Douluo Continent: Steadily Growing Stronger in Shrek Academy

Chapter 39 Absorbing Soul Rings and Soul Bones

"How did I get here?" Zhang Lexuan asked, looking around at her surroundings. She remembered that she was about to die back then.

"At that time, I was knocked unconscious by you and fled towards the outside of the Star Dou Great Forest. I happened to meet a senior who gave me a powerful soul tool. So I came back and used this soul tool to kill that Thunder Qilin," Lin Chen replied.

This was a reason he had already thought of. Qian Renxue's matter was too shocking to be true, so Lin Chen decided not to reveal her existence until he was strong enough.

"You...cough cough!" Zhang Lexuan coughed after only a few words, clearly indicating that her injuries had not fully healed.

Seeing this, Lin Chen quickly activated his Life Domain, sending his life force into Zhang Lexuan's body to heal her.

"Sister Lexuan, you should rest and recover from your injuries first," Lin Chen said as he helped Zhang Lexuan up.

After giving Lin Chen a deep look, Zhang Lexuan sat cross-legged on the ground to treat her injuries.

After the battle with the Thunder Qilin, Zhang Lexuan gained many insights. Although she nearly lost her life, the fight against the 100,000-year-old soul beast gave her many different perspectives. Taking advantage of the opportunity to heal her injuries, Zhang Lexuan also entered into deep meditation.

Seeing Zhang Lexuan enter into meditation, Lin Chen, having nothing else to do, decided to meditate with her.

This battle also gave him a lot of inspiration, and gradually he came to understand his own sword intent.

As expected of a cave guarded by a 100,000-year-old soul beast, the two meditated for five whole days without any soul beasts setting foot inside. During this time, Lin Chen kept his Life Domain activated.

Lin Chen was the first to wake up. Seeing that Zhang Lexuan was still meditating, Lin Chen was too embarrassed to disturb her, so he sat quietly to the side and waited.

Not long after, Zhang Lexuan woke up.

Now that Zhang Lexuan has woken up, it's time to consider the issue of soul bone allocation.

Lin Chen took out the left arm bone that was shimmering with blue light and looked at Zhang Lexuan: "Sister Lexuan, this is the soul bone of that Thunder Qilin. Without you, we probably wouldn't have made it back. You should take it." These words came from the bottom of Lin Chen's heart. Without Zhang Lexuan, even if Lin Chen and Qian Renxue could defeat the Thunder Qilin, which was fighting to the death, they would have paid a heavy price. Both morally and logically, this soul bone should belong to Zhang Lexuan.

This is a 100,000-year-old soul bone, something that would make people fight tooth and nail in the Soul World. Lin Chen just gave it to Zhang Lexuan like that, which shows his character.

The most important reason is that he is a human from Earth. Although he has desires, reason clearly prevails over desires, and the reason prevails far more than desires.

Something will occur if it belongs to your life, if not, do not push it.

Lin Chen had wholeheartedly agreed with this statement in his previous life.

Seeing that Lin Chen didn't seem to be faking it, Zhang Lexuan was somewhat surprised, but even more so, she was delighted, because she hadn't misjudged him.

"I am not suitable to absorb this soul bone; it does not match my attributes." Zhang Lexuan's martial soul is the moon, which is suitable for a control-type approach. The moon martial soul itself does not have strong attack power, so Zhang Lexuan follows the path of using softness to overcome hardness and weakness to defeat strength. Right now, this strong attack-type soul bone is really not suitable for Zhang Lexuan.

"Furthermore, even if we take a step back and assume the worst, I already have the soul bone in my left arm, so even if I wanted to absorb it, I couldn't," Zhang Lexuan added.

This left arm spirit bone came from her eighth spirit ring.

"Then should I absorb it?" Lin Chen asked cautiously.

"Okay, go and absorb it quickly. I'll protect you," Zhang Lexuan urged.

With Zhang Lexuan's permission, Lin Chen sat down on the spot and began to absorb the soul bone.

Suddenly, as if remembering something, a blush appeared on Zhang Lexuan's face.

"I actually said those things to him..." Recalling what she had said to Lin Chen before, even Zhang Lexuan, who was usually calm and composed, couldn't help but blush. Fortunately, Lin Chen didn't see it, otherwise Zhang's image would have "collapsed".

Looking at Lin Chen absorbing the soul bone, a gentle smile appeared on Zhang Lexuan's face.

Absorbing a soul bone is different from absorbing a soul ring; it requires extremely high physical fitness and willpower. A level 1 soul master can absorb a 10-year soul bone, so with Lin Chen's physical fitness, absorbing one would naturally be no problem.

Two hours later, Lin Chen had completed the absorption of the soul bone, and he felt his left arm was full of power.

The two skills this soul bone granted him were Heavenly Thunder Myriad Forms and Nine Heavens Thunder Prison. The former is a group attack skill, and the latter is an area-of-effect skill.

(Heavenly Thunder Manifestation: Able to unleash the power of thunder, condensing it into the form of a thunderous Qilin, attacking enemies with the force of a thousand troops. Nine Heavens Thunder Prison: An area-of-effect skill that creates a continuous barrage of heavenly thunder within the Thunder Prison's range, striking enemies with terrifying power.)

Next comes the spirit rings.

"Sister Lexuan, I want to absorb this soul ring," Lin Chen said to Zhang Lexuan. He had made up his mind a few days ago.

"Are you sure you can do it? If not, we'll be lucky to get a 100,000-year soul bone from another soul beast," Zhang Lexuan said. She didn't really want Lin Chen to take the risk. She had personally experienced the difficulty of absorbing a 100,000-year soul ring, and the resentment of a 100,000-year soul beast was not easy to deal with. She had to recuperate for quite a while after absorbing her own 100,000-year soul ring.

"I have a secret technique that can seal part of the energy of a spirit ring. Once my physical condition catches up, I can unseal the energy of the spirit ring," Lin Chen said.

"You have this ability?" Zhang Lexuan asked incredulously, while she also knew in her heart that Lin Chen trusted her completely.

In that case, I realized I had been too talkative.

However, Lin Chen didn't think so, and honestly said, "Yes, this was passed down to me by a senior with profound cultivation."

Yes, that senior is now living inside my body.

Zhang Lexuan didn't ask any more questions and stepped aside, giving Lin Chen his place to absorb the soul ring.

Lin Chen sat cross-legged beneath the 100,000-year soul ring, his soul power surging, drawing the soul ring to his body.

For a moment, Lin Chen felt as if a mountain was pressing down on him, threatening to crush him instantly.

Having gone through so many life-and-death situations, how could Lin Chen be defeated by such a small difficulty? He immediately gritted his teeth and endured the pressure.

At this moment, Qian Renxue took action to seal the energy of the 100,000-year soul ring, leaving only 60,000 years of energy, while the remaining 40,000 years were sealed away by her.

After Qian Renxue's actions, Lin Chen immediately felt the pressure recede like a tide, and he felt much more relaxed.

Before Lin Chen could think further, danger struck again: "Human, you absorbed my soul bone, and now you want to absorb my soul ring!"

(End of this chapter)