Douluo: This Legend of the Dragon King is not quite right

Chapter 11 The Ascension Platform World During the Riotous Period

The hatch slowly closed.

The moment darkness descended, countless streams of data surged into consciousness like a galaxy.

When Lu Jun opened his eyes, he was greeted by a lush, green forest.

Towering ancient trees rise from the ground, their dense canopies blocking out most of the sunlight, leaving only dappled light and shadow falling on the soft soil.

The air was filled with the fragrance of grass and trees, and occasionally the chirping of birds and the low growls of spirit beasts could be heard from afar.

This is a simulated outer environment of the Starry Sky Forest.

They are mostly soul beasts with a lifespan of ten to a thousand years.

"Gu Yuena isn't with me?" Lu Jun looked around and confirmed that she wasn't nearby. "It seems she was randomly teleported."

He wasn't worried about her safety.

With Gu Yuena's strength, she would hardly encounter any fatal threats in the outer area of ​​the primary Spirit Ascension Platform.

Even during the period of riots

He himself, however, needs to find a suitable soul beast as soon as possible to upgrade the Ice Dragon Soul Spirit to a thousand years.

Lu Jun took a sniff, and the forest air, mixed with the scent of branches and leaves, filled his nostrils.

"It's just right that she's not around, so the pressure is much less."

Thinking about it that way, he didn't even want to meet up with the other person.

Lu Jun slowly exhaled a breath of white mist. He made a fist with his right hand, and the Ice Abyss Sword Martial Soul condensed in his palm. The sword was crystal clear, surrounded by cold air, and a faint cold light flowed from its edge.

Two yellow spirit rings rose from beneath his feet, encircling the sword and emitting stable spirit power fluctuations.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze sweeping across the surroundings like a sharp blade.

Towering ancient trees rise from the ground, their branches and leaves intertwining, blocking most of the sunlight, leaving only dappled light and shadow falling on the damp soil.

The air was filled with the fragrance of grass and trees, but beneath this tranquility lay the aura of countless soul beasts.

"rustle--"

The bushes on the left swayed slightly. Lu Jun flicked his wrist, and the Ice Abyss Sword silently pointed towards the source of the sound.

A ten-year-old soft-boned rabbit darted out in alarm, glanced at him warily with its ruby-like eyes, and then quickly disappeared into the depths of the grass.

Lu Jun remained vigilant, taking light steps and slowly advancing forward.

The chilling aura of the Ice Abyss Sword left a thin layer of frost on the ground, both to detect hidden soul beasts and to mark its own route to prevent getting lost.

After advancing for some time.

"Click."

The crisp sound of a dry branch snapping came from beneath my feet.

Lu Jun suddenly stopped, holding the Ice Abyss Sword horizontally in front of his chest.

Ten meters ahead, a seemingly ordinary vine suddenly began to wriggle, its dark green branches rising up like a venomous snake, with a scarlet mouth split open at the tip.

"This is... a hundred-year-old mandrake snake."

Having taken the class before, Lu Jun recognized the soul beast in front of him at a glance.

"A hundred years, oh well, let's just make do with it."

"Let's see if we can clear out this nascent Spirit Ascension Platform during the riot period."

He was extremely confident in his abilities.

"hiss!"

The datura snake suddenly shot towards Lu Jun, its speed so fast that it almost left a trail of afterimages!

Lu Jun's eyes turned cold, and the first spirit ring beneath his feet suddenly emitted a dazzling yellow light.

First Soul Skill: Domain of the Ice Abyss.

He thrust the Ice Abyss Sword into the ground with his backhand. The moment the blade touched the soil, an extremely cold force swept outwards like a tidal wave.

"Click, click..."

Ice crystals spread rapidly across the ground, freezing vegetation and condensing moisture into frost wherever they passed. Centered on Lu Jun, an area within a 20-meter radius instantly transformed into a world of ice and snow, with temperatures plummeting to tens of degrees below zero.

