Douluo Dalu - Volume 01-48

by Tang Jia San Shao

  Only, they very soon grew disappointed, because Tang San’s expression didn’t relax because of what Ma Hongjun said.

  Sure enough, Tang San immediately broke everyone’s expectations, helplessly saying:

  “I just tried it, the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud seems to be restricted by some strange force, I can’t summon it. It seems that we can only rely on our own strength for this trial. It would be nice if the spirit beasts in this ring sea aren’t too powerful.”

  Oscar said:

  “Maybe not. Our mission is to break through the ring sea’s blockade, reaching the other side counts as passing. This trial isn’t that difficult. The distance across the water is just a few hundred meters, with our strength, crossing without killing spirit beasts has a very high probability of success. And there are only two powers that can stop us in this ring sea. One is the sea itself. And the other is naturally the spirit beasts. No need to kill, it’s fine as long as we dodge. Like this, it won’t matter how strong the spirit beasts blocking us are.”

  Tang San said:

  “We still have to face another problem, the ring sea has now already sealed our way out, and at the same time it naturally seals the way in. Starting from today, we won’t have any food resupply. Moreover, we can’t kill the creatures in the ring sea to make up for it.”

  Dai Mubai was eager to give it a try:

  “It would be better to let me give it a try first, take a look at just how powerful the spirit beasts in this ring sea really are.”

  Tang San hastily blocked him:

  “No. The circumstances are still unclear, we can’t move rashly. Rongrong and Zhuqing are still cultivating too. There’s still a year’s time, the we don’t have to worry about food either, we just won’t have any delicacies. Right now little Ao and Fatty’s spirit power is also at the sixty ninth rank. Within one year they can also break through to the seventieth rank. Even though Fatty has already had his got bestowed spirit ring quota, little Ao still hasn’t. A food system Spirit Master will be a terrifying existence at the Spirit Sage level. I believe that little Ao’s Spirit Avatar will definitely surprise us. It won’t be too late to try the second trial once we have this guarantee. I don’t know what surprises Rongrong’s seventh spirit ability Spirit Avatar can give us either.”

  Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing spent another two hours before waking up from cultivation. Certainly, the two both had another black spirit ring.

  Because the two women had endured the trial of the god bestowed spirit ring, they were still a bit weak after waking up, even after two hours of recuperation, but their minds still seemed extremely excited. The seventh spirit ring, to any Spirit Master, was extremely important. It could also be called a watershed for Spirit Masters. Past the seventieth rank you could be considered having stepped into the ranks of powers.

  Dai Mubai and Oscar stepped forward to support them. Before anyone could ask, Ning Rongrong already took the lead to speak up:

  “My god bestowed spirit ring is equivalent to a spirit beast between forty and fifty thousand years, the seventh spirit ability is Nine Treasure Avatar. Besides making all my spirit ability amplification levels reach eighty percent, in the Nine Treasure Avatar State, the spirit power consumed by all boost abilities is reduced by half. Moreover, I believe that the Nine Treasure Avatar condition will let me multitask a lot more smoothly.”

  Oscar looked distracted while supporting her,

  “Worthy of being a first rate spirit, the Spirit Avatar effect really is abnormal! Reducing spirit power consumption by half, doesn’t that mean you can boost us for twice as long?”

  Ning Rongrong nodded:

  “Exactly. Only, for now I can’t use Nine Treasure Avatar.”

  Oscar looked distracted,

  “Why?”

  Ning Rongrong smiled wryly:

  “The peak level second trial, Break Through, Ring Blockade. The seventh spirit ability is sealed. Look.”

  While speaking, she released her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. As that sparkling and translucent resplendent pagoda appeared in her palm, everyone immediately saw the difference. Among the seven spirit rings circling the pagoda, the last black one that should be a black ten thousand year spirit ring was now grey.

  Everyone couldn’t help frowning, and Tang San sighed:

  “My circumstances are the same as Rongrong, only all my spirit rings are sealed.”

