Douluo Continent: Tonight, a Fairy Tale Descends

A familiar, concerned voice came through.

Lin Wan looked in the direction of the sound and saw an old carriage parked at the entrance of the academy.

The driver was old Drews, who was waving vigorously at Lin Wan.

Lin Wan walked over quickly, a sincere smile on her face: "Grandpa Drews, thank you for making this trip."

"No trouble at all."

Old Drews quickly waved his hand, helping Lin Wan carry her luggage onto the carriage while saying with concern, "Get in the carriage quickly, it's cold outside."

The carriage was covered with thick hay and old blankets, making it very warm.

With a soft shout from old Drews, the brown horse snorted and pulled the carriage away from the academy gates.

The journey back to Hanbei Village was rather long, so Old Drus chatted with Lin Wan.

"Grandpa Drews, how's the village lately?"

"Okay, all is well!"

At this point, old Drus immediately perked up.

"Dog Boy... oh no, Lin Zao, that kid entered the Spirit Hall, and our village benefited from it. This year, our tax revenue decreased by 10%. Everyone says you guys are our village's lucky stars! Now everyone is looking forward to your return."

A knowing glint flashed in Lin Zao's eyes as he mentioned it. Putting aside other aspects of the Spirit Hall, some of its systems were indeed quite beneficial to ordinary people.

"That's good." Lin Wan smiled.

……

Some things can't be avoided just because you want to; old Drus's worries came true.

An accident still occurred when they were still thirty miles away from Hanbei Village.

"Shut up!"

Old Drus suddenly pulled on the reins and brought the carriage to a stop.

His face turned deathly pale instantly.

"What's wrong, Grandpa Drus?"

Lin Wan leaned out of the carriage and looked ahead.

In the middle of the road ahead, a figure stood brazenly, completely blocking the way.

The man was short and stocky, wearing a worn-out leather armor, with an undisguised contemptuous and greedy smile on his face.

Two spirit rings slowly rose from beneath his feet, one white and one yellow, clearly indicating that he was a Great Spirit Master.

"Hehe, I've finally waited for this day."

The short, burly Soul Master rubbed his hands together, his gaze, like a venomous snake, passing over the panicked old Drus and locking onto Lin Wan.

"My little beauty, stop hiding, I've finally waited for you."

Lin Wan's heart sank; what was bound to happen had finally arrived.

He knew that Douluo Continent was dark, but he didn't expect it to be this dark. He had only been in Tianshuang City for a few months when he was targeted by someone with ulterior motives.

Moreover, he was stopped as soon as he left the city.

"Little beauty, be sensible and don't resist fearlessly."

The short, burly Soul Master patted the short sword at his waist triumphantly, "Otherwise, you'll be in for a rough time."

He glanced at Lin Wan with disdain, "A piece of trash with only level one innate soul power, it's your good fortune that I'm sending you to the Dark Fragrance Pavilion for auction!"

He had already found out everything about Lin Wan: a work-study student at the Tian Shuang City Junior Academy, whose martial soul was a pretty but useless white fox, and whose innate soul power was only a pitiful level one.

In front of him, a level 28 Great Soul Master with two Soul Rings and a powerful Martial Soul, the Fierce Tooth Rat, he was just an ant that could be crushed with a flick of the wrist.

That old man driving the carriage?

It's something that happens very casually.

Looking at the other party's confident expression, Lin Wan felt nothing; in fact, she even felt a little amused.

His luck is just too bad!

As if his wish had come true, he shook his head helplessly, a chilling killing intent lurking deep within his azure eyes.

Lin Wan was not worried about this level 20+ Soul Master.

He has many trump cards at his disposal, whether it's the forced control of the Mind-Controlling Skill or the three powerful giant dogs in the Firebox.

Even any one of the items he drew would be more than enough to deal with this guy.

What he's really worried about now is whether there's someone behind the other person, and whether it was a spur-of-the-moment decision or just lust.

Or perhaps they were henchmen sent by some powerful force? And what exactly is this Dark Fragrance Pavilion?

If it's just this one in front of me, I'll kill him to silence him.

But if there's another trick up their sleeve, then things will get really complicated.

"Kid, come with me obediently, and you'll suffer less! Otherwise..."

The short, burly Soul Master grinned maliciously as his first Soul Ring lit up.

