Douluo: Dragon King's Divine Elegy

Chapter 15 It’s Haodong Palm, we’re done!
After arriving in the east of the city, Nan Liujing saw a completely different Spirit Pagoda.

Compared with the hundreds of meters high Soul Transmission Towers in Xingluo City and Donghai City, the height of the Tiandou Soul Transmission Tower is only fifty meters.

Coupled with the bustling crowds nearby, you would most likely mistake it for an ordinary office building.

After getting out of the car, Ye Changming explained as he walked, "Tiandou City is a historic city. To preserve its original state, the government has stipulated that no building within the city is allowed to exceed fifty meters. Even the Spirit Pagoda must abide by this rule."

Nan Liujing listened without saying anything, while curious baby Naer looked curious.

After entering the Spirit Transferring Tower, Nan Liujing looked at the murals that were found in every Sky Pillar-level Spirit Transferring Tower as usual.

As soon as he saw it, his eyes went dark.

The mural in the center still featured Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao. Opposite him stood a ferocious-looking evil spirit master. Huo Yuhao's palms were emitting a jade-white light, seemingly unleashing some kind of spirit skill.

A lifelike sculpture of a beautiful figure was hugging him from behind with open arms, which made Huo Yuhao's eyes particularly gentle, but there was actually a tear sliding down the corner of his eye.

Haodong Palm, for all eternity.

Nan Liujing quickly looked away, horrified.

I can't come to Tiandou Chuanling Tower this day. It's too "driving" people away.

Na'er was still watching when he grabbed her by the scruff of the neck and took her away.

The Soul Ascension Platform is located in the basement of the Soul Transmission Tower. Ye Changming showed the entrance qualification to the Soul Ascension Platform to the guard at the entrance and was successfully allowed in.

Enter the elevator and go down quickly.

There was no numerical prompt, and two minutes passed quietly. With a 'ding' sound, the door opened.

As I walked out of the elevator, what caught my eye was a very spacious hall, mainly silver in color, looking smooth and tidy. At the back of the hall, there were several corridors, and I didn't know where they led to.

At this time, in addition to the twenty or so staff members of the Soul Pagoda, there were also soul masters like Nan Liujing who were about to enter the Soul Ascension Platform. They were generally older than the younger ones.

Ye Changming glanced at the crowd, frowned, found a staff member, asked a few questions, and suddenly his eyes went dark.

His precious daughter had actually entered the Spirit Ascension Platform.

No matter how much he doted on his daughter, Ye Changming was a little angry at this moment.

The staff didn't know this. After confirming Nan Liujing's identity, they immediately took the three of them into the corridor behind the hall.

Rows of elevator doors appeared, I walked into one of them, and the elevator continued to descend.

This time it didn't take long, the door opened after just a dozen seconds.

A small room appeared in front of Nan Liujing, with three staff members inside.

The walls of the room were still made of metal. A huge soul guide screen was hung along the top of the wall. Various images flashed on the screen. It looked like a green world, like a jungle.

Occasionally, a figure would appear on the screen, apparently entering the Soul Ascension Platform to try to elevate their spirits or hone their soul masters.

Nan Liujing even saw an unlucky soul master encounter a group of lions with flames all over their bodies. Then, before being torn to pieces, he turned into a stream of light and disappeared, leaving the confused lions standing there in a daze.

"This should be your first time entering the Spirit Ascension Platform, right?" The staff member who led the way looked at Nan Liujing with interest, mainly because he was too young and was alone.

"Yes." Nan Liujing looked at the screen, his interest piqued. This Soul Ascension Platform was like the virtual online games of yesteryear. Putting on a helmet, you enter the game world, a classic example being Sword Art Online.

The staff member smiled and said, "Then I need to explain it to you..."

To sum it up.

First, the primary soul-raising platform is a world that is half virtual and half real. Entering it can be dangerous. If you suffer injuries such as broken arms or legs, it will have a significant impact on your brain waves, potentially leaving a psychological scar and irreparable mental damage. Therefore, if you feel that you are beyond your tolerance, immediately press the distress signal to leave.

