Douluo: Not enough blood? Use your brain

Similarly, when the Blazing Emperor dies, the power of the third layer will be seized by other layers, with the emperors of the top ten layers being the most likely contenders.

Among the top ten layers, the Blazing Emperor follows the most orthodox path; his abilities aren't particularly bizarre, just a normal, strong, offensive Soul Master system. However, aside from the Blazing Emperor and the Spirit Emperor, the other seven include the Scythe Emperor, who possesses spatial abilities, the Wisdom Emperor, a control-type with great intelligence, the Bee Emperor, who has powerful group attack capabilities, and the Dark Emperor, who excels at devouring.

If any of these ascend to Divine power, they will inevitably be even more troublesome than the Blazing Emperor.

Of course, this might just be excessive worry.

Just like how Xu Yuan was previously hesitant to devour abyssal energy, there might not be any problems.

Nevertheless, Xu Yuan still advises against devouring too many emperors.

It's better to devour normal abyssal creatures; it's best not to touch the emperors.

For example, if you devour thirty-six of the seventy-two layers beyond the thirty-sixth layer, leaving thirty-six remaining, and if the Abyssal Sage King intentionally guides the energy metal from the collapsed thirty-six layers into the remaining thirty-six, then the strength of the remaining thirty-six could definitely double.

Reaching the Divine level is a leap, perhaps difficult to achieve, but it's possible below the Divine level.

There are many Abyssal Emperors at the Ultimate Douluo level, but they are still within the scope of what can be handled. However, if there are more, they will become difficult to deal with.

"The most crucial thing is that your devouring of Abyssal Emperors might give the Abyssal Sage King an excuse," Xu Yuan said.

Both sides maintain a balance.

But if the Abyssal Sage King, upon weighing the situation, feels that the previous conditions were disadvantageous, then he is always qualified to break the agreement.

The balance cannot be broken.

"Alright, I'll try to only devour some normal abyssal creatures."

Xu Yuan pondered for a moment and didn't continue to nitpick.

"Brother Xu, I have a request, and I hope you can fulfill it." Tang Wulin didn't dwell too much on the restriction of his devouring targets.

When Wu Siduo and the others heard this, they knew what request Tang Wulin was about to make.

They all revealed curious expressions from the side.

They didn't stop him.

They also wanted to witness Xu Yuan's strength.

"What request?" Xu Yuan asked knowingly.

"I want to see the difference between you and me, Brother Xu," Tang Wulin said seriously.

After cultivating in the Dragon Realm for two and a half years, he felt like he had undergone a complete transformation, as if he had obtained an incredible opportunity during deep meditation.

It was as if there had been a leap in the essence of his life.

This made it difficult for him to accept the reality that he still hadn't caught up with Xu Yuan, even after all that.

He wanted to see the true gap between himself and Xu Yuan.

He had heard from Le Zhengyu that Xu Yuan had killed an Ultimate Douluo. After arriving here, he roughly understood that Xu Yuan had likely killed or even devoured an Abyssal Emperor at the Ultimate Douluo level.

This didn't mean that Xu Yuan's strength was already at the Ultimate Douluo level.

Tang Wulin felt that he hadn't truly reached the Super Douluo level yet, but he could still kill an Abyssal Emperor at the ninety-seventh level with the Golden Dragon Spear.

Relying on the Golden Dragon Spear's domineering devouring ability, he could continuously improve himself while weakening his opponent. As long as there was enough time, he could exhaust the opponent to death.

Of course, if there were other strong individuals entangled with the opponent, it would be easier to launch a surprise attack with the Golden Dragon Spear.

"Alright," Xu Yuan didn't reject Tang Wulin's request.

Fight?

Sure.

"Do you know the most effective way to recognize the difference between two people?" Xu Yuan asked in return.

There was a sudden situation last night. The plaster I put on my wrist the day before yesterday ran out, and my wrist hurt badly while I was writing yesterday.

