Douluo: Not enough blood? Use your brain

Xu Yuan quickly retreated as the abyssal demon flames melted the ground, creating a massive crater.

The power of his blood energy became even denser, and his fifth soul ring began to flicker.

Ba'an's reaction was not particularly agile, making him suitable for fighting with a Law Avatar.

“Fifth Soul Skill, Blood Energy Manifestation - Law of Heaven and Earth!”

The blood energy around Xu Yuan's body materialized, and he rapidly transformed into a forty-meter giant.

The blood energy avatar took a step forward, causing the entire cave to tremble.

Bang!

A punch was thrown, containing a sharp spear intent within its power.

He fused spear techniques into his fists and feet.

Every punch was the result of the eruption of various Heaven Origin Five Elements Spear soul skills.

Boom boom boom!

Xu Yuan advanced, engaging Ba'an in close-quarters combat.

The two exchanged blows.

Ba'an, as expected of a race hailing from the tenth level of the abyss, possessed tenacious vitality and exceptional attributes such as stamina.

Although he was at a disadvantage in the fight against Xu Yuan, and was repeatedly struck by punches containing an incomparably sharp and penetrating spear intent, he was still able to unleash astonishing power.

As his injuries worsened, Ba'an entered a berserk state after a furious roar.

The scales all over his body emitted a dark green light, and the entire Ba'an went mad, its aura causing the air to tremble.

Xu Yuan coldly snorted, his blood energy erupting as he smashed down with a punch.

Ba'an swung out with both dragon claws, one in front and one behind.

The right claw collided with Xu Yuan's fist, and blood-red blood energy and dark green energy ripples spread in all directions.

Ba'an's right claw emitted a cracking sound, but it still managed to withstand Xu Yuan's punch.

Meanwhile, its left claw had already extended, slamming heavily into the chest of Xu Yuan's blood energy avatar.

Both sides staggered back a dozen steps, stopping only when they crashed into the walls behind them.

Ba'an roared, appearing crazed.

His right claw was deformed and twisted, but he forcibly straightened it, and dark green energy flowed into it, filling it and seemingly restoring its power.

On Xu Yuan's side, there was a huge indentation in the chest of his blood energy avatar.

Dark green energy adhered to the surface of the materialized blood energy, constantly corroding the avatar's body.

Without the amplification of battle armor and mecha, Xu Yuan was indeed feeling a bit strained at this moment.

“I didn't expect that without the aid of battle armor and mecha, I would struggle so much against a Soul Douluo-level Ba'an.”

In fact, not only could battle armor and mecha not be used normally, but even the Seven Absolutes of Forbidden Techniques were inconvenient for Xu Yuan to use at this moment.

Xu Yuan gained a new understanding of his strength.

For the upcoming period of dealing with abyssal creatures, his temporary upper limit of power would be at this level.

Chapter 429: Xu Yuan's Expectations

The greatest advantage of the blood energy avatar was not its defensive power, nor its terrifying destructive power, but its endurance.

It was inherently condensed from Xu Yuan's blood energy, so as long as Xu Yuan's blood energy supply was sufficient, it could quickly recover even if it was damaged.

The indentation in Xu Yuan's chest quickly recovered, and the area covered by abyssal demon flames was removed and fell to the ground, naturally dissipating.

Looking at the seemingly still highly combat-capable Ba'an across from him, Xu Yuan knew there was no need to continue dragging things out.

The assessment still needed to continue deeper, and dragging it out for too long would not be of much significance.

These big guys with powerful physical strength generally had a common weakness.

Xu Yuan's mental power blanketed the entire cave, filling it like a storm and rushing towards Ba'an.

Boom!

Ba'an only felt a blankness in his mind.

Then, he lost consciousness.

Bang!

The huge body fell to the ground, turning into a ball of energy and dissipating.

Long Yuxue was dumbfounded.

She had, of course, sensed the mental storm just now, and that was why she was so shocked.

