Douluo: Ant Power Breaks the Sky

Chapter 28
At this moment, Zhu Zhuqing's voice happened to be heard, and everyone released their martial spirits without arguing.

Shi Yi also summoned the little ant. After all, this was a good meal for the little ant.

As Zhu Zhuqing shouted, a nimble figure swooped down from the air, not afraid at all that the opponent was a thousand-year-old soul beast. Its sharp claws and the first soul ring on its body lit up at the same time, and it launched a Netherworld Stab.

"The mist sprayed by the crested snake is non-toxic."

The moment Shi Yi finished speaking, Zhu Zhuqing's sharp claws, carrying a fierce gust of wind, were about to grab the comb of the Phoenix-tailed Cockapoo. The Phoenix-tailed Cockapoo seemed to be frightened. It tilted its head, opened its mouth suddenly and sprayed a colorful mist towards Zhu Zhuqing.

Zhu Zhuqing subconsciously wanted to retreat, but she remembered what Shi Yi had said just now and went straight to grab the Phoenix Tailed Cockapoo. However, it was this slight hesitation that caused her claws to fail to hit the weak part of the Phoenix Tailed Cockapoo's comb, but instead fell on the scaly body of the snake.

The sound of claws colliding with scales caused the Phoenix-Tailed Cockapoo's forward speed to slow down a bit.

"Little ant, clamp it." Shi Yi said softly.

The little ant that had been summoned long ago had been lying in ambush not far below Zhu Zhuqing. The moment Zhu Zhuqing hit the cockroach snake, its two sturdy forelimbs instantly clamped the entire cockroach snake tightly. The force was so great that the cockroach snake instantly twisted into a Z shape, and then let out a strong low hiss.

Everyone could hear the pain the crested snake was going through just by the sound.

"What a strong force! It broke the spine of the Phoenix-Tailed Cockatrice with just one strike. A special Qianjun Ant that can materialize... a pure power-type soul master." Zhao Wuji looked at the little ant and then set his gaze on Shi Yi and said secretly in his heart.

"Done." Oscar's excitement was beyond words, and he ran towards the Phoenix-tailed Cockatrice in two or three steps.

Xiao Wu stood beside Tang San with her head down, her big eyes full of reluctance, and whispered: "Xiao San, do we have to hunt soul beasts?"

Shi Yi, who was standing not far away, couldn't help rolling his eyes when he heard Xiao Wu's words. She could condense spirit rings, but how could a normal spirit master advance without spirit rings? Could it be that spirit beasts would not kill spirit beasts?
Hearing this, Tang San couldn't help but recall his previous experience. Tang San didn't say anything, but just shook his head slightly, signaling Xiao Wu not to say any more.

Zhao Wuji took out a short blade from his waist and handed it to Oscar, "The night is long and the dream is many, let's do it. Pierce it from the point below its flesh crown and you can pierce its brain. This soul ring will be yours."

Just when Oscar was about to stab the knife in his hand, suddenly, a hoarse stern voice suddenly sounded, "Stop."

Immediately afterwards, two figures jumped out from the direction where the phoenix-tailed crested snake flew from before, and appeared in front of everyone.

The two people, one old and one young, were both female. The old one looked to be in her sixties or seventies, with a head of neatly combed white hair. Although she was not young, she was very energetic. Although there were many wrinkles on her face, her face was as rosy as a baby's. There was a gleam in her eyes. In her right hand, she held a three-meter-long snake-head cane, and the six soul rings on her body moved up and down.

Following the old woman was a beautiful young girl with short hair that reached her ears. She looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old. She was wearing a neat outfit that tightly covered her well-developed figure. Her big dark brown eyes were fixed on the Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake in Xiao Yi's hand. She also held a snake-head cane in her hand, but it was shorter than the old woman's, only two meters long, and the spirit rings on her body were only two hundred years old.

The two looked at Xiao Yi with some surprise.

