Chapter 266: The Blessing of the Thunder Demigod

Seeing that there was a chance, Dragon Duke Meng Shu immediately chuckled and continued, "I don't know either; it's a ruin in the jungle in the southeastern part of the empire, and I only just discovered it."

"Has Senior Dragon Duke not explored the things inside yet?" Ning Feiliu asked with a smile.

"We only slightly excavated the mechanisms on the perimeter, and then we found this." Dragon Duke Meng Shu took a piece of jade silk out from his Soul Guidance Device.

That jade silk did not have any mysterious patterns on it, but rather messy, broken lines, as if... it had been struck by lightning.

"This is..." Just as Ning Feiliu touched the jade silk handed over by Dragon Duke Meng Shu, a line of small text surged before his eyes again—

【Explore the ruins where the God of Thunder fell, find the Thunder Hell Vine, and obtain the blessing of the Demigod of Thunder and the rune Overgrowth.】

A quest appeared again? And this is... the ruins where the God of Thunder fell and the Thunder Hell Vine? The quest display cannot be wrong, so that ruin is very likely the ruin left behind after the God of Thunder fell, and there is a powerful Soul Beast with the bloodline of the God of Thunder there—the Thunder Hell Vine! If it were other deities, Ning Feiliu might not believe that they could fall, but the God of Thunder is indeed a deity clearly recorded in the original series as having fallen, and a First-Class God at that.

Long before the Douluo God Realm disappeared, there was a First-Class God in the God Realm: the God of Thunder.

And the God of Thunder fell during a war in the God Realm and fell onto the Douluo Continent.

And the Thunder Hell Vine, this type of plant, only appeared after that.

Therefore, there is a saying in the plant Soul Beast world that the Thunder Hell Vine is a plant possessing the bloodline of the God of Thunder and is the true number one destroyer in the plant world.

The reason it cannot cultivate to the hundred-thousand-year level is that after cultivating to the hundred-thousand-year level, it would likely truly revitalize the bloodline of the God of Thunder, and without the threat of heavenly tribulations, it could continue to grow forever.

The plane would not allow such a situation to happen, which is why it has always suppressed the Thunder Hell Vine, making it impossible for such creatures to live for more than fifty thousand years.

In the original work, the Thunder Hell Vine did appear; it was originally the Soul Spirit of the Spirit Pagoda Deputy Pagoda Master Zhang Geyang, with a cultivation of forty thousand years, and its cultivation growth had always been suppressed by Zhang Geyang, until it received help from Tang Wulin during the Five Gods of War to leave Zhang Geyang.

Afterwards, by absorbing the lightning power drawn by Tang Wulin, it broke through to a hundred-thousand-year cultivation and became his Soul Spirit, bestowing upon Tang Wulin a purple-gold Soul Ring and two soul skills, corresponding to the ninth Soul Ring.

After Tang Wulin defeated the Demon Whale King of Evil during the sixth trial of the Sea God's Nine Trials, the reward split its age, and it evolved into an orange-gold two-hundred-thousand-year Soul Spirit, possessing the power of a lightning tribulation.

Presumably, this is the source of that Thunder Hell Vine Soul Spirit that Zhang Geyang had twenty thousand years later.

However, this is twenty thousand years ago, so the Thunder Hell Vine should only be about twenty thousand years old now...

If it were before this sixth Soul Ring, Ning Feiliu wouldn't think twice and would just go absorb the Thunder Hell Vine as a Soul Ring.

But now.

He was a bit hesitant.

"Forget it, let's complete the quest first; after all, it doesn't necessarily mean you have to absorb a Soul Ring to complete the quest," Ning Feiliu thought to himself.

The most important thing is actually the quest reward; this time it is... the blessing of the Demigod of Thunder, and it even comes with a rune, Overgrowth!

He had already obtained the 【Blessing of the Demigod of the Forge】 and the 【Blessing of the Demigod of Ice and Snow】, which corresponded to Ornn and Anivia, respectively.

One, the blessing of the Demigod of Ice and Snow, increased Ning Feiliu's affinity with ice-attribute creatures by fifty percent and his elemental affinity.

And the other, the blessing of the Demigod of the Forge, bestowed upon Ning Feiliu the skills of the Craftsman God, which is Ornn's ability to forge divine artifacts.

But at the same time, it also granted him two powerful skills.

【Summoning of the God of the Forge】 and 【Summoning of the God of Ice and Snow】; their Explosive Ring Soul Skill mechanism is unparalleled, and their power far exceeds ordinary soul skills. Now, depending on the quality of the exploded ring, they can exert at least fifty-thousand-year to hundred-thousand-year level soul skill power.

Now there is another 【Blessing of the Demigod of Thunder】; first of all, what can be foreseen is, of course, another Explosive Ring Soul Skill, 【Summoning of the God of Thunder】.

Maybe... it's the ultimate move from the bear game, Call of the Forge God.

