great timing, cause he woke up the second Zhao Wuji said that. Ning Rongrong looked at him as she stated the obvious :"Oscar. you're awake."
Dai Mubai :"Xiao Ao, you're awake."
Ma Hongjun :"Xiao Ao, you're awake. hurry! show us what the skill of your new soul ring is!"
Oscar was in a good mood. cause he had his chest puffed and his head high as he gently pushed Ma Hongjun away :"fatty, go farther. you're too close."
Ma Hongjun :"little rascal. tell us what your new Soul skill is."
he seemed hesitant on if he should tell them or not, that hesitation grew even more once he looked at Ning Rongrong :"forget about it. let's talk when we go back."
the reason was easy to find out, Zhu Zhuqing even scoffed with a small smirk.
Ma Hongjun :"why? are you afraid that we will laugh at you?"
Dai Mubai :"little rascal, don't hide it. don't keep us guessing. we won't laugh at you."
Ivan :"if my guess is right, the skill that you got from the soul ring should be either the same as how the crown of the Phoenix tail crest serpent works. or it should be... flying!"
his words took everyone by surprise! heck, even Zhao Wuji got more serious when he heard it! flying is a very useful ability, especially in combat!
but the only was to be able to fly, is to either have a flying type martial soul like Ali's Divine Devil martial soul, or the seraphim martial soul.
or have a very high level of soul power! we're talking douluo level! or in some special cases, high level soul douluos.
so if an auxiliary master could have the skill to grant flying only in level 30, that's a very precious soul master!
especially in a xianxia world where a simple mistake in a battle could result in your downfall. and it's also good for traveling, so it's really useful!
Ma Hongjun wasn't fun to keep calm when he's excited, so he looked Oscar with stars in his eyes :"what?! seriously?! is that true?!"
Oscar's smug face and grin grew even more smug as he puffed his chest even more :"hmph, you will obviously laugh."
Ma Hongjun :"ugh we won't, so hurry up already!"
but Oscar still wasn't convinced by them with their great history of "not making fun of him" since they have been friends :"okay, promise. don't laugh at me."
Dai Mubai :"we won't laugh. hurry up."
Ivan who stood with Altair and Zhu Zhuqing groaned as he whispered :"ughh I feel bad for him. their obviously gonna laugh. and hard at that."
Altair just laughed a breathy laugh as he continued watching the show.
thinking that he's safe now, Oscar drew his hair back with his hand with a smug look as he took a few steps :"huh you guys step aside. let me show you.
I, your father, have a mushroom sausage! flying mushroom sausage!"
as he finished his soul curse, a light brown sausage with illusionary purple flapping wings appeared that disappeared soon after and fell on his hand.
Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong who were the closet to him took a closer look at it as they started laughing hard!
they were laughing hard enough to make their stomach hurt! even Zhu Zhuqing smiled at how funny it was!
forget about Altair, he looked like he was watching a fucking comedy show! he was holding his stomach as he bent down slightly and place his hand on his knee from how hard he was laughing!
Ivan and Zhao Wuji were the only ones who weren't laughing at him, Ivan was even looking at him with sympathetic look :"hey now guys, no need to laugh at him like that. it's ok Oscar, just ignore the jerks."
his words didn't have any effect on any of them, but it was enough for Oscar to look at him like he was looking at an angel! pun intended!
Oscar :"Eve, you're the best person I've ever known. you're a real angel! *turned to look at Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai with a glare* and you guys! didn't you promise not to laugh?!"
Dai Mubai calmed down slightly, but he was still chuckling lightly at him :"Xiao Ao, why is your curse so weird?"
Oscar rolled his eyes as he shot back :"it's none of your business. I'll show you my third Soul skill. don't be frightened. Eve, your the only person who didn't laugh, hehe wanna try my mushroom sausage?"
Ivan giggled at his words with his hand in front of his mouth like a lady, looking gorgeous :"well why not. then thank you Oscar."
Oscar blushed in response, making Ning Rongrong slightly annoyed, but he gave the sausage to Ivan to try.
when Ivan ate it, a light came from his back as purple illusionary wings grew from his back! he then took off and flew around for a bit in the astonished eyes of the other.
then he stayed still a little in the sky for others to clearly see it.
