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The scorching sun hung high in the sky.
Boom!
A daytime thunderclap, accompanied by a sudden gust of wind, tore through the calm sky as if a powerful force had ripped it apart, creating a huge gash.
Four figures stepped out from the gash, descending from the sky. The gash behind them closed, the thunder subsided, and the strong winds dissipated. Everything came and went quickly.
The four figures falling from the sky landed directly from a height of a hundred meters, embedding themselves firmly into the ground like four long nails, creating four half-meter deep craters.
These four figures were precisely Shi Quan and the other three, who had just left the Dragon Valley.
"Shi Quan, is this Douluo Continent?" Zhu Zhuqing raised her hand to clear the dust around her, then lightly leaped out of the crater, curiously surveying her surroundings.
"Probably not."
Shi Quan and the other two also leaped out of the craters one after another. Shi Quan said this because he hadn't sensed the unique aura of Douluo Continent from the earth.
"So, are we on a certain continent of Douluo Star now?"
"Most likely, yes."
"Then how do we return to Douluo Continent?"
Shi Quan looked around and said, "Let's first go to a coastal city on this continent to see if we can buy a good ship. If we can cross the sea directly to return, that would naturally be best. If not, we'll use a Teleportation Talisman to teleport back directly."
"Why don't we just use a Teleportation Talisman directly?"
Shi Quan rubbed his nose and said, "The Teleportation Talisman can only be used three times. Each use means one less. We should save them if we can."
"Alright." The three girls nodded.
"So, which direction should we head in now?"
Shi Quan thought for a moment and said, "We know nothing about this continent. Before we set off, I'll first improve my strength and evolve the fifth spirit ring of my Earth Martial Spirit. It shouldn't take too long."
"Boss, with your current Physique, you'll be able to finish absorbing it in at most an hour." Shouhe's figure leaped out from between Shi Quan's eyebrows and landed on his shoulder.
"Zhuqing, Yan Yan, help me act as Protector while Shouhe helps me evolve my fifth spirit ring."
"Okay." The two girls nodded in agreement.
Shi Quan immediately sat down cross-legged, his Earth Martial Spirit appearing in his hand. Shouhe's body then emitted a yellowish-brown light, and a heavy aura permeated the area, beginning to evolve the spirit ring.
The three girls watched this scene with curiosity, as it was their first time witnessing such an event.
Their current location was a rural area. Before evolving his spirit ring, Shi Quan had already used his Spirit Sense to scan a thousand-meter radius.
There were no signs of human activity within the thousand-meter range, which was why Shi Quan chose to absorb the spirit ring first.
The current spirit power Ranks of the three girls were Dugu Yan at Rank 50, Zhu Zhuqing at Rank 47, and Ye Lingling at Rank 45.
Because the three girls were unable to Cultivate spirit power during their time in Dragon Valley, their spirit power Ranks had barely increased.
Their current increase was due to the spirit power boost they received from absorbing the true dragon Spirit Bone before leaving Dragon Valley.
Although Dugu Yan was already Rank 50, Shi Quan did not let her rush to try absorbing a god-bestowed spirit ring.
This was because the age of a god-bestowed spirit ring varied according to one's own endurance.
In Shi Quan's plan, Dugu Yan still had a Spirit Bone waiting for her to absorb, which was the Fire Dragon King's true dragon Spirit Bone.
In terms of quality, the Fire Dragon King's true dragon Spirit Bone would likely be even stronger than the mountain dragon king's torso bone. After all, the Mountain Dragon King was a King upon reaching adulthood, while the Fire Dragon King was a unique and supreme existence among all fire-attribute true Dragon Clan.
Once they returned to Douluo Continent, Dugu Yan would absorb the Fire Dragon King's true dragon Spirit Bone. Then, if she absorbed a god-bestowed spirit ring, a hundred-thousand-year fifth spirit ring would be a certainty for Dugu Yan.
As for Zhu Zhuqing, absorbing two true dragon Spirit Bones allowed her strength to surpass Ye Lingling.
Although Zhu Zhuqing didn't have the two Dragon King true dragon Spirit Bones from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Shi Quan had prepared Xiao Wu's hundred-thousand-year sacrifice for Zhu Zhuqing, making the entire arrangement fair and just.
"Someone's coming!"
As the three girls chatted, Zhu Zhuqing's ears twitched. She suddenly stood up and looked at the other two with a serious expression.
"Zhuqing, you go scout ahead. Lingling and I will guard. Be ready for battle at any time." Dugu Yan quickly made the arrangements.
"Okay."
Zhu Zhuqing tapped her toes, and her figure instantly shot out like an arrow released from a bow. With a few flashes, Zhu Zhuqing reached a distant large tree in just a few breaths, concealing herself.
Thump, thump, thump. A sound of rapid movement came from a distance. A strangely shaped carriage appeared within Zhu Zhuqing's line of sight, heading directly towards Shi Quan's location.
"Were they attracted by the Dragon Valley's fluctuations?" Zhu Zhuqing mused. After confirming the carriage's direction, she naturally wouldn't let it continue forward.
She raised her hand and snapped off a tree branch, then flung it directly in front of the horses' path.
The horses, seeing the sudden appearance of the tree branch, were clearly startled. After a flurry of chaotic hooves, they stopped.
"%￥?"
Three figures leaped out of the carriage, their gazes falling on Zhu Zhuqing's location.
The three people's attire was distinctly different from Zhu Zhuqing's, as was their language. Zhu Zhuqing frowned at the three and tentatively said, "Who are you?"
