noveltune Chapter 276 Adding Wings
Chapter 276 Adding Wings
Chapter 276 Adding Wings
Seeing the golden bird rushing towards them, Di Rachel hesitated for a moment.
After transforming into human form, she encountered her first major challenge, something she had never faced before.
A year ago, she had already reached level 60. In other words, with the original soul power she had cultivated for ten thousand years, her human form corresponded perfectly to the human Soul King level.
Furthermore, because he directly took human form in the Lake of Life and used its power to replenish himself, he did not need to start cultivating from scratch and directly raised his soul power level to 60.
Unfortunately, all of his original essence was transformed into the first five spirit rings, leaving him with no extra power to create a sixth spirit ring.
At that time, Di Ruiqiu was still not giving up. Although he had eaten a lot of soul beasts over the past ten thousand years because of his appetite, he still couldn't bring himself to hunt souls as a human.
Let's stall for a while; maybe there'll be a solution. After all, I'm an auspicious beast!
With this in mind, Di Rachel did not hunt for souls, but instead stepped directly into human society, hoping to find other methods.
However, things didn't go as planned, and this delay lasted for a year.
For a whole year, Di Ruiqiu's cultivation level did not improve at all, and Di Ruiqiu could not think of any solution.
Left with no other choice, Di Rachel participated in Shrek's Soul Hunting Operation.
Through this experience, Di Rachel finally understood why humans chose to hunt souls.
The pain of being unable to make any progress in her cultivation was unbearable even for her, who had never cared about strength. How could she let those despicable humans suffer from it?
Di Ruiqiu thought she was mentally prepared to hunt souls.
However, facing his old rival, Di Rachel, who had always wanted to devour him, was now at a loss.
As an auspicious beast, and the one who bestowed upon the Star Dou Great Forest a buff that doubled her cultivation speed, she could hunt soul beasts for her own enjoyment without any qualms.
Is it something she, as an auspicious beast, should do as a human hunts soul beasts?
Before she could think any further, the golden bird had already swooped down in front of Di Rachel.
The Shrek team also moved closer to Rachel, ready to help her at any time.
Even though the golden bird had already rushed to within a meter of him, Di Rachel remained standing there dumbfounded, unable to make up her mind to attack.
"Wang Dong, make your move."
Huo Yuhao, who was resting with his eyes closed, sensed Di Ruiqiu's emotional instability and realized that Di Ruiqiu probably couldn't make a move because of her identity. He immediately ordered Wang Dong to take action.
Upon hearing this, Wang Dong's mind stirred, and the six-pointed star array he had set up in advance was activated the instant the golden bird took off, covering the golden bird within it. Scorching flames of light rose up, and the golden bird's attack paused for a moment.
Immediately afterwards, the thick golden rope wrapped around it. The golden rope, amplified by the Fusion Ring Secret Technique, became even more resilient, making it difficult to break free. At the same time, its large size further restricted the golden bird's movements.
After a quarter of an hour of fierce fighting, the golden bird finally lost its ability to resist under the onslaught of the two Contra leaders. It collapsed to the ground, occasionally struggling in vain, but to no avail.
"What happened?"
At this moment, Mo Xuan finally finished absorbing the soul ring. Looking at the mess around him, he asked a soul question.
"You're finally awake. We've been holding back to avoid disturbing you while you're absorbing your spirit ring."
Zhang Lexuan let out a soft breath, and after confirming the surrounding environment with her mental detection, she said, "Gather together."
"Now let's talk about the allocation issue. There are currently two people in the team who are suitable for this mutated bird soul beast that is suspected to have the bloodline of the Golden Dragon."
After she finished speaking, everyone's gaze lingered between Di Ruiqiu and Wang Dong. It was obvious that everyone knew who Zhang Lexuan was referring to.
All eyes fell on Wang Dong, making him lower his head in shame.
"Wang Dong, his second martial soul is the Clear Sky Hammer, the number one power-type offensive weapon martial soul in the world..."
Before Zhang Lexuan could finish speaking, Wang Dong whispered, "Well, I didn't really help much in this battle, so I'm giving up voluntarily."
Although Wang Dong's voice was barely audible, everyone present had at least the Soul Emperor cultivation level (Huo Yuhao: so?), and everyone had sharp ears.
"How dare you say that?"
Interrupted, Zhang Lexuan said irritably:
"Not knowing the opponent's strength, you rashly approached them, and even thought you could imitate the way you easily crippled the Azure Sea Spirit Ape? I told you long ago that your fighting style is ultimately just a trick, and it won't be very effective against an absolute difference in strength."
Huo Yuhao turned his head away somewhat awkwardly.
"Even if you didn't tell me, I wouldn't let you absorb this spirit ring. You all felt it in the battle just now. This spirit beast is less than 50,000 years old, but it has strength far exceeding that of an ordinary Soul Douluo. The difficulty of absorbing its spirit ring may be comparable to that of a regular spirit ring over 60,000 years old, or even higher. It is definitely not something that you, who is only a Soul Emperor, can absorb."
