Douluo Dalu: The World Suppressing Douluo

After hunting down the Vajra Overlord Tiger and absorbing its spirit ring, Lin Ye and Golden Crocodile Douluo traveled together from the depths of the Star Dou Forest to its outer regions.

At this moment, the sky had already darkened.

Although Lin Ye had reached the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest, it would still take about one or two hours to leave entirely. Hence, Lin Ye decided not to leave and chose to camp here for the night.

Taking out the Vajra Overlord Tiger's corpse that had been stored in the jade pendant space earlier, Lin Ye cut off several pieces of hind leg meat. After lighting a fire, he skewered the meat with wooden sticks and began roasting it.

While Lin Ye was roasting the tiger meat over the campfire, Tang Yuan, perched on his shoulder, climbed down and started playing around.

With nothing else to do, Lin Ye flipped his right hand and summoned his martial soul, the Nine-Spirit Immortal Tang, once again.

After absorbing the Vajra Overlord Tiger's spirit ring, Lin Ye had obtained information about his fifth soul skill.

The fifth soul skill's effect was just as Lin Ye had imagined—it granted immunity to negative statuses for a certain period.

Moreover, not only that, but after activating this soul skill, it also increased strength, speed, and attack power by 200% each.

This was almost like an enhanced version of Lin Ye's second soul skill, the Blood Spirit Crown!

Lin Ye calculated. His Dragon Elephant Prajna Art had already reached the third layer. Without considering the augmentation of Nine Yang True Qi, his strength had already exceeded 20,000 jin.

With the simultaneous augmentation of his second soul skill, the Blood Spirit Crown, the fourth soul skill, Mountain-Moving Strength, obtained from hunting the 30,000-year-old Mountain-Moving Unicorn Beetle in the Death Canyon, and the fifth soul skill, his strength could increase fivefold.

A base strength of 20,000 jin, enhanced fivefold, would reach a terrifying 120,000 jin!

Thinking about this, Lin Ye couldn't help but feel a bit shocked.

And this calculation only included the boosts from his three soul skills.

If he added the enhancement from the Berserk soul skill of the Frenzied Bloodthirsty Right Arm Bone he obtained during the year-end assessment—

The Berserk soul skill could double his strength upon activation.

With the addition of the soul bone's augmentation, Lin Ye's strength could leap from 20,000 jin to a staggering 140,000 jin.

A strength of 140,000 jin—this was likely unmatched even by strength-type Soul Sages who had activated their martial soul avatar and all strength-enhancing soul skills simultaneously!

However, unfortunately, due to the unique nature of the fifth soul skill,

With its dual effects of negative status immunity and comprehensive physical attribute enhancement, the duration of the fifth soul skill was rather short—only ten minutes.

Thus, Lin Ye's 140,000 jin of strength could only be maintained for ten minutes. After ten minutes, it would drop back to 100,000 jin.

But during those ten minutes, since he could be immune to all negative statuses—

In this state, if he summoned the Xuanyuan Sword martial soul and used the Phoenix Dance Six Illusions movement technique to unleash the Nine Swords of Dugu, Lin Ye felt confident enough to challenge a Title Douluo!

With the sharpness of the Xuanyuan Sword combined with the invincible strength of 140,000 jin,

Lin Ye could only imagine that no one would be able to withstand him!

"Fifth soul skill, since you originate from the Vajra Overlord Tiger, I'll name you Vajra Overlord Body!"

With this thought, Lin Ye decided on a name for his fifth soul skill.

After naming the fifth soul skill, Lin Ye retracted the Nine-Spirit Immortal Tang martial soul. Looking at the campfire in front of him, the roasted meat was almost ready.

Pulling out the sharpened wooden stick skewering the roasted meat from the ground, Lin Ye sprinkled some seasoning on the meat and handed a portion to Golden Crocodile Douluo.

"Elder Golden Crocodile, have some food!"

Lin Ye said.

Hearing Lin Ye's words, Golden Crocodile Douluo, who had been sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed in meditation, opened his eyes.

"Thank you, Holy Son!"

After thanking him, Golden Crocodile Douluo accepted the roasted meat and took a bite from a piece on the skewer.

"Mm, Holy Son, your cooking skills are excellent. This roasted meat is just perfect!"

After chewing a bite, Golden Crocodile Douluo couldn't help but praise.

"Hehe, it's nothing special—just experience from roasting meat in the wild for so long. As long as Elder Golden Crocodile enjoys it, that's enough!"

Lin Ye smiled humbly, then lowered his head and began eating his roasted meat.

While eating, Lin Ye also took the opportunity to get closer to Golden Crocodile Douluo.

"Elder Golden Crocodile, have you always been in the Douluo Hall? Why have I never seen you in Spirit City before?"

Chewing his roasted meat, Lin Ye asked in a muffled voice.

"Holy Son, you may not know, but I became a Title Douluo a long time ago. I advanced to Title Douluo during the tenure of the Holy See's previous Pope, serving as a hidden Douluo of the Douluo Hall."

"Just like that, over a hundred years passed in the blink of an eye. Although my talent was decent, advancing from an ordinary Rank 91 Title Douluo to my current Rank 98, the higher the Title Douluo realm, the slower and more challenging progress becomes."

"When I first advanced to Title Douluo, I was just over fifty years old. Within less than twenty years, I advanced from Rank 91 to Rank 95 as a Peerless Douluo."

"But after reaching Rank 95, progress became exceedingly slow. A soul master's lifespan only significantly increases upon reaching the Title Douluo realm."

"Based on my knowledge, a soul master who advances to Title Douluo before the age of forty can live for around 300 years, gaining an additional 100 years for each level they advance."

"However, if one advances after forty, their body begins to decline. Even if they reach the Title Douluo realm, they can only live up to 100 years, gaining at most ten additional years per level."

"I'm already over 150 years old now. I can feel that my Rank 98 cultivation can sustain me for about 30 more years. However, after reaching Rank 95, each level took at least 20 years to achieve."

"From Rank 98 to Rank 99, even 30 years may not be enough to break through. So, I've spent almost every day cultivating in the Douluo Hall to reach Rank 99."

"Unfortunately, despite over ten years of secluded cultivation, the breakthrough to Rank 99 still seems far away."

"A few days ago, the Hall Master informed me that the Pope wished for me to guard the Holy Son. I thought that since I couldn't break through, I might as well protect the Holy Son. Perhaps traveling might give me new insights for a breakthrough, so I came out."

Golden Crocodile Douluo put down the roasted meat in his hand and sighed deeply.

Hearing Golden Crocodile Douluo's words, Lin Ye couldn't help but have a thought.

Could the difficulty of breakthroughs be due to the excessive consumption of medicinal herbs in the Douluo Hall, causing overly impure spirit power?

If purified with the Falling Heart Flame, perhaps it could help Elder Golden Crocodile break through.

This way, not only could Lin Ye win over the elder's loyalty, but he could also strengthen the Douluo Hall.

Lin Ye's eyes flickered slightly.

After pretending to ponder for a moment, Lin Ye finally spoke, "Elder Golden Crocodile, I might have a method that could help you break through..."

"What method?"

Hearing Lin Ye's words, Golden Crocodile Douluo was surprised.

"This!"

Lin Ye slowly extended his right hand. With a flash of firelight, a transparent flame burned in his palm.

"This is..."

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