She had just witnessed Xu Yuan violently killing the six-clawed bats, and had also seen Xu Yuan's blood energy avatar directly confronting Ba'an.

Naturally, she assumed that Xu Yuan was the power type of soul master.

She actually had such a template by her side, and she could barely understand Xu Yuan's completely illogical abilities by applying it to Jiang Wuyue, who possessed the Tyrannosaurus Rex martial soul.

However, just as she had assigned Xu Yuan a template, Xu Yuan turned around and gave her another surprise.

What powerful mental power!

Did he have no weaknesses?

No.

Long Yuxue's mind was currently in chaos.

After one thought appeared, countless other thoughts quickly surfaced.

For example, just now, while she was still shocked at whether Xu Yuan had no weaknesses, she quickly realized an exaggerated problem.

Was Xu Yuan's mental power even stronger than his physical body?

So, was his physical strength actually a weakness?

Long Yuxue looked strangely at the figure within the huge blood energy avatar.

Xu Yuan had no idea about Long Yuxue's psychological changes.

At this moment, he was deducing.

“Dreamscape Space…”

Xu Yuan's strongest method was undoubtedly the mental-type soul skill of the Brain Martial Soul, among which the most commonly used was the Dreamscape Space, a soul skill similar to Tsukuyomi.

However, in the past, he had used this soul skill more for cultivation.

Time acceleration was one aspect, but the most important thing was its other function, which was to materialize the virtual and collect the various strange energies he encountered, for the convenience of research.

When he used the Dreamscape Space just now, Xu Yuan suddenly had an idea: could abyssal energy be materialized into the virtual by the Dreamscape Space?

If so, wouldn't that mean that the abyssal energy was directly swallowed by his Dreamscape Space?

The inherent illusory nature of the Dreamscape Space destined it to be extraordinary, which was also the reason why Xu Yuan had this conjecture.

Maybe the Dreamscape Space could serve as the bridge for him to imitate the Sand Demon Worm's devouring talent.

“Sir, should we continue to go deeper?”

Coming back to his senses, Xu Yuan dissipated the blood energy avatar and looked at Long Yuxue behind him.

“Yes!” Long Yuxue was stunned for a moment, then quickly said.

She was very curious about where this guy's limits lay.

Continuing deeper, Xu Yuan encountered the Demon魅, a race from the Ten Great Emperors of the Abyss, just like Ba'an, originating from the Enchantment Emperor.

Ba'an excelled in physical strength, while the Demon魅 specialized in mental attacks.

However, for Xu Yuan, the mental attacks of the Demon魅 posed little threat. At least, he encountered three Demon魅 along the way and didn't find the mental domain too taxing.

Nevertheless, he eventually fell.

In the end, it seemed to be an unsolvable situation simulated by the instrument: three Ba'ans plus three Demon魅 appearing simultaneously.

A single Demon魅 wouldn't be a threat to Xu Yuan, but the gap between them wasn't significant. Their mental attacks were definitely enough to threaten a Titled Douluo. With three Demon魅 combined, providing support for the three Ba'ans, Xu Yuan couldn't fully utilize his Dreamscape to instantly kill the Ba'ans. The Ba'ans also surrounded Xu Yuan, suppressing him into a continuous retreat.

The instrument's hatch opened.

Long Yuxue rose from the instrument, looking at Xu Yuan, who was also getting up from the instrument beside her, the shock on her face lingering for a long time.

"Officer, I wonder what my assessment score is?"

Xu Yuan waved his hand in front of Long Yuxue, pulling her thoughts back.

Long Yuxue took a deep breath, her chest heaving slightly, barely managing to calm down, and said, "Your score needs to be discussed with higher-ups before I can give it to you."

The so-called score was naturally the initial merit points, which also determined the initial military rank after joining the Blood God Legion.

Xu Yuan's letter of recommendation was very special, joining the Blood God Legion as a researcher. The initial military rank wouldn't be low to begin with, and the assessment score was definitely an outrageous level. Long Yuxue was unsure if this new recruit, who even called himself an officer, could turn around and suppress her in a few days, making her call him officer.

