Douluo: From Rusted Spear to Emperor-Slaying Spear

Chapter 25: Strange Soul Beast Hunting Operation

After thinking it over, Dean Shui decided to follow Li Xinyue back to the family. After all, the spirit ring that Bing'er wanted to obtain was extremely important, and there was no room for any mistakes.

"Well, to prevent some people from becoming too presumptuous because of my departure, I'll go back as well, as it's been five or six years since I last went back!"

The next day, outside the Worldfark Hotel, next to a gorgeously decorated carriage,
"Xiao Ji, you really don't want to come with us? I can arrange for you to study at Tianshui Senior College. Although Tianshui College only accepts female students, my Shui family is still an investor in Tianshui College."

Dean Shui had already asked Ji Wuming about his 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 spirit rings. I might even become a burden to you if I go. As for the Advanced Spirit Master Academy, I think I'd better forget 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 now, and it would undoubtedly be very dangerous for him to go inland. Besides, it was still early for Tang San to obtain the immortal grass, and he could completely cultivate to level 30 before traveling around the mainland.

"Well, if you have any questions, Xiao Lu can answer them for you."

Dean Shui got on the front of the carriage, and Shui Bing'er, who was sitting in the carriage, saw that they were about to set off and hurriedly leaned out and said,

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

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

As the carriage went further and further away, the two voices became smaller and smaller. Li Xinyue, who was sitting in the carriage at the moment, pulled Shui Bing'er to sit firmly and said,
"Bing'er, Xiao Ji is already a Great Soul Master. If you don't want to be left too far behind by him, you must calm down and work hard to cultivate your soul power, striving to break through the bottleneck of level 20 as soon as possible."

"Only in this way can you defeat her when you meet her and let her see how powerful the women of our Bing family are. Women of the Bing family should be strong."

Although Li Xinyue knew that Ji Wuming's innate soul power was low and his cultivation speed would inevitably not catch up with Shui Binger, he still used this to motivate Shui Binger's cultivation.
"Aunt, I won't let you down."

Although she has never fought against Ji Wuming, her aunt is right. Only when she is strong enough can she have a say in the Shui family and pursue her own happiness.

Besides, Brother Ji definitely doesn't like vase women who are unable to protect themselves.

…………

A year and a half later,

As a slightly overbearing soul power wave spread outward from his body, Ji Wuming, who had been stuck at the level 29 bottleneck for nearly three months, finally broke through to the level soul power bottleneck.
He walked out of the cabin, looked at the deep blue ocean in front of him and the rolling white waves behind him, and stretched lazily.

"Hello, Mr. Ji..."

Many sailors who were carrying cargo greeted Ji Wuming enthusiastically, because since Ji Wuming joined their fleet, he had saved the lives of the fleet members many times.

Just one year ago, when he had just joined the fleet, he encountered a group of pirates who hijacked the ship while transporting a batch of goods. The pirate leader was a powerful Soul Master.

However, before they could be arrogant for three seconds, they died under Ji Wuming's soul guide weapon. Not only did it save an entire ship of cargo and the lives of countless crew members, but it also made other pirates dare not covet their fleet. As a result, their fleet, that is, the Hai family, increased its profits by 20 to 30 percent.

As the door to the captain's room was pushed open, Ji Wuming walked in. A one-eyed man stood up happily and said, "Brother Wuming, come on, tell me in detail how to play this game of chess to win. I've already lost three games in a row to my deputy."

"Captain, I have important matters to attend to on this voyage, so I'm afraid I won't be able to go with you."

As a captain of the Soul Master level, he naturally realized something about Ji Wuming's sudden resignation.
"Okay then! Where are you going, Brother Wuming?"

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

"Okay, but you have to teach me how to play this game first."

The captain would not ask too many questions about what Ji Wuming did. What he cared about more now was this game of chess. During the boring sea transportation, there were not many things that could relieve boredom!

After the entire fleet arrived at the Liuyun Sea, Ji Wuming jumped on a small wooden boat and headed towards the target point ahead.
However, just as Ji Wuming had rowed a few strokes and the entire ship had not yet sailed far away from Ji Wuming, some violent splashes appeared on the surface of the sea a few hundred meters away.

The captain took out a monocular and looked towards the place where the movement occurred. He saw a fish with wounds all over its body being chased by a ten thousand year old soul beast - the black jade octopus.
He shouted loudly to Ji Wuming below: "Brother Wuming, there is a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, the Black Jade Octopus, hunting ahead. It is very likely that we will directly collide with them. Hurry and get on the boat so that we can leave quickly."

The captain followed the navigation route map and carefully avoided the territories of various ten thousand year old sea soul beasts. On weekdays, the fleet and the soul beasts had always lived in peace. Unexpectedly, today the ten thousand year old soul beasts would directly choose to leave their territory in order to hunt.

"Zuo Mantuo, hurry!"

As the soul beast got closer and closer to them, the captain's urging became more and more anxious.

However, the next moment, a centipede emerged from the black deep sea, and the huge waves it created completely overturned the entire ship. The sailors who had no time to evacuate from the cabin, along with many cargoes, were buried on the seabed as the merchant ship sank.

Only a few people managed to survive by relying on the scattered debris of merchant ships, but they were not much better off and were swept away by ocean currents and waves.

However, at this moment, Ji Wuming saw that there were soul beasts attacking him from both sides. He immediately abandoned the small wooden boat, and circulated his soul power under his feet. He ran towards the left side where there were no soul beasts, and ran hard on the sea.
And it was as if he had been fitted with a locator, and was being treated as a prey. The bloody soul beast immediately turned around and fled, following closely behind Ji Wuming.
"This soul beast, which is about to be killed, is trying to drag me down with it. It's like a dog-skin plaster that I can't get rid of. It's really annoying."

If the sea water was not too deep, Ji Wuming would have dived into the reefs at the bottom of the sea to avoid being hunted by the ten thousand year old soul beast.

As Ji Wuming ran faster and faster, the number of ten thousand year old soul beasts gathered around him gradually increased. After careful counting, there were about ten of them, and the number was still increasing. This scene made him feel unprecedented fear.

"What's going on here? How come so many ten-thousand-year soul beasts appeared at the same time?"

You have to know that each ten thousand year old sea soul beast has its own territory. It is impossible for so many ten thousand year old soul beasts to gather in the same place.

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

(End of this chapter)