Chapter 33: Farewell, then!

Lin Ye's figure nearly stretched into an icy-white afterimage as he hurtled straight toward the Elephant Armor Sect Elder who had just put away the Glazed Vine Heart.

Whoosh—

The Elephant Armor Sect Elder felt a fierce gust descend abruptly from overhead.

Decades of combat experience prompted him not to look up, but to instinctively summon his soul power to defend himself.

However...

Before he could raise his protective soul power, a sharp pain shot through his wrist.

It was Lin Ye!

Flying at high speed, he had slashed open the Elephant Armor Sect Elder's wrist with his wing blade.

That single strike was all it took.

The Elephant Armor Sect Elder's hand instinctively loosened.

Seizing the opening, Lin Ye instantly snatched the Storage Soul Tool from his hand.

The next instant.

He planted his toes on the Elephant Armor Sect Elder's shoulder and pushed off, soaring skyward again.

With just one beat of his wings.

He was already a hundred meters in the air.

"See ya, suckers!"

Lin Ye flapped his wings and sped out of the valley.

Fast!

Too fast!

The entire exchange had happened in a flash of lightning.

By the time the Elephant Armor Sect members reacted, Lin Ye was already airborne.

"Who is that?"

"No idea!"

"I didn't get a clear look at his face."

"Where's the stuff?"

"Where's my stuff?"

"That bastard stole the Glazed Vine!"

"After him!"

How the hell were they supposed to chase him?

Everyone knew...

Only three kinds of people could fly on the Douluo Continent: Soul Masters with flying martial souls, those with flying soul skills, and Titled Douluos.

Obviously.

The Elephant Armor Sect members belonged to none of those three groups.

But!

An eighty-thousand-year Glazed Vine they had only just obtained had been snatched away by some stranger of unknown origins. The Elephant Armor Sect members clearly refused to accept it.

They used their sect's secret technique—Meatball Impact.

Five Elephant Armor Sect disciples abruptly crouched, their legs planted in the earth like stakes, their backs pressed together and arms interlocked. In an instant, they formed the frame of an enormous slingshot with their flesh and blood.

Then they entwined their soul power to form its elastic cords.

Finally!

The Elephant Armor Sect Elder served as the projectile and was launched with tremendous force.

The Elephant Armor Sect members' plan was simple and lovely.

They intended to send their Elder into the air, then have him drag Lin Ye back down.

But...

Once launched, their meatball had no way to control his flight path.

With just one nimble turn, Lin Ye dodged the Elephant Armor Sect's attack.

The next second.

He dove again, skimmed close to the ground, picked up Shui Bing'er, and swiftly left the forest.

"You really pulled it off!"

Shui Bing'er was dumbstruck.

Lin Ye had actually snatched the Glazed Vine from a Soul Douluo and ten Soul Saints without spilling a drop of blood.

And they had been utterly powerless to stop him.

She no longer knew what to say beyond expressing her admiration.

"Hahaha—"

Lin Ye's laughter echoed above the Frozen Forest.

Those Elephant Armor Sect fellows truly had no answer whatsoever to a flying skill.

He had already flown five kilometers away, while those fat-headed, big-eared fellows were still floundering in the valley.

Half an hour later.

Lin Ye landed with Shui Bing'er on an open patch of snow.

Before they could even catch their breath.

Several figures charged out from the side.

It was Wang Laoba!

However...

His group was clearly nowhere near as large as it had been at the start.

Including Wang Laoba, only four people remained in the entire group.

"Young fellow."

"I really couldn't tell."

"To think you'd have such a high cultivation at your age."

From the moment he met Wang Laoba, Lin Ye had felt uncomfortable all over, though he had been unable to pinpoint why at the time.

Hmm...

Now he understood.

Hypocrisy!

This fellow wore a mask of false kindness.

"Boss."

"Why waste words on him?"

"Let's join forces, slaughter him, and take the Glazed Vine. We can bring the girl beside him back with us while we're at it."

"Do we really need to gang up on some green kid?"

"Still..."

"I agree about taking the girl back."

"..."

Unlike Wang Laoba, his three underlings made no pretense of kindness.

They had already revealed their vicious faces, their eyes brimming with greed and lust.

"Kid."

"Wondering how we found you?"

"Because my martial soul is a Hyena!"

"I can smell you from several kilometers away."

"We've also got a Soul Master with a Snow Falcon martial soul in our group."

"I'm telling you this so you know we won't let you fly away. Since you shared half a Cold Jade Eagle with us that night, surrender quietly, and we'll give you a quick death."

"..."

Wang Laoba dropped his mask of false kindness as well.

Their gazes were cold and ruthless.

They were ready to attack Lin Ye and Shui Bing'er at any moment.

"Lin Ye?"

Shui Bing'er turned her gaze to Lin Ye as well.

She could hardly wait.

With just one word from Lin Ye, she would make these bastards pay for insulting her.

"You could have lived. Now you have only your rotten luck to blame."

With that.

Lin Ye's gaze abruptly sharpened.

Soul power surged out of him like a freezing tide bursting through a dam.

Frost-white patterns spread wildly from beneath his feet, covering the entire icy surface in an instant.

The freezing air swept upward!

The phantom of a Mystic Ice True Dragon, several meters long, circled around Lin Ye. At the same time, six Soul Rings slowly emerged beneath his feet.

Yellow, purple, purple, black, black, red!

"Hiss—"

In that instant.

Wang Laoba and the others' pupils sharply contracted.

Frigid air rushed into their nostrils.

"R-red?!"

"A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring!"

All four were stunned.

They had never imagined that Lin Ye would actually possess a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

How could anyone get their hands on a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring upon becoming a Soul Emperor?

Could it have been a sacrifice?

"It really is a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring."

"Hahaha—"

"This kid must have a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, too."

"Kill him!"

"And the Soul Bone will be ours."

The moment those words rang out.

The other three were instantly fired up.

At that moment.

Compared with what lay before them, that eighty-thousand-year Glazed Vine wasn't worth a damn.

Greed twisted people beyond recognition.

Upon learning that Lin Ye might possess a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, these fellows thought only of snatching it, never considering whether they could defeat him.

Of course.

From their perspective, they absolutely could.

Because all four of them were genuine Soul Emperors.

"Kill!"

There was no telling who lost patience first.

In an instant.

All four sprang into action at once.

Six differently colored Soul Rings abruptly lit up beneath each of their feet. Their soul power swept outward like a raging tide, shaking the frost covering the ground into a flurry that scattered in every direction.

At that moment.

Only greed remained in their eyes.

And it was that very greed that drove them to lunge at Lin Ye from different directions.

"Third soul skill—Repelling Ice Ring!"

An icy-blue ring of light suddenly burst outward with Shui Bing'er at its center.

Although she currently had only the strength of a Soul King.

Still...

The instant that icy-blue halo expanded outward, the four Soul Emperors learned what an irresistible repulsive force truly meant.

They were forcibly hurled several meters away.

With a single skill, Shui Bing'er instantly thwarted the attacks of four Soul Emperors.