Chapter 65: Bear Lord vs Ghost Douluo! Ghost Douluo Is Stunned: “I Just Came Here to Slack Off”
This Ice Dragon King's left leg bone was a million-year soul bone.
If it weren't being suppressed by the chilling aura, the fluctuations of its soul power would probably be felt across the entire Sunset Forest.
After obtaining this Ice Dragon King's leg bone, Xue Tianyu immediately sat cross-legged near the remains and began absorbing it.
He didn't notice that the moment he closed his eyes to absorb the soul bone...
The Ice Dragon King's remains seemed to emit a faint blue glow.
A wisp of its remnant spirit, shrunk countless times, slowly emerged.
"Ice and snow spirit... the extreme of ice..."
The Ice Dragon King's remnant soul looked at Xue Tianyu, as if weighing something.
"Forget it, this soul bone isn't of any use left here. Might as well give it to this little guy."
The Ice Dragon King's remnant murmured to itself, "The kid's talent is terrifying. Maybe he can unleash even greater power with this soul bone..."
"Most importantly, the two with him... are soul beasts."
Thinking of that, the Ice Dragon King's remnant soul took one last deep look at Xue Tianyu, then vanished.
Not long after, the million-year Ice Dragon King soul bone completely fused into Xue Tianyu's body.
This soul bone granted him a total of four skills.
The moment the absorption finished, the details of the four skills surfaced in Xue Tianyu's mind.
The first skill: Ice Dragon's Roar.
Xue Tianyu can release a soul-shaking roar, akin to a dragon's cry.
This roar can intimidate enemies, freezing them in place. At the same time, it enhances Xue Tianyu's own aura and pressure with the might of the dragon clan.
The second skill: Water Melt Technique.
Upon activation, Xue Tianyu's body melts into flowing water, achieving elementalization.
In this form, he becomes immune to all physical attacks and can resist 50% of magical attacks.
Additionally, the skill grants a brief invincibility window, allowing him to evade fatal strikes.
The third skill: Ice Dragon Claw.
A terrifyingly sharp ice dragon claw forms over Xue Tianyu's left hand, shaped similarly to the Dragon God's Claw—but even more fearsome.
This claw not only possesses overwhelming attack power but also inflicts frostbite, slowing enemy movements.
Moreover, if used within an ice-attribute domain, its power increases by 100%, making Xue Tianyu's attacks even more devastating.
The fourth skill: Forbidden Art – Sky Ice Wrathstorm.
A domain-type ability. Countless sharp ice swords rain down from the sky, blanketing the battlefield in a frozen wasteland.
All ice-attribute skills receive a 100% power boost within this area.
Xue Tianyu's eyes suddenly snapped open, barely able to contain the excitement in his gaze.
A million-year soul bone from the Ice Dragon King actually gave him a domain-type skill!
He knew full well that domain skills could only be countered by other domain skills.
The Sky Ice Wrathstorm granted by this Ice Dragon King soul bone was incredibly powerful.
He looked toward the Ice Dragon King's remains, remembering what the system had said.
The stronger the being he signs in with, the greater the rewards.
Xue Tianyu smirked and pointed at the Ice Dragon King's remains.
"Sign in—Ice Dragon King!"
-Ding!
[Congratulations, host, for successfully signing in with the Ice Dragon King.]
[Rewards are being issued... Rewards successfully delivered!]
In an instant, Xue Tianyu felt the soul rings on his body undergo a transformation.
Almost all of his soul rings had their age increased by 50,000 years!
His soul power surged uncontrollably.
It was a long while before the fluctuations finally stabilized.
At this point, if he were to face Tang Hao again, he could crush him in even less time than before!
And this was just the first reward.
As for the second...
Xue Tianyu took a deep breath and reached forward with an empty grasp.
A divine weapon radiating icy light appeared in his hand.
"Ice God Bow."
The bow emitted an endless chill, as if capable of freezing everything in existence.
Xue Tianyu could sense that in terms of raw attack power, this Ice God Bow might even surpass the Ice God Spear!
The final reward was three Ice Sky Snow Lotuses.
These lotuses shimmered with crystalline light and exuded a dense cold aura. Once consumed, they would drastically enhance his affinity with ice attributes and permanently increase the power of his ice-type abilities by 10%.
Xue Tianyu felt utterly satisfied.
'The system didn't lie to me! These rewards are truly amazing.'
...
A bit earlier.
Outside the Ice And Fire Yin Yang Well.
After arriving at the Sunset Forest, Bear Lord's gaze held a confident and commanding presence.
Retrieving the remains of the Ice And Fire Dragon King? This task couldn't be easier.
But the moment he stepped into the forest, he lost his bearings.
Only then did Bear Lord realize—the location of the Ice And Fire Yin Yang Well wasn't easy to find.
Even though he could sense a powerful fluctuation in a certain direction, he couldn't find the exact entrance despite searching for a long time.
"Where is it?"
