vncnus Chapter 121 Diamond Mammoth
Chapter 121 Diamond Mammoth
Chapter 121 Diamond Mammoth
After Yang Podi and his group left, the three blonde women seemed to fall into silence as well.
Yang Podi guessed correctly; the three were Qian Renxue, the Serpent Spear Douluo, and the Porcupine Douluo.
Serpent Spear Douluo bowed to Qian Renxue: "Young Master, it's rather strange that they came to the Star Dou Great Forest. How could someone with only a fifth spirit ring possibly reach the core area? Why didn't you keep them here?"
Qian Renxue shook her head: "They outnumber us. Although Dugu Bo and Niu Gao have only recently become Title Douluos, even if the two of you join forces, you might not be able to take them all down. Moreover, the other two are also quite strong. The key to our trip to the Star Dou Great Forest is to hunt for spirit rings. We can deal with them later."
"But young master, they have seen your true face. I'm afraid it might leave a hidden danger."
Qian Renxue thought for a moment: "It's alright. Apart from a very few people in the Spirit Hall, no one has ever seen my true face. Even if they have some doubts, they don't know my current identity. Besides, Yang Podi has already broken through to the Soul King realm. I heard that the woman has some kind of Golden Generation under her command. I'd like to see if the team she has painstakingly cultivated at great cost can achieve the final victory in the Soul Master Competition."
"Serpent Spear, how is the second team of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy doing now? What are their specific soul power levels?"
Serpent Spear Douluo quickly spoke up: "Young Master, based on my observations over the past period, only two members of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team have not yet reached the Soul Master realm, but they are already level 39. They should all be able to reach the Soul Master realm before the Soul Master Competition. Yang Ping'an and Dugu Yan, who have the highest soul power, are at level 47 and 46 respectively, and Ye Lingling of the Nine Heart Begonia is already at level 45."
Qian Renxue nodded: "Judging from this situation, next year we should have a lineup of up to 2 Soul Kings and 5 Soul Masters. We'll definitely be able to give that woman a surprise then."
The Serpent Spear Douluo and the Porcupine Douluo, who were standing to the side, remained silent; neither of them dared to get involved in such a matter.
Qian Renxue looked at the black Flaming Lion King spirit ring in front of her and couldn't help but say, "Genius? Golden Generation? I'd like to see what kind of strength your so-called Golden Generation has."
After saying this, Qian Renxue stopped thinking about it and began to prepare to absorb the soul ring.
At this moment, Yang Podi and his group also fell into an eerie silence.
Dugu Bo thought for a moment before speaking: "Little monster, don't you and your Po clan have a deep-seated grudge against the Spirit Hall? Haven't you ever thought about revenge?"
Yang Podi shook his head: "The hatred of our Po clan is all related to the Clear Sky Sect back then. Now that we have all broken away from the Clear Sky Sect, we don't have that much hatred with the Spirit Hall anymore."
"Besides, if the Spirit Hall had really wanted to wipe out my Breaking Clan back then, I'm afraid none of my grandfathers and the rest of them would have escaped. Moreover, I am still somewhat self-aware. We only have a few hundred people now, and we don't have the strength to oppose the Spirit Hall, let alone actively seek trouble with them."
Father Yang Zhentian's face was somewhat cold: "Po Di, is this your true thought?"
Yang Podi shook his head: "Dad, it's not that I want to let go of my hatred, nor am I afraid of the Spirit Hall, but we also need to assess our own strength. If we continue to oppose the Spirit Hall, the extinction of our family may not be far off."
"Right now, many people outside are boasting about the strength of our four single-attribute families, even claiming they have the potential to become the new Upper Three Sects. We should have a pretty good idea who's spreading this information. Those people are just hoping we'll fight the Spirit Hall to the death, so they can reduce the pressure on themselves."
"But if we really do what they want, the consequences will be terrible, even worse than those of the Haotian Sect. Our family doesn't have Tang Chen."
