pertwk Chapter 149 A Fated Person Arrives at the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire
Chapter 149 A Fated Person Arrives at the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire
Chapter 149 A Fated Person Arrives at the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire
Cain said, clearly somewhat surprised, "Dragon God Douluo Mu En, the Sea God Pavilion Master of Shrek Academy? He and Elder Ye..."
Elder Long was a powerful Soul Master of his era, I never expected him to die so young. I thought Limit Douluos could live to be over three hundred years old. But his death is actually a good thing for us.
"Yes, it's definitely a good thing he's dead."
Because of the original sin douluo's desperate fight, Mu En's life force was drained more severely than in the original story. He didn't even live to see the next spring, and his death was brought forward by a whole year.
But Mu En did not give the Dragon Pill to Long Xiaoyao.
Kong Tianxu thought to himself. He was quite certain that in the months since Mu En appeared, Long Xiaoyao would never have had the opportunity to communicate with Mu En alone.
Long Xiaoyao spent most of his time with her, and even when he occasionally slipped out of her sight, Ye Xishui would follow him closely.
Then the Dragon Pill must still be at Shrek Academy, and it definitely hasn't been absorbed.
The dragon core in Moon's hand was formed from the essence of a Holy Light Dragon with hundreds of thousands of years of cultivation after its death. It contained the dragon's bloodline and primordial power and was used by the dragon to temper its spiritual consciousness.
Its domineering power surpasses even the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow of the Earth Dragon Gate Secret Realm. Even after being nurtured by Mu En for a hundred years, there are very few people on the continent who can absorb it.
Within Shrek Academy, only Huo Yuhao, Xuanzi, and Bei Bei are capable of withstanding the domineering aura of the Dragon Core, or are inherently suited to its power, with Wang Dong possibly added as well.
Absorbing the Dragon Pill not only requires a certain level of cultivation, but also requires the Soul Master's body to be completely defenseless, in a state of absolute weakness or even near exhaustion.
Huo Yuhao and the others did not have enough cultivation in a short time, and Xuanzi had to take over the Sea God Pavilion in the few years after Mu En's death, so it was even more impossible for him to go into seclusion and absorb knowledge without distraction.
Combined with Long Xiaoyao's vague hint not long ago, Kong Tianxu had roughly guessed Mu En's thoughts.
He sneered inwardly.
He wants to use Xuanzi's Taotie bloodline as a trump card to suppress my Silver Dragon? That's a clever plan, but unfortunately, I'm determined to get the Dragon Pill.
As an unprecedented possessor of the Three Lives Super Martial Soul, and with both his Supreme Body and the Silver Dragon providing extremely strong enhancements to his physical body, Kong Tianxu would not be satisfied with merely breaking through by constructing multiple soul cores. He would also attempt to simultaneously transform the large-scale black hole soul power within his body.
The requirements for the physical body in the Yin-Yang complementarity are already ridiculously high, while the soul core transformation of the entire body's black hole soul power is even more difficult. The former has been considered by humans, while the latter is absolutely exclusive to soul beasts.
Therefore, Kong Tianxu would never let go of a treasure like the Dragon Pill, which can break through the limits of the human body, allowing Soul Masters to transcend the human realm and truly possess the power of the dragon race.
As for where Mu En hid the Dragon Pill, Kong Tianxu believed that Mu En would tell him when he arrived at Shrek Academy.
In a flash, Kong Tianxu made up his mind and immediately asked, "Yin'er, what did Jing Hongchen say when he came last time?"
"The Red Dust Hall Master said that Shrek Academy sent a letter requiring that you be among our exchange students. They will also send Huo Yuhao, the closed-door disciple of Dragon God Douluo, in exchange. At the same time, Shrek Academy expressed their willingness to make an exception and grant you a chance to study the Golden Tree. We have not yet given them a clear reply."
Cain repeated Jing Hongchen's words verbatim, then frowned and said, "Tianxu, they clearly intend to take you hostage."
Kong Tianxu shook his head and laughed, "I'm afraid it's not just that. Heh, they're quite generous with the opportunity to comprehend the Golden Tree; they probably have ulterior motives. But it doesn't matter, in the end, who knows who will profit more? Tell Jing Hongchen that I've agreed, but the start time will be a year from now."
He was still thinking about how to sneak into the vicinity of the Golden Tree when Shrek Academy unexpectedly handed him a pillow.
Moon transformed himself into a soul and merged with the Golden Tree, thinking that this would allow him to continue protecting Shrek. Unfortunately, he didn't know that sometimes, a lingering soul is more prone to making mistakes than a completely dead one.