Then came the rules of martial arts. Zhao Wuji and Chao Tianxiang came out and after a verbal confrontation, the two decided to use a competition to decide the ownership of the soul beast.

Zhao Wuji took a quick look and it was obvious that he would lose if he chose Ma Hongjun or Zhu Zhuqing, but he could not choose Dai Mubai. As for Xiao Wu and Tang San, although they were suitable, they did not know the importance of the two. If they got into trouble, he would be in big trouble.

Finally, Zhao Wuji set his gaze on Shi Yi.

"You kid, go up and fight." Zhao Wuji pointed at Shi Yi and said.

"Me?" Shi Yi, who had been daydreaming, came back to his senses and said in surprise. He subconsciously set his gaze on Tang San who was standing beside him.

Shi Yi saw that Tang San had a calm expression and looked indifferent, as if it had nothing to do with him.

"This..." Shi Yi said with some difficulty. In fact, the reason why he didn't care about many things was not only because he didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but from another perspective, he also didn't want to change the plot too much. The more variables there were, the less he could see.

"Stop talking nonsense and go quickly." Zhao Wuji glared at Shi Yi and said.

Shi Yi had no choice but to slowly step forward and secretly said in his heart: "It seems that my existence itself is a variable."

"Xiao Yi, it's up to you." Oscar whispered to Shi Yi. After spending some time together, Oscar recognized Shi Yi's theoretical knowledge. He knew very well what the flying skill meant to him, a food-type soul master.

Shi Yi smiled and nodded. Since he couldn't refuse, he had to move forward bravely.

The girl on the opposite side has also walked out, and the other people on both sides slowly retreated, leaving them enough space for the battle.

"My name is Shi Yi, a Level 27, Second Ring Battle Soul Master."

The girl said coldly: "Meng Yiran, martial spirit snake staff, thirty-level second-level fighting spirit master."

"She's a spirit master, and a sister after all." Shi Yi smiled slightly, but shook his head in his heart.

There is no doubt that the combat effectiveness of beast soul masters in the early stage is greater than that of weapon soul masters. This is because there are few soul skills available in the early stage, and most weapon soul masters are unable to skillfully use their weapon souls in a short period of time. Of course, unless you travel through time with a copy of Dugu Nine Swords like Tang San.

In this world, most weapon soul masters may never fully understand the weapon soul in their entire lives.

Looking at Shi Yi's smile, Meng Yiran frowned slightly. She felt contempt in Shi Yi's smile, and the anger in her beautiful eyes became even stronger.

Shi Yi stood there quietly without even calling back Xiao Yi, leaving Xiao Yi to watch the cockroach snake which was already running out of life.

"Ladies first, please." Shi Yi chuckled and slowly raised his right hand.

The people from Shrek looked at Xiao Yi who was still standing there with surprise. Oscar wanted to say something but was stopped by Zhao Wuji.

Meng Yiran looked at Shi Yi with some confusion on his face. Although he saw Shi Yi's soul ring, he did not see Shi Yi's martial soul. The girl couldn't help but reveal a look of caution on her pretty face.

Seeing that Shi Yi did not move, Meng Yiran, who had been burning with anger in her heart for a long time, could no longer bear it. With a delicate shout, and a flash of her body, Meng Yiran had quickly come in front of Shi Yi, and the two-meter-long snake staff was aimed at Shi Yi's head and smashed it straight at his head. Not only was her momentum extremely fierce, but her soul power was also filled with domineering aura.

Shi Yi did not dodge or evade, but his eyes did not rest. He immediately analyzed Meng Yiran in his mind, "Snake Staff, with the Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Snake as a reference, the first two spirit rings should also be chosen from snake spirit beasts. Snake spirit beasts paired with weapon spirit masters will bring agility-enhancing skills to the spirit master, or poison the weapon spirit. The strength is average, the footsteps do not dig deep into the ground, too much dust is raised, and the body control is average."

