Chapter 114: Thirty-Thousand-Year Golden-Eyed Blood Lion, The Might of the Slaughter Armor!
However, in the face of Dugu Bo's furious roar, Lin Yuan remained exceptionally calm.
He looked at Dugu Bo and curled his lips into a confident smile.
"Senior Dugu Bo, you've known me for quite some time now. When have you ever seen me do something without absolute certainty?"
"It's merely a soul shock. I have already opened up a spiritual sea. It's enough to rival that of a Soul King."
As he spoke, soul power surged around Lin Yuan.
Without the slightest warning, two soul rings slowly rose from beneath his feet!
The first soul ring: ten thousand years!
The second soul ring: one thousand years!
Lin Yuan spread his hands and looked at the grandfather and granddaughter, who had completely frozen in shock.
"Who said I have to follow those so-called iron laws of the soul master world?"
"What?!"
This time, Dugu Bo was truly stunned.
He stared fixedly at the black soul ring beneath Lin Yuan's feet, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.
"Your first soul ring is ten thousand years old?!"
"H-How is that possible?!"
"No matter how strong your physique is, the first soul ring can't possibly jump straight to ten thousand years!"
"Are you even human?!"
"Unless… unless you possess twin martial souls! This is your second martial soul—no, that's not right either! Your soul power level doesn't lie. Even if you had twin martial souls, it's impossible for your first ring to be ten thousand years old!"
Dugu Bo was practically incoherent, feeling as if his entire worldview had shattered into pieces.
"So now you believe me?"
Lin Yuan withdrew his soul rings and said calmly, "My first soul ring is a natal soul ring. It evolves alongside the improvement of my physique and has advanced to ten thousand years."
"If my body can withstand the pressure of a ten-thousand-year first soul ring—"
"Then what's so impossible about absorbing a ten-thousand-year third soul ring?"
Dugu Bo took several deep breaths before finally managing to steady himself.
He looked at Lin Yuan as though staring at a monster, then let out a helpless sigh.
"Fine. You truly are a freak. This is the first time I've ever seen a martial soul with something called a natal soul ring."
"Since you possess such heaven-defying talent, I won't stop you."
"But let me make one thing clear."
"If you can't endure it, I'll immediately interrupt the absorption. Even if it ruins the soul ring, your life comes first!"
Lin Yuan felt a warmth in his heart and nodded.
"Thank you, Senior."
Very quickly, the three of them began searching along the edge of the core region of the Sunset Forest.
With Dugu Bo, a rank 94 Titled Douluo, releasing his pressure to clear the path, ordinary ten-thousand-year soul beasts had long since fled in terror.
But what Lin Yuan sought was a soul beast that was extremely brutal and loved battle.
About an hour later—
"ROAR!"
A roar filled with savagery and the stench of blood suddenly echoed from a valley ahead.
A thick, metallic scent of blood rushed toward them.
"Found it!"
Lin Yuan's eyes lit up.
The three immediately concealed their auras and approached quietly. In the clearing of the valley, a massive soul beast was feasting.
It was a gigantic lion covered in golden-red fur!
Its body length exceeded five meters, with a shoulder height of nearly three meters. Muscles bulged across its frame, brimming with explosive strength.
Most eye-catching of all were its eyes— not ordinary beast pupils, but blood-red eyes glowing with an eerie crimson light.
At this moment, it had pinned a massive Earth Bear beneath its claws. Its sharp fangs tore effortlessly through the bear's thick defenses as it devoured flesh and blood in great mouthfuls.
[Name: Golden-Eyed Blood Lion (Mutated Variant)]
[Cultivation: 30,000 years]
[Traits: Extremely brutal temperament. Possesses the innate skill "Bloodthirsty Berserk." Its attack power is virtually unmatched among soul beasts of the same level and carries natural armor-piercing effects!]
"ROAR!!"
The Golden-Eyed Blood Lion, still feeding, sensed the presence of intruders and abruptly raised its head.
Those eerie crimson eyes locked tightly onto the three figures before it as it unleashed a thunderous roar.
As one of the overlords of this region, it possessed a full thirty thousand years of cultivation.
In its territory, no human had ever dared appear so brazenly.
Dugu Bo frowned slightly and instinctively stepped forward, shielding Lin Yuan.
"A thirty-thousand-year Golden-Eyed Blood Lion—and a mutated one at that."
He spoke in a low voice. "Kid, this beast's strength ranks among the very best of ten-thousand-year soul beasts. In terms of combat power, it rivals an early-stage human Soul Emperor."
"You've just reached rank thirty. The soul power gap is too great."
"How about I cripple it first, and then you go in for the finishing blow?"
Although Lin Yuan had just revealed his ten-thousand-year first ring, the gap in soul power levels was undeniable.
A newly advanced rank-thirty Quasi-Soul Elder challenging a soul beast with combat power comparable to rank sixty?
In Dugu Bo's eyes, that was nothing short of courting death.
Yet Lin Yuan merely shook his head.
"No need."
His eyes burned with battle intent as he stared at the Golden-Eyed Blood Lion.
"This fight will be the perfect test of my training results."
Dugu Bo's brows furrowed tightly. "Are you certain?"
"This isn't child's play. Once it enters berserk mode, its speed and attack power will skyrocket. If I can't rescue you in time—"
Lin Yuan smiled faintly.
"Don't worry. I have a guaranteed winning method."
The moment his words fell—
He stopped wasting breath. With a light tap of his toes against the ground, his entire body shot forward like an arrow released from a bow, charging directly toward the massive Golden-Eyed Blood Lion!
"ROAR!"
The lion was enraged.
A mere human ant dared to provoke it first?
With a furious roar, it kicked off with its hind legs. Its enormous body transformed into a streak of golden-red lightning, carrying a suffocating bloody gale as it pounced toward Lin Yuan!
Just as the two were about to collide—
A thought flashed through Lin Yuan's mind.
Slaughter Armor!
In less than a heartbeat—
A full suit of battle armor enveloped his body!
The moment the battle armor fused with him, Lin Yuan's aura exploded upward—
An aura comparable to a Soul King!
"Holy hell!!"
From the rear, Dugu Bo's eyes nearly burst out again as he involuntarily cursed.
He pointed at the dazzling armor Lin Yuan wore, his voice trembling.
"What in the world is that?! A soul tool?!"
"What kind of soul tool can make a rank-thirty kid's aura skyrocket to Soul King level instantly?!"
Beside him, Dugu Yan's beautiful eyes shimmered with astonishment as she gazed at the silver, war-god-like figure.
Covering her small mouth, she murmured to herself,
'So this is the 'battle armor' Lin Yuan mentioned in his diary?'
'It really exists…'
'And it's so powerful… so handsome…'
At the center of the battlefield—
Clad in battle armor, Lin Yuan faced the Golden-Eyed Blood Lion's claw strike, one powerful enough to shatter boulders. Instead of retreating, he advanced!
The God-Killing Spear in his hand was likewise amplified by the Slaughter Armor, becoming even sharper!
"CLANG!"
The spear tip collided violently with the lion's razor-sharp claws!
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