Douluo Continent Villain Simulator: Persecuting Qian Renxue at the Start

Chapter 51 Soul Hunting

In the Soul Hunting Forest outside Notting City, Su Cheng did not join any hunting party and ran quickly in a certain direction alone.

Just half a day ago, he had successfully completed the deal with Saul.

Although Notting City is just a small border town, it's impossible for someone to become one of the leaders in the black market here with just the strength of a Great Soul Master.

The ability to judge character, conduct oneself properly, and manage subordinates are all essential qualities.

Moreover, he clearly wouldn't lose out on this deal.

Su Cheng's asking price was by no means high; fifty gold soul coins plus a Soul Hunting Token would be enough for him to earn back his principal and interest in one or two years.

In fact, the market for these low-end drugs is the largest.

The lowest-level Soul Masters are the most numerous, and they often have to do dangerous missions. This kind of thing, which might save their lives in critical moments, is easy for him to sell for twenty or thirty silver Soul Coins a bottle.

Su Cheng moved swiftly through the forest.

Even in the complex terrain of the Soul Hunter Forest, he acted as if he knew his way around very well.

After all, they had already scouted the location.

He knew the location of a soul beast, and was quite certain that it was likely still there.

Two hours later, Su Cheng stood in a mountain hollow.

The scenery here is quite peculiar.

Surrounded by high mounds, the sunken central area was devoid of any spirit beasts, not even animal-type or plant-type spirit beasts.

Instead, a large number of shrubs grow densely in it, creating a damp atmosphere.

This kind of place obviously doesn't get many visitors.

Su Cheng understood the situation at a glance.

He held the Martial Soul Longevity Sword in his hand.

He raises his sword, gathering his strength.

He carefully guided wisps of sword intent, which slowly enveloped the blade.

As the sword flashed...

"laugh--"

The sword energy pierced deep into the ground to an unknown depth.

"roar--"

A moment later, a muffled roar came from underground.

Immediately, a huge soul beast burst out of the ground, with a brand-new sword mark several feet deep clearly visible on its body, obviously the masterpiece of Su Cheng's sword just now.

The creature that appeared at this moment was Su Cheng's target soul beast—the nine-hundred-year-old Genshan Town Earth Dragon!

It's called a dragon, but it's actually just a giant, strangely shaped earthworm.

However, it is clearly not as weak and harmless as an ordinary earthworm. Even disregarding its enormous size, the hard scales covering its body demonstrate its powerful defense.

Its long, thick body is dark brown, as if it could merge with the earth at any moment. Its sharp head has no extra organs, but is covered with a thick layer of keratin, making it extremely intimidating.

Its rings are covered with fine, tough, dark brown hairs, and the spikes on its abdomen give it extremely high speeds of movement both on and underground.

At this moment, the soul beast was suddenly awakened from the depths of the earth by Su Cheng, and was also hit by a sword for no reason, making it extremely irritable.

They launched an attack the moment they saw him.

In fact, these kinds of spirit beasts don't have a strong desire to attack. They usually sleep deep underground and can even lie dormant for decades without moving, but they hate being disturbed.

Back then, in the simulator, Su Cheng relied on his exceptional perception to search for a long time before finally finding it.

The earth trembled and the ground began to shake. The thick body of the earth dragon that broke out of the ground twisted into an arc and then shot towards Su Cheng. The sharp horn on its head emitted bursts of cold light and was covered with a layer of earthy yellow halo.

In terms of raw strength alone, Su Cheng and this exceptionally talented earth-type soul beast are actually on par.

But this head-on attack method from the opponent is clearly what he fears least.

The longsword was raised and collided squarely with the sharp head of the earth dragon in Genshan Town.

"Clang—"

The sound of metal colliding with sharp angles echoed in the mountain valley.

Su Cheng's body sank, and the force under his feet dissipated, causing the hard ground to sink more than a foot in an instant, with cracks rapidly spreading in all directions.

Seeing that its attack had failed, the giant soul beast became even more enraged and attacked him again in the same way it had before.

Seeing this, Su Cheng calmed down and began to take the opportunity to build up his strength.

It's unrealistic to wage a war of attrition.

This kind of spirit beast has extremely strong endurance and is not easy to die. After it calms down, it might just run away and go to sleep somewhere else.

Therefore, the key is to find an opportunity to inflict a fatal blow on it during this period.

This opportunity soon presented itself.

Seeing that it couldn't break through after a long attack, the earthworm spirit beast suddenly leaned back, raised its head high, and a deep yellow light began to gather on its head, causing the entire ground to tremble.

It's obvious at a glance that its next attack will be earth-shattering.

But Su Cheng won't give it that time.

Surrounded by sword energy, the Longevity Sword in his hand displayed a pale blue halo, guiding the sword intent to enhance it.

With lightning speed, the sword pierced through the ring beneath its head in an instant.

He then slashed with all his might.

The enormous soul beast was instantly decapitated, and the yellow light above its head dissipated.

Even so, it did not die immediately, and most of its body struggled to wriggle away from the place.

Su Cheng shook his head, stepped forward, and casually finished him off with a few more sword strikes.

A moment later, the deep yellow spirit ring slowly appeared.

Before coming here, Su Cheng had already scouted the surrounding area and found no one else around. In addition, since the place was remote and deserted, he did not delay and prepared to start absorbing soul rings.

As usual, I took off my shirt and applied the prepared medicine, then used silver needles to insert into several acupoints on my body.

The familiar sensation of flesh swelling came over me.

However, compared to the simulation, this body now feels almost no strain, and its physical attributes are much better than before.

In fact, this Genshan Town Earth Dragon was not his only choice. Su Cheng also knew the whereabouts of two other soul beasts with extreme earth attributes.

But without a doubt, if one could absorb it, this soul beast would be the best choice.

The fact that it has the highest age limit is one aspect, but the soul skill it grants is also highly likely to be a status-enhancing soul skill, which is the type that Su Cheng likes the most.

After completing this soul ring absorption, Su Cheng does not plan to register at the Spirit Hall for the time being.

His speed of soul power increase is hard to explain.

It would be better to wait a few years and then go to the advanced soul master academy as a genius. Presumably, not many people will bring up the past then.

Moreover, he can withstand scrutiny.

He has no soul bone, has not consumed any immortal herbs or similar items, and has not devoured the soul power of others.

It was nothing more than a mistake during the awakening ceremony; Master Su Yuntao mistook a genius with innate full soul power for someone else.

As for now, where he stays doesn't make much difference to him. Nottingham City is a good place to stay, after all, it has the Soul Hunter Forest, which has a low danger level and is extremely familiar to him, as his backyard.

As for the choice of academy, Su Cheng preferred the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

After all, he was quite familiar with both the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Heavenly Dou Imperial City.

Moreover, it would be a good opportunity to see what state Qian Renxue is in now, and perhaps even give her some pointers to help her avoid wasting her talent.

Unbeknownst to Su Cheng, Qian Renxue was currently raging in her study because of him.

I looked at it carefully, and the characterization of Tang San in Chapter 49 was indeed a bit off, so I made some minor revisions. Also, the second update today might be a little later.

(End of this chapter)