  He also released his Blue Silver Emperor. Hilariously, only ten odd strands of Blue Silver Emperor shot out, and the originally dazzling seven spirit rings were now already completely grey. They were clearly unusable.

  “Yi, Rongrong, how did your second spirit ring turn purple?”

  Zhu Zhuqing originally wanted to explain the circumstances of her seventh spirit ability, but Ning Rongrong’s spirit ring colors made her seem to discover a new world. Actually, this was already the case when Ning Rongrong helped Tang San pass his trial, only at that time everyone’s attention was focused on Tang San, basically without any thought to this. Nobody had never imagined Ning Rongrong’s second spirit ring would change color either. That’s why it was like this.

  Ning Rongrong giggled, saying:

  “Passing the first trial, besides spirit power rising one rank, my six spirit rings also all received five hundred years of cultivation. The second spirit ring was originally from a five hundred year or so spirit beast, with another five hundred it turned into a thousand year spirit ring. That’s why.”

  Fatty couldn’t help saying:

  “As expected, the greater the difficulty of the trial, the greater the rewards! Third brother, what about you? You have Seagod nine trials, the first trial was also so difficult, you should have two ranks of spirit power. Go on and say it.”

  Tang San then thought of the dignified voice that appeared in the back of his head when he passed the trial, and shook his head:

  “There’s no spirit power reward, it seems it only rewarded something called Seagod Affinity, five percent. Altogether only these five percent, I don’t know what use it is.”

  “Seagod affinity?”

  Hearing these words, everyone were a bit puzzled.

  Tang San casually said:

  “Doesn’t matter what the rewards are, since coming here, our strength has made a qualitative leap. This is already the best reward.”

  Dai Mubai said:

  “Agreed, we also face the danger of losing our lives at all times. But we will definitely crash our way through the challenges, completing all the trials here. Zhuqing, what’s your seventh spirit ring?”

  Zhu Zhuqing said:

  “My seventh spirit ring can be used, my second trial is only Break Through, Ring Blockade. The seventh spirit ability, Civet Avatar, can incarnate as the Hell Civet, speed increases fifty percent. In the Civet Avatar state, all spirit abilities are boosted by fifty percent, mainly in terms of attack power.”

  This was clearly the proper results of a normal Spirit Avatar. Even though it wasn’t extraordinary, it was still a substantial leap in strength.

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  [1] Asura Hell - (修罗地狱)

  Chapter 228: Oscar’s Vulgar Seventh Spirit Ability

  Tang San looked at his companions:

  “Having finally passed the first trial, no matter how difficult the second, we should all properly rest a bit now. This year has been too exhausting. We’ll rest for three days, adjust your conditions properly, we’ll start cultivating again afterwards. For the next period of time, our main cultivation direction will change from spirit power to ability use and cooperation. After all, everyone’s spirit power has increased substantially, and we also have some even more powerful spirit abilities. Everyone’s seen the difficulty of the first trial, the second won’t be any easier. We need to not only grasp our own abilities, but also our comrades’. Only by improving our teamwork as far as possible will we have better certainty for the second trial.”

  Dai Mubai nodded:

  “I have no objections, let’s
do it like that. We can finally relax a bit. Haha. Rest, rest, come, Zhuqing, we’ll find somewhere to sleep a while……”

  Zhu Zhuqing shot him an angry glare, her whole face flushed red.

  Before Oscar had opened his mouth, Ning Rongrong was already glaring unhappily at him, and he could only swallow back what he had been about to say.

  Just as everyone were preparing to disband to rest, Fatty suddenly leapt up,

  “Hang on, hang on, don’t rest yet. Big brothers, big sister, little sisters, you have to stand witness for your brother!”

  While speaking, he turned to Bai Chenxiang, his face all smiles, only small cracks left behind by the fat crowding in his eyes.

  Bai Chenxiang looked at him mystified,

  “Damn Fatty, what are you on about?”

  Ma Hongjun’s smile instantly froze, his little eyes opening wide once again,

  “Damn, did you forget? What you said when third brother passed the first test?”

