Douluo Continent: Gretchen at the start, empowered by the Star God.

Chapter 12 Surprising Everyone

"You can actually keep up?!" Yu Tianheng looked at Lang Lei, who was following him at a leisurely pace, and showed a surprised expression.

Their average level is over 30! Lang Lei looks to be only about ten years old, not to mention he's carrying a little sister who looks like she has no soul power at all!

Not only the members of the Royal Fighting Team, but Qin Ming, who had been secretly protecting them, was also observing Lang Lei.

Given Lang Lei's age and strength, he is likely to be another genius no less than Yu Tianheng!

Qin Ming couldn't help but think of recruiting them.

"Chirp—" Just as the group was moving quickly, a human-faced spider descended from the sky, and one of its legs lashed out at Oslo, who was standing on the side of the group.

"Watch out!" Graphite behind him reacted quickly, accelerating and raising his shield to block the attack for Oslo.

Everyone reacted quickly.

Shi Mo and Dugu Yan immediately retreated to protect the healing soul master Ye Lingling. Yu Feng raised his body, waiting for an opportunity to interfere. Osro immediately attacked, forcing back the human-faced demon spider that was locked in a stalemate with Shi Mo.

"Second Soul Skill, Thunderous Might!" After Oslo forced back the Human-Faced Demon Spider, Yu Tianheng took the lead and launched the first attack.

"Tianheng, be careful! This is a six-thousand-year-old human-faced demon spider!" Dugu Yan quickly judged the age of the human-faced demon spider and warned him.

"As expected of a top student, he can immediately identify the species and age of a soul beast..." Lang Lei thought to himself.

"Brother Lang Lei, aren't you going to help?" Gretchen whispered on Lang Lei's back.

"Of course I'll help! I'm a very kind brother, and I'm always happy to help others!" Lang Lei carried Gretsch on his back and rushed over.

"Hey, at least put Gretchen down... come on?" Dugu Yan had just finished reminding him when she saw Lang Lei leap into the air and then stomp the human-faced spider, rendering it unable to move.

"Huh? What did you just say?" Lang Lei looked at Dugu Yan in confusion.

"It's nothing..." Dugu Yan was so shocked her jaw almost dropped.

The others weren't in much better shape, especially Yu Tianheng, who had just exchanged blows with the Man-Faced Demon Spider. He knew firsthand the spider's strength.

But now... he's being pinned down by someone smaller than him, unable to move.

"Should we take care of it?" Lang Lei had no liking for these evil soul beasts that would indiscriminately attack living beings.

As he spoke, he increased the pressure on his feet, and the exoskeleton of the human-faced spider made a creaking sound as it struggled to bear the weight.

"Let's get rid of it. The book says these things are forest termites, and they reproduce extremely quickly," Yu Feng said proactively.

"Okay." Langley nodded. "Little Gretchen, close your eyes."

"Mmm." Gretchen obediently closed her eyes and buried her face in Langley's neck.

Lang Lei retracted the leg from the human-faced spider, kicked the spider, which was seven or eight times his size, into the air, and then followed up with a powerful kick.

"Bang!"

After a loud bang, the human-faced spider had vanished without a trace.

"Dead? Is he dead?" Oslo swallowed hard.

"Probably not, but it'll be soon." Lang Lei smiled.

"Brother Lang Lei, may I ask... how old are you?" Yu Tianheng asked hesitantly.

"Seven years old," Lang Lei said truthfully.

The members of the Royal Fighting Team looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Oslo said in disbelief. "With that kind of strength, I'd believe you were a power-attack type Soul Master!"

"Yeah, yeah, look at your face, you don't look seven at all, do you?"

"I ate a strange plant before, and as my soul power increased, my height and appearance also grew!" Lang Lei explained, but omitted the effects of the immortal herb.

"Don't believe me? Feel it. I remember there's a way to tell bone age by feeling it." Lang Lei put Gretchen down and offered a hand.

The group looked at each other in bewilderment. Their elders and teachers in the academy might know the answers, but the students genuinely didn't.

"I'll do it." Having witnessed Lang Lei's strength firsthand, Qin Ming, who could no longer contain his curiosity, stepped forward and looked at Lang Lei, "Is it alright?"

"Of course, this is not some kind of secret." Lang Lei did not retract his hand.

Qin Ming squeezed Lang Lei's arm and sensed it with his soul power.

"My God! It really is seven years old!" Qin Ming's eyes widened. "And, the density of his flesh is frighteningly high..."

Qin Ming couldn't yet determine the exact level of Lang Lei's physical abilities, but he was certain that they were definitely stronger than Yu Tianheng's.

"This level, this strength..." Yu Feng swallowed hard. "How did they do that..."

"Yu Feng!" Qin Ming scolded. This concerned someone else's secret, and it wouldn't be good to ask rashly.

"Oh? I'm sorry, Brother Lang Lei!" Yu Feng quickly apologized.

"It's nothing, didn't I tell you? It's not a secret." Lang Lei shrugged. "I just accidentally ate a blade of grass in the Star Dou Great Forest, and that's how it happened..."

"Oh my god... I want to eat it too," Oslo complained.

They didn't have any bad intentions, after all, they weren't evil spirit masters.

However, they do indeed have some intention to recruit them.

"Oh right, I also found this there. I thought it might be useful, so I brought it back..." Lang Lei took out a piece of thousand-year-old blood ginseng.

"This is... a thousand-year-old blood ginseng!" The people here were all scions of powerful forces, so they naturally recognized this rare and precious herb that they had all seen in books. Yu Tianheng had even consumed it.

Although its price cannot compare to that of Blood River treasures like Soul Bones, it is still valuable because it is equally rare and hard to find.

"Brother Lang Lei, would you sell this thousand-year-old blood ginseng?" Yu Tianheng asked, somewhat tempted.

"Do you have any cash?" Lang Lei took it out, clearly intending to quickly sell it to pay back the money.

"Uh..." Yu Tianheng was stunned.

"I have some, please sell them to me." At this moment, Ye Lingling, who hadn't said much until now, finally spoke up.

Her voice was equally ethereal and melodious, but unlike Gretchen's cuteness, Ye Lingling's was more aloof, as if keeping people at arm's length.

"How many gold soul coins are you offering?" Lang Lei asked.

"Twenty-seven thousand six hundred and twelve gold soul coins, plus this storage soul tool to hold the gold soul coins, is that alright?" Ye Lingling asked. "If it's not enough, consider this as a deposit. Once we arrive in Heaven Dou City, I'll make up the rest immediately."

"That's enough." It was an unexpected gain anyway, and it wasn't of much use to him, so Lang Lei didn't care. In his opinion, he had already made a great profit.

After exchanging items with Ye Lingling, Lang Lei took the ring-shaped storage soul tool into his hand, which could be used to cover up the system space.

Huh? Speaking of the system... hasn't Elita been sleeping a little too long lately?

"Phew~" Ye Lingling breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Yu Tianheng, "Sorry, Captain."

"It's alright, I know. Support Soul Masters cultivate more slowly." Yu Tianheng didn't care. After all, it was just rare. As the young master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, one of the three upper sects, he had no shortage of such people.

"Speaking of which, Lingling," Dugu Yan suddenly spoke up, "you've exchanged all the money you had... what will you spend it on?"

Ye Lingling was taken aback, and looked at Dugu Yan with a pitiful expression.

"Okay... I'll lend you some first."

"Thank you, Sister Yan."

(End of this chapter)