Douluo Dalu: My Martial Spirit is the Worm of Time

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On the vast, boundless sea, a ghostly, deep-blue sailboat threaded through the waves. Above, dark clouds gathered, and below, monstrous waves rose and fell, casting the entire world in shades of gray.

The sails billowed in the wind, the ropes and masts trembled slightly, creaking and groaning. The sailors aboard were each performing their duties, striving to keep the ship stable.

"Esteemed guest, no need to worry. Any man who makes his living on the sea has encountered these small winds and waves. You'll get used to it after a few more times," Captain Alger said with a lighthearted laugh, showing no sign of concern on his face.

"Your crew doesn't seem to think so." Lei Yin glanced at him, then looked at the ordinary sailors with their tense expressions, and asked, "How much further until we reach the Sea Dragon Domain?"

"Fifty kilometers ahead, and we'll be in that area… The Steel Sea Dragon's activity range is vast and not fixed. Sometimes, it appears in other places as well," Alger replied.

"I heard that the 'Blue Avenger' was once a pirate ship, and it's equipped with a soul-powered soul device?"

"Yes… It's my treasure. I spent a great deal to get my hands on it back then," Alger said, a look of pride on his face as he mentioned it.

"I hope that thing of yours can make your ship run fast enough. You might need to use it soon…" Lei Yin reminded him.

"Hmm? What do you mean?" Alger frowned, a hint of confusion on his face.

Lei Yin smiled, a flicker of anticipation appearing on his face. He took off the ring on his finger and handed it to Alger:

"Here, take this… I'm quite satisfied with this hunt… There's one thing you said that's true, the Steel Sea Dragon is indeed like a ghost, appearing unpredictably and occasionally showing up in other sea areas."

As his voice fell, the already turbulent waves suddenly became even more agitated. Lightning flashed across the dark sky, and a bolt of silver light suddenly descended, instantly illuminating the darkness.

And before that towering silver radiance, a sinuous dragon burst out of the water and soared into the sky. The roar of thunder and the sound of the slender dragon breaking through the surface of the water arrived simultaneously.

The sailors on the ship stared at the giant dragon, which was about a hundred meters long, with looks of utter horror.

"Steel Sea Dragon! How could it appear here?"

The serpentine dragon hovered in mid-air for a few seconds, its cold and tyrannical eyes glancing at the sailboat swaying in the storm.

Under the force of gravity, the massive dragon body crashed into the water, creating a deafening roar. It raised a section of its body, ten meters long, out of the sea, facing the sailboat.

A chill rose in the sailors' hearts, and their faces were filled with fear and despair.

Lei Yin smiled and leaped into the sky, instantly transforming into a bolt of lightning and moving in front of the giant sea beast, examining the soul beast.

Its body was covered with metallic scales, displaying an iron-gray color. A row of fins grew on its back, and it had a pair of straight, backward-pointing horns on its head, with a sharp, knife-like protrusion on its nose.

Seeing Lei Yin suddenly appear before it, a hint of doubt appeared on the Steel Sea Dragon's face. It had not encountered a human daring enough to approach it in a long time.

Seeing that Lei Yin didn't display much soul power fluctuation while flying, it understood that this was a powerful human.

However, that was all… There were not many people in this world that it took seriously.

A stream of water transformed into a water blade and shot out, cutting through Lei Yin's chest, slicing him in two.

Lei Yin's expression did not change in the slightest. Lightning flickered around the wound. With a flash of blue and white light, he was restored to his original state.

Such means made the Steel Sea Dragon become slightly more serious. It let out a low voice: "Lightning?"

"Yes… This is my martial soul, so I need a soul beast with lightning power as my ninth soul ring," Lei Yin said softly.

"So you decided to set your sights on me? A little brat who isn't even a Titled Douluo? Hahaha…"

The Steel Sea Dragon laughed loudly, its laughter like thunder, even the roar of the surrounding turbulent waves crashing against each other could not drown it out.

"Even the most ignorant should have a limit. You're a clueless fellow… Judging from the scent emanating from you, you're a soul master from the land, right? This is the sea!

"This year alone, I've killed 50 guys like you."

Terrifying soul power spread out, and the waves became even more violent. Giant waves tens of meters high surged one after another, colliding and forming water walls like small mountains.

The wind also became stronger, and the clouds gathered, the dark clouds as if you could touch them with your hand. Streaks of lightning snakes shuttled between the clouds.

Lei Yin roughly sensed its soul power, which was around level 97, a formidable opponent! Especially on its home turf, he wasn't very confident in taking it down.

But he had to try… In the past, when he lent his body to Amon, his consciousness was mostly clear, and Amon's teachings had taught him many practical skills.

The Steel Sea Dragon launched the first attack, seawater and wind mixed into circular disks, scattering and then regrouping, all flying towards Lei Yin.