By then... it might just be directly summoning a thunder-elemental celestial bear to crash down, releasing storm-force lightning to strike the enemy.

And as the thunder element is the most terrifying element in terms of explosive power, Ning Feiliu doesn't even dare to imagine how strong its explosive power could be.

By then, he would have 【Summoning of the God of Ice and Snow】 for crowd control and slowing, 【Summoning of the God of the Forge】 for both control and damage, and 【Summoning of the God of Thunder】 for burst.

Ning Feiliu himself still has a bunch of soul skills; it can only be said... he's become a bit more powerful again.

But it is only a little bit, after all, he has many skills now, and his strength is no longer what it used to be.

One or two super-powerful soul skills won't increase his strength by much anymore.

Besides that, there is also the 【Blessing of the Demigod of Thunder】; I don't know what it will be.

Actually, at present, among the 【Blessing of the Demigod of the Forge】 and the 【Blessing of the Demigod of Ice and Snow】, the most useful one is still Ornn's 【Blessing of the Demigod of the Forge】.

After all, it bestowed upon Ning Feiliu Ornn's craftsmanship, allowing him to forge various Soul Guidance Devices.

The elemental affinity and creature affinity from the 【Blessing of the Demigod of Ice and Snow】... it's not like they're useless.

At the very least, didn't this help him snatch away Xue Di?

But other than that, it seems relatively less useful.

This 【Blessing of the Demigod of Thunder】, however, made Ning Feiliu think of a point about the Ursine race in the background story...

That is, the defense bonus is ridiculously high, and it can also grant immunity to thunder-elemental attacks.

Even Volibear himself has the ability to resist death.

And even if it were only the former, giving a defense bonus and thunder-element immunity, the boost to Ning Feiliu would not be small.

The most critical thing is also...

It also comes with another rune—Overgrowth.

Although it is not a Keystone Rune like Dark Harvest, as long as there is a rune, what more could you ask for? Thus, Ning Feiliu smiled and said, "It seems very valuable... Big Brother, I remember you still have a Mysterious Water Pill there, right?"

Ning Mingrui was stunned for a moment, but he still took out a box from his Soul Guidance Device.

Immediately, the eyes of Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang lit up.

In the end, Ning Feiliu used the Mysterious Water Pill given by Ning Mingrui to exchange for the ruin map in Dragon Duke Meng Shu's hand; of course, the Dragon Duke also paid twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins at the market price.

After all, the ruin map is just a qualification certificate, and it's not like he's giving the things inside the ruins directly to Ning Feiliu.

No one can be sure what is inside the ruins; does it contain the brilliant treasures of the ancient civilization of the Douluo Continent? Or is there nothing inside, only some worthless funerary objects?

In any case, it is impossible to exchange a Mysterious Water Pill of definite value for a ruin map that is completely unclear.

The Dragon Duke and Snake Granny were also quite content; they honestly spent ten thousand Gold Soul Coins to buy the Mysterious Water Pill, and then after Meng Yiran finished absorbing her third Soul Ring, they directly had her swallow it on the spot.

As for Ning Feiliu and the others, they didn't wait for them at all, and as soon as the sky brightened, they embarked on the journey back to Heaven Dou City.

And at this time, on the outskirts of Soto City, Shrek Academy.

Since that incident, Shrek Academy had been reduced to only six students. Seven days later, Zhao Wuji also escaped from the Extreme Ice Underworld Coffin.

He had only been frozen for seven days, during which he could neither eat, drink, nor rest, so the moment he emerged, he looked as if he had suffered a total collapse.

Even the most powerful Spirit Master could not withstand such treatment.

Not to mention that this is the Douluo Continent, the sewer of fantasy, where even a Soul Saint is just like an ordinary person.

The day before he was taught a lesson by Ning Feiliu, he had already been taught lessons in succession by Tang San and Tang the Hammer.

Especially Tang the Hammer; although he did not use soul power, the strength he cultivated through the Great Sumeru Hammer made Zhao Wuji suffer unspeakably.

Therefore, his body was already weak that day, and he was further taught a lesson by Ning Feiliu using the 600,000-year Ice Jade Empress Torso Bone soul bone skill, Extreme Ice Underworld Coffin.

Most crucially, being so humiliated by a junior like Ning Feiliu, the physical destruction and mental blow left him even more dejected.

Thus, after Zhao Wuji came out, he fell into a major illness, taking a full month to recover completely.

During this period, Dai Mubai was also recuperating; as mentioned before, his right knee suffered a comminuted fracture, and in this world, nothing but the ability of a Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone could restore his kneecap.

Consequently, after his injuries healed, his right leg remained limping, and he became a lame tiger in the true sense of the word.

Now, Dai Mubai should not be called the Evil-Eyed White Tiger, but rather the Evil-Eyed Lame Tiger.

His personality also became increasingly gloomy, and under these circumstances, with his mood dark and blocked, he actually went to find his old lovers again to vent.

