Chapter 162 - 54

Chapter 54: Official Apprenticeship!He felt as if he had fallen into a living, hostile maze. Surrounded by writhing Blue Silver vines and waving giant wooden hands, he couldn't capture Fu Shiyan's true body at all.His spirit power perception was also severely interfered with by this Infinite Forest environment."Fifth Spirit Ability! Demonic Scorpion Poison Mist Burst!"Feng Erla didn't dare to be negligent. His fifth spirit ring flashed, and a large cloud of purple-black poison mist sprayed from his scorpion tail, attempting to corrode the surrounding Blue Silver Trees and vines.However, those deep blue Blue Silver plants, bolstered by the Domain of Life, possessed resistance to toxins beyond imagination. With just a slight ripple of light on their surface, they neutralized most of the poison mist, and the remainder failed to cause any effective damage."Swish! Swish! Swish!"The sound of breaking air rang out as several sharp Blue Silver wooden thorns shot forth from different angles with astonishing force.Feng Erla waved his scorpion pincers to block, but his arms were jolted into numbness.Immediately after, more attacks followed in quick succession—giant hand strikes, vine Entanglements, rising ground spikes... coming from all directions, endless, as if the entire forest was his enemy!Feng Erla struggled to parry, and several wounds soon appeared on his body.He was horrified. The opponent's attacks were continuous, his spirit power seemed inexhaustible, and even more terrifying was that absolute control over the battlefield!"I can't let this go on!"Feng Erla gritted his teeth, a fierce look flashing in his eyes. "Seventh Spirit Ability! Martial Soul True Body!"Boom!His entire being transformed into a ten-meter-tall purple-black giant demonic scorpion. His aura surged, and the deep blue light on his scorpion tail became blinding, the toxicity even more lethal."Eighth Spirit Ability! Ten Thousand Scorpion Heart-Piercing Stings!"In the Martial Soul True Body state, he boldly unleashed his strongest eighth Spirit Ability!Countless solid purple-black scorpion tail needle shadows covered the direction where he perceived Fu Shiyan might be, like a torrential rain, with power enough to pierce through metal and stone!However, the instant his Spirit Ability was released, the entire Blue Silver forest seemed to come alive. All the vine giant hands retracted and intertwined instantly, condensing into a massive wooden shield wall several meters thick in front of him!Puff puff puff puff—!Dense piercing sounds rang out. Countless holes appeared on the shield wall, but it ultimately failed to be completely penetrated.And the brief stiffness after Feng Erla performed his ultimate move became a fatal flaw!"Blue Silver Profound Truth: Infinite Forest Strangling!"Fu Shiyan's cold voice came from all directions of the forest.The next moment, that damaged shield wall suddenly dispersed, transforming into countless more flexible and tough vines. Like giant pythons returning to their nest, they pounced on the giant demonic scorpion transformed by Feng Erla from every blind spot!At the same time, several particularly thick Blue Silver giant hands burst out from the ground, firmly gripping the demonic scorpion's joints and tail!"Roar!"Feng Erla was shocked and furious, struggling desperately, waving his scorpion pincers wildly and spraying poison mist.But under the suppression of the Infinite Forest Domain and the endless Entanglements, his struggle became increasingly weak.Crack! Crack!The tooth-aching sound of bones shattering rang out as one of the giant scorpion's pincers was forcibly twisted off!"No! Wait!"Feng Erla let out a shrill scream, and his Martial Soul True Body began to become unstable.Fu Shiyan's figure appeared like a Gui Mei atop a high-raised Blue Silver giant hand, looking down at the completely restrained Feng Erla below, his eyes devoid of any pity.A purple light flashed in his left hand as his second Spirit appeared, shooting straight towards the location of Feng Erla's true body.A purple-black light, like a meteor, sank into the giant scorpion's body."Ugh...!"Feng Erla's true body instantly collapsed, reverting to human form as he stumbled to the ground. A bloody hole pierced through his chest from front to back, and his eyes were filled with unbelievable despair and fear."Twin..."He stared fixedly at Fu Shiyan, his lips moving as if he wanted to say something, but he ultimately couldn't finish. His head tilted, and his breath was completely cut off.An eighty-third rank Spirit Douluo powerhouse was actually completely killed in a relatively short time under Fu Shiyan's carefully arranged Infinite Forest Domain and continuous offensive!The battle ended, and the deep blue forest slowly retracted, eventually sinking into the ground as if it had never appeared, leaving only the scarred mountain hollow and Feng Erla's corpse.Fu Shiyan's expression was as usual as he slowly descended.He walked to the side of the corpse and quickly searched it.Besides some Spirit Hall tokens, gold coins, and miscellaneous items, the most conspicuous were two storage soul tools—a simple-styled ring and a necklace embedded with a gemstone."storage soul tools..."Fu Shiyan picked up the ring and investigated it briefly; the space was quite large."It comes at just the right time. I've been so busy with various things that I forgot to prepare a decent apprenticeship gift for Little San.""I'll give him this ring."He then communicated mentally with Fu Ze, who had been hiding nearby and was ready to act at any moment."Fu Ze, clean it up.""Yes, Young Master."Fu Ze's figure emerged silently and began to skillfully handle the battle traces and the corpse.Fu Shiyan put away the spoils of war and looked toward Nuoding City.Tang Hao should have already created a commotion elsewhere as agreed, attracting Spirit Hall's attention to the greatest extent.The news of Feng Erla's fall would take at least several days for Spirit Hall to notice and react to.The time is sufficient.He didn't linger any longer, his body turning into a streak of light as he returned toward Nuoding City.It was time to take Tang San and Xiao Wu away from this place of trouble and head to that new paradise for cultivation—the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.After returning to the residence at Nuoding Academy, Fu Shiyan collected the alchemy tools he had purchased in Nuoding City over the past few days into the newly acquired storage soul tool, then set off for the academy to find Tang San.He first examined Tang San's recent cultivation progress, especially his practice in Spirit control.At this time, Tang San could already use his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul to manipulate a pen for writing, but he was still far from doing so freely. The characters under his pen still appeared childish and unrefined, only barely able to outline the shapes of the words.Fu Shiyan gently interrupted Tang San's cultivation, called him over, raised his hand to rub his hair, and said warmly:"Cultivation should be done step by step; you cannot rush for success.""At your age, you also need to know how to combine work with rest. When you have time, you might as well play more with your partners, like Xiao Wu and the others."His gaze was soft as he continued, "Don't leave regrets for your childhood."Before Tang San could say anything, Fu Shiyan took out a storage soul tool ring from his bosom and gently placed it in Tang San's palm."This is the apprenticeship gift from your teacher."He gazed at him, his tone formal yet gentle, "From this day forth, I officially take you as my disciple. In the future, you shall call me Master."Hearing this, Tang San even forgot the sense of novelty brought by the storage soul tool in his hand for a moment, his face full of uncontrollable excitement.He knew clearly in his heart that even in his previous simulated experiences, Fu Shiyan had only let him call him 'Teacher' rather than 'Master'.—Teacher and Master, after all, have completely different meanings.