Seeing the snake staff coming down, Shi Yi just raised his hand slightly, and a golden light instantly wrapped around Shi Yi's hand. The moment he caught the staff head, he felt the sudden force of Meng Yiran's smashing down, and he squeezed it hard instantly, turned his body halfway, and under the surprised gaze of everyone, he actually lifted up Meng Yiran and the staff.

"How is this possible!" In the moment when Meng Yiran was surprised, she felt a powerful force, and the next second she was thrown out with her stick.

"Is this... Luan Cloak's method of using the opponent's force to counter attack? Senior Brother has made a new soul guide? He can actually take on a quasi-Soul Master's full-strength attack with his bare hands." Tang San's calm eyes flashed with a hint of surprise and he said secretly in his heart.

"What a powerful force, but what is that golden light in that kid's hand?" Zhao Wuji hadn't had time to observe it carefully. Hearing the strong sound of Meng Yiran flying through the air, Zhao Wuji and Chao Tianxiang thought to themselves that it was not good.

A golden light shone all over Zhao Wuji's body, and his fifth soul ring lit up in an instant. An invisible force instantly acted on Meng Yiran's body.

Thanks to Zhao Wuji's control of gravity, Meng Yiran was able to land safely on the ground. Seeing this, Chao Tianxiang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

At this time, Meng Yiran looked at Shi Yi with frustration. She lost, lost to a twenty-seven-year-old soul master, and she didn't even know how she lost.

The snake woman sighed towards Tianxiang and said to Zhao Wuji: "We lost. Thank you, Brother Zhao."

"You're welcome, Sister Chao. There are many soul beasts in this Star Dou Forest. If I didn't have some urgent matters to attend to and had to return to the academy tomorrow, I would have given you this mere thousand-year-old soul beast." Seeing that Chao Tianxiang became polite, Zhao Wuji also became polite.

"Let's go, Yiran, grandma will find you a new one." Chao Tianxiang said helplessly, but what Zhao Wuji said was right. It is still very easy to find a suitable thousand-year soul beast in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Meng Yiran did not respond, but his eyes were always on Shi Yi, "You...what is your martial spirit?"

Seeing the frustrated look on the girl's face, Shi Yi scratched his head awkwardly and said, "Why don't we just not say anything?"

Meng Yiran didn't say anything, and her eyes still didn't leave Shi Yi, as if to say that if Shi Yi didn't say anything, she would not leave today.

At this time, Chao Tianxiang was also a little curious about what kind of martial spirit Shi Yi had, as he could actually take on his granddaughter's full-strength attack with his bare hands.

Seeing that Meng Yiran didn't say anything, Shi Yi helplessly pointed in the direction of the little ant and the Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Snake, and said lightly: "That Qianjun Ant is my martial soul."

Upon hearing this, the grandfather and grandson were surprised, but the snake woman felt that it was somewhat natural. To be able to exert such power at this age, he must be a soul master with pure strength attributes.

"I didn't even use my martial spirit..." the girl muttered, her face becoming more frustrated.

"Well... it can't be said to be useless. After all, the spirit ring has brought me great blessings..." Shi Yi couldn't help but feel embarrassed when he saw this.

Upon hearing this, the Shrek people looked at Shi Yi strangely. For a moment, they could not tell whether Shi Yi was comforting him or deliberately attacking him. He said this as if his opponent had no spirit ring.

"Okay, Yiran, it's getting late, we still have to continue looking for spirit rings." Chao Tianxiang hurriedly interrupted her granddaughter's wild thoughts.

"Brother Zhao, see you later." Chao Tianxiang hurriedly said goodbye to Zhao Wuji. She was afraid that her granddaughter would be devastated if she stayed any longer.

"See you later." Zhao Wuji also quickly clasped his fists and said.

Then, Chao Tianxiang took off with her granddaughter and disappeared into the depths of the woods.

"Oscar, why are you still standing there?" Ning Rongrong urged Oscar, as if she wanted to see what soul skills Oscar could obtain as soon as possible.

