Chapter 254: A Huge Harvest
With the Evil Demon Killer Whale Clan defeated and over two hundred of them killed, the entire sea was stained red with blood.
Yang Xiong and the others were incredibly excited. Although the process had been extremely brutal, and everyone had sustained minor injuries in the fierce battle, they were all relieved that the trial had finally been completed.
Yang Xiong heard a voice in his ear.
"Yang Xiong, top-tier eighth trial, the fourth trial, Peak Whale Shark Battle, completed. Reward: Soul power increased by one level, all soul ring ages increased by one thousand years."
A golden light illuminated Yang Xiong, and he felt his soul power grow stronger, reaching level eighty-nine.
The others also received confirmation: their soul power increased by one level, with Shui Bing'er and Ning Rongrong's soul rings' ages increasing by five hundred years.
Just as Yang Xiong had predicted, Big Brother Yang Wei had finally reached level eighty, allowing him to absorb the Evil Demon Killer Whale King's hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
Yang Xiong had also intentionally kept three Evil Demon Killer Whales that were over eighty thousand years old, leaving the decision to Ning Rongrong and the others.
At this moment, Yang Wei was elated.
"Xiong, I have good news! My Black-level Fourth Trial has upgraded. Sea God just told me that because of our good performance in the previous trials, the Black-level Fourth Trial has been upgraded to the Black-level Fifth Trial. I need to complete the fifth trial to truly finish the assessment."
Yang Xiong was also happy to hear this, and Qin Shuang expressed that her trial had also upgraded, becoming Black-level Fifth Trial as well.
Yang Xiong was extremely pleased by this. It seemed that Sea God had carefully planned each trial, and the improvements in the previous trials had exceeded everyone's expectations.
Now, only the matter of absorbing the soul rings remained.
Earlier, Yang Xiong had left the choice of the hundred-thousand-year soul ring to the group. Based on their preferences, they had ultimately decided that Big Brother Yang Wei would absorb the Evil Demon Killer Whale King's soul ring.
The remaining three Evil Demon Killer Whales, each over eighty thousand years old, were now on the brink of death, lying in the sea.
These Evil Demon Killer Whales had excellent attributes. Not only were they perfect power-type soul beasts, but they also had very strong bloodlines, making them highly suitable for the group.
Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Feng Xiaotian exchanged glances, each killing one of the eighty-thousand-year Evil Demon Killer Whales. It seemed they had made up their minds to use them as their eighth soul rings.
Under everyone's protection, Yang Wei, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Feng Xiaotian prepared to begin absorbing their soul rings.
Big Brother Yang Wei, especially, appeared quite nervous. To absorb this soul ring, he needed not only courage but also a resolve to face death.
As expected, after everyone began absorbing their soul rings, Ning Rongrong, Feng Xiaotian, and Oscar were relatively quick. Within less than a day, the three of them had finished absorbing their soul rings.
The Evil Demon Killer Whales were indeed the top soul beasts of the ocean. Particularly the ones over eighty thousand years old, each person saw significant improvement, and all their newly gained soul skills were excellent.
However, Yang Wei's absorption of the soul ring took a full five days. When he began absorbing the hundred-thousand-year soul ring, he appeared utterly miserable. Blood started seeping from his entire body, and his eyes were bloodshot, with blood pouring from his seven orifices. It seemed like he was on the verge of dying.
In the end, Big Brother Yang Wei managed to endure and successfully absorbed the hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
After Yang Wei absorbed the soul ring and soul bone, his strength was significantly boosted.
After completing the Sea God's Fourth Trial, through absorbing the soul rings, Ning Rongrong's soul power reached level eighty-four, and Oscar reached level eighty-three.
Unexpectedly, Big Brother Yang Wei also reached level eighty-three. Among everyone, his soul power level had become one of the highest.
Especially after absorbing the Evil Demon Killer Whale King's soul ring and soul bone, Yang Wei gained four incredibly powerful skills. His Xuan Iron Sword seemed even more formidable.
