Chapter 5: Star Forest
One hour later, Qin Zhuo and Qian Daoliu had entered the outer hinterland of the Star Dou Great Forest. There were endless tall trees, and the huge vitality could be felt intuitively.
After entering the forest, Qian Daoliu consciously weakened his presence and reduced his breath to the lowest possible level, so Qin Zhuo could hear the roars of soul beasts along the way.
After all, this is the outskirts, and most of the soul beasts are ten or one hundred years old. There are also thousand-year-old soul beasts, but not too many. Qin Zhuo was trained by seven old men after all. As long as it is not a difficult soul beast, Qian Daoliu just needs to remain silent.
Relying on his physical skills and soul power, Qin Zhuo showed no mercy to the soul beasts that wanted to attack them and started to attack them directly.
Soul beasts and soul masters have a naturally hostile relationship, and some ten-year-old soul beasts only act on instinct, so there are quite a lot of soul beasts encountered along the way.
Of course, Qin Zhuo did not go on a killing spree. Most of the soul beasts would flee after being frightened. Qin Zhuo let these soul beasts go.
After all, he had no use for the ordinary ten-year and hundred-year spirit rings, so there was no need to take the beast's life. It wasn't that he was overly compassionate, but he simply felt it was unnecessary.
It is not difficult to scare a soul beast, but killing a soul beast first is accompanied by danger. The desperate counterattack of any life is uncontrollable. Although there are Extreme Douluos like Qian Daoliu watching over you, habit is a good thing.
Of course, this is the Star Dou Great Forest after all. In addition to those soul beasts that fight head-on, there are more hidden forest hunters.
Even Qin Zhuo, who had practiced the Void Sutra, could not detect the disguise of some soul beasts. If it were not for the existence of extreme dodge, he would most likely have been poisoned.
These Qian Daoliu were all watching quietly from the side, without taking any action or giving any instructions. They were about to teach the theoretical things, but the real situation could only be experienced personally.
Whether it's how to fight soul beasts or how to travel safely in the jungle, no matter how many times others tell you, it's better to experience it yourself.
Of course, he did not do nothing. During his observation, he also discovered that Qin Zhuo's physical strength was far beyond that of ordinary people, which allowed him to choose soul beasts of higher age when selecting soul rings.
Moreover, Qin Zhuo's perception of danger and reaction speed made him, an Extreme Douluo, extremely envious.
Several times, the soul beasts attacked, and Qin Zhuo avoided them before he could even react. I really don't know how this little guy did it...
Qin Zhuo also enjoyed fighting with soul beasts. Compared with dodging and fighting with soldiers in Spirit City, fighting with soul beasts could gain much more comprehensive proficiency.
Especially when fighting against a hundred-year-old soul beast, the sense of power of the collision, the sense of crisis when the sharp claws scratched in front of his eyes, and the stimulation of the bloody mouth made Qin Zhuo devote himself wholeheartedly.
[Proficiency extraction successful! The host's strength, spiritual state, physical strength, power generation skills, body movements, and soul power control have been slightly improved.]
After repelling a century-old forest wolf, Qin Zhuo gained proficiency, and the physical improvement was very obvious, giving him a refreshed feeling.
"That's all for now! You seem to be enjoying the fight, and you're doing well in every aspect, but your power is lacking. Ask your Second Master for more advice when you return."
Qian Daoliu stepped forward and spoke. He could see that Qin Zhuo was thoroughly enjoying the battle and particularly liked hand-to-hand combat. Although he had used his soul power along the way, he had only used it to protect himself, and had never released his martial spirit.
He seems to be particularly obsessed with pure physical strength and skills, and he will fight against the soul beast even if it means a head-on collision.
To be honest, Qian Daoliu felt weird when he saw the physique comparison between a six-year-old child and a hundred-year-old soul beast.
I originally wanted to let him get used to real combat, but now it seems that's totally unnecessary...
