MM Racing Chapter 113 Tracking
Chapter 113 Tracking
"Little monster, this poisonous incense is my unique technique. Would you like to learn it?"
Dugu Bo's face was full of pride. After all, this poisonous fragrance was his unique skill, which was generally difficult for even titled Douluo to detect. Although it didn't have much offensive power, it was quite effective in tracking and other aspects. He even thought that after hearing about the function of his poisonous fragrance, Xiao Yan would definitely be eager to learn it as well.
But when he looked at Xiao Yan, he found that the other man's expression was only one of disgust. However, the boy named Tang San next to him was full of curiosity. But given Dugu Bo's shallow friendship with him, there was no need for him to teach him. The reason he brought Tang San along was all because of Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan ignored Dugu Bo's words and rolled his eyes as a refusal. If it was a matter of leaving a mark, the digital mark provided by his second skill was unique. Although the coverage area was not particularly wide, with the improvement of his soul power, it could now spread to a radius of about fifty meters.
He certainly wasn't interested in Dugu Bo's so-called poisonous incense. Besides, if Dugu Bo were to teach him, it would be a trivial trick that had little to do with martial souls—simply leaving a colorless and odorless poison on the target and then using his poison skills to track them down. So Xiao Yan urged Dugu Bo instead: "Alright, old monster, I know you have your methods. Hurry up and go find where that soul beast is hiding. You're so slow; it'll be dark by the time you get back to the academy!"
Xiao Yan was in no hurry. Right now, besides cultivation, he and Tang San and the others didn't have much else to do, so it was a peaceful time.
"Hmph, ungrateful wretch." Dugu Bo muttered to himself, grabbing a boy by the back of his neck and lifting Xiao Yan and Tang San up like an eagle catching a chick in the sky. They immediately took off, leaving a faint green trail in the air, which was the trace Dugu Bo had left on the Qilin Beast. If Xiao Yan and Tang San had used their Purple Demon Eyes to look closely, they should have been able to detect it.
Dugu Bo was following the faint green line in the air, tracking the only surviving scaled beast.
"Old monster, are you so sure this one-eyed scaled beast will lead us to that spirit-type soul beast? What if we end up walking into its lair?"
"Didn't you say you had a spirit-type soul beast behind you? If you do, you'll definitely lead us there. That Scaled Armor Beast is still under control. If we really go to the Scaled Armor Beast's lair, we can just kill them all. I, a titled Douluo, can't handle a bunch of beasts?"
"You should leave some. If you really wipe them all out, the ecology of Sunset Forest will be destroyed again. Soul Masters hunting for Soul Rings is a wasteful practice. A Soul Master only needs a few decades to reach the point where they need Soul Rings, while Soul Beasts need hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years to reach that point. It's completely disproportionate. Look at all those purple Soul Rings around your little garden. What a waste!"
"What, you little brat, trying to lecture me again? So, according to you, I shouldn't have intervened, nor should I have killed those beasts who fear my immortal herbs?"
"Well, that's not it. If you, old monster, don't show your strength as a Title Douluo, then the one controlling these soul beasts with your mind will definitely not feel fear. They might even summon another wave of reckless soul beasts, which would only increase the slaughter."
"That's settled then. When we get there, you two little ones should try not to talk. If it really is a mental type, it must be at least ten thousand years old to be able to control so many thousand-year-old soul beasts. Stay by my side and don't be bewitched by its mental power."
"If I stay by your side, will all those soul beasts be poisoned to death along with me?"
"Stop being so glib. Last time I used so much poison on you, and you were completely unharmed. Now my soul skill isn't even aimed at you, so what could possibly happen to you?" Dugu Bo said irritably.
"But little monster, this is only your fourth spirit ring. Are you sure you want to absorb a ten-thousand-year-old one? The one you picked for this kid is only a one-eyed scaled beast that's a few thousand years old."
"You could tell that the Scaled Beast was unusual, right? It was definitely mutated. Moreover, the eye on one side of its body had shrunk back, leaving only one eye. Even if it's only a thousand years old, absorbing a soul ring won't be easy for it. If it's lucky, after absorbing the soul ring, Xiao San will not only gain its defensive capabilities but also increase its mental interference. That's enough for him. After all, you can't bite off more than you can chew."
As for me, of course I can handle a ten-thousand-year spirit ring. Old monster, you must have also prepared whale glue for your granddaughter, right? Don't forget who came up with the idea that whale glue can enhance a spirit master's physique and break through the absorption limit of spirit rings. Of course I'm not worried about absorbing a ten-thousand-year spirit ring having any significant impact on me.
The process of searching for soul beasts to hunt for soul rings is inherently a gamble. You can't always encounter the soul beast you need. Right now, it's already quite good that there's one suitable for Xiao San. If you aim too high, it will obviously not be an easy task to find that scaled beast again in this vast Sunset Forest.
Besides, I'm also gambling. Choosing this kind of spirit-type soul beast is to gamble on the possibility of Agumon, or rather, my own Digivice transformation. Currently, as part of the Holy Project, I haven't even obtained Agumon's standard Crest of Courage. There are still many things about Digimon in Douluo Continent that I haven't figured out yet.
To be honest, it's all just data. If Douluo Continent had CPU processing tools like computers, it could really pull out some kind of evolutionary chain of rolling balls and creating all things. But now, it can only rely on the power of spirit rings and take it one step at a time.
