Amid the other's grateful gaze, he gave one final farewell.
A moment later, Chen Xing left the Blue Silver Forest.
He activated his Second Soul Skill and ran toward the edge of the forest at the same speed as when he had arrived.
This trip had ended perfectly. Not only had his Martial Soul completed its evolution, but his Soul Power had also risen to level 32, and he had obtained a very useful Hextech.
On the road back to town, Chen Xing summoned the System Panel.
He discovered that yesterday's "Solitary Bamboo Soul Ring" had already changed into a "Diamond Mammoth" Soul Ring, and its skill effect had changed accordingly.
His reasoning had been correct. As long as this Soul Ring randomly turned into the Soul Ring of another Soul Beast, once he fused it with his Second Martial Soul, he would awaken the corresponding Martial Soul.
At that thought, the corners of his mouth curled upward.
If he filled all nine slots, it would be equivalent to rerolling nine times every day. With 365 days in a year, that would make 3,285 times.
No matter how many types of Soul Beasts existed on Douluo Continent, after a few years, he should randomly get several god-tier Martial Souls.
He did not need anything too absurd—something like the Heavenly Snow Woman or the Beast God Di Tian would do!
Once he awakened a god-tier Martial Soul in the future, would a god come looking for him directly...
Just as he was planning out the future of his Second Martial Soul, a startled cry suddenly came from afar.
Through his communication with the Blue Silver Grass, Chen Xing discovered that it was a lone little girl.
Driven by curiosity, he decided to take a look.
After several leaps, he arrived atop a large tree.
Sure enough, a girl in a green dress about the same age as him was kneeling beside a large tree.
A massive red snake stood before her, flicking its tongue, clearly about to attack.
"Isn't that... Ning Rongrong?"
She was simply... too recognizable.
The little girl's long green dress looked extremely expensive. Every strand of her hair had been meticulously arranged, and she even wore a glass hairpin.
It was hard not to tell that she was rich!
As he sighed inwardly, the giant snake seemed to sense that she posed no threat. It opened its bloody maw and charged straight at her.
"Not good!"
[Second Soul Skill: Purple Bamboo Sword Domain] [Third Soul Skill: Purple Bamboo Sword Slash]
Chen Xing was standing on a tree branch. Seeing it attack, he immediately pushed off with both legs and shot toward the ground.
Midway, he used the flight skill of the Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone to boost his speed again and rushed toward the giant snake.
"Get out of the way!"
The Purple Imperial Bamboo was wrapped in Soul Power, forming fierce sword qi. Just as it was about to slash into the giant snake's body—
From in front of him came another, even more terrifying fluctuation of Soul Power.
Sword-shaped Soul Power swept up dead leaves and cleaved the Soul Beast in half at the waist. Yet its momentum did not diminish in the slightest as it shot straight toward Chen Xing's face.
"No, I..."
The gray sword light rapidly expanded in his vision.
In the instant before his consciousness faded, he only remembered raising the Purple Imperial Bamboo to block...
Elsewhere.
A silver-haired middle-aged man holding a longsword hurriedly flew to the center of the scene.
The man was none other than Sword Douluo, Chen Xin!
He had originally brought Ning Rongrong here to hunt Soul Beasts today, but because she had been playful, she had gotten separated from him.
By the time he found her again, a giant snake had already set its sights on her.
Fortunately, Chen Xin had arrived in time and eliminated the threat with a single sword strike.
Yet he had not expected there to be a young man on the other side of the snake, intending to help her.
In his urgency, his strike had not only cut the giant snake in half, but its residual force had also slashed toward the young man.
Chen Xin did not even have time to attend to Ning Rongrong before rushing straight to the boy.
He looked to be around ten years old. He had already completely passed out and lost consciousness.
From his shoulder to his ribs, his clothes had been completely shredded, exposing skin and flesh that had been mangled beyond recognition.
Chen Xin hurriedly took out all kinds of herbs from his storage Soul Tool, found several that could heal injuries, and stuffed them into the boy's mouth.
But the boy had completely lost consciousness and could not swallow at all.
In his haste, Chen Xin thought of a healing Soul Master.
"Rongrong! Come here, quickly. We have to find a healing Soul Master right away, or this kid probably won't live much longer."
As he spoke, Chen Xin injected Soul Power into the boy's body to stabilize his injuries while taking Ning Rongrong onto his flying sword and heading toward the edge of the forest.
Ordinarily, he should not have cared so much about the life or death of a stranger, but Ning Rongrong had seen the whole scene.
She was already spoiled and willful enough. If she saw that he had struck down a kindhearted person who had tried to help her, then simply ignored whether that person lived or died—
Who knew what kind of values that little devil might develop in the future.
They usually indulged this little princess, but that did not mean they could not distinguish right from wrong.
Besides, this whole incident had indeed been his mistake...
On the flying sword.
Ning Rongrong was so frightened by the sight before her that she did not dare speak. She also knew that she had caused trouble.
If she had not wandered outside Chen Xin's spiritual detection range on her own, none of this would have happened.
In Chen Xin's arms, the boy was barely breathing, his face deathly pale, while blood soaked through both their clothes.
It was the first time she had ever encountered such a scene, and her face turned pale with fright.
"Grandpa Sword, Rongrong knows she was wrong! Rongrong will never be so playful again!"
"He won't die, right?"
"Grandpa Sword, you have to save him!"
Seeing the little princess reveal such an expression for the first time, Chen Xin felt deeply gratified.
Then the boy's injuries had not been suffered in vain.
Heaven Dou City.
Ye Clan.
Several candles lit the dim room.
A young man lay quietly on the bed, bare-chested, his breathing steady.
The wounds on his body had already vanished, and some color had returned to his face. He was merely still unconscious.
Level 82 healing-type Soul Douluo: Ye Lanyi.
Martial Soul: Nine Heart Begonia.
Chen Xin had personally invited her to act. Only after she used her Martial Soul Avatar had she pulled the boy back from death's door.
With the Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone's recovery skill added afterward, his injuries had finally stabilized.
In the courtyard, Sword Douluo bowed to Ye Lanyi in thanks.
"Thank you, Clan Head Ye!"
"If there is ever anything this old man can do for you in the future, I will spare no effort."
Ye Lanyi wore a pale yellow dress, and a gentle temperament showed between her brows.
Every movement she made gave off a sense of warmth. She smiled softly.
"Your Excellency Sword Douluo is too polite."
"Healing the wounded and saving the dying has always been the creed upheld by my Ye Clan."
"Ultimately, this little fellow's will to live is simply strong. Had it been an ordinary person, they likely would have been beyond saving!"
Hearing this, Chen Xin was quite surprised as well.
The boy was clearly about the same age as Rongrong. Though he was somewhat taller, he had actually survived Chen Xin's hurried sword strike.
Although that Soul Beast had cushioned the blow, it was still truly remarkable...
"Clan Head Ye, in your opinion, is there something unusual about this boy?"
At those words, an imperceptible flicker of evasion passed through Ye Lanyi's eyes.
Yet she answered calmly on the surface.
"This humble woman cannot say for now. Everything will have to wait until the boy wakes up. Only by asking him personally can we know."
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