Douluo Continent: Martial Soul is the Star Forging Dragon King

Such weak soul beasts, even if they were to become extinct, would not affect the survival of the soul beast race.

Moreover, soul beasts like the Rainbow Winged Butterfly, with only a few hundred years of cultivation, lack intelligence and are simply mindless insects.

Na'er would never accept such a guy as one of her own people.

"Sorry."

Luo Chen silently mourned in his heart, then swung his sword down without hesitation.

Unlike Tang San, he wouldn't flaunt his righteousness, consider these butterflies evil, or even feel honored to be able to contribute to his cause.

Killing is killing, and Luo Chen is the one who committed the violence.

However, Luo Chen knew he wasn't a good person.

He is selfish; he only cares about those who care about him and those he cares about.

Originally, Luo Chen wanted to say a few more words of persuasion, hoping that Bibi Dong would let him start from the beginning of 10.

Even if this causes innocent casualties, it will only harm a few animals.

However, Bibi Dong had her own principles on this matter.

Anyway, they're just some colorful butterflies. Killing a few more will make the absorption period more precise. Even if it's only 10 years longer, Bibi Dong feels it's worth it.

"Xiao Chen, your teacher knows you are kind."

"As Soul Masters, we cannot indiscriminately kill Soul Beasts."

Bibi Dong explained, "But this is a necessary expenditure."

Soul Masters have no pity for Soul Beasts.

Moreover, there were only a dozen or so rainbow butterflies, which really doesn't amount to indiscriminate killing.

On the contrary, Liu Erlong in the original work slaughtered an entire forest of soul beasts to vent her anger because of Yu Xiaogang, which is what we call indiscriminate killing.

Compared to Liu Erlong, Bibi Dong's loss of more than a dozen Rainbow Winged Butterflies to Luo Chen was negligible.

"Ugh…"

Luo Chen knew that Bibi Dong was right: "Being in Douluo Continent, being soft-hearted is a big no-no."

"Even if you want to change something, you have to have the ability to change it."

“At least until I grow up,” Luo Chen said firmly, slashing at the Rainbow Winged Butterflies with his sword again and again, “I don’t have the right to change the rules, I can only adapt!”

Bibi Dong looked at the change in Luo Chen's eyes and nodded in satisfaction: "Truly worthy of being my disciple, you are indeed outstanding."

Yes, Bibi Dong did it on purpose.

She saw through Luo Chen's naivety from the very beginning.

This naiveté is different from Hu Liena's ignorance; she has the mind of a child and doesn't think that stepping on a group of ants is a cruel thing.

Luo Chen was different; even after understanding the cruelty, he still chose to wield the butcher's knife.

In Douluo Continent, naivety is a bad thing.

Therefore, Bibi Dong was very satisfied with Luo Chen's current performance: "Xiao Chen is not only intelligent and has extraordinary potential, but also has the heart of a strong person."

At the same time, Bibi Dong felt a pang of heartache.

If possible, Bibi Dong didn't want to force Luo Chen to do anything; she felt she was capable of protecting him.

However, the thought of the strong being respected in the Douluo Continent forced Bibi Dong to suppress her desire to be a loving mother.

Unconditional pampering is irresponsible towards Luo Chen.

Since Bibi Dong has decided to give her heart to Luo Chen, she won't be perfunctory. When it's time to be strict, she must be ruthless.

Of course, if Luo Chen were to make the request, Bibi Dong felt that she would most likely soften her heart.

Fortunately, Luo Chen is truly outstanding.

He understood his own thoughts and chose to face the killing and bloodshed.

At this moment, Bibi Dong truly felt that Luo Chen had become a continuation of her life.

"I can absorb it now!"

Suddenly, Luo Chen's voice interrupted Bibi Dong's thoughts.

"40 years..."

However, the timeframe that Luo Chen announced still made everyone, including Bibi Dong, shake their heads helplessly.

"it's all my fault."

Bibi Dong hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not stop Luo Chen from absorbing the white soul ring.

The process went smoothly. Luo Chen sat cross-legged on the ground, pretending to absorb the spirit ring, but in reality, he was cooperating with Na'er to create the spirit power fluctuations that occurred when the spirit ring was being absorbed.

Na'er smoothly stored the spirit ring into her spirit space, and Luo Chen also stood up at the same time.

"How about it?"

Upon seeing Luo Chen awaken, Bibi Dong and Hu Liena quickly stepped forward to inquire.

More than what kind of soul skill Luo Chen obtained, Bibi Dong cared about Luo Chen's body.

Her eyes were full of anticipation, hoping that Luo Chen's body could recover on its own by absorbing the soul ring.

