Douluo Continent: Starting from Awakening the Vermilion Bird Martial Soul

Chapter 26 Border Situation

"The Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, there is such a treasure land on this continent, and it is so close to us."

Di Yuan was somewhat taken aback. He had lived for decades and was quite knowledgeable, but he had never heard of such a treasure land before. He was especially shocked when he learned about the rare medicinal herbs there.

"Is your rapid improvement due to those rare medicinal herbs?"

Di Hong shook his head: "Not entirely. The fire element inside the Yin-Yang Well is extremely concentrated, even more so than the volcano where I cultivated before. My cultivation speed there is almost ten times faster than outside."

After speaking, he took out a fiery red herb from his soul tool.

"This is the Phoenix Sunflower with Cockscomb. Father, please consume it. Consuming it may help you advance further, and breaking through to the Title Douluo level in the future is not impossible."

Taking the cockscomb phoenix sunflower from Di Hong, Di Yuan's eyes revealed undisguised longing. He could naturally tell it was a good thing, but after thinking about it, he still chose to give it up.

"Never mind, Father is getting old, and his pursuit of improving his soul power is not as strong as before."

As he spoke, he handed the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower to Di Yang.

"Boss, you've taken it, haven't you?"

Although it was a good thing, he knew that even if he took the herb, his strength would not improve much, and even if he could break through to the Title Douluo level, it would not be of much significance.

Therefore, it's better to leave such good things to outstanding successors.

Di Yang also refused.

"Giving it to me would be a waste. If you ask me, I'd say we should give it to the fourth son's descendants later."

Di Hong possesses innate level 20 soul power, so there's no reason why his descendants would lack talent. Giving his descendants this herb would have a greater effect.

He returned the herbs to Di Hong. Di Hong had no choice but to settle for two more fire-attribute herbs, the Crimson Flame Flower. Although this herb was much less effective than the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, it was still effective nonetheless.

Di Yuan and Di Yang did not refuse the two medicinal herbs, but accepted them.

Di Hong naturally did not forget his mother Shen Ning, and he prepared a medicinal herb for her. He also did not forget Di Ming. Although Di Ming's talent was average, it did not mean that he would not prepare one for him. Wasting it was also wasting it for his own family.

Besides, if it's for family, then it's not a waste.

While medicinal herbs are precious, they are not as rare as those considered celestial herbs.

"You've just returned, go back and rest first. Tomorrow, your father will accompany you to obtain your sixth spirit ring."

"Yes." Di Hong stood up, cupped his hands in greeting, and then turned to leave.

After returning to his room, he fell asleep immediately. He had been cultivating for the past seven days and hadn't had a proper rest yet. Di Yuan and the others went to the cultivation room to take medicinal herbs and cultivate in seclusion.

I slept straight through to the next day.

By noon the next day, Di Yuan took him to hunt soul beasts. His soul power level had reached level 84. In the past six years, he had broken through one level. After taking the herbs yesterday, he once again cleansed up the meridians in his body, and his soul power level increased by another level.

"What age of spirit beast do you want for your sixth spirit ring? Fifty thousand years old?"

In his opinion, a sixth spirit ring with a lifespan of 50,000 years was already very good. His sixth spirit ring was only a little over 20,000 years old, and his seventh spirit ring was only 40,000 years old. But Di Hong was different. He had extremely high talent, and his fourth spirit ring was a 10,000-year spirit ring.

The fifth spirit ring is a 30,000-year spirit ring, so the sixth spirit ring would naturally be 40,000 or 50,000 years.

Di Hong thought for a moment and said, "Father, I hope my sixth soul ring will be from a 60,000-year-old soul beast."

After consuming the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass and the Fiery Apricot, he could absorb a 60,000-year-old soul beast without any pressure, and there was no need to consider a 40,000-year-old or 50,000-year-old soul beast.

"A 60,000-year-old soul beast is not easy to find." Di Yuan pondered where to find a suitable soul beast, and all the fire-attribute soul beasts within the kingdom flashed through his mind.

"What about the Firefeathered Bird King, which is 60,000 years old?"

This is the oldest fire-attribute soul beast in the kingdom. If this one isn't enough, then we'll have to go to the Star Dou Great Forest.

"That's it."

Di Hong's eyes lit up. His first and second spirit rings were Fire Feather Birds, so it was natural for him to use Fire Feather Birds for his sixth spirit ring, especially since it was a 60,000-year-old Fire Feather Bird King.

The only drawback is that once the Firefeather Bird King is defeated, there will be no more Firefeather Birds that live for ten thousand years within the kingdom.

There used to be several ten-thousand-year-old Firefeather Birds, but they were all hunted down. In order to hunt down the ten-thousand-year-old Firefeather Birds, Di Yuan fought with the Firefeather Bird King many times, but they were basically evenly matched. Six years ago, when he was hunting for the first and second soul rings for Di Hong, he caught one and ran away, afraid of alarming the Firefeather Bird King.

He wasn't afraid, but it would be bad if Di Hong got hurt.

But this time it's different. He's an 84-level Soul Douluo, plus Di Hong, a 60-level Soul Emperor, which is enough to deal with it.

Along the way, Di Hong noticed something was amiss.

"Father, why are there so many people on this road?" He wouldn't have asked this in the past, since this was a main road and it was normal for there to be a lot of people. But today was different. There were many more people than usual, and many of them were dressed simply and had their families with them.

