Chapter 251: The Ninth Soul Ring, Ferocious Beast Soul Ring
After redeeming the two gold cards, the summoning continued:
"Ding! Red-level character selection complete. Congratulations to the host for obtaining Kiki, the Gold Saint of Aries from the Omega Era. Martial Soul: White Sheep. Innate soul power: Level 9. Current soul power level: 94."
"Ding! Red-level character selection complete. Congratulations to the host for obtaining Pegasus Seiya, the Heavenly Fighter. Martial Soul: Myriad Thunder Divine Steed. Innate soul power: Level 9.5. Current soul power level: 97."
"Ding! Black-level character selection complete. Congratulations to the host for obtaining Pharaoh, the Specter of the Celestial Beast Star Sphinx. Martial Soul: Demon Harp. Innate soul power: Level 8.5. Current soul power level: 88."
"Ding! Black-level character selection complete. Congratulations to the host for obtaining Mayura, the Silver Saint of the Peacock Constellation. Martial Soul: Nine-Plume Peacock. Innate soul power: Level 8.5. Current soul power level: 86."
"Ding! Black-level character selection complete. Congratulations to the host for obtaining Charon, the Specter of the Celestial Navigator Star. Martial Soul: Styx Oar. Innate soul power: Level 8. Current soul power level: 76."
After completing the summoning, Xiao Yu wasted no time. He retrieved the core of the Berserk Bone Dragon King, a creature close to the level of a ferocious beast, from his Wish Bag. Under the watchful eyes of Saga and Shaka, two of the strongest warriors in the Nine Star Hall, he began refining the core.
Although Xiao Yu had personally defeated the Bone Dragon King, its core still contained traces of its lingering will. As soon as he activated his soul power, the residual will of the Bone Dragon King erupted. A violent surge of energy flooded into Xiao Yu's body, threatening to shatter his meridians and joints, as if trying to tear his body apart.
But with his current physical strength, this impact was nothing more than a mild itch. Under his precise control, the Bone Dragon King's rampaging energy was rapidly assimilated, merging with his body at an astonishing rate.
"Farewell, Bone Dragon King!"
After nearly four hours, Xiao Yu suddenly opened his eyes and let out a powerful shout. A tremendous spiritual wave erupted within his spiritual sea, instantly wiping out the last remnants of the Bone Dragon King's will.
At the same time, a blood-red soul ring, radiating an overwhelming aura, silently settled into place as Xiao Yu's ninth soul ring. This striking red soul ring bore three faint golden patterns, signifying that its age had exceeded 300,000 years—a true ferocious beast soul ring.
Xiao Yu could have used his spiritual power to erase the Bone Dragon King's will at the very beginning, but he had deliberately allowed it to rampage inside his body. By pushing the Bone Dragon King's core energy to its limits during this struggle, he successfully elevated the resulting soul ring into the ferocious beast level.
With the successful absorption of his ninth soul ring, Xiao Yu officially stepped into the realm of Titled Douluo. The vast energy contained within the 300,000-year soul ring propelled him forward by three levels, placing him firmly in the mid-stage of Rank 93.
"Saga, Shaka, let's go!"
After absorbing the soul ring, Xiao Yu had no reason to linger. He immediately departed from Slaughter City with Saga and Shaka. These two were the strongest pillars of the Nine Star Hall, and Xiao Yu could not afford to waste their cultivation time.
For Xiao Yu, his true opponents were no longer the Spirit Hall, the Clear Sky Sect, or the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires.
His real enemy was the Douluo God Realm, the divine force overlooking all living beings.
This was why, even after Saga and Shaka reached beyond Rank 100, Xiao Yu did not immediately declare war on the major forces. Instead, he carefully orchestrated events—using Tang Chen's name to push the Clear Sky Sect to the forefront against the Spirit Hall while leveraging Qian Renxue's connections to seize power within the Heaven Dou Empire.
His caution stemmed from a deep fear of the God Realm.
Certainly, with Saga and Shaka's strength, they could eliminate the high-ranking members of the Spirit Hall and other factions within days.
But Douluo Continent was not like Slaughter City.
With Saga's current power, he still could not pull the entire continent into a separate dimensional space to block the perception of the God Realm.
And even if he could, the sudden disappearance of an entire continent would instantly alert the God-Kings, making them aware that something was amiss.
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Chapter 251: The Ninth Soul Ring, Ferocious Beast Soul Ring
After redeeming the two gold cards, the summoning continued:
"Ding! Red-level character selection complete. Congratulations to the host for obtaining Kiki, the Gold Saint of Aries from the Omega Era. Martial Soul: White Sheep. Innate soul power: Level 9. Current soul power level: 94."
"Ding! Red-level character selection complete. Congratulations to the host for obtaining Pegasus Seiya, the Heavenly Fighter. Martial Soul: Myriad Thunder Divine Steed. Innate soul power: Level 9.5. Current soul power level: 97."
"Ding! Black-level character selection complete. Congratulations to the host for obtaining Pharaoh, the Specter of the Celestial Beast Star Sphinx. Martial Soul: Demon Harp. Innate soul power: Level 8.5. Current soul power level: 88."
"Ding! Black-level character selection complete. Congratulations to the host for obtaining Mayura, the Silver Saint of the Peacock Constellation. Martial Soul: Nine-Plume Peacock. Innate soul power: Level 8.5. Current soul power level: 86."
"Ding! Black-level character selection complete. Congratulations to the host for obtaining Charon, the Specter of the Celestial Navigator Star. Martial Soul: Styx Oar. Innate soul power: Level 8. Current soul power level: 76."
