Chapter 67: Breaking Through Level Thirty: The Choice of the Third Spirit Ring

Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, at the center.

Ever since Nan Feihuang awakened the Ice and Fire Power of his Peerless Fangtian Halberd, this Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had become the optimal mimicry training ground for him; here, the speed at which his soul power circulated was astonishingly fast.

Furthermore, because he had consumed the Ice and Fire Immortal Herb, he was the only person capable of remaining in the center of the Scorching Yang Spring and the Extreme Cold Ice Spring to train for long periods.

Today, Nan Feihuang's bottleneck loosened, and he was currently utilizing the power of this Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to break through his realm.

On the bank, Dugu Bo secretly marveled at the strength of this little monster's talent; at only ten years old, he was about to break through the thirty-level barrier.

His own granddaughter could already be considered a genius, yet she had only broken through her realm at around fourteen or fifteen years old.

There were countless Spirit Masters who were stuck at level twenty-nine for their entire lives, finding it difficult to advance even an inch.

The Soul Elder stage was the first watershed for a Spirit Master's cultivation; the earlier one broke through to Soul Elder, the more advantageous it would be for subsequent cultivation.

Nan Feihuang sat cross-legged with the Peerless Fangtian Halberd floating behind him, its two blades constantly absorbing the surrounding Ice and Fire Power.

Finally, Nan Feihuang abruptly opened his eyes, and under the surge of his soul power, the surrounding spring water exploded upward.

Following this, he slowly withdrew his power and stood up; his appearance seemed to have grown a bit taller, and despite being only ten years old, he was already nearly one meter seventy, like a handsome youth.

The muscles on his body were firm but not bulging, giving a sense of restrained power.

Casually throwing on his clothes, Nan Feihuang leaped to Dugu Bo's side, "Old Poison, I'm going to have to trouble you this time; my third Spirit Ring will likely need to be five thousand years or above."

The body-tempering effect of the Ice and Fire Immortal Herb was far stronger than ordinary Whale Glue, which was why Tang San in the original story dared to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring beyond his level.

Currently, Nan Feihuang was only at his third ring; even if he didn't absorb a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring directly for the sake of safety, he needed at least five thousand years as a baseline, otherwise, this physique would be wasted.

"Hehe, five thousand years, you really have a big appetite; however, if it's you, it's not impossible to give it a try," Dugu Bo said.

Under normal circumstances, Dugu Bo would absolutely not agree to help hunt a Spirit Ring over five thousand years old, but Nan Feihuang was a freak who already had a thousand-year second ring; after consuming those two Immortal Herbs, Dugu Bo could clearly feel that the strength of Nan Feihuang's body had already far exceeded that of a Soul Ancestor.

Since he said he could absorb a five-thousand-year Spirit Ring, it shouldn't be baseless.

"Then I'll leave it to you this time; for my third ring, I want a soul skill that strengthens myself," Nan Feihuang said.

He already had single-target attacks and crowd control.

The Half-Moon Slash had a True Damage effect, which could be used even at the god level.

The Eight Gates Golden Lock had extremely high growth potential and was a god-tier skill for crushing weaklings.

Nan Feihuang wanted to save stronger attacks and control, or even area-of-effect damage, for the later stages to be brought out by stronger Spirit Rings; if he wanted a skill that could still be used in the later stages like the Half-Moon Slash and the Eight Gates, then a strengthening skill was the best choice.

Just like Dai Mubai's White Tiger Vajra Transformation, it was a good skill regardless of the period.

Otherwise, if he learned area-of-effect damage in the early stages, Nan Feihuang only worried that without a True Damage effect, a skill lacking in power would only be a flashy but useless thing in the later stages.

Dugu Bo nodded, "Hmm, a good idea. Many Power Attack System Battle Soul Masters obtain skills to strengthen themselves in the early stages, hoping that when they become Spirit Saints, Spirit Douluos, or even Title Douluos, the first few soul skills they obtained won't become useless, flashy things."

