Douluo Jueshi: I Don't Want to Be an Evil Soul Master

Seeing Orange's reaction, Lin Xiao knew that she had recognized him, so he didn't try to hide it.

After hearing this, Juzi raised her head and looked at Lin Xiao with a somewhat evasive look, "It's okay."

"That's good." Lin Xiao also sat down and glanced around cautiously. "Although it's just absorbing the second spirit ring, if you're not feeling well, there are still some risks. Besides, we've come such a long way."

"I'm fine now." Orange curled up slightly against the tree. After a long silence, he spoke in a low voice without any context, "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Lin Xiao also didn't ask her what she was thanking her for. After replying, he took out the robotic arm again.

Finding a soul ring is somewhat dependent on luck. Lin Xiao and his companions wandered around the Jingyang Mountains for most of the day, dealing with several soul beasts that attacked them, but they still couldn't find a suitable soul ring.

Ma Rulong and the others weren't in a rush. After all, this wasn't their first time obtaining spirit rings, and they had already made preparations. However, Lin Xiao had other tasks ahead of him.

Since he had promised Lin Jiayi, Lin Xiao naturally would not fool around. In the afterglow of the sun, looking at the mechanical arm in front of him dyed orange, his mind was full of thoughts.

It has to be said that this soul guide is quite powerful. Even if he encounters a hundred-year-old soul beast with a relatively high level of cultivation, Lin Xiao does not need to expend too much energy. He can easily solve the problem with the power of the soul guide itself.

Besides being able to carry soul guide cannons, it could also be used for close combat soul guides and some soul guides used to restrict opponents. Lin Xiao had no doubt that in the future, it would even be able to carry modules for launching fixed-mounted soul guides on the battlefield.

But at the same time, in order to be able to deal with a variety of situations, carrying different weapons to face different opponents will add an extra process out of thin air. It not only tests the soul engineer's proficiency in the soul guide, but also tests the soul engineer's judgment of the battle situation.

This was probably done to reduce the number of trade-offs in the soul guide array, but it felt like a superfluous act.

Even if it is used to be installed on a humanoid soul guide, the process is also to imitate the soul guide's use of the soul guide. However, the structure required to replace the module of the humanoid soul guide is more complicated and more difficult to operate.

It got dark quickly in the Jingyang Mountains, and soon only a dim red remained in the west.

Orange was lost in thought as he watched Lin Xiao, who sat nearby, bathed in a glowing orange glow. Meanwhile, Ma Rulong and Mika had already set up a simple camp.

"Senior, please eat something."

"Ah?" Lin Xiao came back to his senses. "Okay, thank you. But it's best not to light an open flame in the wild, otherwise it will easily attract spirit beasts."

"Don't worry, senior. We brought our own dry food." Micah smiled and took out some more things. "Oh, and there's some insect repellent powder. Sprinkle it around later, otherwise some bugs will come over at night."

"Do you often go out?" Lin Xiao stood up and took the dry food handed to him by Micah.

"Not very often, but the academy has many soul guides that need to be tested outside. Every time we go out, the teacher will prepare some, and I'm used to bringing some with me. With these, at least we don't have to worry about those mosquitoes. However, it would be great if there was something that could drive away the soul beasts, so we wouldn't have to stay up all night to keep watch."

"These medicinal powders may not be very effective against soul beasts. Soul guides may be more useful." Ma Rulong seemed to have heard Micah's complaint and added.

"Isn't there any soul guide device in the academy that can help soul masters keep watch at night?" Lin Xiao suddenly spoke.

"Ah?" Micah didn't understand what Lin Xiao was saying for a moment.

"I mean, since we have trigger-type soul guide shields, we can also try to make some trigger-type soul guide cannons that can automatically attack when they detect an opponent. Even if we can't completely replace humans in night watch, at least it can make things easier."

"Well..." Ma Rulong also stopped what he was doing. "Without a soul master to charge the soul guide cannon, it should be useless, right?"

Lin Xiao smacked his lips and didn't respond. But thinking about the pre-installed energy-charging soul guide inside the robotic arm, perhaps an "unmanned soul guide cannon" would appear in the future.

By the time they finished eating, it was already completely dark around them. Occasionally, the howling of soul beasts could be heard from a distance, giving it a somewhat eerie feeling.