Yet he was just happened to be seen by Zhu Zhuqing, and in an instant, the relationship between the two plummeted to freezing point.

Apart from this, the others seemed to be the same as before, getting along without incident.

Ma Hongjun still went out frequently to vent his Evil Fire, Oscar was just practicing diligently, and Tang San and Xiao Wu also looked like there were no problems.

It's just that... Oscar always had a feeling...

His roommate Tang San was becoming increasingly strange, especially that face, which looked fairer and fairer, and the contours were becoming softer and softer.

The gaze he occasionally cast toward him always gave him a feeling that made his hair stand on end.

Moreover, Oscar always felt it was very strange; he had never seen Tang San go to the restroom, as Tang San always went to the restroom quietly by himself.

For men, this matter of sneaking off to the restroom was very strange.

Furthermore, Tang San's clothes always had some kind of strange, fishy stench for no reason.

The coquettish manner displayed also made Oscar somewhat unable to accept it.

The key is... the current Tang San is not yet in the appearance after the first or second awakening of the Blue Silver Emperor.

If it were the Tang San after the first or second awakening of the Blue Silver Emperor who revealed such a coquettish manner, then perhaps even knowing he was a man, one would have doubts.

His current appearance is that of an ordinary person, which is very terrifying.

However, Oscar saw Tang San and Xiao Wu getting along well again, and immediately thought this was just his own illusion.

Tang San clearly has Xiao Wu, how could he be that kind of person?

In short, the current version of the Douluo Continent has not yet updated to the version of Ning Feiliu's past life, so it is very difficult for Oscar to imagine that far.

It is just that ten thousand years later, who could have imagined that Ning Tian would be so ahead of the version? Just like that, while half-doubting, Oscar still got along harmoniously with Tang San.

Then he broke through to the Soul Elder realm, and after telling Flender, this time Flender led them into the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a Soul Ring.

After that, some accidents also occurred.

Among them, when they accidentally encountered the forest overlord—the Titan Giant Ape, Tang San's first reaction was not to protect Xiao Wu, but... to protect him! Watching Tang San protect his body, Oscar always felt... his own back felt a bit cold.

But in the end, there was no danger, and Tang San still went to look for Xiao Wu afterwards, which made Oscar feel again that this was his illusion.

Then Tang San accidentally broke through to Soul Elder during this journey, and after obtaining a Soul Ring.

Xiao Wu appeared automatically.

Then she also broke through to the Soul Elder level and obtained a Soul Ring.

However, during this process, Tang San did not obtain the External Spirit Bone again, as the Eight Spider Lances had been intercepted by Ning Feiliu in advance.

They also did not encounter the Dragon Duke and Snake Lady and Meng Yiran's party, and from then on returned to Shrek Academy successfully.

And at this time, Tang San's teacher, Master Yu Xiaogang, finally arrived!...

Heaven Dou Empire, capital, Heaven Dou City.

Here, even outside the city gates, the flow of pedestrians remained endless.

Among them were original residents of Heaven Dou City, "country" Spirit Masters who came to Heaven Dou City to see the world, and many passing caravans and merchants.

After all, Heaven Dou City is the most prosperous imperial capital of the Heaven Dou Empire, with a huge daily consumption of supplies, as well as all kinds of rare treasures.

It is no longer just merchants and caravans from the entire Heaven Dou Empire that come and go daily; merchants and caravans from the entire continent come and go into Heaven Dou City.

Including caravans from the Spirit Hall's Holy City, Wuhun City, and caravans from the enemy nation, the Star Luo Empire.

After all, in non-war times, neither side would prohibit mutual business and trade at this moment.

Right among this crowd, four young men and women in luxurious clothing appeared particularly eye-catching.

Especially the handsome young man on the right with short silver-white hair and the snow-white long-haired girl beside him, who really made people unable to help but stare and linger for a dozen seconds to properly admire this peerless appearance.

"Big Brother, you all go back first, I need to go to the teacher's place." Ning Feiliu sent Ning Mingrui and Ning Rongrong to the city gate, then smiled slightly and said.

"Go ahead... but is Xue Di going too?" Ning Mingrui naturally understood Ning Feiliu's thoughts, after all, it had been so long since he had seen Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.

But looking at Xue Di beside Ning Feiliu, his expression was strange.

During this time, he did not know that Xue Di was actually a Soul Spirit transformed from a Soul Beast, and just regarded her as an ordinary human woman.

Although he understood Ning Feiliu's idea that "a fair lady is a gentleman's desire."

But bringing Xue Di to Dugu Yan, this would likely cause problems.

"Rest assured, Big Brother, Xue Di and I are not what you think." Ning Feiliu felt helpless, then said, "Alright, I'm leaving."

"Sigh, fine, be careful, go on." Ning Mingrui waved his hand.

Then Ning Feiliu nodded and turned directly, moving rapidly toward the direction of the Sunset Forest.

(End of this chapter)