svetikya Chapter 242 The Golden Ancient Tree
Chapter 242 The Golden Ancient Tree
Chapter 242 The Golden Ancient Tree
Yang Podi looked at the fire dragon's corpse and couldn't help but shake his head. This fire dragon was indeed very strong, probably reaching the level of a level 98 Title Douluo, especially since it also possessed the ultimate fire, but it was still a bit weaker than himself.
After adjusting himself for a while, Yang Podi began to absorb the spirit ring again. This was the sixth spirit ring of his original spirit.
A mere 300,000-year-old soul beast posed little threat to Yang Podi. In just one day, Yang Podi had already completed the absorption of the soul ring.
With the absorption of this spirit ring complete, Yang Podi's spirit power officially reached level ninety-nine.
As the soul ring was fully absorbed, Yang Podi opened his eyes and felt that everything around him had changed. His perception of soul power became more subtle, as if he could see the essence of soul power. This was probably the difference between a Limit Douluo and an ordinary Title Douluo.
In particular, the dual cores within Yang Podi's body seemed to be operating much faster, absorbing the surrounding soul power like a whale devouring it. Yang Podi felt that his physical and mental strength had greatly improved, and his combat power had even increased several times compared to level ninety-eight.
No wonder it is said that the improvement of each level after becoming a Title Douluo is huge, especially after entering the Super Douluo level, each level is like an insurmountable chasm. According to Yang Podi's current estimate, he can easily defeat even Qian Daoliu, who is at level 99.
Yang Podi carefully felt the changes in his body. Ever since he had this fire attribute soul ring, his body seemed to become more compact and his martial soul became much stronger. However, mentally speaking, it felt like his martial soul now had great flaws.
According to Yang Podi's own estimation, by absorbing six spirit rings in succession, the attributes of these six spirit rings are the six main attributes of space, darkness, metal, wood, earth and fire, with a small amount of strength and wind attributes.
However, the foundation of attributes should be the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Now, the lack of a water attribute soul ring makes the original sense of incompleteness even more obvious.
Just as Yang Podi predicted, the five elements are mutually generating and mutually restraining. Only by gathering all five elements can one truly achieve perfection and a true cycle, at which point one's strength will truly increase significantly. And this last water-attribute soul ring will be of paramount importance.
Yang Podi even felt that once the five elements' 100,000-year soul rings were all gathered, unexpected changes might occur, and they might even become unexpectedly powerful.
Yang Podi couldn't help but shake his head. He was already level 99, and only the final level 100 barrier remained. It seemed he had to find a way to obtain his divine position as soon as possible, or it would all be for nothing.
After collecting the fire dragon's corpse, they found a fiery red torso soul bone inside. This soul bone was excellent in terms of both age and attributes, especially the dragon attribute it contained, which was extremely high. There probably wasn't a soul bone of this level in the entire Douluo Continent.
Yang Podi thought about it and decided to put the soul bone away. He didn't lack strength for the time being, and he might get a better soul bone in the future. He felt that this soul ring was still a bit of a waste for him.
Yang Podi also obtained two decent Soul Ring skills.
The sixth soul skill of the main body's martial soul is the Flaming Dragon Claw, which can summon a giant dragon claw to attack enemies. In particular, the dragon claw has strong power and extreme fire attribute. Moreover, this move seems to be very compatible with the main body's martial soul, as the Flaming Dragon Claw can be directly applied to the main body's martial soul, and one hand can be transformed into a dragon claw.
The second of the sixth soul skill of the main body martial soul: Fire Hell, similar to the fire domain used by the fire dragon, can control all flames. Everyone in the Fire Hell is attacked by a large range of flames, as if they are in a raging hell.
Surprisingly, Inferno is a bit like a domain skill, but more like a control skill.
During the battle with the fire dragon, if Yang Podi hadn't been so strong, he probably wouldn't have won so easily. Especially since the fire dragon's extreme fire could probably suppress all fire-attribute soul masters in the world, and the Fire Hell had a similar effect.
Yang Po is extremely powerful against these two soul skills. From now on, no fire-attribute soul master or soul beast will be his match, and they will be greatly restrained by him.
Moreover, these two soul skills have a very special feature: if they really have such intense flames, then they will be even more effective at restraining water-attribute soul masters, which will be even better for my future plans.
After organizing his spirit rings, Yang Podi began exploring the entire underground space.
Surprisingly, even though Yang Podi fought so fiercely with the fire dragon and even activated his ninth soul skill, the underground space did not collapse.
Yang Podi and the Fire Dragon's attacks left various pits in the underground space, but they did not damage the overall structure of the space, which is somewhat unbelievable.
Yang Podi carefully examined the ground and the surrounding walls, and was immediately shocked. He had never imagined that these walls and the ground were made of black crystal stone. No wonder they were so strong that they could even withstand the scorching magma.
The central cave dwelling is relatively simple, resembling a simple little courtyard. There is a plaque in the middle of the gate with the four characters "Soul-Suppressing Courtyard" written on it. These four characters look exceptionally ancient, as if they have experienced countless years of vicissitudes.
Yang Podi carefully examined the small cave dwelling and felt that something was strange. How could there be a cave dwelling under such a magma layer? Moreover, given the heat of the magma and the presence of a 300,000-year-old soul beast nearby, the cave dwelling was completely undamaged.
