Douluo Continent: From Rusty Spear to Emperor-Slaying Spear

Chapter 30 If a man doesn't look out for himself, he'll be punished by heaven and earth.

As Ji Wuming and his companions approached, the child heard the noise, turned around, and quickly stood up. Upon seeing the village chief and Dali, he immediately took off running.

"What's wrong with this child?"

Just as Ji Wuming sensed that the child with less talent was a bit shy, Dali spoke up from the side.

"Ah Man is shy and somewhat insecure, especially about me and the old village chief. He's afraid we'll try to reason with him again. For us, splitting the mountain and building houses is the right path, but he wants to become a Soul Master like the former head of the Chen family."

"I see!"

Ji Wuming also had some appreciation for Aman. After observing for a day or two, he realized that the villagers never added spirit rings to their martial spirits; they relied entirely on their so-called self-created spirit skills to complete their daily lives and work.

Although the children's first three moves were taught, they also needed to grasp the concepts. It was obvious that Aman's comprehension was not very good. However, he wanted to find another way to become stronger.

At this thought, a new idea suddenly sprouted in Ji Wuming's mind: if he could create his own unique soul skill in the Xili Stone Kingdom where everyone has their own soul skill, then he would definitely have at least one or two more soul skills than ordinary soul masters in the future.

Self-created soul skills are not restricted by the age of the soul ring. Their power can gradually increase as the user grows. If the user is very skilled, their self-created soul skills may even be comparable to 10-year soul ring skills one day in the future.

Even if it takes away half a year of soul power cultivation time, it doesn't matter if I practice my self-created soul skill. In this village full of people with experience in creating their own soul skills, I don't believe I can't create one. Even if my comprehension is poor, so what? I can just ask more questions and practice more.

Based on his current method of absorbing spirit rings three times beyond his level and cultivating by absorbing blood, he has already reached the cultivation speed of the eighth and a half or even the ninth level of the innate realm. Even if he achieves nothing in half a year, his spirit power will not be much closer to Tang San's.

"I'll risk everything to cultivate my self-created soul skill."

Ji Wuming muttered to himself.

Dali and the other two did not notice the change in Ji Wuming's mentality. Pointing to the stone tablet, they explained to him, "Master Ji, this is Master Chen's understanding of swordsmanship and his insights into the sword techniques he created, which he wanted to impart to us in the past."

"OK!"

Ji Wuming was completely absorbed in carefully examining the contents of the stone tablet, while the two village chiefs, seeing Ji Wuming's expression, quietly walked away.

"A sword is a double-edged sword; its sharpness lies in its edge, which is the way to kill..."

After reading through the text, especially Chen Jianjun's insights into sword techniques, Ji Wuming was deeply moved. In his previous understanding of the sword, it was both a tool for protection and a tool for killing.

The focus of the Guardian is on defense, while the focus of the Killer Sword is on offense, using offense as a substitute for defense.

"As expected of the sole inheritor of the Seven Kill Sword lineage, he has developed the Seven Kill Sword to such an extreme, deeply understanding the essential characteristics of the Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul!"

While reflecting on his experience, Ji Wuming summoned his Blood Thunder Spear and carefully examined its tip. The spearhead was double-edged, similar to a sword, but lacked the length and slicing area of ​​a sword.

The basic spear techniques he had practiced before focused on a wide-ranging, sweeping style, so his self-created soul skills should also start from assassination and wide-ranging techniques.

After a moment of contemplation, Ji Wuming immediately found some adults who were quarrying stones, stood beside them and observed them one by one. If he didn't understand something, he would immediately go up and ask.

Although they use swords, they can gain some experience from them, thus reducing the process of creating their own soul skills from scratch.

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Two months later, in the Blue Silver Forest

A fair-skinned, aloof ten-year-old girl with beautiful blue hair walked slowly through the Blue Silver Forest, led by six or seven Soul Kings and three Soul Masters.

"Father, Uncle, Aunt, is that phoenix-like spirit beast really in this forest?"

Shui Bing'er had done some research on the Blue Silver Forest recently. Most of the area was covered with Blue Silver Grass, and the Blue Silver Grass here was even more abundant than in other Soul Beast Forests. Some of the Blue Silver Grass was hundreds or even thousands of years old, while the lifespan of other Soul Beasts was at most ten thousand years.

However, is that phoenix-type soul beast really willing to condescend to such a place?

Li Xian Yue excitedly told Shui Bing Yue'er, "Bing'er, after eight or nine months of investigation, we have finally found the trail of that phoenix-like soul beast! It's inside the Blue Silver Forest!"

It has been almost two years since I parted ways with Ji Wuming.

During this time, she and Dean Shui personally led teams to search the Star Dou Great Forest and the Blue Silver Forest respectively. Finally, in the core area of ​​the Blue Silver Forest, they found the blue phoenix-like soul beast and a small blue bird that was remarkably similar to it.

According to Li Xian Yue's speculation, those two blue birds are very likely descendants of phoenix-type soul beasts.

To avoid alerting the enemy, she quickly retreated. As arranged by Dean Shui, aside from the clan leader and three Soul Emperors, six or seven Soul Kings were absent, but almost all the other mid-to-high-level combatants were present, including a low-ranking fire-attribute Soul Emperor—Elder Li.

"Young clan leader, we've spotted a ten-thousand-year-old phoenix-like spirit beast and its cub ahead. We must be careful not to alert them. If they sense our presence and fly away, we'll be in trouble."

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Upon hearing this, Dean Shui nodded in agreement and immediately led his men cautiously toward the core area ahead.

Soon after, everyone gathered at the outer edge of the core area. Pushing aside the dense weeds blocking their way, they saw a bird about seven meters tall, with a light blue body and some golden feathers, about seven or eight hundred meters ahead.

A bluebird about one meter long was sleeping next to its thick legs.

"Bing'er, according to the detailed explanation of historical soul beasts, that blue bird, which is about one meter long, has a maximum cultivation of no more than seven or eight hundred years, which is within the limit of your second soul ring's absorption capacity."

Dean Shui, fearing he might frighten away the two rare birds, especially the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, pointed to one of the spirited blue birds and continued softly,

"Bing'er, get ready. We'll draw the attention of the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast. Once we get the Bluebird, if necessary, you must deliver a fatal blow to it immediately. We absolutely cannot leave any survivors."

"good!"

Shui Bing'er acted without hesitation or reluctance, but instead remembered a sentence Ji Wuming had told her before: "If a person doesn't look out for themselves, they will be punished by heaven and earth. Whether it's a soul beast or a human, the law of the jungle is the most fundamental way of survival."

Just as Dean Shui and his group were about to make their move, the Blue Silver Grass in the Blue Silver Forest seemed to sense a pure killing intent, and they collectively tilted towards the core area.

The phoenix-type soul beast, which was drinking water, immediately sensed danger from the signals emitted by the several blue silver grasses and raised its noble phoenix head.

(End of this chapter)