  Everyone then understood Fatty’s meaning. Bai Chenxiang said that if Tang San safely passed the first test, she would give Fatty a chance. The others had forgotten about it, but how could Fatty forget?

  Bai Chenxiang then reacted, so Fatty was thinking about that. Feeling everyone’s eyes gather on her, she confidently said:

  “I said it. Third brother passed the first trial sagely, I will give you a chance. I’m giving you a chance now! Whether you can move me depends on your own skill!”

  Fatty looked distracted a moment. He discovered that Bai Chenxiang’s promise wasn’t all that advantageous to him, and mumbled:

  “It’s not accept me! Just giving me a chance?”

  Bai Chenxiang giggled, sticking her tongue out at him,

  “Giving you a chance is pretty good already, you don’t know how to be content.”

  Ning Rongrong chimed in:

  “Yeah, Fatty, for you to chase after Xiangxiang, the most important thing is to loose weight first. Look at you, fat all over. As it happens, right now we don’t have any supply chain. Work hard to lower your weight.”

  Fatty said indignantly:

  “Aren’t I just a bit meaty? Fine. I’ll lose weight. Xiangxiang, you have to give me the chance!”

  For the next three whole days, none of the Shrek Seven Devils cultivated again. Their minds were already close to collapse from the long time under strain, and three days to relax was absolutely necessary.

  According to Tang San’s proposal, they wouldn’t lightly charge at the second trial before Oscar and Ma Hongjun had reached the seventieth rank. After three days had passed, everyone began a new round of cultivation.

  Without the pressure of the Seagod’s Light, their cultivation speed of course dropped substantially, and even more so when they had all already achieved quite formidable strength. Even each rank they promoted became extremely difficult. Especially Tang San, who had already reached rank seventy six, clearly felt that even though his spirit power promotion speed wasn’t slow while he cultivated, the distance to the next pass was still indefinitely far away. He didn’t know when he could reach the seventy seventh rank.

  Even if Oscar played around every day, he was undoubtedly the most diligent out of everyone. No matter how many years had passed, he would never forget his promise to Ning Rongrong back then. He would rely on his own strength to protect his beloved. The clone mirror sausage undoubtedly gave him this capability, but it was still far from enough. Everything Tang San said had roused him a great deal. A food system Spirit Master able to cultivate to the seventieth rank was as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns in the Spirit Master world. But it was also because of the difficulty in cultivating that, after reaching the seventieth rank, a food system Spirit Master’s ability would undergo a qualitative leap. This could already be seen in Ning Rongrong’s Nine Treasure Avatar, that was able to reduce all spirit power expenditure by fifty percent! If his own seventh spirit ability could also cause a similar effect, then not only could the boost for his comrades continue for longer, his own use of the clone mirror sausage would also be extended. Then he could naturally protect his beloved even better, and help his comrades pass the next trials.

  Consequently, after the three days were over, Oscar immediately took the initiative to throw himself into cultivation, not cultivating any less than when they were in the Seagod’s Light before.

  Fatty saw Oscar was like this, and naturally couldn’t easily embarrass himself by relaxing either. Having with great effort almost caught up to everyone in spirit power, he couldn’t let himself off now.

  However, their effort in this also somewhat ruined Tang San’s original plans. Losing Fatty and Oscar to join in, everyone naturally lacked something in teamwork training. Howevery, they also understood Fatty and Oscar’s anxiety to attack the seventieth rank. Tang San, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong trained by themselves. In the end, the combined strength of the four of them was already quite frightful.

  Ning Rongrong still mainly trained her heart separation control ability. Over these years of effort her heart separation control had constantly risen from the original three aperture governing heart, to successively reach the realm of four aperture constant heart, and five aperture scattered heart. The further ahead this heart separation control ability was, the more difficult it was to cultivate, no easier than a created spirit ability. At present Ning Rongrong’s goal was to cultivate to the six aperture wishful heart. Even though her current spirit power wasn’t inferior to that of her father, there was still a considerable gap to Ning Fengzhi in ability application and control. In fact, Ning Fengzhi’s heart separation control ability was already cultivated to the peak seven aperture detailed heart, controlling all of his boosts as easily as moving a finger. Ning Rongrong still needed a very long time and effort to match up to her father in skill use maturity.