"Follow me, old man. I have lived in this Sunset Forest for decades, and I dare say, not many people know this place better than I do. As far as I know, there is a type of Spirit Beast that should be quite suitable for you," Dugu Bo said, taking Nan Feihuang and flying out of the Poison Array of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

The Sunset Forest, like the Star Dou Great Forest, was one of the largest gathering places for Spirit Beasts on the Douluo Continent. The strength of the top-tier Spirit Beasts here might be far less terrifying than the center of the Life Lake in the Star Dou Great Forest; no Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beasts had been discovered yet, and it was estimated that even if there were any, there would be at most one or two, and they were all very reclusive, even more mysterious than the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape.

However, the quantity and strength of ordinary thousand-year and ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts were not much worse than those in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Dugu Bo brought Nan Feihuang deep into the Sunset Forest, stopping only when they approached the area where ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts resided.

Nan Feihuang's gaze sharpened; it seemed the Spirit Beast Dugu Bo intended to find for him was not simple.

Of course, he wouldn't take too much of a risk to absorb a ten-thousand-year third ring, which meant that in this area where ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts lived, there were also thousand-year Spirit Beasts living here with the audacity to do so.

Thousand-year Spirit Beasts that dared to mingle among ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast groups were never simple characters; for example, a variant like the Titan Giant Ape was the only one that dared to fight ten-thousand-year beasts with a thousand-year cultivation and emerge victorious.

Such Spirit Rings were generally not easy to absorb either.

It could only be said that Dugu Bo was truly more confident in Nan Feihuang's physical constitution than Nan Feihuang was himself.

There was a canyon within the Sunset Forest where fierce winds blew; even a Soul King would find it difficult to move here. At this moment, Nan Feihuang and Dugu Bo were walking side by side through it.

Watching Nan Feihuang walking as if on flat ground here, Dugu Bo said with satisfaction, "Not bad, Xiaofeijiang. Being able to move forward so smoothly here, your body is even stronger than I imagined. In that case, even for the Spirit Beast I am looking for for you, you should be able to absorb it safely."

"Old Poison, what kind of Spirit Beast are you looking for for me, exactly?" Nan Feihuang asked curiously.

Dugu Bo did not answer directly, but looked around and said, "Do you know what the name of this canyon is?"

"I don't know," Nan Feihuang shook his head; it was his first time here, so how would he know.

Dugu Bo said, "Behemoth Canyon!"

"Be... Behemoth!" Nan Feihuang was startled, "Old Poison, could it be that you are looking for the legendary Behemoth giant beast for me? But I heard that this type of Spirit Beast has long since gone extinct."

"It is extinct. Whether any still exist in this world, I do not know, but there shouldn't be any living Behemoth giant beasts in this Sunset Forest. Although this canyon is named Behemoth Canyon, it is only said to be named because Behemoth giant beasts lived here in ancient times. In reality, what lives here now are just some bear-type Spirit Beasts," Dugu Bo explained. "Behemoth giant beasts resemble bears but are not bears. Aside from their own kind, they also mate with certain bear-type Spirit Beasts, which has led to the appearance of non-Behemoth giant beasts that carry Behemoth bloodlines. For example, among bear-type Spirit Beasts, the incredibly powerful Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear clan is so formidable precisely because of their Golden Behemoth bloodline."

"The Spirit Beast we are looking for today is called the Blood Demon Berserk Bear. It is fire-attributed and also carries a trace of Behemoth bloodline. It has even inherited the Behemoth clan's racial skill, Berserk. You want a strengthening skill, don't you? Among the strengthening skills I have seen, those that can rival Berserk are few and far between."

"So it's a Blood Demon Berserk Bear!" Nan Feihuang suddenly understood. He had heard of this type of Spirit Beast, and he was even clearer that the martial soul of the Demon Bear Douluo, one of the Nine Great Elders of the Spirit Hall, was the Blood Demon Berserk Bear.

It could only be said that Dugu Bo's choice was very impressive!

(End of chapter)