"Traveling really is the best." Said Zhou Jiu with a smile as he stared wistfully at the boundless sea around him.
The boundless ocean was glittering with gentle waves moving back and forth around the ship that they were on.
"It really is great to know that we won't be troubled by any Sea Soul Beasts. Is this the might of a powerful soul master?" Questioned Zhou Jiu as he glances at Wu Yiyi.
Wu Yiyi was leaning eagerly on the rails, staring at the ocean with her eyes shining with a picture book, titled Sea Beasts.
"Zhou Jiu! Do you see them? They're so beautiful!" Shouted Wu Yiyi as she pointed at a white whale jumping out of the ocean causing Zhou Jiu lips to twitch.
'Did you even hear me?'
"Indeed they are beautiful. It's a wonder why there aren't that many around the continent."Muttered Zhou Jiu as he gently leaned on the rails.
"That is because they would be relentlessly pursued and devoured for there bones and rings." Wu Zhankong's cold voice rang out as he walked over.
"People would still kill the beast for their rings? Aren't Soul Spirits a thing? And are spirit bones really enticing?"Questioned Wu Yiyi as she heard the words of Wu Zhankong.
"Depending on the rings, a Soul Master would be too enticing to give it up even with Soul Spirits. As for Soul Bone, sometimes their value surpasses even a hundred-thousand-year spirit rings."Said Wu Zhankong causing Wu Yiyi eyes to widen and Zhou Jiu to sigh.
"Evident from the decline of soul beast around the continent, you can imagine what would happen if they came." Said Wu Zhankong causing Wu Yiyi to fall silent.
"Is everyone cultivating?" Questioned Zhou Jiu causing Wu Zhankong to nod his head.
"I am planning to head in and continue my training. I only had come mentioning that we have two weeks left before we reach, from the ship captain's words."Said Wu Zhankong.
"Oh? Two weeks have already passed by huh."Muttered Zhou Jiu.
They all left Shrek Academy two weeks ago, with the intent of fully exploring the new continent that showed up.
Yun Ming believed that only Tang Wulin, Zhou Jiu and Wu Yiyi going wouldn't be very safe. Especially to a place that they believed came from the ancient past and has some ties to the Calamities.
So, Yun Ming suggested they took a few more helpers with them to the continent.
Tang Wulin and Wu Yiyi didn't care, while Zhou Jiu was very grateful the Atlas Douluo would do this for them.
He was even more ecstatic the members who were coming were also from the Sea God Pavilion.
Anyone who has been able to join the Sea God Pavilion was a legend in their own right. Even people like him and Wu Yiyi have heard about them, but it became even more astonishing when they found out who was coming.
The Holy Spirit, Yali!
The person who was known as the number one recovery-type soul master on the continent.
She was a person in the world that most people on the continent and respected.
It was not only her but Wu Zhankong and Shen Yi who both volunteered to come.
Yun Ming didn't feel the need to make the group big, as well as Yali and Wulin on the team.
There shouldn't be anything too big that they could handle. Naturally, this came from his belief from Wulin's strength and his power to summon his dragon form if anything extremely strong appears.
Alongside Yali's ability to adequately treat them if things were looking bad. Wu Zhankong and Shen Yi with their strength would be enough to protect Zhou Jiu and Wu Yiyi with Yali aid.
While Yun Ming knew they wouldn't be able to cover everything, he still believes things should be alright.
"Is he still up there training?" Questioned Zhou Jiu as he looked towards the upper part of the ship.
"He is the destruction energy he is radiating off is too terrifying for him to practice inside a cabin. While outside isn't much better, at least he won't be destroying any of the cabins."
As Wu Zhankong said this, they could crackle of purple lightning at the top of the ship.
Even though it was only a streak of purple light, it still gave off a dreadful feeling and made anyone who saw it shiver.
Luckily, everyone knew to not come close to Tang Wulin as he trained.
At this moment, Tang Wulin's figure was crackling merrily with destruction intent all around his body.
Right now, Tang Wulin was gradually bringing out more of the potential that resides in his Destruction God bloodline.
This typically meant he would have to go through those dreams cycles as he did with the Life Bloodline. While he was doing this, he met with Hui Mei a few more times.
Hui Mei most of the time would help him out with his destruction control. As anytime they talked about his life, he would become rigid and uncomfortable.
Tang Wulin chalked it up as him being unused to their talk.
Because of this, they spent most of their time sparring and learning about the power of destruction.
During this time, Tang Wulin started gaining a better understanding of the power of destruction.
