blogombal Chapter 118 Digging Bones
Chapter 118 Digging Bones
As he spoke, Zhao Wuji released Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun and suddenly stepped forward.
Seven spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, and three black—burst forth in a flash, and Zhao Wuji instantly activated his Mighty Vajra Bear Possession. He then soared into the sky and pounced towards Ling Yuan.
During the attack, his seventh spirit ring lit up, and he transformed into a five-meter-tall brown giant bear with fur shimmering with brilliant golden light.
Zhao Wuji knew that the person sent by the Spirit Hall to capture him could not be a simple person; at the very least, he must be a Soul Saint or even a Soul Douluo. Therefore, he immediately used his Spirit True Body.
When the other Shrek members heard that this person was from the Spirit Hall, they all understood that he had come to capture Zhao Wuji, and their expressions turned extremely ugly.
Facing Zhao Wuji's Martial Soul True Form, Ling Yuan neither dodged nor avoided. Orange-red flame-like energy slowly ignited on her body as she calmly raised her right hand.
With a deafening roar, Zhao Wuji, transformed into a giant bear, collided with Ling Yuan, causing the earth to tremble.
Zhao Wuji's forward momentum came to a halt, swaying in the air. Ling Yuan, however, stood motionless, effortlessly blocking Zhao Wuji's full-force attack with a mere wave of her hand.
At the same time, a giant fiery red bird emerged from behind Ling Yuan. Its dazzling feathers and perfect physique exuded the majesty of the king of birds. Most peculiar of all was that this giant firebird had nine heads.
Logically speaking, a creature with nine heads must be terrifying, but the nine heads of this firebird look surprisingly harmonious.
Nine soul rings—two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red—slowly rose from beneath Ling Yuan's feet, exuding an aura of royalty with every glance.
"Nine-headed Fire Phoenix, 100,000-year Soul Ring, you are Phoenix Douluo, Elder of the Spirit Hall."
The first person to recognize Ling Yuan was not Yu Xiaogang, but Yu Tianheng, the third-generation chief disciple of Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus.
Very few people know that before Ling Yuan was promoted to Title Douluo, her martial soul was not the Nine-Headed Fire Phoenix. Later, by chance, she not only obtained a 100,000-year soul ring, but also evolved her martial soul into the super martial soul she is today, the Nine-Headed Fire Phoenix.
This is precisely why Ling Yuan's strength is different from that of ordinary Title Douluos, and why she holds a prestigious position in the Spirit Hall.
He was highly regarded by the current Pope and entrusted with important responsibilities.
"Tianheng, do you know her?" Yu Xiaogang was locked up in a dormitory building for eight years at a young age and then exiled. She didn't know much about the internal affairs of the Spirit Hall. When she heard about this Spirit Hall that she had never heard of before, she couldn't help but ask curiously.
Yu Tianheng nodded emphatically. "I've heard my grandfather mention her before. Phoenix Douluo is the only personal guardian Douluo of the current Pope of the Spirit Hall. Her spirit power reached level 95 ten years ago. She possesses a top-tier beast spirit, the Nine-Headed Fire Phoenix, which is comparable to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon."
Upon hearing Yu Tianheng's words, the already solemn expressions on the faces of the rest of the Shrek Academy members turned extremely grim.
Especially Yu Xiaogang, he knew all too well how confident and proud his titled Douluo father was of his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul. For his father, Yu Yuanzhen, to say such a thing, the quality of the Nine-Headed Fire Phoenix was probably even higher than that of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
Dugu Bo alone had already forced him and Flander to become eunuchs, and now an even more powerful Phoenix Douluo with a 100,000-year soul ring had arrived.
Zhao Wuji is now doomed.
Fortunately, the Spirit Hall only captured Zhao Wuji, and the others were not affected. Otherwise, it wouldn't just be Zhao Wuji who would be doomed, but everyone else.
Especially for Tang San, once his identity is exposed, that would be the real end for him.
...As soon as the nine-headed fire phoenix appeared, raging flames erupted on the brown giant bear that Zhao Wuji had transformed into.
"Aaaaaah..." With a series of piercing screams, Zhao Wuji quickly lost consciousness, and his huge bear body shrank at a visible speed before collapsing to the ground.
Ling Yuan waved her hand, and the flames subsided, revealing Zhao Wuji's charred skin.
His body was steaming and had charred marks. He wasn't dead, but he was barely breathing. If left unattended, he would most likely not survive.
The Shrek members gasped in shock at what they saw.
Is this the strength of a level 95 Title Douluo?
Without using any soul skills, the basic flames of his martial soul nearly killed Zhao Wuji, a level 76 offensive soul saint.
If it were them, they would probably be long gone by now.
The Shrek members felt a wave of fear wash over them.
"You should be glad you're still useful, otherwise you would be ashes by now." Ling Yuan looked at the unconscious Zhao Wuji, then turned her gaze to the other Shrek members, or more precisely, to Tang San.
Tang San, who was lying on Yu Xiaogang's back, suddenly narrowed his pupils and felt a sense of foreboding.