Oscar was overjoyed, he had been waiting for this moment for too long, he rushed to the front of the cockroach and inserted it into the vital point without any hesitation.

Oscar sat down next to the Phoenix-tailed Cockatiel, raised his hand and summoned his big sausage, and under the cover of light pink light, he pulled the soul ring of the Phoenix-tailed Cockatiel into his body and began to absorb the third soul ring of his life.

Zhao Wuji glared at Shi Yi and said, "How could you be so careless, kid? Luckily I have control skills. If you had done anything to that little girl, you would have been hunted down. I think you are the type who doesn't mess around with small matters, but only stirs up a hornet's nest."

Hearing this, Shi Yi showed a helpless look on his face and said, "You are the one who insisted on me going. I am a pure power spirit master, and this is how I fight. I didn't even dare to use my martial spirit. If something goes wrong, it's your fault."

"Hey...you little bastard." Zhao Wuji glared at Shi Yi but had nothing to say.

Seeing Oscar absorbing the spirit ring, Shi Yi also smiled at Xiao Yi and said, "Eat it."

Little Yi also began to gnaw on the corpse of the Phoenix-tailed Cockapoo. Everyone was surprised to see Little Yi eating. It was the first time for them to see Wuhun eating.

"I didn't expect that the martial soul could eat." Ning Rongrong looked at Xiao Yi in surprise.

"Since it's a living thing, of course it can eat." Shi Yi said with a smile.

"What's the use of eating for the little ants?" Ning Rongrong continued to ask.

Shi Yi looked at Ning Rongrong as if she were a fool and said, "Of course it's to get energy. The state of the little ants is no different from that of humans. According to my years of research on the little ants, the states of the little ants when they are not eating and when they are eating are completely different. Moreover, when the little ants eat some suitable good things, their bloodline will awaken and their martial spirit will evolve. My martial spirit was just an ant at first, but it changed when the little ant ate the Qianjun ant for the first time."

"Isn't that equivalent to raising a soul beast that can evolve?" Zhu Zhuqing asked in surprise.

"That's understandable, but the evolution of the martial soul is not a simple matter. Little Yi hasn't evolved for a long time since I absorbed the first soul ring." Shi Yi said softly. This is why he must find the human-faced demon spider.

The human-faced demon spider that can explode external soul bones must have great blood power, just like a genius among humans.

At this time, the sky was gradually getting dark. Oscar had not completed the absorption, so everyone had to set up camp on the spot.

Shi Yi's little ant has the ability to perceive, so he followed Zhao Wuji outside to help Oscar protect the law, while the others went into the tent to rest.

Zhao Wuji was bored so he started chatting with Shi Yi.

"Why didn't you, as our senior brother, plead for mercy during the day? Even if their relationship is not close, it shouldn't have reached this point, right?" Zhao Wuji asked with some confusion.

Shi Yi smiled slightly and said, "I am a person who respects teachers. Besides, I think whatever Xiao Wu says is normal. It's better to let her suffer a little, so as not to bring trouble to my junior brother. You can see that my junior brother is also a stubborn person..."

Shi Yi was interrupted by Zhao Wuji before he finished speaking. He looked at Shi Yi suspiciously and said, "Don't try to be clever in front of me. You are not telling the truth, are you? You don't have a grudge against Tang San, do you?"

Hearing this, Shi Yi smiled and said, "Smart is smart, what's the big or small? It was just a small matter. Xiao Wu broke your rules and should apologize. Besides, do you think you, as a teacher, would really do anything to others? If you really went too far, I'm afraid it will be my turn to plead for you. As for whether there is a grudge, you know I can see it clearly. My junior brother is a thoughtful person, and I happen to be a thoughtful person, so I never think I can get along with my junior brother. I am never willing to accommodate others, nor am I willing to change others."

"So you are a non-stick pan? You like to be alone?" Zhao Wuji said unhappily.

"Indeed, I always seem to be alone." Shi Yi sighed.

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(End of this chapter)