Douluo Continent: The Book of Witness and Peerless Tang Sect

Seeing Long Lei still approaching step by step, the hot-tempered Earth Dragon Bear finally couldn't hold back and attacked. It has to be said that the momentum of an earth-attribute soul beast when it fights is quite frightening.

Although the Earth Dragon Bear, being only a hundred-year-old soul beast, couldn't yet unleash a powerful attack like Meteor Shower, it was quite proficient in using smaller moves such as Rock Spikes and Seismic Waves. For a time, the small area surrounding Long Lei was a scene of flying sand and boulders, quite lively indeed.

Unfortunately, no matter how much the Earth Dragon Bear struggled, the gap in basic strength was simply too great.

From Long You's perspective, Long Lei merely flipped through the book in his hand a few times, and all the attacking soul skills surrounding him lost their effect. Moreover, emerald green vines began to appear under the feet of the Earth Dragon Bear.

The moment these vines sprouted, they began to expand rapidly, covering the entire body of the Earth Dragon Bear in the blink of an eye, and then began to tighten rapidly.

The Earth Dragon Bear reacted quickly; the moment the vines appeared, an earthy-yellow light began to emanate from its body. As the light subsided, a thick layer of rock armor covered the Earth Dragon Bear's body.

Unfortunately, this quick reaction didn't prove effective against the vine attacks. The rock armor significantly enhanced the Earth Dragon Bear's physical defenses, but this didn't free it from the vines' restraints.

The tightening vines failed to leave any wounds on the Earth Dragon Bear, but they eventually disrupted its balance.

"Boom!"

The Earth Dragon Bear, whose body was as hard as real rock, collapsed to the ground with a thud.

As you can see, even after falling to the ground, the Earth Dragon Bear continues to struggle, hoping to break free from the vines' hold with its exceptional strength. Unfortunately, Long Lei will not give the Earth Dragon Bear that chance.

As he flipped through the book again, wisps of blue tornadoes appeared around the Earth Dragon Bear. These tornadoes did not break the vines binding the Earth Dragon Bear; instead, they further restricted its movements.

However, according to Long You's guess, the biggest function of these later-appearing whirlwinds should not be to restrict the Earth Dragon Bear's movements, but to reduce the Earth Dragon Bear's weight.

The reason for this judgment is that Long You saw Long Lei carrying the Earth Dragon Bear in one hand and walking towards the location of Long You and her son.

Lightly setting the Earth Dragon Bear down, Long Lei handed Long You a long sword, a melee soul tool that he had previously used to clear a path.

"Son, get ready. When the rock armor on this bear dissipates, immediately pour your soul power into this knife and stab it into the bear's jaw."

Note that you must pierce all the way in; only then can you truly and quickly defeat this Earth Dragon Bear.

Taking the long sword, a close-combat soul tool, from his father, Long You subconsciously used his insight glasses to analyze the soul tool.

To his surprise, he discovered that he could analyze the soul tool. "It's only a level two soul tool! I thought the soul tool Dad carried would be at least a level five soul tool. But that makes sense, it's just a tool for clearing the way, so there's really no need for a very good soul tool."

The effects of this soul tool are quite simple: sharpness and toughness. But the sharpness enhancement seems amazing; no wonder Dad was confident I could use this longsword to pierce the Earth Dragon Bear's jaw!

Wait, the insight effect hasn't stopped, which means I can continue analyzing even deeper. And that deeper layer of information is... actually, the design and manufacturing blueprints for a soul tool.

Wait, no, stop. Damn it, my soul power is being used up too quickly.

Forcibly stopping the further analysis of the martial soul with his will, Long You turned his gaze to the Earth Dragon Bear, which was still lying on the ground struggling desperately. However, Long You hadn't controlled his expression just now, so his sudden change of expression was completely seen by his mother, Zeng Xianjun, who was standing to the side.

"What's wrong, Xiao You? You looked really pale just now."

"It's alright, Mom. I just used my Martial Soul to analyze this Soul Tool longsword, and then I discovered that the Insight Glasses' Insight Analysis function can directly analyze the design and manufacturing blueprints of this Soul Tool longsword."

However, the rate at which my soul power was being consumed to analyze this level was terrifying, which startled me.

"Is that even possible? Are there any limitations? Never mind, now is not the time, let's talk about it when we get back. Now, let's channel our soul power into this soul tool longsword, and the rock armor on that earth dragon bear will dissipate."

As soul power was channeled into it, a layer of not-so-obvious light shone on the blade of the longsword, clearly indicating that its sharpness had been enhanced.

As Long You assumed his stance, wielding the activated soul-guided longsword, the rock armor on the Earth Dragon Bear indeed disintegrated at the opportune moment. Seizing the opportunity, Long You stepped forward and smoothly handed over the sword.

The soul-guided longsword, enhanced with a sharp effect, successfully pierced the Earth Dragon Bear's jaw. However, Long You had prepared for so long in front of the Earth Dragon Bear, and the Earth Dragon Bear wasn't stupid; how could it not have prepared a counterattack strategy?

Although the rock armor that had been smashed by Long You's father had been forced to disintegrate, they had other tricks up their sleeves! And just like that, a rock spike suddenly appeared at Long You's feet.

Long You, who had been watching the Earth Dragon Bear's movements with his Insight Glasses, noticed the prelude to the activation of the Rock Spike Soul Skill, but unfortunately, he had no way to deal with this attack.

Having employed the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, Long You concentrated almost all his strength into a single point, making it impossible for him to retreat in time before sensing the impending attack of the Earth Dragon Bear.

However, Long You remained calm. While the Earth Dragon Bear fought alone, Long You was different. His parents were still there; how could a mere hundred-year-old Earth Dragon Bear possibly turn the tide?

As expected, the Earth Dragon Bear's all-out rock spike attack ultimately failed to hit its target.

A bamboo branch had somehow been tied around Long You's waist. Pulled by the bamboo branch, Long You, who had already loosened his grip on the knife handle, managed to leave his original position before the rock spike pierced the sole of his shoe.

"Well done, Xiao You! You actually noticed the Earth Dragon Bear's attack and let go in advance. It made Mom have to use a lot of force when she pulled you."

Ms. Zeng smiled and helped Long You up from the ground, her tone clearly showing approval.

"Then please, Mom, next time this happens, either trust your son's abilities or react faster."

Seeing the smile in Ms. Zeng's eyes, Long You silently made a mental complaint.

Because the Earth Dragon Bear was hit in a vital spot by a single strike, the speed at which its spirit rings condensed was still quite fast.

Sitting on the open space cleared by his mother, Long You used his soul power to lure the bright yellow soul ring over.