Douluo: What the hell is the academic master development system?

Chapter 217 Chen Ping, the Second

"boom--"

At the top of the cave, a violent roar resounded, and then a figure burst through the cave wall and landed with great force; it was none other than Elder Xuan's imposing body.

The bare-chested Elder Xuan revealed his bronze skin, and his terrifying aura soared into the sky the moment he emerged from the ground, threatening to change the very color of the sky and earth.

Especially the two spiral horns on his head, which radiated an indescribable mysterious luster, seemed to have nine colors shimmering on them, eventually turning into a jade-like white.

Even though Elder Xuan rushed here the moment he sensed something was wrong, it still took him almost a minute to finally drill through the entire mountain and enter the cave directly from the mountaintop.

When Xuanzi first sensed the presence of the Zhongli brothers, he rushed towards the back mountain. However, upon arriving at the back mountain, he realized that he had no idea where the hidden entrance that Chen Ping and the others had discovered was.

So they had no choice but to find a random location and directly chisel through the entire mountain, breaking into the cave from top to bottom.

In this situation, Xuanzi, who carved out a road in just under a minute, could be described as a human tunnel boring machine.

"Xiao Tao, Yue Heng?!"

Seeing everyone lying haphazardly on the ground in the inner courtyard, Xuanzi was instantly thrown into turmoil, overwhelmed by feelings of regret, anxiety, and self-blame.

Why is it that if I had just followed these children to the entrance of the back mountain and taken a look, things would have been different?

He just took a little break from work, and yet he caused the deaths of so many children in the inner courtyard!
Xuanzi's body trembled violently, his eyes were bloodshot, and he closed them in pain.

However, just as Xuanzi was about to collect the bodies of these inner court students with a sorrowful expression, he suddenly froze.

He originally thought that the children in the inner courtyard were likely to be in grave danger, and he was just doing his best. However, he did not expect that Ma Xiaotao and the others would still be unharmed.

With his cultivation level, he didn't need to make contact; he could sense that although the breathing of the people in the inner courtyard was somewhat weak, it was still present, and their heartbeats were very strong, indicating very clear vital signs.

He quickly moved closer to everyone and carefully examined them, and Xuanzi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, although most of the students in the inner court were injured, thankfully, no one in the inner court has died so far.

The most troublesome thing is that without exception, the students' mental seas have all suffered severe damage, and then it seems that they were hit again, which is why they fell into a protective coma.

The fact that the person was not dead was the best news for Xuanzi.

Meanwhile, Chen Ping, who was still deep inside the tunnel, was terrified when he saw Zhong Lidi being instantly killed by his own shadow.

No, is this the source of life that Electrolux was talking about?
Why does he have this feeling that Electrolux is trying to get him killed?

Chen Ping sighed. Although Electrolux's earlier act of using his divine sense to protect his sea of ​​consciousness and prevent his spiritual essence from collapsing indicated that Electrolux most likely had no intention of harming him, given the current situation...
Mustering his courage, Chen Ping took a few steps forward and stopped in front of the Shadow Leopard. He could see that the Shadow Leopard was not dead yet, but it was not far from dying.

The Shadow Leopard's belly was heaving, and it was breathing rapidly. Even with the naked eye, Chen Ping could feel the immense pain the Shadow Leopard was enduring.

This Shadow Leopard was captured alive by the Zhongli brothers, so one can imagine the extent of the impact and damage its spiritual essence suffered during the capture process.

Originally, the Shadow Leopard's sea of ​​consciousness was probably on the verge of collapse. This was Zhong Lidi's intention, since only a soul beast in this state is the easiest to extract its soul and cannot put up any effective resistance.

The problem arose because Zhongli didn't deal with the Shadow Leopard immediately after capturing it, giving the leopard time to lie low and recover its strength.

The Shadow Leopard, a creature that had reached the level of ten thousand years and possessed considerable intelligence, was driven by its extreme hatred for Zhonglidi to take revenge on him in the most bloody and cruel way, even at the cost of its shattered sea of ​​consciousness and scattered soul.

