I Pick Up Fragments in Douluo Continent

Lu Feng looked closely and saw a mass of purple slime on the Steel Armor Ape's body. The slime had firmly stuck the Steel Armor Ape to the ground, and it could not get back up no matter how it struggled.

The Steel Armor Ape kept wiping at the slime on its body with its hands, while its Soul Power barrier had completely vanished.

"This skill's got some bite. Not only can it attack, it even counts as half a control-type soul skill!" Lu Feng casually glanced at Gulas.

"Second Soul Skill: Myriad Arrows!"

The instant the Steel Armor Ape was blasted away, Aixie made her move.

She drew her bow and nocked an arrow.

Soul Power gathered around the ice bow, forming arrow after arrow. A blue spiritual aura coiled around the ice bow as it flowed endlessly, like a living dragon.

"Whoosh!"

The arrows flew out. There were only seven arrowheads at first, but they kept splitting during flight.

Fourteen.

Twenty-one.

Twenty-eight.

In the end, a total of forty-nine arrows pierced the Steel Armor Ape's body, spraying blood everywhere.

"Roar~"

The Steel Armor Ape let out a miserable howl. Dozens of arrows pierced through its palms, nailing it viciously to the ground.

"Swish!"

Man Sandao raised his blade and brought it down, severing the Steel Armor Ape's head and ending its suffering.

Blood gushed from the Steel Armor Ape's neck, staining a large patch of grass red. A purple soul ring slowly rose into the air, dazzling and beautiful.

"Swish, swish." Man Sandao dug out the Steel Armor Ape's heart and stuffed it into a snakeskin sack. Then he slung the sack over his shoulder and quickly returned to the group.

Lu Feng looked at the ape's corpse in the distance and sighed. However, he soon had no time to mourn the Steel Armor Ape.

Picked up White Attribute Point: Defense Fragment ×1

Picked up Yellow Attribute Point: Vitality Fragment ×1

White Attribute Point: Defense (10/10) (Can be synthesized)

Yellow Attribute Point: Vitality (10/10) (Can be synthesized)

"Mm, smells great!"

The group continued exploring and soon arrived at a valley.

This place lay at the boundary between the outer forest and the mixed zone. They occasionally encountered thousand-year soul beasts.

Along the way, the group rarely made a move. Even when they encountered soul beasts that attacked first, they merely drove them away.

"Stop. Rest where you are."

At the entrance to the valley, Aixie directed the group to set up camp on the spot.

They maintained their marching formation. Man Sandao and Gulas sat on the ground, one in front and one behind. Ya Li jumped onto a large boulder and kept watch over the surroundings. The three formed a triangle, protecting the archer and the support.

Aixie took out a piece of dried rations from her pack and handed it to Lu Feng. "Brother Tang Er, have something to fill your stomach first."

Lu Feng took the jerky and sniffed it. "Eh, this is actually made from Soft Bone Rabbit."

"Brother Tang Er has a good eye to recognize it at a glance," Aixie praised him lightly.

"Not at all. Sister, you're the one who's shown me what a professional team really is on this journey!" Lu Feng took a bite of the jerky and chewed heartily.

Along the way, the team members had worked together seamlessly, advancing and retreating in perfect order. Most importantly, they had kept both their stamina and Soul Power above three-quarters the entire time.

Aixie's command, in particular, stood out.

Several times, when the group had nearly wandered into the territory of thousand-year soul beasts, Aixie had always noticed in time and led them around it.

Whenever a team member showed even the slightest sign of slackening, she could detect it early and arrange for the group to rest.

"The boss graduated from Blue Tyrant Academy. She's not like us amateurs," Gulas said with a hearty laugh.

"So it's the legendary Blue Tyrant Academy. Graduating from there can't have been easy." Lu Feng put on a surprised expression.

Unexpectedly, Aixie frowned slightly. "That's all in the past. There's nothing worth mentioning."

"Everyone rest for ten minutes, then we move out!"

After saying that, Aixie fell silent and quietly ate the rations in her hand.

Lu Feng keenly noticed that when Gulas mentioned Blue Tyrant Academy, a trace of gloom flashed through Aixie's eyes. She had probably remembered something painful.

Before long, the group finished resting and continued deeper into the valley.

The peaks on either side soared into the clouds, while lush trees covered the foothills. The towering trees were twenty to thirty meters tall. A massive lake lay in the middle of the valley. Lu Feng gazed toward the opposite shore, but could only make out the blurry silhouettes of several soul beasts.

"According to the information we bought, there's a Scaled Beast pack in this valley. Stay alert and search carefully."

"Yes, boss."

The group spread out to search. Man Sandao and Gulas headed toward the lakeshore, while Ya Li walked alone into the forest. Lu Feng stayed close behind Aixie, doing his duty as support.

Though the group split up, they remained within range to support one another.

Not long after, Ya Li was the first to find a target.

"First Soul Skill: Steel Slash!"

"Second Soul Skill: Step Forward Slash!"

Chapter 41: Trouble Has Arrived

When the others arrived, they saw Ya Li locked in battle with three crocodile-like soul beasts.