Ma Hongjun didn't take his eyes off of Eve for a second. partly for how pretty he looked while flying, and partly for the wings, but mostly because of Ivan as he said :"Oscar, this is..."
Ning Rongrong :"it is really flying?"
Ivan was already proficient in flying since he already hade his own wings, so he decided to demonstrate even more.
Zhu Zhuqing was looking at him the entire time, luckily for her, this world isn't an anime. or else everyone would see hearts in her eyes! she wasn't sitting down, or she would have put her hands under her chin with a dreamy look.
everyone watched in excitement, but Xiao Wu didn't share the same excitement as them. she was worried about Tang San who was still cultivating while sweating a little.
but she wiped the sweat off as she stayed with him in case of danger. Zhao Wuji looked at Eve as he said :"beware of the surroundings."
feeling that this is enough demonstration, he flew down and stayed in front of the small group. Dai Mubai walked around him with his hand on his chin as he commented :"Xiao Ao, this skill is awesome. how long can you fly?"
Oscar :"uhh it's about 1 minute."
Altair :"hehe guess he's proficient in saying that."
Ma Hongjun :"what? only 1 minute? it's as short as your sausage."
Altair :"hahaha! bet that's what she said!"
they both shared a quick laugh while Oscar glared at them. Dai Mubai walked towards the phoenix tail crest serpent's corpse with his hand under his chin with a thoughtful expression.
Dai Mubai :"that's impossible. the soul Ring on Phoenix tail crest serpent is so useless?"
Oscar quickly defended himself from further ridicule :"I haven't finished my words."
Dai Mubai :"what? flying for 1 minute... couldn't even pass a slightly wide river."
Ivan :"there's no way that's it. the soul ring belongs to a millennium Phoenix tail crest serpent, so there has to be something else to it. if it's not about the time... is it about the speed?"
Oscar :"hehehe, your right, Eve. it doesn't last long, but what if it has the flying speed of the Phoenix tail crest serpent?"
everyone :"what?!"
Zhao Wuji :"oh? that's not bad."
Dai Mubai :"Xiao Ao, are you sure?"
Oscar :"I'm sure. it may be even faster."
Ma Hongjun :"that is so amazing! *thumbs up*"
Zhao Wuji :"great. at least what we did paid off. Xiao Ao, with your current soul power, how many of such mushroom sausages can you make?"
Oscar scratched his chin as he thought about it :"for one time... it should be less than 10. {this was in the subtitles, I'm also confused. guess he means 10 for each day.}
Zhao Wuji :"ten is already good. when your soul power increases, it will increase. okay. go and get ready.
we will start searching for Zhu Zhuqing's soul ring after Xiao San wakes up. and then we will immediately go back."
this guy has really good timing, cause Tang San woke up the second he finished speaking with a small groan!
Tang San :"Mr Zhao, we may not go back to school just for a while."
Xiao Wu got excited the moment she saw him :"Xiao San, you're awake!"
he just nodded at her, but others also heard them, so they walked towards them.
Oscar :"hey, Xiao San is awake."
Zhao Wuji :"Xiao San, you're awake. what do you mean that we can't go back to school? this star dou forest is not for fun.
since Xiao Ao has already gotten his soul ring, we must look for Zhu Zhuqing's and then go back as soon as possible. otherwise, I couldn't explain... if anything happens to you."
Tang San got up as he explained :"but... I need a soul ring too."
it seems that Zhao Wuji didn't hear him, cause he tried to refuse him :"there's no such thing as but... what? what did you say?
Tang San :"well {am I the only person who heard the n word here 😳🤨?}. I have also reached level 30 just now."
Xiao Wu :"gasp Xiao San, you've reached level 30?"
he just nodded again as conformation.
Dai Mubai/Ma Hongjun/Oscar :"ohh level 30?!"
everyone had surprised looks on their faces, after all, it was surprising enough that they came here to hunt for two level 30 soul masters! now there is three!
Tang San :"Mr Zhao, can we stay on to search for a suitable soul beast for me?"