But Xiao Yan had a strong premonition that he was absolutely right this time. This ten-thousand-year-old soul beast that could control soul beasts with its mental power was definitely what he needed. At the very least, he only needed to obtain the other party's mental connection ability. In that case, according to the theory of soul master tacit understanding, if he connected with a soul master through his mental connection, their compatibility might reach 100%. In that case, as a high-level fusion material, wouldn't he be able to easily create a martial soul fusion skill?
"Alright, alright, whatever you want. You're such a little monster." Dugu Bo said helplessly. He had already landed from the air, with Xiao Yan and Tang San following behind him.
After all, flying in the air is too conspicuous, and it wouldn't be good if you accidentally alerted the enemy.
"That should be where that beast fled to. Its aura hasn't changed for a long time, so that must be their lair," Dugu Bo said, turning back to instruct Xiao Yan and the other man.
Xiao Yan and Tang San nodded to each other and took out what they needed from their storage devices in perfect unison. Xiao Yan took out a piece of whale glue, which he fed directly to the Rolling Ball Beast as a snack, while Tang San took out his Zhuge Divine Crossbow, pulled the trigger, and put the crossbow in a state where it could fire arrows at any time.
After all, Dugu Bo will definitely be the one to suppress it in a while. In that case, Tang San must personally take charge of killing the soul beast to ensure that he can kill it with one blow.
Seeing the crossbow in Tang San's hand, Dugu Bo no longer had any envious look in his eyes. After all, Xiao Yan had Tang San give him one just before the three of them set off.
"I'll make my move in a bit. Ideally, there will only be the small monster and the two soul beasts you need in the cave. But if there are many soul beasts, I might not be able to take care of them all while protecting you. After all, most of my soul skills are area-of-effect attacks, and they are also poisonous. So the best way is for you to take action yourselves to avoid wasting your soul rings."
Xiao Yan nodded. The old monster was right. The best-case scenario was that only the last two beasts remained in the cave. Then, Xiao San could deal with the thousand-year-old scaled beast by himself. As for himself, if he used all his skills, he should be able to deal with the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast as well.
At worst, Dugu Bo could assist him. But if there were many other spirit beasts in the nest, Dugu Bo's first task would be to protect his and Tang San's lives. In that case, the two of them would have to take action themselves. If Dugu Bo held back at this time, the spirit beasts would either escape or the two of them would be seriously injured.
None of the three of them wanted this to happen.
After giving his instructions, Dugu Bo looked serious. After all, he didn't have any mental power techniques. The only one he had was given to him by the skull. If that ten-thousand-year-old soul beast was powerful enough to affect him, even if it made him lose focus for a moment, and then the little monster and Tang San were killed, he would feel guilty.
So right now, it was Dugu Bo who was taking everything very seriously. Xiao Yan stroked the Rolling Beast on his head and gestured a command to it: If it doesn't work out, try not to evolve into a Tyrannosaurus Beast. Use the third soul skill to amplify your body and unleash Flame Burst.
Koromon naturally understood. The three of them had already arrived at the cave entrance. If Koromon were to evolve into Greymon inside, it would surely collapse this tiny cave.
Contrary to Xiao Yan and the others' expectations, the entrance to the cave was filled with a faint, pleasant fragrance. Xiao Yan was surprised, not expecting that this spirit-type soul beast would be so romantic.
Dugu Bo saw that his poison incense had burned out here, which was obviously his destination. Looking through the light, the cave was pitch black, but Dugu Bo squinted his emerald green snake eyes and could see the situation inside clearly. A short path wound its way in, and along the way, flowers and grass were deliberately planted, so that the cold cave was not damp or rotten at all.
The one-eyed scaled beast that he had marked was lying not far from the cave entrance, its gaze fixed on Xiao Yan and his companions standing at the door. Its single eye was unusually cold and calm, not at all like the eyes of a thousand-year-old soul beast. Rather, it seemed as if some soul beast was observing Xiao Yan and his group through its eyes.
Looking at the dark cave entrance, Xiao Yan naturally activated his Purple Demon Eye. Seeing the Scaled Beast that was not injured but was watching him with extreme vigilance, Xiao Yan was certain that most of the soul beasts in this cave had died at the hands of Dugu Bo, otherwise he would not have sent this mutated one-eyed Scaled Beast to guard the cave entrance.
This was undoubtedly good news for Xiao Yan and the other two, as it meant that Dugu Bo wouldn't have to be distracted by guarding against the other soul beasts.
The other creature roared at Xiao Yan and the others, but there was no response from inside the cave. It seemed that the other soul beast did not intend to make a move and wanted the one-eyed scaled beast to go first. Xiao Yan had already carefully observed the wind direction of the entire cave with his Purple Demon Eye. He was quite certain that this relatively spacious cave did not have a second exit, so the soul beast inside had no chance of escaping.
Perhaps Dugu Bo's true spirit form wasn't dangerous enough when he attacked, but Xiao Yan immediately shook his head in denial. The moment the nine spirit rings were revealed, even the most foolish person should have been able to tell that this was a Title Douluo among humans, and with his mental intelligence, he couldn't possibly be unaware of this.
Now that they've tracked it all this way, what exactly is that soul beast waiting for inside?
Or is it confident that even Dugu Bo cannot resist its mental attacks?