Douluo: Legend of the Holy Land

Chapter 27 Forest Team Battle (Part 1)

"Alright, let's focus more on our own people and mind our own business!"

Xiao Yu clapped his hands, ending Eden's rant about Yu Xiaogang, and asked Xie Wu, "Xie Wu, what is your third soul skill?"

Xie Wu chuckled and said, "My third soul skill is called Wings of Radiance. In addition to granting me the ability to fly, it also increases my speed by 10%."

"Not bad skill!"

Xiao Yu nodded in admiration, "With your third soul skill combined with your second soul skill, the destructive power can be increased by at least half!"

After a pause, Xiao Yu waved his hand and said to everyone, "The Star Dou Great Forest is fraught with danger. The smell of blood can easily attract powerful soul beasts. Let's leave this place first and then find a suitable soul ring for Mi Yimei."

"stop!"

The group agreed with Xiao Yu's reasoning and prepared to leave. Just then, an angry voice came from behind them.

The crowd looked in the direction of the sound and saw five figures leap out from the dense forest, taking a few steps to block their way.

Upon seeing the newcomers, Xiao Yu's lips twitched slightly. The reason was that he recognized the person leading the group. It was none other than Yao Liang, the one who had enrolled in the Junior Soul Master Academy to covet his cultivation techniques and was eventually expelled from the academy.

Yao Liang has had a miserable few years. When his sect learned that he had offended Xiao Yu, who had a Soul Saint as his guard, they kicked him out without saying a word.

The circle of Soul Masters is not large, and his little affair quickly became known to everyone. Out of contempt for him and fear of Xiao Yu's powerful backing, none of the sects and Soul Master academies he went to seek refuge with accepted him.

Suddenly losing his protection and income, Yao Liang had long been used to a life of debauchery. As a Soul Master, he no longer received the Soul Master subsidy from the Spirit Hall. He was too embarrassed to ask his descendants for money, so he started making a living by hunting Soul Rings for others.

Seeing the Heavenly Dragon Horse, now completely dead, Yao Liang angrily took two steps forward, glaring at Xiao Yu and his group, and said, "How dare you steal my soul beast!"

Although Yao Liang had met Xiao Yu before, Xiao Yu was only six years old at the time. Now, several years later, he has changed a lot and Yao Liang no longer recognizes him.

"Your soul beast?"

Xiao Yu sneered disdainfully. He already harbored no goodwill towards Yao Liang, who had once coveted his cultivation technique, and now he was even more impolite: "In this Star Dou Great Forest, all the soul beasts are ownerless. When did they become yours?"

"We were the ones who discovered it first and tracked it all the way here!"

Yao Liang roared, "I can't believe you guys managed to get away with this! Kid, how are you going to compensate us?!"

His extortionate nature hasn't changed at all.

Xiao Yu shook his head, his contempt for Yao Liang growing even stronger. They had only caught up with Yao Liang after the Heavenly Dragon Horse had finished absorbing its spirit ring; if it weren't for them, the spirit beast would have vanished long ago. How could they have caught up? This guy was clearly just trying to extort money from them because of their fine clothes, Xiao Yu immediately retorted:

"Even if you were the first to discover it, it was we who ultimately killed it. In the world of Soul Masters, the most capable always prevail, and there is no such thing as first come, first served."

"Okay, okay, okay!!!"

Enraged, Yao Liang laughed coldly, his face suddenly contorting into a ferocious grin as he snarled, "So, 'the capable rule' is all I have! Now, if I kill you all, all the treasures on you will be mine!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yao Liang summoned his martial soul, a yellow tiger with sharp horns on its head. At the same time, four spirit rings, three yellow and one purple, rose from beneath his feet.

Upon seeing this, his four companions behind him immediately summoned their own martial spirits: an eagle, a maned dog, a sharp knife, and a flute.

The four characters have different soul ring combinations: two 100-tael yellow rings, one white, one yellow, and one purple ring, and one two yellow rings.

One Soul Master, three Soul Venerables, and one Quasi-Soul Venerable.

The Quasi-Soul Master is the support-type Soul Master whose Martial Soul is Xiao. Their purpose for this trip should be to hunt for a Soul Ring for him.

"You're quite skilled; it seems this isn't your first time committing murder and robbery in the forest!"

Xiao Yu sneered and stared at Yao Liang coldly.

"So what?"

Yao Liang's face flashed with murderous intent: "It's not like you said, 'the capable take all.' Those people couldn't protect the treasure they had, so it can only belong to me!"

"Well said, absolutely right!"

Xiao Yu's lips still curled into a cold smile: "To borrow a phrase from someone I don't particularly like, you've already met your demise! Killing you wouldn't leave me with any guilt whatsoever!"

"Brothers, activate your Martial Souls and wipe out these scum of the Soul Master world!"

With a loud shout, the seven people who had been secretly preparing and setting up their formation simultaneously activated their martial souls. The perfect combination of soul rings among them surprised Yao Liang and the other four.

But what shocked them the most was Xiao Yu, who was at the head of the team. In this Star Dou Great Forest, Xiao Yu no longer pretended. He appeared before them with a configuration of three soul rings, one yellow and two purple, which surpassed the best combination.

"You...you are Xiao Yu!"

Yao Liang exclaimed, "I didn't recognize Xiao Yu because of his age, but his appearance may have changed, but his martial spirit will not. How could Yao Liang forget the martial spirit that made him lose his status?"

At this moment, Yao Liang had second thoughts. Xiao Yu had a Soul Saint-level guard by his side, and he didn't believe that the Soul Saint guard wouldn't be with him in such a dangerous place as the Star Dou Great Forest. Perhaps he was nearby right now.

However, Xiao Yu didn't have so many considerations. The moment his martial soul was activated, he rushed out first. Yi Hui and Zi Long, the two powerful attack-type soul masters, didn't hesitate at all and followed Xiao Yu straight ahead.

Behind them, Mi Yimei had already activated both her first and second soul skills, doing her best to disrupt the opponent while assisting her teammates.

The opposing support Soul Master also activated their support skill. With both sides at level 30 Soul Power, Mi Yimei, whose Martial Soul quality was superior, instantly suppressed the opposing support.

"First, take care of those Soul Masters on the other side. Eden, focus all your efforts on containing that Soul Master!"

Xiao Yu shouted in a low voice, "Yao Liang already possessed a soul power of level 45 or higher several years ago. In the past few years, he has undergone countless practical training in the Star Dou Great Forest. In a one-on-one fight, none of the seven of them should be his match."

Therefore, the best solution is to deal with his teammates first. Those three Soul Masters are far inferior to our side in terms of Soul Ring combinations and Martial Soul quality. With Mi Yimei's assistance, it is not difficult to deal with them. Finally, we can combine the strength of the seven of us to fight him alone.

"Third Soul Skill, Lightning Shackles!"

Eden understood immediately and unleashed his strongest third soul skill, which was surrounded by lightning and flashed like chains, trapping Yao Liang in place.

(End of this chapter)