Chapter 418: The True Second Martial Soul — Dark Devilgod Tiger
Casting a teasing glance at the Dark Devilgod Tiger, Dai Yao came back to his senses and looked at his own body, which had not changed at all. He was quite surprised.
"My body didn't shrink at all?"
However, he could roughly guess the reason. His gaze fell on the Godslaying Spear, and he became slightly absent-minded.
"It should be because of your effect. Even the most top-tier Evil Gods in the Douluo God Realm are far inferior to you in terms of status. So the Dark Devilgod Tiger's rejuvenation ability has no effect on me."
"Still, that means my own preparations were wasted. This Zhuge Divine Crossbow is useless now."
In order to hunt the Dark Devilgod Tiger, Dai Yao had prepared a Zhuge Divine Crossbow just like in the original story, planning to kill the Dark Devilgod Tiger in the Death Arena.
Shifting his gaze, he locked onto the small Dark Devilgod Tiger that looked like a black kitten. Dai Yao's expression suddenly turned cold.
"Delay breeds trouble. I'll deal with this soul beast as soon as possible!"
Gripping the Godslaying Spear tightly, he lowered his body and gathered strength. In the next moment, Dai Yao shot toward the Dark Devilgod Tiger like a cannonball.
In the Dark Devilgod Tiger's pupils, a trace of human-like unwillingness appeared. It never would have imagined that its trump card would have no effect on this human.
Even knowing that defeat was inevitable, it still chose to fight to the bitter end. Dense gray currents gathered with difficulty, forming a spherical mass with lightning constantly flashing within. This was Dark Devil Evil Thunder, an extremely powerful offensive soul skill. Under normal circumstances, it could instantly condense an entire field of Dark Devil Evil Thunder, but now, even forming a single sphere was extremely difficult.
Zzz—
The Godslaying Spear annihilated the Dark Devil Evil Thunder and pierced straight into the Dark Devilgod Tiger's body without the slightest obstruction.
Filled with extreme unwillingness, the Dark Devilgod Tiger's life came to an end.
The surrounding space began to twist and shatter. Darkness surged like a tide, engulfing Dai Yao. Dai Yao showed no reaction at all—he knew very well that this was the scene that followed the end of the Death Arena.
A burst of brilliant light flared. Dai Yao's feet landed on the ground of the Star Dou Forest. Without even a moment to relax, his gaze swept the surroundings like a hawk's. Not far away, above the Dark Devilgod Tiger's corpse, a soul ring emitting black light flickered quietly.
On that soul ring, the aura of evil and darkness seemed to swallow everything around it, sending chills down one's spine.
Dai Yao's gaze did not linger on the black soul ring. Instead, he continued searching. The true value of the Dark Devilgod Tiger was not only in its soul ring, but also in its Natal Pearl.
In Heavenly Jewel Change, Zhou Weiqing began his legendary life precisely after absorbing the Dark Devilgod Tiger's Natal Pearl. In a sense, that pearl contained the essence of the Dark Devilgod Tiger's entire being.
Dai Yao had no intention of letting such an opportunity slip by.
On the Dark Devilgod Tiger's massive corpse, beside the black soul ring, a jet-black pearl flickering with faint blue and cyan light hovered quietly.
At that moment, a black hole appeared, trying to swallow the pearl. Dai Yao's figure vanished instantly and reappeared beside the Dark Devilgod Tiger's Natal Pearl, grabbing it with one hand.
"Trying to run? Not that easy!"
Dai Yao shouted softly as he pulled the pearl free from the black hole's suction.
The black hole seemed helpless and slowly dissipated. Examining the pearl in his hand, even Dai Yao frowned slightly at the energy contained within.
"This kind of evil energy is somewhat similar to the Chaos Green Lotus. Both possess that ability to turn decay into the miraculous. No wonder it could cleanse Zhou Weiqing's body and marrow. But now that it's in my hands, there's no reason to give it back. Little fatty Zhou Weiqing, you'll just have to keep suffering."
Immediately afterward, Dai Yao carefully checked his surroundings again. After confirming that there were no soul beasts nearby, he made some simple arrangements and then sat down cross-legged.
He stored the Dark Devilgod Tiger's Natal Pearl in his soul tool. He planned to absorb the soul ring first, and only afterward absorb the Natal Pearl. Closing his eyes, he circulated his soul power. The black soul ring seemed to be drawn by some force and was pulled above Dai Yao's head.
Black currents of energy continuously poured out of the soul ring, and strange hoarse sounds echoed around him, like the muttering of ghosts at midnight.
Yet Dai Yao remained unmoving. With the Chaos Green Lotus protecting him, such evil energy was utterly insignificant.
Within the spiritual world.