Yang Podi prepared to push open the door, but to his surprise, the door was not locked. However, the door was very heavy, unlike ordinary wooden or iron doors.
Yang Podi carefully observed the cave dwelling. It was a small courtyard structure, just like a typical family courtyard. However, after observing it closely, he discovered that the walls, bricks, tiles, gate, and plaque were all made of Soul-Suppressing Stones. Soul-Suppressing Stones are known as the hardest of all rocks and have a special calming effect. They can even suppress some dark-attribute Soul Masters and are considered top-grade treasures.
It should be noted that Soul-Suppressing Stones are extremely rare and valuable on the market. Their value is comparable to that of expensive jade, and their hardness is no less than that of so-called deep-sea sunken silver. Although this courtyard is not large, it is still over a hundred meters long and wide. The cost of using so many Soul-Suppressing Stones is probably comparable to that of a large city.
Moreover, it would be extremely difficult to make using Soul-Suppressing Stones. Both the hardness and value of Soul-Suppressing Stones are beyond imagination. Even for myself, it would probably take countless hours to complete.
Yang Podi found it increasingly strange. How could something of this level exist in such a deep underground place?
Upon entering the courtyard, Yang Podi was completely shocked. The reliability of light in this underground world was extremely low. When he first came in, he only knew that there was a giant tree and a cave, but now he could truly see the giant tree clearly.
This giant tree was entirely golden yellow, even every single leaf was golden yellow, and in particular, it exuded an infinite life force that even surpassed the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Yang Podi couldn't help but swallow hard. Could this giant tree be the legendary Golden Ancient Tree?
But that doesn't make sense. Shouldn't the Golden Ancient Tree be deep within the Star Dou Great Forest? And even after ten thousand years, the Golden Ancient Tree has always been the foundation of Shrek Academy. How could it possibly be here? Yang Podi had previously explored the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest many times but hadn't found any trace of the Golden Ancient Tree. He even thought it was hidden in the hands of those ferocious beasts.
Moreover, this small courtyard and the golden ancient tree seem to have become one, making it difficult for even oneself to move them.
What's even stranger is that everything in the courtyard is made of Soul-Suppressing Stones, including the floor, walls, a pavilion, and tables and chairs.
Who has such a grand scheme to do something like this? And if they wanted to live in seclusion, there was no need to use the Soul-Suppressing Stone.
Yang Podi carefully walked around the courtyard and was even more surprised. In the center of the courtyard was a small spring, which had an extremely strong life force and was obviously not simple.
Yang Podi scooped up a ladle of spring water and observed it carefully for a while. The life force in the spring water actually surpassed that of the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest. Moreover, there was a golden ancient tree next to the spring water. This was probably the legendary Water of Life.
Yang Podi carefully took a sip and instantly felt extremely comfortable throughout his body, as if he were filled with the breath of life. This was the water of life.
Yang Podi was even more puzzled. Ordinary soul masters shouldn't be able to build a place like this; perhaps only a god could do it. But even if it was a god, why would they build this courtyard in this place? Why would they plant the golden ancient tree here?
Judging from the situation here, we are already thousands of meters underground. If it weren't for the aura emanating from this fire dragon, I probably wouldn't have noticed it. You should know that Yang Po was already a level 98 Title Douluo at that time, and this fire dragon seemed to have great awe for this courtyard.
What's even stranger is that this courtyard seems to have some special function, as it can even mask the aura of the ancient golden tree.
Yang Podi suddenly thought of something, and his expression changed instantly.
In the Douluo Continent, the Abyss Plane was a terrifying existence. It didn't appear in Douluo I, but it appeared in Douluo II due to the collision of continents. Judging from the current situation, it's possible that the Soul-Suppressing Courtyard is located beneath the so-called Abyss Plane. The Soul-Suppressing Courtyard, built with Soul-Suppressing Stones and the Golden Ancient Tree, is probably intended to suppress the Abyss Plane.
If we look at it this way, there must be a large array beneath the cave and even the entire rocky space, with the golden ancient tree at the core of the array.
No wonder the entire Flowing Fire Mountain Range is prone to volcanic eruptions; it turns out there's something terrifying hidden beneath it.
Yang Podi stayed in the entire Soul-Suppressing Courtyard for half a month without gaining anything else. However, all the Water of Life was taken away. As for the courtyard built with the Golden Ancient Tree and the Soul-Suppressing Stone, Yang Podi was unable to move it with his current strength, and he dared not move it either.
However, cultivating under the Golden Tree is indeed excellent, about 50% faster than usual. It is truly a peerless treasure land for cultivation. Unfortunately, the only entrance is covered by lava, so probably not many people can get in.
To truly enter, one must either temper their body with ice and fire in the Yin-Yang Well, or reach the realm of ultimate fire or ultimate ice, or perhaps even reach the Limit Douluo level. There is probably no other way.
Yang Podi ultimately decided to leave. He had other things to deal with, and he could come back to cultivate later. Even the Golden Ancient Tree couldn't make him a true god.
As for the situation inside the cave, Yang Podi has no plans to tell anyone for the time being. This will serve as his secret base and also as his last trump card. If he really cannot find the throne of God in the future, this may be the best way out.
This part is somewhat fictional about the origin of the Golden Tree, and it wasn't clearly described in the original work either. Consider it a small foreshadowing for later.
(End of this chapter)