Xu Sanshi's Simp Scheme

That day.

Lin Ming got hungry again.

So, alone and in secret, he headed for the same soul beast forest he had visited last time.

He took a Flying Soul Tool from his Soul Tool and flew alone toward that soul beast forest.

With his current strength, Lin Ming was confident that as long as he did not encounter the strongest soul beasts there, he would basically be fine.

"Strange, why has my right eyelid kept twitching today?"

As Lin Ming flew, he kept rubbing his right eye, trying to make the twitching eyelid stop.

Not long after, he arrived at the outskirts of the soul beast forest.

His right eyelid still had not stopped twitching, and he even felt an inexplicable sense of palpitations. Lin Ming sensed that something was off.

But being rather thick-nerved, he did not take it to heart. Instead, he began considering what he should eat.

"Pearl Chicken? Blazing Fire Sheep? Or that Rock Bull from last time?"

As Lin Ming walked, he pondered it to himself.

He gripped the Sky-Propping Spear in his hand, while four Spirit Rings—yellow, purple, purple, and black—hovered beneath his feet.

He restrained his aura as much as possible, ensuring that he could respond to any sudden situation at once without alerting his target soul beast.

A rustling sound came from the bushes ahead, and Lin Ming quietly crept forward to inspect it.

Parting the bushes, Lin Ming saw a Pearl Chicken.

Judging by its size, it was around five hundred years old.

Pearl Chickens were soul beasts with little combat power to begin with. Finding one that had survived for five hundred years was no easy feat.

After all, creatures with no real fighting ability and no protection from powerful soul beasts were destined to become the bottom of the food chain.

What kind of soul beasts could gain the protection of powerful soul beasts?

For example, the Emerald Swan clan led by Bi Ji.

With their powerful healing abilities and kind hearts, they were willing to help other soul beasts treat their wounds, and thus earned the protection of powerful soul beasts.

It could be said that throughout the entire Star Dou Great Forest, there were hardly any soul beasts that dared harbor ill intentions toward Bi Ji.

And the soul beasts protecting Bi Ji? Anyone could guess that they had to be the ferocious beast kings of the Star Dou Great Forest's core region.

The strongest among them was undoubtedly the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, the Beast God Di Tian, who had utterly defeated the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign.

Thinking this, Lin Ming fearlessly pushed through the bushes and ran toward the Pearl Chicken.

After all, this sort of soul beast had no real ability to escape. He could just go for it.

Just then, golden light flashed across Lin Ming's brow.

As though guided by fate, Lin Ming suddenly stopped.

With a whoosh, a black-gold arrow flew precisely past his face.

"Who's there?"

Holding the Sky-Propping Spear, Lin Ming warily looked in the direction the arrow had come from.

"Lin Ming, never expected this, did you? You actually dared come alone to a soul beast forest like this. I've finally caught my chance!"

Xu Sanshi emerged from the forest's shadows with an almost deranged smile on his face.

Two middle-aged men followed beside him.

One of them held a black-gold longbow, with six Spirit Rings—two yellow, two purple, and two black—beneath his feet.

Clearly, he had fired that arrow just now.

Lin Ming understood what was going on.

"Fuck, Xu Sanshi the simp has really been driven into a corner!"

Lin Ming cursed inwardly, but his expression remained unchanged.

The man who had struck first was already a Soul Emperor. The other one, who had yet to release his Martial Soul, could only be stronger.

"Xu Sanshi, what is the meaning of this?"

Lin Ming asked with a grim expression.

A deranged smile appeared on Xu Sanshi's face. "What does it mean?! You're asking me what it means?! You dared get so close to Nannan. You've brought death upon yourself!"

After saying that, he took two steps back and left the battlefield to the two middle-aged men beside him.

"Uncles, I'll leave this brat to you. Hahaha, Lin Ming, news that you died alone outside in the jaws of soul beasts will soon make its way back to Shrek! Hahaha!"

Xu Sanshi did not know Lin Ming's true background. He only assumed that Lin Ming had some connection to Ma Xiaotao and, at most, knew a few more people in the Inner Court.

Xu Sanshi also had people in the Inner Court, so he did not take Lin Ming seriously at all.

In Xu Sanshi's heart, Jiang Nannan was his only bottom line.

Lin Ming had actually dared use Jiang Nannan to provoke him. He had simply brought death upon himself!

The middle-aged man who had not released his Martial Soul finally did so.

A male lion engulfed in flames appeared behind him, followed by seven Spirit Rings—two yellow, two purple, and three black.

Martial Soul: Blazing Lion. Seven-ringed Soul Saint!

Lin Ming felt the pressure radiating from his opponent. It was roughly comparable to Zhang Lexuan after she released her Martial Soul, meaning an early-stage Soul Saint.

Facing these two formidable opponents, Lin Ming did not dare let down his guard and tightened his grip on the Sky-Propping Spear.

He did not know whether he would make it back alive today, but he would not wait helplessly for death.

In truth, Mu En had noticed when Lin Ming had secretly slipped out.

Lin Ming usually had the best relationship with Xuan Zi, so Mu En had asked Xuan Zi to secretly follow him just in case.

After all, based on the talent Lin Ming had displayed, not only was he more than qualified to become an elder in the future, he was even qualified to become the master of the Sea God Pavilion.

A genius who appeared only once in a hundred, perhaps even a thousand years, could not be allowed to come to harm no matter what.

However, even after knowing Xuan Zi for so many years, Mu En still tended to forget what he was like.

After seeing that Lin Ming had encountered no danger upon entering this soul beast forest, Xuan Zi remembered that the strongest soul beast here was only around ten thousand years old. So he quietly slipped away and found a corner to drink in.

"Ah, this century-old Peach Blossom Brew really is good! Refreshing!"

Up in a large tree, Xuan Zi lay sprawled across a branch with one leg crossed over the other. He held a chicken leg in his left hand and a gourd filled with Peach Blossom Brew in his right, taking a bite of chicken and a swig of wine, utterly content.

"What did Mu En send me out here for again? Forget it, it probably wasn't anything important. Drink up, drink up!"

At that moment, the battle on Lin Ming's side had already begun.

Facing a Soul Emperor and a Soul Saint who wanted him dead, Lin Ming did not dare be careless in the slightest.

His first, second, and fourth Spirit Rings lit up at the same time.

With a double enhancement and a slowing effect, he barely managed to close some of the gap between them.

Lin Ming's combat power at that moment was already enough for him to exchange several moves with the Blazing Lion Soul Saint.

However, behind the Soul Saint, the bow Martial Soul Soul Emperor kept eyeing him like a tiger stalking prey.

He constantly took aim and fired, forcing Lin Ming to dodge again and again, leaving him miserable.

Fortunately, he had learned the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, so he was not so easily struck for the time being.

"Xu Sanshi, it won't be that easy to kill me!"

Lin Ming's third Spirit Ring lit up beneath his feet. "Third Soul Skill, Sky-Propping Break!"

Endless Spear Intent gathered at the tip of the Sky-Propping Spear as he clashed with the Soul Saint.

Faced with such an unstoppable, razor-sharp momentum, even the Soul Saint had no choice but to dodge, shock filling his heart.

It was the first time he had been forced into such a position by a Soul Ancestor, and he finally understood why Xu Sanshi had invited both of them just to kill a junior.

What junior? This was clearly a little monster!