Displaying Strength, Searching for a Soul Beast (Please Recommend, Please Bookmark!)

"Leaving?"

In the dense Soul Hunting Forest, upon hearing Lin Ye's words, Grandmaster turned to look at him, his brows tightly furrowed.

Beside him, Tang San also frowned deeply as he looked at Lin Ye, his heart filled with confusion and incomprehension.

"Yes."

Lin Ye nodded, confirming it.

"Lin Ye, I know you want to choose your own soul ring and don't want us interfering, but soul beasts aren't so easy to hunt. Even if you've defeated a soul master before, soul masters are nothing special. This is the Soul Hunting Forest, filled with all manner of ferocious hundred-year soul beasts. Even a Soul Grandmaster could easily die in this forest if they didn't understand it. You mustn't act rashly!"

Grandmaster clearly disagreed with Lin Ye's decision to leave and could not help speaking in a grave voice.

"Grandmaster, I'm not acting rashly. I decided this yesterday."

Lin Ye shook his head.

"This isn't a matter of whether you've thought it through. It's extremely dangerous!"

Grandmaster shook his head, still speaking with great seriousness.

"Grandmaster, don't worry. I can protect myself!"

Lin Ye still shook his head in refusal.

"You can protect yourself? Lin Ye! I've already told you, even if you defeated a soul master, he was only someone who had just recently advanced to soul master, and his martial soul was quite ordinary. He was nothing in the world of soul masters."

"This is the Soul Hunting Forest. Ten-year soul beasts travel in packs everywhere, hundred-year soul beasts are common, and even thousand-year soul beasts exist here. Soul masters can barely take a step in this place. Unless one is a powerful Soul Elder, even staying alive in the Soul Hunting Forest is difficult!"

Grandmaster was becoming somewhat angry and could not help rebuking him.

"Soul Elder?"

Hearing Grandmaster's words, a faint smile appeared at the corner of Lin Ye's lips.

If only Soul Ancestors could survive in this Soul Hunting Forest, Lin Ye might have been a little worried.

But Soul Elders? After three months of cultivation in Holy Soul Village, whether in strength or speed, Lin Ye was now no weaker than a Soul Elder.

And if he used the Xuanyuan Sword to unleash the Nine Swords of Dugu, even ordinary Soul Elders would not be his match. This level of strength was already enough!

"Grandmaster, how much of my strength do you think I used in the cafeteria?"

Looking at the slightly angered Grandmaster, Lin Ye did not get angry.

He knew that Grandmaster was worried about him. But his strength was far from as weak as Grandmaster imagined. Perhaps he was even stronger than Grandmaster! "How much strength did you use in the cafeteria? Don't tell me you didn't even use your full strength back then?"

Hearing Lin Ye's words, Grandmaster could not help feeling uncertain and suspicious.

"Heh."

Lin Ye smiled faintly without answering. Instead, before Grandmaster's eyes, he walked toward a large tree thick enough to require both arms to encircle it and stopped in front of it.

"What is he doing?"

Seeing Lin Ye's actions, both Grandmaster and Tang San furrowed their brows in confusion.

"Hoo..."

Standing before the tree, Lin Ye suddenly took a deep breath, gathering all the Nine Yang True Qi in his body into his right hand. At the same time, he adjusted his breathing and concentrated all his strength into that hand as well.

"Ha!"

With a loud shout, Lin Ye fiercely swung his right fist at the tree before him.

His seemingly small fist gave off a faint golden glow under the enhancement of the Nine Yang True Qi. Amid a whistling sound as it tore through the air, it smashed heavily into the thick tree.

Bang!

With a dull thud, the tree was snapped in half by Lin Ye's single punch.

Amid a teeth-grinding crack, the trunk rapidly split apart, and the entire tree toppled backward before crashing heavily onto the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"How is that possible?!"

Seeing the scene before them, both Grandmaster and Tang San were instantly stunned.

A tree thick enough to require both arms to encircle had actually been broken by a single punch!

For such a thick tree, even using an axe, one would probably need to chop at it for quite some time to bring it down. How could someone possibly break it in half with one punch? That punch had to have carried over two thousand jin of force. Even a soul master possessed by a top-tier Beast Martial Soul could not possibly have such strength. It would likely require a Soul Elder!

"A Soul Elder?!"

As he suddenly looked at Lin Ye, Grandmaster's eyes were filled with disbelief.

This child, who was not even a soul master yet, had already reached the level of a Soul Elder in terms of strength.

Just how powerful was that hidden second martial soul?!

"Grandmaster, can I go alone now?"

Under Grandmaster's shocked gaze, Lin Ye slowly turned around and spoke calmly.

"...You can."

Grandmaster opened his mouth, but in the end, he silently nodded.

"Then goodbye, Grandmaster. Goodbye, Tang San!"

With permission granted, Lin Ye looked at the endless expanse of dense forest before him, waved to Grandmaster and Tang San, then casually picked a direction and sprinted away. Before long, he vanished from their sight.

Watching Lin Ye's retreating figure, both Grandmaster and Tang San felt a complicated mix of emotions.

They were both possessors of Twin Martial Souls, yet compared to Tang San, Lin Ye was simply in a league of his own! Was this what it meant to be a monster?!...

After leaving Grandmaster and Tang San's line of sight, Lin Ye took a deep breath as he looked at the dense forest ahead. He unleashed the Phoenix Dance Six Illusions movement technique, leaped into the air, and landed atop the crown of a towering tree. He then began darting swiftly from one giant tree to another.

Standing at the treetops, Lin Ye could clearly see far into the surrounding distance.

With a swipe over the jade pendant at his waist, Lin Ye took out an iron sword forged in imitation of the Xuanyuan Sword and strapped it to his back. As he traveled, he continuously scanned his surroundings in search of a suitable soul beast.

Because of the letter his father had left behind, for his first soul ring, Lin Ye only intended to add a soul ring to his Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia Martial Soul.

As for soul rings suited to the Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia Martial Soul, after reading the Complete Guide to Soul Beasts left by his father and the notes given to him by Grandmaster, Lin Ye had already formed a rough plan.

As a support-type martial soul, the Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia Martial Soul would naturally be developed toward becoming a Support System Soul Master. Broadly speaking, Support System Soul Masters fell into only two categories: those who applied status effects, and those who restored status effects.

Status effects could generally be divided into two kinds: debuffs applied to enemies, and buffs applied to allies. This was a universal choice for all Support System Soul Masters.

However, because the Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia already possessed restorative abilities, Lin Ye first ruled out the second type of restorative soul ring for the Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia Martial Soul.

Therefore, Lin Ye had only one choice: soul rings that applied status effects. And there were plenty of options for obtaining such soul rings! If he wanted to boost strength, he could hunt soul beasts that specialized in strength and absorb their soul rings; if he wanted to boost speed, he could hunt soul beasts that specialized in speed and absorb their soul rings; if he wanted to boost attack power, he could hunt soul beasts with powerful attacks and absorb their soul rings...

In short, whatever type of soul ring he wanted, he simply needed to hunt the corresponding type of soul beast!

As for the various types of soul beasts, both the Complete Guide to Soul Beasts left by his father and Grandmaster's notes had them clearly marked.

Lin Ye only needed to make his choices according to the books.