Chen Feng drew his Soul-Breaking Blade and decapitated Zhang San with a single stroke.
Chen Feng had no intention of leaving a whole corpse for someone who had slaughtered his teammates.
Instantly, blood gushed from Zhang San's neck, and his body collapsed to the ground, staining the earth red.
Chen Feng's second soul skill could be used consecutively, but the price was double the soul power consumption. After using it for the second time, Chen Feng's soul power was almost completely depleted.
If Zhang San hadn't rushed to use his third soul skill, Iron Armor Shock, and had instead held onto it, Chen Feng wouldn't have dared to recklessly use his teleportation soul skill to approach him.
After all, teleportation only covered three meters, while Zhang San's Iron Armor Shock had a range of five meters. If Chen Feng had teleported there rashly, Zhang San's Iron Armor Shock could have killed him instantly.
Chen Feng frowned as he looked at the three corpses and the blood on the ground.
Although this was the outer edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, it was still dangerous. Chen Feng quickly dug out the Flame Lion King's soul bone. Just as Chen Feng's palm touched the soul bone, something within his soul was stirred...
Deep within his soul, Chen Feng saw a huge, ancient, and profound furnace covered with mysterious patterns. This furnace was exactly the same as the ancestral furnace that Chen Feng loved to play with before his transmigration, except that this furnace deep within his soul was countless times larger.
The moment Chen Feng saw this furnace, a wealth of knowledge was transmitted into his soul.
The furnace's full name was the Yin-Yang Creation Furnace. Its use was simple: place the item into the furnace, then inject spiritual power, and the Yin-Yang Creation Furnace would begin to smelt, removing impurities and retaining the essence.
In the past, nothing Chen Feng had touched could trigger a reaction in the furnace, so it remained unresponsive until today, when he came into contact with the Flame Lion King's soul bone.
Furthermore, a cultivation technique called the Yin-Yang Technique was transmitted into Chen Feng's mind. However, Chen Feng was currently in the Star Dou Great Forest and had no time to investigate. He
thought to himself, "Did I come to Douluo Continent because of this furnace?"
Unfortunately, no one answered his question…
Chen Feng's consciousness returned to reality. Only a moment had passed. Looking at the magnificent soul bone radiating red light in his hand, and the corpses of his employer and teammates, he felt neither sorrow nor joy.
Chen Feng took the storage soul tool from his employer's wrist and wore it on his own. Then he put the Flame Lion King's soul bone and the gold soul coins from Zhang San and Li Si into it, and immediately headed out of the Star Dou Forest.
The stench of blood here would soon attract carnivorous soul beasts, which would be the best cleaners. Besides, the dead were all ordinary soul masters with no background; no one would care about their deaths.
In his previous life, Chen Feng was twenty-three years old after graduating from university. He was enjoying reading novels after work when, unexpectedly, he was reborn into Douluo Continent.
When Chen Feng was five years old, his parents died while hunting soul beasts, leaving him all alone. After Chen Feng's martial soul awakened, it mutated.
His parents' martial soul was just an ordinary blade, with only level one or two innate soul power. In Chen Feng's hands, it mutated into the Soul-Breaking Blade, imbued with spiritual attributes.
The blade is about three feet long and three fingers wide, entirely black, with a narrow, bright blade and a faintly visible blood groove. It is unadorned, yet simple and solemn.
After wounding an enemy, the Soul-Breaking Blade's soul-breaking power inflicts spiritual damage, granting him level five innate soul power.
This talent, while not bad, even quite good, means he has no hope of becoming a Title Douluo in his lifetime; reaching the Soul Saint realm is practically his limit.
But how could Chen Feng be content with a life of mediocrity? He wanted to reach the pinnacle, achieve eternity, and become immortal.
After arduous exploration, Chen Feng recalled the path taken by the sword fanatic Ji Juechen in the original story and forged his own path.
Ji Juechen, from the Royal Academy of the Sun Moon Empire, possessed an ordinary sword martial soul and only level three innate soul power. His cultivation method was to infuse his soul into the sword. His martial soul had completely transformed into energy rather than a physical entity, perfectly integrated into a meteorite iron sword from outer space. Man was sword, and sword was man; there was no distinction between them.
Ultimately, Chen Feng summarized his experience and forged a path completely opposite to Ji Juechen's. Ji Juechen's path was man and sword, with no distinction between them.
Chen Feng's path was man wielding the sword. As a person with an extremely strong will, Chen Feng could not make the sword his entire being.
The sword was me, and I was me. He controlled his martial soul with an absolutely powerful spiritual will, allowing it to be freely controlled and perfectly mastered like his own limbs.
After two years of cultivation and exploration, Chen Feng successfully assimilated and mastered the Soul-Breaking Blade with his spiritual power. From then on, Chen Feng's cultivation speed greatly accelerated, making him comparable to geniuses with innate full soul power, and his combat strength far surpassed that of his peers.
