Douluo Continent: Starting from Tianshui Academy

Chapter 22 The Shrek Three

Stepping into the Starry Sky Forest once again, Ye Liangchen felt refreshed and invigorated by its natural atmosphere.

"This time we set off for the area where the thousand-year-old soul beasts live, hoping to find a suitable soul beast for Xiao Chen as soon as possible."

"Xiao Chen's second spirit ring is a thousand years old. I wonder how those powerful forces will react when they see it?"

"Let's do our best to protect him as he grows up! As long as he has the ability to protect himself, we have nothing to fear."

Ye Liangchen felt that Lan Xiaodie and the others' worries were a bit unnecessary. Now that he had Di Tian as his henchman, as long as he didn't do anything reckless, it would be too easy for him to survive until he became a Title Douluo.

Two days later, the group arrived at a valley and discovered a 50-meter-tall crabapple tree.

The plant spirit beast, the Three-Leaf Begonia, is also aggressive. Once attacked, it will swing its branches to lash out at the enemy.

The three-leaf crabapple tree, several tens of meters tall, sensed Ye Liangchen and his group approaching and immediately swung its branches at them, the entire tree radiating a purple aura of soul power.

"Swish..."

Dozens of branches, like long whips, swung in the air, rubbing against the air and making a swishing sound.

Ye Liangchen felt that this was exactly like the thousand-year-old tree spirit in the movie A Chinese Ghost Story. But aren't the thousand-year-old plant soul beasts in the Douluo world just thousand-year-old tree spirits?

"Chirp chirp..."

"The fluctuation of this soul power suggests that this tree is probably close to 4000 years old."

Lan Xiaodie released her martial spirit, using its powerful aura to suppress the three-leaf crabapple tree.

"If the age limit were a little lower, it would be perfect for Xiao Chen."

Shui Lingfeng and Su Lin felt that the age of this plant spirit beast was a bit too high for Ye Liangchen at his current age.

"Let me try! I think I can absorb it."

Ye Liangchen stated directly that he wanted the Three-Leaf Begonia for his second spirit ring. After a careful look, he estimated that the spirit ring was around 3800 years old.

"No! That's too risky!"

Shui Lingfeng and the other two refused outright. They had originally planned to find a spirit ring from 2000 to 3000 years ago for the little guy, but this spirit ring was almost twice as expensive, the difference was too great.

"Aunt Lan! I think we can give it a try. If it doesn't work, you can interrupt me from absorbing the soul ring again."

Ye Liangchen clenched his fist, completely unconcerned about the spirit ring. In the past two years, he had been cultivating various divine skills with incredible speed and power, making his physical strength several times stronger than it was two years ago. A mere thousand-year spirit ring was child's play.

"Then let Xiaochen give it a try!"

Seeing Ye Liangchen's insistence, Lan Xiaodie had no choice but to agree to let him try, and she felt that this little guy would continue to create miracles.

"Oh well!"

Shui Lingfeng and Su Lin also witnessed Ye Liangchen's extraordinary abilities and agreed that the little guy should absorb the soul ring. If it really didn't work, they could interrupt him.

"Frozen".

"Mystic Ice Thorn"

"Bang bang bang..."

Under Lan Xiaodie's powerful soul skill attack, the three-leaf begonia tree was almost seriously injured and killed. A face appeared in the center of the trunk, with eyes, mouth and nose, and kept making hissing sounds.

"Xiao Chen! Attack the face in the center of that tree trunk; that's its spiritual core," Su Lin instructed Ye Liangchen to act quickly.

"Swish..."

Ye Liangchen flicked his Blue Smoke Sword, piercing the spiritual core of the Three-Leaf Begonia Tree and instantly killing it.

"Buzzing..."

Deep purple soul power slowly rose from the three-leaf crabapple tree, gradually condensing into a large purple circle.

"Buzzing..."

Ye Liangchen sat cross-legged on the ground, summoned the Goddess of Life Martial Soul, communicated with the Soul Ring with his mind, and began to absorb this 3800-year-old Soul Ring.

"Xiao Chen! Be careful, and don't push yourself."

