From the Soul Motion Machine onwards, the Mechanized Douluo

Chapter 377 The Life Rhythm of the Nine-Hearted Begonia [Please subscribe! Please vote!]

As an ancient city with a history of thousands of years, Tiandou City has not changed much. The only changes are that there are taller buildings, more sturdy and luxurious villas, spacious and flat ground, and bustling streets.

Tian Dou City, Tian Dou Royal Academy, Simulated Training Ground.

Under the azure sky, in a meadow full of low-grade spiritual herbs, a girl with long and short hair whose hair shone silver in the sunlight clasped her hands slightly together. A faint gust of wind swirled around her, gently swaying her white sleeves, golden robes, and her long, dark hair that shimmered silver in the sunlight.

Her black hair fluttered slightly in the strong wind, brushing against the girl's delicate, fair cheeks, resting halfway on the girl's swan-like neck as she closed her eyes and looked dignified and solemn. Her black hair brushed against her flawless collarbone and swayed below her proud breasts.

rustling~

A strong wind formed a weak gust of wind around the girl, causing the surrounding spiritual herbs to be blown about in a somewhat disordered manner. Gradually, a regular ring appeared around the girl, expanding and contracting outward with her breathing.

What's surprising is that the wind circle, which dynamically expands and contracts with the girl's breathing, instantly withers and turns the vegetation yellow wherever its edge passes.

rustling~

As the wind circle expanded outward, a circular withered field instantly appeared around the girl, standing out conspicuously in the meadow full of green spiritual herbs!

rustling~

As the wind circle contracted, the lawns that had just been covered by the wind and were on the verge of withering and dying instantly regained their vitality and returned to green at a speed visible to the naked eye.

rustling~

The wind circle expanded again

rustling

In a rhythmic back and forth, like the breath of life, this patch of grassland oscillates between vitality and desolation. Who knows where this method of torment came from?

In the twilight of life and death, a small mistake caused a withered leaf to be blown into the sky by a strong wind, and at the same time, the girl's brows furrowed slightly.

Immediately afterwards, more and more withered leaves were blown up and flew into the sky, as if a chain reaction had occurred. The extraction and replenishment of life force was slightly off, causing more and more spiritual herbs to wither.

rustling

A withered leaf danced in the wind, and finally, as the girl gradually furrowed her beautiful brows, it wobbled and drifted down toward her head.

rustling

A faint gust of wind arose, and just as a withered leaf was about to fall on the girl's head, a slender, fair hand, more beautiful than many girls' hands, suddenly reached out from behind and gently picked up the fallen leaf with its thumb and forefinger.

As the girl opened her deep, bright purple eyes, she heard a clear, magnetic young voice say, "At such a young age, instead of learning good things, you insist on learning from those guys who have countless inhuman thoughts in their hearts."

"However, it's still pretty good for practice. Long time no see, Lingling." Chen Hong, standing behind the girl, reached out and picked up a withered leaf from her hair, and chuckled.

"Brother Hong!!" The girl's annoyance instantly turned into surprise in her purple eyes. She cried out and then got up and bumped into Chen Hong's arms.

A fragrant breeze filled the air, and an alluring aroma wafted into his nostrils. Chen Hong smiled and patted Ye Lingling's soft back.

"Damn it! Brother Hong is so mean!" After a brief moment of tenderness, Ye Lingling lifted her head from Chen Hong's embrace, glaring at him angrily, and said coquettishly, "I knew it! My Reincarnation Flower cultivation was unstable after only a short time. Turns out, Brother Hong was secretly getting closer! How awful!"

Chen Hong is arguably the strongest at concealing his aura on the Douluo Continent. Ye Lingling, who was in a state of cultivation, was completely unable to sense Chen Hong's aura. However, the life rhythm generated by her 'Flower of Reincarnation' would be disturbed by Chen Hong's slow approach, eventually causing a chain reaction that disrupted the life rhythm of the Flower of Reincarnation, caused an imbalance of life energy, and instantly withered all the plants around Ye Lingling.

Logically speaking, Ye Lingling's life rhythm should affect all living beings around her, but Chen Hong's vital signs were recorded by Ye Lingling and she was very familiar with them, so subconsciously she would not extract Chen Hong's life energy.

Of course, even if I only smoked a little, it doesn't matter. I can just say nice things and get Ye Lingling to pay it back.

Ye Lingling is currently at the fourth-ring Soul Master stage, and her life energy extraction can affect those whose life energy intensity does not exceed hers. In other words, those below the fifth-ring Soul King stage will all be affected by Ye Lingling.

"Haha, even the disruption of my life rhythm didn't affect me, which means Lingling still protects me." Chen Hong laughed and reached out to pinch Ye Lingling's puffed-up cheeks in his arms. Sure enough, the sea is no place for humans; it's all sea and waves, nothing like the fun of Douluo Continent.

At least in Douluo Continent, there are sweet and lovely girls to look at. But what about the Sea Soul Islands? They're all big men or tanned, unattractive girls. They're not pleasing to the eye at all.

"Hmph!" Ye Lingling snorted angrily. She originally wanted to continue puffing up her cheeks, but because Chen Hong pinched her cheeks, some air leaked from the corners of her mouth, making it impossible for her to puff up her cheeks.

"Hahaha, soul power level 45, I'm about to catch up!" Chen Hong couldn't help but chuckle when he noticed that the pufferfish in his hand seemed to be leaking air. Then he tugged at Ye Lingling's cheeks with both hands.

Ye Lingling got a little angry when she was pulled away and slapped Chen Hong's hand away with such force that the back of Chen Hong's hand turned red. Ye Lingling seemed to be undergoing a life essence evolution, and her physical strength was frighteningly high.

However, Ye Lingling quickly took Chen Hong's arm, feigning a pitiful and dependent demeanor, and nestled close to him, pouting, "So you're only level 43? How come you're cultivating faster and faster???"

Chen Hong sensed Ye Lingling's soul power level by analyzing the quality of her soul power. He was extremely sensitive to this, able to perceive it even without activating his Black Lotus Soul Eye. Ye Lingling, on the other hand, analyzed Chen Hong's soul power level by examining the intensity of his life energy. Because Chen Hong hadn't undergone separate body tempering, his physical constitution level consistently matched his soul power level, making analysis particularly easy.

"Huh? Your eyes... something's not right?" At this moment, Ye Lingling looked at Chen Hong's eyes, which had been unbandaged early to reveal his black lotus soul eyes, pretending that he wasn't blind, and seemed to notice something amiss.

To avoid worrying his family, Chen Hong waited until the Black Lotus Soul Eye was fully formed and Dugu Bo swore to the heavens that the Black Lotus Soul Eye was very beautiful before removing the bandages. He then stared at the Black Lotus Soul Eye and used his mental power to perceive it, pretending that he was not blind.

(End of this chapter)