Kong Tianxu smiled confidently, a platinum-gold light flashing in his eyes.
Especially for him.
The speed of a level nine flying soul tool is incredibly fast. When Xue Di is bored, she usually spends most of her time tinkering with various soul tools and is quite skilled at using them.
Although they had to take a slightly longer route to avoid the airspace defenses of the Heavenly Soul Empire, thanks to the Snow Empress's immense soul power, they traversed half of the Star Luo Empire and the Heavenly Soul Empire in less than half a day, finally spotting the Sunset Forest located in the northern part of the continent.
It is common sense for soul masters not to fly over areas where soul beasts live.
But this was nothing to Kong Tianxu and his two companions, who had a Limit Douluo in charge. They didn't even slow down and went straight into the skies above Sunset Forest. Some of the thousand-year-old soul beasts that had been entrenched there were so afraid to leave their territory after just feeling the sonic boom of the flying soul tool.
From a bird's-eye view, the vegetation in Sunset Forest appears slightly sparser than that in Starry Sky Forest, due to differences in geographical location and the presence of different species.
The Starry Sky Forest is located in the central part of the continent. It has a pleasant climate with temperatures between 20 and 30 degrees Celsius all year round. There is almost no winter, and no ice or snow.
Sunset Forest is located more than a thousand kilometers north of Starry Sky Forest. Further north lies the far north, where temperatures are much lower, and the vegetation is mainly composed of more cold-resistant coniferous forests. Although sparser, the plants that can survive here are clearly more resilient.
Seemingly sensing the change in temperature, Xue Di's mood became noticeably more cheerful, and she kept pointing at something below to Kong Tianxu.
At such speed, only Kong Tianxu could keep up with her reaction; even ordinary titled Douluo did not have such eyesight.
The Sunset Forest looked peaceful, but as they ventured deeper, a thin mist seemed to drift through the woods.
The thin mist gradually faded and disappeared in the distance along their path, but as they continued forward, it became increasingly dense, and its color was no longer just pure white; in the distance, there were even vibrant colors.
Because the Snow Emperor flies very fast, this change is particularly noticeable. From a distance, it looks like a cloud has fallen into the forest, making the vegetation indistinct.
"It's miasma," Kong Tianxu explained softly.
Cain gasped in astonishment: "There's such a vast miasma forest! And it's even colorful. How many corpses must have rotted here to create such a massive miasma?"
Miasma is mostly toxic gas formed from the decay of animal and plant corpses without treatment or dissipation by wind or rain. Different types of miasma vary in toxicity, causing dizziness and vomiting in mild cases, and death in severe cases. Some highly toxic miasma are extremely corrosive, even gradually rendering metals ineffective or causing them to melt.
Poisonous miasma of this level is no small matter; even a titled Douluo would find it difficult to force his way through. Not to mention the even more extraordinary Seven Absolute Flowers of Azure Phosphorus that exist within it, which have blocked countless outsiders from spying over the past ten thousand years.
Judging from the current trend, Kong Tianxu estimates that perhaps a thousand years from now, under the poisonous cloud set up by Tang San, Sunset Forest will become a lifeless, poisonous miasma forest.
Of course, there are still ways to break in.
At the very center of the thickest poisonous miasma, which even showed hints of emerald green, a dark red figure shone brightly in the sky, behind which was a huge humanoid figure of light.
This beam of light was a hundred meters tall, its entire body a dark red color, but it had twelve pairs of blood-red wings. The twelve pairs of wings came together and flapped down at the same time, tearing through space with streaks of blood, as if it were fighting against something.
Blood Soul Demon Puppet, Ye Xishui has arrived.
Kong Tianxu signaled Xue Di to land. In a flash of light, the three of them entered the crimson light and shadow without any obstruction and witnessed a shocking scene.
A vast expanse of emerald green light covered the earth, and the seemingly haphazard green plants completely covered everything visible on the ground.
A light, emerald-green mist rose upwards and gradually spread outwards.
These lush green plants extend to both sides, reaching a height of about half a meter. Each plant has nine oddly shaped leaves, resembling a human hand but with seven fingers, and the larger ones even have nine fingers.
Each flower is topped with a large, emerald-green flower, and the emerald-green mist emanating from the flower's stamen blends into the surrounding seven-colored poisonous miasma, making green the dominant color in this area.
Looking further into the distance, with his astonishing eyesight, Kong Tianxu could see vast swirling clouds of miasma behind these lush green plants. They were slowly settling downwards, but their density seemed no less than that of the clouds that had filled the sky before.
Ye Xishui is fighting against this emerald green poisonous cloud that covers the valley like an inverted giant bowl.