Most of them were carrying luggage, which clearly indicated they came from elsewhere.

Di Yuan, with his eyes closed, spoke slowly and deliberately: "They all fled from the border of the empire."

"You don't know, something happened these past few days."

"What is it?" Di Hong asked.

Di Yuan said, "The struggle for the crown prince position in the Star Luo Empire has ended. Prince Dai Yutian deposed his brother and became the new crown prince. After he took the throne, the Star Luo Empire's troops on the border began to constantly cross the border to attack towns and villages."

"Furthermore, there is a large-scale military mobilization within the Star Luo Empire, with a large number of troops beginning to gather on the border, indicating a strong intention to launch a full-scale invasion."

"Many people in the border areas have already begun to flee; what you see is only a portion of the population."

"There will be more to come."

Di Hong did not expect that in such a short time, the border situation would become serious again, and this time it seemed to be even more serious. The conflict between the two empires was not a recent event; they fought almost every year, although large-scale wars were not very frequent.

He wasn't even born, or rather, he hadn't yet time-traveled, during the last large-scale war.

In that war, the two empires together lost nearly 200,000 soldiers, and countless residents on the border were also killed or wounded. In the end, the Spirit Hall intervened to mediate. Although the war did not result in a clear winner, it was actually clear to everyone that the Heaven Dou Empire had lost.

Because the Heavenly Dou Empire suffered greater losses, the Star Luo Empire obtained what it wanted.

If it weren't for the existence of the Spirit Hall, the Star Luo Empire's military flag would probably have been planted on the city wall of Heaven Dou City long ago. In terms of overall national strength, the Star Luo Empire is stronger than the Heaven Dou Empire, thanks to the Star Luo's succession system, which, although cruel, also makes each monarch very powerful.

Both empires are now in decline, but the Tiandou Empire is declining faster, and Tiandou is facing greater constraints than Xingluo.

The Star Luo Empire has wanted to destroy the Heaven Dou Empire and unify the continent for a long time; it has been doing so for generations. Even the Heaven Dou Empire wanted to do it, but it didn't have the strength.

Chapter 27 The Sixth Soul Ring

Upon arriving at the Soul Beast Forest, the father and son headed straight for the location of the Fire Feather Bird flock. Their goal was clear: the Fire Feather Bird King.

The sooner we finish hunting the soul beasts, the sooner Di Hong can return.

We arrived deep in the forest.

Looking at the flock of firebirds gathered not far away.

In the center of the flock, a huge firebird was resting. The firebird was much larger than the firebirds around it, measuring nearly twenty meters in length.

The father and son exchanged a glance, and then Di Yuan directly activated his Martial Soul True Form, transforming into a huge fire phoenix and swooping towards the Fire Feather Bird King. His goal was to lure it out, since it would be easy to wipe out the entire flock of fire feather birds in this battle.

He couldn't do something like draining the pond to catch all the fish. There weren't many Firefeather Birds here to begin with, and if he killed them all, he would have to go to even farther places to hunt Soul Beasts in the future.

Meanwhile, Di Hong went to his destination and hid to wait.

The birds that were resting sensed the powerful aura and immediately went on alert. The Fire Feather Bird King flew into the air, ready to fight at any moment. When it saw the Fire Phoenix that Emperor Yuan had transformed into, it was immediately enraged.

Although it was facing a fire phoenix, it was all too familiar with this aura; it was the same human it had fought before.

I came here six years ago, and I never expected to come again, and so blatantly.

With an angry and shrill cry, the Firefeather Bird King was covered in flames and charged directly at the Emperor's Palace.

Di Yuan didn't confront him directly. After provoking him for a while, he turned and ran. However, he didn't run very fast. He kept a certain distance from the Fire Feather Bird King to prevent himself from turning back halfway through the chase. The Bird King was very territorial.

Moreover, it generally does not leave its territory.

In the distance, on a large tree, Di Hong hid in a lush foliage, only his head peeking out as he looked at the sky.

Before long, Di Yuan flew over, with the enormous Fire Feather Bird King in pursuit behind him.

Upon reaching the location, Di Yuan stopped and turned around to confront the pursuing Bird King.

A phoenix and a bird engaged in a fierce battle in the sky, flames shooting out and soul power flying everywhere. The surrounding trees were also affected and burst into flames.

Di Hong was still waiting for an opportunity. After a few minutes, seeing that the time was right, he took action.

After the martial spirit possessed him, he flew behind the Bird King.

"Fourth Soul Skill: Vermilion Bird Roar!"

A massive phantom of the Vermilion Bird appeared and let out a piercing, sharp cry. Rolling sound waves spread outwards, and the Fire Feather Bird King, who was fighting Emperor Yuan, suddenly swayed, his mind being severely attacked.

At this moment, its mind was in complete chaos, like a lump of paste.

Although Di Hong's soul power level was only level 60, it was enough to affect the Fire Feather Bird King in the event of a sneak attack. Moreover, it had been focused on fighting Di Yuan and had no idea that there was someone else here.

A sudden, unexpected attack is impossible to defend against.

Seizing the opportunity, Di Yuan immediately channeled his soul power to unleash a fierce attack with his soul skills.

Not long after, the once invincible Firefeather Bird King was now covered in wounds, and the final blow dealt it a severe injury.

"boom!"