Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Young Gilas, Sandstorm King!

Chapter 113 The Woman in the Desert!

“Youngkiras, we must…”

Lin Xia had barely begun to speak when her voice abruptly stopped.

Lin Xia originally wanted to suggest that they could go back to Gengjin City.

Young Gilas tensed up almost simultaneously, his crimson eyes instantly sharpening as he warily turned to the back of the dune.

The tiny ears, covered in lava carapace, trembled slightly, catching an extremely subtle yet clear sound—a soft rustling sound… a soft rustling sound…

It was the sound of footsteps hitting soft sand!
Light and graceful, yet possessing a peculiar rhythm, they were approaching the ruins where they were, where a sandstorm had recently occurred.

The two, human and pet, instantly held their breath, instinctively crouching low and hiding behind a weathered boulder half-buried in the sand, only peeking out half their heads, their eyes flashing like lightning towards the source of the sound.

Not far away, a figure appeared on the ridge of a sand dune.

The visitor was a woman.

She wore a light, almost transparent, moon-white tulle dress. The dress was simple and flowing, fluttering slightly in the scorching, dry desert wind, outlining her tall and graceful figure. Most strikingly, she was barefoot.

Those jade-like feet were spotless and crystal clear, as if the heat and roughness of the desert could not touch them at all. Each light step on the scorching sand was like stepping on cool water, and the steps were so light that they left almost no trace.

She walked straight to the quicksand ruins that had just swallowed Lin Xia and Young Gilas, leaving only a huge crater.

Her gaze was calm and focused, like the most precise optical instrument, slowly scanning the residual energy fluctuations at the bottom of the pit, the traces of the vitrified edges, and the extremely faint trace of the spatial folds in the air that had not yet completely dissipated.

Her brows furrowed slightly, as if she were analyzing something, and a hint of doubt and inquiry flashed deep in her eyes.

Just as she was intently observing, she seemed to sense something and, without warning, abruptly shifted her gaze from the sandpit to the direction of the giant rock where Lin Xia and Young Gilas were hiding!
Those eyes, clear as a cold pool and deep as a starry sea, possessed an all-seeing power that instantly pierced through the obstruction of the rock formation, locking onto the figures of Lin Xia and Young Gilas.

Eye to eye!

Lin Xia's heart skipped a beat!
Young Gilas let out a very low, wary gurgle.

With their whereabouts exposed, there's no point in hiding any longer.

When the woman saw Lin Xia—a boy who looked no more than seven or eight years old, whose clothes were covered in dust, yet whose eyes were unusually calm and sharp—and the strangely shaped little beast beside him with its dark, faintly reddish carapace and scarlet eyes that were watching her warily, she was clearly stunned.

A genuine look of astonishment crossed her beautiful face. She had clearly not expected that such a combination would suddenly appear in the heart of this far western desert, a place known as the forbidden zone of life—a young child who was obviously not protected by an elder, and a strange soul beast she had never seen before.

A brief silence filled the scorching air.

The surprise in the woman's eyes was quickly replaced by a look of solemnity. She thought of the dangers of this desert: countless powerful soul beasts, strange quicksand, harsh environment... A child alone here would be no different from sending himself to his death.

"kid."

The woman spoke, her voice like a clear spring flowing over jade, melodious and clear, carrying a hint of barely perceptible concern, breaking the silence.

She walked barefoot, her steps light and graceful. Her moon-white gauze dress brushed against the sand without leaving a speck of dust. She stopped less than three meters away from Lin Xia.

She leaned down slightly, looking directly at Lin Xia with a gentle question.

"How did you get here? It's dangerous here."

An invisible pressure quietly spread as she approached.

This wasn't a deliberately released pressure, but rather a sense of weightiness brought about by the natural difference in life levels, like facing a towering mountain that one must look up to.

Lin Xia felt a chill run down his spine, instantly realizing that the seemingly gentle woman before him possessed unfathomable strength, far beyond what he and Young Gilas could currently contend with. Young Gilas also tensed up, its little paws gripping the ground slightly, ready to protect Lin Xia at any moment.

However, the concern in the other person's tone was genuine, and their eyes were clear and without malice. Lin Xia quickly weighed her options and decided to reveal some information to reduce the other person's suspicions.

"elder sister."

Lin Xia's voice was clear and childlike, yet unusually calm and composed, without a trace of panic.

"We're here to obtain a spirit ring."

"us?"

The woman keenly caught the word, her delicate eyebrows slightly raised, a hint of doubt in her eyes.

Her gaze unconsciously swept over the empty sand dunes behind Lin Xia and around her again. Her mental energy spread out quietly like invisible ripples, instantly covering an area of ​​several hundred meters in radius, but she found nothing.

"Where are your elders? Did they trust you to hunt for spirit rings here alone?"

Her tone carried a clear disapproval and a deeper sense of bewilderment.

Lin Xia immediately understood her confusion and explained:
“When I say ‘we,’ I mean me and Young Kylas.”

He reached out and gently patted the head of the little guy beside him who was poised to pounce.

“Young Gilas is my martial spirit.”

"Martial Soul?!"

For the first time, a deep look of astonishment truly appeared in the woman's usually cool and aloof eyes.

She turned her gaze to Young Giras again, but this time, her eyes were no longer looking at a soul beast, but rather with an incredulous scrutiny, as if she were redefining some kind of cognition.

"A martial spirit... materialized? Possessing an independent form and... intelligence?"

Her voice carried a rare fluctuation as she murmured softly.

"The world is truly full of wonders. I thought it was a spirit beast that you had raised and tamed."

Upon hearing the first part of the woman's sentence, Lin Xia simply responded with a calm smile.

But Young Gilas immediately objected!
"Yoji! Yoji yoji yoji—!"

As if its tail had been stepped on, the little creature suddenly jumped out from behind Lin Xia, its two little paws firmly planted on its waist covered by lava carapace, and it raised its head to protest urgently and angrily at the woman.

Its little face tried its best to look "I'm very angry", its scarlet eyes were wide open, and its tail was slapping the sand hard, kicking up a small cloud of dust.

Clearly, the term "soul beast" greatly displeased it!
It is Lin Xia's most unique martial soul partner!
Although the woman couldn't understand Young Gilas's language, her incredibly vivid expression of anger and body language conveyed its meaning perfectly.

She was taken aback at first, but then she saw the young Gilas trying to be "fierce" but only looking more adorable, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

That smile was like a thawing ice river, instantly dispelling her aloof and distant aura, making her breathtakingly beautiful.

"Pfft... Hehehe..."

(End of this chapter)