Chapter 217: The 200,000-Year Golden Scorpion Emperor

After Ye Lingling finished absorbing the spirit ring of the 100,000-year-old Mutated Ghost Vine, the group rested for a while before resuming their exploration of the Star Dou Forest.

Currently, Yang Podi's four spirit rings possess attributes of wood, space, earth, and darkness. Additionally, the Netherworld Shadow Panther, known for its exceptional speed, also exhibits strong wind attributes.

The Gluttonous Divine Bull, apart from its formidable earth attribute, also boasts immense strength.

After absorbing these four spirit rings into his Body Martial Soul, Yang Podi's recovery ability, defense, strength, and speed have all significantly improved. Despite just stepping into Rank 96, Yang Podi is confident that he could defeat a Rank 98 Golden Crocodile Douluo.

One day, as the group traversed the Star Dou Forest, they unexpectedly stumbled upon a small desert stretching several kilometers wide, appearing to consist entirely of quicksand.

This was extremely unusual. The Star Dou Forest is teeming with life and vitality, with dense vegetation thriving everywhere. It's rare to find areas with sparse plant life. For instance, the stone mountain they encountered earlier had concealed a 100,000-year-old Mutated Ghost Vine. Clearly, this desert was no ordinary place.

Furthermore, there were no living creatures near the desert, and the temperature within the area was noticeably higher than its surroundings. It was likely that a powerful soul beast resided beneath the sand.

Yang Podi captured a 2,000-year-old Horned Horse and sent it into the quicksand.

To his surprise, the Horned Horse displayed intense fear as it entered the quicksand. Despite its desperate struggles, the sand exhibited an overwhelming suction force, and the Horned Horse gradually sank. Moments later, its life force disappeared entirely.

Logically, even if the Horned Horse were trapped in quicksand, a 2,000-year-old soul beast should have been able to survive for a while. However, its life force vanished almost instantly, indicating that something within the sand had killed it—or that it had been devoured by a soul beast, likely an exceptionally powerful one.

After some consideration, Yang Podi captured a 20,000-year-old Earth Demon Bear and threw it into the sand. However, the Earth Demon Bear also exhibited intense fear, sinking rapidly into the quicksand. Its life force disappeared just as quickly.

Yang Ping'an hesitated before speaking, "Big Brother, there must be an incredibly strong soul beast hidden in this quicksand. Fighting it here is risky, especially since we don't even know what kind of soul beast it is. Attacking recklessly could put us at a disadvantage. Besides, we can't sense its aura at all, which means it's likely hiding very deep."

Yang Podi nodded. "Many 100,000-year soul beasts prefer to remain hidden. It's rare to find one roaming openly like the Gluttonous Divine Bull. We need to figure out a way to lure this soul beast out."

"But how do we lure it out? It's clearly hiding deep within the quicksand," Yang Tianyue asked, puzzled.

After pondering for a moment, Yang Podi said, "I'm planning to enter the quicksand and force the soul beast to show itself. You all can remain outside and be ready to assist."

The group was shocked. Yang Tianyue quickly objected, "Brother, isn't that too dangerous? We don't even know what kind of soul beast it is."

Yang Podi merely smiled. "Don't worry. With my current strength, no soul beast can easily take me down. If things go south, I can always retreat."

As Yang Podi said, with the unparalleled spatial abilities of the Spatial Bone Dragon, no soul beast could truly trap him.

Under the watchful eyes of the group, Yang Podi summoned his Breaking Soul Spear and spirit rings. He drove the spear forcefully into the quicksand.

The Breaking Soul Spear easily pierced through the sand, creating a massive hole as it went in. It sank nearly 50 meters deep, revealing the desert's significant depth.

Once the spear entered, an immense suction force emanated from the sand, as if trying to pull the Breaking Soul Spear deeper.

Yang Podi didn't resist the suction and allowed the spear to be drawn in. Suddenly, it seemed as if something had swallowed the spear.

Yang Podi sneered. "Quite bold, daring to swallow my Martial Soul. You're courting death."

Activating the soul power in his right leg, he executed his right leg bone ability: Bone Dragon Whip Tail. A colossal bone dragon tail materialized in the air and slammed into the quicksand, splitting it apart. The impact collided with something heavy, causing the sand to part violently.

Yang Podi waved his hand, and the Breaking Soul Spear returned to him. At the same time, a gigantic soul beast emerged from the surface of the desert.

This soul beast was entirely golden, over twenty meters long, and resembled a massive golden scorpion. It had two enormous pincers and a terrifying stinger. Both the pincers and the stinger gleamed faintly with blue light, clearly indicating highly potent venom.

"A 200,000-year Golden Scorpion Emperor," Yang Podi murmured, swallowing hard.

The Golden Scorpion Emperor appeared furious, enraged by the disturbance to its rest.

"Human, how dare you disturb my rest? I'll tear you to pieces!" it roared.

Yang Podi ignored its words. Holding the Breaking Soul Spear with both hands, he teleported directly in front of the Golden Scorpion Emperor and thrust the spear forward.

The Golden Scorpion Emperor was exceedingly fierce, countering with its massive pincers to clamp down on the spear. Although it was forced to retreat, it simultaneously lashed out with its giant stinger, aiming to pierce through Yang Podi's body.

Yang Podi gripped the spear tightly and deflected the stinger's attack with its shaft.

His entire body glowed gold as four spirit rings appeared around him. His second spirit ring shone, and a black hole manifested behind the Golden Scorpion Emperor. Using all his strength, Yang Podi thrust the spear again, driving both the spear and the scorpion into the black hole.

Both Yang Podi and the Golden Scorpion Emperor reappeared on a clearing over two kilometers away from the desert, preventing the scorpion from retreating into the sand.