The black soul ring transformed into the form of the Dark Devilgod Tiger. Upon seeing it, the Sacred White Tiger's pupils burst forth with uncontrollable greed. The Dark Devilgod Tiger wanted to devour Dai Yao, and the Sacred White Tiger wanted to devour the Dark Devilgod Tiger. To both sides, the other was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
The two gigantic beasts clashed fiercely.
Tiger roars filled the spiritual world. Lightning flashed, gray evil aura permeated everything, yet the Sacred White Tiger showed no sign of retreat. Soul rings flashed as radiant light tore through the gloom, illuminating the entire world. Before long, both beasts were covered in wounds, their bodies soaked in blood.
However, the Sacred White Tiger was clearly suppressing the Dark Devilgod Tiger. The latter was strong in appearance but weak in substance, its pupils already somewhat vacant. It was no match for the Sacred White Tiger.
"The Dark Devilgod Tiger and the Sacred White Tiger are opposing twins. Normally, they should be evenly matched. But the Dark Devilgod Tiger was formed from the soul ring and lacks its most important Natal Pearl, which is why it's being suppressed by the Sacred White Tiger."
Dai Yao came to a realization.
Watching from afar as the Dark Devilgod Tiger suddenly appeared in the spiritual world, Xiao Wu stood stunned, her face full of disbelief.
"How is this possible? Dai Yao is only a Soul Emperor—how could he possibly kill the Dark Devilgod Tiger?! Dai Yao already has a tiger-type martial soul. After absorbing the Dark Devilgod Tiger's soul ring, his strength will skyrocket."
Xiao Wu clenched her teeth in hatred.
Ever since the battle in front of the Star Luo Imperial Palace, where she broke her promise and failed to help Dai Yao, she had lived in constant fear, worried that Dai Yao would seek revenge. Now, seeing him absorb the Dark Devilgod Tiger's soul ring, she was even more furious.
She knew this Dark Devilgod Tiger well and fully understood how terrifying it was. At only fifty to sixty thousand years, its strength was already comparable to a hundred-thousand-year soul beast. Back then, only by joining forces had Da Ming and Er Ming managed to drive it away.
With Dai Yao absorbing the Dark Devilgod Tiger's soul ring, his strength would increase drastically once again. Amid her hatred, Xiao Wu also felt a trace of confusion—could Third Brother really defeat Dai Yao and rescue her?
At the side, the Thunder Prison Vine also revealed its form.
Seeing the Dark Devilgod Tiger, its pupils contracted slightly in shock. It glanced at Dai Yao with a complicated expression, then turned its gaze back to the Dark Devilgod Tiger, seemingly lost in thought.
As the Dark Devilgod Tiger's soul ring entered his body, the aura filled with evil and unwillingness surged like waves, continuously battering Dai Yao's meridians. The pain throughout his body made him let out a muffled groan.
"Although the pressure is heavy, absorbing the Dark Devilgod Tiger's soul ring is only a matter of time."
Dai Yao calculated calmly.
In the spiritual world, the Sacred White Tiger gradually gained the upper hand, completely suppressing the Dark Devilgod Tiger. The Dark Devilgod Tiger let out painful groans, while the Sacred White Tiger lifted its proud head and looked down upon its heavily wounded opponent.
At that moment, as if sensing the Dark Devilgod Tiger's crisis, the Natal Pearl suddenly shot out from Dai Yao's soul tool, spun around him once, and then rushed straight into Dai Yao's body.
In the spiritual world, a jet-black pearl suddenly appeared before the Dark Devilgod Tiger, which was already on the brink of death, and then plunged into its body. Once the Natal Pearl fused with it, the previously dying Dark Devilgod Tiger instantly became full of vitality again.
More importantly, its tiger pupils became incomparably sharp, occasionally flashing with shrewd light.
Seeing this, the Sacred White Tiger was stunned for a moment, then charged at the Dark Devilgod Tiger again. Since it could defeat it once, it could defeat it a second time.
The two gigantic beasts clashed once more.
But this time, the battle was completely different from the first. Exchange after exchange, the two beasts were evenly matched. Before long, both were covered in fresh wounds.
After the Dark Devilgod Tiger's Natal Pearl entered Dai Yao's body, the evil and icy aura surged in both quality and quantity. If it had been a tide before, now it was a tsunami!
Dai Yao's meridians began to visibly shatter.
"What's going on? Why did the Dark Devilgod Tiger's Natal Pearl enter my body on its own?"
Dai Yao thought in agony, cold sweat pouring down his forehead like rain.
"Azure light, restore me!"
In the spiritual world, the Green Lotus swayed gently, releasing azure light that adhered to his meridians. They visibly began to recover. However, that evil and icy aura seemed determined to perish together with Dai Yao, refusing to submit even at the cost of mutual destruction.
