Douluo: The Unrivaled Demon Lord

Chapter 12: Han Ruoruo's Troubles, the Thousand-Year-Old Thorn Dragon
Night falls quietly.

The golden rope was like a golden snake weaving through the surrounding bushes. All the vegetation was cleared away by a powerful soul power wherever it passed. This small open space was where the three would camp tonight.

There was a clear stream less than a hundred meters to the north of the camp. Gu Yun took some water and caught a few palm-sized herrings from the stream, preparing to cook a pot of fish soup.

Shu Yan sat cross-legged on the ground to regulate his breathing. They had been searching and traveling almost non-stop for the entire day. On the way, they had a fight with a group of violent apes that appeared out of nowhere. The two Soul Saints were fine, but he, a quasi-Soul Sect leader who had not yet obtained the fourth soul ring, couldn't help feeling a little tired.

After Shu Yan finished regulating his breathing, Gu Yun's fish soup was just cooked.

The milky white fish soup looked as rich and fragrant as milk. After sprinkling a few slices of coriander on it, Gu Yun took out three porcelain bowls and served it from the pot.

Fish soup with steamed buns, this is the dinner for three people.

While drinking fish soup, Shu Yan told the two girls about his plans for tomorrow, and at the same time arranged the order of the night watch.

Being in the Star Dou Great Forest, they need to stay vigilant at all times. This is the most basic requirement for entering the soul beast gathering place. Once they relax their vigilance, they may face a catastrophic disaster.

After finishing dinner, Shu Yan greeted the two of them and then went into the tent to rest.

Han Ruoruo inexplicably felt a little regretful. She originally wanted to stay up half the night with Shu Yan. They hadn't seen each other for a long time. Although they had chatted for quite a while yesterday, Han Ruoruo was not satisfied. She tried her best to invite Shu Yan to Shrek Academy. Wasn't it just to make him stay by her side and accompany her?

She didn't want to admit it, but she did feel lonely.

That feeling of loneliness was very special and could not be resolved by the company of friends. Perhaps, as Wu Ming and others said, she should find a significant other with whom to spend the rest of her life.

Thinking of this, Han Ruoruo glanced at Shu Yan's tent with resentment, but then she suddenly reached out and patted her face, suppressing all those weird thoughts in her heart, and began to blame herself in her heart.

Han Ruoruo, ah Han Ruoruo, what are you thinking... He is only eleven years old, still a child, how can you have such thoughts about him?
The more she thought about it, the more worried Han Ruoruo became.

In terms of age, she is already 25 years old, while Shu Yan is only 11. To put it bluntly, at her age, even if she claims that Shu Yan is her son, no one will believe her, not to mention whether Shu Yan can accept her...

Han Ruoruo sighed dejectedly as she was overwhelmed by the complex thoughts. Looking at the blazing fire, her thoughts slowly drifted away...

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The next morning, the three of them extinguished the fire, simply adjusted their direction, and then continued on their journey without staying for too long.

The deeper you explore into the forest, the denser the surrounding vegetation becomes.

Until the end, Han Ruoruo even had to move forward and use the Golden Rope Spirit to clear the way for them to move forward.

The ground was getting increasingly humid, and the moisture in the surrounding air was also increasing. Looking at the map, there was a large swamp wetland ahead.

A black halberd whizzed through the air and pierced the head of a giant crocodile that was three meters long. A bright yellow soul ring slowly rose, and the breath of death made the other giant crocodiles nearby twist and run away. Soon, the entire swamp returned to tranquility.

Shu Yan stepped forward and pulled out the black halberd. With a flick of his hand, the blood on the blade disappeared completely.

"The end point of the aura is around here. If nothing unexpected happens, that guy shouldn't have gone far."

Shu Yan closed his eyes, intently sensing the subtle lingering scent in the air around him, then pointed in a direction. Possessing a True Dragon Martial Spirit, he was extremely sensitive to the auras of other dragon spirits, and even spirit beasts. It was precisely because of his exceptional perception that the three of them had tracked him all the way here.

Continuing forward in the direction pointed out by Shu Yan, the three of them soon found the owner of the breath beside a somewhat turbid stream.

It was a slender soul beast, about two meters long, and looked very strange.

Watching from a distance, you can roughly see that its body is covered with spike-like bumps, which are basically black, but its eyes are a strange silver color. If you look closely, you will find that the skin under its black spikes is also the same strange silver color, which looks mysterious.

After the soul beast turned around, the three people discovered that in addition to its body that was more than two meters long, it also had a tail that was only slightly shorter than its body length. Overall, the body length of this creature was more than three meters.

"It's a thorn dragon! Judging by the length of its tail, its cultivation must have been over ten thousand years..."

Han Ruoruo's pupils shrank slightly, and then she exclaimed in surprise. She didn't expect that the guy they had been pursuing for half a day would be such a top-level powerful person.

"The Ten Thousand Year Thorn Dragon! Speaking of which, this guy is probably the strongest soul beast we've encountered since entering the Star Dou Great Forest. The ghost tiger from before would only become prey in front of this guy."

Gu Yun also spoke softly, with a hint of solemnity in her tone.

Although the Thorn Dragon is only a sub-dragon, it possesses extremely rare spatial attributes, and its attack power is powerful. Its speed is no less than that of a leopard king-level soul beast. It cannot be said to be a perfect soul beast, but at least it does not have any obvious shortcomings.

A Thorn Dragon with a cultivation base of over 15,000 years is capable of easily killing a human Soul Emperor. With its powerful and strange spatial power, it is definitely capable of fighting even against a Soul Douluo.

At this moment, the Thorn Dragon, which was originally gnawing on a corpse with its back to the crowd, suddenly stopped its mouth movement.

Then it raised its head slightly and sniffed the air a few times. The next moment, a dazzling silver light burst out from its body. Shu Yan's expression changed, and then he grabbed one person with one hand. Without waiting for the two to react, he took them away from the spot with teleportation.

Less than a second after the three people teleported away, a huge dragon tail flashing with dazzling silver light suddenly fell down, leaving a large pit with a diameter of about three meters at the landing point.

"When its spikes flash silver, it means the spatial force within it is surging. Be careful."

Shu Yan whispered a warning and then released their arms.

After his cultivation broke through level 40, his control over the power of space was greatly improved.

The upper limit of teleportation distance has also been increased from 50 meters to 100 meters. Of course, if you want to bring other people with you, not only will the soul power consumption increase, but the teleportation distance will also be affected to a certain extent.

Just like when he teleported away with Han Ruoruo and Gu Yun just now, the original distance limit of 100 meters was suddenly reduced to only 50 meters.

But even so, no one can deny the huge role of soul skills such as teleportation in this kind of coordinated battle. At the critical moment, it can turn the tide of the battle or save lives!

The long golden rope quietly wrapped around Shu Yan's waist. Han Ruoruo and Shu Yan looked at each other and nodded as if they had telepathy.

Gu Yun, a spirit master of the Agility Attack system, had already quietly slipped into the shadows of the trees, transforming into a ball of shadow, lurking in the darkness, ready to strike at any moment...

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(End of this chapter)