Douluo Continent: Starting with a Self-Created Soul Ring 144

Chapter 144: Gu Ziyue’s Demonstration, Everyone Was Stunned

Just like Xiao Tao (Blazing Peach).

If Soul Masters had a way to obtain Soul Rings besides hunting Soul Beasts, A Yin would be very excited too.

For all these years, no one understands the increasingly dire situation of Soul Beasts better than them, the ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts.

Many of her former companions have disappeared.

If Soul Masters truly had another way to obtain Soul Rings, that would be wonderful.

A Yin watched the live broadcast with anticipation, eagerly awaiting Qian Daoliu’s answer.

Amidst her anticipation, A Yin’s view of the Martial Soul Temple began to change.

Before, she had been extremely disgusted with the Martial Soul Temple, because the Martial Soul Temple was fiercely hostile towards Soul Beasts. The Martial Soul Temple took it upon themselves to protect the continent and would eliminate any Soul Beast that harmed the land.

Even ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts who transformed and entered the human world would be killed without mercy if discovered by the Martial Soul Temple.

So she had always believed that the Martial Soul Temple was the most evil existence for them, the Soul Beasts.

But after Qian Daoliu’s explanation, she found that while the Martial Soul Temple was hateful, they had genuinely protected the Soul Beast race all these years.

Without the Martial Soul Temple’s restrictions, the number of Soul Beasts on Douluo Continent would be far fewer.

Of course, although her views had changed, she still wouldn’t willingly go to the Martial Soul Temple.

“And the quality of the Saint Son’s previous Soul Rings… I believe you’ve all been curious about why the Saint Son’s Soul Ring quality is so weak!”

“His first Soul Ring was actually a ten-year, white Soul Ring!”

“His third Soul Ring was also only a hundred-year, yellow Soul Ring!”

“Is it that our Martial Soul Temple couldn’t help the Saint Son? Certainly not, because the Saint Son’s Soul Rings weren’t obtained through hunting Soul Beasts! We couldn’t help even if we wanted to.”

“That’s because the Saint Son’s method of obtaining Soul Rings is different from all of us.”

“The Saint Son’s Soul Rings were all obtained through self-condensation!”

Qian Daoliu on the screen paused slightly. After mentioning the previously puzzling aspects of Gu Ziyue’s Soul Ring configuration, he finally revealed that Gu Ziyue’s Soul Rings were all self-condensed.

“What?”

“The Saint Son’s Soul Rings were self-condensed?”

“How is that possible?”

“How did he condense them?”

“…”

The scene erupted in an uproar after Qian Daoliu’s words.

“Self-condensed?”

“Is he also a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast?”

“No… impossible, his Martial Soul is Fu Lu (Talismans), so he absolutely cannot be a Soul Beast!”

Upon hearing that Gu Ziyue’s Soul Rings were self-condensed, A Yin initially thought Gu Ziyue was like her, a transformed ten-thousand-year Soul Beast. However, she quickly dismissed this idea.

Because, to her knowledge, Gu Ziyue’s Martial Soul was Fu Lu (Talismans).

Fu Lu (Talismans) is an器武魂 (Instrument Martial Soul), and there are no Fu Lu (Talismans) Soul Beasts.

Therefore, Gu Ziyue couldn’t be a transformed ten-thousand-year Soul Beast!

“How did he do it?”

“He can actually self-condense Soul Rings? Can other people self-condense Soul Rings?”

After realizing that Gu Ziyue was not a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast, but a human Soul Master, A Yin became even more excited.

Combined with what Qian Daoliu had said earlier, it wasn’t difficult to deduce that Gu Ziyue’s method of self-condensing Soul Rings could be learned by others besides himself.

Otherwise, Qian Daoliu wouldn’t have mentioned solving the problem of dwindling Soul Beasts and future generations facing a lack of Soul Rings to absorb.

Only if Gu Ziyue’s method of self-condensing Soul Rings could be used by others would it solve the problem.

At this thought, A Yin trembled with excitement, her beautiful eyes fixed on Gu Ziyue’s figure on the screen.

“I presume you all understand why I mentioned those statistics earlier and understand what the solution is!”

“That’s right, it’s the self-condensing Soul Ring method created by the Saint Son!”

“The self-condensing Soul Ring method created by the Saint Son can be used by all Soul Masters.”

“The Martial Soul Temple will release the method of self-condensing Soul Rings shortly. In the future, all Soul Masters on the continent will have an additional way of obtaining Soul Rings besides hunting Soul Beasts!”

“As for the advantages and disadvantages of self-condensing Soul Rings, let the Saint Son explain personally!”

Indeed, A Yin then saw Qian Daoliu give her the answer she longed for.