After completing the summoning, Xiao Yu wasted no time. He retrieved the core of the Berserk Bone Dragon King, a creature close to the level of a ferocious beast, from his Wish Bag. Under the watchful eyes of Saga and Shaka, two of the strongest warriors in the Nine Star Hall, he began refining the core.
Although Xiao Yu had personally defeated the Bone Dragon King, its core still contained traces of its lingering will. As soon as he activated his soul power, the residual will of the Bone Dragon King erupted. A violent surge of energy flooded into Xiao Yu's body, threatening to shatter his meridians and joints, as if trying to tear his body apart.
But with his current physical strength, this impact was nothing more than a mild itch. Under his precise control, the Bone Dragon King's rampaging energy was rapidly assimilated, merging with his body at an astonishing rate.
"Farewell, Bone Dragon King!"
After nearly four hours, Xiao Yu suddenly opened his eyes and let out a powerful shout. A tremendous spiritual wave erupted within his spiritual sea, instantly wiping out the last remnants of the Bone Dragon King's will.
At the same time, a blood-red soul ring, radiating an overwhelming aura, silently settled into place as Xiao Yu's ninth soul ring. This striking red soul ring bore three faint golden patterns, signifying that its age had exceeded 300,000 years—a true ferocious beast soul ring.
Xiao Yu could have used his spiritual power to erase the Bone Dragon King's will at the very beginning, but he had deliberately allowed it to rampage inside his body. By pushing the Bone Dragon King's core energy to its limits during this struggle, he successfully elevated the resulting soul ring into the ferocious beast level.
With the successful absorption of his ninth soul ring, Xiao Yu officially stepped into the realm of Titled Douluo. The vast energy contained within the 300,000-year soul ring propelled him forward by three levels, placing him firmly in the mid-stage of Rank 93.
"Saga, Shaka, let's go!"
After absorbing the soul ring, Xiao Yu had no reason to linger. He immediately departed from Slaughter City with Saga and Shaka. These two were the strongest pillars of the Nine Star Hall, and Xiao Yu could not afford to waste their cultivation time.
For Xiao Yu, his true opponents were no longer the Spirit Hall, the Clear Sky Sect, or the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires.
His real enemy was the Douluo God Realm, the divine force overlooking all living beings.
This was why, even after Saga and Shaka reached beyond Rank 100, Xiao Yu did not immediately declare war on the major forces. Instead, he carefully orchestrated events—using Tang Chen's name to push the Clear Sky Sect to the forefront against the Spirit Hall while leveraging Qian Renxue's connections to seize power within the Heaven Dou Empire.
His caution stemmed from a deep fear of the God Realm.
Certainly, with Saga and Shaka's strength, they could eliminate the high-ranking members of the Spirit Hall and other factions within days.
But Douluo Continent was not like Slaughter City.
With Saga's current power, he still could not pull the entire continent into a separate dimensional space to block the perception of the God Realm.
And even if he could, the sudden disappearance of an entire continent would instantly alert the God-Kings, making them aware that something was amiss.
This time, Xiao Yu had Saga and Shaka take action against Slaughter City by exploiting the conflict between the God King of Destruction and the God of Asura in the Divine Realm. Even if the God of Asura sensed something was amiss, the God King of Destruction would assume it was just an excuse for the God of Asura to interfere with the lower realm.
Even if the God of Asura later probed with his divine sense, he would find that everything on the continent appeared normal—except for his own inheritance ground.
Without concrete evidence, the God Kings would never descend to the lower realm.
However, if the entire continent were to be suddenly cut off from communication, even the God King of Destruction—who upheld divine law the most—would immediately enter the lower realm without hesitation.
If that happened, Saga and Shaka—two anomalies who had reached rank 100 without being true deities—would be exposed to the Divine Realm.
Once the Divine Realm discovered such an existence, they would undoubtedly take measures to eliminate them by force.
The reason the Divine Realm had imposed the level 100 threshold on Douluo Star, making it impossible for mortals to surpass it on their own, was to maintain the division between the mortal world and the gods. The deities relied on faith from the lower realm, so how could they allow any existence that disrupted this balance?
Xiao Yu vaguely recalled an external volume of the original work mentioning that aside from the five God Kings, the Douluo Divine Realm also had eighteen first-level gods, 1,847 third-level gods, and over ten thousand divine officials and celestial hunters—all of whom were genuine rank 100 powerhouses.
At present, the Nine Star Hall only had Saga and Shaka who had broken through rank 100. The third strongest member, Garon, was still at rank 99, just one step away from reaching the divine threshold.
To confront the Divine Realm head-on with their current strength would be no different from smashing an egg against a rock—the outcome was already obvious.
Thus, Xiao Yu chose a gradual approach, first unifying the entire continent while gathering strength in the process. By leveraging the Underworld, which was beyond the laws of Douluo Star, he aimed to elevate all Nine Star Hall soul masters beyond rank 100 before waging open war against the Divine Realm.
There was another reason why Xiao Yu insisted on this strategy. If they forcibly unified the continent through sheer strength, the various duchies, kingdoms, and sects would only submit on the surface while secretly resisting. In time, they would inevitably splinter apart once more.
It was similar to how the Heaven Dou Empire, despite having Tang San momentarily suppressing all factions, still had deep-seated internal problems. These issues had only remained dormant due to Tang San's overwhelming strength at rank 100, but by the events of the second Douluo era, the empire had split into two, significantly weakening its power.
Compared to the Sun-Moon Empire, the divided Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires were far inferior—especially after their internal division.
(end of chapter)
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