If life was considered a more elementary level of Creation. The power of life was the ability to breathe in the fundamental essence of vitality into all things.
Granting them vigor and vitality, something all living things thrive on.
Destruction was the power of unmaking all things that life created and helped.
A power that doesn't require strength, as its lethality is enough, to surpass most if not all defense.
He learned from the God of Destruction that so far he has only been at the initial stage of destruction.
Which only includes the power of corroding, nullifying, destroying, and erasing even one's soul power. But there was a lot more than Tang Wulin wasn't able to tap into, as with the power of destruction.
Not even the laws or the natural element could escape its power of unmaking.
At the same time, the Golden Dragon King destruction element was a bit different from the God of Destruction one.
As the Golden Dragon King destruction or Annihilation Energy meant that anything he kills and destroys would be converted into his power.
In other words, the more it kills and destroys, the more powerful it gets. Of course, from what he found it; this is far more effective with the Inferno Kill domain.
But the downside was evidently the Golden Dragon King madness that would constantly attack his mind in this domain.
If it wasn't for the various powers inside of him limiting its influence, he most likely would be struggling with this.
And even then, it requires him to only use a bit of the Inferno Slaughter Domains power and not all of it.
Same thing for the Golden Dragon King Annihilation, meaning he needed to get far stronger to actually utilize their full strength.
With this in mind, Tang Wulin has been constantly stimulating his Destruction bloodline. While at the same time manipulating the destruction energy of the Golden Dragon King.
He knew the best thing he could do, for now, he gains supreme control over these powers with the help of Hui Mei. Until he was ready to unleash more of their terrifying and lethal might.
He decided to train them both separately, so it wouldn't go out of control and destroy the whole ship.
Or worse, destroy anyone who was hit by its shockwave if it went out of control.
But even with this in mind, there were still faint streaks of destruction leaking out of his body sometimes.
While these streaks were just small wisps of energy, they still held the intent of destruction. So it would still be hazardous having it scattered around.
Which is why he asked Yali to stay around and canceled out its intent.
As to his surprise a few weeks ago, her light and holy attribute were strong enough to cancel out the wisp of destruction.
Yali didn't mind helping Tang Wulin out, as she felt this was something she could at least do for him.
For all the things he has done for the continent.
As without him, it was hard to say if the whole world would be properly recovering from their negativity as they speak.
And not only that but she saw him as her son, similar to how she saw Na'er as her daughter.
'Although I doubt, he would agree.' Thought Yali with a faint smile as she watched Tang Wulin in a lotus position.
Yali glanced to the side of the deck, looking at the ocean, pondering just what they will discover.
"Hopefully, everything will be alright..."
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"Damn it..." Muttered Xie Xie as he felt his body scream out in pain, as he tried to move his leg onto the next step.
But as usual, that was far easier said than done.
As for the past week, they were all getting their ass kicked by the first stage of this trial.
All of them were able to easily get past the gravity steps for the first stage of the trial. But were then met with the deadly illusions or pocket worlds on the next set of steps.
They had to dodge fatal arrows that were all coated with poison that took a strain on their soul power. Then there was the soul beast they had to fight inside of the illusions.
'Heck, there was even one where we had to dodge light!'
Xie Xie would have questioned what kind of sadistic bastard would make up such a trial. And then curse the bastard out if he didn't know it was made by a god.
Yet thankfully, one of the benefits of this world was that the cultivation and training were far better than the external world.
They were able to rapidly improve their cultivation, most of them going up by a single rank.
Something almost unimaginable without any outside sources. One has to remember after passing rank 60, the rate of ranking up becomes slower and slower each rank.
It's why Na'er cultivating speed at her age was so monstrous, almost miracle like. A feat that no one has been able to replicate or surpassed.
Surprisingly, the ones who made the most progress in cultivation were Luo Yuxin and Dai Yun'er.
Both of them gained more than one rank upgrade, Luo Yuxin going from rank 50 to 57.
While Dai Yun Er was close to becoming a Soul Sage, steadily coming close to everyone who was progressing to a Soul Douluo.
So far all of them have been able to get past at least step fifty in the last two weeks.
From their calculation and present progress, it may take a month or more to finish this trial.
"How are you guys doing!" Shouted Xie Xie, the gravity that was pressing down on him like a mountain.
It was making it almost impossible to turn around and see.
"Good!"
But thankfully he didn't need to know, as he sensed the others that weren't Wu Siduo and Ye Xinglan coming.
Xie Xie smiled before he began urging his body forward, pressing on to the 51 steps.
Hoping to reach the 60th step for today.