warning from the depths of the dense forest not far away.
The sound came from afar, initially like muffled thunder, then becoming like surging ocean waves.
Interspersed among them were countless crisp sounds of branches and leaves being trampled and broken.
And the panicked cries, hisses, and roars of various soul beasts!
It was as if a vast army was rapidly gathering and galloping in that area, causing a small-scale ground tremor, just like an earthquake.
This commotion was not caused by ordinary battles between soul beasts; it was more like the prelude to a massive beast tide, or... a collective riot caused by some kind of extreme stimulation to the soul beasts!
Immediately, Tang Chuan and Dugu Bo frowned slightly, their expressions changing.
The next second, Tang Chuan raised his head, his gaze turning solemnly towards the direction from which the sound came. He instantly activated his Blue Silver Domain to its maximum, his voice carrying a hint of disbelief:
"Something's wrong! This commotion is too big; it seems like a lot of soul beasts are gathering."
Upon hearing this, Dugu Bo's previously languid demeanor vanished instantly. His emerald green pupils shrank to pinpoints, and an invisible chill emanated from him, sending shivers down one's spine. He coldly snorted:
"Hmph! This aura is chaotic with violence and anger... It doesn't seem like a naturally formed beast tide. It's more like a soul beast that has been greatly frightened, or provoked by someone!"
Nodding slightly, Tang Chuan knew the situation was not good, so he immediately activated his Blue Silver Domain with all his might, and his spiritual power spread rapidly in the direction from which the commotion came, like mercury spilling onto the ground.
The scene he witnessed through his perception of the Blue Silver Domain made his heart sink.
In the distance, the dense forest seemed to have erupted into chaos.
Countless soul beasts, ranging from the lowest-level ten-year and hundred-year-old ones to the ferocious thousand-year-old ones, and even a dozen or so powerful ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, broke through their former territorial boundaries and species barriers, mixing together to form a chaotic and violent torrent of soul beasts.
These spirit beasts are of various kinds, including agile wind wolves, gentle rock rhinoceroses, ferocious venomous pythons, and raging giant apes... The only thing they have in common at this moment is their pair of crimson eyes, filled with fear and anger, and their frantic trampling behavior.
This was by no means an organized beast tide.
It's more like a large-scale, organized revenge by soul beasts against human soul masters!
Sensing that some of the soul beasts were rushing towards them like headless flies, Tang Chuan's expression changed. He immediately withdrew his Blue Silver Domain and turned to look at the Shi brothers behind him, who were in the critical period of absorbing soul rings and could not be disturbed in the slightest.
"not good!"
He then called out in a deep voice to Dugu Bo, who had just taken off to prepare to set up the poison array:
"The horde of beasts is in disarray, and a significant portion of them appears to be charging towards us, including several ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts!"
"If this chaotic horde of beasts charges in, the Shi brothers' absorption of their soul rings will inevitably be interrupted, and the backlash they suffer will be unimaginable!"
Upon hearing this, Dugu Bo, who had just ascended into the sky, was now enveloped in a dark green poisonous mist. He snorted coldly, a hint of disdain and arrogance flashing in his emerald eyes, and said:
"What's the panic? They're just a bunch of idiots!"
"But then again, someone must have done something utterly depraved to the soul beasts in this Sunset Forest, otherwise these beasts wouldn't have gathered and rioted."
Immediately afterwards, Dugu Bo quickly formed hand seals, and a surge of powerful Title Douluo-level soul power erupted from his body, instantly merging with the poison within him.
"Don't worry, I won't let them in."
As soon as he finished speaking, Dugu Bo's figure flashed several times in the air, and the dark green poisonous mist, as if it had a life of its own, rapidly spread and descended from him in all directions.
The vegetation below that came into contact with the toxic fog did not wither immediately.
Instead, it seemed to be coated with a strange green light.
He flew rapidly around the core area where Tang Chuan and the Shi brothers were located, and wherever he passed, the dense poisonous fog drew a huge dark green circle on the ground, perfectly protecting everyone in the center.
"Azure Phosphorous Poison Dragon Formation—Activate!"
As Dugu Bo uttered a low shout, the poisonous mist that had fallen to the ground suddenly rose up, transforming into a dark green poisonous barrier tens of meters high, as thin as a cicada's wing, yet exuding a chilling aura.
It is like an inverted bowl, completely isolating the interior area.
Above the poisonous barrier, emerald light flowed, and faint emerald dragon shadows moved about, emanating a deadly aura that would deter even soul beasts over ten thousand years old.
"It's all set, kid. You can relax now. Unless a 100,000-year-old soul beast comes in person, or a Title Douluo forces an attack on my poison array, those mad beasts outside won't be able to break in even a fraction of the way. Soul beasts under 10,000 years old will die instantly upon touching this poison array."