The hundred-thousand-year soul bone from the Evil Demon Killer Whale King turned out to be a left leg bone, one of the soul bones Yang Wei had been missing, though it was not a head soul bone.
Feng Xiaotian also reached level eighty-three, and his talent for cultivation was truly impressive.
Qin Shuang reached level seventy-seven, still some distance away from Title Douluo.
Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er also made remarkable progress. Huo Wu was now at level seventy-six, and Shui Bing'er was at level seventy-five. Compared to when they first arrived at Sea God Island, they had both gained seventeen or eighteen levels, the fastest improvement among everyone.
Ning Rongrong's eighth soul skill turned out to be the Nine Treasure Guardian Light. It seemed that the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda produced the same skill regardless of which soul ring was absorbed, though the age, species, and bloodline of the soul beast affected the skill's effectiveness.
Oscar's eighth soul skill was equally impressive. It was the same as in the original work, called "Vastly Renewed Crystal Sausage." It was a top-tier healing soul skill, capable of instant healing, truly extraordinary.
During the process of everyone absorbing their soul rings, the Magic Soul Great White Shark Clan was extremely excited. This was an unprecedented victory for the Magic Soul Great White Shark Clan. Not only had they killed all the top-tier Evil Demon Killer Whales, but with the absence of top-level experts, it seemed unlikely that the Evil Demon Killer Whale Clan would rise again.
Yang Xiong used the Vast Sea Cosmic Cover to collect all the bodies of the Evil Demon Killer Whales. It wouldn't be appropriate to dissect them in front of the Magic Soul Great White Sharks, after all, they were also a soul beast species.
After everyone finished recovering, they prepared to return to Sea God Island with Xiao Bai.
Xiao Bai expressed her gratitude to Yang Xiong. "Yang Xiong, although I don't like you casually killing hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, I really thank you this time. Without you, we wouldn't have achieved such a great victory, and we wouldn't have killed so many Evil Demon Killer Whales. The Magic Soul Great White Shark Clan wouldn't have had so few casualties."
Yang Xiong smiled. "You don't need to thank me. You should thank Sea God. This was all part of Sea God's plan."
Xiao Bai hesitated for a moment before speaking. "Yang Xiong, with your strength, you could have completely wiped out the Evil Demon Killer Whale Clan. Why did you leave over a hundred of them to escape?"
Yang Xiong shook his head. "No matter the soul beast clan, if they exist in this world, they have a reason for their existence. The Evil Demon Killer Whales, though extremely vicious, were not exterminated by Sea God in the past. There must be a purpose for their existence."
"Besides, the Magic Soul Great White Sharks and the Evil Demon Killer Whales are sworn enemies by nature. As a human, it's not right for me to interfere too much. Maybe leaving those Evil Demon Killer Whales gives your Magic Soul Great White Shark Clan some pressure."
Xiao Bai seemed to understand, but she wasn't entirely certain. Yang Xiong couldn't help but shake his head.
As a soul beast species, the Magic Soul Great White Sharks were indeed the pinnacle of sea soul beasts. However, only through endless battles would these sea soul beasts grow stronger. Xiao Bai's allegiance to Sea God might have disrupted the balance between the soul beasts, and perhaps in ten thousand years, the Magic Soul Great White Shark Clan would face extinction as a form of retribution, or perhaps they had simply overlooked their enemies.
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After returning to Sea God Island, everyone began to focus on the content of the Fifth Trial.
But when they saw the details of the trial, everyone was stunned.
Yang Xiong's screen also displayed the new trial content: "Top-tier eighth trial, Fifth Trial, Challenge the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians. Starting the timer from the challenge of the first Seven Sacred Pillar Guardian, complete all challenges within thirty-six hours. Defeat all seven guardians to pass. Time limit: one year."
Yang Xiong was very surprised. It felt like his trial was exactly the same as Tang San's in the original work. Was it really necessary for the top-tier eighth trial to be this difficult?