"Sir, stop it! I'm having fun..."
Feeling the improvement in his proficiency along the way, Qin Zhuo suddenly felt unhappy. In terms of physical strength, this trip to the Star Dou Great Forest was comparable to his six years in Spirit City.
"There will be plenty of fighting opportunities in the future. Once you reach the fourth ring, you can come here with your own escort team. We have serious business this time." Qian Daoliu said unhappily, you kid are having fun, but I, the high priest of the Angel God, cannot leave the temple for too long. You should know that this time you are not getting a soul ring. Don't you have any idea how much soul power you have?
"Okay, getting a spirit ring is the most important thing. The core of the Judgment Seraph is the Judgment Thunder Punishment, and the Holy Flame attribute is secondary. Since I have to separate from the Spirit Hall, my first ring will focus on the lightning attribute!"
Qin Zhuo reluctantly chose to compromise and expressed his choice of soul beast.
Because of the six-winged angel spirit, although the Spirit Hall now embraces everything and has spirit masters of various attributes, when it comes to holy flames and light, the first thing that comes to many people's minds is definitely the Spirit Hall.
But lightning is different. Not to mention that the continent's number one beast spirit, the Blue Lightning Dragon Tyrant, is famous for its lightning, lightning itself is also a relatively common attribute.
"That's fine. Next, we need to speed up our progress. I see that your physical strength and spiritual strength are far beyond that of ordinary people. What do you think of an 800-year spirit ring?"
Qian Daoliu nodded, then seemed to have thought of something and asked Qin Zhuo.
The age of soul rings is very important to every soul master, because soul rings can bring improvements to the soul master's soul skills, soul body and physical condition. It can be said that every soul ring obtained is an all-round improvement for the soul master.
Therefore, every soul master's requirement for soul rings is that the older the better, but at the same time, soul rings with a long age also come with a danger line, and have extremely high requirements for the soul master's physical fitness, spiritual strength, and martial soul quality.
For most people, 400 years is the limit for the first soul ring, but Qin Zhuo's physical fitness and martial soul can definitely go higher than this number. Choosing a 400-year soul ring is a bit of a waste of his talent.
"You can try it if you're here!"
Hearing this, Qin Zhuo was also somewhat tempted. His original intention was to absorb soul rings to the limit, otherwise he would not have persisted for so long to improve his proficiency. Now he has the Extreme Douluo protecting him.
This risk is worth taking!
You know, Tang San dared to absorb to the limit under the protection of the great soul master Yu Xiaogang, so why shouldn't I dare to do that!
After the two reached a consensus, Qian Daoliu took Qin Zhuo to look for a suitable soul beast. There were many soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, but obtaining a suitable soul ring was not an easy task and required careful searching.
If you are lucky, you can get the spirit ring you want after one or two days in the Star Dou Great Forest. If you are unlucky, you can only absorb ordinary spirit rings after ten days.
But with Qian Daoliu around, they don't have to compromise, because he is the Extreme Douluo!
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"A 300-year-old Thunder Falcon. Its attributes are decent, but its age is a bit low."
Looking at the bird of prey flying in the distance, with lightning flashing under its wings, Qian Daoliu said with some regret.
They had been wandering around the Star Dou Great Forest for two and a half days. They had encountered quite a few soul beasts with thunder attributes, but none of them were of the right age. Either they were not good enough or they were thousands of years old.
Although I hope to become stronger, the prerequisite is to be alive. Absorbing a soul ring that is too old can be fatal.
"Master, this isn't a solution. Why don't we just choose the Thunder Cloud Elf we had earlier? Even though it's a thousand-year-old, it just broke through recently. I think I should be fine."
The 800-year soul ring is good, but the thousand-year soul ring is better!
No matter what, he is in the Spirit Hall, and the hostility with Tang San is inevitable. If he doesn't spend a lot of money to accumulate foundation, what can he use to fight others?