As Electrolux said, if Chen Ping continued to fight, it would only accelerate the collapse of his spiritual sea.

The Shadow Leopard, which had used the last of its soul power to activate its innate soul skill and merge its shadow into Zhongli's shadow to launch the attack, was in the same situation. At this moment, the Shadow Leopard's life was already on a countdown; the collapse of its consciousness was completely irreversible.

"fool"

Just then, the Shadow Leopard seemed to sense Chen Ping's presence, and with great effort opened its cloudy eyes, letting out a low growl.

Is this a lament?

Chen Ping was surprised to see a plea in the murky eyes of the Shadow Leopard—a plea for him to put an end to this painful journey.

The sea of ​​consciousness shattered, and the soul gradually vanished; this pain had exceeded the limits that the physical body could bear.

Even soul beasts, known for their ability to endure pain, do not want to experience this prolonged torture of gradually destroying their souls.

Chen Ping drew his Life Carving Knife and pointed it at the other party. Only then did the Shadow Leopard in front of him close its eyes with a relieved expression. This was nothing more than offering its neck for slaughter.

Chen Ping took a few steps forward, wary of the Shadow Leopard in front of him. Seeing that the Shadow Leopard was truly motionless, he decisively stabbed it with his knife, slicing down its neck.

"Hoo————"

With a soft groan of relief as air was expelled from its trachea due to the difference in pressure from the outside, the Shadow Leopard's body went limp and it lost its life.

A faint black spirit ring immediately rose from the body of the Shadow Leopard.

Chen Ping first bypassed the corpse of the Shadow Leopard and snatched the storage ring from Zhong Lidi's hand.

After searching thoroughly, they found that there were no rare and precious materials that could cure the damage to the sea of ​​consciousness, so they had no choice but to turn their attention back to the black ten-thousand-year soul ring on the corpse of the Shadow Leopard.

grunt.

Chen Ping swallowed hard.

Don't joke around, this is a ten-thousand-year soul ring.

Even with his previous Soul Master level spiritual power, it would have been impossible for him to absorb such a Soul Ring.

Moreover, his current sea of ​​consciousness is in a state of being so fragile that it could shatter at the slightest touch, only slightly stronger than the Shadow Leopard from before.

In this situation, even if he were to absorb a spirit ring of five thousand years, there would be a risk of failure, let alone this spirit ring of ten thousand years.
Chen Ping was well aware of the dangers of absorbing this spirit ring.

The problem is that without absorbing this spirit ring, given his current state of near-shattered consciousness, he probably won't last much longer.

Thinking of Electrolux's meticulous calculations before he fell into a deep sleep, Chen Ping knew he had no time to hesitate any longer.

Gripping the carving knife in his left hand tightly, Chen Ping took a deep breath and sat cross-legged.

He then gripped the Elephant Staff in his right hand, channeled his soul power, and attached the black ten-thousand-year soul ring to the Elephant Staff!

　Yesterday, a reader commented that it was ridiculous that Xuanzi couldn't even come for a minute, but that's not true at all.

　　Evidence 1: In the tiny Star Dou Great Forest, more than half of the dozen or so Soul Emperors and Soul Douluos were killed, and even the hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Beasts were killed before Xuanzi arrived. This shows that the speed of a titled cultivator's journey and the speed of precise location are two different things.

　　If the location speed and travel speed are the same, in the time it took for the inner court students to die, Xuanzi should have already flown a round trip through the Star Dou Forest.
　　Secondly, although Xuanzi is a level 98 Super Douluo, he may not actually have the mental detection abilities of Bibi Dong and Tang San from Douluo Continent I. Otherwise, in the original work, a mental scan would have directly led him to the tunnel. The ability to sense the presence of a level 50 Death God Messenger inside the mountain is not the same as a mental scan. Therefore, my statement that Xuanzi could not find the entrance is probably correct.

　　In conclusion, the author's statement that Xuanzi arrived at the battlefield in one minute is not a weakening of Xuanzi, but rather a reflection of his epic-level enhancement, considering he hadn't been drinking (this is confirmed).
　　
　
(End of this chapter)