The others were equally shocked, clearly frightened by the difficulty of the trial.
Upon confirming, Feng Xiaotian, Oscar, Qin Shuang, Yang Wei, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er all needed to defeat one of the Seven Sacred Pillars, meaning each of them had to defeat a Title Douluo-level expert.
As for Ning Rongrong, she needed to participate in all six battles to assist them in completing their trials.
Oscar had to fight Seahorse Douluo, Feng Xiaotian had to fight Sea Madness Douluo, Qin Shuang had to fight Sea Ghost Douluo, Yang Wei had to fight Sea Spear Douluo, Huo Wu had to fight Sea Star Douluo, and Shui Bing'er had to fight Sea Witch Douluo.
No wonder everyone was so serious. Among all of them, Qin Shuang, Shui Bing'er, and Huo Wu were still only peak Soul Sages, so the gap between them and a Title Douluo-level expert was vast.
As for the others, since they had recently absorbed the Evil Demon Killer Whale soul rings, and with Ning Rongrong's assistance, their chances of success seemed a bit better.
Yang Xiong was relieved. Among the Seven Sacred Pillars, the one he was truly wary of was Sea Dragon Douluo. As long as they didn't face him, they still had some hope.
Of course, there was one major issue: when fighting a Title Douluo, the location would be at the Seven Sacred Pillars' domain, meaning real underwater combat. For land soul masters, this would be quite limiting, especially for Huo Wu.
Yang Xiong glanced at everyone. "The battle with the Evil Demon Killer Whale Clan was just a warm-up. From now on, everyone must participate in underwater battles as much as possible. I will train you without holding back. To truly defeat a Title Douluo in the sea, you must have a resolve to die."
Having just fought the Evil Demon Killer Whales, everyone understood the greater dangers of the sea and their own limitations. Defeating a Title Douluo in the sea would be no easier than fighting the Evil Demon Killer Whale King.
Before Yang Xiong began training everyone, they first found a relatively quiet place to review their gains.
They had killed 210 Evil Demon Killer Whales in total, including over 190 that were ten thousand years old. Among them, three were over eighty thousand years old, and eleven were over fifty thousand years old, with the rest being ten thousand-year beasts.
Soul bones had a certain probability of appearing in ten-thousand-year soul beasts, and for soul beasts over fifty thousand years old, the probability was very high.
After a thorough dissection, everyone was ecstatic.
Before them lay four soul bones: two from eighty-thousand-year beasts, one from a fifty-thousand-year beast, and one from a thirty-thousand-year beast.
Unfortunately, the eighty-thousand-year soul bones were a left arm and a right arm, the fifty-thousand-year one was a right leg, and the thirty-thousand-year one was an extremely rare torso soul bone. There was no head soul bone.
While everyone was eager to claim these soul bones, they all deferred to Yang Xiong to make the final arrangements. In this battle, Yang Xiong was truly the leader and the key executor.
Yang Xiong thought carefully and gave the eighty-thousand-year left arm soul bone to Feng Xiaotian, and the right arm soul bone to Shui Bing'er.
The eighty-thousand-year left arm soul bone was most suitable for Feng Xiaotian, having been obtained from the soul beast he absorbed for his soul ring.
The eighty-thousand-year right arm soul bone was given to Shui Bing'er, as Oscar already had a right arm soul bone. Shui Bing'er's next trial would be more challenging, so this soul bone might be helpful.
Yang Xiong then decided to give the fifty-thousand-year right leg soul bone to Qin Shuang.
As for the last thirty-thousand-year torso soul bone, Yang Xiong gave it to Shui Bing'er as well.
Compared to Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Yang Wei, Shui Bing'er was in the most difficult position, being a Red-level Seven Trial and still having two more tough trials ahead.
As for Huo Wu, her fire attribute didn't align well with the Evil Demon Killer Whales' attributes, so she didn't receive a soul bone this time.
(END CHAPTER)
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