Chapter 33: Level 20: Re-entering the Star Dou Great Forest

Lan Xue's promotion to Title Douluo, while shocking to the world, was news that would eventually fade away no matter how big it was.

From now on, with Lan Xue's deterrence, the Gulei Kingdom would have a much greater say.

In truth, Lan Xue's strength was still somewhat awkward; she was not bad among Title Douluo of the same rank, but she was not top-tier either, likely sitting in the middle.

This was because there was a problem with how she developed her martial soul; it could not be called wrong, but it was certainly off-track.

When developing the Mysterious Ice Halberd, most of her Spirit Rings were simply added for high attack power; regardless of the attribute, as long as two points were met—first, it did not conflict with the ice attribute, and second, it had high attack power—she would take it. However, this caused her to neglect her own Extreme Ice, leading to her Extreme Attribute not only remaining undeveloped but also being filtered and influenced by other attributes, resulting in her being unable to unleash extreme power and losing her ability to restrain common attributes.

Even while studying at Tianshui Academy, this phenomenon did not change in the slightest.

For one, when mentioning high-attack Tool Spirits with auxiliary attributes, most people first think of further increasing attack power to become an existence like the Seven Kill Sword; as for the auxiliary attributes, in many people's eyes, they are merely icing on the cake.

Yet no one stops to think that perhaps, sometimes, that icing is actually the essence.

For another, the best ice-attribute Spirit Beasts are concentrated in the Extreme North, which is simply too far away, and the living environment is too harsh; there was no need to go there. Both Lan Xue herself and the academy teachers believed that for halberd-type martial souls, attribute power was not that important, as long as one focused on increasing attack power; the Spirit Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest were sufficient.

The originally super-strong Extreme Attribute had basically been ruined, but this could not be blamed on her, nor on the academy teachers; it could only be said to be the limitation of this era, an era where no one realized the power of Extreme Attributes.

If Lan Xue had developed in the direction of Extreme Ice from the beginning, not only would the Mysterious Ice Halberd's attack power not be weak, but its powerful ability to ice-seal all things would definitely be a trump card allowing her to fight across ranks.

It is just a pity that it is too late now; even if her Ninth Spirit Ring was chosen as a powerful ice-attribute Spirit Ring under Nan Feihuang's suggestion, the waste of so many previous Spirit Rings could not be compensated for. Unless one day she could obtain a super-strong full-body set of ice-attribute soul bones, perhaps there would still be hope for the Extreme Ice to shine.

As for the current Lan Xue, she is just a very mediocre Title Douluo; her strength is stable, and she will not be easily defeated by those of lower rank, but she is also unable to challenge experts with higher cultivation than her.

As the Title celebration ended and the well-wishers from various major forces dispersed one by one, life returned to its normal track, and Nan Feihuang practiced daily with his own team.

His third sister, Nan Feiling, had also reached level 10 and successfully hunted a Spirit Ring.

But she did not obtain any over-limit Spirit Ring; instead, it was a simple one of over three hundred years, approaching four hundred years. It is estimated to be about thirty years lower than the original Tang San's, which is already considered quite good.

The obtained soul skill was the Rock Wall Array, which can trap opponents and belongs to the control type.

She listened to Nan Feihuang's suggestion and decided to follow the path of a control-support Spirit Master.

Nan Feiling's aptitude was not much worse than Zhu Zhuqing, one of the Shrek Seven Devils; both had an innate soul power of level 7. However, Nan Feihuang guessed that Zhu Zhuqing was likely at the peak of level 7, about to reach level 8, and coupled with diligent practice, she was able to reach level 27 at the age of twelve.

Nan Feiling was slightly worse, at the mid-stage of level 7, and because she had no great pressure and her acquired practice was not as diligent as others, Nan Feihuang would be very satisfied if she could reach level 25 at the age of twelve.

If she could lay a good foundation while young, and with Nan Feihuang sharing an Immortal Herb with her in the future, becoming a Title Douluo should at least be no problem; whether she can obtain the opportunity to become a god depends on herself.

After all, she is his own older sister and has been very good to him, so Nan Feihuang will not forget her; if there are any good opportunities, he will definitely share a piece of the pie with her.

Just like that, another year and a half passed, and Nan Feihuang successfully broke through to level 20 within two months after his eighth birthday.

Level 20 at eight years old almost refreshed the continent's record, shocking Nan Tianchen and Lan Xue, who were incredibly excited.

But Nan Feihuang knew himself that although his current cultivation speed is very fast, there is still a gap compared to the Innate Level 20 Qian Renxue; he must obtain an Immortal Herb to truly become the continent's number one.

Moreover, he also needs to break through to level 30 as soon as possible to switch to the cultivation methods in the Dunjia Heavenly Book.

For this reason, over the past year or so, apart from devoting part of his energy to researching the way of detoxification and medicine making, he has not practiced any martial arts.