There's one more chapter; I'll try to post it before 3:00 AM.

Chapter 490: Five Elements Divine Light

The most effective way to recognize the difference between two people?

Xu Yuan asked the question while leading Tang Wulin and the others towards the combat room.

As Tang Wulin and the others pondered along the way, and were about to reach the combat room, Xu Yuan asked again.

"How is it? Do you have an answer yet?"

Tang Wulin's expression was serious. He said, "Fighting! Fighting with all our strength!"

Xu Yuan smiled.

He shook his head.

"When the difference is obvious, fighting with all your strength can no longer allow the weaker party to truly recognize the gap between the two sides."

If a demigod and a quasi-god each used their full strength against an ordinary Titled Douluo, it would likely be a crushing defeat, bringing a sense of despair, but the difference between them would be completely different.

Even if you can distinguish the difference between a demigod and a quasi-god when they attack, so what?

You can recognize that ten and one hundred are both crushing you, who is one, and one hundred is stronger than ten, but then what?

When the difference is obvious to a certain extent, the weaker can only feel that they are weaker than the opponent, and it is difficult to truly understand the difference cognitively.

Because the weak do not have the qualifications to define the strength level of the stronger.

"Then, Brother Xu, what kind of method do you think can allow me to more effectively recognize the difference between us?"

Tang Wulin took a deep breath.

He already felt that Xu Yuan's words were preparing for the upcoming battle, and also for the so-called making him better recognize the gap between the two sides.

He also had doubts in his heart.

Could there be a way of fighting that could make him doubt himself?

No, the difference couldn't be that big.

Xu Yuan stepped forward, aimed the bracelet on his left hand at the instrument in the combat room. After scanning, he obtained the right to use the combat room for one hour, and then led everyone into the combat room.

"I know that you now very much hope that I will go all out and fight you, but that will only be a meaningless crush."

Tang Wulin frowned.

Such words were very uncomfortable.

"I will fight you with a Soul Spirit."

A Soul Spirit?

Isn't that humiliating?

It means that your strength is not enough for me to personally take action; my Soul Spirit is enough to defeat you.

Yuanen Yehui, Wu Siduo, and the others were shocked, looking at Xu Yuan, and then at Tang Wulin.

Tang Wulin's face was very ugly.

“Brother Xu, are you saying that I can't even beat your Soul Spirit?” Tang Wulin was very unconvinced.

Xu Yuan was unhurried and didn't answer Tang Wulin's question. Instead, he continued, “I have a total of five great Soul Spirits, and 'Absolute' carries most of my abilities. It is invincible to you, so I won't use 'Absolute'.”

Xu Yuan's words made Tang Wulin's heart sink again.

He won't even use 'Absolute'?

Wu Siduo and the others swallowed and took a few steps back.

It felt like today's battle wasn't a friendly exchange, but more like a warning?

The five great Soul Spirits, 'Absolute' inherited too many abilities, resulting in great strength that Tang Wulin would have difficulty overcoming.

So, that leaves Mountain River, Yao Yao Star Lord, and Illusion Star.

Among them, Star Lord is a hundred thousand years old, but the time it has been fused with Xu Yuan is not long, and it doesn't possess many abilities. Xu Yuan won't choose to let it fight Tang Wulin.

As for Yao Yao, its abilities are too singular, only able to fight using a dream realm, which is not suitable for one-on-one combat.

Although Mountain River isn't as strong as 'Absolute', it can almost perfectly replicate Xu Yuan's abilities, only lacking in intensity.

Then, that leaves Illusion Star.

Xu Yuan raised his right hand, and a huge creature appeared in the combat room.

This creature isn't Illusion Star's main body, but rather a very different form.

It has a body that is a full ten meters tall, giving people a very majestic feeling overall, with a illusory starry texture. A head like condensed flames spewed out from its neck, as if ignited from within its body, with the flames condensing into a huge phoenix head. Behind it is a huge tortoise shell, as if made of mountain rock, giving a sense of solidity.

