Melee archer with maxed-out Douluo luck

Chapter 214 Life is full of unexpected encounters

"Congratulations, Lingling. Once you acquire just one more spirit ring, you will become a Soul King."

Ye Lingling had just opened her eyes when she heard Dugu Yan's voice, and the others were all looking at her with smiles on their faces.

"And right now, you have the highest level of spirit rings among us."

Dugu Yan joked as she reached out and pulled her up from the ground.

"It's all thanks to Xiao Li."

Ye Lingling smiled, but the flames in her eyes seemed to burn even more intensely.

"Forget it, you're hopeless."

Dugu Yan slapped her forehead and glanced helplessly at Han Li.

Han Li could only awkwardly return the smile. It really wasn't his fault; he was too lazy to even pretend anymore when he was showing his abilities.

However, even though Ye Ai'ai's symptoms improved somewhat, her chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) showed no signs of abating. She would imagine what he could do.

Her outward aloofness and inner thoughts are two completely opposite extremes, and he can't control what others think.

"How effective is the boost?"

Shui Bing'er, who was standing to the side, glanced at Han Li with amusement and took the initiative to change the subject.

Ye Lingling's soul skill only has one effect: healing. Moreover, the healing effect becomes more powerful as the soul rings increase.

However, after actually getting to know them, the group learned that the spirit rings actually had different levels of enhancement. Although they had all their points allocated to healing, the stackable enhancement types were still considered top-notch.

"Healing effect increased by 100%, soul power consumption reduced by half."

Ye Lingling sensed the effect of the spirit ring and revealed a look of surprise. She could only say that it was indeed a spirit ring that was nearly 100,000 years old. Just one spirit ring directly multiplied her healing ability and endurance several times over.

"Very good."

A voice filled with joy came from behind them, causing them to turn around. However, upon seeing Zhu Zhuqing's clenched fist, they shut their mouths.

In fact, after Ye Lingling joined, she was the only one who had received treatment.

The others had already passed the stage where they could rapidly increase their strength through arduous training, and even if they received treatment, it was largely due to relaxing their bodies.

Only Zhu Zhuqing belongs to the level where hard training can make her stronger. In addition, this girl is the kind who trains herself to the point of exhaustion. Ye Lingling's healing and enhancement is indeed a blessing for her.

"Don't push yourself too hard. Becoming a Soul King is just a matter of a few days for you."

Even Han Li couldn't help but offer a reminder.

Even though Zhu Zhuqing had come to him and her life was no longer in danger, she was still too tense and rarely relaxed.

"Um."

Zhu Zhuqing lowered her head somewhat embarrassedly and answered casually.

Well, it seems the extra training won't stop. Han Li sighed inwardly. The two new additions were definitely a problem girl duo.

"Here you go, Lingling. Take a short rest and absorb it. Stay here tonight and go out tomorrow."

Han Li touched the soul bone in his hand with satisfaction before placing it in Ye Lingling's hand.

"it is good."

Ye Lingling did not refuse; even though she knew it was incredibly precious, she still obediently accepted it.

Along the way, Han Li and the three women, including Xiu'er, did a lot of psychological preparation for the two newlyweds. In other words, they had already convinced them, otherwise, they might have had to struggle with them for a while longer.

Han Li handed over the task of preparing food to the others before heading towards the location where the Blue Silver King had been.

A grass seed, much larger than a normal seed, crystal clear like a blue crystal, lay quietly on the ground, while the enormous, vine-like Blue Silver King had disappeared.

"We will be leaving tomorrow, and I will ensure your king recovers as quickly as possible."

Han Li spoke to the blue vines on the other side, which were much larger than ordinary Blue Silver Grass. Without waiting for their response, he put the Blue Silver King's grass seeds into his wristband and turned to walk towards the girls.

Behind him, several pale blue vines swayed gently, as if in response.

Here, apart from the Blue Silver King, the only thing that could catch Han Li's attention was a 50,000-year-old Blue Silver Grass. The remaining few were only a little over 20,000 years old, and Han Li didn't bother to interact with them.

Ye Lingling's fifth spirit ring could actually be obtained here, but Han Li still wanted to be a human being and couldn't keep exploiting one race.

If he were to actually turn this 50,000-year-old Blue Silver Grass into a soul ring for Ye Lingling, that would be somewhat unfair.

The environment in the Blue Silver Forest was quite nice, and everyone liked it very much. After having a simple dinner of cooked food and fruit, they continued to enjoy the scenery.

As for Ye Lingling and Han Li, they went to the side, one absorbing the soul bone and the other taking care of it.

Although absorbing a soul bone—a soul bone from the same source as the soul ring—is not a special soul bone with ultimate power and therefore poses no danger, Han Li still followed along just to be on the safe side.

The absorption of the soul bone went very smoothly without any problems. After Ye Lingling finished absorbing it, the others also learned about the soul bone's skills.

The Soul Bone comes with two skills.

