Outside the Star Emperor Hotel, a cold wind blew through, causing pedestrians on the street to shiver involuntarily. They couldn't help but look up at the sky with some confusion.
With such a bright sun, why was there suddenly a cold gust of wind?
What they didn't know was that this cold wind carried the corpse of a Title Douluo.
Inside the hotel.
Lin Yun tossed the (body) of Cheng (Gang) in his hand, casually stuffing it into the storage soul tool he left behind after his death. As for the property in his soul tool, Lin Yun transferred it all into his own pocket.
This Cheng Gang was outrageously poor. As a Title Douluo, his entire net worth didn't even amount to ten million gold soul coins, and there were absolutely no valuable materials or treasures.
He wondered how he became a Title Douluo and a Star Luo Consecrated Elder; he was a pauper.
Even though Lin Yun had no expectations in this regard, he still felt an urge to flog his corpse.
After resolving the issues with the Golden Dragon Death Scythe and Cheng Gang, Lin Yun glanced at the sky and saw that it was still early. So, he pulled out another box from his soul tool, placed it in front of him, and woke up the old man sleeping in his spiritual sea.
"Electrolux, you're more familiar with solving curses than I am. Please help me with this Gold of Life to solve this problem," Lin Yun said.
Electrolux's phantom quietly appeared, snapping his right finger lightly. A cluster of pure white purifying flame ignited at his fingertip.
After casually smearing the purifying flame onto the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife, Electrolux turned and returned to the spiritual sea, continuing his deep sleep.
He only left one sentence.
"That little girl we met before, remember to keep an eye on her for this old man. I'm counting on her to be my successor in necromancy."
Lin Yun also remembered the Douling Princess named Xue Qingci and nodded, indicating he would pay attention.
Moreover, Lin Yun already had some ideas in mind, perhaps he could use her identity to scheme some plots, but this matter still required careful consideration.
But neither Electrolux nor Lin Yun paid much attention to the Gold of Life itself. After being smeared with a cluster of purifying flame, the curse on the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife melted away like ice and snow.
The Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife, which had been dark green with black patterns, returned to its true form after the purifying flame extinguished.
Emerald green, crystal clear, full of vitality.
Lin Yun had absolute confidence in Electrolux. In the original story, a half-dead Electrolux could handle this Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife. Having recovered for several years with the help of the Gold of Life, purifying the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife was a piece of cake for him.
There was absolutely no difficulty.
The cleansing of life force only had an effect the first time. Even if Lin Yun were to fuse with the Gold of Life again, he wouldn't gain much of an improvement.
Essentially, Lin Yun's body was already in a state of almost no impurities. Plus, he had already fused with the Gold of Life before, and his body could consistently remain at its peak until the previous piece of Gold of Life was exhausted.
Even if this piece of Gold of Life were fused, it would only increase the total amount of the previous Gold of Life.
Perhaps the life force unleashed during the fusion of the two pieces of Gold of Life could benefit Lin Yun again, but that commotion would indeed be significant.
In a place like Star Luo City, it was clearly not suitable for such an operation.
Lin Yun wasn't in a hurry.
This piece of Gold of Life could certainly be kept for now. In the future, if any dangerous operation was needed, the life force unleashed during the fusion of the two pieces of Gold of Life could be used for it.
Putting away the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife, Lin Yun entered a meditative state to recover his essence, qi, and spirit, which had been almost completely drained by the Golden Dragon Death Scythe.
This process would not be too short. The depletion of essence, qi, and spirit was not so easy to fully replenish. Even though Lin Yun didn't lack spiritual medicines and had good things like the Gold of Life, it still took him a full ten days to recover to his peak.
His vital energy soul core was full again, his spiritual sea was full of vitality, and the soul power surging through his meridians was endless.
This period of seclusion was not without gains for Lin Yun.
The extreme consumption followed by replenishment not only made Lin Yun's spiritual power and vital energy more solid, but even his soul power level broke through from fifty-six to fifty-seven.
According to his original cultivation speed, he would have needed at least another month to break through to level fifty-seven. The awakening of the Golden Dragon Death Scythe actually helped him accelerate this process.
During Lin Yun's recovery and breakthrough period, Ling Luochen and Yao Haoxuan's injuries also completely healed. Ling Luochen had recovered the day after Lin Yun killed Cheng Gang, and Yao Haoxuan fully recovered his injuries three days after Ling Luochen.
In these ten days, Shrek Academy had another four rounds of the round-robin tournament, winning all four matches, and securing the first place in their group to advance to the top sixteen.
With Ling Luochen and Yao Haoxuan fully recovered to their peak, plus Ma Xiaotao, even without Lin Yun, the Shrek team could easily win.
This suited Lin Yun's intentions perfectly. After all, he was originally here to slack off. Showing off was the most he would do. How could he possibly work himself to death helping Shrek win the championship? He would let them work hard for it themselves.
As for whether Lin Yun's slacking attitude would cause dissatisfaction among other team members?
Not at all.
What do you call slacking off?
Lin Yun just didn't want to hog all the limelight alone; he was giving them more opportunities to perform, which is why he let them play more. They were too grateful to complain about him.
Ling Luochen and Yao Haoxuan said as much.
If Lin Yun had truly fought seriously, Ling Luochen and Yao Haoxuan wouldn't have had any role in this tournament. Just he and Ma Xiaotao alone could easily defeat other teams.
Having finally gotten the chance to represent Shrek in the Douluo Tournament, how could they be content to just be spectators?
One could say they were even grateful to Lin Yun.
Lin Yun's reason for "seclusion and cultivation" was also misinterpreted by them as giving them an opportunity to play.
This was something Lin Yun hadn't expected.
After the round-robin stage concluded, the knockout rounds for the top sixteen were next, along with the big event before the knockout rounds: the top-tier auction.
The auction was scheduled for tomorrow night.
"Everyone, tell me, should we go see this auction?" Wang Yan asked the group, with over a dozen vermillion hot-stamped invitations laid out before him.
Lin Yun was among them. After fully recovering, he didn't want to stay in his room every day, so he came out for a walk and coincidentally stumbled upon this scene.
"Sure, why not? Didn't we win all our round-robin matches? And I've recovered too. Going to the auction to relax will be a good way to cheer ourselves on for the top sixteen battles," Lin Yun said.
Cheering was just an excuse; going to see if there were any good items was the real reason.
(End of Chapter)
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