Even the Single-Handed Eighteen Picks were only reviewed once every morning and evening to maintain the proficiency of this set of moves, laying a foundation for learning stronger halberd techniques in the future.

The rest of the time was devoted to practicing soul power.

Diligence combined with talent contributed to the rapid growth of Nan Feihuang's soul power.

As for the others, Dian Wei was at level 19, Lv Lingqi and Xun Yu were at level 18, and Nan Feiling was only at level 14; they still needed some time before they could hunt for their second Spirit Ring.

Therefore, this time Nan Feihuang did not wait for them; in order to strive for her son's cultivation time, Lan Xue took him to the Star Dou Great Forest on the day he broke through.

Although it is said that one can practice regardless of whether one has a Spirit Ring or not.

But there is still a difference in cultivation progress.

For example, the soul power accumulated by a Title Douluo in one day of practice might take a Spirit Douluo several days; once the realm is higher, the cultivation speed naturally increases.

The cultivation speed of a Great Soul Master is also faster than that of a Spirit Master, but the further one goes, the more soul power is needed to accumulate for each level, and the ratio even far exceeds the increased cultivation speed, which is why it seems more difficult to advance the further one goes.

But precisely because of this, the earlier one reaches a bottleneck, the earlier one should break through the realm.

Douluo Continent is different from other fantasy planes where one can accumulate in one realm and then have a sudden burst of power.

This world is very plain and simple; if you can advance, do it early, don't play those messy things, as strong soul power is the absolute truth.

High-level Spirit Masters sometimes don't even need to make a move when facing low-level Spirit Masters; just by using soul power suppression, they can make them unable to move.

This time Lan Xue did not take Nan Feihuang to any Soul Hunting Forest; as Nan Feihuang grew older, she, as a mother, increasingly realized her son's extraordinariness.

His physique was gradually widening the gap with his peers; it was a very special physique, and at level 20, he was already completely not inferior to a level 30 Soul Elder, and even surpassed them—he was simply born for battle, a natural warrior.

With this kind of physique, plus having consumed Whale Glue, it would be too wasteful to use a conventional Spirit Ring configuration; even knowing that the tallest tree in the forest is the first to be blown down by the wind, Lan Xue still wanted to use the best to cultivate her son.

Isn't she still here? What did she work so hard to reach Title Douluo for?

For the people? For the kingdom?

She was not that great; she only had two goals: secondary, to help her husband, and primary, to protect her son as he grew up.

Therefore, under the premise of being certain that Nan Feihuang could withstand a thousand-year Spirit Ring for his second ring, she brought him to the area where thousand-year Spirit Beasts reside without hesitation.

However, looking around, most were relatively ordinary Spirit Beasts, either lacking sufficient attack power and unsuitable as a Spirit Ring for the Fangtian Halberd, or having too much attack power and being abnormally violent, which made Lan Xue uneasy.

After all, she was already prepared to let her son absorb a thousand-year Spirit Ring across ranks; although she was confident her son could withstand it, overly tyrannical Spirit Rings still carried a certain degree of danger.

Additionally, Nan Feihuang said he hoped his second soul skill would have some control, to strengthen his own combat versatility.

These Spirit Beasts were clearly unsuitable.

Just as the two had not been in the Star Dou Great Forest for long, in a cave deep inside, near the Life Lake, a pair of blood-red eyes suddenly opened, staring intensely in the direction of Nan Feihuang and Lan Xue.

Immediately following, a hiss was heard.

Beside the shore of the Life Lake, the Titan, known as the Forest King, and the Forest Emperor, the Azure Ox Python, were immediately so frightened that they prostrated themselves on the ground, not daring to move.

And in the depths of the Life Lake, within a different space.

A man in black robes with black hair and golden eyes opened his eyes and asked in confusion, "It's that guy; it appeared suddenly eight years ago, and its cultivation was so strong that even I couldn't do anything about it, but it usually stays in the cave and doesn't come out. Why did it suddenly release such a powerful aura today?"

"Perhaps it's in a bad mood. Ditian, that Spirit Beast is too special; even the Lord doesn't know where it came from. But we are of the same kind after all, and it usually minds its own business with us. As long as it doesn't cause trouble, and there are no special circumstances, we had better not provoke it." Beside Ditian, a beautiful woman dressed in green clothes advised.

She was the one known as the continent's strongest healing Spirit Beast, one of Ditian's wives, the Emerald Swan, Biji.

Ditian nodded, "Very well, it seems to have calmed down; let's not meddle in other people's business."

After speaking, it closed its eyes again to practice, absorbing the origin power of a large, snow-white meat worm in front of it.

The Spirit Beast inside the cave had indeed calmed down; it had just been so agitated that it nearly wanted to rush out, but it seemed to be worried about something, and quickly forcibly suppressed the agitation in its heart, closing its eyes once again.

(End of this chapter)