Douluo: Soul Shadow King.

Chapter 169 The Seriously Injured Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast
The next morning, just as the sky was getting light, many families had already started to light fires and cook.

Smoke from cooking fires rose as two figures walked together on the loess road, preparing to leave the small mountain village.

These two people were none other than Cheng Xiao and Ye Lingling. At this moment, both of them were looking at each other somewhat embarrassedly.

When he woke up in the morning, Cheng Xiao was surprised to find that he and Ye Lingling had somehow slept in each other's arms.

What's more coincidental is that when he woke up, Ye Lingling also woke up. So, the two of them stared at each other for a while, then tacitly looked away and hugged each other without saying a word.

And this hug lasted until Old Man Cheng prepared breakfast and asked the two to get up and eat.

After breakfast, Cheng Xiao told Old Man Cheng about his next plan. Old Man Cheng was reluctant to let Cheng Xiao go after staying for one night, but he also knew that his grandson was at the golden age for cultivation, so he didn't say much.

He just wanted to remind Cheng Xiao that he should bring him a grandson when he comes back next time. Naturally, Ye Lingling, who was drinking porridge with her head down, heard this request and her ears turned red.

After leaving some of his own gold soul coins for Old Man Cheng, Cheng Xiao took Ye Lingling away. After all, he had other things to do this time.

"Lingling, what happened this morning..." Cheng Xiao scratched his head awkwardly. As a single man from birth, this was his first time experiencing such a scene, so...

"I hugged you too, so we're even." Ye Lingling was too shy to look at Cheng Xiao's face. This was the first time she had boldly hugged a boy. Although she had a good impression of the boy in front of her, it was too embarrassing for her.

Hearing this, Cheng Xiao quickly changed the subject and said, "Lingling, I have something else to do. Do you want to go with me?"

"Yeah." Ye Lingling nodded slightly, which was considered as agreement.

"Okay." Cheng Xiao nodded, and then took Ye Lingling and quickly left Chengjia Village.

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Outside the Holy Soul Village, in a remote valley.

A giant dragon that covered the sky and the sun flapped its wings. The violent airflow made the forest below rustle, and like the roaring waves, it spread throughout the entire valley.

After a moment, the dragon's figure gradually shrank, and the figures of Cheng Xiao and the other two appeared on a mountain outside the forest.

"It should be here, right?" Cheng Xiao glanced downward and saw a waterfall cascading down in the lush forest not far away.

This time, Cheng Xiao planned to take the Blue Silver Emperor and its soul bone together. After all, this is a top-level plant-type soul beast. After transforming it into a shadow soldier, with the Blue Silver Emperor's recovery ability, his soul power consumption should be reduced a lot.

Otherwise, once the shadow soldier dies, too much soul power will be consumed. If a protracted war breaks out, he will be the only one who suffers.

"Cheng Xiao, where is this?" Ye Lingling looked at the valley opposite with puzzlement. There was only a waterfall here besides the trees. The only attraction was the beautiful scenery.

Cheng Xiao turned his head and looked at Ye Lingling and said, "I have heard a legend before, saying that there is a seriously injured 100,000-year-old soul beast here. If this is true, with the ability of my martial soul, I might be able to transform it into a soldier. Then, we will have an extra layer of insurance in the competition."

Hearing this, Ye Lingling nodded in surprise. She didn't expect that Cheng Xiao's goal was to transform the hundred thousand year soul beast into shadow soldiers.

Cheng Xiao had already told everyone in the Royal Fighting Team about the shadow soldiers, so it was no secret to Ye Lingling. "Let me see where that soul beast is." A flash of purple flashed across Cheng Xiao's eyes, and then several black smokes came out from his shadow. In just a moment, no less than ten shadow soldiers appeared in the entire valley.

As Cheng Xiao's order was given, these shadow soldiers began to search quickly, determined to find the hundred thousand year old soul beast that the king had mentioned.

With the shadow soldiers helping in the search, Cheng Xiao was not in a hurry. He took Ye Lingling's hand and sat down on a bluestone, waiting for the shadow soldiers' report.

After a while, the searching shadow soldiers conveyed the information to Cheng Xiao. After knowing the specific location, Cheng Xiao directly hugged Ye Lingling in his arms, and then, amid the latter's exclamation, he initiated the shadow exchange.

After exchanging positions with the shadow soldiers, Cheng Xiao and Ye Lingling stood under a waterfall. Just behind them, the shadow soldiers who had been searching before were also standing here.

"It seems like this is the place." Gently releasing Ye Lingling's soft waist and staring at the waterfall cascading down, Cheng Xiao's lips curled up.

"Cheng Xiao!" Ye Lingling blushed and said, "Can you...can you tell me in advance next time?"

"Hmm? What did you say?" Cheng Xiao was stunned for a moment, looking at Ye Lingling, whose face was red, with some confusion. He immediately understood, coughed lightly, and said, "Be careful next time, be careful next time."

At this time, the shadow soldier Ghost Leopard came over and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, there seem to be some blind soul beasts rushing towards us nearby. Should we kill them immediately?"

As soon as he finished speaking, bursts of low growls were heard in the valley. Then, a group of soul beasts similar to the Qingming Wolf, which were completely green, had ferocious looks, and exuded a fierce and murderous aura, flashed out from the woods and surrounded Cheng Xiao and others in an instant.

Looking at the soul beasts that surrounded him, Cheng Xiao raised his eyebrows, and then said to the shadow soldier Ghost Leopard: "Kill it, it will be a good opportunity to expand the city army."

"Yes, sir." The shadow soldier Ghost Leopard responded, then turned around and launched an attack on these thousand-year-old soul beasts that looked like the Blue Nether Wolves but were stronger than them.

As the ghost leopard moved, the rest of the shadow soldiers followed suit, and immediately, a fight began.

"Why are there soul beasts here?" Ye Lingling frowned as she watched the shadow soldiers slaughtering people one-sidedly. She asked in confusion, "This place is so far away from the soul beast forest where the empire keeps captive soul beasts. Theoretically, there shouldn't be soul beasts here, right?"

"We'll know whether they appear or not in a while." Although Cheng Xiao was confused, he didn't care. Since he didn't know why they appeared here, he could just kill them and transform them into shadow soldiers. By then, he would know everything.

A minute later, Cheng Xiao, looking at the corpses of thousand-year-old soul beasts all over the ground, snapped his fingers lightly. The next moment, bursts of wailing were heard, and black shadows kept emerging from the bodies of these dead thousand-year-old soul beasts.

Ye Lingling looked at this scene in shock. It was the first time she saw the ability of Cheng Xiao's martial soul. Normally, apart from summoning shadow soldiers, he almost never showed such ability, or in other words, he had no way to summon them.

Summoning is simple, but Cheng Xiao can't kill all the soul masters and soul beasts, right? If he does that, he will probably have to kill everyone on the continent, right?

"Tell me, why are you here?" Cheng Xiao asked the shadow soldiers in front of him.

“Your Majesty, we were captured by a human spirit master.” The Millennium Spirit Beast lowered its head and explained, “We didn’t originally belong here, but the power of that human spirit master was too strong, and we couldn’t resist.”

"Okay, I know who you're talking about." With a wave of his hand, the thousand-year-old soul beasts immediately turned into black smoke and dissipated, and Cheng Xiao's gaze fell on the waterfall.

(End of this chapter)