Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is le?
"As for me, I hope to find a dual Dark and Earth attribute Spirit Beast with an extremely high elemental concentration, or a high-quality Earth attribute Spirit Beast," Lin Xishan said.
Most of Cassius's powerful skills, aside from Mountain Gods Might, were basically dual Ground and Shadow attribute skills. Since he might not necessarily get Mountain Gods Might, it would be best if his first two Spirit Abilities were targeted at strengthening himself against opponents, such as Vacuum Ethereal Stone.
Up close, he could use Universe Reversal to absorb buffs; at a distance, he could use Vacuum Ethereal Stone to dispel them. Of course, it would be even better if he could obtain a high-quality Earth attribute and gain the skill Mountain Gods Might.
"Speaking of high-quality Earth attribute Spirit Beasts, I've actually seen one," Yan interjected at this moment. "When I was obtaining my second spirit ring, I saw a juvenile Earth Dragon. I'm just not sure of its age, but it's on our way."
"That's fine then." Lin Xishan nodded. "I happen to want to try absorbing a thousand-year spirit ring anyway."
Xie Yue and the other two: "???"
"Let's go quickly. There are mosquitoes in the forest at night; they'll bite you until you look like toads," Lin Xishan joked.
The four were teenagers after all, and after a few jokes, their relationship grew much closer as they walked lightheartedly toward their destination.
As they approached a hill, Xie Yue said, "Everyone be careful. Beyond this hill is the territory of a branch of the Charming Fox Clan. Although their overall cultivation isn't strong, it'll still be troublesome if we get surrounded."
"I'm fast, I'll go take a look at the situation first," Lin Xishan said as he stretched his limbs.
"Be careful!" Xie Yue said.
"Don't worry, there shouldn't be any problems," Lin Xishan said with a wave of his hand.
After speaking, Lin Xishan quickly dashed out. As the guardian of Planet White, Cassius possessed supersonic speed. Although the current Lin Xishan wasn't that fast yet, he already had very high movement speed.
Scouting for information was not a difficult task.
Soon, Lin Xishan's authoritative voice rang out from behind the hill: "Universe Reversal!"
Xie Yue and Yan exchanged a glance, then said to Hu Liena, "Nana, wait here!"
With that, the two rushed up together. Crossing the hill, they saw Lin Xishan locked in combat with a Three-Tailed Charming Fox. Under the effect of Universe Reversal, the Three-Tailed Charming Fox couldn't use spirit power, so it simply used its purest physical strength to wrestle with Lin Xishan.
"What are you staring for? Help!" Lin Xishan gritted his teeth, forcefully gripping the Three-Tailed Charming Fox's long, thin snout as he squeezed the words out from between his teeth.
The Three-Tailed Charming Fox also seemed to realize its danger now, immediately using its three tails to wrap around Lin Xishan's wrists and neck.
"Slash!"
Xie Yue swung his Moonblade, nervously cutting off the tail constricting Lin Xishan's neck first.
"Good job," Lin Xishan said after knocking the Three-Tailed Charming Fox unconscious with a headbutt.
After possessing the Cassius Spirit, Lin Xishan also had the same blue gemstone as Cassius on his forehead, which was incredibly hard.
"Phew, phew." Lin Xishan sat on the ground, looking at the unconscious Three-Tailed Charming Fox, and then said, "This fellow is probably about one thousand two hundred years old!"
"Yeah, and that Two-Tailed one over there is over nine hundred years old. Neither is quite right for Nana," Yan said while helping Lin Xishan up.
Lin Xishan thought for a moment and then asked, "Is the Earth Dragon far from here?"
Yan pondered and then replied, "It doesn't seem far. If we go at full speed, we can reach its habitat before sunset."
"Then let's take a gamble," Lin Xishan said. "After I absorb that Earth Dragon spirit ring, I might gain an amplification-type Spirit Ability. We'll take both foxes with us. If I don't get an amplification skill, then Nana can absorb the smaller one. It's only slightly over the age limit, so there shouldn't be much of a problem absorbing it."
"Take a gamble?" Yan and Xie Yue were somewhat hesitant. Then Xie Yue asked, "What does you getting an amplification Spirit Ability have to do with us? Can your amplification even be applied to Nana?"
"Words are useless. Yan, use a spirit power attack on me," Lin Xishan said.
Although Yan was confused, he still released a burst of flame toward Lin Xishan.
Lin Xishan instantly activated Universe Reversal. Under his control, the effect of Universe Reversal passed through his body and was applied to Xie Yue.
"This... how is this possible?" Xie Yue looked at Lin Xishan in surprise.
"Under my control, my skill effects can be applied to others, though there is some loss," Lin Xishan explained. "So, I need a stronger amplification Spirit Ability to ensure I can boost Nana's body enough to absorb a thousand-year spirit ring."
"In that case, let's not delay any further. If we're discovered by a stronger Spirit Beast, we'll be in trouble," Xie Yue finally decided.
Lin Xishan nodded, pulled out a dagger, and made several cuts on the limbs of the two foxes, severing their tendons.
Yan reached out, grabbed the necks of the two beasts, and began running while carrying them.
It was fortunate that the fox clan had slender bodies and were very light; otherwise, it would have been impossible for the four of them to run while carrying the two beasts.
Watching everything from a distance, the Spirit Saint nodded and then silently followed.
While he approved of the four's decisiveness, the Spirit Saint also felt a bit nervous. If Lin Xishan's fusion didn't go smoothly, he would have to consider interrupting the absorption.
Interrupting absorption would only cause some internal injuries that could be healed; if his blood vessels burst and he died, it would be a total disaster.
Lin Xishan had been brought by the Lion Douluo after all, and even earlier, he had been brought by Qian Xunji.
Qian Xunji was dead, but Qian Daoliu was still around. God knows how this unpredictable Limit Douluo viewed these orphans brought back by his son.
About four hundred meters to the east of the Fox Hill, a greyish-black stone cave appeared before the four of them.
"This is that Earth Dragon's lair," Yan said.
"You kids keep an eye on these two foxes; leave that Earth Dragon to me." The Spirit Saint teacher appeared behind the four of them and then instantly dashed out.
It was naturally easy for a Spirit Saint to handle a thousand-year Spirit Beast. About five minutes later, the Spirit Saint walked out carrying something that looked like an oversized pangolin and threw it in front of Lin Xishan.
The heavy object hit the ground, kicking up a bit of dust. Just as Lin Xishan was about to act, he heard the Spirit Saint say, "Child, are you sure you're confident? This is a two-thousand-eight-hundred-year Earth Dragon, and it has True Dragon bloodline; I'm afraid it will be very difficult to absorb."
"It's fine, I'm confident. As long as it's Earth attribute, it can't hope to hurt me," Lin Xishan said confidently.
He pulled out his dagger, a cold light flashed, and a purple spirit ring floated above the Earth Dragon's corpse, circling quietly.
Lin Xishan sat down cross-legged, guiding the purple thousand-year spirit ring to fly slowly toward his Cassius Spirit...