Douluo: What the Heck is a Scholar Cultivation System?
Chapter 16

This Blade Is Called the Future!

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After a few short seconds, the Evil Pincer Bug, which had been hit in the head by the Touch Dragon King, still failed to hold on and had its head completely crushed.

A pale-yellow Soul Ring floated out from the Evil Pincer Bug's corpse. Chen Ping saw it, and his breathing immediately quickened.

This was his first time seeing a Soul Ring float out of a Soul Beast's body. What a beautiful Soul Ring!

The pale-yellow Soul Ring radiated a rich but not particularly intense Soul Power Fluctuation. The entire ring was perfectly round and seamlessly harmonious, practically like a flawless work of art.

A yellow Soul Ring, a Century Soul Ring, a First Soul Ring!

Chen Ping's hand began to tremble uncontrollably again. This time, it was not from fear, but from overwhelming joy.

His Innate Soul Power and Martial Soul Quality were indeed a cut below, but that was a matter of luck, something Chen Ping could not control. Being able to transmigrate into the body of a Soul Master with Innate Soul Power was already something Chen Ping was very satisfied with.

Transmigrating into the body of a Soul Master with no Innate Soul Power would have been a true hellish start.

Now, although he had been exceptionally reckless this time, repeatedly warning himself to be careful and cautious, he had still ended up charging in headfirst. Fortunately, the result was perfect.

A First Soul Ring of the Hundred Year Level— even in Shrek Academy, no one could find fault with it.

Chen Ping's breathing grew rapid, and at some point, a dagger had appeared in his hand.

Taking aim at the Touch Dragon King's exposed belly, Chen Ping suddenly rushed forward and stabbed into the wound where the Evil Pincer Bug's Forked Poison Tail had pierced it.

Chen Ping had gone completely ruthless. Gritting his teeth, he forcefully twisted the dagger, then dragged it hard along the Touch Dragon King's body, churning its internal organs into a complete mess!

If no one could find fault with a First Soul Ring of the Hundred Year Level, then what about a Four Hundred Eighty Years First Soul Ring produced by the top-tier Soul Beast, the Touch Dragon King?

The Evil Pincer Bug's Soul Ring was naturally suitable for Chen Ping as well, but the Evil Pincer Bug had been killed by the Touch Dragon King.

Therefore, Chen Ping could not absorb the Soul Ring that emerged from its body. This involved the question of ownership over the Soul Ring.

Besides, Chen Ping's target had never been the Evil Pincer Bug. It had always been the Touch Dragon King—the top-tier insect-type Soul Beast, the Touch Dragon King!

To prevent the poison from the Evil Pincer Bug's Forked Poison Tail from completely invading the Touch Dragon King's body and killing it, Chen Ping had deliberately charged forward and given the Touch Dragon King the final stab.

He had done this to establish ownership of the Touch Dragon King's Soul Ring!

If Chen Ping had not done this, only heaven knew whether the Touch Dragon King's eventual death would be judged as having been burned to death or poisoned to death!

That blade of his just now was called the Future!

Chen Ping had merely forgotten one thing. As the saying went, even a centipede could keep moving after death.

Although he had stabbed the Touch Dragon King so many times, the Touch Dragon King still did not die immediately. Instead, it let out an extremely feeble hiss.

The Touch Dragon King released the Great Mandible that had crushed the Evil Pincer Bug's head and slowly turned around. Its charred black compound eyes fixed on Chen Ping.

What kind of gaze was that?

Chen Ping actually saw unwillingness, Killing Intent, and intense hatred in those pitch-black compound eyes!

At this point, no matter how stupid the Touch Dragon King was, it had figured out who the bastard that had thrown the Molotov Cocktail at it earlier was. Besides, the smell of Sea Cucumber Feces on Chen Ping's hands had not yet faded!

After spreading the powder, he had merely wiped his hands against the wall a couple of times. How could he possibly have cleaned them completely?

"I'm sorry, brother. Bear with it for a bit, okay? It'll stop hurting soon."

Chen Ping had already gone blood-mad. Afraid that the other party would suddenly spring up and bite him, he spoke through gritted teeth.