Lan Xiaodie, Shui Lingfeng, and Su Lin surrounded Ye Liangchen, feeling extremely nervous, fearing that something might happen to the little guy.

"I understand."

The spirit ring, guided by Ye Liangchen's thoughts, floated over and was placed on the goddess's martial spirit.

"boom…"

A powerful energy surged through Ye Liangchen's body, making him feel like he was being bitten by ants. Although it was a little painful, he could still bear it.

"Oh…"

Ye Liangchen roared and simply activated the Hunyuan Technique, mobilizing the energy in his soul ring to refine his physical body.

Calm your mind and open your spirit, feel the changes in your body. When the energy hammers your physical body, it makes crackling sounds all over, like you are having a Thai massage. This painful yet pleasurable feeling is very refreshing.

"ha……"

Three hours later, Ye Liangchen finally succeeded in absorbing the soul ring and advanced to the rank of Great Soul Master. He let out a long roar, and a powerful aura surged from his body, his soul power breaking through to level 23.

Because Ye Liangchen used much of the energy in his spirit ring to refine his physical body, he could only increase his spirit power by three levels.

"Aunt Lan, Dean, Teacher Su Lin! I did it!"

Ye Liangchen withdrew his martial spirit, gave a simple, honest smile, and looked incredibly cute.

"Success! Xiao Chen has set another record."

"His second spirit ring reached 3800 years. What limit is there in front of Xiao Chen?"

Lan Xiaodie and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief. For three whole hours, they didn't dare to breathe too loudly.

"Xiao Chen! You're amazing! Your teacher is so proud of you."

Su Lin was very excited and gave the little guy a big hug and kissed him on the face several times.

"Xiao Chen! Your second soul skill is Life Blessing. Release it and let Grandma see how it works."

Shui Lingfeng said with a smile, she also wondered if the little guy's auxiliary soul skill could rival the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda soul skill.

"Okay, Grandma Dean."

"Buzzing..."

As Ye Liangchen summoned, the stunning figure of the Goddess of Life appeared behind him, with two dazzling yellow and purple circles flashing intermittently.

Second Soul Skill: Blessing of Life.

As it was activated, the Goddess of Life shot out three dazzling rays of light from her hand, which flowed into the bodies of Lan Xiaodie and the other two.

"My Life Blessing can increase all attributes of others by 30%, and the blessing lasts for 10 minutes. With my current soul power, I can only bless a maximum of 20 people, and I can only use the soul skill five times. The number of people and the number of times will increase as my soul power increases, and the attribute increase will also increase as my soul rings increase."

"My Life Blessing Soul Skill can also be used to assist myself."

Ye Liangchen slowly explained the Soul Skill of Life Blessing to the three women, but when they learned that it would increase all their attributes by 30%, they were all shocked.

"30% to all attributes? That means our attack, soul power, defense, speed, strength, etc. have all increased by 30%, doubling our overall strength. That's insane!"

"As far as we know, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's first few auxiliary skills are Strength, Speed, Soul Power, Defense, and Attack, with each soul skill corresponding to an auxiliary attribute..."

"And Xiao Chen's second soul skill encompasses all attributes. No wonder the little guy said before that the Goddess of Life Martial Soul is the strongest support Martial Soul. He was right."

When they witnessed Ye Liangchen's incredible second soul skill, Lan Xiaodie and the others were very excited. If they used this skill in a team battle to buff their teammates, they could unleash a burst of power and end the battle instantly.

Ye Liangchen wasn't shocked at all. After all, Uncle Big Sausage Oscar's fourth soul skill, Pink Sausage, could also increase all attributes by 10%, while the effect of his own soul skill was only 20% greater than that of Oscar's.

Ye Liangchen scanned the changes on the game character panel with his mind and found that two weapon boxes in the weapon and equipment section had been unsealed. He was overjoyed. It was really too difficult to see any movement after so long.

Tang San next door has already started making hidden weapons for self-defense, so what will my own weapons and equipment be?

In the Douluo Continent world, soul skill attacks are essentially energy attacks. Tang San's hidden weapons are equivalent to powerful weapons in this world. The Guanyin Tear hidden weapon can even kill gods, which shows that physical attacks are more lethal than energy attacks.

