An Extra-Long Secret Passage

After making a casual move, Ling Yi stopped paying attention to its subsequent development.

Even if this seemingly casual move could lead to the Miejue of a Soul Beast clan on the Douluo Continent, Ling Yi would not be disturbed in the slightest.

Perhaps some animal rights activists would find Ling Yi's behavior cold-blooded and cruel, but Ling Yi doesn't care.

As a human being, one's perspective should naturally be that of humanity, rather than projecting so-called "love" and "kindness" onto animals.

The term "beast" is both a metaphor for the race and a summary of the other race's habits.

Not to mention, Ling Yi has never considered himself a kind and good person. His persona is just that—a persona—and he'll maintain it for life. Who would dare say that Master Ling isn't a good person?

But no matter what outsiders think, Ling Yi himself has always had a clear understanding of this, and he will not really use the standard of a "good person" to restrain himself just because of some praise and admiration from others.

After starting the garbage cleanup, Ling Yi temporarily put the matter aside, intending to let things play out for a while and wait for the Xue Xing's human-to-human communication system to kick in. At most, if Miejue were to actually occur later, he could designate an area to specifically raise a batch of seeds, ensuring that "Wolf Soul No. I," this golden goose that lays endless golden eggs, would continue to exist.

Next, Ling Yi's focus will not be on the increasingly influential Blacksmith Association, nor on the nascent Green Wood Merchant Association, nor on extending the network he has established in the lower levels of the Heaven Dou Empire to the upper levels.

On the contrary, Ling Yi, who has been staying in Heaven Dou City for nearly a year, is preparing to leave and head to the next plot node.

Of course, before that, Ling Yi had one very, very important thing to deal with.

The Martial Soul "Blue Silver Grass" is about to evolve!

Two days later, Ling Yi, the president of the Green Wood Merchant Association, announced that he would be going into seclusion for several days after gaining some insights into herbal medicine preparation. This news was known to his acquaintances and some interested individuals.

Just when everyone thought Ling Yi was in seclusion in the quiet room of the Chamber of Commerce, Ling Yi had already appeared on the outskirts of the Sunset Forest with Dugu Bo, Yang Shelly, and Ah Yin.

Ling Yi pushed aside a huge rock weighing over 30,000 kilograms, led the three out of the cave, and then, under the strange gazes of the three beside him, pushed the boulder back into place.

"What's wrong?" Ling Yi turned around, looked at Dugu Bo and the other two, and asked innocently.

"You... this... I..." Dugu Bo opened his mouth, raised his hand and pointed back and forth between Ling Yi and the boulder, wanting to say something, but not knowing how to start.

"A stone?" Ling Yi's gaze followed Dugu Bo's finger to the granite slab that was over two meters high and nearly two meters wide and thick.

The irregularly shaped granite was about six cubic meters in size, weighing approximately sixteen or seventeen tons. Dugu Bo Dugu Bo could easily crush it with a single powerful Soul Skill. If he were to unleash his Martial Soul Avatar, revealing the enormous form of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, over twenty meters long, a single flick of its tail would be enough to send it flying.

But if you ask Dugu Bo to move this granite in human form, sorry, you're probably making things difficult for me Ah Bo.

If Dugu Bo was like this, then it goes without saying that Ah Yin and Yang Shelly, who were still at the Soul Ancestor level, were also like this. It is unknown what they thought of, but the two girls' cheeks first turned red, and then turned white at the same time. On their faces, which were very different but equally beautiful, a little scared expression appeared.

Ling Yi?

Ling Yi glanced sideways at the two women whose thoughts were clearly drifting towards something inappropriate, and then explained to Dugu Bo with a smile, "Senior, you misunderstand. Although I've been swinging a forging hammer for many years and consider myself somewhat strong, unlike other Healing System Soul Master who are weak, I'm not... well, capable of moving such a large boulder with one hand."