The same was true in the spiritual world. The Dark Devilgod Tiger would rather trade injury for injury, dragging the Sacred White Tiger down with it, than survive ignobly.
In an instant, Dai Yao understood everything.
"With the Natal Pearl's enhancement, the Dark Devilgod Tiger has undergone a qualitative transformation. This extreme evil is inherently opposed to the sacred aura of the Sacred White Tiger. Between them, it's life or death—there's no such thing as submission. If this were before, without the Natal Pearl, the Sacred White Tiger could have slain the Dark Devilgod Tiger and absorbed its soul ring."
"Now things are truly troublesome."
Inside Dai Yao's body, the two completely opposing auras felt as though they were about to tear him apart.
An hour passed. The confrontation between the two auras only grew more intense, showing no sign of stopping.
"Damn it—what should I do?!"
Dai Yao's mind grew muddled. At this moment, even the Chaos Green Lotus was powerless. It could only preserve his life, but the battle between these two auras would never end—they would fight until death.
"So be it! You brought this on yourself! Dai Yao, you're doomed this time!"
Sensing the excruciating pain Dai Yao was enduring, a gleam of excitement flashed in Xiao Wu's beautiful eyes.
Second by second, time passed. Dai Yao's face grew increasingly pale. If he couldn't find a solution soon, he might actually die from absorbing the soul ring.
At that moment, as if sensing Dai Yao's predicament, the Chaos Green Lotus swayed gently. A beam of azure light shot out, forming a ring that encircled the battlefield between the Sacred White Tiger and the Dark Devilgod Tiger.
However, the two giant beasts seemed unaware and continued fighting.
The Chaos Green Lotus's intervention significantly reduced the pain within Dai Yao's body. Sensing the changes in the spiritual world, Dai Yao fell into deep thought.
"The azure light formed by the Chaos Green Lotus has enclosed the Sacred White Tiger and the Dark Devilgod Tiger, preventing the aftermath of their battle from spilling out. But this doesn't solve the root problem—between them, only one can live."
Gazing at the two beasts surrounded by azure light, inspiration suddenly struck Dai Yao.
"What if I separate them?"
Without hesitation, he acted. The metal-gold energy of his third soul ring, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, combined with the lightning power of his fourth soul ring, the Thunder Prison Vine, shot straight into the center of the battlefield. Like a boundary line, it separated the two beasts.
But the beasts had no intention of stopping. They charged at each other again. In just moments, the dividing line formed by metal-gold energy and lightning grew unstable.
At the side, the Thunder Prison Vine let out a soft sigh, reverted to its true vine form, and rushed into the battlefield.
With the Thunder Prison Vine's participation, the dividing line finally stabilized. The two beasts tried to continue fighting, but the moment they touched the Thunder Prison Vine, they were shocked numb and forced to stop, staring at each other across the boundary.
"Hoo—"
At last, the two beasts ceased fighting. Dai Yao also let out a sigh of relief and looked at the Thunder Prison Vine with gratitude. Without her, he would have had no chance of surviving.
"They're no longer fighting, but how am I supposed to deal with the Dark Devilgod Tiger's soul ring now? I can't absorb it, and I can't expel it from my body either. What should I do?"
Dai Yao wondered.
As if sensing his dilemma, the Chaos Green Lotus once again released azure light, enveloping the Dark Devilgod Tiger. Upon touching the light, the Dark Devilgod Tiger completely lost its former arrogance and instead became extremely docile.
The evil auras within Dai Yao's body also seemed to respond to the call. They stopped assaulting his meridians and began to merge into them instead.
"This is…?"
Dai Yao felt uncertain.
At the same time, Dai Yao's golden hair was gradually overtaken by black, and his pair of brilliant golden eyes began to take on a sinister gleam.
When all the evil auras fully merged into his body, Dai Yao's Sacred White Tiger martial soul withdrew from its possessed state. A terrifyingly evil aura spread outward. Accompanied by a tiger's roar, the muscles on his body subtly bulged, and a purple-black "king" character appeared on his forehead.
It was unmistakably the form of the Dark Devilgod Tiger!
Examining his transformation, a hint of mockery appeared in Dai Yao's sinister eyes.
"This fellow sits atop a treasure mountain yet doesn't know how to use it. After coming to the Douluo Continent, he clearly said he would become a ruthless person, yet he let Dugu Yan do all this for him. Restrained by all kinds of forces, living without freedom at all! Another me—since you couldn't do it, let me help you!"
"Of course, first I need to see what soul skills this Dark Devilgod Tiger soul ring has brought me…" (End of Chapter)
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