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Chapter 65: Law of the Jungle.
2023-04-04 Author: Fu Hejun
“Yiran, since this Phoenix Tail Crested Serpent has been bestowed upon you, why haven't you quickly absorbed it?” To prevent any complications or for Ye Cheng to change his mind, the Snake Dowager urged her granddaughter beside her.
“Alright.”
Meng Yiran nodded, then, holding her Martial Soul Snake Staff, swayed her waist as she walked towards the unconscious Phoenix Tail Crested Serpent.
The Shrek group, who had originally gathered around the Phoenix Tail Crested Serpent, naturally quickly made way when they saw her approach. They didn't even dare to utter a sound. After all, this Phoenix Tail Crested Serpent had already been claimed by the formidable Ye Cheng, who clearly stated it was given to Meng Yiran. Did they dare to have any objections? Did they have a death wish?
Meng Yiran arrived before the unconscious Phoenix Tail Crested Serpent lying on the ground, directly raised the two-meter-long Snake Staff in her hand, and thrust it down towards the Phoenix Tail Crested Serpent's vital spot.
“Pfft!”
The sharp Snake Staff easily pierced through the vital spot of the Phoenix Tail Crested Serpent, which was powerless to resist. Its body twitched instinctively a few times before it painlessly lost its life while still unconscious.
A purple Soul Ring condensed, slowly floating above the Phoenix Tail Crested Serpent's corpse.
Meng Yiran turned her head to glance at her grandmother, and upon seeing her nod, finally no longer hesitated. She immediately sat down cross-legged on the spot, placing her Martial Soul Snake Staff on her lap.
Then, guided by her Soul Power, the purple Soul Ring slowly floated over and merged into her body.
Oscar watched with a face full of unwillingness as the Soul Ring that should have been his thus merged into Meng Yiran's body, making him grit his teeth in anger, yet he was helpless.
Seeing that everything was a foregone conclusion, Ye Cheng felt there was no longer a need to stay here. Anyway, the Soul Ring was already being absorbed by Meng Yiran, and Zhao Wuji wouldn't risk offending the Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager by interrupting, so they should continue searching for that Soul Beast.
“Let's go.”
Ye Cheng glanced back at Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, signaling for them to follow, then chose a direction and departed.
Seeing Ye Cheng and the two others prepare to leave, the Snake Dowager, Zhao Wuji, and the others couldn't help but sigh in relief. Even though this person acted very amiably and showed no hostility, being with such a powerhouse who could take their lives with a mere move would make anyone feel immense pressure!
“Respectfully seeing you off, Your Excellency.”
The Snake Dowager and Zhao Wuji hurriedly said in a loud voice.
Ye Cheng made no response, only leaving them with a profound and unfathomable silhouette.
Wherever he passed, the thorny bushes automatically parted, forming a path. There wasn't the slightest Soul Power fluctuation; it seemed to be a natural phenomenon. It was as though even this forest feared his strength and made way for him!
Watching the departing figures of the man and two women, the expressions of those present varied.
The Snake Dowager, Zhao Wuji, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and the others were astonished by his strength.
Dai Mubai, on the other hand, watched Zhu Zhuqing's departing figure with jealousy and resentment, his eyes red with envy.
Tang San, however, seemed to see his future self in Ye Cheng. After all, he was also a Twin Martial Soul wielder. As long as he could control the conflicts between his two Martial Souls, when he reached the Titled Douluo stage, he would be able to attach nine 100,000-year Soul Rings to his other Martial Soul, just like Ye Cheng!
And these Soul Rings would bring a massive increase in Soul Power, saving him countless painstaking efforts and allowing him to directly leap to the peak of Soul Masters!
Therefore, Tang San believed his future was promising!
“Sister Chao, since this Soul Ring already has an owner, we won't stay here much longer.” Only after Ye Cheng and the two others' figures disappeared did Zhao Wuji turn around to face the Snake Dowager, cupping his fists as he said, “Farewell!”
“Hmm, then this old one won't see you off.” The Snake Dowager nodded, inwardly sighing in relief that Zhao Wuji was leaving. To be honest, logically speaking, Zhao Wuji certainly wouldn't risk offending the two of them by interfering with her granddaughter's absorption. But it's always better safe than sorry.
With Zhao Wuji and the others remaining there, the Snake Dowager needed to remain constantly vigilant, especially concerning those young students who might act irrationally out of impulse.
It was good that they left now; only then could the Snake Dowager truly relax and focus on protecting her granddaughter during her absorption.
“Let's go.”
After glancing at Meng Yiran, who was still absorbing the Soul Ring, Zhao Wuji said nothing more, simply waving his hand and signaling for the students to follow. He chose a direction opposite to Ye Cheng's and led the group away.
And watching them gradually depart, until their figures completely vanished from view.
Only then did the Snake Dowager let out a long sigh of relief.
