Douluo: Manifesting the Black Abyss and White Flower at the Start

As the ground's tremors grew more intense, Lu Jingming frowned, subconsciously looking towards where Zhang Lexuan was, afraid the shaking would affect her ring absorption.

However, Jingliu had clearly anticipated this. At some point, a crystal-clear ice wall had silently risen, completely protecting Zhang Lexuan.

No matter how bone-chillingly cold the ice wall was, or how violently the ground shook, nothing could penetrate and disturb her.

Inside the ice wall, Zhang Lexuan seemed to be in a separate space, completely insulated from outside interference.

Soon, a huge shadow loomed like dark clouds, instantly blocking out the sun.

A soul beast fifty meters tall appeared in Lu Jingming's vision.

This beast looked like an ancient giant ape, its body covered in bulging muscles like granite blocks tightly stacked together.

Its skin was bluish-gray, crisscrossed with countless crack-like patterns.

Deep within those cracks, faint gold glimmered like magma surging under the earth.

Its brow bones jutted out, and its scarlet-gold eyes gleamed with bloodlust. Its exposed fangs were sharp as knives, and a terrifying aura radiated from its body.

"Silvermoon? Roar! Damn humans, you actually killed Silvermoon!" Upon seeing the Silvermoon Flood Dragon King's massive corpse and Zhang Lexuan absorbing its ring, the giant ape roared with rage. Its voice thundered like rolling clouds, shaking the very air.

Amazingly, it spoke human language, every word dripping with fury and hatred.

"A hundred-thousand-year Mountain-Moving Giant Ape? Teacher, you really think highly of me!" Lu Jingming's mouth twitched, silently cursing inside.

The soul ring Jingliu mentioned turned out to be a hundred-thousand-year Mountain-Moving Giant Ape.

This beast was a distant relative of the Titan Giant Ape, a powerful earth- and gravity-type soul beast.

If compared to human martial souls, it would absolutely be a top-tier one, not to be underestimated.

"Are you scared?" Jingliu's lips curled into a slight, teasing smile.

"Scared? How could I be? I'm actually excited!" Lu Jingming grinned confidently. A hundred-thousand-year soul beast coming to him—why be afraid?

He had the Black Abyss White Flower—so long as his soul survived, even if his body was destroyed, he wouldn't die.

As long as he survived, he could go all out.

Although absorbing a ten-thousand-year ring was safer and less painful, and he could later use Honkai energy to upgrade it to a hundred-thousand-year ring…

But in his view, nothing compared to the thrill and challenge of directly absorbing a hundred-thousand-year ring.

Besides, everyone knew that a hundred-thousand-year beast would definitely drop a precious soul bone. It was a rare treasure.

He didn't care for ordinary ten-thousand-year soul bones, but a hundred-thousand-year one—now that was different.

"Roar—!"

Seeing Jingliu and Lu Jingming chatting and ignoring it, the Mountain-Moving Ape went berserk.

It clenched its fists, the air shuddered, and a wave of gravity swept down. The ground shattered, and countless stones floated, orbiting the ape.

Those mountain-like fists smashed down at the two, aiming to turn them into pulp.

The terrifying punch compressed the air, causing a sonic boom and sending out a fierce shockwave—a meteor-like impact.

Air grew heavy, Lu Jingming's body sank, and the Black Abyss appeared in his hand and stabbed into the ground. Scarlet lightning spread over his body as he resisted the crushing gravity.

Unknowingly, a massive pit formed around him, showing just how strong the pressure was.

If not for his soul power's protection, his internal organs would have been injured on the spot.

A hundred-thousand-year soul beast was still too strong for Lu Jingming, but for Jingliu, it was nothing.

She ignored the gravity, raised her ice sword, and a gigantic ice blade rose from the earth.

"Boom—!"

A deafening crash. The ice sword collided with the ape's fists, sending ripples through the air.

In the next moment, a violent shockwave spread from the impact's center, sweeping thousands of meters around.

The terrifying storm turned the forest into a barren wasteland, exposing bare earth.

Only Zhang Lexuan, protected by the ice wall, remained untouched. Lu Jingming, however, wasn't so lucky and was blown away by the aftershock.

Luckily, he activated his defensive soul device in time, along with his flight device, stabilizing himself and watching the battlefield from afar.

His Black Abyss White Flower was good at healing and attacking, but not defense, so he carried some defensive soul devices as backup.

He didn't share the traditional soul master's disdain for soul devices as external objects. There was nothing wrong with a soul master seeking strength, but it was also smart to use tools!

 "Titled Douluo?"

Shaking his frozen hands, the Mountain-Moving Ape warily eyed Jingliu.

Jingliu's aura was calm and natural, making it hard for the ape to judge her strength at first.

But after one clash, it immediately realized Jingliu was no weakling.

"Little monkey, I took your punch. How about you take my sword?" Jingliu said with a faint, unyielding smile, clearly not caring whether the ape agreed.

In a flash, she soared skyward, twisting elegantly, and slashed down with a fierce sword.

"Let this moonlight illuminate all rivers!" Her cool voice echoed in the sky.

Sword intent surged, and coldness froze the world as if space-time itself stilled.

The ape instinctively looked up, eyes full of fear—it seemed to see a chilling crescent moon, filled with destruction, crashing down at it.

In the face of death, creatures often awaken their deepest instincts.

Spurred by survival, the ape roared, forced its frozen body to move, and drove its arms into the ground.