Combat Intuition

"Roar--!"

With a roar, icy blue Soul Power swirled around Long Yin, transforming into a white phantom of a giant bear.

His hands, covered in white fur, were loosely grasping, his body was somewhere between tense and relaxed, and his tailbone was drooping.

Ten meters away, Ling Yi stood with his feet shoulder-width apart, his posture relaxed. He raised his right hand, thumb tucked in, four fingers hooked, and said briefly to Long Yin, "Come on—"

Seeing this, Long Yin gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and exerted force with both legs. His muscles tensed up instantly, bursting out with terrifying power. If it weren't for the sudden appearance of an invisible wave on the stone platform under his feet, the dark stone ground that was harder than refined iron would have been crushed by Long Yin.

The Yellow Soul Ring swirling beneath his feet glowed faintly. Long Yin's Soul Power circulated rapidly within his body, causing his overall strength to surge. The icy blue light gathered and solidified in his hands, transforming into a pair of icy claws that exuded a frosty aura.

At that very moment, Long Yin bent over, gathered his strength, and strode forward, his claws striking Ling Yi from the front and back.

First Soul Skill: Ice Bear's Claw + Seventh Form of "Beast Martial Soul Xingyi Fist Soul: Xingyi Fist Stance": Violent Bear Crushes Stone —!

It was an attack equivalent to the combination of a hundred-year-level Soul Skill and a ten-year-level Soul Skill. Its momentum and power were such that even the Second Soul Skill of an ordinary Grand Soul Master might not have such strength, and it directly stirred up a strong wind on the black and white stone platform.

As the wind swept through, Zhang Lei, Zhang Mufeng, Qingqiu Xin, who were watching the battle from the sidelines, couldn't help but squint their eyes slightly.

Faced with Long Yin's almost all-out attack, which, apart from its speed, was even more powerful than his own Second Soul Skill, Ice Wolf Assault, Ling Yi simply turned his body slightly to the side to avoid the first claw. With a turn of his foot, Long Yin's second claw, which followed closely behind, grazed his clothes and missed.

The strong wind from the claws made Ling Yi's loose clothes rustle, but this seemingly powerful attack failed to harm Ling Yi in the slightest.

In the blink of an eye, Ling Yi's right hand, which had remained empty throughout without summoning his Martial Soul, shot out like lightning, grabbing Long Yin Long Yin's arm like an iron clamp. He then kicked Long Yin's ankle, which had suddenly become much thicker. Taking advantage of Long Yin's loss of balance, Ling Yi swung his hand forcefully, following the momentum of Long Yin's forward charge, as if wielding a forging hammer, slamming Long Yin against the black and white stone platform.

"Bang—! Bang—! Bang—! Bang bang bang...!!!"

More than ten meters away, watching this somewhat brutal scene, three sounds of swallowing saliva rang out simultaneously, but were drowned out by the noise of the shaking stone platform.

"Bang—!"

The massive black and white stone platform trembled. Long Yin, who had been released by Ling Yi, lay stiffly on the ground. His pair of azure eyes had evolved into the Rinnegan. He felt dizzy and disoriented, his body on the ground, but his soul seemed to be flying in mid-air.

After a long while, when Long Yin regained consciousness and felt his whole body was sore and weak, with waves of soreness, pain and numbness assaulting his nerves, he heard a familiar "bang bang bang—!" sound in his ears.

Next.

"Bang—"

A figure lay to his left. Long Yin glanced at it out of the corner of his eye and saw it was Qingqiu Xin.

"Bang—!"

Another figure appeared, this time to his right, it was Zhang Mufeng.

"Bang—!"

There was another figure to Zhang Mufeng's right. Although he couldn't see it, Long Yin, whose thinking ability had returned, knew that it should be Brother Zhang Lei.

Before Long Yin could think any further, another surge of Soul Power appeared. The next second, as if sweet rain had fallen from the sky, a cool green light shone on the four people lying on the ground, including him.

Just then, Ling Yi's voice rang in their ears:

"I've said it many times: don't just pursue strength and destructive power. Before your speed catches up with the enemy, you must pay attention to combat techniques and timing—"

"Remember, combat can also be an art. Unless you have overwhelming strength or speed, brute force is not the way to go. You need to use your brain!"

After saying that, Ling Yi stomped his foot on the ground and said irritably to the four people who were still lying there, enjoying the lingering effects of the "First Soul Skill - Abundant Vitality" nourishing their bodies:

"Alright, get up and keep going!"

"Your Qi and Blood, muscles, and bones, now dispersed and activated by me, are nourished by this ' Abundant Vitality ' active energy. To absorb it to the maximum extent, you must treat yourselves as a metal blank and work with me to forge them from the inside out!"

Hearing this, the four of them slowly sat up, turned their heads left and right, looked at each other, and exchanged glances. Whether it was Zhang Lei or Zhang Mufeng, the three of them suddenly felt like comrades-in-arms in the same trench. They nodded vigorously in unison, got up, and looked at Ling Yi not far away.

The next second.

Various colors of Soul Power shone brightly, and seven yellow rings appeared. Long Yin and Qingqiu Xin, who were possessed by Martial Soul, and Zhang Mufeng and Zhang Lei, who were holding "Mixed Iron Staff" and "Hoe", rushed towards Ling Yi.

Seeing this, Ling Yi spread his right hand, and azure Soul Power appeared. The vine-like "Blue Silver Grass" Martial Soul emerged from his fair palm like a serpent.

Grasp the main stem, which fits perfectly in your hand, and toss it around casually.

"Smack—!"

The long, whip-like vines struck the air with a loud bang.

Ling Yi took the initiative to step forward and meet the four people rushing towards him.

Seventy or eighty meters away, a figure appeared on the top of the front row of shelves in the directions of Zhen (震) and Xun (巽).

The two figures crouched atop the shelves, their eyes, glowing with an eerie light, watching the figures crisscrossing on the black and white stone platform. Their ears, however, were perked up, keeping a close watch on every corner of the warehouse.

An hour later, Ling Yi walked out of the warehouse with a bead of sweat on his forehead. He saw that Ling Shan, Ling Si, and Zhang Miao had stopped cultivating and were drinking water or eating jerky.

Beside them, her mother Zhang Xiaoyu and aunt Ling He, along with several maids, watched.

Stepping forward, he summoned his Martial Soul once more with a thought, and three pale green active energies flew past, landing precisely on Ling Shan and the other two.

Ling Yi waved his hand to retract his Martial Soul into his body, nodded to his mother and aunt who were looking over, and said, "Mom, Aunt, Brother Lei and my three friends are in the warehouse. Their cultivation has consumed a lot of energy. Please arrange for several dozen kilograms of cooked meat, rice, noodles, and soup to be sent in for them."

"Okay~" "Hey~ I'll arrange it right away—"

Zhang Xiaoyu and Ling He responded together.

Ling Yi's smile remained unchanged. He nodded, looked at his three younger siblings who were watching him expectantly, and asked gently, "How was it? Did you get anything?"

"Big brother~" "Big brother~" "Brother Yi ~"

Ling Yi waved his hand, stopping the three children's somewhat disordered words, and chuckled, "Don't rush, one at a time—"

As he spoke, his gaze swept over the three children's expectant faces, finally settling on the youngest, Zhang Miao, and saying, "Miaomiao, you go first—"

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Staring at the computer screen, my mind is blank, and I'm overwhelmed with drowsiness. I really can't stay awake any longer, so the next chapter will be a little later. I should be able to post it before 1 p. m.