Wang Dong was indignant: "I could try to absorb that secret medicine I got from Mingdetang..."
Do you have it?
Wang Dong immediately shut down the engine.
Wang Dong had also learned about the secret medicine; it was extremely expensive and had side effects. Unless one encountered an exceptionally suitable spirit ring, the academy would not support students using the secret medicine.
Why would Wang Dong carry it with him?
"As for Di Ruiqiu, everyone knows that although Di Ruiqiu is only level 60, a few levels lower than Wang Dong, her physical strength far exceeds that of ordinary soul masters, and is even comparable to some soul douluos. She can even withstand this soul beast that is suspected to have the bloodline of a golden dragon."
"As both are of the Golden Dragon bloodline, Di Ruiqiu will benefit more from absorbing this soul ring. It may even elevate the Golden Dragon bloodline to a higher level, making her undoubtedly the best candidate to absorb this soul ring."
Mo Xuan and the others nodded slightly. Although both were power-type martial souls, the Golden Dragon was clearly superior to the Clear Sky Hammer and had a higher compatibility.
"In that case, Di Rachel will absorb this spirit ring."
Zhang Lexuan immediately made the decision.
"However, Di Rachel, don't be complacent. You were fine at the beginning of the battle, but why didn't you make a move when it charged at you? If Wang Dong hadn't intervened and blocked it for a moment, you would probably be in grave danger."
Too verbose.
Di Ruiqiu frowned slightly.
With its capabilities, how could it dare to harm itself?
"Never mind, I won't say anything more."
Seeing Di Ruiqiu's slightly rebellious demeanor, Zhang Lexuan knew that going too far would be counterproductive, and said, "Hurry up and adjust your state. Even if you have a strong physique, you still need to be fully prepared to deal with the soul shock. Don't be careless."
"No need, I'm doing very well."
Her mental strength is not weak, so why would she be afraid of so-called soul shock?
With that, Di Rachel moved to the side of the bound golden bird.
As if sensing the movement, the golden bird turned its neck and glanced at Di Rachel before lowering its head again.
Seeing this, Di Ruiqiu felt extremely complicated. For thousands of years, they had been locked in a fierce confrontation, one unable to defeat the other and the other afraid to retaliate, both helpless against each other.
Now, will this feud finally come to an end at this moment?
Di Rachel closed her eyes, feeling somewhat agitated.
When I opened my eyes again, there was no longer any turmoil in them, but a calm as deep as a pool.
However, her rapidly beating heart betrayed Rachel's true feelings.
His right hand transformed into a sharp claw, easily piercing through the exposed skin, and bright red blood, gleaming with golden light, gushed out.
Seemingly driven by the fear of death, the golden bird instinctively struggled, but to no avail, bound by the swaying golden rope.
A quarter of an hour passed, and the golden bird's life force gradually waned, its blood turned dark, and the faint golden light that had been present disappeared completely. At the same time, a black soul ring slowly appeared on the lifeless corpse.
Di Ruiqiu looked at the pitch-black soul ring in front of her with a complicated expression, took a deep breath, and somewhat awkwardly used her soul power to guide the black soul ring in front of her.
The group silently cleaned up the battlefield, while spreading out to patrol the surrounding area to prevent anyone from disturbing Di Rachel's absorption of the soul ring.
If another unexpected event occurs, they, having just survived a fierce battle, might have no choice but to request reinforcements.
Senior Sister Zhang Lexuan arrived beside the corpse of the golden bird and took out a notebook to record information about the unknown soul beast in front of her.
Name of the Soul Beast (to be determined)
Its distinguishing feature is a large golden bird, 1 meter tall, with a wingspan of 3.6 meters, and it is suspected to possess the bloodline of a golden dragon.
In battle, the hard wings not only provide solid protection but also act as sharp blades. They can also unleash explosive attacks centered on the user, with immense power. Each explosion is equivalent to a full-force strike from a Soul Saint-level expert.
Perhaps Soul Masters with special dragon bloodlines can acquire this skill.
In addition, it seems to have a bloodthirsty and berserk ability. As the battle progresses, its strength and speed increase significantly, but due to the intensity of the battle, the specific effects cannot be detected.
Personal assessment: Its strength almost overwhelms other soul beasts of the same cultivation level. Without cultivation suppression, it is not recommended to hunt it alone. It is best to hunt it in a team of soul masters, with a powerful control-type soul master as an assistant. Dragon martial soul masters and powerful attack-type flying martial soul masters may be considered for hunting.
—Zhang Lexuan
"Senior Sister, what are you doing?"
Huo Yuhao noticed Zhang Lexuan's actions and leaned over curiously.
Zhang Lexuan showed the small notebook in her hand and said, "For new types of soul beasts that are not recorded in the Shrek Academy Library, the inner court disciples have the responsibility to record them for future reference."
As she explained, Zhang Lexuan even began to copy the corpse of the golden bird. With just a few strokes, a large, dark bird appeared on the paper.
