Su Chen bid farewell to Chrysanthemum Douluo and headed toward Heaven Dou City.
This time, the God of Destruction did not have him search for treasures along the way, so there was no need to take detours everywhere.
Su Chen rode his horse along the main road at a gallop.
He had already put some distance between himself and Star Dou Forest when the God of Destruction reminded him:
"That Title Douluo is still following you."
"Following me?"
Su Chen was slightly puzzled.
Could it be that Chrysanthemum Douluo was still unwilling to let it go and wanted to forcibly take him back to Spirit Hall?
That should not have been the case.
With Chrysanthemum Douluo's strength, there was no need for such tactics. If he wanted to take Su Chen away by force, he could have done so earlier. There was no need to play along with him.
"This person probably bears you no ill will. He seems to be planning to protect you for a while."
"Protect me?"
Chrysanthemum Douluo was a decent person, but was he really this decent?
Su Chen had refused to become his disciple, yet not only had he not retaliated out of spite, he was even secretly escorting him. What kind of peerless good man was this?
"Perhaps it has something to do with your Blessing of the Goddess of Life. His Martial Soul is a unique kind of plant, so perhaps he naturally feels close to you."
The God of Destruction had found it strange at first as well, but once he saw Chrysanthemum Douluo's Martial Soul, he had more or less guessed the reason.
"So that was it."
He had not expected the Blessing of the Goddess of Life to have such an additional effect.
Still, it also showed that Chrysanthemum Douluo had been a pretty good person to begin with.
If he had been evil at heart, who knew what he might have done after feeling close to a strange child, especially after being rejected.
Even the God of Destruction felt somewhat moved.
He had even arranged guards for Su Chen, yet on the road, Su Chen had picked up a Title Douluo to protect him all by himself.
Though, when all was said and done, it was still thanks to the Blessing of the Goddess of Life that he had given Su Chen.
But in the God of Destruction's eyes, even with that prerequisite, encountering Chrysanthemum Douluo—and having Chrysanthemum Douluo turn out to be a decent person—was itself proof of Su Chen's good fortune.
Good luck was what truly mattered. That was the conclusion the God of Destruction had drawn from the events of his previous life.
As the saying went, wisdom could not defeat divine abilities, and divine abilities could not defeat fate. Whether many things succeeded or failed ultimately depended on destiny.
On Su Chen, the God of Destruction sensed traces of someone favored by fate.
Ever since discovering Su Chen, the God of Destruction felt that even his own luck had improved considerably.
Whether it was building better relationships than before with the Evil God and the God of Goodness, or making the God of Asura suffer a setback, these were things he had found difficult to accomplish in the past.
Both Su Chen and the God of Destruction felt that knowing the other was a blessing.
For Chrysanthemum Douluo, who was secretly following Su Chen, however, it was a pity.
Although Su Chen rode a horse while Chrysanthemum Douluo relied entirely on his own legs, his cultivation allowed him to keep up with ease.
By evening, two bedraggled figures appeared on the road ahead of Su Chen.
Chrysanthemum Douluo thought to himself that it was fortunate he had followed.
Even from a distance, he could sense that not only were those two Soul Masters, they also carried a murderous air. They did not look like good people.
Judging by their appearance, they seemed to have been pursued for a long time.
Chrysanthemum Douluo was an old hand in the martial world, and he felt there was a high chance those two would attack Su Chen.
Sure enough, when they noticed Su Chen approaching and saw that he was a child traveling alone, savage glints appeared in their eyes.
Just as Su Chen was about to pass them, one of them turned his hands into furry, elongated claws and viciously grabbed at Su Chen on horseback.
One white and one yellow Soul Ring appeared around him.
Even against a child who looked so young, they still launched such a despicable sneak attack.
However, he had been somewhat careless. He only launched the ambush and did not use a Soul Skill.
That man had thought he could easily knock Su Chen off his horse. Chrysanthemum Douluo had already revealed himself and was preparing to save Su Chen.
Although Chrysanthemum Douluo had not forced Su Chen to become his disciple, if he could save Su Chen now, perhaps Su Chen would agree out of gratitude?
Others saved beauties like heroes; he would save a talented disciple as a famous master. It would count as a fine tale.
Just as Chrysanthemum Douluo was about to act, he discovered that Su Chen had vanished from the horse's back.
More precisely, Su Chen had slipped down the stirrup and hidden himself on the far side of the horse.
At the same time, Su Chen's spear shot forth like a dragon, stabbing straight at the man's throat from beneath the horse's belly.
The man had already frozen for an instant due to Su Chen's sudden disappearance. Moreover, Su Chen attacked from beneath the horse's belly, directly within his blind spot.
He heard his companion cry out in alarm. Just as he instinctively tried to retreat, his body suddenly stiffened, as though he had been frozen in a bitterly cold wasteland for far too long and his joints had become rigid.
In that brief instant, Su Chen's spear tip had already reached his throat.
It entered gently, piercing his throat in a single line.
The tip of the Life-Killing Spear was like a gentle sparrow, lightly pecking at his throat with its beak.
Yet with that seemingly gentle thrust, the man instantly lost all strength and collapsed limply to the ground without even letting out a scream.
"Second Brother!"
The other man cried out in grief and fury.
The two brothers had survived more than ten days of pursuit, only to fall at the hands of a child passing by.
"I'll kill you!"
This man's Martial Soul was identical to his brother's, likewise some kind of beast Martial Soul.
However, his Soul Ring configuration was better. Both his First Soul Ring and Second Soul Ring were yellow Hundred-Year Soul Rings.
With his brother's fate as a warning, he dared not underestimate Su Chen because of his age and immediately used his First Soul Skill.
Sharp nails nearly half a meter long sprang from his claws, gleaming with a dark green light and looking more like some kind of metal.
Chrysanthemum Douluo did not rush to act this time.
Su Chen had just cleanly killed a two-ring Soul Grandmaster. Though he had caught his opponent off guard, it was enough to prove his strength.
Moreover, being able to anticipate that man's sneak attack was itself proof of keen perception and extensive experience.
Chrysanthemum Douluo recalled Su Chen saying he had no family, and he could not help feeling puzzled.
Although Su Chen's earlier spear strike had been simple and direct, without any profound spear technique behind it.
It was precisely that simplicity that let Chrysanthemum Douluo sense a solid foundation and traces of excellent instruction.
Such spearwork was absolutely not something one could casually figure out alone. Even a genius could not be that outrageous.
Especially when he saw the bright yellow Soul Ring on Su Chen's Life-Killing Spear.
Chrysanthemum Douluo thought it seemed slightly brighter than an ordinary Hundred-Year Soul Ring, but it was definitely a Hundred-Year Soul Ring.
Thinking of Su Chen's earlier appearance near Star Dou Forest, he even suspected that Su Chen had gone to hunt a soul beast by himself.
While Chrysanthemum Douluo pondered the strange aspects surrounding Su Chen, Su Chen's clash with the other man had already begun.
After killing the first man, Su Chen had already flipped down from his horse.
That horse had followed him for several months. It would not do if it got hurt.
Over the past few months, he had fought Soul Masters before, but he had yet to encounter a Soul Grandmaster.
Having just obtained his First Soul Ring, Su Chen also wanted to test just how far his strength had progressed.
With a sweep and a lift of the Life-Killing Spear, he deflected the incoming claws.
"Seems a little easy."
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