Then, the camera focused entirely on Gu Ziyue.

“So handsome!”

Looking at Gu Ziyue on the screen, A Yin thought for the first time that the Martial Soul Temple’s Saint Son was very handsome, appealing in every way.

Of course, she certainly hadn’t fallen for him.

She just thought Gu Ziyue was a great person!

He had actually created a method for self-condensing Soul Rings—it was simply amazing.

“He created self-condensing Soul Rings!”

“That’s incredible!”

“Can we use it too?”

“That would be wonderful…”

“Yeah, for my first Soul Ring, I waited a whole year to find someone to help me hunt one! If I had known about self-condensing Soul Rings back then, I wouldn’t have had to wait so long!”

“Yeah, the first two Soul Rings were fine, but the later thousand-year and ten-thousand-year Soul Rings were incredibly difficult to hunt. If we could condense them ourselves, that would be fantastic!”

“…”

Besides A Yin, other Soul Masters in the audience also exclaimed in surprise.

In particular, the low-level Soul Masters with low levels and poor talent were the most excited to hear about self-condensing Soul Rings.

For these low-level Soul Masters, hunting a suitable Soul Ring was incredibly difficult.

Many times, it took years to successfully hunt one.

Apart from the Great Soul Arena where A Yin was, at this time, in other parts of the continent, wherever there were viewers watching the live broadcast, the reactions were almost the same.

…

“The Pope is right, I do possess the method of self-condensing Soul Rings, and all the Soul Rings on my body were obtained through self-condensation.”

At the Martial Soul Temple, Gu Ziyue stepped forward and calmly admitted that everything Qian Daoliu had said was true.

Gu Ziyue didn’t say that self-condensing Soul Rings were his own creation; he simply said that he possessed the method.

Because in the past Soul Master world, the method of self-condensing Soul Rings had also existed, only to be eventually eliminated by history.

However, it could also be said that Gu Ziyue created it.

Because Gu Ziyue created it without any basis from his predecessors.

Qian Daoliu did not mention that self-condensing Soul Rings also existed in ancient times, and Gu Ziyue naturally couldn’t reveal it either.

Anyway, apart from the Martial Soul Temple, almost no one knew that self-condensing Soul Rings had existed in ancient times.

“Let me first talk about the advantages of self-condensing Soul Rings!”

“I believe you’re all familiar with me. After all, I participated in the last Soul Master Tournament, and I believe the impression I left on you was quite profound.”

“The advantages of self-condensing Soul Rings were evident in my performance in the last tournament!”

“The most important one is the control over Soul Skills!”

“For example, everyone is familiar with my third Soul Skill.”

Gu Ziyue then began to introduce the advantages of self-condensing Soul Rings, and as he spoke, he summoned a golden talisman.

“I believe you have all witnessed my use of this Soul Skill. If you haven’t, it’s okay; I’ll demonstrate it live!”

“Golden Light Shield!”

“Golden Light Swordsmanship!”

“…”

As Gu Ziyue spoke, he demonstrated various applications of his Golden Light Talisman. With just one Soul Skill, he made it seem like a Martial Soul, effortlessly displaying the various transformations of the Golden Light Talisman.

In a short time, Gu Ziyue displayed over a dozen variations of his third Soul Skill, the Golden Light Talisman, leaving the audience and viewers watching the live broadcast speechless.

Even many powerful Soul Masters were stunned.

For example, those above the Soul Saint level.

These Soul Saints and Soul Douluo only mastered seven or eight Soul Skills.

However, Gu Ziyue?

He displayed over a dozen variations of his third Soul Skill, as if he mastered dozens of Soul Skills.

Was this even fair?

“…Finally, I’ll show you one more thing, Golden Light Dharma Image!”

*The content after this line seems to be corrupted/garbled and is omitted from the translation.*

Boom——

Gu Ziyue, seemingly unsatisfied with the shock he had already caused, finally used the Golden Light Dharma Image.

For a moment, golden light flashed from Gu Ziyue’s body, and then a gigantic golden figure rose from the ground behind him.

Ultimately, a golden illusion several tens of meters tall appeared behind Gu Ziyue, mirroring his own form but greatly magnified.

This was developed by Gu Ziyue based on a novel about a golden light Susano’o he had read in his past life. Gu Ziyue naturally couldn’t create a Susano’o, so he condensed a huge Dharma Image in his own likeness.

Regardless of its power, the visual effect of the Golden Light Dharma Image was absolutely top-notch.

“Amazing…”

“So cool…”

“…”

The students who had just finished the competition, seeing the Golden Light Dharma Image displayed by Gu Ziyue, were all wide-eyed.

Gu Ziyue was their idol!

“Soul Emperor, so the Saint Son has already broken through to Soul Emperor!”