Second: By killing soul beasts in the Soul Ascension Platform, you can absorb one tenth of the spiritual power dropped by the dead soul beast and use it for yourself to increase the lifespan of your soul. If it exceeds the limit of the soul's endurance, you can give up absorbing the spiritual power.

Third: The soul beasts in the primary soul-raising platform are mainly ten-year and one-hundred-year soul beasts, but occasionally there will be thousand-year soul beasts.

"I won't go into more detail. The Spirit Ascension Platform is more interesting if you explore it step by step yourself."

After the staff member finished explaining, Nan Liujing nodded to show that he understood.

One of the staff members stationed in the room pressed a button on the operating table, and the wall suddenly cracked. A metal cabinet slowly emerged with a groove inside that was shaped just like a human, so one could lie down in it.

"Go ahead." Ye Changming gestured.

Nan Liujing rubbed Na'er's head and quickly lay down in the metal cabinet.

Soon, suction cups for instruments extended from it and stuck to various parts of his body, fitting perfectly.

"It may be a little uncomfortable during the scan, just bear with it." The staff member's voice reached Nan Liujing's ears.

The next moment, Nan Liujing felt his body suddenly become numb, and the soul power and blood in his body seemed to be activated by something, becoming extremely active, and then generating fluctuations on their own and being picked up by the suction cup of the instrument.

Gradually, as if injected with anesthetic, Nan Liujing's consciousness suddenly dimmed.

"Excuse me, can you help me find a soul master named Ye Xinglan? She is my daughter." Ye Changming looked at the metal cabinet containing Nan Liujing being re-integrated into the wall, his tone cold.

One of the three staff members monitoring the screen nodded, "Okay."

Within the surround-type soul guide screen, one area changed.

A figure appeared in front of everyone.

It was a girl with excellent looks but not very old. What appeared in front of her was a slender wolf-like soul beast.

The fur all over its body is dark green, and its pure black pupils match the fur, making it almost invisible in the dim jungle.

The Green Bush Wolf is a very common soul beast in the soul beast world. Even in the ancient times when soul beasts were at their peak, it was only one of the lowest existences. But the one in front of us, no matter how ordinary it is, is also a thousand-year-old level.

The opponent of this green bush wolf is a soul master with only one soul ring!

Ye Changming frowned instantly.

Na'er seemed to sense something was wrong and her neck couldn't help but shrink.

...

The air with a bit of bloody smell was inhaled into the lungs through the nasal cavity. Nan Liujing instantly opened his eyes as sharp as an eagle. The dark blue lightning soul power lingered on the surface of his body, and he looked around vigilantly.

No threat.

What came into view was an ancient and lush forest, which is rarely seen in the modern Douluo Continent.

The height of the nearby trees generally exceeds 80 meters, with their crowns spread out and leaves intertwined with each other. Sunlight cannot penetrate at all, and a cold atmosphere is everywhere.

It’s like entering a land of giants, where humans are as small as ants.

With his soul power restrained and his edge concealed, Nan Liujing's eyes quickly locked onto a pool of blood not far away. He stepped forward to take a look.

The color is fresh and obviously left here not long ago.

He looked up and around, a faint light flashing in his eyes, and strands of mental power began to help him find his direction in the dim environment. "Bang, bang, bang."

Suddenly, the sudden sound of fighting rang out in the deep forest where no insects chirped. Nan Liujing glanced at the bloodstains on the ground and without a moment's hesitation, ran towards the place where the sound came from.

In the palm of his right hand, the faint light of his martial spirit had been ready to go, just to avoid being ambushed by the sixth one, the human-faced demon spider.

After running less than 200 meters, the sound suddenly became louder. Through the bushes, which were unknown how deep, a human voice could be heard, but it was not very clear.

"Roar, roar, roar." Another sound immediately drowned out the human voice. It was obviously from soul beasts, and there were quite a few of them.