She turned her head to look at her granddaughter, who was still absorbing the Soul Ring, unsure how long it would take to complete the absorption. Reflecting on today's encounter, she couldn't help but sigh at their good fortune. Otherwise, to obtain this Soul Ring, who knew what troubles they would have had to endure.
On the other side, with the Shrek group.
Zhao Wuji led the way, with Tang San and the other three following behind. All of them remained silent; the group's atmosphere was very subdued!
“Teacher Zhao, are we just going to let it go like this?” After holding it in for a long time, Ma Hongjun finally couldn't help but ask.
“Then what else do you want?” Zhao Wuji glanced at him unhappily. “The Soul Ring has already been absorbed. Do you want to force it out again, or resurrect that snake and kill it once more?”
“No, what I mean is, we were originally chasing that snake…” Ma Hongjun quickly explained, “And it just got… given to that old hag. It feels like a huge loss!”
“What good would feeling like you've lost out do now?”
Zhao Wuji shook his head helplessly, saying, “This world is naturally like this: the law of the jungle. Today, our skills were inferior, so of course, we can only accept defeat. Otherwise, you want to interfere with that little girl's Soul Ring absorption?”
Upon hearing this, Ma Hongjun immediately nodded repeatedly. He just couldn't swallow his anger, feeling that he couldn't let Meng Yiran have such an easy time absorbing the Soul Ring.
Zhao Wuji, seeing him like this, slapped him directly on the forehead in anger. A crisp *smack* sounded, leaving Ma Hongjun's head spinning and him utterly bewildered.
“Brat, doing that would only vent some momentary anger, but it would bring no benefit whatsoever. On the contrary, you would suffer the furious retaliation of the Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager!”
“If you can't endure momentary anger, you're destined to achieve nothing significant in the future,” Zhao Wuji said earnestly.
Tang San and the others all wore thoughtful expressions as they listened to Zhao Wuji's admonition.
…
Ye Cheng led Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing through the forest. Wherever they passed, the surrounding plants automatically parted, forming a path for them. After they passed, the path returned to its original state.
As he walked, Ye Cheng simultaneously summoned the system in his mind, preparing to use its search function to find the Soul Beast they were going to hunt on this trip.
Any living beings locked by the Q&A System—whether humans, Soul Beasts, or any other race—as long as their intelligence was above the passing mark, would be within the Q&A's lock range. And that Soul Beast's intelligence, as far as Ye Cheng knew, was certainly above the passing mark, definitely meeting the system's lock criteria. He was guaranteed to find it with one search.
(end of chapter)
2023-04-04 Author: Fu Hejun
“Yiran, since this Phoenix Tail Crested Serpent has been bestowed upon you, why haven't you quickly absorbed it?” To prevent any complications or for Ye Cheng to change his mind, the Snake Dowager urged her granddaughter beside her.
“Alright.”
Meng Yiran nodded, then, holding her Martial Soul Snake Staff, swayed her waist as she walked towards the unconscious Phoenix Tail Crested Serpent.
The Shrek group, who had originally gathered around the Phoenix Tail Crested Serpent, naturally quickly made way when they saw her approach. They didn't even dare to utter a sound. After all, this Phoenix Tail Crested Serpent had already been claimed by the formidable Ye Cheng, who clearly stated it was given to Meng Yiran. Did they dare to have any objections? Did they have a death wish?
Meng Yiran arrived before the unconscious Phoenix Tail Crested Serpent lying on the ground, directly raised the two-meter-long Snake Staff in her hand, and thrust it down towards the Phoenix Tail Crested Serpent's vital spot.
“Pfft!”
The sharp Snake Staff easily pierced through the vital spot of the Phoenix Tail Crested Serpent, which was powerless to resist. Its body twitched instinctively a few times before it painlessly lost its life while still unconscious.
A purple Soul Ring condensed, slowly floating above the Phoenix Tail Crested Serpent's corpse.
Meng Yiran turned her head to glance at her grandmother, and upon seeing her nod, finally no longer hesitated. She immediately sat down cross-legged on the spot, placing her Martial Soul Snake Staff on her lap.
Then, guided by her Soul Power, the purple Soul Ring slowly floated over and merged into her body.
Oscar watched with a face full of unwillingness as the Soul Ring that should have been his thus merged into Meng Yiran's body, making him grit his teeth in anger, yet he was helpless.
Seeing that everything was a foregone conclusion, Ye Cheng felt there was no longer a need to stay here. Anyway, the Soul Ring was already being absorbed by Meng Yiran, and Zhao Wuji wouldn't risk offending the Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager by interrupting, so they should continue searching for that Soul Beast.
“Let's go.”
Ye Cheng glanced back at Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, signaling for them to follow, then chose a direction and departed.
Seeing Ye Cheng and the two others prepare to leave, the Snake Dowager, Zhao Wuji, and the others couldn't help but sigh in relief. Even though this person acted very amiably and showed no hostility, being with such a powerhouse who could take their lives with a mere move would make anyone feel immense pressure!
