Douluo Continent: Steadily Growing Stronger in Shrek Academy

Chapter 31 A Series of Opportunities

Half an hour later, Lin Chen's body stopped absorbing life energy, and he placed the Life Gold aside, letting it replenish its life energy on its own.

He wandered around, looking for any medicinal herbs suitable for his companions.

Lin Chen picked out an eight-petaled fairy orchid for Zhou Mingxing, a "longing for autumn dew" for Lin Xiaolei, and a nine-grade purple fungus for Xiao Xiao. In Lin Chen's opinion, these were the most suitable for her.

Oh, and don't forget Sister Lexuan, I picked out a Narcissus Jade Bone for her. With this immortal herb, Zhang Lexuan's ninth soul ring reaching 100,000 years is a certainty.

"Lin Chen, there's a Bright Sacred Fire Grass over there, perfect for your second martial soul," Qian Renxue reminded him.

Lin Chen quickly followed Qian Renxue's guidance and took down the Holy Fire Grass.

"This is recorded in the Spirit Hall's records. After refining it, there is a high probability that your second spirit will gain the power of the Flame of Light, making it even more powerful than before. However, refining it requires enduring immense pain."

After hesitating for two seconds, Lin Chen said firmly, "How do I refine it?"

Qian Renxue glanced at Lin Chen with satisfaction. It seemed she hadn't misjudged him. Although this kid was eloquent and had tricked her into joining him, he also had a heart that was unafraid of challenges and forged ahead bravely.

"Release your second martial soul, merge with it, and then refine it with soul power."

The moment he began refining the Holy Flame Grass of Light, blazing flames instantly ignited on Lin Chen's body.

Lin Chen was currently experiencing immense pain. After undergoing the Ice and Fire Refining Body, Lin Chen's body was comparable to that of a Soul Master at the Soul Saint level. One can imagine how domineering this immortal herb was.

"Hang in there. To do something well, you need the right tools. To gain this ability, you need to have a physique that can withstand it. This is to improve your physique." Qian Renxue stood by Lin Chen, protecting him.

Lin Chen gritted his teeth and persevered for half an hour. After enduring the scorching heat of the Flame of Light, Lin Chen officially began to refine the Sacred Flame Grass of Light.

Another half hour passed, and Lin Chen, having refined the Holy Flame Grass, reached the level 40 mark. Moreover, his soul power could not continue to increase because he did not have a soul ring. He should be able to level up a few more times after obtaining a soul ring.

"I'm level 40 now. With my current strength, I definitely can't deal with a 50,000-year-old soul beast. I should go back to the academy and use the soul ring I got as a reward from the freshman competition," Lin Chen pondered.

The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well dungeon is complete; it's time to head back to the academy.

Looking at the living gold absorbing life energy, a trace of reluctance flashed in Lin Chen's eyes.

Just as he was about to retrieve the Life Gold, a voice entered Lin Chen's ears: "Kid, your solidified life energy is quite good, lend it to me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a powerful sword aura struck, knocking Lin Chen back several meters away, and the Life Gold was also swept away by a surge of soul power.

Lin Chen naturally couldn't let the treasure be stolen, so he hurriedly summoned the Seven Kill Sword and chased after the direction in which the Gold of Life had been taken.

They chased after the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire until they reached a cliff face.

Affected by the poisonous miasma, this place is barren and desolate.

Lin Chen looked around and found that there were no soul beasts here at all, not even plant-type soul beasts.

Suddenly, dark clouds surged in the sky, and powerful thunderous energy was accumulating.

"Hurry! A soul beast has broken through 100,000 years and attracted a heavenly tribulation," Qian Renxue said solemnly.

Seeing this, Lin Chen quickly ran far away, no longer caring about the Gold of Life. No matter what, it was not as important as his own life!

"Kid, here you go." The voice from before rang out again, and at the same time, a sword aura carrying the gold of life flew back into Lin Chen's hand.

Lin Chen looked at the Gold of Life and thought, "Good heavens, the color has become much dimmer."

Lin Chen knew exactly what this meant: it meant that someone had extracted a large amount of life force from the Gold of Life!

Thinking of this, Lin Chen felt a pang of heartache.

But we can't worry about that now, we need to get out of here as soon as possible!

After saying that, he summoned the Seven Kill Sword and fled at top speed.

"Seven Kill Sword? Interesting. Consider this repaying a favor."

After he finished speaking, a powerful magnetic field formed, enveloping Lin Chen within it. No matter how Lin Chen attacked, he could not escape.

The dark clouds in the sky gradually dissipated.

After calming down, Lin Chen figured out what was going on.

"A soul beast is being sacrificed? For whom is it being sacrificed?"

"Nonsense! Look around the entire Sunset Forest, who else is there besides you?" Qian Renxue said irritably. This guy really doesn't know how lucky he is.

"Huh? Me?" Lin Chen looked completely bewildered.

Before Lin Chen could react, a crimson pillar of light enveloped him, forming a magnificent crimson soul ring. At the same time, that familiar voice rang in Lin Chen's ears once more: "Boy, my name is Nine-Leaf Sword Grass. Each leaf is ten thousand years old. Originally, ten thousand years ago I could have broken through to one hundred thousand years, but someone laid down a vast poisonous miasma here, making my growth increasingly difficult. Now this place is a desolate wasteland. I know I have no chance of surviving the one hundred thousand year tribulation. Just now, I used your solidified life energy to break through to one hundred thousand years, thus settling a long-held obsession. Now I offer myself to you as a way of repaying this debt. I hope you will use my abilities well in the future..."

The sound of the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass grew fainter and fainter, but the boundless life energy and soul power continued to flow into Lin Chen's body. Lin Chen quickly sat down cross-legged to absorb the 100,000-year soul ring.

Because the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass had previously absorbed a lot of life energy from the Gold of Life, and being a plant-type soul beast that had actively sacrificed itself, Lin Chen's process of absorbing the 100,000-year soul ring wasn't too painful; he just gritted his teeth and got through it.

The fourth spirit ring, 100,000 years! I'm afraid that apart from Huo Yuhao, who's such a cheat, there's no one on the entire continent with a better spirit ring combination than Lin Chen.

The sacrifice of the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass granted Lin Chen an unexpected skill: Life Domain! Its effect is that he can convert energy into life energy within any range of the domain, and can also freely mobilize life energy.

That's a bit too much.

Isn't this a perfect healing-type Soul Master, a perpetual motion machine of combat?

After a moment's thought, Lin Chen reasoned that herbs are adept at surviving in all kinds of harsh environments, which might explain their ability to be imbued with this domain, or perhaps it was due to their absorption of some of the life-giving metal? Lin Chen believed the latter was more likely.

The Nine-Leaf Sword Grass doesn't have a soul bone, but the domain skill it grants is more precious to Lin Chen than a 100,000-year-old soul bone.

Lin Chen's soul power also reached level 45. The sacrifice of the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass and the refinement of the Holy Flame Grass had accumulated a lot of soul power in his body, so it was normal for him to jump to level 45. If it weren't for his ultimate martial soul, the jump would probably have been even greater.

After quickly leaving Sunset Forest, Lin Chen headed towards the Douling Empire.

Before returning to the academy, Lin Chen wanted to visit his parents.

(End of this chapter)