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Chapter 118 The fight started
"Oh shit!"

Su Daoshan stared at the exquisite pattern on the dome of the sandalwood bed with his eyes wide open, feeling so angry that he was confused. He couldn't believe that he had just entered the spiritual realm and was beaten out without saying a word.

I felt weak all over my body.

This is the price of entering the spiritual realm. Each entry consumes a lot of vitality. And vitality can be recovered through rest after one consumption, but if it is consumed multiple times, it is equivalent to shortening one's life.

Because of this, extraordinary warriors must carefully control the number of times they enter the spiritual realm. In addition to leaving enough time for recuperation each time, more importantly, they must balance the proportion of expenditure and income for each spiritual realm exploration.

After all, people don't gain anything every time they explore the spiritual realm.

Just like playing cards, you only have so much money in your hand. If you follow all the bets, the final result will be that you will be out of the game with all your chips.

A good gambler must know how to maximize his chances of winning. Experienced extraordinary warriors, like Ao Jiu, spend a long time wandering on the profit and loss line of income and expenditure, until they have their own exclusive fruit tree that only they know about, so as to maintain the positive cycle of spiritual essence. Even they are very cautious every time they enter the spiritual realm, fearing that they will return empty-handed.

But now...

"20 spiritual essences are gone just like that!" Su Daoshan felt his heart bleeding. He didn't even know who the other party was or what happened.

It was not until several minutes later that Su Daoshan slowly came back to his senses. His brain started to work again and he slowly sorted out some of the clues.

If I guessed correctly, the problem should be caused by the last time I entered the spiritual realm. At that time, relying on my super strong perception of the fragrance of the spiritual fruit, I ran to several orchards with Ao Jiu and picked all the spiritual fruits outside the orchards.

The so-called orchard is the territory guarded by the spirit monsters in the spirit realm and the extraordinary human warriors. They rely on their strength to occupy these places with a fixed output of spirit fruits and do not allow others to interfere.

The Lingyun Fruit outside the orchard also falls within the sphere of influence of these people.

Generally, if an extraordinary warrior happens to encounter ripe Lingyun fruits outside an orchard while passing by, it may be okay for him to pick one and run away.

After all, since it was the periphery, it was an area that the orchard forces themselves knew they could not fully control. They could only patrol once in a while, so it was reasonable for them to lose one or two.

"But they didn't expect that someone had picked all the ripe Lingyun fruits outside. As a result, they got nothing."

Su Daoshan thought of the man's words "How dare you come here", and his eyes narrowed slightly.

"According to Ao Jiu, the orchard's harvest is mainly within the scope of the territory. The Lingyun fruit in the periphery is actually just an extra harvest. However, whether or not an orchard can control the periphery also has other meanings for it. That is to prove their control and deterrence."

"If an orchard fails to produce any spiritual fruit, the loss won't be a big deal for these people, but it will be embarrassing. Therefore, they will definitely look for the cause and send people to patrol and wait."

"Normally speaking, if you steal the Lingyun Fruit, you should run away."

"But the first time I entered the Spirit Realm was the night before the county exam. Therefore, although I asked Pingting to wake me up later, I was eventually woken up by her and left the Spirit Realm. I didn't leave on my own initiative. This is why I didn't go far before I went offline when I picked the last Spirit Fruit."

"So this time when I went online, I didn't know whether the other party had been sending people to wait or just happened to patrol here. I was unlucky and ran into them. When they saw me landing in the outer area of ​​their orchard, they attacked me without any explanation."

Su Daoshan managed to figure out a clue, but the more he thought about it, the angrier he became.

Not only did he feel sad about wasting 20 spiritual energy, but the most important thing was that Su Daoshan knew very well that the other party didn't actually know that he was the culprit.

The other party caught me by accident. The real reason for attacking me was that I, a newcomer, dared to appear outside their orchard.

"The spiritual essence in the spiritual realm is a natural product, not from these people. It's fine that they monopolize the resources, but when they saw a novice landing on the periphery, they didn't even bother to ask a question and sent him away without any reason. It shows how overbearing their behavior is."

"Sure enough, this spiritual realm is a world where the strong prey on the weak?" Su Daoshan narrowed his eyes slightly.

He finally saw it.

"In the original world, when playing online games, the game designers also have to make corresponding rules. If high-level players can kill low-level players at will, then the game will collapse. No newcomers will come to play. That's why there are a series of restrictions such as red names and negative status. It's the same in reality. Even in this chaotic world where crazy puppets are rampant, humans must rely on rules to stick together and keep warm if they want to survive."

"But in the spirit realm, there are no rules. Essentially, the fewer people who enter the spirit realm, the bigger the pie that those inside can share."

