Douluo Continent: From Blue Silver Grass to Nine-Leaf Sword Grass

Chapter 13 Starry Sword Bamboo

"Well, let's look again then," the dean said calmly.

As a Soul King and Dean, his theoretical knowledge was not to be underestimated. Naturally, he could tell at a glance the age of the sword bamboo in front of him. Two hundred years was indeed a bit low. Jiang Li's goal was a thousand years.

For the next half day, Dean Yang took Jiang Li for a stroll in the bamboo forest.

"Let's go, Jiang Li, let's check out other places."

The dean pulled Jiang Li out of the sword bamboo forest, then asked, puzzled, "Dean, isn't there a thousand-year-old sword bamboo spirit beast over there? Why didn't we just hunt it down?"

"No rush. We haven't been here long enough. We can still look around and see if there's anything more suitable. How can a person not have some aspirations?"

"Besides, this Star Dou Great Forest is so vast, there's bound to be a mutated species. Wouldn't it be a loss if we hunted it directly and encountered a mutated one?"

The dean led Jiang Li to a new bamboo forest, where there were many soul beasts.

We've encountered sword bamboo spirit beasts that are ten years old, twenty years old, a hundred years old, three hundred years old, and even a thousand years old.

They encountered other spirit beasts along the way, but chose to avoid them all.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The dense sound of air being torn apart echoed in Dean Yang's ears. As soon as he and Jiang Li entered the bamboo forest, they were attacked by sword bamboo. However, he was not panicked at all. Instead, he released his martial spirit to resist the attack of these sword bamboo.

Dean Yang released his martial spirit, and a twelve-foot-long spear, entirely black, appeared. The spearhead gleamed with a cold luster, the shaft was eight feet long, the wide spearhead was four feet long, and the shaft was as thick as an ordinary person's arm.

At the same time, five spirit rings, one yellow, one purple, one black, appeared beside the dean.

"This is... the Soul-Shattering Spear?" Jiang Li's pupils contracted as he looked at the martial spirit in the dean's hand, and a wave of emotion surged within him.

Because of Jiang Li's research on theory, he knows almost all the martial souls on the continent. The Soul-Breaking Spear is a pure offensive weapon martial soul with extremely strong power. It ranks among the top five offensive weapon martial souls on the continent and comes with a ten-thousand-year soul ring. It is also the inherited martial soul of the Breaking Clan.

"But why does the dean have this martial soul? Wasn't it said that the Po clan was abandoned by the Clear Sky Sect and suppressed by the Spirit Hall? Why would he become the dean of a junior soul master academy?" Jiang Li wondered to himself.

"Never mind, I'll ask later." Jiang Li shook his head. It wasn't the right time to ask now; he should at least wait until the trouble was resolved.

Dean Yang didn't notice Jiang Li's reaction. He released his martial spirit, twirled his spear to block the bamboo leaves, and led Jiang Li forward to find a suitable sword bamboo.

"Dean, look, the color of this soul beast's bamboo leaves seems different from the others!" Jiang Li said, pointing to some special bamboo leaves on the ground.

"Really? Let me see."

Dean Yang looked down and saw the bamboo leaves that had fallen not far away; they were quite unique. While most sword bamboo leaves are emerald green, these were similar, except for some bluish-purple spots, giving them a dreamlike quality.

The bamboo leaves were covered in mud, and in the dim environment of the bamboo forest, especially since it was already evening, it would be easy to miss them if you didn't look closely.

Following the direction from which the sword-like leaves had shot, Dean Yang spotted the unusual sword bamboo. However, Dean Yang did not approach it but instead stood still to observe it.

call out!

Dean Yang received a bamboo leaf.

"How sharp!" Dean Yang exclaimed, looking at his palm with a white mark on it. Although he hadn't used his soul power, his body was already impervious to blades and spears, yet he had still been scratched. This soul beast must be extraordinary; it couldn't have just been accidentally stained with another color.