In recent years, the four single-attribute clans have developed very rapidly. Even the weakest clan, the Agility Clan, has four or five hundred Soul Masters, while the strongest clan, the Breaking Clan, has seven or eight hundred. Combined, the four clans have more than two thousand Soul Masters, and they also have two Title Douluo on the surface. In terms of apparent strength, they have already surpassed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
The current situation in the Soul World is that the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School are desperately fighting against the Spirit Hall. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has developed extremely rapidly, with nearly four thousand Soul Masters, making it arguably the number one sect in the world.
With the support of the Heaven Dou Empire, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is the only sect that dares to confront the Spirit Hall. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is struggling to survive with only Yu Yuanzhen, a Title Douluo. Although their style of doing things is still domineering, they have become much more low-key in recent years.
Even Yu Tianheng, a core disciple, did not go to Thunder Academy, but instead went to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. This was clearly to form an alliance with the Heaven Dou royal family so that his strength would not decline too quickly.
After entering the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Yu Tianheng relentlessly pursued Dugu Yan, and the two were even in the same Heaven Dou-level class, clearly aiming to defeat Dugu Bo.
It's a real pity, though. Even though Yu Tianheng relentlessly pursued her, Dugu Yan still looked down on him. Dugu Yan herself was a very proud girl. After years of hard training, her strength was now much higher than Yu Tianheng's. Dugu Yan herself was already level 46, while Yu Tianheng hadn't even reached the Soul Sect level yet, so naturally she looked down on him.
Various powerful forces across the land have been trying to win over Dugu Bo, knowing his immense influence. However, Dugu Bo has always been a loner, and aside from serving as a guest elder of the Heaven Dou Empire out of gratitude, he has almost always refused the attempts of any sect to win him over.
In truth, Yang Podi sometimes found it strange that Dugu Bo, who was constantly at odds with the Spirit Hall in the original story, wasn't eliminated beforehand, given his status as a devastating weapon in group battles. With the Spirit Hall's strength, dealing with this weakest Title Douluo shouldn't have been difficult at all, yet Dugu Bo poisoned hundreds of thousands of people in the Battle of Jialing Pass, proving himself to be a truly formidable force.
After hearing Yang Podi's words, everyone present fell silent. These people were all Title Douluo and had some understanding of the Spirit Hall's strength. Although they didn't know exactly how many Title Douluo there were in the Spirit Hall, they believed there were at least ten or eight.
Moreover, due to the retreat of the Clear Sky Sect in recent years, without the Clear Sky Sect's restraint, both the Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School have developed extremely rapidly.
Yang Podi looked at the people around him and couldn't help but sigh: "Senior Dugu, Second Grandfather, Grandfather, please don't spread what we saw today. Since the Spirit Hall has kept this descendant of the Qian family hidden so tightly, there must be a huge conspiracy. If we spread it out rashly, we may be killed to silence us."
Dugu Bo asked again, puzzled, "If that's the case, why don't we take this opportunity to detain the three of them?"
"Grandpa Dugu, they have two Title Douluos. In the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest, we can't keep them here, and they can't keep us here either."
"Moreover, my attitude was already very clear just now: I didn't want to cause trouble, which is why things are at peace for the time being."
In fact, Yang Podi had something else he didn't say. Given Qian Renxue's attitude towards Bibi Dong, especially Bibi Dong's high hopes for Hu Liena and the others, this little angel probably wanted to cause some trouble. She was hoping that Bibi Dong would be embarrassed, so that at least her own family would be safe for the time being.
After discussing it for a while, the group decided to search for the spirit ring first, and to try to go as far away as possible to avoid trouble if they encountered it again.
This time, the group ran to a stream again, hoping to wait and see what kind of spirit beast might appear.
It must be said that the soul beasts in the core area are indeed powerful. Many of them are from the same clan. For example, just now we encountered a group of Gale Demon Wolves, numbering about twenty or so. The leader should be the clan leader, estimated to be around 70,000 years old. However, there are two others below that that are over 50,000 years old, and the rest are all over 10,000 years old.