"Okay, let's just stay here for the night. You guys get some rest, and I'll keep watch."

"Senior, let me take your place in the second half of the night." Ma Rulong looked at Lin Xiao with some concern.

"That's fine." Lin Xiao didn't refuse. After all, he didn't know how long he would stay in the Jingyang Mountains, and he needed to stay healthy.

Although they said they were resting, they naturally couldn't really fall asleep in the wild. The breathing of the other three people gradually became steady, and they were obviously in meditation.

Lin Xiao sat aside, gently stroking the storage soul guide in his hand. The mention of "unmanned soul guide cannon" just now made him think of more things.

Why does a so-called humanoid soul guide need a soul master to enter in order to operate it? Large soul guides like these also require a charging soul master to assist in their operation. It would be better to simply remove the soul master's cockpit, which would also simplify the structure a lot.

Although the soul guide device was not exactly the same as the machines in his memory, it could still do many things that the machines could not...

Just as Lin Xiao's thoughts were wandering wildly, a rustling sound suddenly came from behind him.

"what happened?"

Lin Xiao turned around and saw Juzi getting up on tiptoe.

"Is there something personal you need to take care of?"

Orange paused for a moment, then quickly understood what Lin Xiao meant by "private matters". Her face turned red, but she was hidden in the darkness again.

Chapter 62 Silver Wolf

Juzi shook her head, not caring whether Lin Xiao saw it or not. She walked to Lin Xiao and sat down gently.

"Is there a problem?"

Lin Xiao turned to look at Orange. Although she looked much better during this period, she was still very thin. The night wind blew through her clothes, making them look a little empty.

"You were there that night, weren't you?"

Although he was asking, Orange obviously already had the answer.

There might be similar martial souls, but five ten-thousand-year soul rings are not easily seen. Lin Xiao did not deny it, but he also did not admit it.

He did not dare to underestimate the person in front of him. In the future, she would be the one who truly held power in the Sun-Moon Empire. Although her cultivation was not good, this only showed her skill. He always had to be vigilant in front of her.

"Actually, I'm scared."

Orange's voice rang out softly, as if she was talking to herself, "My father is a chef. When I was a child, I would secretly feel sad for a long time when I saw him handling those small animals..."

Lin Xiao could feel the figure beside her trembling slightly. After all, she was not the powerful empress dowager of the Sun and Moon Empire at this moment. She was just a little girl who had suffered a lot.

For someone who had seen life and death before, the bloody scene that night was just a common occurrence within the Holy Spirit Church. But for Juzi, it was a significant shock. Being able to remain calm and talk to Xu Tianran afterwards was something not many people could achieve.

Orange's whispers could still be heard in the night wind, talking about some childhood events and some things that happened on the way to escape.

Wandering alone made her exhausted. She thought that gaining Xu Tianran's trust would make her feel at ease for a while, but what happened that night made her realize that staying with Xu Tianran was even more dangerous than fleeing.

Living in the palace, he was in fear every day. Even if he wanted to talk to someone, he would see Xu Tianran's spies everywhere.

Perhaps it was the embrace she felt in a daze after being injured that made her feel a little at ease. Sitting next to Lin Xiao, some words that had accumulated in her heart floated far away in the night of Jingyang Mountains.

Lin Xiao didn't say a word, but just listened quietly to the people around her, as if she was reminiscing, or as if she was strengthening her determination for revenge.

Until he felt a hint of warmth beside him, he turned around and saw that Orange had fallen asleep leaning against him.

The Jingyang Mountains were completely quiet. No one or any soul beast noticed this simple camp. Occasionally, a soul beast's roar could be heard, but it would quickly disappear in the wind.

Ma Rulong suddenly woke up from his meditation and opened his eyes. He checked the time and moved his body again, pretending to stand up.

"where are you going?"

"Micah, aren't you meditating?" Ma Rulong looked at Micah in confusion.

Micah opened his eyes as a response to Ma Rulong.

"Didn't we agree on this before? I'm going to keep watch. Senior Lin probably hasn't rested yet."

"You'd better stop bothering me, Senior. Didn't you notice that Senior Lin knows the newly enrolled Junior Orange?"

"Huh?" Ma Rulong glanced to the side and found that there was no one where Orange had been sitting.

Although the two people were talking quietly, a soul master could still hear them clearly in such a quiet place. However, just as Lin Xiao was about to turn around, his face suddenly changed.