Huo Yuhao nodded slightly. Shrek Academy had shown a rare good habit by actually recording this kind of information, unlike when they faced the Holy Spirit Cult where they only knew how to kill without leaving any survivors for interrogation.
After carefully putting away the notebook, Zhang Lexuan skillfully reached out and stroked the corpse of the golden bird. A faint fluctuation of soul power emanated from her fingertips; this was a method for examining soul bones.
After running her hand over the head, torso, and legs in turn, Zhang Lexuan finally ran her hand over the wings, her expression changing slightly.
Huo Yuhao, who had been keeping a close eye on the situation, immediately sensed something was wrong.
"Could it be...?"
Zhang Lexuan nodded silently, took out a sharp melee soul-guided knife, and slowly peeled away the feathers to reveal the golden bone wings inside.
"External Soul Bone".
Huo Yuhao whispered.
I've encountered several external soul bones that are extremely rare, even once in ten thousand years.
The Dark Gold Terrorclaw is still lying in the storage ring.
Hyotei wanted to create an additional one, but they were not completely successful. The scorpion tail attached to the torso bone had no soul skills.
The foreigner is about to obtain the Evil Emperor's Vertical Pupil.
In addition, there is the wing bone from which this golden bird was born, which has never appeared in the original work and is not even recorded in Shrek.
"This Rachel Di is really lucky."
Zhang Lexuan said with some envy, and at the same time decided on the ownership of this soul bone.
With his Golden Dragon Martial Soul and the corresponding Soul Ring, Di Ruiqiu is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate for this Soul Bone.
"hold head high--"
The sudden sound of a dragon's roar attracted everyone's attention. Everyone turned their heads to look and saw that the golden dragon phantom behind Di Rachel was emitting low growls.
"They actually used the dragon's might to directly shatter the remnant soul within the spirit ring? Skipping the soul shockwave entirely?"
Zhang Lexuan has come to a profound understanding of just how domineering the Golden Dragon Martial Soul is.
The soul shock that blocked thousands of soul masters from absorbing the ten-thousand-year soul ring failed to provide the slightest resistance in front of Di Ruiqiu.
Another quarter of an hour passed, and the fluctuations in Di Ruiqiu's aura gradually stabilized.
Di Ruiqiu slowly opened her eyes, and what she saw was the way the students looked at her like she was a monster.
"What's wrong?"
Di Ruiqiu said somewhat awkwardly.
Could it be that my identity has been discovered?
That shouldn't be the case. The Lord said that the secret method she provided could guarantee that her identity wouldn't be discovered by anyone below the level of a god.
"Have you always been this... fierce when absorbing spirit rings?"
Mo Xuan was the first to speak.
His soul was shaken! He had just absorbed the Azure Sea Spirit Ape of 15,000 years when the soul shaken him to the point of near death. The remnant soul of the Azure Sea Spirit Ape attacked his soul relentlessly, as if it were seeing an enemy.
As for Di Ruiqiu, he directly overwhelmed the soul beasts, which were at least 40,000 years old, leaving them with no power to resist.
"When you absorbed your fifth spirit ring, did you also suppress your remnant soul to the point that it dared not undergo soul vibration?"
Huo Yuhao offered a timely explanation.
So that's what they were talking about.
Di Rachel crossed her arms and said proudly:
"So what if there's soul-shaking interference? It won't affect my absorption of the soul ring at all."
"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore."
Zhang Lexuan clapped her hands to attract everyone's attention.
"Qiu'er, may I call you that?"
Zhang Lexuan looked at Di Ruiqiu.
Di Rachel remained with her arms crossed, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
"Here's the thing, a soul bone was found on that golden bird, and it's even a double-wing-shaped external soul bone. You should know what I'm talking about."
"Without a doubt, you are the most compatible person with this external soul bone. However, when our group hunts souls, soul rings are obtained on demand, while soul bones are shared among all who see them. Generally, the person who obtains a soul bone pays a high price to buy it, and this money is then divided equally among the other members."
Di Ruiqiu nodded slowly, which was considered as acknowledging Zhang Lexuan's words.
Zhang Lexuan continued:
"External soul bones are several times more valuable than normal soul bones, especially wing bones. Regardless of the soul skill, they will grant the soul master the ability to fly, and their value is immeasurable. Although their value has declined slightly due to the promotion of flying soul tools, they are still extremely expensive."
Zhang Lexuan paused for a moment, as if to give Di Ruiqiu some mental preparation:
"A pure dragon bloodline soul bone that is 10,000 years old is generally priced at over 8 million gold soul coins, while a 50,000-year-old one is around 15 million gold soul coins. A powerful dragon bloodline would be about 5 million more."
"Including the external soul bone, the rare golden dragon bloodline, and the wing bone, even without knowing the soul skills it contains, this soul bone is worth more than 3000 million gold soul coins. If it were auctioned, it could even reach more than 5000 million gold soul coins, after all, there are just too many soul masters with dragon-type martial souls."
"But we're classmates after all, how about we value this soul bone at 3000 million?"
(End of this chapter)