“This means that if there is a powerful being in the Spirit Realm who can pick all the Spirit Fruits without wasting them and can lock onto all the extraordinary warriors at once and launch an attack, he will definitely kill them all without hesitation.”

"Everyone must grab as many resources as possible. Eliminate competitors. Everyone only follows the rule of the jungle and can do whatever they want without scruples!"

“Is this the way of heaven?”

As Su Daoshan thought about it, the corners of his mouth slowly curved up.

"Black Lion, huh?" Su Daoshan remembered this enemy, "Just wait for me!"

In fact, this "Black Lion" is not very powerful.

There are two ways to understand your opponent in the spiritual realm.

One is to rely on spiritual perception to observe the opponent's Dao Seed realm to guess the opponent's approximate combat power range.

For example, Ao Jiu's Dao Seed Realm is the second level of Tiandao Mountain. In reality, this corresponds to the realm of the upper level of the extraordinary warrior's human realm. In the spiritual realm, this means that the opponent's Dao Seed combat power will not exceed eighteen meters.

The calculation method is also very simple, which is the initial base number of the Dao Seed quality, plus the Dao Seed combat power that can be improved by climbing each level of Tiandao Mountain.

As far as Su Daoshan knew, except for himself, the highest Dao Seed rank was the Eighth Bell rank. And with each level of Tiandao Mountain, the Dao Seed combat power of a warrior would increase by about three to five meters.

Therefore, the usual calculation formula is "8+5+5=18".

This means that as long as one uses spiritual perception to scan the opponent and finds that the opponent has only climbed to the second floor of Tiandao Mountain, then the opponent's combat power limit is only eighteen meters at most.

However, this is only a rough estimate. Because the fighting power of Dao Seeds is cultivated by spiritual essence. And the time invested and the spiritual essence obtained by each person are different. Just like seeing a 10-year-old child, most people think he is still in elementary school. But in fact, there are child prodigies who have already finished high school at this age and even entered the young genius class of the university.

Of course, that was just an exception. In fact, most people were below this upper limit. For example, Ao Jiu was only at the third level, and now he barely climbed to the second floor of Tiandao Mountain, and his Dao Seed's combat power was only nine meters.

As for another way to judge the fighting power of a Dao, it is to fight. How much fighting power you have, once you fight with the opponent, you can roughly feel the opponent's fighting power level. This is the most accurate, but also the most dangerous way. After all, once you fight, life and death are determined by fate.

"As for this Black Lion, in my spiritual perception, he is at the same level as Ao Jiu, and has reached the second level of Tiandao Mountain," Su Daoshan thought to himself, "In actual combat, his combat power is only slightly stronger than Ao Jiu, probably between ten and eleven meters."

"The main reason why I was almost killed instantly just now was because I didn't even have time to recover from the attack and activated the armor of the Tao Seed. Otherwise, the opponent would not be able to kill me."

"However, he can't kill me. I may not be able to kill him either. I must transform the Tao Seed into a war spirit as soon as possible." Su Daoshan thought silently in his heart.

The huge "black lion" of the opponent left a deep impression on Su Daoshan. It was fast and fierce. He was almost hit before he could even react. And there was no martial arts in the spiritual realm. Even if he opened the Dao Seed Attached Armor, it would only increase the attack and defense power. In other aspects, he might not be able to beat the black lion. Let alone other things, just say that the opponent rode the black lion and ran away, he would definitely not be able to catch up.

Of course, this revenge must be taken no matter what.

Thinking of this, Su Daoshan transformed 20 coins of spiritual essence to replenish his vitality and closed his eyes again. His spiritual consciousness entered the sea of ​​consciousness, followed the branches of the Tao Seed, broke through the boundaries of the sea of ​​consciousness, and entered the spiritual world.

This time, as soon as Su Daoshan stood firm, he quickly used his spiritual consciousness to control the Dao Seed, turning it into a set of golden armor and attaching it to his body. At the same time, he did not stop for a moment and quickly dodged to avoid being locked by the opponent in the first place.

However, after doing all this, Su Daoshan found that nothing had happened. The forest was empty. The "black lion" just now had disappeared.

"You're a good runner!" Su Daoshan stood up angrily.

"Forget it, let's find Ao Jiu first." Su Daoshan used his soul to sense the mark left in Ao Jiu's soul. As soon as his mind was connected, he immediately sensed that the other party was about ten miles away from him.

The soul mark left by the soul-eater cannot convey specific information, but the controller can make the controlled person sense him/her.

Once the controlled person senses the master, he will quickly rush over to join him.

