Douluo Continent: The Ten Kings of Hell, I am the Emperor of the Underworld

Chapter 7 Soul-Devouring Beast, The Second Test of the Underworld Emperor

With the moon high in the sky, it should be very quiet in the city at this time.

But this is Sunset Forest, where night is the hunting season for many soul beasts, and roars of beasts can be heard from time to time in the forest.

A bizarre soul beast, seemingly composed entirely of black mist, suddenly appeared like smoke. The night provided its best camouflage, and it almost blended into the darkness.

"This is the Soul-Devouring Beast," Dugu Bo whispered.

After the Soul-Eating Beast appeared, it first looked around warily, and then prepared to look for prey.

Suddenly, the Soul-Devouring Beast let out a low squeak and then looked sharply in the direction where Ning Qiuyang and the others were.

"They actually found us?"

How could a relatively weak spirit beast discover the three Title Douluos?

After the Soul-Devouring Beast made a squeak, Ning Qiuyang felt a faint fluctuation sweep over it.

"It's a soul fluctuation. This Soul-Devouring Beast can use soul fluctuations to detect nearby creatures."

Upon discovering someone lurking in the shadows, the Soul-Devouring Beast immediately transformed into a wisp of green smoke and fled into the distance.

Dugu Bo frowned.

The direction that the Soul-Devouring Beast fled was precisely the direction of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

"If we let you escape, where will we, the three Title Douluos, put our faces?"

Sword Douluo's Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul flew out and pierced directly through the black mist.

But the Soul-Devouring Beast's speed did not decrease at all, and it continued to flee up the mountain.

"what?"

Even Sword Douluo became curious about this kind of soul beast. His attack as a Title Douluo had absolutely no effect on this Soul Devouring Beast.

Dugu Bo said, "Although this Soul-Devouring Beast is not strong, it can transform into a soul, making it immune to all physical attacks, and even most elemental attacks."

As the Soul-Devouring Beast fled up the mountain, Dugu Bo followed closely behind.

But by the time they managed to stop the Soul-Devouring Beast, it had already reached the mountaintop.

"here it is……"

Both Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo were captivated by the scene before them.

It is clearly a mountaintop, but it is sunken into a valley. Standing on the mountaintop, you can feel the turbulent water and fire elements in the valley.

Dugu Bo sighed inwardly, realizing that this was fate.

"This is my residence in the Sunset Forest, where many medicinal herbs grow."

Dugu Bo offered a brief explanation, then glared fiercely at the Soul-Devouring Beast.

Since the Soul-Devouring Beast was immune to poison, Dugu Bo did not use poison to deal with it. Instead, he simply used his soul power to firmly trap the soul-transformed Soul-Devouring Beast, causing it to gradually shrink into a ball.

Ning Qiuyang and Ning Fengzhi arrived at this time.

Looking at this unique terrain, Ning Qiuyang immediately realized that this was the location of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

Unexpectedly, Dugu Bo was quite generous; the Soul-Devouring Beast roamed around this area, yet he still brought his people here.

"Although this Soul-Devouring Beast is difficult to kill, it is only a matter of some effort for a Title Douluo. However, if you want to obtain a Soul Ring, you must kill the Soul-Devouring Beast yourself."

Seeing the Soul-Devouring Beast curled up in a ball but still retaining its soul form, Ning Qiuyang had an idea.

"Let me try."

Ning Qiuyang flipped his hand, and the Ten Kings of Hell Tower, shrouded in black mist, appeared in his hand.

When the Ten Kings of Hell Tower appeared, the Soul-Devouring Beast felt immense fear and even trembled slightly.

Ning Qiuyang's gaze met that of the figure on the first floor of the Ten Kings of Hell Tower. The next moment, the figure actually walked out of the tower.

A figure dressed in a black robe and wearing a crown appeared in front of Ning Qiuyang.