Ye Liangchen secretly hoped that the game equipment would give him a Desert Eagle, assault rifle, or Barrett, so that he could roam freely.

This trip to the Star Dou Forest successfully obtained a thousand-year soul ring for Ye Liangchen, and it was even a 3800-year soul ring, which was perfect.

……

Two days later, Ye Liangchen and his group arrived in Soto City, known as the granary of Barak, after a long journey. They decided to rest in Soto City for a day and checked into the most luxurious Rose Hotel.

Soto is the second largest city in Barak, after Barak itself. It is also a granary with a highly developed economy, and the empire has a large military presence in the city.

That noon, Lan Xiaodie and Su Lin went to the city to buy daily necessities. Ye Liangchen also went along to see what it was like and experience the local customs of Soto City. Shui Lingfeng was too old to walk around, so she had to stay at the hotel and wait for everyone.

To make sure Ye Liangchen had fun, Lan Xiaodie and Su Lin took him to the Soto Great Soul Arena to watch the Soul Battle competition and broaden his horizons.

"Xiao Chen! How was it? Was today's Soul Fighting Competition exciting?"

As evening fell, the three returned to the Rose Hotel. Along the way, Su Lin explained some things about the Soul Fighting Technique to Ye Liangchen.

"Not bad! I wish I could participate; I guarantee you guys would win money."

The Soul Fighting Competition also has betting pools, which is a common business practice in all Soul Fighting Arenas. Unfortunately, Lan Xiaodie doesn't allow Ye Liangchen to participate in the competition.

"It's good enough that you can watch the game. You want to play? If you get exposed, it'll be troublesome." Lan Xiaodie chuckled. She didn't want the little guy to take any risks, and besides, she wasn't short of money.

"I can easily crush those Grand Soul Masters who are participating in the competition without even using my Martial Soul."

Ye Liangchen doesn't take opponents of the same level seriously at all, and doesn't need to activate his martial spirit at all.

"We know you're very capable, but not now. Let's wait a few years."

Lan Xiaodie rubbed the little guy's head and led him toward the Rose Hotel.

Just then, three drunken men walked down the street ahead. One of them was about 1.75 meters tall, dressed in fancy clothes, with blond hair, and quite handsome. In particular, his eyes were double pupils, which looked very good.

The other two men beside him were quite different. One was a fat man wearing red leather armor, with red hair. He was as fat as a ball, with a small mustache on both sides of his mouth. His small eyes darted around at passersby, and whenever he saw a pretty woman, he would immediately show his lecherous side.

The other man was even more bizarre. He looked young, but had a head of gray hair, and his beard was also gray, giving him an old and faded appearance.

"Wow! Boss Dai, look! This is amazing!"

When the red-haired fat man saw Ye Liangchen and his two companions, his eyes lit up. He was especially surprised by the two women's voluptuous figures. He let out a cry of surprise, his eyes gleaming, and he revealed a lecherous look.

Although the two women concealed their stunning beauty with veils, this hazy, veiled beauty only fueled the imagination.

"Where is it? Let me see."

Wow! That's amazing!

"Wow! There's another handsome young man here, even more handsome than me!"

"Let's go! Let's go and get to know them."

The blond man straightened his hair and walked towards Ye Liangchen and the other two. The red-haired fat man immediately followed him.

"Boss Dai, Fatty, isn't this a bit inappropriate?" The bearded man, who was a little timid, called out from behind.

"Hey Xiao Ao! What are you afraid of? Today I'll teach you how to date a beautiful girl, hahaha..."

The blond man, drunk and disorderly, walked towards Ye Liangchen and his group, laughing loudly.

"Aunt Lan! Teacher Su Lin, a handsome blond guy is walking towards us."

Ye Liangchen whispered to the two women, almost bursting out laughing. Looking at the blond guy's expression, he probably wanted to chat her up. Ye Liangchen thought that guy was really stubborn.

"He's just a Grand Soul Master, a little lesson will suffice," Lan Xiaodie said casually, looking at Ye Liangchen's barely suppressed amusement, she was both amused and exasperated.

