NIP Chapter 39 The Rock-Shattering Turtle, the Tremor of the Cauldron
Chapter 39 The Rock-Shattering Turtle, the Tremor of the Cauldron
Chapter 39 The Rock-Shattering Turtle, the Tremor of the Cauldron
"Look, it's a Rockbreaker Turtle!"
Xiao Xiao pointed to a giant tortoise next to a rock in the swamp.
The giant tortoise has a yellowish-green body and a thick shell covered with moss and yellow mud, with nine spiral patterns faintly visible within.
After a day of exploration, the group encountered many soul beasts along the way, but they were either not the right species or too young to be suitable as Xiao Xiao's second soul ring. Now, with Huo Yuhao's spiritual detection, they finally found such a swamp.
The Rock-Breaking Turtle not only possesses the earth attribute, but also exudes a powerful aura, much like the Xiao Xiao Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron.
Ordinary spirit beasts not only cannot gnaw through the Rock-Breaking Turtle's thick shell, but are also easily affected by its innate abilities, getting stuck in the mud and allowing the Rock-Breaking Turtle to escape easily.
Just as the age of the Datura snake could be determined by its body length a thousand years ago, the age of the Rockbreaker turtle could be determined by the spiral patterns on its shell a thousand years ago. Every hundred years, a spiral pattern would grow on the Rockbreaker turtle's shell.
The Rock-Breaking Turtle in front of Wang Dong'er and the other two had nine spiral patterns, which meant that it was a soul beast with a lifespan of exactly nine hundred years.
Recalling what he learned at Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but say, "I remember it was mentioned in class that, according to Master Yu Xiaogang's theory, the maximum age of a second soul ring that a soul master can absorb is 764 years."
"Forget those bullshit theories." Wang Dong'er waved her hand casually, and seeing that Cai Kun was still standing in the distance, she said to Xiao Xiao, "Xiao Xiao, your martial soul is already very powerful. Now you have the Xuan Shui Pill and soul bone to improve your physical fitness. This kind of limit for ordinary people is no problem for you at all. Try this nine-hundred-year-old Rock-Breaking Turtle."
As for someone like Wang Dong'er, whose second ring can reach a thousand years, apart from Huo Yuhao, who is an overpowered character, it is almost impossible for others to replicate.
Wang Dong'er was captured and taken to the Haotian Sect at a young age, where she was given all sorts of whale gelatin supplements, and her aptitude was cultivated to the top level long ago. However, in order to prevent any accidents from happening during Tang Wutong's soul descent ceremony, Wang Dong'er's cultivation was stopped by the Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape after she absorbed her second soul ring.
If the soul descent ceremony hadn't been interrupted, which ironically benefited Wang Dong'er, she wouldn't have had level 23 soul power on the day she enrolled at Shrek Academy; she would have only had level 21 soul power instead of level 23.
"Can I... really do it?" Xiao Xiao couldn't help but mutter to herself.
"Relax and believe in yourself." Wang Dong'er gently held Xiao Xiao's small hand, and her warm body temperature transferred to it, causing Xiao Xiao's body to relax instantly.
"Yes, I will definitely do my best!" Xiao Xiao nodded, and the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron was released.
Huo Yuhao shared his mental detection with the two of them, and the magnificent Goddess of Light Butterfly reappeared. Wang Dong'er immediately released her second soul skill, Butterfly God's Light.
The Winged Guillotine is not very effective against the large shell of the Rock-Breaking Turtle, but the explosion of the Butterfly God's Light is very useful.
On the butterfly's wings, golden light patterns began to shimmer, converging into clusters of light that scattered towards the Rock-Breaking Turtle.
Before the Rock-Breaking Turtle could spot Wang Dong'er and the others, the orbs of light had already flown to its side and exploded instantly.
Boom, boom, boom—
The successive explosions sent mud flying everywhere in the swamp where the Rock-Breaking Turtle was located. Fortunately, Wang Dong'er was flying in the air and the explosions were from a distance, so she didn't get hit.
At the same time, Xiao Xiao also launched the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, which split into three and sped towards the Shattered Rock Turtle.