Before the scorpion could react, the rest of the group quickly surrounded it, trapping it in the center with clear intent to attack.

The Golden Scorpion Emperor roared furiously. "Humans, how dare you plot against me? I'll kill you all!"

An overwhelming aura of a soul beast emanated from it, far surpassing that of ordinary 100,000-year soul beasts. This was undoubtedly the aura of a ferocious beast.

"Kill it," Yang Podi commanded calmly, charging forward with the Breaking Soul Spear.

The rest of the group followed his lead, launching attacks from different directions. Yang Tianyue targeted the scorpion's massive tail with the Sea God Trident, while Yang Ping'an, Dugu Yan, and Niu Meng attacked its torso from the left and right.

Yang Podi activated his sixth spirit skill: Golden Lion Break. A radiant golden light burst forth from the spear, forming the phantom of a Golden Lion King that pounced directly at the Golden Scorpion Emperor.

With the sixth spirit ring's upgrade to 100,000 years, the power of this skill had undergone a qualitative transformation. It now possessed immense metallic properties, significantly enhancing its destructive capabilities.

The Golden Scorpion Emperor recognized the danger of this attack and used its pincers to block it. However, the Golden Lion King phantom left a deep wound on its pincers.

Meanwhile, Yang Ping'an moved like lightning and struck the scorpion's torso, leaving another deep wound.

Yang Tianyue's Sea God Trident clashed with the scorpion's tail, sending it flying backward with immense force.

On the other hand, both Dugu Yan and Niu Meng seemed to have a hard time breaking through the Golden Scorpion Emperor's defenses. They could only leave shallow wounds on its surface. Indeed, this was a ferocious beast at the level of 200,000 years.

The Golden Scorpion Emperor appeared incredibly distressed, being surrounded and attacked from all directions. Even though its pincers were extremely powerful with remarkable defensive and offensive capabilities, it was left struggling to cope.

Yang Podi, gaining the upper hand, showed no mercy. Holding the Soul-Breaking Spear in both hands, he thrust it directly toward the Golden Scorpion Emperor's head, forcing it to use its pincers to block.

In less than ten minutes, the Golden Scorpion Emperor was covered in wounds. Its torso had been severely damaged, its tail had been severed by Yang Tianyue's Seagod Trident, and one of its pincers had been chopped off by Yang Podi's Soul-Breaking Spear.

The Golden Scorpion Emperor let out a furious roar, full of resentment, as if calling for help.

But Yang Podi paid no heed. Activating his eighth soul skill, Earth Behemoth Strike, a massive Soul-Breaking Spear materialized and flew straight into the Golden Scorpion Emperor, piercing through its body and pinning it to the ground.

At this point, the Golden Scorpion Emperor was barely alive, but it still glared ferociously and spoke with its remaining strength: "Humans, you will pay the price for this."

With those words, Yang Podi delivered a punch to its head, crushing it completely. The Golden Scorpion Emperor instantly died, leaving behind a massive red soul ring. This soul ring was significantly larger than any Yang Podi had seen before. Upon closer inspection, there were even two golden lines running through it, signifying that this Golden Scorpion Emperor had exceeded 200,000 years, qualifying as a ferocious beast.

After resting for a while, Yang Podi began absorbing the soul ring while Yang Tianyue continued maintaining the Vast Sea Cosmic Barrier for protection.

The 200,000-year-old Golden Scorpion Emperor's soul ring, worthy of its title as a ferocious beast, took a full ten days to absorb. This was much longer than any soul ring Yang Podi had absorbed before, and its energy was far more violent.

However, with Yang Podi's current soul power at level 96, absorbing it posed no real challenge.

Once the absorption was complete, Yang Podi dissected the Golden Scorpion Emperor's corpse and found a golden left-arm soul bone. The soul bone contained boundless power and emitted an intense cutting aura, truly befitting a soul bone from a ferocious beast of this caliber.

Throughout his journey, Yang Podi had always favored golden-type soul beasts. Among his previous acquisitions were the Golden Crocodile King, the Golden Lion King, the Golden Behemoth, and now, this 200,000-year-old Golden Scorpion Emperor, making it the fourth golden-type soul beast he had encountered.

Golden-type soul beasts were generally known for their strong metallic attributes, immense strength, and excellent defense. They were considered among the most outstanding soul beasts.

Yang Podi spent an additional three days absorbing the 200,000-year-old Golden Scorpion Emperor's left-arm soul bone.

After successfully absorbing both the soul ring and the soul bone, Yang Podi's soul power had reached the peak of level 97. Even if he continued cultivating on his own, breaking through to level 98 should not take much time.

Next, Yang Podi planned to search for a water-attribute soul beast and a fire-attribute soul beast. Ideally, he also hoped to find a spiritual-type soul beast. However, all three types of soul beasts were extremely difficult to find, as high-level ones were rare in the Star Dou Forest.

As for thunder-attribute and time-attribute soul beasts, Yang Podi had never heard of any surpassing 100,000 years. The Thunder Dragon belonging to Yang Ping'an was already the strongest he had seen. As for the Azure Bull Python, it didn't seem to be purely thunder-attribute but rather a combination of water and thunder attributes. In terms of thunder mastery, it was even inferior to Yang Ping'an's Thunder Dragon.

Especially for spiritual-type soul beasts, encountering a 100,000-year-old one was practically unheard of, and even high-age ones were extremely rare.

After absorbing so many soul rings, Yang Podi realized that his full-body martial soul's greatest advantage was its versatility. It could integrate any type of soul ring without any conflicts or hidden dangers. This was similar to Poison Douluo, who absorbed only poison-type soul rings without any adverse effects.

If he could acquire soul rings representing gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, their combined use might yield unimaginable effects.

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