Your Husband Is Way Too Ridiculous!

The next day.

Lin Ye told the Shui Family that he had broken through to Soul King.

Well...

He could have asked a teacher at Heaven Dou Royal Academy to help him hunt down a suitable Soul Ring.

He had gone to the Shui Family instead because he wanted to see whether they would honor their promise, and whether they could help him obtain his future Soul Rings.

"You're... a Soul King?!"

The Shui Family was stunned by the news.

In just one night,

Lin Ye had leaped from level forty-eight to Soul King.

It was unbelievable.

The Shui Family elders knew those three Ice-Type Herbs could not have caused such a leap.

Lin Ye's potential far exceeded what they had seen so far.

"Good!"

"Wonderful!"

"I'll send people to take you to the Frozen Forest today and hunt down a Soul Ring."

Shui Tianhan, head of the Shui Family and Shui Bing'er's father, could no longer contain his joy.

The more this father-in-law looked at his son-in-law, the more he liked him!

This time,

the Shui Family had chosen well!

An eighteen-year-old Soul King had a boundless future.

If one of his descendants inherited the position of family head, the Shui Family would surely rise into the ranks of the foremost sects.

"Father... I... I've advanced to Soul Ancestor too."

Shui Bing'er was just as astonished that Lin Ye had broken through to Soul King overnight.

But...

she had good news of her own.

Last night,

she had broken through the level forty Level Barrier in one stroke while meditating.

"Wonderful!"

"That's the boost Dual Cultivation brings."

"Wasn't this old woman right?"

"Joy of Harmony between Lin Ye and Bing'er can speed up both their cultivation."

"..."

Shui Bing'er's brows drew tight.

Couldn't Grandma listen to herself? What kind of thing was that to say in front of everyone?

What did she mean, a boost from Joy of Harmony?

She and Lin Ye had been ten thousand miles apart last night.

Her breakthrough to Soul Ancestor was the reward for meditating and cultivating diligently every day.

It was hard work and sweat!

Of course,

she did not dare say any of that aloud.

In the family's eyes, she and Lin Ye had already enjoyed Joy of Harmony last night.

"Hahaha—"

"What a double blessing today."

"Our Shui Family has gained another Soul Ancestor and a Soul King."

"..."

Shui Tianhan immediately gave the order.

He sent a team of Soul Masters to hunt Soul Rings for Lin Ye and Shui Bing'er.

Half an hour later.

The group set off for the Frozen Forest in a mighty procession.

The Soul Master team was led by a Soul Emperor and included ten Soul Kings and ten Soul Ancestors.

Besides...

Shui Yue'er had forced her way into the group.

She sidled up to Shui Bing'er with a teasing look and whispered, "Last night... was it good?"

"If you want to come along, keep your mouth shut from now on."

"Otherwise..."

"I'll beat you all the way back!"

Shui Bing'er shot Shui Yue'er a furious glare.

Good, my ass!

Nothing had happened between her and Lin Ye last night.

"Tsk, tsk—"

"Having a husband at your back sure makes you bold."

"I'm so jealous!"

"You'd barely come of age before you got married."

"Where's my destined man?"

"When will the family hold a grand wedding for me?"

Shui Yue'er had already darted away before she finished speaking.

She knew that if she was even a second slower, Shui Bing'er's fist would come down on her.

A moment later,

she sidled back with a grin.

"Your husband's already a Soul King."

"Feeling the pressure?"

"You'd better work hard at cultivating from now on. Don't let the gap between you grow so wide that Lin Ye divorces you."

Shui Bing'er's face turned grave.

If Lin Ye really divorced her one day, she feared she would never be able to hold her head high again.

So she had to cultivate hard.

She hoped that one day she could defeat Lin Ye.

No one spoke on the way.

The group reached the Frozen Forest at dawn the next day.

The Frozen Forest was the main training ground where ice-type Soul Masters hunted for Soul Rings and gathered cold-aspected medicinal herbs.

After half a day of combing the area...

the team finally found a five-thousand-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion amid a vast expanse of ice and snow.

Ice Jade Scorpions were top-tier ice-type Soul Beasts, and their Soul Rings were T0 quality.

It would be perfect as Shui Bing'er's fourth Soul Ring.

But...

the Soul Emperor and the middle-aged members of the team had no intention of stepping in to hunt it.

That was an unwritten rule of the Douluo Continent.

When most families hunted Soul Beasts, they usually sent their younger members in first.

It was a rare chance to gain experience!

Only when the youngsters could not handle it would the old hands step in for the kill.

At that moment,

Lin Ye stepped forward...

His eyes suddenly turned ice-blue, and Soul Power surged from his body like a shattering glacier.

The phantom of a crystal-clear Ice Dragon burst through the air.

It raised its head and gave a low cry, its scales reflecting a deep-blue chill in the sunlight.

At the same time,

four Soul Rings—yellow, purple, purple, and black—orbiting him like stars.

Lin Ye let out a low shout.

The outermost black Soul Ring abruptly expanded.

Fourth Soul Skill—Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword!

Ice-crystal Soul Power gathered between his hands, forming a sword of dark ice at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The sword was five feet long.

Fine dragon-scale patterns covered it from end to end.

Its hilt took the shape of a savage dragon head roaring at the sky.

This was no ordinary sword of condensed Soul Power. It held the power of his awakened Ice Dragon King Bloodline.

Shui Bing'er frowned slightly at the sight of the Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword.

She had lost to that very sword in the academy exchange competition, which had led to her wedding with Lin Ye.

While she was lost in thought...

Lin Ye had already sent the Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword shooting forward with his mental power.

The Ice Jade Scorpion sensed danger and instinctively tried to dodge.

Yet...

the pressure of the Ice Dragon King Bloodline within the sword's aura drastically slowed it.

"Screech—"

With no other choice, the Ice Jade Scorpion raised its pincers to meet the attack head-on.

But...

the sharp pincers that had carried it through the Frozen Forest might as well have been paper before the Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword.

The instant they met,

the pincers were sliced off like melons under a knife.

The Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword did not slow in the slightest. In the next instant, it pierced straight through the Ice Jade Scorpion's body.

The Ice Jade Scorpion lay twitching on the ground, barely clinging to life.

"Hiss..."

"One hit?!"

"How... how is that possible?"

"It's true!"

"I'd heard Lin Ye absorbed Soul Rings above his level before. Today I've finally seen what he can do."

Everyone sucked in a cold breath of astonishment.

A five-thousand-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion matched a human Five-Ring Soul King in strength.

They had all expected Lin Ye to fight it for dozens of exchanges before losing. None had imagined he would take it down in one strike.

After all,

it would take at least five Soul Ancestors to deal with an Ice Jade Scorpion of that age.

"Your husband is way too ridiculous!"

Shui Bing'er nodded without thinking.

She was no longer hung up on whether Lin Ye was her husband.

It really was staggering!

When she had last faced Lin Ye in Soul Fighting, he had been nowhere near this strong.

In just a few days...

Lin Ye's strength had doubled.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—"

After drawing the Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword back into his palm, Lin Ye swung it twice more.

That felt amazing!

Since his Ice Dragon King Bloodline had awakened, his Soul Skills had received an epic boost too.

Now all he needed was a Thunder Great Grass, and he could kill any Soul Beast under ten thousand years old in one strike.