"Aunt Lan! Teacher Su Lin, please don't say anything, I can handle this." The other party was only a Great Soul Master, and Ye Liangchen felt that there was no need for the two women to take action.

"Alright! Then we'll rely on Xiao Chen for protection. Today, my senior sister and I will play the role of weak women."

"Xiao Chen! You said you could fight a Great Soul Master without using your Martial Soul. Today, Auntie will see how you perform."

Seeing Ye Liangchen's eager expression, the two women smiled at each other. The little guy had grown up and could protect them now, which made them very happy.

"Aunt Lan! Just watch me!" Ye Liangchen assured the two women that he would never use his martial spirit.

"Hey! You two beautiful ladies, going shopping?"

The blond man approached Ye Liangchen and his two companions, tossed his hair, struck what he thought was a very cool pose, and greeted Lan Xiaodie and Su Lin.

Lan Xiaodie and Su Lin did not reply, but simply watched everything quietly.

"Bro! Are these two your sisters?"

Seeing that Ye Liangchen was quite young, the blond man assumed he was the younger brother of the two beautiful women, so he took the initiative to greet Ye Liangchen in order to get closer to him.

"Hey golden retriever, who are you?"

Ye Liangchen smelled alcohol on the other person; it turned out the other person was an alcoholic!

"What golden retriever? My name is Dai Mubai."

"Hey bro, what's your name?"

The blond man revealed his name, which startled Ye Liangchen. He hadn't expected it to be this guy. The fat man and bearded man in the distance must be Fatty Ma and Oscar.

Judging by the timeline, Dai Mubai is around 12 years old now, so it's about time he came to Shrek Academy.

Ma Hongjun and Oscar were brought by Flander when they were young. Now, together with Dai Mubai, they often frequent the red-light districts and become the Shrek Three Musketeers.

"What do you need us for?" Su Lin asked Dai Mubai deliberately at this moment.

"Ladies, my name is Dai Mubai, also known as Young Master Dai. How about we get to know each other, become friends, and chat about life at the Rose Hotel?"

When Dai Mubai saw the beautiful woman take the initiative to greet him, he immediately felt that he had a chance. Anyway, he was rich, and he believed that if he met a beautiful woman, he could win her over with money.

"What's the point of making friends? Isn't it all just about those trivial things?"

"Little brother! Someone's trying to bully your older sister! You have to protect me!"

Su Lin, acting like a drama queen, quickly grabbed Lan Xiaodie's hand and deliberately hid behind Ye Liangchen, pretending to be pitiful.

Holy crap! This woman's even putting on an act! Ye Liangchen was speechless. The worst part was that his Aunt Lan was also acting along with Su Lin.

"Brother Dai, we don't want to know you, please leave!" Ye Liangchen said calmly to Dai Mubai.

"Boss Dai! Did you succeed?"

At this moment, the chubby fat man also ran in front of Ye Liangchen, his small, shrewish eyes staring at Su Lin and Lan Xiaodie, which annoyed Ye Liangchen.

"Fatty! What are you looking at?"

"hold head high…"

Ye Liangchen unleashed a Dragon-Shaped Fist, his soul power transforming into a phantom of a dragon. The powerful soul power struck the ground in front of the fat man, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Fatty, stop looking, or I'll beat you up," Ye Liangchen coldly warned the other man.

"What? Aren't beautiful women meant to be looked at?"

"Boss Dai, these two beauties are even hotter than the ones you booked before. Go ahead and use your skills! Don't forget about me later!"

Taking advantage of his drunken outburst, Fatty Ma made a lewd comment on Su Lin and the other woman, his small eyes revealing a lascivious gaze, drool constantly dripping from the corners of his mouth.

"Swish..."

"Bang…"

Unable to bear it any longer, Ye Liangchen flashed in front of Fatty Ma and punched him in the stomach with all his might.

"Awooo..."

Fatty Ma's round body was sent flying five meters away, rolling a long distance on the ground, screaming in agony.

"Fatty, are you alright?"

"I have a big sausage."

