Seize the Immortal Herb! Guang Ling's Strength Soars, Guang Ling: Call Me Brother Ling From Now On!

"You brat, you're quite ruthless." Guang Ling hesitated for a second, killing intent surging, before he immediately gripped his bow and chased out of the cave.

Lin Ye's warning and Guang Ling's one-second hesitation were enough for a Title Douluo to escape a great distance.

By the time Guang Ling Douluo chased out of the cave, Dugu Bo was already on the verge of disappearing from his line of sight.

Guang Ling immediately drew his ice bow, unleashing his strongest arrow to lock onto Dugu Bo: "Ninth Soul Skill, Guang Ling Divine Arrow!!"

A massive ice arrow rapidly condensed upon the bowstring.

The next second, he drew the bow to its limit and fired!

Whoosh!

Bang, bang, bang!

The trees blocking the path were pierced through, and the ice arrow caught up to Dugu Bo, who was a thousand meters away, with extreme speed.

"Damn it! Guang Ling Douluo!!" Seeing the ice arrow behind him about to blast him apart, Dugu Bo's face was incredibly ferocious. Just as he thought he was surely going to die, he suddenly spotted a tens-of-thousands-year-old Poison Scorpion soul beast ahead.

He erupted with his fastest speed to dash past the Poison Scorpion, using it as a human shield; the beast was instantly shot to death.

However, this also weakened the power and speed of Guang Ling's arrow.

It allowed Dugu Bo to avoid a fatal hit, but he could not dodge it entirely; in that instant, his left arm was blown off on the spot!

Squelch~

"Ahhh!~" Dugu Bo screamed incessantly. He couldn't even care about the pain of his arm being blown off, fleeing in a pathetic, dog-like state.

Guang Ling quickly caught up to that position, but only saw the dead Poison Scorpion, as well as the scattered flesh and a few fingers left behind from Dugu Bo's blown-off arm.

Guang Ling quickly vanished from the spot.

But Dugu Bo was too familiar with the Sunset Forest; he knew every inch of the terrain, landscape, and environment like the back of his hand. Relying on his deep knowledge of the terrain, he successfully escaped Guang Ling's pursuit.

He had escaped with his life.

Clutching his wildly bleeding, mangled arm, Dugu Bo said with immense hatred: "Guang Ling Douluo! This grudge, I, Dugu Bo, will definitely repay it!!"

Meanwhile, taking advantage of the time Guang Ling Douluo spent chasing Dugu Bo, Lin Ye was busy rapidly harvesting the Immortal Herbs near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

"Good grief, I expected there to be more Immortal Herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well than what appeared in the original story, but I didn't expect this many. There are dozens of different types of Immortal Herbs alone, and if you count the duplicates, there are over a hundred!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, looking at it this way, Tang San really isn't a kind soul! He called Dugu Bo brother, yet he didn't even pick a single Immortal Herb for Dugu Bo or his granddaughter Dugu Yan."

"But in this life, those guys like Tang San won't even get to touch a single one." Lin Ye was in a great mood, preparing to pack everything up and take it away.

Before he had finished harvesting, Guang Ling returned.

Lin Ye immediately asked: "Elder Guang Ling, did you finish off Dugu Bo?"

Guang Ling shrugged: "He got away."

If he could kill him, he would; if he didn't, so be it. For Elders like them, they didn't really care much about a single Dugu Bo.

"So be it."

Dugu Bo's existence was indeed a hidden danger, but not much of a threat.

As long as they guarded against Dugu Bo in advance when launching wars in the future, he wouldn't be able to cause much of an impact.

"What are you doing!" Guang Ling asked.

Lin Ye said: "I see that the rare herbs here are no ordinary items, so I thought I'd take them all back."

"Fine, take your time."

Guang Ling couldn't wait to absorb the Ice Soul Snow Heart Lotus and immediately plucked it to begin absorption.

Seeing this, Lin Ye prepared to take the top-tier body-tempering Immortal Herbs, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot.

