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(A/N: The travelogue is written in a simplified format. A spin-off may be released in the future if time permits.)
Six months later, Li Luochen had prepared everything and set off on his journey with a group of companions.
The traveling party was fairly large: Dugu Bo, Dai Tianxing, Lin Chengkun, Li Luochen, Dugu Yan, and Li Yusong—six people in total.
After six months of cultivation, Li Luochen's soul power had finally reached level sixty. He cursed inwardly at the frustrating constraints of his ultimate attribute. Why did his cultivation progress so slowly?
Fortunately, he could cultivate together with Dugu Yan, and their perfectly compatible spirit fusion technique greatly enhanced their training efficiency.
However, what irked Li Luochen was that after six months of cultivation, while he had only reached level sixty, Dugu Yan was already at level sixty-nine and on the verge of becoming a Soul Sage.
Li Luochen felt that by the time he became a Soul Sage, Dugu Yan would likely already be a Soul Douluo. It was supposed to be his duty to protect her, but now it felt like the roles were reversed.
Li Luochen's first destination was the Great Star Dou Forest, where he planned to hunt for a soul beast to obtain his sixth spirit ring. He wanted an eighty-thousand-year soul ring with darkness attributes, preferably one that also carried spatial attributes.
Such soul beasts were extremely rare. The Netherworld Bone Dragon would have been ideal, but it was difficult to find.
After searching the Great Star Dou Forest for a month without success, Li Luochen's group suddenly encountered an injured tiger. Its massive, pitch-black body exuded a sinister aura, its crimson eyes filled with malevolence. Its tail was much longer than that of an ordinary tiger-type soul beast, composed of countless bone segments, with a large hook at the tip that glimmered with eerie light.
It was the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger! Li Luo Chen recognized it instantly. The key point was that this Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was severely wounded, its body covered in injuries, including burn marks from lightning strikes. It looked as though it might collapse at any moment.
Dugu Bo and Li Luochen immediately teamed up. Dugu Bo unleashed his eighth spirit skill, Time Solidification, immobilizing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. Li Luochen then applied every possible enhancement to himself.
With support from Dugu Yan's soul power, she released her fifth spirit skill, Dragon Blaze Evil Annihilation. This skill was specifically designed to target beings with dark attributes.
In a single strike, the formidable sixty-thousand-year soul beast—the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, powerful enough to rival a Titan Ape—fell. A black spirit ring emerged from its corpse.
But Li Luochen didn't rush to absorb the spirit ring. He waited patiently for the tiger's life essence pearl, which contained its core energy. This pearl had once created a supreme being in another world, enabling him to ascend first to a Level 1 deity and later to a God King.
Without further ado, a small tiger cub attempted to escape through a dimensional rift with the life essence pearl in its mouth, but Li Luochen intercepted it. Holding the black pearl in his hand, he approached the corpse of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
Since spirit rings took about half an hour to dissipate, Li Luochen had plenty of time. Observing the tiger's powerful bloodline and high-level soul beast status, he speculated that it might drop a spirit bone.
Moreover, considering how pitifully it had died—severely wounded by another soul beast before being hunted—it was likely filled with deep resentment. With this in mind, Li Luochen began dissecting the corpse.
"As I thought, a soul beast with such a powerful bloodline should have a high chance of dropping a spirit bone."
Li Luochen decided to go all out. He absorbed the spirit ring, spirit bone, and the life essence pearl simultaneously, believing this would grant him a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring.
To simplify the process, Li Luochen directly swallowed the life essence pearl while absorbing the spirit ring and spirit bone together.
However, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, tainted by the bloodline of an evil god, was not so easily subdued. In the end, Li Luochen relied on the Killing God Domain's murderous intent to barely suppress the violent fluctuations of the spirit ring.
The rewards were immense. Li Luochen's sixth spirit ring became a life-bound ring, growing stronger as his cultivation increased. The spirit ring of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had evolved into seventy-five thousand years.
Li Luo Chen gained his sixth spirit skill: Dark Demon Evil Thunder Fury.