"Every holiday from now on, I'll burn incense for you! The kind that costs one Silver Soul Coin per stick!"

Although Chen Ping was talking, his movements did not stop for even a moment.

With one hand pressing down on the Touch Dragon King's scorching shell, he repeatedly drove the knife in and out of its belly with the other. Green insect blood splattered everywhere.

"Ssssss—"

With its final desperate hiss, the Touch Dragon King's head drooped heavily to the ground. A yellow Soul Ring, far deeper in color than the Evil Pincer Bug's Soul Ring beside it, floated out from its corpse.

Damn it, I did it!

Chen Ping felt his heart pounding like thunder, the sound so loud it was deafening.

Even though his left hand was pressed down with all his strength on the Touch Dragon King's cooked shell to prevent it from biting wildly in its death throes, blistering more than a dozen bubbles on his skin, he did not notice it at all.

Estimating that about five minutes had passed since he entered the Giant Centipede Cave, Chen Ping did not dare delay.

He took out his dagger and stabbed it through the gap between the Evil Pincer Bug's giant pincers, stirring it around wildly. The tightly clamped pincers immediately loosened.

Chen Ping dragged the Touch Dragon King's corpse, which weighed more than a hundred pounds, out from between the insect's giant pincers.

Chen Ping simply treated the Touch Dragon King, whose body was as thick as his calf, like a scarf. He wrapped it several times around himself, tied a dead knot, and desperately ran toward the entrance of the Giant Centipede Cave.

He had no time to care how terrifying the insect blood splattered over his body and face from his wild stabbing made him look. Chen Ping had only one thought now: escape as quickly as possible!

Killing the Little Touch Dragon King alone was nothing impressive. The real achievement was killing the Little Touch Dragon King, dragging its corpse out of the Giant Centipede Cave, and escaping the pursuit of the Big Touch Dragon King.

Carrying the Little Touch Dragon King, which weighed more than a hundred pounds, Chen Ping sprinted through the cave. Several times, the rugged terrain caused him to fall flat on his face.

Fortunately, his speed on the way out was far greater than when he had entered the cave. In just over a minute, Chen Ping could already see the light of the entrance.

Just as Chen Ping charged out of the entrance, planning to let fish leap across the sea and birds soar through the sky, he discovered that the Big Touch Dragon King had not been lured very far away.

At that moment, more than a dozen strands of Blue Silver Grass from Tang Ya were wrapped around the legs on the Big Touch Dragon King's left side, struggling to flip it over.

Bei Bei, meanwhile, was so busy that his feet barely touched the ground. More than a dozen Touch Dragons followed behind him, while lightning surged across his right palm, making him look ready to strike at any moment.

Chen Ping saw clearly that Tang Ya was only at Level Thirty and did not have a Third Soul Ring. Relying solely on her strength and the pulling force of her Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, trying to drag over a Big Touch Dragon King weighing at least four or five hundred pounds was nothing but wishful thinking.

Although Bei Bei was already a genuine Three-Ring Soul Elder and possessed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul as well,

he still completely lacked the ability he would later display at the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament, where he and Xu Sanshi could activate their Martial Soul bloodlines and temporarily evolve their Martial Souls.

Precisely because of this, although the two of them were fighting the Big Touch Dragon King fiercely, they could not actually do anything to it. Their powerful attacks could not break through the Big Touch Dragon King's defenses, and their strength could not pull its body over.

As the saying went, if the two of them truly possessed the ability to kill the Big Touch Dragon King, then Tang Ya's later Third Soul Ring should not have come from—

Just as Chen Ping was slightly distracted and planning to sneak away quietly, the Big Touch Dragon King suddenly went berserk.

Dozens of insect legs swung down at the dense Blue Silver vines. Its entire body curled up and spread open, erupting with an astonishing pulling force.

After several consecutive struggles, the Big Touch Dragon King actually tore apart Tang Ya's released Blue Silver Entanglement in an extremely violent manner. Then, without the slightest attempt to conceal its intentions, it pounced toward Chen Ping's position!

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