Good to Have You Back
"Shelly ~"
With Ling Yi's soft call, Yang Shelly glanced around with her phoenix eyes. After confirming that there was no danger, she stomped her feet on the ground and flew towards the battlefield like a hawk.
In mid-air, Yang Shelly's Fifth Soul Ring flashed with black light, and the "Soul-Breaking Hooked Scythe Spear," which was over two meters long, was instantly covered with a layer of black dragon flame.
The jet-black dragon flames contrasted sharply with the snow-white jade hands.
Fifth Soul Skill: Break—!!!
Ignoring the intense heat of the black dragon flames, Yang Shelly gripped the gun barrel with her jade-like hand and, with the momentum of descending from the sky, swung her scythe and cleaved straight down.
"Laugh--!"
The sound of a sharp blade slicing through cloth rang out, and a three-thousand-year-old "Iron-Boned Vicious Crocodile" with copper skin and iron bones was cut in half at the waist. Dark red blood instantly flowed onto the ground. Its powerful Life caused the two halves of the "Iron-Boned Vicious Crocodile" to continue to thrash wildly, turning the place into a mess.
This explosive scene left Zhang Ji and his nephew Woma, who were swinging sticks and smashing things in the center of the battlefield, completely stunned.
They were both surprised by Yang Shelly's sudden attack and shocked by the strength of her strike.
Yang Shelly didn't linger. After a successful attack, the five Soul Ring swirling around her lit up one after another like a revolving lantern. Her "Soul-Breaking Hooked Scythe Spear" danced wildly like the wind, reaping "Iron-Boned Vicious Crocodile" on the battlefield, completely ignoring the copper-skinned iron bones that even Woma, the Soul Emperor, found so troublesome.
The formidable attack power of the [Breaking Clan] is displayed to its fullest extent!
In a short time, the number of "Iron-Boned Vicious Crocodile" killed by Yang Shelly had almost caught up with the previous results of Zhang Ji and Woma. The leader of the "Iron-Boned Vicious Crocodile" hiding in the shadows finally could not hold back and launched a surprise attack on Yang Shelly, mixed in with several of its own kind.
Zhang Ji, who had been searching for this ten-thousand-year-old leader, noticed the sudden attack immediately. His expression tightened, and he shouted, "Watch out—!"
With a shout, he swung his Martial Soul "Wuji Staff" and charged towards Yang Shelly.
Unfortunately, the two sides were more than ten zhang apart, and there were quite a few "Iron-Boned Vicious Crocodile" blocking the way, so Zhang Ji's reinforcements were obviously too late.
However, although Yang Shelly is currently only a Soul King, her powerful combat intuition is comparable to Zhang Ji's mental perception as a Soul Douluo, and even slightly superior!
All five Soul Ring around him lit up, and the black light on the "Soul-Breaking Hooked Scythe Spear" shone brightly. The pitch-black dragon flames even faintly condensed into a dragon shape, coiling around the spear and scythe blade.
A bloody stench swept over her. Yang Shelly stared at the gaping maw so close to her eyes. Her pretty face remained calm, as still as a deep well. But she unleashed her "Soul-Breaking Hooked Scythe Spear" with a fierce attack. The scythe blade slashed diagonally upwards from below!
"Laugh--!"
The incomparably sharp scythe sliced open the upper jaw of the "Iron-Boned Vicious Crocodile" leader, and the powerful attack force transformed into a violent force, sending this ferocious Soul Beast, weighing several tons, flying into the air.
"Roar--!"
While still in mid-air, the leader of the "Iron-Boned Vicious Crocodile" let out a shrill wail, and large amounts of dark red blood splattered from its gaping maw.
"Holy crap—!"
Having just smashed away several thousand-year-old "Iron-Boned Vicious Crocodile," Zhang Ji, who had taken several meters, subconsciously stopped and blurted out two words.
At this moment, he recalled the scene a few days ago when Yang Shelly single-handedly defeated the "One-Horned Flame Dragon Beast".