Yu Xiaogang, fearing Tang San's identity would be exposed—a man accustomed to being ruthless internally but weak externally—suppressed his deepest fear, put Tang San down, and shielded him in front of him. He stepped forward with a gentle expression and said, "Your Majesty, we were unaware beforehand that Zhao Wuji was a wanted criminal of the Spirit Hall. This matter has nothing to do with us..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Ling Yuan stepped forward and slapped Yu Xiaogang away from a distance, saying, "When did it become your place, a mere traitor of the Spirit Hall, to interrupt? Stop being so noisy."
After landing, Yu Xiaogang slid across the ground for more than ten meters before stopping. She twitched a few times on the ground and then fell silent.
Seeing this, the Shrek members' hearts jumped into their throats once again.
Ling Yuan's figure flickered, and she appeared in front of Tang San. Tang San's pupils contracted almost immediately, and large beads of sweat slid down his temples. An ominous premonition arose in his heart. Damn it, why would she target me? Could it be that the matter of the external soul bone has been exposed?
After much thought, Tang San could only come up with this possibility.
"You're that Thousand-Handed Asura from the Shrek Seven Devils team?" Ling Yuan asked condescendingly.
"Yes, yes, Your Majesty..." Tang San swallowed hard.
"Kid, I have to say you're very lucky, extremely lucky. Among thousands of soul beasts, very few can drop a soul bone, and even fewer can obtain an external soul bone. But I'm even luckier; I actually encountered an external soul bone that hasn't been fully fused yet..."
Ling Yuan wore a gentle smile, like that of a kind older sister next door.
But in Tang San's eyes, it was as if a demon was beckoning to him. Knowing he couldn't possibly be a match for Ling Yuan, he didn't hesitate and turned to run away. As he ran, he took out the flying sausages that Oscar had prepared for them during the battle the night before from his soul tool, without using them.
He was unwilling to sit idly by and wait for his death, handing over his own external soul bone to someone else.
However, before he could even put the flying sausage in his mouth, he was bound by five red fire rings around his neck and limbs. His body was thrown uncontrollably to Ling Yuan's side, arms outstretched, back to her.
"Little friend, here's a piece of advice: next time you have an external soul bone, never show it to others before it's fully fused." Ling Yuan spread her right hand, slightly bent into a claw shape, and forcefully pulled it out in front of the Shrek Academy members' horrified gazes.
"No..." Tang San struggled violently, feeling an unprecedented despair and fear, frantically begging for mercy, "No, you can't do this to me, my father won't let you get away with this, he is..."
Before Tang San could finish speaking, Ling Yuan's right hand had already pierced Tang San's back. When she pulled it out, she had a palm-sized soul bone with eight tiny spider spears attached to it.
"Waaaaah..." Tang San let out a miserable scream that sounded like a ghost howling.
Shao Xin was stunned, Ma Hongjun was stunned, Oscar was stunned, Dai Mubai was stunned, Ning Rongrong was stunned, and Yu Tianheng was also stunned.
Tang San's external soul bone, which he had only used once and which had not yet fully fused with his body, was forcibly dug out by the Phoenix Douluo in front of him.
Flander, who was inside Shrek Academy, was attracted by the booming sound of Zhao Wuji clashing with Ling Yuan. He ran over to check and saw Tang San having his bones dug out. He was immediately stunned.
Looking at Tang San again, he seemed to have lost his support, his body hunched over, like a cooked lobster, suspended in mid-air, his back a bloody mess.
Ling Yuan didn't even glance at Tang San again. She weighed the Eight Spider Lances in her hand, then with a flick of her jade hand, Tang San was thrown away like trash and carelessly left by the roadside.
"Damn it, my Eight Spider Lances! The Eight Spider Lances that could amplify all my attributes by fifty percent and help me catch up with Ye Qinghe's speed! Give them back to me! Give them back to me, you poisonous woman!" Tang San looked at Ling Yuan's beautiful figure with resentment, wishing he could tear her to pieces. At the same time, he felt dissatisfied with his teacher, Yu Xiaogang, for the first time.
If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have exposed the Eight Spider Lances so early, nor would I have lost to Ye Qinghe because I didn't have enough hidden weapons. In fact, if I hadn't listened to his advice and absorbed three poison-attribute soul rings, my body could have grown normally like Ye Qinghe's.
People's complaints are like a boulder rolling down a mountain; once they start, they can never stop.
Without a doubt, Tang San had already begun to complain about Yu Xiaogang at this moment.
Filled with resentment towards Yu Xiaogang, Tang San eventually fainted from the pain due to the severity of his injuries.
Ling Yuan glanced indifferently at the rest of the Shrek Academy members. Their eyes darted away, avoiding her gaze; clearly, they were all traumatized by Ling Yuan's ruthless methods. They didn't even dare to breathe loudly.
Ling Yuan raised an eyebrow. To be honest, although Shrek Academy was a lousy school, the talents of these people were quite good. Two of them were even direct descendants of the three upper sects. If His Holiness the Pope hadn't given instructions, she really wouldn't mind killing these people here to prevent future troubles.
In the end, Ling Yuan did not choose to take action.
Under Ling Yuan's control, the nine-headed fire phoenix grabbed the unconscious Zhao Wuji with its two sharp claws, spread its wings, and slowly rose into the air. Ling Yuan did a backflip and jumped onto the nine-headed fire phoenix behind her. The nine-headed fire phoenix flapped its wings and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a cluster of red flames and disappeared into the sky.