Zhao Wuji :"of course, we can."
Dai Mubai :"Xiao San, congrats for becoming a soul honor. I would have say you are the youngest soul honor in Shrek, but there are a bunch of freaks among us {💀}, so I can't really say it."
everyone laughed at his joke, cause it was the Truth.
Oscar :"Xiao San, congrats!"
Ma Hongjun :"Xiao Ao, pinch me... to see if I'm dreaming."
Ning Rongrong :"congratulations." finally, someone who can say it lol.
Zhu Zhuqing :"congratulations."
Xiao Wu :"ge {hey he got promoted!}, congratulations. but I'll catch up with you soon."
Ivan :"congratulations, San'ge. I knew you could do it soon!"
Altair :"congrats, bro. hahaha glad you aren't TOO far behind." and he earned an elbow to his side from Eve, but it still made everyone laugh.
Tang San :"mhm, I will try my best to catch up with you two. I can't disappoint you two after all."
his words and smile resulted in a smile on Ivan's perfect face :"haha, it's ok. it's good to try your best, but still be careful. wouldn't want you to get harmed."
Zhao Wuji :"ok. it's getting late. let's move on. let's depart to get a soul beast for Zhuqing and Xiao San. don't let your guard down. the danger of the star dou forest... goes far beyond this."
everyone :"yes, Mr Zhao!"
-
a while has passed since they started moving again and the sky has turned dark.
fortunately for them, they were lucky enough to find a suitable soul beast for Zhu Zhuqing. but there was a difference between her's and Oscar's.
Oscar's was just a thousand year soul beast, but Zhu Zhuqing's? her's is a 5'000 soul beast! when they found it, they were happy because of it being suitable for Zhu Zhuqing.
but after knowing it's age, Zhao Wuji sighed and immediately gave up on it. there was no way that a normal soul master could absorb a five thousand year soul beast for his or her third ring!
but Altair and Ivan protested and wanted to hunt it so that Zhu Zhuqing would absorb it, arguing that Zhu Zhuqing isn't a normal soul master anymore.
saying that because of martial soul fusion skill that they performed, not only did it evolve her martial soul which automatically results in her body getting stronger as well.
but also that just her body has also become a lot stronger too! so because of the two boosts, she will be able to absorb it.
Zhao Wuji was still hesitant, this could result in her death after all. but Altair and Ivan still didn't give up, saying that they wouldn't put Zhu Zhuqing's life in danger if they weren't sure!
after arguing about it for a little while, they let Zhu Zhuqing be the one to decide, she's the one who will absorb it after all.
when she was asked, she thought about it for a few seconds, it was very dangerous, there was a high possiblity that she could die.
but she also knew and agreed that Ali, Altair and Ivan wouldn't hurt her. they have done nothing but protect her since they have met.
while she was thinking, Eve assured her that she can refuse, that they just think that she could become a lot stronger if she absorbed it, which really warmed her heart.
knowing that they care about her to such an amount and don't want to force her, unlike her family and people around her.
after thinking about it for a few seconds, she finally agreed, knowing that Eve and Al wouldn't hurt her. and with a final sigh and a head shake, Zhao Wuji also agreed.
and they easily took the soul beast down! when she was about to start the absorbation, both Alis and Zhao Wuji told her to give up on the absorbation if she couldn't take it.
she agreed, and finally got to it. she had a pained expression at first, but it was just because of the large amount of soul power.
as time went by and she continued to absorb it, she became more and more relaxed. and when it was completely dark, she finally finished absorbing it with a smile!
Ivan :'finally, it's my turn to say it!' "Zhuqing, you're awake."
Altair :'and my turn!' "Zhuqing, you're awake."
Ivan walked to her as he looked at her with a worried look :"are you alright? do you feel ok?"
Altair also came over as he looked at her with a serious face :"you good, girl?"
Zhu Zhuqing blushed as her smile grew from the care as she nodded :"mhm, I'm alright. thanks for caring about me. I finished absorbing it, and there isn't any problems."
Ivan/Altair :"sigh thank goodness. congratulations by the way."
Zhao Wuji :"congratulations."
everyone :"congratulations!"
