Soul Land: The Sharingan and the Thunder Fruit
Chapter 18

What Should I Do? (Bonus Chapter)

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Ling Yu looked at the countless towering trees before him and the Blue Silver Grass carpeting the ground. A fresh scent rushed toward him.

"The air here is really good!"

His expression carried a hint of enjoyment. In his previous life, an environment like this would have been nothing short of a miracle.

The air was filled with the sweet fragrance of soil and Blue Silver Grass, combined with the natural scent of his beautiful master beside him. For a moment, Ling Yu was utterly distracted.

"Look at how inexperienced you are. If you follow your master in the future, you'll see all kinds of sights. The environment here is decent, but compared to the Star Dou Great Forest, it's still far inferior!"

Hearing Ling Yu's sigh, Bibi Dong could not help teasing him. Though she was nearly forty, time had left no trace on her body. At that moment, her tone and expression were no different from those of a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old girl.

Ling Yu rubbed his forehead helplessly. "Teacher, you weren't like this before!"

Bibi Dong ignored him, merely rolling her eyes at him calmly before walking ahead on her own.

Ling Yu was not actually surprised by many of Bibi Dong's current behaviors. Though she had once been in love with Yu Xiaogang, the incidents that followed had left nothing but hatred in her heart. She had buried the innocence that belonged to her youth deep within herself, waiting for someone to one day open that window.

Ling Yu's appearance had happened to crack open that window in her heart.

Everyone in Spirit Hall treated her with utmost respect. There was not a single person who could speak with her freely. How could she not be lonely inside? Even though little fox Hu Liena could occasionally make her smile, she was, after all, just a child with the mental age of a teenager and could not possibly notice the emotions hidden in Bibi Dong's heart.

Ling Yu was different. With the years of two lives combined, his mental age was already close to thirty. On top of that, he had watched so many inspirational clips in his previous life that a few casual words from him could make his beautiful master beam with joy.

Furthermore, someone who had spent more than a decade cooped up at home in his previous life had watched plenty of online reports and explanatory programs about politics. The culture there was far broader and deeper than it was here.

With the two compared, even Ling Yu's casual remarks could leave her enlightened and open her eyes, allowing her to handle Spirit Hall's affairs with greater ease.

The two continued forward. Seeing the youth behind her constantly examining the scenery around him as though he were sightseeing, Bibi Dong could not help developing several dark lines across her forehead.

I brought you here to hunt a soul ring, and you're actually sightseeing? You don't have even the slightest sense of danger. Who knows how you'll die in the future!

At that thought, a sly glint appeared in her eyes. One look was enough to tell that she was plotting something bad.

It was not really Ling Yu's fault. Although he had been in the world of Douluo Continent for six years, he had lived through decades of peace in his previous life. How could he have developed any sense of crisis? Besides, with a powerhouse standing beside him whose strength was at the pinnacle of the continent, why would he need to worry about safety?

Just as he was still studying a strange-looking plant nearby, a sudden roar sounded beside him.

"Awoo!"

Along with the wolf's howl, a green wind blade instantly shot toward Ling Yu's chest.

Sensing the attack from nearby, Ling Yu's expression changed drastically. His pupils instantly transformed into single-tomoe Sharingan, and the world before him became clear in an instant.

The wind blade flying toward his chest seemed to move in slow motion through his eyes. He quickly adjusted his body and leaped sharply to the side, narrowly evading it.

Whoosh!

A faint sound came from behind him. He could not help turning around, only to see a tree as thick as an adult's thigh instantly sliced in half!

Before he could make another move, a giant wolf covered entirely in green fur and standing two meters tall appeared before him.

Looking at the ferocious beast with its blood-filled maw wide open, Ling Yu's pupils contracted sharply!

"A Wind Wolf! And a four-hundred-year Wind Wolf!"

This was a variant of the Lone Wolf and clearly differed from ordinary wolves. Not only could it control the wind element, but it was also a solitary creature, unlike other wolf-type Soul Beasts that lived in packs!

The reason it lived alone was because its strength was exceptional among wolf-type Soul Beasts. Not only was it incredibly fast, no weaker than ordinary leopard-type Soul Beasts, but it also possessed strong spiritual abilities. It grew half a meter taller every hundred years, and this Wind Wolf, standing two meters tall, had clearly reached four hundred years.

"Damn it! Teacher! Where are you?"

Ling Yu could sense that the beast before him would not be easy to deal with, but after turning around several times, he discovered that Bibi Dong had disappeared!

"That woman! Seriously..."

Ling Yu was annoyed. What was this? Couldn't she have told him in advance if she wanted to test him? He had been looking at flowers when a Soul Beast suddenly sprang out and nearly scared him to death!

Left with no choice, he lowered his stance, clenched his fists, and assumed the opening posture of Baji Quan.

His red eyes stared fixedly at the Soul Beast before him. Ling Yu's movements clearly provoked it, and cyan light began gathering in its mouth again.

Whoosh!

With a soft sound, a wind blade several times larger than the previous one flew toward him once more.

Ling Yu stared coldly at it. The moment the wind blade flew from its mouth, he moved!

Bang!

He stomped down hard, his body shooting toward the Wind Wolf like an arrow.

His body spun swiftly through the air, dodging the wind blade. Meeting the beast's vicious gaze head-on, Ling Yu instantly rushed before the giant wolf.

His body had already reached the completion of Body Tempering, and his strength had reached three thousand kilograms. At full speed, he was like a streak of afterimages flashing through the forest.

Ling Yu rushed before the Wind Wolf. It clearly sensed that this enemy would not be easy to handle, having already dodged two of its attacks. The Wind Wolf suddenly stomped its limbs against the ground and sprang to the side, intending to widen the distance between them.

But at that very moment, a smile appeared on Ling Yu's lips.

"Once you leave the ground, aren't you just asking to die?"

He drew his fist to his waist, planted his feet firmly, twisted his waist to drive his arm, and punched toward the Wind Wolf in midair.

"Crushing Fist!"

Boom!

His small fist created a burst of exploding air as it tore through the air, then smashed fiercely into the beast's waist.

A wolf might have a head of copper and bones of iron, but its waist was as soft as tofu. No wolf could escape that rule!

"Awoo!"

With a miserable scream, the two-meter-tall body was instantly sent flying more than ten meters. It crashed through five or six trees along the way before, with a boom, the Wind Wolf's body slammed down onto the ground.

Ling Yu quickly walked to where the Wind Wolf had fallen and found that its waist had been completely shattered. Its organs were spilling from the wound, and it looked close to death!

At that moment, a fragrant breeze drifted over from behind him once more, and Bibi Dong's gentle voice sounded beside his ear.

"Not bad! You killed a four-hundred-year Wind Wolf in your first battle! Hmm, although your sense of danger is terrible, your strength is still quite commendable!"

Hearing her words, Ling Yu did not really want to respond. He silently turned to glance at her before walking ahead on his own.

"Hey, don't be angry! It was just a little test! You're so broad-minded that you surely wouldn't hold it against a woman like me, right?"

Seeing that Ling Yu was truly angry, Bibi Dong quickly walked after him, not forgetting to make a few appeasing sounds.

"Teacher, you weren't like this before!"

With a dark expression, Ling Yu once again voiced his soul-searching question!

"Hehe, isn't it because I have you to talk things over with now? I feel like my state of mind is much better these days, so changing my mood once in a while is quite nice too!"

Ling Yu could not help sighing. What should I do when I have a master who is nothing like I imagined?

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