"First Soul Skill: Rat Tooth Bite!"

He suddenly ducked down, lunging forward with the swiftness of a real rat. His hands transformed into rat claws covered in gray bristles with sharp, hooked nails, tearing through the air with a piercing sound as he grabbed Lin Wan's shoulders.

It's obvious they want to disable his mobility first.

"Xiao Wan, be careful!"

Old Drus's eyes widened in fury as he tried to rush forward to shield Lin Wan, but he was thrown off balance by the surge of soul power unleashed by the Great Soul Master.

Just as the gleaming rat claws were about to touch Lin Wan's shoulder...

Lin Wan moved. A point of icy blue light shone in his eyes, and nine phantom fox tails appeared behind him.

His right hand, covered in a layer of silver light, reached straight for the attacking rat claws.

"Ok?"

The short, burly Soul Master was taken aback, then his grin widened.

"You're asking for death!" He could almost see Lin Wan's hand bones shattering under his claws.

However, just as Lin Wan's fingertips were about to touch the skin of his wrist...

hum!

An indescribable mental shock, carrying an extreme allure and a compulsive sense of descent, instantly pierced the mind of the short, strong Soul Master.

"Ugh!"

The savage grin on the short, burly Soul Master's face froze instantly, and his eyes became vacant and blank.

His forward lunge came to an abrupt halt, as if he had been frozen in place, as if a pause button had been pressed.

Soul Skill Mind Control, successfully activated, forcibly controlling for three seconds.

A cold glint flashed in Lin Wan's eyes.

He met the other's wrist with his right hand, his five fingers suddenly bending and straightening, and a faint, metallic silver-white layer instantly covered his palm.

Then the fingertips became unusually sharp and curved like hooks.

puff!

The silvery-white fox claws pierced through the leather armor and protective soul power on the short, strong soul master's wrist with ease, as easily as a knife cutting through fruit.

It pierced deep into his wrist, and blood spurted out instantly.

Chapter 27 Background

"Devouring the heart and seizing the essence."

Lin Wan silently recited in her heart.

A not-so-large amount of soul power and life essence was forcibly extracted through the fox claw and flowed into Lin Wan's body.

This energy rapidly nourished the soul power Lin Wan had consumed by activating his soul skill, while the excess soul power and life essence began to strengthen his body.

"what!!!"

The excruciating pain and the gradual loss of soul power instantly pulled the short, strong soul master back to reality from the forced, mind-bending daze.

He instantly let out a bloodcurdling scream, staring at the gruesome blood hole on his wrist and Lin Wan's hand, which shimmered with an eerie silver light like a demon's claw, his eyes filled with fear and disbelief.

"You're not at level one soul power! What kind of monster are you?"

The short, stocky Soul Master screamed in terror, trying to retreat and run away, but his wrist was firmly gripped by Lin Wan's fox claws, and the intense pain and weakness made him unable to exert any strength.

His martial spirit and level, which he had been so proud of in front of Lin Wan, now seemed utterly insignificant.

He never expected that someone who was just an ordinary person with innate soul power level one could suddenly become so powerful.

Lin Wan remained expressionless, her sea-blue eyes as cold as ice.

He abruptly pulled back his fox claws, spraying a cloud of blood.

The short, burly Soul Master screamed and staggered backward, clutching his bleeding wrist. His face was ashen, and he looked at Lin Wan as if he were looking at a demon in human skin.

"Speak! Who sent you? Do you have any accomplices?"

Lin Wan now needs to find out from this Soul Master whether he is alone or there are many others.

Chopping the grass does not remove the roots, but the spring breeze blows and regenerates.

He approached step by step, his blood-stained, silvery-white fox claws slowly rising again, the cold glint of his fingertips flashing dangerously in the bleak winter sunlight.

The short, stocky soul master was terrified. He fell to his knees with a thud, crying and wailing, "I'll talk! I'll talk! I was bewitched! I wanted to sell you for a lot of money! Please, sir, spare my life! Spare my life!"

Just as the short, stocky Soul Master was crying and begging for mercy, Lin Wan's enhanced ears instantly caught a very faint sound from behind a distant hill.

There were indeed accomplices!

A murderous intent instantly rose in Lin Wan's heart. Without further hesitation, he instantly communicated with the system's inventory.

"Tinderbox".