While searching, Bear Lord didn't bother suppressing his own powerful aura to avoid unnecessary trouble.
His aura rampaged through the forest like a storm, making everything nearby aware of his presence.
Around the same time, Ghost Douluo Gui Mei had also arrived in the forest, intending to find a quiet spot to take a nap.
But before he could even close his eyes, he noticed Bear Lord.
"What a powerful aura," Ghost Douluo Gui Mei murmured, surprised.
His eyes locked onto Bear Lord, gleaming with curiosity.
Since Bibi Dong had ordered him to search for a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, Gui Mei naturally couldn't ignore such a strong presence.
But what really caught his attention was the large gold chain hanging around Bear Lord's neck.
'That gold chain... how much would that be worth?'
"Let's give it a try. If this thing's really a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, my mission will be perfectly completed."
Gui Mei silently made up his mind and began following Bear Lord.
So it became Bear Lord in the front, and Gui Mei trailing behind.
Bear Lord had sensed the human following him for a while now.
But he didn't care—this human wasn't a threat to him.
Gui Mei, on the other hand, thought that since he had followed the soul beast for so long without being noticed, maybe the beast was a bit slow-witted.
Or maybe his own stealth skills were just that good?
Just as he was thinking this, Bear Lord slowly stopped walking.
"Hey, you human. Got nothing better to do than follow me around?"
Bear Lord's enormous bear eyes locked onto a tree.
His intense aura surged toward it like a gust of wind, stripping all the leaves from the tree and revealing a dark figure standing behind the trunk.
"Hm?"
Gui Mei smiled slightly at Bear Lord's words. "At the very least, it's a soul beast with tens of thousands of years of cultivation."
Behind him, a strange black shadow martial soul emerged, accompanied by nine soul rings.
His martial soul was extremely unique.
Gui Mei had once died in his youth due to an accident.
But through a series of strange coincidences, his soul reattached to his body and awakened as his martial soul.
In other words, he was the ghost.
His soul was his martial soul, and his body was merely a vessel to carry it.
Because of that, what he feared most was the holy light released by spirits like the Seraphim. That kind of light would dissolve and purify his soul.
And once his soul was purified, it was no different from death.
Bear Lord looked at this human cloaked in darkness, feeling a strange sensation.
Normal beings were either alive or dead.
But this thing... was caught somewhere in between.
Like a ghost.
So Bear Lord simply referred to him as a 'thing.'
Seeing that this ghost-like thing was the first to reveal his martial soul and soul rings, Bear Lord casually plopped down and leaned against a small hill.
He looked at Gui Mei's shadow.
Judging by the aura, this thing didn't seem capable of posing any threat at all.
Feeling relaxed, he scooped up a handful of rocks from the ground and casually tossed one toward Gui Mei using his long arm.
"I haven't even made a move yet, and you're already getting impatient?"
Gui Mei smiled calmly. His seventh soul ring lit up with a deep and eerie glow.
Seventh Soul Skill—Ghost Shadow True Form!
Ghost Douluo Gui Mei's body transformed into a phantom, vanishing into the void.
In that moment, his speed drastically increased, and he became immune to all purely physical attacks.
The fast-flying stones thrown at him passed right through, as if they weren't even in the same plane of existence.
"Interesting."
Bear Lord's interest was piqued.
A human who was completely immune to physical attacks—that was a first for him.
But this human's soul power was far too weak. He posed no threat at all.
Still, Bear Lord was curious. What gave such a strange human the courage to tail him?
Did he really think Bear Lord couldn't hit him?
Gui Mei knew that to verify whether this soul beast was truly over a hundred thousand years old, he'd have to go all out.
His sixth soul ring flared up behind him.
"Sixth Soul Skill—Wraith Legion!"
Gui Mei's ghostly shadow rippled like water, and each ripple produced several shadow clones.
The moment each clone formed, they charged at Bear Lord from all directions.
These clones weren't illusions—they were real entities.
Soon, Bear Lord found himself surrounded by the shadows, and his expression turned sour.
"Like a swarm of damn mosquitoes. So annoying."
He raised his bear paw to swat them away.
"Explode!"
Gui Mei formed a hand seal and let out a low shout.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Every shadow clone struck by Bear Lord's paw exploded on contact!
The resulting blasts ruffled Bear Lord's dark golden fur into a chaotic mess.
"I just groomed my fur, damn it!"
Bear Lord flew into a rage. His entire body suddenly swelled in size, and a terrifying aura surged through the area. The pressure unique to savage beasts swept forth, laced with bloodlust and brutality.
Facing the Bear Lord, whose appearance had drastically changed—now savage, bloodthirsty, and exuding a terrifying oppressive force—Gui Mei's expression shifted.
His heart tightened to the extreme, and a trace of disbelief surfaced in his mind.
'What the hell!!!'
'Weren't we supposed to be slacking off on vacation? And now this bear's aura—'
'It's horrifying beyond reason!!!'