Sure enough, as soon as Su Daoshan finished sensing, the mark of Ao Jiu in his soul began to move, quickly moving towards this side. With nothing else to do, Su Daoshan simply ran towards the direction where Ao Jiu was.

After running for about three or four miles, Su Daoshan just climbed over a ridge when he suddenly heard a fierce fight on the left. Turning his head, he saw all kinds of lights coming and going in the distant forest, dirt and rocks flying in the air, branches and leaves of trees swaying wildly, and huge collision sounds deafening.

"Is there a fight going on?"

Out of curiosity, Su Daoshan sneaked over quietly.

After climbing over a small hill, he looked down and saw seven or eight misty figures and the war spirits they commanded, fighting with all kinds of strange tactics in a flat forest on the hillside.

Su Daoshan observed and found that this was a four-on-four situation.

The closest one was the "Black Lion" from before. He was standing next to a big tree, driving his war spirit to fight against a bug-shaped war spirit.

The insect-shaped war spirit was like a praying mantis, extremely flexible. It dodged the black lion's attacks again and again, and occasionally used its blade-like upper limbs to leave scars on the black lion. But perhaps because it was not as strong as its opponent, the mantis's attacks did not cause much damage to the black lion. Instead, the black lion, with its thick skin and flesh, counterattacked several times, forcing the mantis to be at a loss and in a miserable state.

If it weren't for its fast speed and ability to fly from time to time, it would have been seriously injured.

In the battle group ahead, the other six war spirits were also fighting each other. The most conspicuous one was a giant tree war spirit in the middle. It was fifty meters tall, covering the battlefield like a giant umbrella. Five thick branches grew on the trunk with a diameter of more than two meters. These branches were dark brown like the trunk, and there were vines twisted on them, turning into five arms.

This giant tree war spirit and the mantis war spirit were in the same camp. For a moment, it was seen waving its arms and attacking the other war spirit. The five branches sometimes turned into giant fists and smashed down, sometimes slapped in the air, sometimes picked up boulders from the ground and threw them, and sometimes broke the surrounding trees and used them as giant clubs to sweep across.

Su Daoshan felt that at least half of the noise he had heard in the distance before was made by this giant tree.

However, although the giant tree was powerful and powerful, its movements were too slow, just like a clumsy bear chasing away bees. By the time it waved its hand, the opponent's war spirit had already calmly changed its position.

As for the other five fighting spirits, there was one spider-shaped, two wolf-shaped, one tiger-shaped and one bird-shaped.

Among them, the tiger-shaped one and the pelican-like bird were on the same side as the mantis and the giant tree. Because the giant tree moved slowly, the tiger and the bird had to face the siege of the other three war spirits frequently, and fell into a disadvantage of two against three. The situation was precarious.

Su Daoshan watched for a while and was roughly sure that the Black Lion side was stronger than the Mantis side.

The disadvantage of the Mantis side was the giant tree, but the reason they were able to hold on and even fight to a draw was actually because of the giant tree.

Although the giant tree moves slowly, its control range is also very large. The five arms swing in turn, and even if they can't hit anyone, they can still form a huge attack circle. Once the situation is dangerous, the war spirits on your side will retreat into this circle. When the enemy's war spirits chase you, you must always stay alert and move, otherwise you will be killed or injured if you are hit by the giant tree.

Because of this, the two sides managed to end in a tie.

However, it seems that the Black Lions are very experienced and are not in a hurry. They just keep their opponents under pressure. Even Su Daoshan can see that once the giant tree is exhausted, the Mantis will be defeated.

"I don't know who the two sides are, what grudges they have, and why they are fighting." Su Daoshan thought to himself, "Otherwise, I can take this opportunity to help the other side sneak attack the Black Lion to avenge the arrow. I'm afraid that if I don't understand the situation, I will help this side and get into trouble. The people here don't listen to reason."

As he was watching, a figure came to Su Daoshan silently.

Ao Jiu has arrived.

"Boss." Ao Jiu squatted down beside Su Daoshan and called respectfully while looking at the battle group.

"Do you know them?" Su Daoshan asked.

Ao Jiu took a closer look, nodded, pointed at the mantis and the figure controlling it and said, "This guy is Niu Er. He is the leader of the Gurong tribe." Then he pointed at the black lion and the controller and said, "They are the Huangzhulin tribe. This man is their leader, and his alias is Huangzhu Jushi."

Huh? Su Daoshan found these two names familiar. Huangzhulin Tribe was the last place he searched before logging off, and Gurong Tribe was where he started his spiritual essence search.

"Why did they fight?"

Ao Jiu looked at Su Daoshan with complicated eyes and said, "Because of you, boss."

"Me?" Su Daoshan was stunned.

(End of this chapter)