Nan Liujing carefully closed the distance, and suddenly, he paused and dodged to the side. There was a "bang" sound, and he saw a long crack at the place where he had just been, as if he had been hit by an iron whip.

Nan Liujing looked closely and saw that just ten meters away, there was a short soul beast that looked like a slender willow tree hiding in the shadows and launching a sneak attack. There were many long vines on its body.

The plant-type soul beast, Ghost Vine, should be five hundred years old judging by the number of branches.

Because the environment was too dark, if he didn't have strong eyesight, he would even mistake these branches for snakes.

With a grab of his right hand, a dark green Panlong stick immediately condensed. Nan Liujing stood quietly in the same place without moving, only the yellow soul ring on his waist emitted an illusory soft light.

The ghost vine likes to launch sneak attacks. Now that it has been exposed, it becomes extremely ferocious. In an instant, seven branches like long snakes swung over fiercely.

Nan Liujing held the Panlong stick in his right hand and swung it out casually. The branches immediately climbed up and wrapped around him tightly. A huge force burst out, pulling Nan Liujing down the tree.

If it was any other Panlong stick, it would indeed be troublesome, but the key point is that Nan Liujing's stick is electrified.

A dazzling dark blue arc of electricity suddenly shot out from the Panlong stick.

The dim forest was instantly illuminated, flickering and reflecting Nan Liujing's handsome yet indifferent face. Dark blue arcs of electricity arced back along the Coiled Dragon Staff, clinging to the branches. In an instant, the nearby ghost vines were like a decorated Christmas tree, flashing with dense lightning.

Crackling electricity madly drilled into the ghost vine's interior. Startled, it attempted to sever its branches, but the intense numbness left it in despair. Soon, balls of flame, spurred by the shock, soared from its body. In the darkness, fire and electricity formed a brilliant blaze, fueled by the ghost vine's vibrant life.

Seven seconds later, the ghost vine burned out.

Piles of spiritual light spots peeled off from its body and were actively absorbed by Nan Liujing.

Just like the killing in Luo Luo's Adventures, he left behind spiritual power and his body disappeared like fine sand.

"I don't know if the strength of the lightning element is stronger, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus or my Thunder Dragon Soul."

Feeling the warmth of the spiritual energy flowing into his body, Nan Liujing was a little surprised. The age of his first soul had grown to 850 years.

However, the danger of the Soul Beast Forest did serve as a warning to him. In the darkness, no one knew what kind of soul beast would appear. If it weren't for his strong mental strength, he would have been in trouble just now.

"I'm not alert enough. I need to practice more." Nan Liujing summed up the lessons learned this time and walked cautiously to the other side where the battle was still going on.

This time, there was no sneak attack by Lao Liu. He successfully pushed aside the dense bushes, and what came into view was a group of baboon-like creatures besieging the two humans.

"Wind Baboon?" Nan Liujing's eyes moved slightly.

These wind baboons have brown or dark yellow hair all over their bodies, extremely long arms, sharp nails on their claws, and exposed canine teeth at their lips.

An unknown number of brown-haired wind baboons were guarding the area and shouting passionately, but the actual hunting was done by another ten dark-haired baboons.

Brown-yellow represents ten years, dark yellow represents a hundred years, and the darkest-colored wind baboon is estimated to be six hundred years old, making it very likely to be the leader of this soul beast tribe.

The opponents of this group of wind baboons were two teenagers who looked to be under fifteen years old. They were twins and looked almost identical. When they were under siege, they did not panic. Instead, they relied on their telepathic cooperation to block the attacks of the wind baboons several times. They also had clear thinking and fought and retreated, looking for an opportunity to escape.

Nan Liujing looked down at the Panlong Stick, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes.

Although this group of wind baboons is large in number, they are indeed not very old, making them very suitable for training.

"Roar."

Suddenly, a roar was heard. Nan Liujing looked closely and saw that the oldest wind baboon seemed unable to bear it anymore. He pounded his chest with his arms, opened his bloody mouth, and a white ball of light the size of a human head flew out.