Chen Feng then continued his cultivation, experiencing numerous battles and trials. Over the years, he honed his skills to perfection.
As of today, Chen Feng has four months left until level twelve, but his soul power has already reached level twenty-three. This is only because Chen Feng spent considerable time exploring his own path; otherwise, his soul power level would be even higher.
Chen Feng came to the Star Dou Great Forest not only to earn some extra money but also to familiarize himself with its terrain.
His ultimate goal, of course, was the million-year-old Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm—only a fool would pass up such an opportunity.
Chen Feng then planned to enter Shrek Academy. He had already obtained a recommendation letter from Shrek Academy, and with his monstrous talent,
he was fully capable of receiving strong support and protection from Shrek Academy. Although Shrek Academy's teaching ability was mediocre, you couldn't say its strength was weak.
Shrek Academy, as one of the top three powers on the continent, possesses abundant reserves of soul bones, elixirs, and various tonics.
Moreover, the various secret techniques taught by Shrek's inner court are undeniably powerful for ordinary soul masters, making it the undisputed number one in the martial soul system on the continent. (Refer to Ma Xiaotao's multi-soul skill fusion and Ling Luochen's multi-soul skill linkage instantaneous release.)
As for going to the Sun Moon Empire? Chen Feng is a citizen of the Heavenly Soul Empire; going to
an enemy country? That would be insane! The Sun Moon Empire might use you, but who would wholeheartedly nurture someone from an enemy country? Just like the Great Han Kingdom, would they wholeheartedly nurture a person from their neighboring short-statured country who comes to surrender?
Currently, Chen Feng's carefree cultivation, while unrestrained, results in a slow acquisition of resources, all of which he must obtain himself, greatly hindering his cultivation speed. The dangers encountered during resource acquisition are also a major concern.
Therefore, Chen Feng has decided to go to Shrek Academy to get through his weak development period. Although Shrek Academy has its shortcomings, it is the best choice for Chen Feng.
As for recommendation letters, they're not difficult to obtain. For many city lords, getting a few recommendation letters is effortless and doesn't require much time or effort.
Many city lords even use them as a way to make money; they'll give you a recommendation letter for a fee, regardless of whether you pass the Shrek Academy entrance exam.
Evening in Star Luo City.
Near the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, in a hotel room.
Chen Feng's temporary lodging. At this moment, Chen Feng took out the Flame Lion King Soul Bone he had acquired during the day from his storage soul tool.
This Flame Lion King Soul Bone emitted a red light.
It was a torso bone. A hundred-year-old soul bone, Chen Feng naturally disdained to fuse with it, so he directly sent this soul bone into the furnace.
Chen Feng channeled his spiritual power into the furnace, and with the energy, a huge, ancient, and profound furnace, covered with mysterious patterns, began to work.
The mysterious patterns on the furnace emitted a shimmering light.
After a short while, Chen Feng's energy was mostly depleted. The furnace finally refined the Flame Lion King's torso.
The furnace opened, revealing two small orbs the size of longans in Chen Feng's hands.
One was red, the other white.
The white orb emitted a rich fluctuation of soul power,
while the red orb exuded an enticing aroma, making Chen Feng eager to eat it.
Chen Feng ate the white orb first.
Chen Feng sat cross-legged in meditation. The small white ball he swallowed instantly transformed into dense soul power, surging into his meridians and finally converging in his dantian.
An hour later, Chen Feng opened his eyes. His soul power had directly broken through from level twenty-three to level twenty-five, filling him with immense joy.
This saved him four to six months of arduous training.
Without hesitation, Chen Feng swallowed another small red ball.
The intense heat made his body scald. The energy within the red ball wasn't for enhancing soul power, but rather for strengthening his physique.
Chen Feng felt his body become more resilient, his strength greatly increased, and his physical endurance significantly enhanced. When absorbing soul rings later, Chen Feng would be able to withstand soul rings of higher age.
In Chen Feng's view, his current physical constitution was no less than that of Zhang San, whom he had killed before, meaning that Chen Feng's physical attributes had reached the Soul Master level.
Then Chen Feng began cultivating the Yin-Yang Technique. Even though he lacked a partner, preventing him from fully utilizing some aspects of the technique, simply refining the primordial energy of heaven and earth and circulating it through his meridians far surpassed the meditation methods he had previously practiced.
The eight extraordinary meridians, the five internal organs, the small and large circulations… this method of energy circulation was far, far more advanced than the meditation methods of the Douluo Continent.
The meditation methods of the Douluo Continent simply guided the primordial energy of heaven and earth along the meridians to the dantian, completely ignoring the so-called eight extraordinary meridians. No wonder a certain god-king could easily defeat everything with just one Xuan Tian Gong.
