Nowhere to Run

Ling Yi was highly focused, constantly on guard against the presence lurking in the shadows.

At the same time, an extremely hidden Soul Power quietly entered the "Ruyi Hundred Treasure Purse" in Ling Yi's arms without being noticed by Ji Ze and the others.

Inside, a body missing its head and fifth limb lies quietly in a thin metal coffin.

Before anyone knew it, Ling Yi secretly held three small, murky, dark yellow crystal balls in his palm.

Ling Yi made up his mind that if things didn't work out, he would throw out the three crystal balls that could create explosions and block a lot of mental energy and aura detection smoke, and use them to switch places and escape unscathed.

Fifteen minutes later.

In a desolate hilly area a hundred miles east of Sena City, Ling Yi and his companions fled in disarray.

The original team of about ten people has now dwindled to seven, including Ling Yi.

Along with the others, Ling Yi, who was also panting heavily, did not forget to summon his vine-like "Blue Silver Grass" Martial Soul. One after another, light green active energy balls landed precisely on Ji Ze and the others, relieving their fatigue and slowly repairing the wounds on their heads, faces, and arms.

Seeing his teammates' still-shaken expressions, Ling Yi couldn't help but show a hint of worry between his brows.

Just now, before they had even walked a hundred meters out of the mountain village, a One-Ring Soul Master was walking at the very back was attacked.

As the sky grew increasingly dark, a grayish-brown vine quietly ensnared and dragged a person away.

Apart from a piercing scream, when Ji Ze and the others turned around, all that remained was a mess of scraggly grass.

Following the trail of the trail, when Ji Ze and the others caught up with their teammate, they were confronted by a Soul Master whose figure was hidden in the shadows.

One white, one yellow, and three purple Soul Ring suddenly appeared, stunning Ji Ze and the others.

The moment the word "run" was uttered, the remaining ten people immediately took off running without hesitation.

As for the teammates they wanted to rescue, just looking at how they were riddled with grayish-brown vines, they knew there was no hope of saving them.

After that, the Soul King hanging behind him followed slowly, like a cat playing with a mouse, only making a move every now and then. He started with the weakest One-Ring Soul Master, and after catching them, he strung them up with his gray-brown vine Martial Soul.

Ling Yi, who took a moment to observe, discovered that in just a dozen breaths, a living person seemed to have all the blood and water drained from their body, turning into a dried corpse, which was then casually tossed aside by the Soul King like trash and smashed into several pieces.

"Martial Soul that sucks blood? Is it the ' Blood-Devouring Vine '? Or the ' Marrow-Sucking Brain Worm '? Or perhaps...?"

Stepping onto a rock, Ling Yi leaped up and strode across more than ten meters, still having time to deduce the data of the Fallen Soul Master chasing behind him.

In Ling Yi's perception, the opponent was strong enough to easily defeat their patrol team, but the opponent was not without weaknesses.

Perhaps because he had already had a "full meal" beforehand, the other person's aura seemed somewhat "bloated".

If Ji Ze and the others can wholeheartedly follow Ling Yi's command, Ling Yi is confident that he can defeat the Soul King behind them without suffering more than half of his casualties.

If Zhang Mufeng, Xiao Yan, and the others were here, there wouldn't even be any casualties.

Even if the opponent underestimates them and is injured by the secret weapons that Ling Yi has secretly prepared, they might be caught off guard and killed by Ling Yi and his men in this desolate wilderness.

pity...

Ling Yi glanced at Ji Ze beside him, who was trying to remain calm but whose eyes betrayed his panic, and shook his head inwardly.

Sometimes, the strength of the enemy is far less frustrating than the weakness of one's own teammates.

Whether it's a team of Soul Master or comrades-in-arms on the battlefield, it often takes a lot of time to get along and to hone their skills through battles before they can become comrades-in-arms who trust each other and can rely on each other for support.

If you can't trust someone to the point of risking their life, you'll be easily found out in battle and then picked off one by one.

This is why in the Soul Master World, many famous teams are often composed of the closest of friends.

Whether it's father and son, brothers, lovers, or husband and wife...

Ji Ze and his ilk...

Let's not talk about it!