"Fifteen hundred years!" Dean Yang exclaimed, then turned to Jiang Li and asked, "Do you want to acquire this soul beast's soul ring? The age limit is a bit higher than I set for you, but it's perfect for you."

Jiang Li's goal this time is around 1,300 years. Because of the modification of his first soul ring and the physical improvement brought by Tai Chi, his vitality is very strong at this time, and his physical quality has reached the Soul Master level, and he is a high-level Soul Master. His initial goal was 2,000 years, but for safety reasons, the dean suggested that he obtain 1,300 years.

Jiang Li lowered his head, pondered for a moment, and then decided, "This is it. It's a mutated species, so its soul skills should be stronger than those of ordinary ones."

Dealing with the Sword Bamboo Soul Beast is actually quite simple, provided you are strong enough.

Based on the characteristics of the sword bamboo spirit beast, the dean, holding up a protective shield, began to invade the sword bamboo's territory. When it attacked, he would retreat, and when the attack stopped, he would continue, repeating this process repeatedly, recklessly testing the limits of self-destruction.

This is to deplete the soul power of the Sword Bamboo Soul Beast!

Until the Sword Bamboo Soul Beast could no longer use its soul skills to attack.

The Sword Bamboo Soul Beast is one of the easier soul beasts to hunt, which is a common problem for most plant soul beasts – they are not very intelligent.

However, sword bamboo spirit beasts that are over ten thousand years old will not be so foolish!

However, there are no soul beasts over ten thousand years old in this bamboo forest.

Whoosh! This time, only a single sword leaf pierced through.

After exhausting the soul power of the 1,500-year-old sword bamboo spirit beast, the dean called Jiang Li to follow him closer and then told him to finish him off.

Night slowly descended, and stars began to appear. Suddenly, pale blue-purple starlight descended from the sky, only to be absorbed by the mutated sword bamboo. It began to thrive again, and then a dense swarm of sword leaves swept over it.

"Damn, that's foul. But this sword bamboo is really a good thing. It can absorb the power of stars, so its soul skill must be reliable. Jiang Li, wait a moment, I'll take care of it right away." The dean cursed as he watched the sword leaf coming at him. He then released his martial soul to block the incoming leaf. At the same time, he told Jiang Li to wait where he was while he dealt with the soul beast.

Dean Yang then blocked Ye Zi as he walked forward, and in a few steps he arrived in front of the mutated sword bamboo.

"Fifth Soul Skill - Break!"

Dean Yang came to Jianzhu and released his fifth soul skill. However, since this was Jiang Li's second soul ring, he had to control his strength. So he only used 20% of his power to beat Jianzhu half to death.

"Jiang Li, come quick, it's dying!" Dean Yang called out to Jiang Li immediately after beating Jianzhu half to death.

"Coming." Hearing the dean's call, Jiang Li released the Blue Silver Grass that was protecting him and arrived in front of Jianzhu in a few steps.

At this moment, the sword bamboo was in a terrible state, with its main trunk almost completely broken off. If the dean hadn't held back, Jiang Li had no doubt that he would have missed out on this soul ring.

"Stop looking, absorb it quickly! I will protect you," the dean instructed.

"Oh." Jiang Li nodded in response. Then, he waved his right hand, and a large patch of Blue Silver Grass quickly wrapped around the Sword Bamboo. The next moment, Jiang Li clenched his right hand, and the Blue Silver Grass instantly tightened, breaking the Sword Bamboo in two.

hum~

As Jianzhu died, a pale purple halo floated out from its fallen corpse.

Jiang Li then sat cross-legged on the ground and began to use his mind to guide the soul rings.

The spirit ring was attached to Jiang Li's martial soul, causing the Blue Silver Grass, which originally had only five leaves, to grow into a Blue Silver Grass less than half a meter tall. The leaves of the Blue Silver Grass were no longer the same as before, but were more similar in shape to those of a sword bamboo. Now it could be called a Blue Silver Sword Tree, instead of Blue Silver Grass.

The leaves became sharp, and in Jiang Li's hand, they resembled a strange short sword without a hilt.

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