With a flash, Dugu Bo stepped into the void and landed lightly back beside Tang Chuan. He clapped his hands as if he had just done something insignificant.
...............
Meanwhile, at the other end of Sunset Forest.
In stark contrast to Tang Chuan's composure, relying on the poison array to remain calm and collected, the atmosphere here was extremely tense.
Tang San was sitting cross-legged in front of the corpse of the ten-thousand-year-old Explosive Fire Ape.
The deep black spirit ring had been drawn to the top of his head, and a surge of powerful energy was rushing into his body, attempting to fuse with his Clear Sky Hammer spirit.
However, it is the first spirit ring of the Clear Sky Hammer.
Tang San's decision to directly absorb the terrifying energy brought by the ten-thousand-year soul ring, which was far beyond the limits that his body could currently withstand, was already far beyond his current limits!
His face was flushed red, as if it were dripping blood.
The veins on his forehead and neck bulged out, undulating like a writhing dragon.
Large beads of sweat kept seeping from under his skin, soaking through Tang San's clothes, making him look as if he had just been pulled out of the water.
Furthermore, his body was now trembling violently and uncontrollably, his muscles spasming as if he might explode at any moment from this violent energy.
"Uh... ah..."
The next second, a painful groan escaped from Tang San's clenched teeth.
His soul power fluctuated wildly, sometimes overflowing violently and impacting the surrounding ground, leaving cracks in his skin.
At times, it would suddenly shrink inward, as if to crush and grind his own flesh and bones.
The illusory image of the Haotian Hammer floating in his palm was also trembling violently.
At the same time, the dark red fire attribute energy on the Clear Sky Hammer was also flowing wildly and uncontrollably. Clearly, Tang San had overestimated his physical abilities.
At this moment, not only was his body on the verge of collapse, but even his mental sea seemed to be scorched by flames, his consciousness began to blur, and he was showing signs of exploding and dying!
The master had no idea what the real problems were in cultivating twin martial souls.
It's not that adding the first two spirit rings will prevent the body from exploding; each spirit master's situation is different. The spirit master with twin martial souls didn't explode after the first two spirit rings.
That's because his body can still absorb the energy brought by the spirit ring, and Tang San's current body has long since reached the critical value for absorbing spirit rings.
First, how many spirit rings a person can absorb depends on the limits of their body's endurance. In the process of cultivating a spirit, a spirit master is constantly breaking their own limits.
When an ordinary Soul Master's Soul Power is around level 10, the limit that the body can withstand is about 400 years of Soul Rings.
When one's soul power reaches level 20, the limit is a soul ring that lasts for about 700 years.
At the same time, each time a spirit ring is absorbed, the physical attributes will improve.
The process of a Soul Master absorbing Soul Rings to improve their strength is a virtuous cycle: absorbing Soul Rings enhances physical attributes, breaks through limitations, and allows for further cultivation.
Within their own limits, a Soul Master can improve their physical attributes with each Soul Ring they absorb, and the next Soul Ring they absorb will grant them a new limit.
If the absorbed spirit rings are closer to the limit of one's own cultivation, then the spirit master will enter a virtuous cycle. If one blindly pursues spirit rings of higher age, and the body cannot withstand the enormous energy impact, then the result will be direct explosion and death.
A single martial soul can often maintain a good standard and continuously improve through cultivation.
However, twin martial souls are different. If a soul master cultivates two martial souls at the same time, a phenomenon will occur where the body of others only needs to bear the energy load of one soul ring, but he needs to bear the energy load of two soul rings.
Tang San is currently only a Soul Master. Having already cultivated the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and possessing a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring as his fourth, his body has long since reached the critical point where it can withstand the energy of the Soul Ring. If he were to forcibly absorb another ten-thousand-year Soul Ring from the Clear Sky Hammer's first Soul Ring, his body simply wouldn't be able to handle it.
To absorb it successfully, he would have to withstand at least the full energy of a Soul Saint's Soul Rings.
The problem is that Tang San is only a Soul Master now, so how could he possibly have the physical qualities of a Soul Saint? Even if he has a Soul Bone and his physical qualities have been greatly improved, it is still absolutely not enough to support his Clear Sky Hammer to directly absorb a ten-thousand-year-old Soul Ring.
In the original story, both Tang San and Bibi Dong completed the virtuous cycle of their first martial soul, cultivating it to its peak before cultivating their second martial soul.
In addition, they eventually acquired six major soul bones to enhance their physical constitution.
With such strong physical attributes, cultivating a second martial soul would definitely not be a problem.
But Tang San has only just cultivated his Blue Silver Grass martial soul to around level 40, yet he has rashly begun to add soul rings to the Clear Sky Hammer.
His body simply couldn't withstand such a massive amount of energy.
Therefore, this is destined to be a road of no return.
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