"Good news, teacher."

Luo Chen's body remained unchanged, but Na'er had said that after dealing with that red divine power, his body would slowly begin to recover.

Since that's the case, let's just put the blame on the spirit rings.

"My martial soul tells me that as long as I keep absorbing soul rings, my body can recover, and even surpass other soul masters."

Luo Chen estimated the timeframe and gave a timeframe that would be favorable to him: "At this rate, I should be able to absorb a fifty-year-old soul ring in about a month."

"Great!"

Unlike Luo Chen, whose thoughts were complicated, Bibi Dong and Hu Liena were genuinely happy for him.

This made Luo Chen feel somewhat ashamed.

But when he thought of Bibi Dong's madness and love-obsessed nature in the original work, he forcibly suppressed his guilt.

There was no other way; Luo Chen couldn't let his guard down until he was completely certain of Bibi Dong's feelings.

He wouldn't repay kindness with enmity, but keeping some trump cards up his sleeve isn't too much to ask, is it?

"Ugh."

Luo Chen sighed inwardly, "I was just prejudiced. I'm sorry, teacher."

"Xiao Chen, congratulations."

Hu Liena skipped forward and hugged Luo Chen tightly.

"A divine-level martial soul is indeed extraordinary."

Bibi Dong felt much more at ease and became increasingly excited about Luo Chen's future potential.

Absorbing a spirit ring can strengthen one's physique; this is common knowledge.

According to Luo Chen, after absorbing his first spirit ring, barring any unforeseen circumstances, he should be able to reach the physical attributes of a level 10 spirit master within six months at most.

At that time, Luo Chen can absorb the yellow limit spirit ring, thereby accelerating his recovery speed.

At most one year, Luo Chen's third spirit ring will catch up with the age limit of an ordinary spirit master's third spirit ring, reaching 1700 years.

After that, Luo Chen will be able to absorb spirit rings beyond his age limit, just like Hu Liena, until he reaches the physical limit that a god-level twin martial soul can bring him.

Chapter 18 Elemental Manipulation

"In that case, Xiao Chen, you only need to endure for another six months, and then you can directly absorb the 470-year yellow soul ring."

Although this wastes the first two spirit ring slots, it will slightly reduce Luo Chen's potential.

Bibi Dong could make Luo Chen restrain himself for a while longer, perhaps a year or two.

With Luo Chen's innate level 30 soul power, even if he doesn't cultivate for several years, he will still not be surpassed by other soul masters.

"Teacher, I heard that even if you don't break through to a higher realm, as long as you continue to cultivate, your soul power will still accumulate in your body."

"Indeed."

Bibi Dong nodded and said, "However, this kind of accumulation is not limitless. Teacher has studied it before and found that such accumulation can at most reach level 3 of the next realm of soul power."

This means that you don't absorb a soul ring at level 10, but instead continue to cultivate.

Soul power can indeed continue to increase, but it can only accumulate up to the equivalent of level 13 at most.

To reach level 14, you must acquire a Soul Ring.

Furthermore, while this method allows one to continue cultivating, the speed at which one cultivates soul power is far slower than that of a soul master breaking through to the next realm.

It was precisely because of this limitation that Bibi Dong, after weighing the pros and cons, chose to let Luo Chen break through earlier.

Just like Luo Chen said, if he really wants a high-level spirit ring, he can wait until he breaks through to the Title Douluo level.

Before being granted the title, Luo Chen still focused on cultivating his soul power.

Bibi Dong agreed with this point.

"Of course, that's the teacher's idea."

Bibi Dong was really good to Luo Chen, even her teaching was so gentle. She was afraid that Luo Chen would feel dissatisfied, so she added, "But whether or not you want to make this choice, your teacher respects your opinion, Xiao Chen."

To reiterate, Bibi Dong's doting affection for Luo Chen wasn't solely due to his divine twin martial souls.

Given the Pope's controlling nature, if that were all she cared about, she would certainly value Luo Chen highly. However, more than that, she wanted to keep him under her control.

Brainwashing, controlling, and even raising her like a caged bird, just like Qian Xunji did back then.

Unlike now, Bibi Dong is actually worried that Luo Chen will be unhappy.

If those familiar with Bibi Dong were to witness this scene, they would likely be utterly astonished.

The surprise on Chrysanthemum Douluo's face, standing to the side, perfectly reflected his inner turmoil: 'Could this child really be the Pope's illegitimate son?'

Aside from this explanation, Chrysanthemum Douluo really couldn't imagine why Bibi Dong would be so obedient to Luo Chen.