Faced with the blood lines released by the Blood Soul Demon Puppet, the seven-colored poisonous miasma instantly dissipated.
However, when the bloodline approached the emerald green poisonous mist, it became tainted with more of the emerald green seven-colored poisonous miasma, and its resistance to it was significantly enhanced. Although it was still no match for the destructive power of the Limit Douluo level, after dispersing briefly, the surrounding emerald green poisonous mist surged towards it again at an astonishing speed, showing a hint of a counterattack.
When Kong Tianxu and his two companions entered the Demon Puppet Blood Shadow, the stunned Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng and the others hurriedly paid their respects.
They were part of an advance exploration team, and if Ye Xishui hadn't intervened in time, everyone except for him, the Super Douluo leading the team, would probably have perished here.
Cain's eyes widened in even greater surprise. After training with Ye Xishui for a period of time, she knew all too well how powerful this Death God Douluo was.
In terms of cultivation, Ye Xishui, whose soul power was mostly enhanced through evil means, was inferior to Long Xiaoyao and Mu En. However, in terms of pure combat power in life-and-death battles, even without the Death God Tower and her second martial soul, she was likely to surpass the Black and White Twin Holy Dragons.
But now, Ye Xishui, who seemed to have been holding back quite a bit, was actually blocked by this poisonous cloud in front of her? What exactly is this poisonous cloud?
"The Seven Absolute Flowers of Azure Phosphorus, and the Nine Absolute Flowers of Azure Phosphorus," Kong Tianxu said calmly. Even without relying on his precognitive knowledge of the original work, this plant, or rather, this plant-type soul beast, was an old friend of his.
Putting aside everything else, the 90,000-year-old Azure Phosphorus Nine Absolute Flower Soul Seed from the Star Dou Great Forest is still in his storage Soul Guidance Ring.
Zhang Peng was taken aback and said, "Holy Emperor, you mean that it looks at least a kilometer wide, extending to both sides and likely surrounding the entire canyon, with tens of thousands of extremely rare and precious Azure Phosphorous Seven-Colored Flowers, and even Azure Phosphorous Nine-Colored Flowers that have evolved into plant-type soul beasts?"
It's important to know that while the Seven-Colored Phosphorus Flower prefers to live in groups, its reproductive ability is very poor. They have extremely demanding environmental requirements and need to absorb large amounts of nutrients to sustain themselves during their growth, making evolution virtually impossible.
But judging from the agility of this cyan phosphorus cloud attack, at least a large portion of it has already evolved!
Ye Xishui glanced at Zhang Peng sideways, then said to Kong Tianxu in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, after my recent probing, this Azure Phosphorus Poison Cloud has weakened considerably. However, more than half of the Azure Phosphorus Nine-Finger Flower Soul Beasts within this cloud have evolved their leaves into nine fingers. Given the level of the Azure Phosphorus Seven-Finger Flower, once they become Soul Beasts, they will definitely be at the ten-thousand-year level. Thousands of ten-thousand-year-old Azure Phosphorus Nine-Finger Flowers, growing so uniformly—who knows what secrets this treasure land holds? Perhaps we should use my Death God Tower—"
The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye is such a wonderful environment that it is naturally a paradise for all plants; otherwise, Tang San's Jade Phosphorus Seven Wonders would not have survived.
Kong Tianxu smiled and said, "It's alright, Xue'er, go ahead."
"good!"
Xue Di had been eager to try for a long time, and a hint of contempt and disdain was revealed in her large, sky-blue eyes.
Who is this girl? Is she not afraid of dying?
While Zhang Peng and the others were still somewhat stunned, the icy blue light on Xue Di's body suddenly shone brightly, and a cold current exceeding minus two hundred degrees Celsius swept through, causing the humid, poisonous air to undergo drastic changes.
Large swaths of the seven-colored poisonous miasma dissipated rapidly as if encountering the most terrifying event, with large amounts of seven-colored powder falling to the ground, instantly clearing the surrounding air. With the arrival of extreme cold, the buds of the Azure Phosphorous Seven Absolute Flowers closed tightly, and the surrounding Azure Phosphorous Poisonous Mist continued to dissipate, posing no corrosive effect on them.
As Xue Di flew through the air, she was still not satisfied with the closed buds of the Seven Absolute Flowers of Azure Phosphorus. She raised her right hand high in the air, and a deep blue longsword that seemed to be formed from ice crystals appeared out of thin air in her hand.
Before anyone could even see the longsword clearly, the Snow Empress's hand, gripping the sword, had already slashed down in an instant. A deep blue light traced a fan-shaped pattern in the air, changing from deep blue to light blue, then to pale blue, and finally turning white.