However, running like this all the way is not a solution, as there will eventually be a time when one's energy is exhausted.

Thinking of this, a hint of hesitation appeared in Ling Yi's eyes.

If he wanted to run, he only needed to use the pinnacle of the "Flying Over Grass" technique, combined with his powerful physique, and in this complex mountainous terrain, the Soul King behind him might not be able to catch up with him.

Anyway, the people around him, like Ji Ze, definitely couldn't outrun him. With them blocking his way from behind, and with the "Blue Silver Grass" Martial Soul's little trick of concealing his aura, Ling Yi's chances of escaping were as high as 98%.

Can...

Ling Yi focused his mind once more, channeling his spiritual power to sense the figure following him at a leisurely pace, and to discern the subtle emotions conveyed in the gaze cast upon him.

From the initial undisguised malice and killing intent, to the moment Ling Yi first summoned his Martial Soul and used a healing Soul Skill to treat the injuries caused by a casual attack from the opponent when his teammates counterattacked, that killing intent began to subside.

This unexpected turn of events was the main reason why Ling Yi ultimately suppressed his previous plans to "substitute one thing for another" and "shed his skin like a cicada."

"Could it be that there's an unspoken rule like not killing medical personnel on this Douluo Continent?"

With this thought in mind, Ling Yi began to review his previous eighteen years of life, especially his experiences after entering the military of the [Water Wood Duchy] at the age of ten.

Although no one has explicitly stated that Healing System Soul Master cannot be killed, it is indeed rare to directly attack Support System Soul Master when the combat power of the two sides is significantly different.

However, that was due to a huge disparity in strength.

Generally speaking, in team battles between equally matched Soul Master, the support characters usually initiate the attack first.

Thinking about the crude Soul Fighting and combat techniques of the Douluo Continent, and comparing them to their current predicament, Ling Yi had a new guess: 'So, it's because I, as a Healing System Soul Master, am effective against this Soul King?'

Ling Yi never imagined that one day he would receive the same treatment as the protagonist.

Think about it, in the original novel, who provided the greatest opportunity for Tang San to lead his Shrek friends to Shrek?

Isn't that Dugu Bo, the "Poison Douluo" who suffered from severe poisoning?

Language and Divine City can be deceiving, but the gaze from behind, with its subtle emotions that few people, except for Ling Yi who has awakened his spiritual power, can detect, is extremely unlikely to be faked.

If he were to encounter someone with such superb acting skills, whether it was a habit of someone who was a god of acting or someone who was deliberately plotting to kill someone, Ling Yi could only accept his bad luck, break the other person's big tooth, bite off a piece of flesh, and then calmly face all the consequences.

"Call out--"

A whooshing sound rang out, and gray-brown vines, like tentacles of death, stretched out from the increasingly dark night behind them, attacking Ji Ze, the strongest among them.

"Damn it—!"

Feeling the gust of wind coming from behind him, Ji Ze only had time to utter a single curse word before swinging his Martial Soul "Battle Axe" at the vines.

The third purple Soul Ring beneath his feet flashed, illuminating the surrounding wilderness.

At the same time, a figure appeared more than ten meters behind them, and his third purple Soul Ring also lit up.

A series of gleaming axe blades appeared, transforming into a rain of blades that slashed backward. In contrast, grayish-brown vines, resembling venomous pythons, surged and multiplied, forming serpentine balls that met the rain of axe blades.

Third Soul Skill: Axe Blade Storm VS Third Soul Skill: Wild Python Frenzied Dance —!!!

The result was obvious: even though the axe blade was sharp enough to easily cut through the vines, it was gradually outnumbered by the rapidly increasing number of vines due to the Soul King Rank's Soul Power, until it was buried in the wildly flailing vines.

Affected by these vines, both Ji Ze, who was the main target, and Ling Yi and others who were affected, had their running speed affected and had to stop.

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Originally, I planned to rest for two days over the weekend, catch up on the progress I had fallen behind in, and return to my previous routine of updating twice a day at eight o'clock in the morning.

However, things didn't go as planned, and I unfortunately caught a cold. I could only rest and try my best to maintain my previous routine of updating once in the morning and once in the evening.

We can only wait and see next week's episode now.