"They're Scaled Beasts! And the largest one is just about fourteen hundred years old!" Man Sandao cried out.

"Fatty, your soul ring is settled!"

The three soul beasts consisted of one large and two small ones. The biggest was around two meters long. Its thick limbs were like barrels, and its entire body was covered in a layer of black plate armor that looked extremely tough.

Aixie said solemnly, "Scaled Beasts possess immense strength and astonishing defense. They excel at close-quarters combat. Brother Tang Er, support Ya Li and hold back the big one. We'll kill the two smaller ones first, then come help you."

"Remember, don't fight it head-on. Just keep it occupied!"

"Got it, boss!" Lu Feng replied gravely.

"Nine heavens' mysterious lightning, transform into divine—"

"Wrong one."

"Five Named Colors: first, strength; second, attack!"

A small five-colored flower grew from Lu Feng's palm. A green and a red ray of light shot from its petals and entered Ya Li's body.

Ya Li's body suddenly trembled, and his eyes immediately sharpened.

On the other side, the other three also sprang into action.

"Second Soul Skill: Drunken Frenzy!"

Gulas's second soul ring flashed, and the wine barrel in his hand turned dark red. He raised it and took a huge gulp, while his body rapidly turned dark red as well.

"You little brat, take a barrel from your grandpa!"

Gulas swung his wine barrel and intercepted a four-hundred-year Scaled Beast.

"First Soul Skill: Whirlwind Slash!"

Man Sandao acted decisively as well, engaging the other Scaled Beast, which was over six hundred years old.

With Lu Feng's support, Ya Li wielded his Gale Sword in an impenetrable blur, every strike as swift as lightning.

As he fought, he kept babbling nonstop:

"The road is long; only my sword keeps me company."

"Though I wander Tian Ya, I have never lost my true heart."

"Hasagi, hasagi, hasagii! Face the gale! Sorye ge ton!"

At that moment, Aixie tugged on Lu Feng's sleeve and asked quietly, "Brother Tang Er, was I like that after your soul skill enhanced me?"

After Lu Feng enhanced her, Aixie had only felt heat coursing through her body, as though she possessed endless strength. Once the soul skill ended, however, her head had felt muddled, like she was drunk.

As for what had happened in between, she could not remember clearly.

In Aixie's memories, Ya Li had always been quiet and taciturn. Now, with his crazed appearance and those embarrassingly melodramatic lines...

Uh.

Aixie did not dare imagine how awkward it would have been if she had acted like that.

"Mm."

Lu Feng pondered for a moment before saying, "Not really. You were very natural, very bold. You looked like a true heroine among women."

"Whew, that's good." Aixie let out a long sigh of relief and patted her chest.

Then Aixie's gaze sharpened, and her aura instantly turned icy.

"First Soul Skill: Sharpshooter Focus!"

A faint blue light surfaced over her eyes. She nocked an arrow and drew her bow.

An arrow shot out at high speed, piercing straight through one Scaled Beast's left eye.

"Excellent archery!"

Lu Feng could not help applauding in praise.

Aixie's soul skill was similar in effect to Purple Demon Eye. For an archer like her, it was simply a perfect support skill.

"Roar~!"

The Scaled Beast let out a piercing scream and flung Gulas from its back. It rolled violently across the ground, trying to ease the pain of having its eye blinded.

"Second Soul Skill: Myriad Arrows!"

"First Soul Skill: Rolling Wine Barrel!"

Aixie and Gulas attacked at the same time. Purple slime stuck to the Scaled Beast's body, restraining its rolling form for a moment.

The Scaled Beast howled miserably. The next instant, several arrows shot directly through its throat.

A bright yellow soul ring slowly rose up.

"Third Soul Skill: Endless Fury!"

On the other side, Man Sandao activated the skill of his thousand-year soul ring.

His already muscular body swelled even further, his muscles bulging exaggeratedly as his upper clothes were completely ripped apart.

Most strangely, his entire body was enveloped in an intense red glow. His eyes had turned completely blood-red, radiating a bloodthirsty light.

"Die!"

Man Sandao roared. He grabbed the thousand-year Scaled Beast by the tail with one hand and actually swung its several-hundred-pound body through the air.

Boom—

With a tremendous impact, the Scaled Beast, whose defense was incredibly formidable, smashed bodily into a huge boulder and was knocked unconscious.

"Crack!"

Man Sandao raised his broadsword and split its head in two, starting from the Scaled Beast's mouth.

At this point, both Scaled Beasts had been killed.

"Hahaha, boss, taken down smoothly!" Man Sandao scratched his head and chuckled foolishly.

"Hmph, brute!" Aixie snorted as she watched Man Sandao grin stupidly at her.

"Roar~!" Perhaps upon seeing its kin slaughtered, the thousand-year Scaled Beast let out a pained growl.

An intense black light surged across its body, and the scales on it rapidly grew. Every plate became as large as a palm.

Caught off guard, Ya Li was swept by the Scaled Beast's tail and slammed heavily into the trunk of a large tree.

This vengeful strike from the Scaled Beast weighed at least a thousand pounds.