Ning Qiuyang, who had been unable to make out the figure's face until now, finally saw it clearly; the person looked exactly like him. Ning Qiuyang smiled knowingly, feeling as if the figure emerging from the tower had become one with him.

The next moment, Ning Qiuyang's clothes and appearance also changed to match the figure in the tower.

"Martial spirit's true form?"

The people who witnessed this scene gasped in surprise.

"No... no, what merged with Qiu Yang was just a part of his martial soul, it shouldn't be considered the true form of his martial soul."

That's what they said, but Ning Qiuyang's martial spirit was indeed beyond their previous understanding.

"Elder Dugu, you may release the Soul-Devouring Beast now."

Ning Qiuyang's voice was more authoritative than usual, and even Dugu Bo subconsciously wanted to obey Ning Qiuyang's words.

"Are you sure?"

Dugu Bo asked a question, and then withdrew the soul power that had been trapping the Soul Devouring Beast.

Although there were no obstacles, the Soul-Devouring Beast still curled up in a ball, trembling.

Ning Qiuyang stretched out his hand, and an invisible force field was released from him, covering a range of 100 meters around him. The air in the force field became somewhat cold and gloomy.

"Is this the realm?"

This time, Dugu Bo and the others were absolutely certain that Ning Qiuyang had used a domain skill.

Domains are different from soul skills; they cannot necessarily be obtained through soul rings. Therefore, even among titled Douluo, many have not mastered domain abilities.

Ning Qiuyang possessed a domain ability even before obtaining his second spirit ring.

Ning Qiuyang pointed at the Soul-Devouring Beast and said majestically, "Condense!"

The soul-devouring beast, now in the form of a spirit, trembled and materialized.

Ning Qiuyang stepped forward and killed the Soul-Devouring Beast with a single strike. The Soul-Devouring Beast did not resist until it died.

As the Soul-Devouring Beast died, a purple halo emerged from its corpse.

"Qiuyang, this soul beast is older than the limit for the second soul ring to absorb. Let's find another soul-devouring beast," Ning Fengzhi said hurriedly.

He worried that Ning Qiuyang had overlooked the fact that the soul rings generated by the Soul Devouring Beast exceeded his own limits, and that forcibly absorbing them would cause him to explode and die.

“Uncle Ning, my physical condition is much better than usual now. This Soul Devouring Beast is only a little over a thousand taels. I won’t have any problems absorbing it.”

"Really? You can't joke about something like this."

Ning Fengzhi valued Ning Qiuyang highly and did not want him to die young because of something like absorbing a soul ring.

"Don't worry, I understand my current situation very well."

Ning Fengzhi was still worried: "Be careful. If you can't take it, tell us immediately. Uncle Jian and the others are here. At least they won't let you explode and die."

Sword Douluo said, "This kid knows what's important and what's urgent, and he's not an impulsive person. Trust him."

Bone Douluo added, "His current state is similar to a Martial Soul True Body, which can indeed greatly improve his physical fitness."

With both titled Douluo saying so, Ning Fengzhi felt much more at ease.

Ning Qiuyang's performance was indeed as he said; he absorbed the purple soul ring without any problems throughout the entire process.

"This kid is really something else," Dugu Bo remarked with some admiration.

However, the higher Ning Qiuyang's talent and the faster his cultivation speed, the happier he was, because that would allow him to solve the problem of the Jade Scale Snake venom that had been troubling the Dugu family as soon as possible.

Ning Qiuyang absorbed the spirit rings much faster this time than the first time.

After he finished absorbing the energy, the figure in the second level of the Ten Kings of Hell Tower also opened his eyes, and he also looked like Ning Qiuyang.

At this moment, the content of the second test of the Yin Emperor's divine examination also came to Ning Qiuyang's mind.

It seems that the divine tests of the Underworld Emperor do not necessarily have to be completed in order. As long as his realm reaches a certain level, a new divine test will appear, and they can be carried out together.

(End of this chapter)