Poison Can't Kill: A Rui, You're Too Fast?

"Rui, the three-thousand-year Diamond Bear you wanted has been caught." Du Busi flew back clutching a Diamond Bear that he had beaten to the brink of death with a single punch, tossing it before Lin Rui: "Not a year more, not a year less; exactly three thousand."

The dying Diamond Bear lying on the ground could never have imagined that while out hunting, it would be intercepted by a Douluo right at its own doorstep, only to hear him say: "Exactly three thousand years, just enough for my precious disciple to absorb."

Then, he had immediately smashed the bear into a half-dead state with a single blow.

Lin Rui looked at the dying Diamond Bear before him and, without a wasted word, stepped forward and crushed its skull with one punch, sending it to the afterlife.

A three-thousand-year Soul Ring slowly drifted up from the corpse.

He immediately sat cross-legged and began to absorb the three-thousand-year Soul Ring.

Du Busi descended from mid-air and sat on the nearby grass, resting his chin in his hand, his gaze fixed intently on Lin Rui. Should any problem arise, he would intervene instantly; this was the future heir of the Body Sect, and nothing could be allowed to go wrong.

Five minutes passed, and Lin Rui opened his eyes, the absorption complete.

"?" Du Busi had expected the lad to take a day and a night or something similar; how was it over in just five minutes?

So fast?!

"Teacher, I have finished absorbing it." Lin Rui said to Du Busi, feeling the constant flow of life energy within his body.

"You brat." Du Busi stood up, walked over, and reached out to grasp Lin Rui's body, sensing him for a moment before saying in disbelief: "Are you even human?"

Others took at least half an hour to absorb a hundred-year Soul Ring, and up to a day and a night at the longest. This kid had just absorbed a three-thousand-year Soul Ring—his very first one—in five minutes flat.

Lin Rui naturally knew why Du Busi was so shocked; he was shocked himself. He had expected half an hour, but it had finished in five minutes. This... was simply too fast!

Du Busi ultimately attributed it to the nature of Lin Rui's Life Attribute and Body Martial Soul. Just as his own Body Martial Soul carried innate toxicity that strengthened every time he absorbed a Soul Ring, Lin Rui's absorption of a thousand-year Soul Ring must be a characteristic of his own Life Attribute.

Having figured this out, Du Busi couldn't help but pat Lin Rui on the shoulder, "Hahahaha... truly, the heavens favor my Body Sect."

Du Busi had originally thought Lin Rui was a genius like himself and his elder brother, but now he felt that Lin Rui was a peerless monster who would absolutely surpass them both in the future!

The heavens had finally shown mercy to the Body Sect.

Du Busi felt immense joy in his heart and asked: "Rui, what is your first soul skill?"

"An absolute enhancement of physical strength. Why don't you use your power as a level two Soul Grand Master to test me, Teacher?" Lin Rui replied. His first soul skill was a comprehensive enhancement of his physique and the life force within him, which he called Life Feedback.

BANG!

As soon as Lin Rui finished speaking, Du Busi struck without hesitation, though he used the power of a Soul Elder. The little guy had just absorbed a thousand-year Soul Ring, after all; using only the strength of a Soul Grand Master would have been insulting.

Lin Rui: "?"

His body flew out like a projectile fired from a Soul Tool, covering hundreds of meters amidst a piercing whistle. Along the way, dozens of century-old trees were snapped in half by his impact, wood chips raining down like a storm.

Yet, despite such a violent collision, not even a layer of his skin was broken. He pivoted slightly in mid-air, regained his balance, and landed without stirring a speck of dust before looking up at Du Busi, who had appeared before him.

Du Busi's gaze landed on Lin Rui, a flicker of surprise in his eyes, quickly replaced by intense interest. Although he hadn't used his full strength in that punch, it should have been enough to severely injure an ordinary Soul Elder, yet his disciple stood before him unscathed.

"Interesting," a playful smile curled his lips, "what about the strength of a Soul Ancestor?" Before the words even faded, his fist, wrapped in chilling soul power, struck without giving his disciple a moment to react.

Lin Rui felt a massive force slam into his chest, his body once again sent flying uncontrollably, crashing into a distant cliff face and shaking down a shower of stone shards.

Recovering his breath, Lin Rui rubbed his chest, feeling secretly annoyed: He shouldn't have made that request; his teacher was far too ruthless. He had no masochistic tendencies—he was definitely not some M!

He wasn't injured, but the life energy within him was being consumed frantically, while his soul power remained largely untouched.

Lin Rui realized in an instant that his soul skill likely didn't consume soul power, but rather his own life force. This...

"Teacher." He called out to Du Busi, who had appeared before him once more.

"What is it?" Du Busi asked curiously, "Do you want Teacher to try with the power of a Soul King?"

"I'm hungry." Lin Rui said, before fainting dead away.

Du Busi: "..."

No, wait, he had just eaten three large soul beasts and a Soft Bone Rabbit; how was he hungry so soon, and to the point of fainting from hunger?

As an old man who had lived for nearly a hundred years, Du Busi understood in an instant. He rubbed his chin and spoke slowly: "Interesting~ It doesn't consume soul power, but instead consumes the life force within Rui? To think a Body Martial Soul could be this unique."

Du Busi immediately stepped forward and carefully hoisted the unconscious Lin Rui onto his back to go roast some meat for him.

The appearance of Lin Rui had instantly settled the anxiety Du Busi felt regarding the future of the Body Sect. He had originally wanted the sect to remain in seclusion, but now, as long as he watched over this little guy's growth and acted as his guardian, he could want for nothing else!

He would finally be able to face his elder brother.

"Truly, the heavens favor my Body Sect!" Du Busi couldn't help but exclaim, his gaze softening even further as he looked at the child on his back.

In the Sun Moon Empire, within the Prince's Mansion, Xu Tianran, the First Prince, looked at the information reported by his subordinates: "Old Kong has taken a new disciple? A personal disciple at that?"

As the First Prince of the Sun Moon Empire, Xu Tianran desperately wanted to win over Kong Deming, the number one figure in the empire. Many of the older generation of Soul Engineers in the Sun Moon Empire had received his guidance; even the level nine Soul Engineer from the Hongchen family, while not a personal disciple of Old Kong, was still one of his students.

Now that Kong Deming had taken a personal disciple, their status was equal to that of Xuan Ziwen.

He couldn't win over Xuan Ziwen; that man was a Soul Tool fanatic, impossible to sway.

So, could he win over this new disciple of Old Kong?

Especially since Lin Fan's martial soul and Innate Soul Power were both so outstanding.

"A Body Martial Soul, mental attribute, Innate Full Soul Power—what an enviable and jealousy-inducing talent!" Xu Tianran looked at the report, unable to stop himself from glancing down at his own younger brother standing by his feet. His eyes were filled with rage and jealousy, eventually turning into a sigh: "Find a time to meet him." With that, he placed the report on the candle beside him, letting it slowly burn to ash.