"By the way, when can I truly come into contact with those creatures?" Xu Yuan asked.

He felt an eagerness to try at this moment.

To be honest, he had been preparing for devouring Abyss energy, but most of his energy was focused on the Heaven Devouring Earth Swallowing Great Art, a direct method of devouring.

Previously, encountering the hundred-thousand-year Sand Demon Worm outside the Blazing Fire Basin, its unique swallowing mechanism and the swallowing methods after its evolution piqued Xu Yuan's interest.

Clearly, the Sand Demon Worm's swallowing methods improved with age. Xu Yuan had roughly sensed that the juice of a ten-thousand-year Sand Demon Worm was stronger than that of a thousand-year one, and the juice of a hundred-thousand-year Sand Demon Worm was naturally even stronger. Moreover, the form of releasing the juice had also changed, without the restriction of relying on mouthparts.

Even the utilization of the energy converted from the juice was more practical.

A hundred thousand years was a transformation for soul beasts.

The Sand Demon Worm, a common, ferocious, and harmful soul beast found everywhere in the Western Desert, generally didn't have an outrageous age. No one expected it to evolve so much after breaking through a hundred thousand years.

Similarly, realizing this, Xu Yuan became interested in the juice and swallowing mechanism of the Sand Demon Worm.

Perhaps a hundred thousand years wasn't enough, but what if it evolved once or twice more?

Although there weren't readily available Sand Demon Worms that had evolved more times, current soul technology could extract its juice, study its composition, and artificially explore the theoretically evolved state of its juice, creating a stronger swallowing juice.

"You're eager to encounter those things in reality?" Long Yuxue asked, surprised by Xu Yuan's eager expression.

It was the first time she had seen such a new recruit.

Generally, after witnessing the horror of Abyss creatures in the simulation, new recruits wouldn't be particularly eager to fight them. The legion's arrangements for them were to start with the basics, learning about the knowledge of Abyss creatures, understanding their weaknesses, and gradually mastering the many soul weapons developed in the military camp specifically for dealing with Abyss creatures before attempting to descend into the Abyss.

However, Xu Yuan took the initiative to request going to a real Abyss passage today.

Had diarrhea today, spent more than ten minutes in the toilet every hour, so the update is a bit late. Feeling much better now, will continue to update later, won't sleep until I update five chapters.

Chapter 430: Entering the Military Camp for the First Time

"To enter a real Abyss passage, you still have to pass many assessments, even if you are a researcher, and the research topic may require direct contact with Abyss creatures, you still need to go through these procedures," Long Yuxue said.

There were military rank restrictions for entering the passage.

Generally, the restriction for new recruits to truly enter the passage was military rank, rather than these procedures.

However, Xu Yuan seemed to have a military rank that directly qualified, but he hadn't started the procedures yet.

"By the way, what is your research topic?"

Long Yuxue was suddenly curious. What was such a strong soul master, entering here as a researcher, going to research?

"My topic?" Xu Yuan looked at Long Yuxue, without hiding anything, and said directly, "Researching the technology to truly devour Abyss energy."

This wasn't something worth hiding.

Long Yuxue's mouth opened, forming an O shape.

This project...

It wasn't that it wasn't important, but it was too important, so important that there hadn't been any breakthroughs in six thousand years.

Although Long Yuxue knew that Xu Yuan was very strong, his performance in the assessment was the strongest and most monstrous new recruit recorded in the Blood God Legion, even so, she didn't think Xu Yuan could succeed.

Specialization in a skill.

Could this Xu Yuan be even more talented in research than in cultivation and combat?

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

At this time, Long Yuxue also realized Xu Yuan's age.

She looked at Xu Yuan in surprise.

So young.

Definitely not over twenty years old.

Soul power level...

Carefully sensing Xu Yuan's soul power fluctuations, Long Yuxue became even more surprised and uncertain.