As he spoke, Ling Yi raised his hand and pointed to the place where the boulder connected to the ground, and continued, "Under this boulder, I have installed several perfectly round rolling stones. It only takes a force of a thousand pounds to move this boulder."

"A thousand pounds?"

Dugu Bo's lips twitched. When he was Soul King, in his normal state, his strength was less than a thousand catties.

It's important to understand that 90% of Soul Master's power comes from their Martial Soul. The combat power before and after Martial Soul Martial Soul possession is essentially two different levels.

Just like in the original novel, when Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong tested the power of the set of Hidden Weapon given to them by Tang San, they were able to block the first round of attacks from the "Silent Sleeve Arrow" and "Zhuge Divine Crossbow" simply by using their own sword energy. However, in the subsequent series of close-range attacks, they still needed to manifest their Martial Soul in order to continue to defend themselves without taking any damage.

Even so, when faced with a close-range "Tight Back Flower Loading Crossbow," which was even more powerful than the "Zhuge Divine Crossbow," he still couldn't escape the deadly poison on the bolt.

Of course, at the level of Chen Xin, ordinary toxins are like dust, and even if they are ingested, they can be easily expelled.

What state of mind is the Chen Xin"?

That's someone who, looking at the entire Douluo I era and excluding the overpowered characters in the main cast, could rank among the top ten human Soul Master!

Among those ranked ahead of Chen Xin, only Tang Chen, Qian Daoliu, and Bo Saixi, all Level 99 beings, dare to claim a sure victory. Bibi Dong is also one, and the Level 98 Golden Crocodile Douluo is roughly stronger. As for the others, whether it's the background character Yu Yuanzhen or the Tang Xiao and Tang Hao brothers, it's hard to say whether they can reliably defeat Chen Xin.

The Sea Dragon Douluo, the Thousand Ton Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo brothers, the Bone Douluo Gu Rong, the Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, the Ghost Douluo Gui Mei... these are generally a step weaker than Sword Douluo Chen Xin.

Even Chen Xin, who has comprehended Sword Intent, relies so heavily on the power of his Martial Soul. Not to mention the other Soul Master on the Douluo Continent, they are all like the template of "internal force warriors" in various martial arts novels. When they have internal force, they can kill all sides. Once they lose their internal force, they are no different from weaklings.

Of course, relatively speaking, Soul Master in their normal state are better than those martial artists who have lost their internal energy. After all, no matter how bad or low-level Douluo is, it is still a fantasy world. I dare not say that it can rival the style of Hong Kong comics like "The Storm Riders" and "The Legend of the Son of Heaven", but it is at least much better than the martial arts worlds of Jin Yong and Gu Long.

Getting back to the main point, while Dugu Bo, Yang Shelly, and Ah Yin were in a daze, Ling Yi led them away from the secret passage and headed straight for "Fog Mountain," which was dozens of miles away.

Thanks to the backwardness of this world in terms of Soul Guidance Technology, and the fact that it has not developed any technology such as barriers, Ling Yi was able to dig out a secret passage hundreds of meters deep and more than a hundred miles long from the ground of ' Heaven Dou City ', leading directly to this ' Sunset Forest '.

If this were a cultivation world, with sect formations and city-protecting formations, Ling Yi wouldn't even consider flying or burrowing underground. In fact, even in the "Ninja Village War World," the ninja villages and larger ninja clan settlements are generally sealed off by barrier spells, so trying to dig a tunnel would be a complete waste of time.

This extremely long underground passage, which runs from the basement of the Green Wood Merchant Association in Heaven Dou City to the belly of an unnamed mountain on the outskirts of Sunset Forest, was dug in just over two months thanks to Ling Yi's immense strength, physical abilities, and the assistance of numerous Storage Soul Tool.

Even so, it's because Ling Yi needs to show his face from time to time to handle some matters.

In addition, there are other materials such as rocks and giant trees that need to be obtained by Ling Yi in a reasonable or unknown way to reinforce this underground passage.

Still writing, will try to release the next chapter before midnight.