Teacher Protects You

"Gu You!"

Drawing in her aura, Leng Yaozhu flashed in front of Gu You in an instant. The Tyrannosaurus Rex had merged into his body without the slightest warning. It was utterly unbelievable, and she was truly afraid that this newly accepted disciple of hers had been hurt.

"Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

Faced with Leng Yaozhu's concern, Gu You shook his head. "Teacher, I'm fine."

As he spoke, he even moved his arms and legs. "After the Tyrannosaurus Rex's phantom charged over, it disappeared. It didn't hurt me."

"Carefully sense your body's condition and see if anything feels wrong. After you fuse with the Emerald Swan and leave, I'll use professional instruments to examine you."

Leng Yaozhu knew the Tyrannosaurus Rex could not have vanished for no reason. It was very likely that it had merged into Gu You's body.

As for why the Tyrannosaurus Rex had chosen to merge with him and had not harmed Gu You, she had no way of knowing. After all, no one could fathom the thoughts of soul beasts.

But there were still many strange points about this matter. After they got out, they could investigate them one by one.

"All right, Teacher. Where do we go to find the Emerald Swan? Do we exit the Spirit Ascension Platform and have the staff customize a respawn coordinate?"

Gu You withdrew his martial soul, and the draconic traits on his body faded.

The Tyrannosaurus Rex had charged at him and disappeared, possibly merging into his body. That made his scalp tingle too. Once they got out, an examination was definitely necessary.

Otherwise, leaving some unknown creature inside his body was inexplicably terrifying the more he thought about it.

But the most important thing right now was fusing with a soul spirit.

"No need. The Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform isn't very large. I just need to use my spiritual power to probe the surroundings. I'll find it in a moment."

Leng Yaozhu lightly touched the spot between her brows. In an instant, vast spiritual power spread out into the world, enveloping the entire Star Dou Great Forest within the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform.

What an unimaginable spiritual realm. Could Teacher's spiritual power have already stepped into the Spirit Domain Realm?

With his Spirit Sea Realm level, Gu You could already use spiritual power, but compared to the spiritual power he sensed Leng Yaozhu releasing, his own was like a single drop in the ocean.

And one had to know, this still was not Leng Yaozhu going all out.

If she did go all out, then even if it was not the Spirit Domain Realm, peak Spirit Abyss Realm spiritual power would be enough for all things to answer her will wherever her thoughts reached!

Right, he still had not gotten a clear look at Leng Yaozhu's soul ring configuration earlier. The nine soul rings had only risen for a few seconds before vanishing along with her attack.

Logically speaking, the Leng Yaozhu in the original work at this point was undoubtedly a rank ninety-eight Super Douluo.

But as a transmigrator who had come to this world, changes would always happen in the Douluo world. Leng Yaozhu's strength might even be greater now than in the original work.

"Found it. Come with me."

Leng Yaozhu withdrew her released spiritual power. As her words fell, she grabbed Gu You by the shoulder.

Then Gu You felt as if the flow of time had sped up.

The forest scenery around them was stretched into blurred streaks, and the sound of the wind shrieked past his ears before cutting off abruptly.

His feet landed solidly. The scene before Gu You's eyes had already switched from outside the Hell Demon Dragon's cave to a lake rippling with emerald waves.

Dense life energy washed over them. In the center of the lake, the Emerald Swan was quietly resting.

Sensing that someone had barged in, the Emerald Swan raised its head and looked toward master and disciple.

"Go. The Emerald Swan is a very gentle soul beast. Generally speaking, it won't hurt people. I'll kill anything that blocks you."

Leng Yaozhu said to Gu You.

"Blocks me?"

Gu You was puzzled, but he did not ask further. He had only just taken one step forward.

"Roar!"

A furious roar exploded from the woods not far away.

The bushes by the lake shook violently, and a massive black shadow charged out first. It was a giant bear covered completely in rocky armor, over five meters tall at the shoulder, its pair of scarlet eyes fixed fiercely on Gu You.

A Rock Armor Violent Bear, a ten-thousand-year defensive-type soul beast.

Behind it, densely packed soul beasts surged out of the forest.

There was a Mandala Snake several meters long, coiled on the branches of an ancient tree; a Wind Demon Bird flapping its wings, wind blades swirling around its body; and all kinds of soul beasts of various species, gathered in groups...

They surrounded the lakeshore so tightly that not even water could pass through.

"Ang!"

A purple soul ring rose from beneath his feet. A high-pitched dragon roar rang out. Gu You snorted coldly, raised his dragonized hands, and gathered the power of destruction.

Did they really think he was afraid of these soul beasts?

He definitely could not handle the ten-thousand-year ones, so he would leave them to Teacher. But against thousand-year and hundred-year ones, it was not as if he lacked the strength to fight.

"Don't worry about them. The Emerald Swan's life is one of being protected. Once they inhabit a certain area, the surrounding soul beast groups will spontaneously protect it. That's because the life energy it releases can nourish the entire area's ecosystem, and injured soul beasts will also come to it for treatment."

"Walk forward boldly and fuse with the Emerald Swan. Teacher will protect you."

Gu You seemed to understand the meaning in Leng Yaozhu's words. He smiled, looked toward the Emerald Swan, and sprinted forward with all his strength.

The spiritual link was released at this moment. Whenever he fused with a soul spirit, he first used spiritual power to draw a link with the soul beast, then released his martial soul to fuse with it.

During the linking process, the Emerald Swan showed not the slightest intent to resist. It only let out an anxious cry.

In truth, it was not that they did not want to resist, but that their species simply had no offensive nature.

At the Emerald Swan's cry, the surrounding soul beasts practically boiled over, eyes red as they all charged forward.

"Who gave you the courage?"

Leng Yaozhu had truly had her eyes opened today. Could these soul beasts not tell what her cultivation was? Even if they could not, they should have been able to sense the gap, right?

How dared they bare their breath at her, a Hyper Douluo? The Tyrannosaurus Rex at least had something to it, but this bunch of "small fry" really had no idea they were courting death!

Raising her right hand, Leng Yaozhu lightly flicked her slender index finger.

"Buzz—"

A faint crimson flame sprang from her fingertip, like the flicker of a candle caught by the wind, drifting lightly toward the herd.

"Bang!"

The crimson flame exploded the moment it touched the herd. There were no screams, no struggles, not even ashes left behind. Every soul beast that had charged up, whether it was the ten-thousand-year Rock Armor Violent Bear or a thousand-year soul beast, silently evaporated the instant it came into contact with the fire.

The herd that had been brimming with killing intent a moment ago had turned into nothingness the next.

At the center of the lake, Gu You sat meditating in place, half his body submerged in the water.

The Emerald Swan's body had already become illusory and was in the process of merging.

"Merge with me. I'll take you to the peak of the continent. Rather than spend your whole life in a virtual world, come with me and, in the briefest time, experience everything most dazzling in this world."

Deep within his consciousness, Gu You spoke to the Emerald Swan.

The Emerald Swan had not resisted during the mental link, yet it resisted during the fusion. He tried to persuade it; if persuasion failed, he would force it.

After that speech, he had no idea whether the Emerald Swan had understood, but in any case, Gu You felt its resistance had indeed lessened.

He released his martial soul. In the outside world, the phantom of the Creation Heaven Phoenix condensed behind him, its magnificent wings spreading as life force interwove.

After he released his martial soul, the Emerald Swan's resistance almost vanished, and it quietly merged with his martial soul.