Douluo: Trinity, I run through the timeline.

Chapter 40 Evolution: Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear! (Seeking monthly votes!!!)

"how much longer?"

"It can take anywhere from three to five days to ten days to half a month."

"follow me."

Zhu Jiuyang took Su Ming and left Gengxin City directly.

"Teacher, where are we going?"

"Go to the meteorite mine. Your soul spirit originally cultivated in that environment, so it's better to go back there for evolution. Besides, evolving into the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear probably requires a lot of metal-attribute power, which is difficult for a soul master like you to provide."

As Zhu Jiuyang spoke, he checked his storage soul tool.

"I have two Earth Element Fruits here. They are the most suitable natural treasures for replenishing soul power. Wild soul beasts can eat one to evolve. As long as it does not exceed ten thousand years, the evolution process will be very smooth and they will not be troubled by energy."

three days later.

Iron meteorite.

"arrive."

The master and apprentice arrived at the area of ​​the meteorite ore mine.

The meteorite mining here has been going on for two and a half years, and most of the meteorite has been mined out, but the metallic elements have not dissipated.

Xiao Jin returned to his hometown and felt very warm and familiar, and immediately woke up from his deep sleep.

"Roar!"

Scenes of Xiong Sheng flashed by, then transformed into a loud roar.

His body began to grow larger.

On his hands were a very distinctive set of dark gold claw sheaths, which fit perfectly with the dark gold claws that grew from his fingertips.

Zhu Jiuyang's gaze was fixed on Xiao Jin's hand.

"Did you create this for him using a soul tool?"

"Yes, it also uses thousand-refined metal."

After Su Ming completed the Thousand Refinements of Spirit, he secretly shared it with Zhu Jiuyang, who was very envious, so he never went to hunt for the eighth spirit ring.

He wanted to try creating a spirit as well.

But ten-thousand-year-old souls are not so easy to obtain.

Ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts already possess intelligence; if they forcibly resist, it could easily lead to the breaking of the contract.

Therefore, Zhu Jiuyang needs time and is patiently waiting for a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast suitable to become a soul spirit.

"Roar!"

Xiao Jin's roar drew Su Ming's attention back.

He looked at Xiao Jin.

At this moment, Xiao Jin's body swelled to a full five meters tall, and its dark golden fur flickered, sometimes bright gold and sometimes dark.

Su Ming could see that with each flicker of light, his hair was becoming thicker, and the skin and flesh beneath it were undergoing an astonishing transformation.

Through the contract, Su Ming also received feedback: the surrounding metallic elemental energy surged into his body, tempering his physique.

hiss~
Su Ming couldn't help but gasp; it was incredibly painful.

"Roar!"

Little Jin is still yelling.

Su Ming now knew that it was a roar of pain, and he couldn't help but roar back as well.

Seeing Su Ming and Xiao Jin roar in pain at the same time, Zhu Jiuyang could only take out the Earth Origin Fruit and throw it to the two of them.

After eating the Earthly Fruit, abundant vital energy flowed through his body, relieving Su Ming's pain.

Xiao Jin's pain continued.

His bear paws grew incredibly large, and his dark gold claws gradually became sharper.

Each change was equivalent to him growing a new pair of dark gold claws.

A sharp, metallic aura began to emanate from him, and the claws adapted perfectly to his new Dark Gold Terrorclaws. "Roar!"

Little Jin roared to the sky and swung its bear claws forward.

His right claw drew five claw-like streaks in mid-air, leaving five furrows on the ground.

Evolve, Dark Gold Devilclaw Bear!

Su Ming was panting heavily, his whole body soaked in sweat.

As Xiao Jin evolved, he also benefited, undergoing a complete transformation.

Ten months ago, Su Ming fused with Little Gold and broke through to level 23. After reaching the Great Soul Master level, his cultivation speed slowed down further. Two and a half months was not enough for him to break through; it would take a full three months to advance one level. Therefore, he broke through to level 26 a month ago.

This time, as Xiao Jin evolved, Su Ming absorbed the surrounding metallic elemental energy and digested the Earthly Elemental Fruit, directly breaking through two levels and reaching level twenty-eight.

"It has surpassed Dou Er."

Su Ming in Dou Er broke through to level 25 directly when he condensed his soul core. In half a year, he only increased by two levels, reaching level 27.

"Innate soul power cannot represent everything."

Su Ming was still slightly smug at this moment.

There is no pleasure in surpassing others. The cultivation speed of Soul Masters in this era is generally too slow, so he can only surpass himself and his two future selves.

Of course, there are multiple factors involved in achieving such a breakthrough.

Although Su Ming in Douyi also dabbled in secondary professions, he mainly focused on forging. However, he relied on his martial soul advantage to cultivate during the forging process, which basically did not delay his cultivation.

On the contrary, Su Ming in the second and third battles really needed to learn knowledge and practice, which meant that he couldn't cultivate soul power in parallel with his studies.

"Xiao Jin, how are you feeling?"

Su Ming turned to look at Xiao Jin and found that Xiao Jin had grown even bigger, standing up to be a full seven meters tall!
"Roar!"

Xiao Jin let out a deep, powerful roar.

His pair of bear paws were particularly eye-catching; those huge bear paws and dark golden claws gave one a sense of mental anguish.

"How is your cultivation level?" Zhu Jiuyang asked.

He pays close attention to this.

Su Ming could actually sense the changes in his spirit rings, but he still looked at Xiao Jin.

"Roar!" (A power boost of three thousand years!)
"Three thousand years."

Zhu Jiuyang gasped in shock.

It's a bit exaggerated.

"Actually, it's alright. If all the energy from the two Earthly Element Fruits were converted into soul power, it would probably be around level seven or eight. I only leveled up by two, and the rest was absorbed by Xiao Jin. Also, Xiao Jin and I absorbed a lot of the metal elemental energy here," Su Ming said.

"It's not a matter of energy, but rather the magnitude of the improvement brought about by this evolution," Zhu Jiuyang said. "One thousand years directly becomes four thousand years."

"Otherwise, how could it be called evolution?" Su Ming said with a smile.

If it were the soul evolution during the Douluo Continent III era, there wouldn't be such an exaggerated, precipitous improvement. This is because soul evolution in that era involved obtaining spiritual power from the Spirit Ascension Platform, which was converted into cultivation level in real time. The transformation from a hundred years to a thousand years wouldn't be a precipitous change, but rather a very gradual improvement.

We are currently in the first stage of the battle, and there is no Spirit Ascension Platform.

In the past six months, Xiao Jin has made great progress with Su Ming. His pair of dark gold claws have been greatly improved by the Thousand Refined Silver with tearing properties, and he has also been continuously absorbing the spiritual energy in the metal through forging.

All of this accumulation is essential for Xiao Jin's three thousand years of cultivation advancement.

"Your second ring is four thousand years old; that's comparable to many Soul Masters' fourth Soul Ring." Zhu Jiuyang said, "You're not going to try absorbing a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring for the third one, are you?"

Su Ming shook his head.

Seeing Su Ming shake his head, Zhu Jiuyang breathed a sigh of relief.

Su Ming's next words shocked Zhu Jiuyang, who had just breathed a sigh of relief.

"I don't need to hunt for the third ring anymore. I can sense that Xiao Jin can add another soul ring for me."

"Huh?"

(End of this chapter)