According to Yang Podi's own estimation, the strength of this single Gale Wolf clan is probably comparable to that of a sect from the lower four sects. Moreover, the Gale Wolf clan is extremely united, and even 100,000-year-old soul beasts dare not provoke them easily.
The group waited for a long time before finally finding a decent soul beast.
This is a diamond mammoth, approximately 80,000 years old. It measures over 20 meters in length and about 8 meters in height. Its skin is a deep, earthy yellow, appearing even harder than granite. Its enormous tusks, exceeding four or five meters in length, are estimated by many to be comparable to divine artifacts.
The Diamond Mammoth is known as one of the most defensive soul beasts and is also the inherited martial soul of the Elephant Armor Sect. For Niu Jinfeng, a defensive soul master, it is an absolute gem. Even her maternal grandfather, Niu Gao, is envious of it.
However, this soul beast will be very difficult to hunt. Even a Soul-Breaking Spear at the Title Douluo level would probably only be able to inflict damage on it, and it would be difficult to inflict a fatal wound.
In particular, the Diamond Mammoth is extremely powerful; in terms of strength and defense alone, it is no less than a 100,000-year-old soul beast.
Even Yang Podi himself was a little envious. If it weren't so suitable for his mother, he would have wanted to use it as his sixth spirit ring.
However, the advantage is that Dugu Bo came along this time. Although the Diamond Mammoth is known for its strong defense, it is still much less effective against poison. In particular, Dugu Bo is known as the number one poison master in the world, and the poisons refined by the Breaking Clan are quite powerful.
After discussing it, the group decided to secretly follow the diamond mammoth and then find a way to poison its food.
After several days of continuous tracking, it was discovered that this diamond mammoth was actually a herbivore, whose main food was shrubs and small trees, and it liked to eat tender leaves from trees every day.
However, poisoning is quite troublesome. They can't use too strong a poison at once, nor can they use a poison with a strong odor. After some deliberation, they decided to use the secret medicine of the Po Clan—Seven-Colored Splendor. In the original story, Emperor Xueye was also unknowingly poisoned by this medicine, which is colorless, odorless, and incurable.
Yang Zhentian, the father, personally poisoned some tender leaves in the forest where the diamond mammoth frequented, and even added some other toxins.
Sure enough, after observing it for five days, the diamond mammoth seemed to be feeling unwell, its mental state had deteriorated significantly, and there was even some blood at the corner of its mouth.
The group exchanged glances and decided to launch a full-scale attack on the diamond mammoth, which was already deeply poisoned.
The six people flew quickly toward the diamond mammoth and attacked it from different angles.
The diamond mammoth was suddenly attacked. It roared as if it wanted to fight back desperately, but there were four titled Douluo appearing, and it was no match for them.
Especially since it was facing off against its maternal grandfather, Niu Gao, Niu Gao had greatly improved his strength and defense since breaking through to the Title Douluo level. Even Title Douluos below level 96 could not compare to him in terms of defense and strength alone. In terms of strength, this Diamond Mammoth was probably only at the Title Douluo level.
However, even when his father and second grandfather summoned their martial soul, the Soul-Breaking Spear, they had difficulty breaking through the Diamond Mammoth's defenses and could only leave wounds on the Diamond Mammoth. The defenses were truly astonishing.
Especially when the diamond mammoth was fighting desperately, it was able to stand on its hind legs, raise its front legs high, and press them down directly forward with a force like a landslide.
Grandpa Niu Gao showed no fear, his ninth spirit ring flashing, revealing his ninth spirit skill: Plate Armor Defense. A gigantic plate-armored rhinoceros appeared before him, seemingly defiantly facing the diamond mammoth.
The Diamond Mammoth and the Plate-Armored Rhinoceros collided, creating a huge crater in the ground, as if it had exploded. But Grandpa didn't take a step back; instead, the Diamond Mammoth was pushed back quite a bit.
After a barrage of attacks, the Diamond Mammoth let out a roar and crashed to the ground.
(End of this chapter)