"There is a situation!"

With a low shout, he stood up.

Ma Rulong and Micah reacted quickly and stood up quickly, with the soul guide already equipped on their bodies. Orange was also awakened and observed the surroundings vigilantly.

A stench unique to soul beasts wafted through the air. Just as Lin Xiao and his companions were getting ready, densely packed green lights like flames appeared around them.

Lin Xiao squinted his eyes. Even though it was night, he could still see the silver-gray hair, which had a metallic luster.

Silver Wolf.

Such obvious features allowed Lin Xiao to recognize the soul beast in front of him at a glance.

This is also a soul beast unique to the Sun and Moon Continent. It needs the help of mithril to break through bottlenecks during cultivation. Because mithril has a strong adaptability to various elements, this soul beast can even use the six elements of water, fire, earth, wind, light and darkness.

For Lin Xiao, this kind of soul beast was not unfamiliar to him. He had an impression of this kind of soul beast in his memory of his previous life. Therefore, when he later learned about rare metals and companion soul beasts from Lin Jiayi, he also paid more attention to this kind of soul beast.

Lin Xiao looked around and did not see any Silver Wolf King with a significantly different size, but his expression was not very good.

If it were a single soul beast, it would be able to fight even if it was ten thousand years old. However, wolf-like soul beasts like these, which live in groups, although most of them have cultivated for a thousand years and there are even hundred-year-old soul beasts among them, such a large number should not be underestimated.

The intelligence of soul beasts far exceeds that of ordinary wild beasts. This group of silver wolves surrounded them but did not attack, which showed that they were prepared for a protracted war. The soul power of soul masters is limited, and as long as they continue to consume it, they can always drag them down.

"We can't wait for them to approach and prepare to break out."

Knowing their habits well, Lin Xiao quickly came up with a countermeasure. He whispered a few words to the others, and with a "boom", a beam of light illuminated the entire mountain.

Ma Rulong is also a soul guide who is good at medium and long-range combat. The moment Lin Xiao launched the attack, dozens of rays of light shot towards the wolf pack.

Being selected by the Sun-Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy as a reserve player for the Soul Fighting Competition, his strength is obviously not to be underestimated. As the attack fell, the light of the soul guide device went straight through two hundred-year-old silver wolves and left a charred mark on a thousand-year-old silver wolf.

Micah and Ma Rulong have cooperated more than once. The light of the storage soul guide in his hand flashed, and a shield appeared in his hand, protecting Ma Rulong and Juzi behind him.

"boom--"

Another thick beam of light shot out from the front end of the robotic arm. Lin Xiao had already taken a step forward and rushed forward.

"go!"

The huge mechanical arm looked bulky, but with the help of the charging soul guide inside, it was not that difficult to operate. On the contrary, its weight gave it a lot of power. When it was swung, silver wolves that were half the height of an adult's waist were knocked away one after another.

Ma Rukong looks tall, but his attacks are extremely precise. Tiny rays of light shoot out from his arms, each one aimed at the silver wolf's eyes and other vulnerable parts.

A sharp whistle was heard in the air, Micah quickly raised his hand, and an obvious mark suddenly appeared on the shield.

However, just as he took the blow, the temperature around him suddenly rose, and a huge fireball shot from a distance. Micah, who had been in darkness, saw a flash in front of his eyes, and he could not see the surrounding situation clearly.

Chapter 63 The Wolf King's Adventure

Not only that, the sound of the wind around suddenly intensified, fanning the flames, and the fireball grew a little bigger in the blink of an eye.

As the fireball got closer, a huge mechanical arm stretched out from the front and blocked Micah.

Even if it is not equipped with any defense modules, it has a good defensive capability, which is enough to deal with the attacks of these thousand-year-old soul beasts.

However, although he seemed to have easily blocked the silver wolf's attack, Lin Xiao's brows furrowed even deeper.

It is not surprising to see such cooperation among soul masters, but it is a bit strange to see it among soul beasts, especially those with the highest cultivation level of only a thousand years.

His eyes swept across the surroundings again, and Lin Xiao was certain that there must be a wolf king among them. Only a wolf pack commanded by a wolf king could be so difficult to deal with as a whole.

Before he could figure out where the wolf king was, another silver wolf pounced on him, interrupting his movements.