Coiled around its body is a thick python, with deep blue scales. Upon closer inspection, one would find that it is a sea soul beast found only in the deep sea.

Its hands are extremely large, seeming to possess endless strength, with sharp claws exposed on each hand, with a dark golden light flowing on the claws, as if capable of destroying everything.

This is a patchwork monster that mixes the characteristics of many soul beasts.

This was Tang Wulin's first impression of Xu Yuan's Illusion Star Soul Spirit.

Then, he began to analyze which abilities this stitched monster had been stitched together from.

“The flaming phoenix head should be a fire-attribute ability. Is the tortoise shell a defensive ability? And what does the deep-sea python represent? The sharp claws might be taken from the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's claws.”

Tang Wulin felt a slight headache.

Each of these individual soul beasts is incredibly terrifying, and Xu Yuan was actually able to piece these things together into a single entity.

While analyzing the four characteristics that were easiest to see, Tang Wulin actually felt a sense of familiarity in his heart.

Xu Yuan had been waiting quietly after summoning Illusion Star, giving him plenty of time to think.

Finally, Tang Wulin grasped the sense of familiarity in his heart.

“The Five Elements! This is the Five Elements!”

“The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's claws represent metal, the python represents water, the fire phoenix is fire, the tortoise shell is earth, Five Elements: metal, wood, water, fire, earth, only lacking wood.” Tang Wulin's gaze lingered on the huge monster's body.

Within the illusory texture body flowing with starry power, one could vaguely see rounds of tree trunk patterns, and the limbs all seemed to be twisted from tree trunks, and this tree trunk gave him a sense of familiarity.

“The power of the Golden Ancient Tree.”

Wood taken from the Golden Ancient Tree.

Metal, wood, water, fire, earth, using five powerful soul beasts to represent the five attributes, piecing together such a huge monster.

Tang Wulin gasped.

This is definitely not any known soul beast, and he also clearly remembered that Xu Yuan's Illusion Star was not like this, but rather an Illusionary Beast.

Being able to materialize this monster, it is very likely that Xu Yuan has seen these soul beasts and studied them in depth before he could materialize their abilities and integrate them into the monster's body with the Five Elements.

Actually, it was about the same.

Xu Yuan had not seen a fire phoenix, but he had witnessed the special flames at the bottom of the abyss in the Heaven Dou Continent. The flames there were very peculiar. After Xu Yuan simulated them, he had no carrier. He tried to carry them with various soul beasts, and finally found that the phoenix was the most suitable for carrying those flames, so he took the head of the fire phoenix to form the head of this monster.

In fact, he also wanted to condense the wings of the fire phoenix, but because of the mutual generation and restraint of the Five Elements, he was unable to achieve it on this monster.

Water and fire are incompatible.

Xu Yuan was able to perfectly fuse the two attributes of water and fire in one body, which was already a brain-racking feat.

Now, Illusion Star's body can be regarded as a manifestation of his understanding of the Five Elements.

A ray of light shot out from Xu Yuan's brow and landed on the monster's body.

Instantly, the huge monster seemed to come to life. A pair of phoenix eyes opened, sharp and incomparable, with a sense of arrogance, as if looking down on everything around it.

Tang Wulin took a deep breath.

Although he felt that Xu Yuan sending a Soul Spirit to fight him was very arrogant, he had to admit that the pressure from the monster in front of him was very strong. If he didn't go all out, he might not be able to beat it.

This made him uncomfortable, and it also made him unable to continue questioning Xu Yuan.

Now he vaguely understood what Xu Yuan meant.

The gap between the two sides was too great.

So great that Xu Yuan only needed to send out a Soul Spirit, even if it wasn't the strongest Soul Spirit, it could still defeat him.

Tang Wulin silently stepped forward, standing at opposite ends of the combat room from Illusion Star.

Obviously, he accepted this method of competition.