“So strong!”

“Although not as strong as Saintess Bibi Dong, he feels incredibly powerful!”

“Yeah, it feels like the Saint Son is even stronger than the Saintess!”

“That’s for sure. The Saint Son also possesses a Talent Domain, his combat power is definitely not weaker than the Saintess. That’s a power that only a few Title Douluo-level experts can master…”

“…”

Following that, they also saw the number of Soul Rings on Gu Ziyue’s body.

Because the Golden Light Dharma Image required a large amount of Soul Power, Gu Ziyue’s Soul Rings were naturally revealed.

Maintaining such a large Golden Light Dharma Image was very Soul Power-consuming, and Gu Ziyue retracted it after the demonstration.

“I believe you’ve all seen that this is one of the advantages of self-condensing Soul Rings: better control over Soul Skills, because the Soul Skills of self-condensed Soul Rings are born from the Soul Master’s own Martial Soul!”

“Therefore, the Soul Master will be very adept at using their own Soul Skills, as if they were extensions of their own limbs!”

“The reason I can use one Soul Skill as dozens of Soul Skills is because of this.”

Gu Ziyue summarized the first advantage of self-condensing Soul Rings: better control over one’s own Soul Skills.

“Amazing!”

“I want a self-condensed Soul Ring too!”

“Me too…”

“This self-condensed Soul Ring is too powerful…”

“It’s far better than Soul Rings from Soul Beasts!”

“Yeah, Soul Rings from Soul Beasts only have one Soul Skill, and developing them is extremely difficult!”

“…”

Undoubtedly, after Gu Ziyue’s explanation, everyone had a clear understanding of self-condensing Soul Rings.

And it was the kind of understanding that made them want it.

Who wouldn’t want such a powerful self-condensing Soul Ring?

…

At the Haotian Sect.

Tang Xiao and Tang Hao, the two brothers, watched Gu Ziyue’s performance with expressions of amazement.

Tang Xiao was impressed by Gu Ziyue’s strength. Although he personally disliked Gu Ziyue very much, he had to admit that Gu Ziyue was indeed very powerful.

Not only did he create self-condensing Soul Rings, but he also played with his Soul Skills in amazing ways.

Although Gu Ziyue said that this was because self-condensed Soul Rings were easier to control, Tang Xiao still thought Gu Ziyue was very powerful.

Control is one thing, in-depth development is another.

“This guy, still so flashy!”

Tang Hao’s expression was unsightly because Gu Ziyue’s performance reminded him of how he was once toyed with by Gu Ziyue’s flashy Soul Skills.

“In just a few years, he’s also broken through to Soul Emperor!”

After seeing Gu Ziyue’s Soul Rings, Tang Hao became even more displeased.

He didn’t expect that in just five years, Gu Ziyue had caught up to him in Soul Power level.

When he was at level 55, Gu Ziyue had only just broken through to level 40.

Now he was a Soul Emperor, and Gu Ziyue was also a Soul Emperor.

Although he didn’t know Gu Ziyue’s exact Soul Power level, judging from the Golden Light Dharma Image Gu Ziyue had just released, Gu Ziyue’s Soul Power couldn’t be low.

It might not be much lower than his.

Understanding this, Tang Hao was naturally very unhappy.

He was still waiting to teach Gu Ziyue a lesson, but Gu Ziyue’s speed of improvement made him feel a little uneasy.

What if he still couldn’t defeat him?

“No… it won’t be like that. He has a Talent Domain, and now I have one too!”

“Next time, I will definitely be able to defeat him!”

Tang Hao clenched his fists, secretly cheering himself up.

For some reason, he suddenly felt that getting revenge on Gu Ziyue might not be as easy as he thought.

And the time he had seemed to be running out.

Because while he was improving, the other party was also improving, and it seemed that he was improving faster!

That’s really frustrating!

“I need to quickly learn the Grand Sumeru Hammer taught by Grandpa. Only after mastering the Grand Sumeru Hammer can I master the Grand Sumeru Hammer’s explosive ring!”

“As long as I master the explosive ring, no matter how fast Gu Ziyue improves, he won’t be my opponent!”

Tang Hao clenched his fists.

In the year since he returned from the Slaughter City, he had only mastered control over the Killing God Domain and had not yet learned the Grand Sumeru Hammer and explosive ring technique taught by his grandfather, Tang Chen.

But he had personally witnessed his grandfather Tang Chen use the explosive ring, so Tang Hao knew how powerful and terrifying that move was.

That was a self-created Soul Skill comparable to a divine skill!

Tang Hao continued to focus on the screen.

“Better control over one’s Soul Skills isn’t even the biggest advantage of self-condensing Soul Rings!”

…

(End of Chapter)

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