Zhao Wuji :"so? what is your soul skill? and what about your soul power level."
Zhu Zhuqing looked at them as she started explaining :"my soul skill is pretty powerful. it's name is hell blade, it allows me to form a blade from anywhere on my body.
and because of my evolved martial soul, it's really powerful now that I'm an almost all rounder. but it's not just that, once someone or something is hit by one of these blades, it will place an explosion on that place that is hit.
and it will explode once I want it to. the explosion will grow bigger and stronger as I become stronger! it also won't harm my allies!"
{basically a bomb that she can detonate from any distance. I don't know if there are bombs in douluo dalu, so I didn't want to say it like that. search Zhu Zhuqing abilities, and look for her 3rd soul skill. the blades are like that, but can appear from anywhere. it's also an anti rape, that's why it's from "anywhere".}
there was a few moments of silence, nobody thought that her soul skill would be this overpowered, not even Eve and Al!
not only is the attack itself powerful, but it also has an explosive effect! and the condition for the effect is just one contact!
do you know how scary the combination of this soul skill and an agility attack system soul master will be?!
Ivan clapped his hand once in excitement as he congratulated her with a smile :"congratulations Zhuqing, that's a very powerful soul skill! you're basically the nemesis if the auxiliary soul masters now!"
Altair :"damn, girl! he's right. not only that, now that you also have a powerful attack because of your martial soul evolution, your one hell of a powerhouse in a solo and a group fight! congrats!"
Zhao Wuji :"hahaha! today has been a real fortune day! Oscar got a flying soul skill, and now this soul skill of yours! good, good, congratulations!"
everyone :"congratulations, Zhuqing!"
she smiled as she nodded, but what she didn't expect, was that Ivan held her left hand, and Altair held her right hand. and they both smiled at her blushing, but smiling face.
Zhao Wuji :"alright, tonight, let's cultivate and regulate. we'll continue to help Xiao San find his soul beast tomorrow."
the three, Al, Eve and Zhuqing sat together with Zhu Zhuqing in the center as the two boys drew circles on the back of her hand with their thumbs with a smile.
Eve was shorter than Zhuqing, so there wasn't any problems when he put his head on her shoulder and let go of her hand to hold her waist.
she blushed, but she wanted to do the same. she was hesitant at first, but then she put her head on Ivan's head and circled her right hand around his waist to hold it.
Al's whispered with a gentle smile as he also held her waist :"hey now, don't leave me out." and put his head on Zhu Zhuqing's head, he was as tall as Dai Mubai, or maybe even a little bit taller, so he didn't have any difficulties doing it.
Zhuqing closed her eyes at the comfort, and held Al's waist as well. Zhu Zhuqing's waist is small, so when the two circled it with their hands, they held each other's hands on her belly..
Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong both gave a small "awww" as they smiled at how cute the three were. seriously, it was so cute that you could die from cuteness overload!
but the boys, excluding Tang San just had jealous faces! thinking "why don't I have a beauty to cuddle with like that?!", but Tang San just smiled like the girls for his brother's happiness.
{I'm gonna have a serious guilt trip for what I'm gonna do in a while...}
the boys were doing what is called "eating dog food" by the Chinese. as in seeing a couple flirt.
while Tang San was sitting alone doing nothing, Zhao Wuji came and sat beside him :"Xiao San, are you anxious?"
Tang San :"it's all about luck to find a soul beast. Mr Zhao, you can rest assured. I am patient."
Zhao Wuji :"sigh, in the past, there were many thousand year old soul beasts... even at the outer part of the star dou forest.
now, *starts walking* I wonder if they have gone to the inner part of the forest... or there is any other reasons."
Tang San :"no matter what the reason is, it's caused by us human beings. although soul beasts are ferocious, humans are even more ferocious.
Soul Masters kill soul beasts indiscriminately. even if there are more soul beasts, they will decrease or even disappear.
human cultivation can only last a few decades. soul beasts cultivate for a century, up to thousand years.
soul masters aren't many. but, every Soul master could have to hunt for at least five to six soul beasts.
besides that, how many people out there... hunt soul beasts indiscriminately for living? so, maybe one day the profession of Soul master... would have no soul rings to use."