Upon hearing this, the three immediately frowned, exchanged glances, and then chattered on in a language Zhu Zhuqing couldn't understand a single word of. Seeing this, Zhu Zhuqing confirmed one thing: a language barrier...
Helpless, Zhu Zhuqing could only use body language and gestures to make the three stop moving forward.
The three apparently hadn't expected to encounter such a situation. One of them tentatively said something.
Zhu Zhuqing could only point to her ear, then waved her hand, indicating that she didn't understand, followed by another series of gestures.
The three watched for a long time, completely bewildered, but they clearly determined one thing: Zhu Zhuqing was either deaf or couldn't understand their words, and that Zhu Zhuqing didn't want them to continue moving forward.
But the three were clearly not so easily deterred. After gesturing to Zhu Zhuqing, they still prepared to move forward.
Zhu Zhuqing didn't understand what they were saying. Seeing the three continue forward, her figure slightly crouched, and her gaze instantly turned cold. Yellow, yellow, purple, purple spirit rings appeared beneath her.
Her sharp, spiked claws emitted a chilling, man-eating gleam. Every movement indicated her stance.
If the three dared to advance further, she would immediately launch a thunderous strike.
Seeing this, the three couldn't help but smile. At the same time, they released their respective Martial Spirits. All three of their Martial Spirits were beast-type Martial Spirits, and the leader among them had even reached yellow, yellow, purple, purple, purple, black, black, seven rings.
The other two were also Spirit Kings.
"Lingling, you guard. I'll go help Zhu Zhuqing." Dugu Yan naturally felt the strong spirit power fluctuations from a distance and immediately rushed towards Zhu Zhuqing.
From afar, Dugu Yan released her Martial Spirit. Over a hundred meters, Dugu Yan also arrived behind Zhu Zhuqing in just a few flashes, staring seriously at the three people not far away.
"Zhuqing, what's going on?" Dugu Yan's emerald Dragon eyes stared coldly at the three people in the distance.
After the trip to Dragon Valley, and after the Dragon God Dragon Soul nourished her body, Dugu Yan's Bilin Snake also underwent a transformation, directly bypassing the Bilin Jiao and evolving into a Bilin Dragon. Although it wasn't yet a true Dragon-level Martial Spirit, it belonged to the sub-Dragon level. Coupled with the considerable true Dragon Bloodline mixed in her Physique, Dugu Yan's Bilin Dragon now carried a faint, almost imperceptible Dragon might.
The three people in the distance listened to the two girls talking, their gazes fixed on Dugu Yan, their eyes filled with fervor, because all three felt a faint Bloodline suppression from Dugu Yan.
In fact, all three of their Martial Spirits were Dragon-type Martial Spirits with Dragon Clan Bloodline, and they all came from the same force. The reason they came here together, as Zhu Zhuqing had guessed, was because they had sensed the fluctuations from Dragon Valley.
After the three chattered away at Dugu Yan.
"They seem to want to ask you something." Zhu Zhuqing whispered to Dugu Yan.
"What kind of gibberish is that? I can't understand a word." Dugu Yan rolled her eyes, and could only use gestures to warn the other party again.
A hint of impatience appeared in the expressions of the three. They chattered among themselves again, and then the leader nodded.
The two Spirit Kings on either side simultaneously attacked, pressing towards the two girls.
One of these two was burly. After releasing his Martial Spirit, he became even more broad-shouldered and stout, with yellowish-brown scales covering his body. He was either an attack system Spirit King or a defense system Spirit King.
The other person had a normal build, but after releasing his Martial Spirit, he appeared somewhat sinister. His hands transformed into a pair of green sharp claws, likely leaning towards the agility-attack system.
"If you want to fight, then fight. Why talk so much?" Dugu Yan's gaze turned cold. "Zhuqing, find an opportunity!"
As her voice fell, Zhu Zhuqing's figure instantly moved behind Dugu Yan. Dugu Yan took a step forward, and her Third Soul Ring beneath her feet lit up.
"Third Soul Skill, Bilin Purple Mist!"
Rolling purple poisonous mist erupted from Dugu Yan's body, pressing towards the two. At the same time, her figure also merged into the poisonous mist.
Wherever the poisonous mist reached, vegetation withered. The evolution of her Martial Spirit, in addition to making Dugu Yan immune to her own toxins, also significantly increased the power of her poisonous mist.
The two looked at the poisonous mist surrounding them, their expressions subtly changing. The agility-attack system Spirit King stepped forward, and his Fourth Soul Ring beneath him lit up.
Roar!
A stirring Dragon roar came, and the sound waves transformed into a fierce wind that swept towards the poisonous mist.
Wind and waves surged within the poisonous mist, and it was then that Dugu Yan's figure emerged from the mist.
One could see that Dugu Yan's Fourth Soul Ring beneath her had already emitted a brilliant light. A purple-jade-like light transformed into a flood Dragon that fiercely bit towards the person who had released the Spirit Ability.
A yellowish-brown energy light curtain suddenly appeared in front of the purple-jade flood Dragon. It was the other Spirit King who had made the move.
Upon contact with the flood Dragon, the yellowish-brown light curtain instantly became jade-like. However, the flood Dragon only dimmed slightly and continued to bite towards the agility-attack system Spirit King.
After a brief delay, this person had already been given time to react. With a few flashes, he dodged Dugu Yan's Fourth Soul Skill...