"Don't worry, I won't harm you. I just want to accomplish something."
Dugu Bo, thinking about becoming this boy's henchman and the fact that the poison pill wasn't a secret, told Lin Jie directly.
Lin Jie shook his head with a hint of regret upon hearing Dugu Bo's words.
It turned out that the reason Poison Douluo was able to condense the poison pill was because of his unique spirit. After becoming a Titled Douluo, Poison Douluo's Bilin Snake Emperor spirit also evolved, condensing half of its spirit power into an elixir. It could be said that a elixir like Poison Douluo's would make any spirit master stronger after consuming it, a true win-win for anyone who consumes it. Furthermore, this condensation was completely accidental. It was somewhat like a spirit beast automatically condensing its inner elixir upon reaching a certain level. It
was completely different from what Lin Jie had imagined, and it was completely useless.
"Dugu Bo, remember what you said before. I won't bother you for the next few days while you're forcing the poison into your bones. But whether you succeed is another matter."
After warning Dugu Bo, Lin Jie, now about to complete his divine test, left Dugu Bo's place and set out in search of a soul beast.
"Grandpa, are you really going to do this?" Dugu Yan asked worriedly as Lin Jie left.
"Yes! Grandpa has decided to give it a try. Otherwise, Yanyan, you know my current condition. I don't have much time left to live."
"Then you must be careful, Grandpa." Dugu Yan, knowing her grandfather's condition, could only pray that he was alright.
"Don't worry! I'm sure I'll be fine. Besides, I don't want to die so young!"
After Lin Jie left, he quickly opened his heart net and searched the Sunset Forest for a 40,000-year-old soul beast.
With Lin Jie's current strength, defeating a 40,000-year-old soul beast would be a piece of cake. It wouldn't be a big deal at all.
Before long, Lin Jie had found a soul beast that was only 40,000 years old.
Wanting a quick solution, Jiang Liu unleashed a super-electromagnetic cannon. Lin Jie followed up with a slash.
[Third Divine Test Completed, Reward: Level 3 Pure Soul Power.]
"I didn't expect this Divine Test to be so easy." Lin Jie was surprised by the rising spirit ring and the voice echoing in his mind. "Is this Shura God truly a Divine King?" Lin Jie couldn't help but wonder.
The next moment, a stream of divine energy from the void flowed into Lin Jie's body.
Lin Jie's soul power, originally at level 66, instantly increased by three levels, reaching level 69.
After the reward was distributed, the voice echoed again in Lin Jie's mind.
[Fourth Divine Test: Kill a 65,000-year-old soul beast.]
"Uh!" Seeing the fourth Divine Test appear, Lin Jie was speechless. "Could the fifth Divine Test require me to defeat an 80,000-year-old soul beast? Is that so easy?"
Since it had appeared and wasn't difficult, Lin Jie had no choice but to proceed with the fourth Divine Test. But before that, Lin Jie tried out the ability that had always intrigued him: the ability of the external soul bone: devouring.
Thinking of this, Lin Jie quickly spread his blood-red bat wings, revealing their pointed tips, which transformed into bone spurs and pierced the body of the soul beast he had just killed.
Sizzle!
The newly slain soul beast's corpse gradually shrivelled, its blood, soul power, and life force all devoured in an instant by Lin Jie.
Then, to Lin Jie's surprise, the rising black soul ring gradually became transparent as he devoured it. A moment later, it vanished into a shadow.
"This! How is this possible? This is unbelievable!" Lin Jie felt the situation within his body, a look of horror on his face. "Is this devouring? Such a powerful ability."
Originally, after the soul beast's death, its soul power was almost entirely concentrated in its soul ring.
However, as Lin Jie's soul devouring skill absorbed the remaining soul power, life force, and blood energy from the soul beast's corpse, it indirectly dragged the soul power from the soul ring back to the soul beast's corpse, where it was then devoured by Lin Jie's soul bone skill and fed back into his body.
Although some had been lost, the soul power and blood essence of a 40,000-year-old soul beast were incredibly powerful. Lin Jie could sense that his soul power, which had only just reached level 69, had already grown significantly stronger. If he absorbed more of it, he might even reach a breakthrough.
"This skill is truly terrifying. It's like a cheat for leveling up. And it absorbs nothing but essence."
"Hmm! Strange, why do I sense some changes in the Killing God's domain? It must be an illusion."
With this thought, Lin Jie quickly searched the deep forest. Soon, he had devoured several soul beasts, reducing them to slag, and his strength was once again enhanced. Whether this was a sinister tactic, Lin Jie didn't care.
After devouring these soul beasts, Lin Jie suppressed his inner ecstasy and thought of the Four Earth Gods.
"Looks like I need to complete the Fourth Divine Test first. A 65,000-year-old soul beast is a bit challenging. And it's not easy to find either.
Forget it, let's look for it first. The Divine Test is crucial to my future, so it's best to complete it as soon as possible."
The Sunset Forest was even larger than Lin Jie had imagined, and some soul beasts were hiding too deeply. After two days of searching, he still hadn't found a 65,000-year-old soul beast. Helpless, Lin Jie had to widen his mind network to its maximum range and continue searching.
After the fifth day, Lin Jie arrived at a valley. At first glance, the valley was gloomy and shrouded in mist.