Altair :"most of the things that you said are true, but I have to disagree with some of them, bro. yeah, most soul masters have to hunt 5 to 6 soul beasts in their lives.
because that's necessary for them to become stronger. but have you ever thought about how many humans are killed by soul beasts?
a soul beast won't have any intelligence till it becomes a ten thousand year soul beast, so it just kills whatever soul master it comes across till then.
and not just soul masters, any human. doesn't matter about the age either, a kid, an elderly, doesn't matter."
Ivan :"sigh, Al is right. but it doesn't mean that any side is right or wrong. this is a weak becomes meat, and the strong shall eat world.
we have to become strong to not be the meat if we want to live. and for that, we have to hunt down soul beasts and absorb their soul ring.
the soul beasts would do the same to us if they were in our place.sigh, so, it's not our fault, nor is it the soul beasts. but the circumstances that we were born with."
Zhao Wuji :"you all are right. but you and I can't control that. all we can do is... to find soul rings for cultivation, and avoid indiscriminate killing.,sigh."
Tang San wanted to say something :"Mr Zhao, previously...-" but he was cut off suddenly by a loud roar!
he activated his purple demon eye technique to find out what it was, but he was pushed back by Zhao Wuji who had an extremely serious look :"prepare to fight!"
they all obeyed, got together and got ready for any attack.
Dai Mubai :"Mr Zhao, what happened?"
Zhao Wuji :"prepare to escape. no matter what happens later, just leave me alone. escape the forest with all your strength! Altair, Ivan. protect them. understand?"
Altair/Ivan :"yes, Mr Zhao!"
the giant trees began to shake as all kinds of growls came from different beasts as they then began to run away!
suddenly, the teenagers turned around as the sounds came from behind them! Zhao Wuji jumped to stand in front of them to protect the teenagers as he said :"Xiao Ao, get the mushroom sausages ready."
Oscar nodded as he began his job :"I, your father, have a mushroom sausage. I, your father, have a mushroom sausage. I, your father, have a mushroom sausage. I, your father, have a mushroom sausage. I, your father, have a mushroom sausage. I, your father, have a mushroom sausage. I, your father, have a mushroom sausage. I, your father...-"
but he was cut off by Dai Mubai putting his hand on his mouth to shut him up and shushing him. as the growls continued, the earth began to shake from time to time!
and finally, a giant 10 to 20 meters gorilla made out of stone with glowing yellow lines emerged from behind the trees!
the gorilla jumped to behind them with it's back towards them. Tang San got in front of Xiao Wu to protect her, Altair did the same for Eve and Zhuqing, and Oscar just got behind Dai Mubai!
Dai Mubai nodded to Tang San, and they were stupid enough to try and attack the giant thing! fortunately, Zhao Wuji jumped and landed in front of them and stopped them, or they would have become meat pastes with a punch from that big guy!
the gorilla turned around, smacked some trees and sent them flying to have more space to stand in and roared, causing a small shockwave! and excuse me, cause it seems to be bigger than I described!
is this the same being that they introduce as 5 to 6 meters in other novels, cause this guy seems to be somewhere between 20 to 30 meters!
Altair :"holy mother of bitchuary..."
Tang San :'this is... king of the forest, titan giant ape!'
the titan giant ape roared again, asserting his dominance! the only thing missing is the T pose...
Tang San :'titan giant ape is like the overlord of the soul beasts. it has the same wisdom as humans. it's strength, speed, attack and defence... are almost flawless!
even if it's only at a century level, it can also battle with soul beasts at 10,000 years old. the most terrifying is... they can also use similar skills like our soul skills.
this is the soul beast standing at the top of the pyramid!'
Er Ming :"ahem ahem, excuse me? then what am I?
the ten great beasts :"bitch, what? piss off, both of you."
silver dragon king/golden dragon king/dragon god :"children, please. the name says it all."
Ali in dragon form :"hahaha! square the fuck up, gahbalar. I will fuck you all combined!"
it's alright, it's alright. there is no internet or Google or anything else here, so mistakes are inevitable.
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