However, Yang Shelly also went through a tough battle and finally won with great difficulty, which was a Pyrrhic victory.
At this moment, facing a 13,000-year-old "Iron-Boned Vicious Crocodile" leader, he so easily neutralized the opponent's surprise attack, and even turned the tables and injured the opponent by attacking in defense. The effect was extremely outstanding!
"Spring Breeze and Transforming Rain and Sweet Rain Descends from Heaven!"
Just then, a familiar voice rang out from outside the battlefield, pulling Zhang Ji's slightly distracted attention back to reality.
Before Zhang Ji could pursue the "Iron-Boned Vicious Crocodile" leader, who had finally emerged but was met with a fierce attack by Yang Shelly, it suddenly started to rain.
Amazingly, the rain was a pale green color and precisely avoided the "Iron-Boned Vicious Crocodile" in the arena, only raining on myself, Yang Shelly, and my nephew Woma.
As the cool, refreshing rain drenched them, Zhang Ji and Woma instantly felt the fatigue from their continuous battle vanish. Their muscles, bones, and fascia, as well as their Soul Power Soul Power channels that were circulating at high speed, all experienced a significant recovery. Even their Soul Power seemed to be recovering somewhat.
"Ling Yi —??!!"
Zhang Ji looked in the direction from which the sound had come, and seeing that familiar handsome face and increasingly tall figure, he completely forgot to continue attacking the "Iron-Boned Vicious Crocodile" leader.
This gave the heavily injured "Iron-Boned Vicious Crocodile" leader a Sisi respite. Relying on its back armor, which was several times tougher than refined steel, it endured another slash from Yang Shelly. With the pain in its body and mouth, it fled without looking back, completely ignoring the thousand-year-old and hundred-year-old descendants of its kind who were still fighting on the scene.
With their leader fleeing, the morale of the surrounding "Iron-Boned Vicious Crocodile" immediately collapsed, their fighting spirit plummeted, and they lost all their previous fearlessness. They no longer cared about continuing the siege and turned to run away.
Faced with the fleeing "Iron-Boned Vicious Crocodile" pack, neither Yang Shelly nor Zhang Ji and his nephew Woma chose to pursue them.
Zhang Ji stared at Ling Yi, who was approaching step by step, looking as if he had seen a ghost.
"Ling... Ling Yi? Is it really... you?"
"Hehe~"
Ling Yi held his Martial Soul "Azure Wood Blue Silver King" in his right palm, a slight smile playing on his lips. He chuckled and said, "What, it's only been a few days, Senior Zhang, you don't recognize me anymore?"
"..." Zhang Ji opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
I wanted to ask how Ling Yi escaped from the clutches of the Forest King, "Titan Giant Ape," but everyone in this world has their own secrets. Asking would be fine if Ling Yi didn't want to answer, or if he made up an answer to fob me off, it would ruin the otherwise good atmosphere between us.
After a few moments of silence, Zhang Ji looked again at Yang Shelly, who had walked up to Ling Yi and stood beside him, looking heroic and holding the "Soul-Breaking Hooked Scythe Spear," and said to the two of them:
"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back..."
It was more than just good. Looking at the identical Soul Ring on Yang Shelly and Ling Yi's feet—two yellow, two purple, and one black, the perfect combination— Zhang Ji felt as if he were in a dream.
If this wasn't a dream, how did Ling Yi, who was clearly kidnapped by the Forest King "Titan Giant Ape," return unharmed? And even break through to the Soul King and obtain a ten- Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring!
Yang Shelly was the same. Just a few days ago, she looked terrible and seriously injured. Logically speaking, if she had absorbed the Soul Ring of the ten-thousand-year-old "One-Horned Flame Dragon Beast" in that state, she would probably have been overwhelmed by the violent Soul Power. But now she looked perfectly fine. Not only did she successfully break through to the Soul King realm, but her strength also increased by leaps and bounds.
Still writing, next chapter before midnight~