Where the terrifying sword light passed, black cracks appeared in the air, as if the sword had cleaved through space. The countless cracks that suddenly appeared were as if all the spatial rifts had been frozen into ice and then cut open by the sword.
Emperor's Sword, Unrivaled Ice!
Starting from Xue Di, the fan-shaped space, stretching for nearly a thousand meters to the edge of the valley ahead, has been transformed into a frozen world. The remaining phosphorescent poisonous clouds have been instantly frozen into various strange blue-green frozen blocks by the extreme ice. Among these countless ice sculptures that seem to have been formed by nature, a frozen road has taken shape.
Extreme ice and extreme fire are the bane of all poisons. As the two attributes of extreme yin and extreme yang, only they possess such magical properties, especially for the various plants that are born from the yin and yang of ice and fire.
"Gurgle—"
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Zhang Peng and the others all swallowed hard. This girl, who looked to be no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, actually had such strength!
Could it be that she is also a Limit Douluo?
They exchanged a glance, and Zhang Peng, who had been feeling somewhat lost and confused due to the recent sudden shift in the Holy Spirit Church, suddenly felt that there was hope for his life again.
Three Limit Douluos! Add to that the exceptionally talented Kong Tianxu, and the Holy Spirit Cult might truly be able to take down these evil soul masters in the future—
Seeing that no more Azure Phosphorous Nine Absolute Flowers dared to release their stamens, Snow Emperor nodded in satisfaction and happily landed back beside Kong Tianxu, gracefully settling in place with an expression that seemed to be seeking praise.
"Well done." Kong Tianxu ruffled her snow-white hair, then instructed Zhang Peng and the others, "This ice seal should last a while longer. You all stay here and keep watch. Yin'er, Elder Ye, let's go."
"Yes." Zhang Peng and the others naturally dared not have any objections.
Walking along the ice path, you will find that the edge of the valley is very steep, as if it were cut by a knife, and there are many plant-type soul beasts that look like vines below.
However, this height is naturally nothing to a top-tier expert. The Snow Emperor's sword not only cut through the poisonous clouds at the edge of the valley, but also caused the poisonous miasma in the valley to spread to both sides, revealing the entire landscape of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye.
The first thing Kong Tianxu felt was freshness, an unprecedented freshness full of life.
Two rows of colorful, poisonous clouds still lingered in the sky, while a patch of land in the valley shone brilliantly, as if draped in a rainbow. Deep blue vines climbed the distant mountain walls, the thinnest of which were as thick as an adult's thigh, making the entire mountainside appear as if it were cast from a shimmering, iridescent sapphire.
The valley is not large, but it is home to a variety of plants in a dazzling array of colors. Exotic flowers bloom in profusion, and fine fruits hang heavy on the branches. Many plants emit a precious glow of varying intensity, making it clear at a glance that they are no ordinary plants.
Most breathtaking is a lake nestled amidst lush vegetation. The lake's surface is sharply defined: one side is icy white, shimmering with a faint white mist; the other is fiery red, its surface rippling gently in the sunlight. Red and white, like two giant pieces of jade, are set here. The rich life force in the air, rising from the lake, fills the entire valley, creating a scene of ethereal beauty.
One of the three great treasure troves in the human world—the Eye of Ice and Fire.
Ye Xishui exclaimed, "I can say with certainty that there is no other place on the Douluo Continent as suitable for plant growth. The life force here is at least five times that of the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest. What a magnificent miracle!"
For a moment, whether it was the well-informed Ye Xishui or the somewhat oblivious Xue Di and Cain who were rather slow to appreciate precious treasures, they were all somewhat shocked by this treasure trove.
However, after a brief moment of surprise, besides admiration, Kong Tianxu couldn't help but have a thought arise in his mind: such a vast amount of life force and primordial energy—if it could all be used by me—
But then he dismissed this extremely crazy idea.
Such a massive amount of Yuan energy, not to mention that even a demigod's body couldn't withstand it, even if it were all absorbed into his body, its near-complete mix of attributes would make it impossible to truly absorb. Even with his uniquely gifted Saint Yuan Spirit Gathering and Myriad Beginnings Returning to Origin Domain, he couldn't do it. That chaotic power, upon encountering a bottleneck, could even cause a god-level expert to explode and die. However, this thought was deeply rooted in the depths of his mind.
Concentrating his attention, Kong Tianxu scanned the valley.
Because of their appearance, many plants within the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire swayed gently, some turned towards them, and some shone brightly.
On the bank where the red and white spring waters meet, a large pink flower trembles, and a timid female voice clearly rings out: "Hey! Fated one~"