Douluo Continent: From Rusty Spear to Emperor-Slaying Spear

Chapter 25 The Mysterious Soul Beast Hunt

After some deliberation, Dean Shui decided to accompany Li Xian Yue back to the family. After all, the spirit ring Bing'er needed was extremely important, and no mistakes could be tolerated.

"Alright, just in case some people get too cocky because of my departure. It's been five or six years since I've been back, so I'll go back with them!"

The following day, outside the Wardfak Hotel, next to an ornately decorated carriage...

"Xiao Ji, are you really not coming with us? I can arrange for you to study at Tianshui Advanced Academy. Although Tianshui Academy only admits girls, my Shui family is still an investor in Tianshui Academy."

Dean Shui had already inquired about Ji Wuming's intentions, but he asked again today.

"No, I'm doing fine in Hanhai City. Besides, I can't be of much help when you're helping Bing'er obtain her spirit ring. Going there might even be a burden to you. As for the Advanced Spirit Master Academy, I think it's better to forget about it. I don't want to go for the time being."

Ji Wuming looked at Dean Shui in front of him and said the same thing as before. He was only at the Great Soul Master level at the moment, and going to the inland would be extremely dangerous. Besides, it was still a long time before Tang San obtained the immortal herb. He could cultivate to level 30 before traveling the continent.

"Alright then, if you have any questions, Xiao Lu can help you."

Dean Shui sat at the front of the carriage, while Shui Bing'er, sitting inside, eagerly leaned out and said as they were about to depart.

"Brother Ji, you must write to me often. After you become a Soul Master, remember to come to Tianshui City to find me. Don't forget our promise."

"I won't break my promise, I will definitely go."

As the carriage moved further away, the two voices grew fainter and fainter. At that moment, Li Xian Yue, sitting inside the carriage, pulled Shui Bing'er to sit still and gave her some instructions.

"Bing'er, Xiao Ji is already a Great Soul Master. If you don't want to fall too far behind him, you must calm down, work hard to cultivate your soul power, and strive to break through the level 20 bottleneck as soon as possible."

"Only in this way can you defeat her when you meet her, and show her the power of the women of the Bing family. Women of the Bing family should strive to be strong."

Although Li Xian Yue knew that Ji Wuming's innate soul power was low and his cultivation speed would inevitably lag behind Shui Bing'er's, she still used this as an encouragement for Shui Bing'er's cultivation.

"Auntie, I won't let you down."

Although she has never fought Ji Wuming, her aunt was right: only by being strong enough can she have a voice in the Shui family and thus pursue her own happiness.

Moreover, Brother Ji would absolutely not like a pretty face who is incapable of protecting herself.

…………

A year and a half later,

As a slightly domineering surge of soul power emanated from his body, Ji Wuming, who had been stuck at the level 29 bottleneck for nearly three months, finally broke through to the level 30 soul power bottleneck.

He stepped out of the cabin, looked at the deep blue ocean in front of him, and the white waves rolling behind him, and stretched.

"Hello, Mr. Ji..."

Many sailors who were unloading cargo greeted Ji Wuming warmly, because since he joined their fleet, he had saved the lives of many crew members on several occasions.

Just a year ago, when he first joined the fleet, while transporting a shipment of goods, he encountered a band of pirates who hijacked his ship on the navigation map. The pirate leader was a powerful Soul Master.

However, before they could even be arrogant for three seconds, they were killed by Ji Wuming's soul-guided weapon. This not only saved the entire ship's cargo and countless crew members, but also deterred other pirates from coveting their fleet.

As a result, their fleet, or the Hai family's fleet, saw profits increase by 20% to 30%.

As the captain's cabin door opened, Ji Wuming entered. A one-eyed man stood up excitedly and said, "Brother Wuming, come, come, tell me in detail how to play this game of chess to win. I've already lost three games to my second-in-command."

"Captain, I have important business to attend to on this voyage, and I'm afraid I won't be able to travel with you."

As a Soul Master-level captain, Ji Wuming's sudden resignation naturally gave him a clue.

"Alright then! Brother Wuming, where are you planning to go?"

Ji Wuming pointed to the nautical chart and said, "I plan to cultivate on this island for a while. You just need to take me to the nearest shipping route, which is on the way anyway."

"Alright, but you need to teach me how to play this game first."

The captain wouldn't ask too many questions about what Ji Wuming had done; what he cared about more now was this game of chess. During the tedious sea voyage, there weren't many things that could relieve the boredom!

After the entire fleet reached the Flowing Cloud Sea, Ji Wuming jumped in response, boarded a small wooden boat, and headed towards the target location ahead.

However, just as Ji Wuming had rowed a few strokes and the large ship had not yet sailed far away from him, some violent splashes of water rose on the surface of the sea several hundred meters away.

The captain took out his monocular telescope and looked towards the source of the commotion. He saw a wounded fish being relentlessly pursued by a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast—the Jade Octopus.

He shouted loudly to Ji Wuming below, "Brother Wuming, there is a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, the Jade Octopus, hunting ahead. We might run into them. Hurry up and get on the boat so we can leave quickly."

The captain carefully followed the navigation map, avoiding the territories of various ten-thousand-year-old sea spirit beasts. Normally, the fleet and the spirit beasts had lived in peace, but unexpectedly, today the ten-thousand-year-old spirit beasts chose to leave their territory in order to hunt.

"Zuo Mantuo, hurry!"

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As the soul beast drew closer and closer, the captain's urging grew increasingly urgent.

However, in the next instant, a centipede emerged directly from the dark depths of the sea, its massive wave capsizing the entire ship. The sailors who couldn't escape in time, along with much of the cargo, perished with the sinking merchant vessel.

Only a few survived by clinging to scattered pieces of driftwood from merchant ships, but their fate was not much better, as they were swept away by ocean currents and waves.

However, seeing that soul beasts were attacking him from both sides, Ji Wuming immediately abandoned the small wooden boat, channeled his soul power into his feet, and sprinted across the sea towards a direction where there were no soul beasts on his left.

It was as if he had been implanted with a tracking device, treated as prey. The bloodied soul beast immediately turned and fled, closely following behind Ji Wuming.

"Is this soul beast about to be killed trying to drag me down with it? It's like a leech that I can't shake off. It's really annoying."

If the seawater hadn't been so deep, Ji Wuming would have already dived into the reefs at the bottom of the sea to avoid the hunting operation of the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast.

As Ji Wuming ran, the number of ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts gathering around him gradually increased, numbering more than ten and still growing. This scene filled him with unprecedented fear.

"What, what's going on here? How can so many ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts appear at the same time?"

It's important to understand that each ten-thousand-year-old sea spirit beast has its own territory; it's impossible for so many ten-thousand-year-old spirit beasts to gather in one place.

Then there is only one possibility: it was captured and killed. The soul beast that is on the run is definitely not simple.

(End of this chapter)