  Tang San currently couldn’t even use spirit abilities, he could only use his most basic skills and spirit bone abilities to train with everyone. Even though he was unable to employ spirit abilities, Tang San’s selfmade spirit abilities could be said to be more and more numerous, whether Tang Sect’s Controlling Crane Catching Dragon, Tang Sect hidden weapons or Clear Sky Hammer Method, they were all quite formidable abilities, and further adding his spirit bone abilities, he was currently far more powerful than ordinary Spirit Sages, even without Blue Silver Emperor spirit abilities.

  Tang San had complete confidence that, as long as his spirit abilities were restored, he would absolutely have the strength to fight an ordinary Title Douluo. Two one hundred thousand year spirit rings and two hundred thousand year spirit bones weren’t a joking matter. Even more when he also had that constantly evolving external spirit bone, Eight Spider Lances.

  And Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s leap in strength wasn’t any less than Tang San’s. This of course wasn’t in terms of their own spirit power promotion, but rather in their frightening spirit fusion ability. When both their strength reached the Spirit Avatar level, the spirit fusion ability Hell White Tiger naturally also advanced another level. Tang San reached the conclusion that, even if he was in his strongest condition with full access to all his spirit abilities, it was still impossible for him to fight the Hell White Tiger head on. This showed what kind of level this spirit fusion ability had already reached.

  The strength of such a team was naturally extremely astonishing, especially when the Hell White Tiger received the support of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Tang San was sure that even a ninety fifth ranked power would find it very difficult to confront it head on. Only, even though the burst strength of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda amplified Hell White Tiger was formidable, it still consumed Ning Rongrong’s spirit power at a frightening rate. Even when using Nine Treasure Avatar, she could still only keep it up for thirty seconds. After entering the Spirit Avatar realm, the Hell White Tiger’s might really was too terrifying.

  Time passed day by day. Even if the ring sea surrounded them was covered with a feeling
of mortal danger, none of them was affected at all, spending every day on all kinds of cultivation exercises. Their trip to Seagod Island was originally a rare cultivation journey for the Shrek Seven Devils. Everyone gathering together to compare notes with each other, to boost each other, was far faster than cultivating individually. As for the question of meals, even though it was a bit painful to everyone, that still wasn’t any major issue. The food system Spirit Master Oscar was here. Let alone eight people, with his current spirit power, he could have easily dealt with it even if there were eight hundred. He could almost instantly produce more than a thousand of his big recovery sausages. Further adding Tang San using the Blue Silver Domain to search Seagod Mountain for edible plants and fruits, eating their fill was easily managed.

  Oscar’s spirit power had after all always been ahead of Ma Hongjun in the past, and having previously gotten one rank from passing the test, his distance to promoting originally wasn’t far. Consequently, three months later he took the lead to break into the realm of the seventieth rank. Seagod Douluo Bo Saixi naturally also descended once again.

  Seeing the honorable Seagod Douluo arrive, Oscar couldn’t hold back a burst of intense excitement at the corners of his eyes, madly roaring within his heart. Seventieth rank, I’ve also reached the seventieth rank. Who said food system Spirit Masters can’t be formidable? I’m twenty four this year, but I’ve already reached the Spirit Sage level. Rongrong, don’t worry, hereafter I will definitely have the ability to protect you.

  Bo Saixi smiled slightly, and, apart from Xiao Wu, the Shrek Seven Devils received their final god bestowed spirit ring. Enveloped in golden light, as the scar faced Oscar sat, he unexpectedly gave off a kind of extremely resolute feeling. And Oscar also used his own actions to prove to everyone that, even if he really wasn’t a battle type Spirit Master, he still had a resolute will that wasn’t inferior to anyone. The time he persisted in the god bestowed spirit ring trial was longer than for Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong and Ma Hongjun.