"Buzzing..."

Oscar, who was far away, immediately ran over, activated his martial soul, and summoned a sausage-shaped martial soul, which he then fed to the fat man.

"My god! That bearded guy's martial spirit is actually a sausage?!"

"But his incantation is so lewd! Just like his sausage spirit, hahaha..."

Oscar's ridiculous incantation immediately drew laughter from the crowd on the street, who stopped to watch.

"Ouch...! Boss Dai! Avenge me!" The fat man lay on the ground howling in pain after being punched with all his might by Ye Liangchen.

"Hey! Look at that sleazy fat guy, he got knocked down by that handsome young man with one punch."

"That fat guy and the blond guy actually went and harassed the handsome young man's sister; they deserved to be beaten up."

"That young man is so handsome!"

"Those two masked beauties are definitely stunningly beautiful. As their younger brother, the handsome young man must be very good-looking."

The onlookers on the street praised Ye Liangchen, Lan Xiaodie, and Su Lin while criticizing Fatty Ma and Dai Mubai. In everyone's eyes, good looks are everything.

When Dai Mubai saw that Fatty Ma had been beaten to the ground, he immediately couldn't sit still. As the leader, he had to stand up for his little brother.

"You bullied my brother! Kid, so you're a Soul Master too! Looks like we'll have to fight today."

"Awoo..."

Dai Mubai immediately summoned his martial soul. A "king" character appeared on his forehead, and his claws became as sharp as tiger claws. A white tiger attached itself to his back, and two yellow soul rings rose from his body.

"Dai Mubai, Martial Soul: Evil-Eyed White Tiger, Level 25 Power Attack Type Battle Soul Master." Before the battle, Dai Mubai reported his Martial Soul and level to Ye Liangchen.

"That blond man is actually a level 25 Great Soul Master?"

"Young man, you're in trouble now."

The onlookers in the distance, seeing Dai Mubai summon his martial spirit, were all worried for Ye Liangchen.

"My name is Wuming, a level 23 Great Soul Master. As for my Martial Soul, we'll talk about that when you can force me to use it."

"Swish, swish, swish..."

Ye Liangchen immediately activated the Five Elements Bewildering Steps, instantly rushing to Dai Mubai's side and unleashing the Five Elements Divine Fist to fight him.

"White Tiger Protective Barrier".

"White Tiger Blazing Light Wave".

Seeing that the opponent's speed was as fast as lightning, Dai Mubai was immediately startled and launched a soul skill attack. A white light flashed on his body, forming a protective shield, and he spat out a white ball of light from his mouth, which attacked Ye Liangchen.

"hold head high…"

"Awoo..."

"Roar..."

"Hiss..."

"Chirp chirp..."

Ye Liangchen used the Five Elements Bewildering Steps to skillfully dodge the opponent's soul skill attack. He then unleashed five divine fists—Dragon, Snake, Tiger, Leopard, and Crane—one after another, transforming them into five animal phantoms to fight against the opponent.

"Bang bang bang..."

Dai Mubai had never seen anything like this before. He actually used his soul power to conjure five animals: a dragon, a snake, a tiger, a leopard, and a crane. Although these movements were phantoms condensed from his soul power, they were extremely powerful and infinitely varied. He was quickly made dizzy and disoriented.

"Ah... Oh..."

Three minutes later, Dai Mubai was beaten senseless, lying on the ground with a bruised and swollen face, howling in pain.

Fatty Ma and Oscar, standing some distance away, were utterly astonished; even Fatty Ma's anger subsided in shock.

"Boss Dai was actually being suppressed by that kid, and the other party didn't even activate his martial spirit."

After beating Dai Mubai until his face was a mess, Ye Liangchen approached him and calmly said, "How was that? Feeling better now?"

After saying that, he turned and left, leaving behind a figure with his back to everyone.

"My god! That handsome young man is amazing! He defeated his opponent without even using his martial spirit."

"He's so handsome!"

Some girls on the street were captivated by Ye Liangchen's powerful fighting ability, and they all showed infatuated expressions, with pink stars constantly popping out of their eyes.

(End of this chapter)