Douluo Dalu: Golden Spirit Tree

Chapter 173 Soul Devouring Method, Clear Slaughter Blood Road

"time to eat."

Outside the wooden house, Lin Yi shouted.

The lone goose in the room responded with a smile on its face, "What are we having for dinner today?"

Then he saw some exquisite food on the table, and two bowls of dragon-patterned rice porridge on both sides, still steaming.

Seeing this, the smile on Du Luoyan's face became even more intense.

Lin Yi put the dishes in place and they both started eating.

Ever since Du Luoyan finished telling his life story that day, the two never mentioned that topic again.

Both Lin Yi and Du Luoyan seemed to have forgotten their own affairs and lived a secluded life in this jungle.

During the day, the two of them practiced separately. When it was time for dinner, Lin Yi would prepare the meal and invite Du Luoyan to join them. At night, Lin Yi would use his own extreme light and extreme life to suppress the extreme poison in Du Luoyan's body.

Although both of them knew in their hearts that there was little point in doing so.

The lone goose whose original life force has dissipated is no longer something that Lin Yi can save.

If the vitality dissipated due to an accident, like Moon, even if the origin was severely damaged, the strength of the Extreme Douluo prevented his original life from being damaged too much. As long as the injury was controlled and the vitality was prevented from dissipating, Moon could still live to the end of the Extreme Douluo's life.

Just like Moon now, although his injury is still there, it has stabilized. In the days that followed, although his injury was still there, occasional full-strength attacks would not have much impact. Lin Yi's years of hard work finally paid off handsomely.

But Du Luoyan's situation is different. Since she was weak, the extreme poison has been constantly eroding everything about her. If Du Luoyan wants to suppress the extreme poison, she can only practice hard and become stronger.

The stronger the cultivation, the stronger the extreme poison will be, a bit similar to Ma Xiaotao's evil fire, but more serious than that.

The consequence of evil fire is nothing more than loss of consciousness, but the extreme poison of Du Luoyan is really fatal!
After more than a decade of continuous erosion, the extreme poison has eaten away everything of Du Luoyan.

Du Luoyan had struggled, and even went so far as to absorb the deadly poison to quickly improve his cultivation, but at the same time, the extreme poison would also improve even faster. However, Du Luoyan had no choice but to gamble his life.

Moreover, through the treatment of Du Luoyan during this period, Lin Yi also discovered some secrets, a secret that Du Luoyan had not hidden at all.

Lin Yi didn't know how to face that secret.

Although they had known each other for a short time, Lin Yi truly regarded Du Luoyan as a friend, a true friend.

Maybe it’s because they both have the same extreme attributes, and she also has a beauty that can captivate all creatures.

It is undeniable that Lin Yi has some affection for this extremely poisonous soul master.

It’s a pity that feelings can’t defeat reality after all.

Lin Yi, who discovered Du Luoyan's secret, absolutely could not tolerate such a thing.

It’s not okay even if there is a reason!
But the complicated emotions made Lin Yi not know how to start.

Fortunately, the travel time was not short, and Lin Yiben also planned to rest for a while. Moreover, Du Luoyan's physical condition was indeed very bad.

For many reasons, Lin Yi chose to delay.

Time passed by, and before they knew it, Lin Yi and Du Luoyan had been living in the jungle for a month.

In a month's time, Lin Yi and Du Luoyan got along better and better, and their relationship became more and more harmonious.

However, the previous outbreak of extreme poison burned out the last bit of Du Luoyan's original vitality.

Even with Lin Yi's ultimate life force, it could only allow Du Luoyan to live more comfortably during his last period of time.

Time is the fairest. No matter how unwilling you are, what is meant to come will come.

At dusk that day, Lin Yi was about to help Du Luoyan suppress the extreme poison in his body.

But Du Luoyan suddenly stopped him.

"what happened?"

"Did you find out?"

Lin Yi froze and pretended to know nothing.

"What did you find?"

"You don't think you're pretending well, do you?"

Lin Yi sighed dejectedly and said angrily, "Why do you want to expose me? I'm not even ready yet. Why are you forcing me to make a choice?!"

Du Luoyan's expression was very calm, "I'm tired."

Lin Yi fell silent.

Seeing that Lin Yi hadn't spoken, Du Luoyan said, "Since you don't want to say it, then I will."

"The first time I came into contact with them was after my parents died. At that time, I had nowhere to go and could only wander outside. Later, I met them."

"Actually, they wanted to kill me at first, but when they did, my extreme poison was exposed. Then, I went to meet their leader."

Lin Yi's mind moved, "Holy Spirit Religion?"

Du Luoyan nodded slightly, "It seems that you already know them."

“I just know the name.”

"Then continue to listen to me."

