Chapter 102: Child of Nature, Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year War Ancient Tree!
[Besides Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo, gods in the God Realm cast their gaze down upon you.]
[The Goddess of Life bestows her blessing, strengthening your Child of Nature buff.]
[The Golden Ancient Tree holds special meaning to the Douluo plane; it is the core of the plane!]
[Your martial soul is the Golden Ancient Tree. You become the Child of Nature, an existence revered by all plants.]
[Yue Guan's martial soul is the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum. From the moment he first saw you, he felt an unusual fondness for you. Clearly, he treats you differently from others.]
[You and Yue Guan do not immediately head to Spirit City but instead travel toward the Star Dou Forest.]
[With full innate soul power, you need a soul ring before you can advance in rank.]
[Yue Guan decides to help you hunt your first soul ring before returning to Spirit City.]
[Along the way, Yue Guan's expression changes repeatedly. The way he looks at you shifts from surprise to confusion.]
[You casually take a few steps and pick up gold soul coins. You go to relieve yourself and somehow pick up a long-lost offensive soul tool… Your luck leaves Yue Guan bewildered…]
[After finally reaching the Star Dou Forest, you step into the woods. After only a few steps, you suddenly trip over something!]
[You get up and, slightly annoyed, kick it; a hundred-year soul bone is kicked out from beneath the fallen leaves.]
[Yue Guan: ...]
[The way Yue Guan looks at you changes from confusion to fear!]
[What kind of nonsense is this—tripping over a soul bone while walking…]
[Although it is only a hundred-year soul bone and not particularly valuable, it is still a soul bone!]
[As a Titled Douluo, Yue Guan himself doesn't even possess a soul bone.]
[Fearing that you might recklessly absorb it due to your young age, Yue Guan stores the hundred-year soul bone away.]
[He then gives you a card worth one hundred thousand gold soul coins as payment for the soul bone.]
[You quickly refuse, but Yue Guan places the card into your storage soul tool, giving you no chance to decline.]
[A hundred-year soul bone is worth about that much…]
[You continue forward. Before long, you trip over something again…]
[Yue Guan: ...]
[This time, it is not a soul bone but a storage soul tool. Inside are only several tens of thousands of gold soul coins.]
[You take out the gold soul coins and give the storage soul tool to Yue Guan. This time, he does not refuse—storage soul tools are extremely rare on the continent.]
[Yue Guan decides to find a soul beast that suits your martial soul perfectly, both in cultivation age and compatibility.]
[He even promises to help find your future soul rings.]
[You wander around the outer region of the Star Dou Forest, but nothing happens.]
[What puzzles Yue Guan is that despite traveling for so long, aside from picking up treasures, they haven't encountered a single soul beast that actively attacks humans!]
[Nor have they found a soul beast suitable for your martial soul.]
[Your martial soul is the Golden Ancient Tree. Though it has never appeared before, the life force it contains is extremely terrifying. Therefore, Yue Guan decides to find you a life-attribute soul beast.]
[He plans for you to follow the healing support path…]
[Yue Guan's judgment is correct. You are indeed suited for the life path, known on the Douluo Continent as the healing and support system.]
[You travel on and off through the Star Dou Forest for three days. Without realizing it, you reach the inner region of the forest.]
[Still, not a single soul beast actively attacks you…]
[Yue Guan feels his scalp go numb. This must be a fake Star Dou Forest!]
[At that moment, Yue Guan's expression changes. A rustling sound approaches, and a gigantic ancient tree appears before you.]
[The ancient tree looks enormous. It can move rapidly using its roots, and its thick branches resemble giant pythons.]
[Scarlet soul power flickers across its body!]
[The age of a soul beast can be judged by its soul power: ten years—white; a hundred years—yellow; a thousand years—purple; ten thousand years—black; one hundred thousand years—red!]
[Yue Guan cries out in shock: "A hundred-thousand-year War Ancient Tree!!"]
[His scalp tingles, cold sweat forming on his forehead.]
[A hundred-thousand-year soul beast is not something a Titled Douluo like him can handle!]
[Even with Ghost Douluo, they could only restrain such a creature and not kill it!]
[And this is the legendary War Ancient Tree!]
[Its vitality is incredibly powerful, and its offensive power is equally terrifying!]
[Run!]
[Yue Guan shouts at you, immediately releasing his martial soul and activating his martial soul true body.]
[He intends to buy you time to escape, planning to find you later. He believes your luck should keep you safe…]
[You nod quickly and begin running.]
[You are only a newly awakened Soul Master. Staying would only hinder Yue Guan.]
[But the War Ancient Tree does not even glance at Yue Guan. With a casual sweep of a branch, it sends him flying and rushes straight toward you.]
["Chrysanthemum Ruins, Fill The Earth With Wounds, Flowers Fall on Broken!!"]
[Yue Guan uses his ninth soul skill in an attempt to buy you time, but his attack barely scratches the War Ancient Tree; it cannot even break its defense.]
[Seeing the War Ancient Tree completely ignore his attacks, Yue Guan grows anxious yet helpless.]
[To his surprise, after catching up to you, the War Ancient Tree does not attack.]
[Instead, it speaks gently: "Child of Nature… You are the Child of Nature!"]
["I was once a guardian of the Golden Ancient Tree. I cannot mistake its aura."]
["I never expected that, as my life nears its end, the Child of Nature would appear before me."]
[The War Ancient Tree speaks to itself, its voice filled with reminiscence.]
[Yue Guan freezes and stops attacking.]
[As a Titled Douluo who loves flowers above all else, he is not unfamiliar with the title Child of Nature.]
[He never imagined you would actually be the Child of Nature!]
["Please allow me to become your soul ring and continue protecting your growth!"]
[You: ...]
Wang Li: "..."
What could he even say?
Truly worthy of Heaven-Defying Fortune.
A hundred-thousand-year soul beast voluntarily offering itself as a first soul ring.
This was a first in history!
[After obtaining your consent, the War Ancient Tree sacrifices itself to you!]
[It is not merely a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, but a two-hundred-thousand-year fierce beast!]
[It was once one of the guardians of the Golden Ancient Tree. One day, however, the Golden Ancient Tree disappeared, leaving it homeless.]
[It wandered within the Star Dou Forest…]
[After breaking through to two hundred thousand years, its core was severely damaged. Although it succeeded in advancing, its life was nearing its end.]
[You successfully obtain your first soul ring:
The two-hundred-thousand-year War Ancient Tree soul ring!]
[You also obtain your first soul bone: The two-hundred-thousand-year War Ancient Tree torso bone!]
[Yue Guan: "..."]
End of Chapter