"Hmm! I sense a powerful aura here, probably over 60,000 years old. Could it be hiding in there?"
Five days later, Lin Jie had already traveled a considerable distance from Dugu Bo.
Now, he finally sensed the presence of a soul beast over 60,000 years old.
Probing the upgraded Heart Net into the valley, a powerful aura returned. Lin Jie smiled inwardly, "Sure enough, it's in there. No need to run anymore." Lin Jie quickly locked onto the aura, gathering a bolt of lightning in his hand. Once the energy was strong enough, he shot it straight at the locked aura. Boom
!
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
Thunder and lightning boomed, and a furious roar echoed through the valley.
"Roar!"
A massive snake, at least ten meters long and one and a half meters wide, with upturned bone spurs on its back, crawled out from the valley's boulders. Its vertical pupils glared coldly at the tiny Lin Jie.
"Oh, it's a snake! It seems snakes and I have a connection. Hmm, those barbs are from the Bone Spur Giant Serpent. Perfect! I'll use you to complete my brother's Four Gods Test."
Lin Jie swiftly drew the Shura Blood Sword, his soul power surging as he charged at the giant snake.
"Roar!" Seeing that the tiny human dared to challenge it, the giant snake erupted in anger. Its massive body slithered swiftly, and the bone spurs on its triangular head stabbed directly at Lin Jie.
Clang! Lin Jie struck the
bony spurs on the snake's head with his sword, a clinking of iron echoing.
But the Shura Blood Sword was worthy of its name, its sharpness exceeding imagination.
As Lin Jie continued to increase his force, the bony spurs slowly pierced through the triangular snake's head.
"Roar!"
The giant snake, in pain, swung its tail, whistling, and swiftly charged at Lin Jie.
"Hmph! Such a trifling trick!"
Snap!
Lin Jie spread his wings behind him, revealing blood-red bat wings.
"Cloud Bat Shield."
Lin Jie's wings spread, swiftly transforming into a black and red shield, protecting Lin Jie.
Seeing the tiny human didn't dodge, the giant snake intensified its immense tail's power, aiming to slay the irritated human with a single blow.
BANG!
The bony spurs of the snake's tail, imbued with the giant snake's might, slammed into Lin Jie's black and red shield, resounding with a resounding explosion.
Protected by the Cloud Bat Shield, Lin Jie remained unscathed and marveled at the power of this hundred-thousand-year-old spirit bone.
Seeing the giant snake still trying to attack, Lin Jie sneered, "You don't stand a chance."
Lin Jie's goal was to get close to the giant snake, and now that it had attacked him several times, how could he give it another chance? With
a swish!
As the giant snake's tail swished towards him, the Cloud Bat Shield blocked it. The next second, it transformed into a bone-spiked blood spear, piercing the giant snake's body.
The pained giant snake tried to break free, but Lin Jie wouldn't give it a chance.
"Devour."
"Hiss. Roar..."
The giant snake struggled and roared in fear, but it couldn't free itself from the blood spear piercing its body.
Gurgle! Gurgle!
The blood energy within the giant snake was continuously absorbed by the soul bone, stored within it, and then strengthened Lin Jie.
Soul power and life force were also continuously devoured.
In a moment, the ten-meter-long snake was instantly devoured, leaving only a skeleton covered in skin.
"Ah!"
Lin Jie moaned with pleasure. The feeling of being devoured was truly wonderful.
"Hmm! Breakthrough!" Lin Jie sensed the situation within his body, surveyed his surroundings, and, finding no immediate danger, quickly sat down cross-legged.
Lin Jie, already at level sixty-nine, absorbed the powerful vitality, soul power, and blood energy of this spirit beast, which was over sixty-five thousand years old. The powerful energy allowed him to successfully break through to level seventy.
[The Shura God's Fourth Trial Completed, Rewarded with a Divine Soul Ring.]
Lin Jie had just come to his senses when the voice in his head made him calm down again.
Divine soul rings are bestowed upon the examiner based on their constitution. As long as they can withstand them, even a hundred-thousand-year-old soul ring is possible.
"Divine soul rings, interesting." Regarding divine soul rings, Lin Jie couldn't understand how the gods created one for him.
However, his current strength wasn't high enough, so even if he knew, it would be useless.
"Since it's there, I'll take it. It saves me from hunting for the seventh soul ring. I'd also like to test the limit of my current soul ring tolerance."
Somewhere in the void, a majestic old man observed Lin Jie through a special method. With a flick of his finger, a ray of light descended from the void. "Little guy, I'm disappointed in others. I don't want to wait any longer."
"Here it comes." Feeling the energy in the void, Lin Jie calmed down and quickly absorbed it.
Boom!
The soul power in Lin Jie's body surged rapidly. In the depths of the sea of soul, a lightning bolt kept jumping. When the light came down, the lightning bolt quickly swallowed the light from the void and continued to grow stronger.
Crack!
The sound of a realm breakthrough rose silently, and a majestic momentum was generated around Lin Jie.
A yellow soul ring enveloped Lin Jie. Then, the yellow turned purple, and the purple turned black, deep black, red, and deep red. A golden pattern appeared above the red pattern.
(End of this chapter)