Chapter 20: Hunting Soul Beasts

Bang!

A faint muffled sound.

Jiang Jie’s fist was easily blocked by Dugu Bo, who looked somewhat surprised at his own hand holding Jiang Jie’s fist.

“Huh, your physical quality has already reached the level of a Great Soul Master?” Dugu Bo raised an eyebrow in surprise, then released Jiang Jie’s fist.

“Just a Great Soul Master?”

Upon hearing Dugu Bo’s assessment, Jiang Jie was not satisfied. The physical quality of a Great Soul Master didn’t seem to be enough!

“What do you mean ‘just’? You, a six-year-old brat who hasn’t even absorbed a single soul ring, already have the physical quality of a Great Soul Master. What more do you want?” Dugu Bo glared at Jiang Jie with some impatience.

It was outrageous.

Were those two herbs really that powerful? To think that they could bring about such a significant improvement in physical quality.

“Hehe, Master, how many years of soul rings do you think I can absorb now?” Jiang Jie felt a bit embarrassed and asked with a smile.

Now that everything was ready, he didn’t even need to wait for the Ice and Fire Spiritual Eyes. Originally, he wouldn’t have been able to enter the Ice and Fire Spiritual Eyes at this time. The benefits brought by these two herbs were like a free ride.

Absorbing the first soul ring and having the physical quality of a Great Soul Master was already a pleasant surprise before absorbing the soul rings.

“Well… According to my estimate, you can probably absorb soul rings ranging from eight hundred and fifty to nine hundred and ninety years.” Dugu Bo rubbed his chin, pondered for a moment, and gave his answer.

“Nine hundred and ninety years? Can’t I absorb a thousand-year soul ring?” Jiang Jie was puzzled.

This time Dugu Bo didn’t glare at Jiang Jie again. Although this kid knew too much and was extremely mysterious himself, only at moments like this could he feel that Jiang Jie was just an uneducated six-year-old child.

It was normal not to know these more secretive knowledge.

“A ten-year soul ring and a hundred-year soul ring are a threshold. Crossing this threshold is not easy. The same goes for the range from a hundred years to a thousand years. You are still too young, and even though your physical quality is already strong enough, absorbing a thousand-year soul ring is still beyond your reach.” Dugu Bo patiently explained.

Every stage of the soul ring was a process of quantitative change leading to qualitative change, and the color of the soul ring was a good proof of this.

Although absorbing soul rings across levels was not impossible, there were too many necessary conditions for it.

Physical quality was one aspect, but the intensity of the soul ring, the quality of the martial soul, mental qualities, and endurance were all interval factors in absorbing soul rings.

“Although you have the possibility of absorbing a thousand-year soul ring, you also know that the age limit of the soul ring is not the only factor determining the strength of the soul skill.” Dugu Bo looked at Jiang Jie, who was somewhat unwilling, and advised in a low voice, “Believe me, with me by your side, I will definitely help you find a nine hundred-year soul beast with strong bloodlines.”

Jiang Jie let out a sigh of relief, suppressing his unwillingness in his heart.

Yeah, what’s there to be unwilling about?

In the Douluo Continent, there had never been an example of absorbing a thousand-year soul ring with the first soul ring! Being able to absorb a nine hundred-year soul ring was already something to be proud of.

“Thank you, Master, I understand.” Jiang Jie opened his eyes, smiled apologetically at Dugu Bo, and said, “I was too stubborn. I’ll listen to you. Just find a nine hundred-year soul beast with strong bloodlines for me.”

Dugu Bo smiled with relief, gently patted his head, and said, “Have you thought about what type of soul beast’s soul ring you want to absorb?”

What type…

Jiang Jie fell into contemplation.

If it were before entering the Ice and Fire Spiritual Eyes, he would have unhesitatingly chosen soul beasts of three types: sharp, spiritual, and sinister. The reasons for this were obvious. Sharpness needed no explanation; it could be added to the Fiery Wave Blood Blade. As for spirituality and sinisterness, it was easy to explain. The Fiery Wave Blood Blade was the weapon of the Demon Ancestor, Lou Gao. It definitely contained the aura of blood and evil, as the Yama’s Slaughter Domain had already proven to Jiang Jie.

Soul beasts of these three types were absolutely suitable for Jiang Jie.

But now, after experiencing the Ice and Fire Refinement, Jiang Jie already had two powerful attributes, and these two attributes were extremely strong and were directly usable by Jiang Jie.

He wasn’t like Tang San, whose Blue Silver Grass could only be immune to ice and fire under the transformation of the Ice and Fire Spiritual Grass. The Fiery Wave Blood Blade perfectly inherited the attribute energy of the Ice and Fire Spiritual Grass. Although it didn’t inherit the toxicity, the abilities of extreme cold and scorching heat were perfectly inherited.

In terms of icy coldness, Jiang Jie was stronger than the Ice Phoenix of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy. In terms of flames, Jiang Jie could almost compete with the Holy Fire of Thousand Rins.

After all, Jiang Jie’s maximum temperature was almost comparable to that of the hot springs in the Yangquan area.

With these two powerful attributes, wouldn’t it be a waste not to add them to the soul rings of these two attributes?

“Master, do you know if there are any soul beasts that have both ice and fire attributes?” Jiang Jie stroked his chin and asked softly.

“Having both ice and fire attributes…” Dugu Bo frowned, recalling the many soul beasts in the Sunset Forest.

“I remember!” Dugu Bo clapped his hands.

“What?” Jiang Jie asked expectantly.

“Ice and Fire Double-Headed Jiao!” Dugu Bo said with certainty, “This kind of soul beast has the bloodline of the Dragon race, and the attributes of its two heads are different, one ice and one fire. Not only is its physical body extremely powerful, but the two elements it can use are also quite troublesome.”

“The reason why I remember it is that it tried to rush through the poisonous miasma into my Medicine Garden every three days. If it weren’t for its rarity, I would have killed it long ago, let alone just driving it away.”

“Ice and Fire Double-Headed Jiao… Master, can it still be found now?” Jiang Jie’s eyes lit up. According to Dugu Bo’s description, this soul beast was indeed very suitable for him!

“Of course, when I just came back, I saw it outside, but I didn’t care about it because I was in a hurry to find you!” Dugu Bo nodded affirmatively, then disappeared from the spot in a flash, leaving behind only one sentence.

“Disciple, wait here. I’ll go outside and catch it for you!”

Watching Dugu Bo disappear in a green light in an instant, Jiang Jie blinked

Was this the benefit of having a Titled Douluo master as a teacher?

Loved it!

And Dugu Bo didn’t let Jiang Jie wait too long. Just as he said, this Ice and Fire Double-Headed Jiao probably hadn’t left the area around the Ice and Fire Spiritual Eyes and had been lingering outside.

In less than three minutes, a black shadow descended from the sky and landed not far from Jiang Jie, kicking up a large cloud of dust.

Ice and Fire Double-Headed Jiao!

(End of Chapter)