Chen Feng thought to himself, "The Douluo Continent truly lives up to its reputation as a bottom-tier fantasy world; its cultivation methods are too crude. Cultivating the Yin-Yang Technique has improved my soul power recovery speed, the strength of my soul power, and the quality of my soul power by immeasurably compared to meditation. It's like upgrading from a slingshot to a cannon."
Chen Feng was confident that he could easily defeat his former self without any cultivation methods.
…
Three days later.
A golden palace building. From the back door on the north side of this magnificent mansion, a slender figure quietly slipped out.
It was a boy who looked to be eleven or twelve years old. He was of moderate build, dressed in a simple, clean gray cloth robe, with a small bundle slung over his back. His short black hair was neat and tidy, and his small face revealed a determination far beyond that of ordinary people. He
gently closed the back door, took a few quick steps, then suddenly stopped, turning back to look at the Duke's mansion. Deep hatred shone in his dark blue eyes.
"Mother, your spirit in heaven is watching. No matter how hard I try, one day I will return and trample everything here under my feet. From now on, I will take your surname, Huo, Huo Yuhao."
After saying this, he took one last deep look at the Duke's mansion, turned, and left without looking back.
At this moment, Chen Feng watched Huo Yuhao begin to walk towards the Star Dou Great Forest, suppressing his inner excitement.
Also heading towards the Star Dou Great Forest, Chen Feng knew the road from Star Luo City to the Star Dou Great Forest very well, and his cultivation far surpassed Huo Yuhao's.
In just one day, Chen Feng arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest.
Chen Feng planned to head to the Star Dou Great Forest first. If the plot was disrupted by his actions and the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm appeared ahead of schedule, Chen Feng would have nowhere to turn to cry. As
evening fell, the sun set, and the evening glow filtered through the dense foliage, painting the forest near the Star Dou Great Forest a golden-red hue.
Birds returned to their nests on the branches.
Just then, steady footsteps echoed abruptly, treading on the dry leaves and branches, startling many birds.
"Finally here."
The person who arrived was Chen Feng, heading towards the Star Dou Great Forest.
In the day he traveled from Star Luo City to the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, he had covered at least several hundred miles. However, with Chen Feng's current physical strength, comparable to a Soul Master, he only experienced slightly rapid breathing.
Currently cultivating the Yin-Yang Technique, the soul power Chen Feng consumed while traveling was even slower than his own soul power regenerated; his soul power remained at its peak.
This made Chen Feng greatly appreciate the power of the Yin-Yang Technique; it was far superior to any trashy meditation method.
Looking around, Chen Feng spotted a tattered wooden sign covered in moss.
"Fifty kilometers ahead, you'll enter the Star Dou Great Forest. Soul beasts are present; be careful."
Chen Feng thought, "Hmm, this is it, the location is correct. "
He continued exploring forward, and soon several dark figures appeared.
They were baboons, each about a meter tall, covered in brownish-yellow fur with brown eyes. Their arms were unusually long, with sharp claws, and canine teeth protruded from their mouths. With a powerful push off a tree trunk, one of them attacked Chen Feng from a concealed angle.
"A Wind Baboon with ten years of cultivation?" Chen Feng raised an eyebrow. In the normal storyline, Huo Yuhao would have encountered such a soul beast and nearly died.
But unfortunately, what was difficult for Huo Yuhao to withstand, Chen Feng could easily destroy.
With a whoosh, a white light flashed, and Chen Feng, wielding the black Soul-Breaking Blade, sliced through the air with a sharp blade, cutting open the wind baboon's neck as easily as slicing tofu.
Blood gushed from the baboon's neck like a fountain.
Enraged by the death of their companion, the remaining wind baboons charged at Chen Feng.
Three more white lights flashed.
"Bang, bang, bang—" As if in response to these flashes, several headless corpses fell from the surrounding tree trunks.
Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao was still leisurely walking towards the Star Dou Great Forest.
Three days later. Chen Feng had been constantly on the periphery, observing the area.
Although he hadn't ventured deep into the Star Dou Great Forest, even in the outer areas, he had encountered several soul beasts with a thousand-year cultivation level, and countless others with a hundred-year or ten-year cultivation.
Despite his strength, Chen Feng still appeared somewhat disheveled after these three days.
His once smooth hair was now quite messy, his clothes were disheveled, and his handsome face looked somewhat haggard.
For the past three days, Chen Feng's mind had been on high alert, and even with his extraordinary mental strength, he was extremely exhausted.
Just as Chen Feng was preparing to leave the outer area of the Star Dou Great Forest to rest before re-entering,
a powerful mental force suddenly appeared in his mind.
"Don't go! Save me! I'll help you become a god!!"
A powerful mental force swept in without warning, and an anxious voice rang in Chen Feng's mind.
Tian Meng was assigned the seventh spirit ring.
(End of Chapter)