As Han Li pointed out and guessed, it was indeed the Blue Silver Domain, but apart from suppressing the enemy's attributes by 10%, the domain's transformation effect wasn't that domineering.

At most, it can only absorb 80% of the life force of the surrounding Blue Silver Grass to convert into its own life force, soul force, or spiritual force, but that is powerful enough for Ye Lingling.

The other skill that Han Li didn't have time to modify is still flight, which can be said to be his preordained choice.

This made Han Li want to complain, "Do all of you long-rooted Blue Silver Grasses have a heart that wants to fly? You're really obsessed with the skill of flying."

Fortunately, this ability, which was quite useless to Han Li, became quite good in Ye Lingling's hands.

A highly agile healer who can fly is a nightmare for enemies in the Douluo Continent, where flying is not a common skill.

Moreover, unlike Ah Yin's original flying soul skill, Ye Lingling's flying skill, once activated, will have a pair of light blue wings that look like enlarged grass leaves appear behind her. Her flying speed is not slow, more like that of a forest elf.

After helping Ye Lingling test her new skills, the group lay down on the straw mat made of blue silver grass that still emitted a faint glow, and drifted off to sleep.

The next morning, everyone got up very early, and because of the extremely strong life force here, they all seemed to be in good spirits.

After packing their things, Han Li and the others headed out of the forest, while the remaining 50,000-year-old Blue Silver Grass spontaneously recreated a path of light for them.

"If I have some free time in the future, I can come here for a vacation."

Watching the Blue Silver Grass swaying as it saw them off, Shui Bing'er couldn't help but speak up, and the other girls nodded in agreement, as they all liked the environment here.

"Then let's wait until later. You can come anytime."

Han Li responded with a smile, but deep down he didn't think they would be welcomed. They had only come once, and yet the Blue Silver King had already disappeared.

However, once the Blue Silver King recovers, it's not impossible if he likes it.

Soon, the group left the Blue Silver Forest and headed towards the Star Dou Great Forest.

Han Li has temporarily shielded the Blue Silver Forest, and the energy environment will gradually reach the concentration he promised after a period of time, so he no longer needs to worry about it.

After re-entering the Star Dou Great Forest, Han Li checked the direction and pointed northeast.

"Let's go, Zhu Qing's spirit ring and Ling Ling's next spirit ring are over there."

On the way here, Han Li had already located the soul beasts and their locations that were suitable for the two of them, so there was no need to search for them anymore.

As they moved forward, the surrounding vegetation and environment gradually began to change, becoming dark and somber.

This is a unique feature of the Star Dou Great Forest, because of its vast area, it contains almost all kinds of environments, and even extreme environments are not uncommon.

"What kind of spirit beast did you choose for Zhu Qing?"

Dugu Yan looked around at her surroundings and asked with some curiosity.

"A ghost tiger, and a ghost leopard."

Han Li replied with a smile that, given that Zhu Zhuqing's first three spirit rings were already set, he had not adjusted her development direction, or rather, there was no need to adjust it. Her development path was fine; she just needed to continue strengthening it.

Her Netherworld Shadow Clone and Netherworld Shadow are connected, and both are extremely powerful soul skills. All she needs to do is increase the age of her soul rings. Moreover, the Ghost Tiger and Ghost Leopard are quite suitable for her martial soul evolution requirements.

Just as Dugu Yan was about to ask something, several strong soul power fluctuations suddenly began to flash at the edge of the mental sharing that Han Li had activated, and quickly moved towards their direction, interrupting her questioning.

Han Li also instantly increased his mental energy output, probing in that direction, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Oh, it's them. Should we go over and say hello?"

The information Han Li had gathered was simultaneously relayed to the minds of the group, and Dugu Yan asked a question.

"Go ahead, it's been over a year since we last met, it's a rare treat to run into an old friend."

"You can encounter any person you can imagine in the Star Dou Great Forest," Han Li thought to himself, "that's truly a well-deserved reputation." He then led the others to turn around and head towards the direction from which the soul power fluctuations were coming from.

"Who?"

Just as Han Li and his group approached, a middle-aged man dressed in a black robe suddenly turned his head and shouted in a slightly hoarse voice.

"Elder Gui, Elder Ju, it's been a long time."

Han Li deliberately released his soul power aura and walked out from behind a giant tree. Apart from Ye Lingling and Zhu Zhuqing, the other three also removed their disguises and followed him out.

"Han Li, oh, so it's His Highness the Holy Son."

When Chrysanthemum Douluo saw them, she breathed a sigh of relief and greeted them with a charming and flirtatious manner.

Han Li's brow twitched involuntarily. Sure enough, he still couldn't quite accept this person's style, even though he was a good person.

Then, he looked at the "Golden Generation" fighting a ghost fox.

"A fifth spirit ring? He's only reached the Spirit King realm now?"

He didn't try to hide his voice, causing the people in the midst of the battle to pause for a moment.

"We're only acquiring the spirit rings now."

Yue Guan's smile froze, and she quickly added.

(End of this chapter)