“Respectfully seeing you off, Your Excellency.”
The Snake Dowager and Zhao Wuji hurriedly said in a loud voice.
Ye Cheng made no response, only leaving them with a profound and unfathomable silhouette.
Wherever he passed, the thorny bushes automatically parted, forming a path. There wasn't the slightest Soul Power fluctuation; it seemed to be a natural phenomenon. It was as though even this forest feared his strength and made way for him!
Watching the departing figures of the man and two women, the expressions of those present varied.
The Snake Dowager, Zhao Wuji, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and the others were astonished by his strength.
Dai Mubai, on the other hand, watched Zhu Zhuqing's departing figure with jealousy and resentment, his eyes red with envy.
Tang San, however, seemed to see his future self in Ye Cheng. After all, he was also a Twin Martial Soul wielder. As long as he could control the conflicts between his two Martial Souls, when he reached the Titled Douluo stage, he would be able to attach nine 100,000-year Soul Rings to his other Martial Soul, just like Ye Cheng!
And these Soul Rings would bring a massive increase in Soul Power, saving him countless painstaking efforts and allowing him to directly leap to the peak of Soul Masters!
Therefore, Tang San believed his future was promising!
“Sister Chao, since this Soul Ring already has an owner, we won't stay here much longer.” Only after Ye Cheng and the two others' figures disappeared did Zhao Wuji turn around to face the Snake Dowager, cupping his fists as he said, “Farewell!”
“Hmm, then this old one won't see you off.” The Snake Dowager nodded, inwardly sighing in relief that Zhao Wuji was leaving. To be honest, logically speaking, Zhao Wuji certainly wouldn't risk offending the two of them by interfering with her granddaughter's absorption. But it's always better safe than sorry.
With Zhao Wuji and the others remaining there, the Snake Dowager needed to remain constantly vigilant, especially concerning those young students who might act irrationally out of impulse.
It was good that they left now; only then could the Snake Dowager truly relax and focus on protecting her granddaughter during her absorption.
“Let's go.”
After glancing at Meng Yiran, who was still absorbing the Soul Ring, Zhao Wuji said nothing more, simply waving his hand and signaling for the students to follow. He chose a direction opposite to Ye Cheng's and led the group away.
And watching them gradually depart, until their figures completely vanished from view.
Only then did the Snake Dowager let out a long sigh of relief.
She turned her head to look at her granddaughter, who was still absorbing the Soul Ring, unsure how long it would take to complete the absorption. Reflecting on today's encounter, she couldn't help but sigh at their good fortune. Otherwise, to obtain this Soul Ring, who knew what troubles they would have had to endure.
On the other side, with the Shrek group.
Zhao Wuji led the way, with Tang San and the other three following behind. All of them remained silent; the group's atmosphere was very subdued!
“Teacher Zhao, are we just going to let it go like this?” After holding it in for a long time, Ma Hongjun finally couldn't help but ask.
“Then what else do you want?” Zhao Wuji glanced at him unhappily. “The Soul Ring has already been absorbed. Do you want to force it out again, or resurrect that snake and kill it once more?”
“No, what I mean is, we were originally chasing that snake…” Ma Hongjun quickly explained, “And it just got… given to that old hag. It feels like a huge loss!”
“What good would feeling like you've lost out do now?”
Zhao Wuji shook his head helplessly, saying, “This world is naturally like this: the law of the jungle. Today, our skills were inferior, so of course, we can only accept defeat. Otherwise, you want to interfere with that little girl's Soul Ring absorption?”
Upon hearing this, Ma Hongjun immediately nodded repeatedly. He just couldn't swallow his anger, feeling that he couldn't let Meng Yiran have such an easy time absorbing the Soul Ring.
Zhao Wuji, seeing him like this, slapped him directly on the forehead in anger. A crisp *smack* sounded, leaving Ma Hongjun's head spinning and him utterly bewildered.
“Brat, doing that would only vent some momentary anger, but it would bring no benefit whatsoever. On the contrary, you would suffer the furious retaliation of the Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager!”
“If you can't endure momentary anger, you're destined to achieve nothing significant in the future,” Zhao Wuji said earnestly.
Tang San and the others all wore thoughtful expressions as they listened to Zhao Wuji's admonition.
…
Ye Cheng led Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing through the forest. Wherever they passed, the surrounding plants automatically parted, forming a path for them. After they passed, the path returned to its original state.
As he walked, Ye Cheng simultaneously summoned the system in his mind, preparing to use its search function to find the Soul Beast they were going to hunt on this trip.
Any living beings locked by the Q&A System—whether humans, Soul Beasts, or any other race—as long as their intelligence was above the passing mark, would be within the Q&A's lock range. And that Soul Beast's intelligence, as far as Ye Cheng knew, was certainly above the passing mark, definitely meeting the system's lock criteria. He was guaranteed to find it with one search.
(end of chapter)