The light ball with wind attributes was spiral-shaped and moved at an extremely fast speed. When the light ball hit, the wind baboons responsible for suppressing it quickly dodged away, leaving the two teenagers with very little time to react.

Their expressions changed slightly, and they rolled to the left and right to avoid the attack.

With a loud bang, a deep pit was blown out on the ground, and grass and soil were scattered everywhere.

"Roar."

In an instant, a trace of murderous intent flashed in the eyes of the wind baboon leader. The wind element in his body gathered and carried him rapidly forward.

With a straight charge and a jump, he actually arrived on the head of the young man who dodged to the left. His pair of full-length arms clasped behind his head and turned into a battle hammer, and he was about to smash down. If he hit, if it were in the real world, his head would probably be shattered.

"Big brother." The young man on the right suddenly changed his expression. Without waiting for his brother's response, he also encountered trouble. The other wind baboons cooperated tacitly. They immediately attacked the young man on the right, intending to tear this human into pieces as quickly as possible.

The pupils of the young man on the left suddenly shrank. He could already smell the fishy odor emanating from the leader of the wind baboons.

Because they had entered the Spirit Ascension Platform before, the two brothers worked together to kill several hundred-year-old soul beasts, and their soul power was not much at this time.

After making a decisive decision, he stretched out his left hand and was about to press the red distress button on his right arm.

call out!
At that moment, the young man on the left saw a glint in the corner of his eye, as if a residual light was flying towards him, and his movements paused.

"Bang", a low impact sound was heard, and the nearly two-meter-long body of the wind baboon leader was knocked directly out in mid-air, and happened to fall into the group of wind baboons that were besieging the young man on the right.

Like bowling balls, it dispersed the herd.

The sudden scene stunned the two young men, but they did not forget to take the opportunity to escape. When they looked back, they saw a stick covered with fine dragon scales appear in the air, with dark blue electric arcs constantly lingering, and faint low dragon roars could be heard.

"Roar."

After being knocked away and electrocuted, the wind baboon leader growled angrily and quickly got up to see who had attacked him. His blood-red eyes locked onto Nan Liujing who was slowly walking into the battlefield.

"Boom, boom, boom." The leader of the wind baboons slapped his chest violently, and the blood aura of his clan spread out. The nine hundred-year-old wind baboons around him immediately became energized and rushed towards Nan Liujing with roars, even ignoring the two humans they had just besieged.

Nan Liujing reached through the air, and the Coiled Dragon Staff transformed into a flash of lightning and flew back into his hand. Dark blue dragon scales began to undulate like waves, as if a giant dragon had awakened from its slumber, ready to devour everything. The lightning element from heaven and earth began to merge into it, exuding an extremely oppressive aura.

When the wind baboons were less than fifteen meters away from Nan Liujing, Nan Liujing's right arm muscles burst out with amazing strength, and he swung the Panlong Stick in his hand as if at random.

The entire Panlong stick instantly turned into a ray of lightning and shot out.

The wind baboon running in the front only felt a distortion in front of his eyes for a moment, as if something had penetrated his chest. He looked subconsciously and saw a dark blue lightning flashing from his body.

With a loud bang, the thunder element that had been continuously compressed by the dragon scales exploded inside its body like a small bomb, and the entire body suddenly shattered into a thick blood-red fog. In the haze, lightning flashed.

Bang bang bang!
The lightning pierced through all the hundred-year-old wind baboons except the leader of the wind baboons at an extremely fast speed, leaving no one behind. Dull explosions sounded one after another.

The vast grassland was instantly filled with blood mist, the grass leaves were dyed scarlet, and the strong smell of blood spread out, making people nauseous.

In an instant, everything became quiet.

The passive skill provided by the Thunder Dragon Soul: It can rely on dragon scales to absorb the thunder elements in the world into it. It can be used to assist soul skill combat or direct attack. It is comparable to an additional soul skill.

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