Douluo—Chapter 52: 4000 years! The four cores of the Painted Halberd, a semi-artifact?
Instantly, a strong fishy smell wafted into his nose, causing Dai Chengfeng to subconsciously frown.
However, the smooth taste when he swallowed it surprised him a little. "This tastes a bit like jelly."
Dai Chengfeng smiled, slowly closed his eyes, and began to refine the whale glue.
At this moment, as the whale glue entered his stomach, a hot current quickly spread through Dai Chengfeng's body.
He felt hot and unbearable all over, as if he were in a blazing furnace, with countless evil fires running wildly within him.
"This feeling... No wonder Huo Yuhao lost control."
Dai Chengfeng shook his head. Although the evil fire was very strong, he did not panic at all.
The Innate Technique began to operate.
After all, the Innate Technique was derived from the Yellow Emperor's Outer Classic, a formal Taoist practice that was neutral and peaceful.
It had a great suppressive effect on the evil fire.
Soon, after operating the Innate Technique for a while...
Suddenly, a wisp of cool air, like a stream, began to flow.
It slowly moved within Dai Chengfeng's body, suppressing the hot evil fire.
As the Innate Technique continued to operate, the feeling of heat gradually subsided, replaced by a warm sensation.
Dai Chengfeng could feel that his internal organs—including bones, muscles, and skin—were being repaired and strengthened under this warm current.
Even his spirit became more condensed.
Time passed.
After about an incense stick's worth of time, Dai Chengfeng finally opened his eyes, his face filled with uncontrollable excitement.
He clenched his fists, feeling the powerful force surging within his body. "My strength has increased by at least 30%! The effect of this ten-thousand-year whale glue is truly powerful!"
After his excitement, Dai Chengfeng couldn't wait to pick up another piece of whale glue and put it in his mouth.
With the experience from refining the first piece, he seemed more familiar this time.
While practicing the Innate Technique, he silently guided the medicinal power of the whale glue to spread throughout his body.
However, not long after, he realized...
The effect this time was far worse than the first.
After refining, Dai Chengfeng carefully assessed himself and shook his head. "Sure enough, this whale glue is also resistant to drugs. The effect this time is barely one-third of the first."
But there was no disappointment in his eyes—he had expected such a result.
After a slight adjustment, he ate the third piece of whale glue.
This time, the effect was even worse.
He only felt a little warmth in his body, which was almost negligible.
"If I eat another piece, it might only be like eating candy,"
Dai Chengfeng laughed and teased himself, no longer concerned about the decreasing effect of the whale glue.
He stood up, feeling the tight lines of his muscles and the golden light under his skin...
For a moment, Dai Chengfeng nodded with satisfaction.
"I don't know if this is the effect for everyone who takes whale glue or if it's because I often use Innate Origin Metal Qi to temper my body..."
At this moment, Dai Chengfeng felt that the maximum age of the soul ring he could absorb had been raised to between 3,500 and 4,000 years.
It was a significant improvement.
"Great!"
Dai Chengfeng nodded again with satisfaction, a joyful expression on his face. Then he strode into the bathroom to take a shower and wash off the sweat.
After showering, he returned to the bed, feeling refreshed. His eyes fell on the Fangtian Painted Halberd on the table.
...
Three days passed in a hurry.
During this time, Dai Chengfeng did not leave his room.
Aside from practicing, almost all his time was devoted to studying the Fangtian Painted Halberd he had just acquired.
What a pity.
After three days, Dai Chengfeng still only developed the ability to inject soul power into the Fangtian Painted Halberd, activate the magic circle to obtain its soul power feedback, and increase his physical strength.
However, it was not a complete loss...
As he studied, Dai Chengfeng discovered that there seemed to be four soul guide cores in the Fangtian Painted Halberd, indicating that it should have four abilities.
Right now, he had only activated the first ability: amplification.
For a moment, Dai Chengfeng looked at the black-colored, cold-bladed painted halberd in his hand, a hint of heat flashing in his eyes.
"This weapon is not simple!"
"Could it be... a semi-artifact?!"
After all, the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud in the original book only has four abilities: Vast Sea Protective Barrier, Cosmic Stasis Barrier, Vast Sea Wild Wave, and Cosmic Magic Breaker.
Therefore, even if this weapon isn't as good as the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, it wouldn't be much worse.
For a long time, Dai Chengfeng took a deep breath, shook his head, and regained his composure.
"Perhaps the next battle will cause it to change differently?"
"After all, a weapon must drink blood..."
He slowly closed his eyes, sat cross-legged again, and stopped dwelling on it.
He began practicing Innate Technique.
Recently, although Dai Chengfeng had never slackened in his training, he had to travel long distances daily and spent energy creating his soul skills.
Although his strength had skyrocketed, his progress in soul power had slowed.
Until today, Dai Chengfeng finally felt that familiar feeling of advancement again—like a warm current flowing slowly through his body, gradually gathering into a more powerful force.
He practiced all night.
The next morning, the golden morning sun shone through the window, illuminating every corner of the hotel room.
Before dawn...
"Huh~"
Dai Chengfeng exhaled softly, and slowly opened his eyes, and a hint of joy flashed across his face.
"Level 25!"
He stood up, stretched his muscles, and felt the surging soul power within him.
"I vaguely remember..."
"In the original work, it took Tang San more than six years to reach level 29 from the 10th level of innate full soul power—an average of less than 3 levels per year."
"And that includes the two soul rings of Tang San, plus the additional 2 levels of soul power provided by the Datura Snake and Ghost Vine."
"So, in six years, he only improved his soul power by about 15 levels—an average of 2.3 levels per year."
Thinking of this, Dai Chengfeng slightly raised the corner of his mouth. "Is this the effect of Inner Technique?"
He looked at himself. His soul power had improved from level 10 to level 25 in less than two years.
Although there were many adventures—such as swallowing and refining killing aura on the battlefield, absorbing soul rings of beyond-limit, etc.—the foundation of all this was still rooted in the power of Innate Technique.
"Tang Sect Mysterious Heaven Skill, nothing special."
Dai Chengfeng smiled, simply washed up, and said, "Next, I should meet up with Ye Renxin and Ye Lingling... I hope everything goes smoothly."
Although he didn't force the trip, he was confident he would obtain the external soul bone.
If he managed to get it, that would be even better.
After all, no one would refuse to strengthen their power, and Dai Chengfeng was no exception—he knew better than anyone...
In the future Douluo Continent, strength was everything!
Dai Chengfeng was about to go out. Just as he reached for the door handle and opened the door, he saw Zhu Fan raising his hand, about to knock.
Zhu Fan was momentarily stunned, then smiled and said, "What a coincidence, Chengfeng. I was just about to knock."
"You haven't come out these past few days, and even the food is delivered upstairs. I'm worried you might have had an accident."
Dai Chengfeng shook his head slightly. "What kind of accident? I'm just practicing."
As they spoke, the two walked side by side downstairs in the hotel. Along the way, Zhu Fan couldn't help but ask, "Chengfeng, do you think you'll obtain two external soul bones this time?"
"Do your best and leave it to fate."
"That's right..."
Soon, the two arrived at the city gate and had made an appointment with Ye Renxin in advance.
{T/N: I have doubts about whether a single soul beast can produce multiple soul bones whether normal or external soul bones. Afterall, I had never seen such a thing in the entire Douluo series}
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