While Guang Ling Douluo was focused on absorbing the medicinal properties of his herb, Lin Ye simultaneously plucked these two top-tier fire-poison and ice-poison body-tempering herbs, the ice and fire clashing!

They balanced each other out.

"By taking these two herbs, not only will my physique increase greatly, but I will also become immune to all poisons and gain a body that is immune to both ice and fire!" Lin Ye was excited; without hesitation, he immediately consumed them.

His body felt as if it were being burned by fire, and soon after, as if extreme cold were eroding his bone marrow.

He immediately jumped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Splash!

Utilizing the spring of ice and fire to rapidly digest the medicinal properties of the two herbs within his body, Lin Ye's physical body was undergoing a transformation at a speed visible to the naked eye, his physique becoming several times stronger than before.

He could feel that his External Soul Bone, the Bright Dragon Wings, had also been enhanced!

A long time later.

Lin Ye flapped his wings and shot out of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

His body had undergone a qualitative change.

"With my current body, a third soul ring exceeding five thousand years is no problem, and by the time I reach my fourth soul ring, my mental power should be enough to withstand a ten-thousand-year soul ring." Lin Ye smiled.

At this moment, an excited laugh from Guang Ling Douluo came from not far away: "Hahaha! It's done! The martial soul backlash that has plagued me for years has finally been resolved!"

"My soul power has finally broken through to level 97! Hahaha! Hahahahaha!"

Guang Ling's strength had surged, and he was overjoyed.

For a Titled Douluo like him, without a stroke of fortune, he might never have been able to advance another step in his entire life.

"Congratulations, Elder Guang Ling." Lin Ye landed before him and offered his well-wishes.

He saw that the left arm and left eye that had been eroded by the ice on Guang Ling had finally recovered.

"Good lad! You've done this old man a massive favor!" Guang Ling was so happy he grabbed Lin Ye in a bear hug, the two of them locked in a tight embrace.

"Uh, Elder Guang Ling, you're hugging too tight, easy... take it easy..."

Guang Ling's body was somewhat cold, yet at this moment, it felt warm.

"Lin Ye, stop calling me Elder this and Elder that. From now on, just call me Brother Ling; I'm taking you in as my little brother!" Guang Ling laughed and patted Lin Ye on the shoulder.

A little brother? Lin Ye smiled inwardly and replied, "Alright, Brother Ling!"

"Haha! Good, little brother, let's go, it's time to head back!"

"Mm!"

After packing up all the Immortal Herbs, the two of them left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with a bountiful harvest.

The Octagonal Mysterious Ice and the Infernal Delicate Apricot did not have the effect of increasing soul power, but Lin Ye had already kept one Immortal Herb for himself that could boost his cultivation, recorded in the books as the Holy Orchid of Light.

It would be too wasteful to absorb it now at level 29; he would wait until he had obtained his third soul ring before absorbing it in one go.

Ten days later.

The two returned to the Worship Hall.

Upon their return, Guang Ling immediately shared the good news with the elder worshipers.

"Great Elder, Second Brother, Third Brother! Fourth Brother, Sixth, Seventh, the problem of my martial soul backlash has been resolved, and my soul power has even broken through to level 97!"

"What! That's wonderful! Fifth!"

The elder worshipers all gathered around Guang Ling Douluo. Thousand Jun and Falling Devil laughed as they punched Guang Ling on the chest, saying, "Not bad, Fifth, your soul power has finally surpassed us two brothers."

Azure Luan Douluo wore a doting expression as he draped an arm around Guang Ling's shoulder. "I'm truly happy for you, Fifth. From now on, you won't be affected by your martial soul backlash anymore."

Golden Crocodile Douluo also revealed a rare smile. "Congratulations, Fifth."

Qian Daoliu was likewise filled with smiles.

Everyone wore sincere expressions of joy, and watching them gather around Guang Ling to congratulate him and share in his happiness, Lin Ye felt it for the first time.

The bond between them seemed extraordinarily deep.

Even though they were all grown men, the entire scene was surprisingly heartwarming.

It was said that Guang Ling was the darling of the elder worshipers, and today, Lin Ye finally saw it for himself.