Chapter 240: Departure to Jingyang Mountain Range
The number of Golden Dragon Maidens is hard to say; after all, soul masters who have encountered a Golden Dragon Maiden in human history can be counted on one hand.
And Jin Peng in front of us happens to be one of those lucky few.
Now that the target is known, there's no need for hesitation. According to Jin Peng's description, the soul ring of this Golden Dragon Maiden is indeed very suitable for him.
"I'll leave the matters here to you; I'll handle the soul ring myself," Du Qianjue told Jin Peng.
"Rest assured, with my ultimate-level cultivation, it will be easy to protect the prodigies of my sect," Jin Peng said cheerfully.
As long as Xu Tianran doesn't lose his mind, he wouldn't dare to completely offend our sect!
A crazed ultimate Douluo could easily turn the entire city of Ming into ruins.
In the original story, Xu Tianran managed to trap Ye Xishui because she was too confident! She ran straight into Xu Tianran's lair, right into the trap he had prepared, and it was no small feat for Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao to escape alive after sixteen ninth-level fixed soul-guided shells exploded in a small area.
But Jin Peng wouldn't be foolish enough to wait for Xu Tianran to trap him. If he were to lose his mind, besides Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui, no one in Ming could stop him.
Not even Kong Deming.
However, Du Qianjue still reminded Jin Peng about the existence of Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui, as their sect was bound to face the Holy Spirit Cult in the tournament, and it was uncertain whether they would pull any tricks.
"Holy Spirit Cult, Long Xiaoyao, and Ye Xishui, huh... I understand, I'll be careful," Jin Peng nodded seriously upon hearing these names.
He might look down on the soul masters from the Sun Moon Empire, but he couldn't ignore Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui, who were at the same level as him.
"I'm off then."
Du Qianjue tore open space, stepped through, and disappeared inside the hotel.
Jin Peng also turned and vanished into space, continuing to lurk in the shadows to protect the members of his sect.
Only Lang Ya, who was completely ignored throughout, gave a wry smile and headed to the conference room to discuss tactics with Long Aotian and the others.
Outside Ming, a space rift was torn open by a powerful force, and Du Qianjue's figure emerged from it. He looked back at Ming for a moment, then casually walked through the air. With each step, he seemed to shrink the earth beneath him, disappearing from the spot instantly.
Traversing space not only allowed him to move faster than flying but also used less energy.
Most importantly,
It was truly elegant.
The distance between Ming and Jingyang Mountain Range was not short. When Huo Yuhao and Tangerine went to Jingyang Mountain Range for training, it took them several days just to travel, but for Du Qianjue at this time, it was only a matter of minutes.
When a massive mountain range came into view, Du Qianjue stopped walking. He looked at the mountain range before him.
The mountain range was oddly shaped, resembling a giant spider lying on the ground, with the center area large and the rest of the mountains extending out like spider legs.
Aside from the largest Evil Demon Forest, Jingyang Mountain Range was the largest habitat for soul beasts in the Sun Moon Empire.
Most soul beasts in Jingyang Mountain Range were of the metal attribute, due to the abundant rare metal veins in the mountains, almost making it the largest source of rare metals in the Sun Moon Empire.
The abundance of metal veins also led to a large number of metal-attributed soul beasts.
The reason why the Sun Moon Empire, despite needing rare metals, hadn't flattened Jingyang Mountain Range to mine it, was, in the words of the original story:
There were too few soul beast resources.
With already few habitats for soul beasts in the Sun Moon Empire, flattening Jingyang Mountain Range to extract rare metals would make it even harder for soul masters in the empire to hunt for soul rings.
Looking at Jingyang Mountain Range, which resembled a giant spider, Du Qianjue muttered softly, "I hope this trip won't be in vain. Golden Dragon Maiden, I'm actually quite looking forward to this..."
Don't get it wrong; Du Qianjue wasn't lusting after the body of the Golden Dragon Maiden; he just wanted her ultimate metal attribute soul ring.
With near-divine strength as his confidence, Du Qianjue made no effort to conceal his aura, boldly flying towards the center of Jingyang Mountain Range and releasing his oppressive aura unabashedly.
Under the pressure of his ultimate Douluo-level aura, soul beasts along the way trembled on the ground, the younger ones even foaming at the mouth and losing control of their bodily functions.
Cries of anguish from the soul beasts rose and fell.
Of course, Du Qianjue wasn't intentionally using his pressure to affect them; it was mostly causing them slight discomfort, and they would recover quickly.
He was here to lure out the Golden Dragon Maiden, not to slaughter these common soul beasts.
With a host of soul beast spirits still conscious in his spirit sea, even out of consideration for them, Du Qianjue wouldn't engage in such meaningless acts.
And indeed, the effect of Du Qianjue's actions was very effective. Not only low-level thousand-year and ten-thousand-year soul beasts but also some well-hidden hundred-thousand-year soul beasts didn't dare to challenge him recklessly.
Du Qianjue's strength was enough to deter them.
Soon, under the unrestrained release of Du Qianjue's aura, several brutal and bloodthirsty auras rose into the sky from deep within Jingyang Mountain Range.
Counting them, there were eight auras released from deep within the mountains, each with the momentum of at least a Titled Douluo.
This meant they were all soul beasts of over a hundred thousand years.
"I've found them." Du Qianjue smiled slightly, stepped forward, and appeared before those auras, his face calm as he looked at each of the hostile hundred-thousand-year soul beasts.
Golden Wolf Emperor, Silver Moon Wolf Emperor, Raging Golden Tiger King, Steel Armor Rhino King, Blade Mantis Emperor...
Each was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
And in their midst, a golden figure stood tall, her body covered in dazzling golden dragon scales, but even the scales couldn't hide her shapely figure.
Her golden hair casually draped behind her, with two small dragon horns on her forehead, and her face, full of vigor, was cold and indifferent.
Most importantly, she had a pair of golden dragon wings on her back.
She was Du Qianjue's target for this trip, the Golden Dragon Maiden, protected by all the hundred-thousand-year soul beasts.
"Human powerhouse, by brazenly entering deep into Jingyang Mountain Range, are you provoking our soul beast clan?" the Golden Dragon Maiden's cold, melodious voice rang out, her golden vertical pupils staring intently at Du Qianjue. "Or are you planning to break the treaty between your humans and our soul beasts?"
The treaty she referred to was naturally the agreement between the Sun Moon Empire and the soul beast clans of Jingyang Mountain Range.
Non-aggression.
Hundred-thousand-year soul beasts must not act, and ninth-grade soul guides from the Sun Moon Empire are not allowed to act in Jingyang Mountain Range.
"Don't misunderstand, I have no intention of provoking you," Du Qianjue said with a slight smile. The Golden Dragon Maiden just relaxed when his next words made her expression darken slightly.
"My purpose for coming to Jingyang Mountain Range is solely for you."
"As for the other hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, I really don't care about them."
(End of Chapter)