"Nine Cauldrons Sealing Formation!" Xiao Xiao shouted, and the three large cauldrons trembled, splitting into three again, transforming into nine Soul-Suppressing Cauldrons that fell around the Shattered Rock Turtle, as if an invisible net was capturing the Shattered Rock Turtle.
"Woo—" The Rock-Breaking Turtle howled mournfully. The mud and water around it were originally splashed everywhere by the Rock-Breaking Turtle's splashing, but the moment Xiao Xiao set up the Nine Cauldrons Sealing Yuan Formation, the Rock-Breaking Turtle's four webbed feet were immediately unable to move.
If it were a ten-thousand-year-old Rock-Breaking Turtle, Xiao Xiao's Nine Cauldrons Sealing Yuan Formation would only suffer a backlash, but this nine-hundred-year-old Rock-Breaking Turtle obviously had no ability to resist.
"First Soul Skill, Cauldron Tremor!" Xiao Xiao's first soul ring shone with a yellow light, and the air inside the Nine Cauldrons Sealing Formation instantly distorted, as if it had been shattered out of thin air.
The Rock-Breaking Turtle's shell shattered under the combined shock of the nine cauldrons, revealing its twisted and ugly body.
The shells of turtles are connected to their skeletons; in fact, one could say that the shell is a combination of the turtle's spine and ribs.
The Rock-Breaking Turtle is a soul beast, and its vitality is stronger. This attack did not completely kill the Rock-Breaking Turtle, but it also lost its most important protection.
Wang Dong'er quickly flew behind Xiao Xiao, hugged her tightly, and casually took out a sharp blade from her storage soul tool and handed it to Xiao Xiao.
"I'll take you down there in a bit. Seize the opportunity to cut its neck and prevent it from escaping."
I was... I was hugged!
Xiao Xiao blushed, coughed twice to calm herself down, focused her gaze on the Rock-Breaking Turtle, and gripped the sharp blade that Wang Dong'er had given her.
This appears to be another soul tool; when soul power is injected, it even emits crimson blade light.
The wings of the Goddess of Light Butterfly swept through the air as it swooped down towards the Rock-Breaking Turtle. Xiao Xiao gripped the crimson blade in her hand, and with a flash of red light, the Rock-Breaking Turtle was instantly decapitated.
Bright red blood flowed in the swamp, and a bright yellow halo slowly rose around the corpse of the Rock-Breaking Turtle.
Wang Dong'er then took out a square table from her storage soul tool and threw it directly next to the corpse of the Rock-Broken Turtle, before gently placing Xiao Xiao down on it.
"Alright, hurry up and absorb the spirit ring. The commotion just now was a bit too loud. Let's finish absorbing it as soon as possible and leave quickly."
"Okay." Xiao Xiao nodded and quickly sat down cross-legged on the square table. She used her soul power to guide the soul ring of the Rock-Shattering Turtle, and the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron also merged into one and came above Xiao Xiao.
Led by Xiao Xiao, the bright yellow halo gradually moved towards the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron...
Absorbing the second spirit ring wasn't difficult, but Xiao Xiao was absorbing a spirit ring that exceeded the limits of ordinary people. Even with the spirit bone and the Xuan Shui Pill improving her physical attributes, it wasn't something that could be done overnight.
Time passed second by second, and at noon, when the sunlight was at its strongest, Xiao Xiao finally finished absorbing the soul ring.
Although her second spirit ring was only nine hundred years old, it was much easier than Tang San's fourth spirit ring, which was a ten-thousand-year spirit ring. At least there was no mental damage like soul shock.
"I did it, Dong'er!" Xiao Xiao excitedly hugged Wang Dong'er, taking a deep breath. "If it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't even dare to dream of such a thing..."
"My second soul skill is called Ding Zhi Shua, which can swing the target away and stun them at the same time. It can be considered a control skill, but it can only be used on one target."
"However, my first and second soul skills can be fused together in a special way and unleashed. I call it the Cauldron Tremor."
(End of this chapter)