Douluo Dalu 3: The Legend of the Dragon King

In the instant that he unleashed his martial soul true body, he could clearly sense his own dragon core rapidly expanding, transforming into a giant heart that was beating vigorously. Bursts of tremendous blood essence fluctuations that were countless times more powerful than when he was in his human form surged through his entire body, filling him with unprecedented power.

Golden light flashed in his eyes, and he raised his front right claw before making a forward-grabbing motion. The sea around him immediately underwent a drastic change.

His front right paw seemed to have transformed into a massive vortex, and the seawater was revolving violently as it sped toward the vortex.

All of the seawater devoured by the vortex instantly vanished, and the Evil Spirit Orcas nearby immediately tried to struggle free from the enormous suction force in a panicked manner.

This was his Dragon Emperor Break!

The entire region of the sea was stirred up into a frenzy, and one Evil Spirit Orca after another rapidly hurtled toward him before being devoured by the vortex.

What was being devoured was not just seawater, but also the life energy of these Evil Spirit Orcas. All of the Evil Spirit Orcas that were drawn into the vortex found themselves completely immobilized, but right at this moment, a burst of red light suddenly appeared up ahead.

In the beginning, it was only a small red dot, but it quickly began to expand, and by the time it arrived in front of Tang Wulin, it had already transformed into a massive red blade of light.

The rushing seawater and violent vortex were instantly sliced apart by the blade, which then continued on toward Tang Wulin.

As a result, Dragon Emperor Break was reversed, releasing a burst of explosive power that created a dull underwater explosion.

All of the Evil Spirit Orcas previously trapped in the vortex were blasted away, and the red light was also destroyed by the explosion.

Tang Wulin cast his gaze toward the distance with his eyes slightly narrowed. As expected, the power of the Evil Spirit Orca King was quite remarkable!

In the distance, another enormous figure that was also over 100 meters in length appeared. It was swimming toward Tang Wulin in a very slow yet steady manner, and its formidable aura struck one with the feeling that it was the ruler of the sea.

This was the Evil Spirit Orca King.

The Evil Spirit Orca King's body was not just covered in bluish-black patterns, but also dark red patterns, and it was giving off powerful blood essence fluctuations.

Tang Wulin had learned about the Evil Spirit Orca Race during his studies at Shrek Academy.

In the marine world of sea soul beasts, there were several extremely powerful species, including both the Demon Spirit Great White Sharks and the Evil Spirit Orcas. 

Evil Spirit Orcas to sea soul beasts were equivalent to Evil Soul Masters to humans. They were the most bloodthirsty of all sea soul beasts, and they were predators to virtually all other species of marine creatures.

All sea soul beasts were prone to being attacked and eaten by them, and they killed virtually without any discrimination.

Any sea soul beast that encountered them would immediately turn and flee as they were the ultimate apex predators of the sea.Aside from several species of extremely powerful sea soul beasts, all marine creatures were prone to be preyed upon by the Evil Spirit Orcas.

Thus, Tang Wulin had no sympathy for these orcas. Killing an Evil Spirit Orca would save the lives of countless other sea soul beasts. Of course, he didn't intend to drive them into extinction. After all, all food chains needed apex predators; that was mandated by the laws of nature.

However, judging from the requirements of the sixth trial, the Evil Spirit Orca King was something that he had to kill.

The surrounding seawater surged, and a series of vortexes appeared. On this occasion, they were created by the Evil Spirit Orca King rather than Tang Wulin.

All of the other Evil Spirit Orcas had already retreated into the distance to appraise the confrontation from afar.

"Are you a human or a dragon?" A cold voice rang out.

"What does it matter to you?" Tang Wulin asked in an indifferent voice.

"It doesn't. Regardless of what you are, you're going to become my prey. Your blood essence is exceptional, so you'll be perfect sustenance for me. Perhaps I'll be able to evolve again once I devour you, and that could take me to the 1,000,000-year level."The Evil Spirit Orca King's voice was completely devoid of emotion.

"Do 1,000,000-year-old beings really exist in the soul beast world?" Tang Wulin asked in a surprised manner.

The Evil Spirit Orca King seemed to be very excited by the mention of 1,000,000-year-old soul beasts, and it replied, "Of course! In particular, us sea soul beasts have the most 1,000,000-year-old beings. As far as I know, there are already two sea soul beasts at that level."

"So it's easier for 1,000,000-year-old beings to arise among sea soul beasts? Why is that?" Tang Wulin asked.

The Evil Spirit Orca King seemed to be more than happy to talk about this subject, and it patiently answered, "That's because apex predators in the sea don't have to worry about you humans. Regardless of how powerful a soul beast becomes on land, it can always be killed by humans, but here in the sea, this world belongs to us; you humans can't encroach upon this world, nor will you do so for no good reason, so that gives us the ideal environment to grow and develop."

For some reason, Tang Wulin was struck by a sense of sorrow upon hearing this.

Once upon a time, soul beasts had been the rulers of this world, but now, how many soul beasts remained on the continent?

Even sea soul beasts could only cower and hide away from the federation's fleets. If it weren't for the fact that the ability of humans to explore the sea was still quite limited, even sea soul beasts would've most likely already been driven to near extinction. 

Even Beast God Di Tian and the other Great Beasts could only live in a glorified pen that was completely surrounded and controlled by the Spirit Pagoda.

Tang Wulin was sure that Di Tian was powerful enough to break through those restraints, but if he were to do that, death most likely wouldn't be far away for him.

Humans were now far superior to soul beasts both in power and in technology, and soul beasts had completely faded from the limelight.

Even Beast God Di Tian wasn't a 1,000,000-year-old soul beasts, and Tang Wulin had only heard of such beings in historical legends, one of which actually had something to do with him.

That particular legend detailed how his father had once slain a 1,000,000-year-old soul beast, and that one seemed to have been a sea soul beast as well.

There was also someone else, namely the founder of the Spirit Pagoda, Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao, who had once possessed a 1,000,000-year-old soul spirit, but those were only legends.

After all, who was going to be able to verify those stories?

Thus, he was struck by a sense of melancholy at the sight of this Evil Spirit Orca King, but that didn't shake his determination and resolve.

The Evil Spirit Orcas had always been renowned as the Evil Soul Masters of the sea soul beast world, and that reputation existed for a reason. Their existence would only continue to whittle down the number of sea soul beasts. Besides, he was currently undertaking a trial, so who knew if this was even an illusion or reality?

All of a sudden, a thought occurred to Tang Wulin, and he hurriedly asked, "Hold on, you say there are two 1,000,000-year-old beings among sea soul beasts? I know one of them was slain by the founder of the Tang Sect, Tang San; what's the other one?"