Two Years Later, the Eye of Thunder

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, Lin Qingchen has already spent two years in the Imperial Fighting Team.

A carriage hurriedly stopped outside the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

"Ugh, I'm finally back. I feel like I'm turning into a wild man."

Lin Qingchen shook his head, feeling a little dizzy.

There was no other way; he had spent a full month in the Star Dou Great Forest this time.

But there was nothing he could do. After all, his requirements for Soul Ring were too extreme. Five elemental Soul Ring sounded simple, but finding five Soul Beasts of the right age was still too difficult.

Especially considering how vast the Star Dou Great Forest is.

Lin Qingchen searched for a long time without any results, which drove him to desperation. In the end, he simply used Book of Partial Understanding to ask.

Using this trick worked very well, and he successfully found the Soul Beast he wanted, although it was quite far away, and it took him a lot of time just to get there.

After all, with his current strength, he certainly couldn't cross the Star Dou Great Forest directly, so he had no choice but to take a detour.

This detour took even longer.

But the result was undoubtedly good. According to the principle of mutual generation and restraint of the five elements, he chose a water-attribute Soul Ring as the base.

It was a Netherworld Python that was 15,000 years old, and its immense power put Lin Qingchen in a difficult battle.

However, thanks to the absolute advantage of the Great Five Elements Divine Light over enemies that rely on elemental power to fight, and the fact that the opponent's famous Netherworld Cold Poison was countered by his Five Elements Life Generation Transformation, Lin Qingchen finally managed to defeat it.

This also saves them a backup plan, which can be used to deal with future situations.

He didn't bring anyone else with him on this hunting trip for Soul Ring, after all, the fact that his Fourth Soul Ring was already ten thousand years old was still too shocking.

If he could hunt Soul Beast directly, he wouldn't want to expose himself to others.

Before leaving, Qin Ming was still a little worried and wanted to go out with him, but Lin Qingchen simply lied to him, saying that he had someone backing him up, so Qin Ming didn't insist anymore.

In his view, Lin Qingchen was a very rational person. Since he was so confident, he must have some assurance. Who knows, maybe he really had someone backing him up?

Okay, actually Lin Qingchen wasn't exactly lying to him, after all, he really did have someone behind him, oh no, someone with a special item.

[Eye of Thunder] (Purple Oddity)

Description: A special electric sphere that captures lightning. If an external force disrupts its internal balance, it will instantly release the terrifying electrical power stored within.

Effects: (1) Absorbs external lightning, reducing the power of lightning attacks on the wearer by 50%.

(2) When subjected to a certain external force, it will shatter and release all the accumulated lightning, thereby amplifying the user's lightning power by 100%. It can slowly repair itself after absorbing lightning again.

Looking at the purple bead in his palm, Lin Qingchen couldn't help but smile.

A wonderful artifact that makes my Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul friend spin.

Cough cough...

That's a bit of a stretch, but after acquiring this extraordinary item, Lin Qingchen practically became the nemesis of lightning-type Martial Soul. After all, he already possessed the Great Five Elements Divine Light to target enemies who used elemental power, and now he also had this extraordinary item that could absorb lightning and reduce lightning damage.

About a year and a half ago, when Lin Qingchen went to the Heaven Dou Auction House to participate in an auction, there was a ten-thousand-year-old Lightning Falcon corpse up for auction.

While the corpses of Soul Beast are far inferior to Soul Ring and Soul Bone, every part of Soul Beast is a treasure; even its flesh can slightly enhance Soul Master's physical body.

The corpse died rather strangely; it was completely black, with faint crackling light swirling around it, as if it had been struck by lightning...

However, Lin Qingchen spotted the light emanating from it at a glance and immediately paid for the corpse.

Then he obtained this strange object from it.

Over the past year, whenever he had free time, Lin Qingchen would infuse it with the Five Elements Divine Lightning, and during thunderstorms, he would even take it to actively seek out lightning strikes.

After accumulating the power of lightning for more than a year, its strength was enough to kill an 80,000-year-old Soul Beast. Even Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast would be severely injured if it was unprepared.

Such power, if used against Soul Master whose physical body is relatively weak, would even kill Titled Douluo on the spot.

With the added life-saving effect of the [Environment-Changing Leaf], Lin Qingchen dared to go out hunting for Soul Ring with peace of mind.

"I was away for a month this time, I wonder if Lingling missed me."

Lin Qingchen stretched and walked towards the dormitory.

Speaking of which, my relationship with Ye Lingling has developed rapidly over the past two years. Although we haven't reached the final stage yet, to outsiders, we are already a very loving couple.

As for Ye Qingxian, she didn't have much to say about her relationship with Ye Lingling. After all, in this era, it's perfectly normal for Auxiliary System Soul Master to find a powerful Battle Soul Master as a partner.

Ye Qingxian had also seen Lin Qingchen's character and was quite satisfied with it.

On the other hand, Dugu Yan, although still interacting with him and Ye Lingling normally, seemed to have a distance between them and wasn't as open as before.

Even the matter she mentioned earlier about Dugu Bo wanting to see her has remained unresolved for two years.

This left Lin Qingchen somewhat puzzled.

As for why I didn't ask what the situation was...

Seeing the three-year cooldown period given in the Book of Partial Understanding, Lin Qingchen decisively chose to refuse.

He later tested it again and found that if the questions asked involved people's hearts, the required cooldown time would be very long.

After thinking about it, Lin Qingchen understood.

After all, the most unpredictable thing throughout history has been the human heart. Even the will of Heaven can be foreseen through various divination methods, but the human heart...

But no one dares to guarantee that they can accurately predict it.

Thinking this, Lin Qingchen slowly walked down to the dormitory building.

Surprisingly, there wasn't a single person there.

No one else from the Imperial Fighting Team could be found on the training ground.

Finally, it was a teacher who knew Qin Ming well who told him the answer.

"Are you looking for Teacher Qin Ming? He took the Imperial Fighting Team out; apparently, they felt they weren't getting good training staying in Heaven Dou City, so they went to travel to other cities."

They went out?

Lin Qingchen then remembered.

Yes, judging by the time, it seems that it's about time for Tang San and Xiao Wu to graduate from the Nuoding Academy.

If the Imperial Fighting Team were to really go on a journey, they would most likely have to participate in the Great Soul Arena matches in various cities. After visiting city after city, arriving in Suotuo City would be just right.

But knowing that the Imperial Fighting Team had gone out was useless, since Lin Qingchen didn't know their route.

Information isn't readily available these days, and if you just go out randomly, you might miss something.

Since we know they'll be going to Suotuo City, we might as well go there and wait for Suotuo City.

It'll be a good opportunity for me to see the "Shrek Seven Devils" from the original story.