"That leader took a fancy to my extreme poison. Later, he also knew that my extreme poison would backfire, so he helped me find a way to alleviate it. As for a cure, he said he had no way."

Lin Yi said proudly: "Although I don't know who the leader is, but even I can't do it, so he naturally can't have it."

Du Luoyan, who had only known Lin Yi for a month but already knew him very well, rolled his eyes.

"Do you think it's appropriate to say that now?"

Is it humane to tell a sick patient that he is doomed to die because even I, the best doctor with the best medical skills, can't do anything about him, or just say it straight?
Lin Yi shrank his head and said, "Sorry, please continue."

"Since then, I joined the Holy Spirit Church and became a saint. However, I didn't practice like an ordinary evil spirit master."

Lin Yi was slightly startled. "But I can sense the resentment of the soul in your body. This can't be fake."

Du Luoyan looked at Lin Yi, her beautiful green eyes staring straight into his eyes, "You really have discovered it a long time ago."

Looking at Lin Yi's changing expression, Du Luoyan smiled strangely, "I just said that I didn't practice like an evil soul master. I didn't say that I didn't use any evil methods."

Hearing this, the ultimate light instinctively emerged in Lin Yi's hand, and then he reacted and the power of light dissipated.

"So, you hate evil soul masters so much."

Lin Yi said in a deep voice, "The appearance of the evil soul master was a mistake. I carry the ultimate light, and I am naturally hostile to the evil soul master. Moreover, the evil deeds done by the evil soul master are too numerous to list. He deserves to be killed!"

"Including me?"

Du Luoyan stared at Lin Yi with his emerald eyes without blinking, not missing any change.

Lin Yi was silent for a while, "If you are really an evil soul master, I will not show mercy."

Du Luoyan smiled lightly at Lin Yi's answer, and said nothing, but continued to narrate his past.

"The leader of the Holy Spirit Cult gave me a method. Thanks to this method, I was able to survive the backlash of the extreme poison time and time again and survive until now."

Lin Yi instinctively realized that the problem lay in this method, and hurriedly asked, "What method?"

Du Luoyan said word by word: "Soul Devouring Technique!"

Soul-devouring method?

Lin Yi shook his head, indicating that he had never heard of this method. "Of course you don't know, because this is a method that the sect leader tailored specifically for me."

Facing Lin Yi's inquiring gaze, Du Luoyan explained, "This method is actually very simple. It's to use other souls to share the backlash of the extreme poison with me. By controlling other souls to devour the extreme poison in my body, it is the so-called soul devouring method."

Lin Yi's expression suddenly became extremely ugly. "Other souls, whose souls?"

Although he was filled with rage, Lin Yi still reluctantly asked. He was not a pedantic person. If it was for the sake of his life, and he had no choice but to use the soul of a soul beast, or even a villain or evil soul master, he could show mercy.

But Du Luoyan's words shattered Lin Yi's last hope.

"Who knows? It feels like the Holy Spirit Church gave it to them. It should contain souls from all kinds of people, a mix of soul masters and civilians. There's a big difference in how they're used."

"you!"

Lin Yi's momentum exploded instantly, and the power of thunder gathered in his hands. He directly grabbed Du Luoyan's neck and lifted it up.

"What's the difference between you and an evil soul master?!"

Du Luoyan was paralyzed by Lin Yi's lightning, but she still struggled to speak, "I don't care about that. I promised Mom and Dad that I would live!"

Lin Yi was extremely angry, but looking at Du Luoyan's stubborn eyes, he couldn't bear to do it. He could only throw her hard and threw her onto the bed.

"Cough cough..."

It took Du Luoyan a long time to calm down. The erosion of the extreme poison had reached its limit, and her body was now very weak.

When he raised his head, he met Lin Yi's complicated eyes, which contained murderous intent, pity, regret, etc.

Du Luoyan smiled and said, "Although I don't have the name of an evil soul master, I am an evil soul master in reality. Why, you won't do it?"

"You will die sooner or later. There's no need to rush."

"Haha, do you still want to listen?"

Lin Yi walked to the table, picked up the teapot, filled a cup with tea, drank it all in one gulp, then pulled over a chair and sat down angrily, as if to vent his emotions.

Then he said, "You continue."

"The Soul Devouring Technique requires a hundred souls to use once. Through this, I was able to slowly grow up. However, as my ultimate poison became stronger and stronger, the Soul Devouring Technique became less and less effective. After I reached the fifth ring, the Soul Devouring Technique was basically ineffective."

"Afterwards, I began to practice the method of using poison to cultivate poison. Until now, the Holy Spirit Sect seemed to know that I would not live long, and gradually stopped paying attention to me. They only asked me to practice some strange poisons from time to time, probably to brainwash and control the disciples."

"Brainwashing and controlling the disciples?"