Lei Yin waved his right hand, unleashing a bolt of lightning, scattering all the disks. He wanted to counterattack, but found that the Steel Sea Dragon was no longer in place.

The opponent had submerged the moment it launched its attack.

Lei Yin activated his 'Mind Net', his expression slightly changing.

He captured the position of the Steel Sea Dragon, which was rapidly rushing upwards from below the water's surface.

Boom!

The dragon opened its large mouth full of sharp teeth and suddenly shot out of the sea.

Lei Yin only had time to turn into a bolt of lightning and leave his original location.

However, the Steel Sea Dragon seemed to have anticipated his response, its tail wrapped in a circle of black lightning, lashing out like a whip.

Lei Yin could not dodge in time and was sent flying, bouncing several times on the sea surface before sinking into the water.

He quickly rose from the sea and ascended into the sky.

Lei Yin wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, secretly rejoicing that he had refined the left leg bone left behind by the Titan Snow Demon King.

This soul bone provided him with a defensive soul bone skill, otherwise, given his original fragility, that blow would have cost him most of his combat power.

In just a brief exchange, Lei Yin had already discovered the Steel Sea Dragon's difficulty.

Its speed was very fast, not at all hindered by its huge body.

Because he had previously possessed the soul bone skill 'Thunder Railgun,' Lei Yin had also discovered the secret of the Steel Sea Dragon's movement.

It used electric current to propel its steel body, essentially using itself as a 'Thunder Railgun'!

Because the Steel Sea Dragon's body surface was constantly wrapped in a layer of electric current, and disturbed by these currents, Lei Yin's 'Mind Net' could only lock onto its location, but could not determine its next action through the biological current in its body.

"This is troublesome…" Lei Yin pondered countermeasures, finding that he didn't have many good ways to deal with this sea dragon.

The opponent itself was a lightning-using soul beast, and the Evil Eye Tyrant's killer soul skill, 'Electromagnetic Pulse,' was completely ineffective.

Ordinary lightning attacks would not have much effect, as the Steel Sea Dragon's resistance to lightning had reached an extremely high level.

As for physical attacks, this was not Lei Yin's forte, and judging from the thick metal scales on its body, it was not something that ordinary attacks could break through.

Lei Yin felt the suppression from a higher-level opponent of the same attribute.

He couldn't help but wonder if choosing a lightning-attribute beast as his hunting target was the right choice.

"I was a bit careless…" Lei Yin muttered to himself, reflecting on his mistakes.

His long-term battles with those powerful Super Douluos without losing ground had made him somewhat misjudge his strength.

When fighting against soul masters, he could often gain the upper hand due to his speed advantage and the 'Electromagnetic Pulse' move, but when the killer move failed, he was immediately reduced to his original form.

"Hmph, hmph, hmph… Brat, is that all you've got?" The Steel Sea Dragon's body was mostly submerged in the sea, letting out a low sneer.

Lei Yin raised an eyebrow, pondered for a moment, and decided to try again. If it didn't work, he would decisively switch targets.

A dazzling lightning radiance erupted from his body, and eight soul rings floated up, pulsating up and down.

Large masses of lightning spread out from him, and the electric snakes wandering in the clouds in the sky also fell, joining the electric current emitted by Lei Yin.

The Evil Eye Tyrant's second soul bone skill: Lightning Gathering!

This allowed Lei Yin to bring all these unowned currents under his control.

The Steel Sea Dragon's eyes narrowed slightly. It itself possessed the ability to control lightning in the clouds and borrow the power of nature, but at this moment, the other party had actually seized control of this part of the lightning from its hands. This made it more vigilant.

A huge lightning domain expanded with Lei Yin as the center, enveloping the Steel Sea Dragon.

Streaks of lightning constantly shuttled through the lightning domain, striking the Steel Sea Dragon's scales, but did not cause it any harm, only making the scales more lustrous.

"Useless… idiot." The Steel Sea Dragon taunted. It opened its mouth, and lightning gathered in its mouth.

A blazing white beam shot out from its mouth, attacking Lei Yin.

Lei Yin did not dodge significantly, but simply elementalized the body within the range covered by the beam in advance.

The beam pierced through his body, and a smile appeared on Lei Yin's face: "My lightning is useless against you, but similarly, your lightning attribute attacks are equally useless against me."

This was a lie. The Steel Sea Dragon's lightning strike was enough to cause damage to Lei Yin, but he avoided it by elementalizing in advance, creating the illusion that he was not afraid of the opponent's lightning attribute attacks.

Because the light of the lightning attribute attack was similar to the light and shadow changes of Lei Yin's elementalization, the Steel Sea Dragon failed to notice the abnormality.

"Heh, if lightning is useless, then we'll just use other attack methods." It suddenly took off, twisting its body and spiraling towards him.

Although its speed was fastest in the sea, it was not slow in the air either.

Lei Yin's expression was serious. Whether he could defeat the opponent depended on the next moment.

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