After Xuan Zi left, no matter how lost and helpless the remaining Shrek competition members felt, they could only bite the bullet and rush towards Star Luo City.
At this moment, everyone in their hearts felt immensely grateful that Lin Yun had not participated in this operation, but instead accompanied Xiao Xiao to acquire a soul ring.
With the main team almost completely dead or injured and utterly devoid of combat effectiveness, Lin Yun was their only hope!
He was the savior of Shrek!
(Lin Yun: ?)
So, what was our current savior doing?
"Power of the Mad Dragon! Power of the Mad Dragon!"
"Power of the Mad Dragon!!!"
"Yun... Brother Yun, no, I can't eat any more, my sister truly can't eat any more!"
"Ah~!"
Beside the 'small' Lake of Life, a tranquil and elegant wooden cabin sat by the shimmering lake shore. On the grass next to the cabin, Lin Yun, looking relaxed, lay with his hands behind his head, his eyes closed, basking in the sun.
Xiao Xiao was sprawled on his chest, sleeping soundly like a kitten, a trace of sparkling drool escaping from the corner of her mouth, making her appear quite adorable and innocent.
This was their eighth day in the Star Dou Great Forest.
Lin Yun had taken Xiao Xiao to hunt down that Lava Ground Dragon on the fourth day, and with his help, Xiao Xiao successfully absorbed this ten-thousand-year soul ring. From now on, she was also a soul master with a soul ring configuration exceeding the limit.
Cultivation: Soul Sect, Soul Ring Configuration: Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Black!
It was a pity that the talent of Dragon Devour could only be used by Lin Yun himself; otherwise, Xiao Xiao's soul ring age could have been pushed even higher.
And the ten-thousand-year soul skill Xiao Xiao obtained was quite excellent.
Just as Lin Yun had previously guessed, the Lava Ground Dragon and the Nine Dragon Cauldron martial soul were indeed a great match, directly granting Xiao Xiao the Lava Ground Dragon's trump card soul skill: Lava Fury!
Xiao Xiao's Nine Dragon Cauldron martial soul was already extremely well-developed in terms of control abilities. The three skills: Cauldron's Tremor, Cauldron's Sway, and Cauldron's Seal, were already enough to give her extremely strong crowd control. What she lacked now was offensive capability.
Are control-type soul masters truly just control-type soul masters, with absolutely no offensive capabilities, only able to control?
That was clearly impossible.
Just look at Huo Yuhao; he claimed to be a spiritual control-type soul master, but in the later stages, he had skills like Light of Time and Space and Spiritual Shock, each soul skill more lethal than the last.
Tang San was no slouch either. Starting from his fifth soul skill, the Blue Silver Grass had almost transformed into an assault-type martial soul.
In short: for soul masters on the Douluo Continent, as long as they aren't non-combatant support or food-type soul masters, their ultimate destination is the assault system. The only difference lies in their attack methods.
Lin Yun naturally intended to follow the local customs.
Lava Fury was just such a 'control-type' soul skill with powerful offensive capabilities.
Lin Yun had also tested the effect of this soul skill for Xiao Xiao. Its manifestation was to invert Xiao Xiao's cauldron, then condense a pillar of lava flame within the cauldron, attacking in the direction the cauldron's mouth was aimed.
Coupled with the uniqueness of the Nine Dragon Cauldron.
Lava Fury could be activated in its full version by combining the nine cauldrons into one large cauldron, or it could release weakened versions of small fire pillars in the form of nine small cauldrons. The fire pillars would explode upon hitting the target.
Targets hit by Lava Fury would be knocked back by the explosion and also fall into a stunned state for a period of time.
The knockback and stun effects were certainly useless against Lin Yun. His physical and martial soul strength meant that even if he stood there and let Xiao Xiao attack him, she couldn't break his defense.
But the knockback and stun effects were indeed present.
You see, it has knockback, stun, and can even come with fire explosions and burning. Isn't this a proper control-type soul skill?
Although its power was just a tiny bit greater than ordinary control-type soul skills, of course.
At least Xiao Xiao was very satisfied with this soul skill. This way, she wouldn't have to be like a tomboy, swinging a large cauldron to smash people. If it were before, she might not have cared about her image, but now she only wanted to show her gentle side to Lin Yun.
Xiao Xiao was very satisfied with the soul ring Lin Yun helped her hunt, so she decided to give Lin Yun a generous reward.
This led to the scene at the beginning.
This was also why Xiao Xiao was now sleeping soundly on Lin Yun's chest. She was utterly exhausted. If anyone told her again that there's only a bull that dies from exhaustion and no field that's ruined by plowing, Xiao Xiao would definitely unleash the Lava Fury soul skill she just acquired right in their face.
The sun set and the moon rose, the moon set and the sun rose.
The rather fatigued Xiao Xiao finally awoke from her sleep, stretched languidly, and after feeling her weak body, she gave Lin Yun a resentful glare.
"Brother Yun, you're so naughty. You don't know how to cherish me at all!" Xiao Xiao pouted aggrievedly.
Lin Yun's mouth curved into a mischievous smile as he said, "But you were the one who said it felt good and told me to go faster and harder. Why are you blaming me now?"
"Stop talking!" Xiao Xiao's pretty face turned crimson. With a soft cry, she buried herself in Lin Yun's arms, her small fists continuously pounding his chest.
"Brother Yun is so mean; all he does is bully me all day long!"
The little loli's "ooh-ooh-oohs" were naturally harmless, and her 'ruffian excitement punches' even made Lin Yun feel excited again.
However, remembering that Xiao Xiao's body really couldn't withstand his torment, Lin Yun could only silently circulate the True Sun Scripture, then smilingly pulled Xiao Xiao into his embrace.
'See, Your Holiness, I told you, how can a human girl be as good as this Empress!' The Ice Empress snorted softly, her tone carrying a hint of resentment.
'Alright, alright, Beier, be good. I'll feed you enough when we get back.' Lin Yun responded helplessly to the Ice Empress, coaxing this 400,000-year-old legal loli like he would a daughter.
The Ice Empress didn't make a fuss; she was just lovesick and wanted Lin Yun's attention.
What fault could a little scorpion have?
'No, I need to convince Xue'er quickly, otherwise Your Holiness might truly be stolen by that human girl!' The Ice Empress secretly plotted, while not far away, the Snow Empress, who was cultivating by the Lake of Life, suddenly felt a tingling sensation in her perky nose.
"It's about time. We should head to Star Luo City!" Lin Yun patted Xiao Xiao's little head and said softly.
"Ah? So soon...?" Xiao Xiao looked up, her expression a little reluctant.
Although the Star Dou Great Forest was far from the hustle and bustle, and there were no other friends around, Xiao Xiao really enjoyed the feeling of being alone with Lin Yun, enjoying the peace and freshness of the primitive forest, and enjoying the most primitive activities in the primitive forest...
"If you like it here, we can come back after the competition ends," Lin Yun said, a little exasperated.
How could Xiao Xiao, a place full of dangers for soul masters, not want to leave?
"Mm~ You promised!"
(End of Chapter)
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