"Many evil soul masters are arrogant and unruly. The leader used my poison to control many of them and also brainwashed many geniuses as a reserve."

Lin Yi's heart was already cold. No matter what Du Luoyan did, he would not let her go.

There was nothing left to ask, so Lin Yi suddenly asked, "Do you regret it?"

Du Luoyan glanced at him and shook her head slightly, "I can't say I regret it, I just feel unwilling to give up."

"Why must my Green Scaled Snake clan endure such a fate? Why is Heaven so unfair to my Green Scaled Snake clan, insisting on wiping us out?!"

Lin Yi didn't know how to answer.

"If, if you could live your life again, would you do it?"

Lin Yi could only admit that he didn't seem to be the kind of person who hated evil. Seeing his friend fall into evil, he couldn't treat him fairly.

As for living again, Lin Yi relies on Alex's undead magic to turn Du Luoyan into an undead creature. If he ever becomes a god, he will resurrect Du Luoyan.

But Du Luoyan sneered and said, "I don't want to."

Ok?
"This world is so full of hostility towards my Green Scaled Snake clan. Why should I live again?"

"The process and results will definitely be different next time, and you will feel much better."

Du Luoyan shook his head vigorously, "No, I've had enough of life. There's really nothing worth staying in this world."

Lin Yi was shocked.

Du Luoyan noticed this and coaxed a child, "Of course, you're not bad."

Lin Yi's expression eased slightly.

"But it's not enough for me to live again."

Du Luoyan looked at Lin Yi, "Why don't you do it? If you don't do it soon, I'll die soon."

Lin Yi raised his palm silently, the soul power in his hand was slightly unstable.

Du Luoyan straightened her dress, lay down beautifully, and closed her green eyes.

"I'm very happy to have met you during this last period of time. I'm very satisfied with this ending. Since you can ask such a question, I guess there really is a way for me to live my life again, right? Although it's unbelievable, I just think you can."

"But, let's say goodbye. I don't want to stay in this world. The Green Scaled Snake lineage is too bitter, it's better to break it off."

"The information about the Holy Spirit Church and some other things I left for you are all in the storage ring. You can take a look at it yourself when the time comes."

"Well, I don't think I care whether you remember it or not. It's up to you whether you remember it or not. After all these years, I can finally die. I feel a little happy when I think about it."

"I haven't talked so much in years. I'm a little tired."

"I've said everything I wanted to say. This world means nothing to me anymore. Go ahead, be quick. I've been in pain for so many years, and finally felt comfortable for a month. Don't let me feel the pain before I die."

Lin Yi nodded silently, his soul power surged in his palm, and he slapped it down, shattering Du Luoyan's heart meridian.

Du Luoyan's many years of experience as an anatomist helped him achieve his wish without feeling any pain.

Feeling the passing of life, Du Luoyan couldn't help but open her beautiful eyes and took a last look at Lin Yi.

He chuckled, "I didn't expect Ming Tu could really do it. It doesn't hurt at all."

She thought Lin Yi only knew how to torture people, and that he wanted to feel pain before dying.

Closing her eyes again, Du Luoyan whispered the last words, "Thank you, Lin Yi."

Afterwards, Du Luoyan, the last soul master of the Green Scaled Snake lineage on the continent, completely lost his voice.

Only the slight curve remaining at the corner of her mouth made people think that she was just sleeping and could wake up at any time.

But Lin Yi knew that it was no longer possible.

Du Luoyan even rejected his method of resurrection. As a friend, Lin Yi respected her choice.

Leaving the room and looking at the wooden house he had built with his own hands, Lin Yi's soul power shook, and the ultimate life force surged out. The trees grew wildly, completely sealing the wooden house.

Afterwards, the earth-attributed underground escape technique was activated, and the entire wooden house slowly sank. When the roof was about to sink into the ground, Lin Yi suddenly severed the connection between the wooden house and the tree, cutting off the activity of the wooden house.

The wooden house sank completely into the ground, and a small grave appeared in its place.

Lin Yi continued to use his ultimate life force to surround the area with trees, leaving only a three-foot distance around the grave.

There was no tombstone erected. Du Luoyan had no attachment to this world and was determined to completely wipe out the Green Scaled Snake lineage. The existence of the tombstone would only disturb her sleep, so it would be better not to erect it. It would be enough for him to know.

Holding the storage ring in his hand, Lin Yi took off the Hand of Thunder, put it on his little finger, and then put the Hand of Thunder back on.

There was rage in his eyes. Under such circumstances, the decision Lin Yi made would definitely not be rational, but Lin Yi didn't want to be rational now.

He just wanted to vent!

Lightning flashed, and Lin Yi's figure disappeared.

The tangible and intangible spiritual power was completely released, exploring a specific group of people.

Some people have to pay the price!
(End of this chapter)