The spirit bone dropped by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was for the left arm, significantly enhancing Li Luochen's arm strength and granting him a spirit bone skill: Dark Demon Tiger Splitting Fist.
When charging his left fist and striking a target, if the target could withstand the blow, the punch would explode, causing secondary damage. If the target couldn't withstand it, they would suffer heavy damage while having their soul power completely absorbed, followed by multiple punches striking surrounding targets.
After completing the absorption of the spirit ring and spirit bone, Li Luochen's soul power rose to level sixty-four. The energy of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was extraordinary, especially the boundless energy contained within its life essence pearl.
After finishing the absorption, Li Luochen headed to the Star Luo Empire to begin his travels. He planned to spend a year touring the Star Luo Empire, followed by half a year in the Tian Dou Empire, before returning to the academy to await the main storyline.
Along the way, Li Luochen encountered many events, and there was one thing he desperately wanted to complain about: Why hadn't Tang San run into any of the previous generation's geniuses? Why did he, Li Luochen, encounter all of them?
There were several individuals in their forties or fifties who had already reached the Soul Douluo level, some even high-tier Soul Douluos. Li Luochen ran into several of them on his journey, each possessing increasingly absurd spirit types.
Most of them had variant spirits, with qualifications to become titled Douluos. Among them, the two strongest individuals Li Luochen encountered were:
One was named You Tianshang, whose spirit was the Emerald Fiend Phoenix. His soul power had reached an astonishing eighty-six levels.
This guy was incredibly arrogant, exuding an overbearing attitude. Even Dai Tianxing was defeated within thirty moves of sparring against him due to his incredible speed.
Neither Li Luochen nor Dugu Yan could land a hit on him using their spirit fusion technique, as his movement speed and attack power were both at the level of a titled Douluo. In the end, it was Dugu Bo who stepped in and defeated him.
What was ironic about You Tianshang was that he had mocked Dugu Bo, thinking he was still the "shame of the titled Douluos" from before. However, when Dugu Bo unleashed his ninety-six levels of soul power, You Tianshang immediately panicked.
He tried to flee, but Dugu Bo preemptively activated his eighth spirit skill, Time Solidification, trapping You Tian Shang. Otherwise, with the speed of his variant spirit, the Emerald Fiend Phoenix, faster even than a Spine-tailed Swift, he would have escaped.
Later, Li Luochen realized that aside from being arrogant and overconfident, You Tianshang wasn't so bad. His arrogance was justified by his abilities.
According to Dugu Bo, You Tianshang had only recently risen to fame. Previously an unknown figure, his breakout battle was defeating Yu Xiaotian, the eldest son of Yu Yuanzhen.
Yu Xiaotian, wielding the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon spirit, was at level seventy-eight. Theoretically, a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon soul master reaching level seventy could rival a Soul Douluo.
Yet, You Tianshang, at only level seventy-two at the time, had thoroughly beaten Yu Xiaotian. This even drew the ire of Yu Yuanzhen, the old dragon himself, though he was eventually driven back by someone backing You Tianshang.
What made You Tianshang most famous was defeating a titled Douluo while only being a Soul Douluo. Afterward, he founded a sect called the Mystic Bird Sect.
Later, Li Luochen continued his journey toward the Star Luo Empire. Along the way, Dai Tianxing successfully reunited with his mother, albeit with some twists and turns. Overall, the outcome was satisfactory. Dai Tianxing's older brother, Dai Tianyuan, had been by their mother's side all along.
Dai Tianyuan was two years older than Dai Tian Xing and possessed soul power of eighty-six levels. His spirit was the Crimson Flame Tiger King, inherited from their father. According to Dai Tianyuan, after Dai Tianxing was framed, he had already made the Empress Dowager's faction pay the price.
To put it bluntly, Dai Tianyuan left only one comment: "The former Empress Dowager was smooth, but the current Empress is even smoother."
Upon hearing this, Li Luochen couldn't help but inwardly exclaim, 'Damn, you people in the Star Luo Empire really know how to play!'
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