Even the dust floating in the air was frozen into tiny ice particles, which fell down with a soft rustling sound.

The Mandragora Snake's scarlet pupils suddenly contracted, and its originally lightning-fast attack became sluggish as if it were stuck in a quagmire in the extreme cold.

Fine ice crystals formed on the scales on the snake's body, and the muscle fibers became stiff and brittle at low temperatures.

Even more terrifying, around it, ice walls rose up from the ground, like a chilling cage, completely sealing off all its escape routes.

Lu Jun knelt on one knee, his right hand still resting on the hilt of his sword.

He slowly raised his head, his breath forming frost on his eyelashes, his eyes reflecting the frozen datura snake.

Pulling the Ice Abyss Sword from the frozen earth, sending up a flurry of ice shards, Lu Jun spun around and swung the sword. Wherever the sword pointed, large swathes of ice surged forward like a raging torrent.

This is a variation he developed using his first soul skill. It is no longer limited to domain control, but rather compresses and releases the extreme cold of ice to form a devastating ice storm.

Before the datura snake could even struggle, it was completely swallowed up by the roaring ice wave.

The glistening ice layer spread rapidly from the tail, freezing it into a lifelike ice sculpture in the blink of an eye.

Lu Jun stared indifferently at the completely frozen mandala snake ice sculpture before him.

The crystal-clear ice froze the final, ferocious pose of this century-old soul beast. Its serpentine body twisted, fangs bared, and its scarlet eyes, peering through the ice, still stared intently at him, seemingly filled with resentful malice.

Without any hesitation, Lu Jun flicked his wrist, and the Ice Abyss Sword drew a cold arc of light.

The moment the sword touched the ice sculpture, fine cracks spread out like a spider web.

The next second, the entire ice sculpture shattered with a deafening roar, and countless ice crystal fragments refracted brilliant light under the sunlight, like a burst of diamond dust.

The body of the datura snake turned to dust as the ice disintegrated, without even a drop of blood spilling out.

A wisp of pale green spiritual energy from the soul beast rose from the shattered ice, like a flickering firefly, and slowly flowed toward Lu Jun's brow.

He closed his eyes slightly and felt the ice dragon spirit within his body emit a pleasant murmur, completely devouring that wisp of spiritual energy.

The lifespan of the soul increased slightly, though almost imperceptibly, it was indeed becoming stronger.

“The efficiency is still too low.” Lu Jun opened his eyes, his gaze sweeping around as he looked through his icy blue aura. “The spiritual energy provided by hundred-year-old soul beasts is too little.”

He needs prey that is older.

To elevate his soul to a thousand years, he would need to kill a hundred hundred hundred-year-old soul beasts.

But if it's a thousand years, killing ten would be enough.

However, this is just a basic Spirit Ascension Platform, where would he get so many millennia to kill?

"It seems we really have to clear the area; we'll have to steal other people's spiritual energy after all."

Lu Jun did not sheath the Ice Abyss Sword and continued to move forward.

This time he didn't slow down.

Instead, he arrogantly strode through the forest, the chilling aura of the Ice Abyss Sword condensing into a frost-covered path beneath his feet, making each step feel like walking on flat ground.

Not long after, he sensed intense fluctuations of soul power coming from ahead.

A surge of powerful spiritual energy rushed in like a tidal wave, mixed with the auras of several unfamiliar Soul Masters, as well as... Gu Yuena's Silver Dragon Martial Soul aura.

"You ran into her so soon?"

Lu Jun was somewhat taken aback.

"It seems she's nearby, but... I get the feeling she's in trouble."

Reason told Lu Jun that he should turn around and leave, and stay away from Gu Yuena.

However, a large amount of spiritual energy emanated from Gu Yuena's location.

This is precisely what was necessary for his ascension.

Not to mention he still wanted to clear the area.

Lu Jun frowned, weighed the pros and cons, and immediately increased his speed.

"With so much spiritual energy, we can't miss it."

(End of this chapter)