Chapter 169: Deep into the Star Dou Great Forest, Spiritual Detection Sharing
Upon reaching the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, Hu Bai said to Bibi Dong, "Teacher, let's proceed according to the original plan."
Bibi Dong nodded.
They planned to find A Rou and Xiao Wu, then Bibi Dong would first engage A Rou in a fierce battle to display her strength.
The opportune moment would arrive when A Rou felt she couldn't win and intended to hold back Bibi Dong alone, allowing Xiao Wu to escape by herself.
As for whether the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python would disrupt them midway, they weren't afraid in the slightest.
If those two Soul Beasts appeared, then Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo would take action.
With Yue Guan and Gui Mei's Polar Static Domain, they could control the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python for quite some time.
Moreover, Hu Bai had a strong premonition that the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python would coincidentally be absent during this hunt for A Rou and Xiao Wu.
In the original work, if those two had been present, Bibi Dong would have absolutely no chance of killing A Rou.
Furthermore, it was evident from the scene where Bibi Dong hunted A Rou that those two were not in the vicinity at all, leaving Xiao Wu alone, trembling in the bushes.
When A Rou had no means of resistance, Bibi Dong and Hu Bai could reveal the divine examinations they had passed and persuade A Rou and Xiao Wu to sacrifice themselves.
The probability of success was very high!
Of course, if the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python appeared at that moment, they could only say their luck was bad, and they would all sacrifice together.
To be honest, Hu Bai suddenly hoped the Titan Giant Ape would appear, as coming to the Star Dou Great Forest this time wasn't just for Bibi Dong to complete her divine examination and obtain a 100,000-year soul ring.
It was also for his elder brother to obtain his fourth soul ring.
Although the Titan Giant Ape lacked spatial abilities, its formidable strength could perfectly provide powerful attack power for the Moonblade.
Even the Sky Azure Bull Python could provide Xie Yue with a significant speed boost, allowing him to go further down the path of a close-combat assassin.
The more he thought about it, the more promising it seemed!
As for the 100,000-year Soul Bones produced by these four Soul Beasts, Hu Bai wasn't very concerned.
His current six Soul Bone positions already included a million-year head Soul Bone, a 700,000-year torso bone, a 400,000-year Right Arm Bone, and a 100,000-year Right Leg Bone, leaving only his Left Arm and Left Leg without Soul Bones.
And for these two positions, Hu Bai already had his choices in mind.
That's right — they were the two million-year Dragon corpses beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!
The Soul Bones of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King!
However, his current strength was still too weak; although those two Dragon Kings had fallen, their Dragon Souls still existed.
The strength of those Dragon Souls was at least that of a Super Douluo.
So, he still had to wait a bit longer.
A few days later, as Bibi Dong and her party delved deeper, they arrived at the mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest.
The so-called mixed zone was the intermediate area of the Star Dou Great Forest, excluding the outer and core regions, where a large number of Soul Beasts lived, mostly with cultivation years starting at ten thousand years.
Bibi Dong frowned. "The area here is quite large. Should we split up to search?"
Hu Bai, however, said, "Teacher, leave this to me."
As he spoke, the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox Martial Soul appeared behind him, and his platinum-gold third soul ring slowly rose from beneath him.
"Third Soul Skill, Spiritual Detection Sharing!"
Additionally, Hu Bai activated his Three-Eyed Demon Fox vertical pupil Soul Bone and the Tianmeng Iceworm's Wisdom Head Bone for mental power, expanding the range of his mental detection.
It's worth noting that the Three-Eyed Demon Fox vertical pupil Soul Bone, originally only a 10,000-year level, had now evolved into a 70,000-year Soul Bone.
The reason was that when Hu Bai absorbed other Soul Bones, a portion of the energy would be absorbed by the vertical pupil Soul Bone, coupled with Hu Bai's own rapid increase in soul power.
This allowed it to advance to a 70,000-year Soul Bone!
Of course, among these Soul Bones, the one that contributed the most was definitely the Tianmeng Iceworm's Soul Bone, as one of the four skills of this Soul Bone was linked to the vertical pupil Soul Bone.
And with the augmentation of these two Soul Bones, the original perception range increased from 1,200 meters in radius to 3,000 meters, more than doubling the previous range!
Furthermore, Hu Bai shared this detection range with everyone in the team.
When Bibi Dong and the other Titled Douluo received this extended detection range, they looked at Hu Bai with shock evident on their faces.
To be honest, even if Bibi Dong or Guang Ling, as Super Douluo, used their mental power to detect the surroundings, they couldn't achieve such a vast distance!
After all, their Martial Souls were not of the mental system; although their mental power was powerful, it was primarily used for attack, not detection.
There was also another difference: when they used their mental power for detection, achieving a long-distance scan required more mental power, and the mental power had to be sufficiently strong.
This would easily alert powerful Soul Beasts, causing their operation to fail.
But Hu Bai's mental detection was different; it was the kind that 'moistens things silently,' placing himself in a God's perspective. Unless facing a Soul Beast or a Soul Master highly proficient in mental power whose level far exceeded Hu Bai's, it was unlikely to be detected.
Of course, this was still far from Hu Bai's limit; he could even borrow some of Tianmeng's power to extend the range further or use the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone to command the Blue Silver Grass, leveraging some of the Blue Silver Emperor's aura.
Although he didn't possess the Blue Silver Domain, he had the Sky Fox Domain. He could control all elements, which naturally included wood.
And the wood element mostly exists in plant form, so he could control plants to a certain extent, depending on his control ability.
However, this was just theoretical; Hu Bai had never actually tried it.
But the current range was already sufficient.
With a 3,000-meter radius, they only needed to conduct a carpet search.
Although this mixed zone was vast, a detection radius of 3,000 meters was quite large in scope.
"Xiao Bai, I didn't expect your detection range to be so vast!" Qingluan Douluo exclaimed in shock.
Guang Ling Douluo was even more envious. "If I had your detection ability, my arrows would never miss!"
Although Guang Ling Douluo's current strength meant his arrows were generally accurate, using mental power to lock onto enemies would cause some loss of power.
If the arrow's power was too great, it could lead to loss of control.
But with Hu Bai's assistance, he wouldn't have to worry about that at all. It would be like handing over aiming to Hu Bai, allowing Guang Ling to focus solely on increasing arrow power without control issues.
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