. With his sword drawn, E Kao
stood before him, Lin Yu's expression grave. Not to mention that his current soul power was only half of
his peak, even at his peak, he wouldn't dare be careless against a high-level Soul Master, let alone two.
While the two before him had slightly inferior soul rings, their soul power was undeniably formidable.
Tianya, Soul Spirit: Broken Blade, Level 38 Battle Soul Master.
E Kao, Soul Spirit: Goose, Level 37 Battle Soul Master.
Their names stirred a corner of Lin Yu's long-dormant memories, causing him to realize with a start that these were the two of them.
These two, along with Bu Le, whom the Shrek Seven Devils encountered in Soto City, formed a group—a group with a notorious reputation.
The notorious womanizers were universally hated.
To avoid being used as a public example by the Spirit Hall or the two great empires, the three had been wandering the Douluo Continent. They had only come to Sunset Forest ahead of time at the invitation of their friend Bu Le, who was advancing to Soul Master, to check on the surrounding soul beasts.
As for why they hadn't come from the east side near Heaven Dou City, they feared that if they were to become infatuated with noblewomen, they might incur the wrath of the Heaven Dou Empire, which would be disastrous.
To be on the safe side and control their desires, they had to take a long detour of more than half a month, entering from the west side of Sunset Forest.
On their very first day, they bumped into Lin Yu and She Long. She Long, intending to test Lin Yu, temporarily spared their lives.
However, besides being lecherous, Tianya and E Kao were also greedy. With the soul bone before them, they lost their reason and subconsciously ignored She Long standing next to Lin Yu.
Seeing that Lin Yu had no intention of giving him the Crystal Bear's soul bone, Tianya brandished his broken blade, his soul rings glowing as he swiftly appeared before Lin Yu.
Lin Yu remained unfazed by Tianya's sudden appearance. Without using any soul skills, his Taiyi Xuanmen sword moved like a dragon emerging from the water, as still as a cat catching a mouse. In motion, his hands divided into Yin and Yang, his body concealed the Eight Trigrams, his steps traversed the Nine Palaces, his inner energy harmonized with his outer form, and his own sword intent subtly surged. He barely expended any soul power, yet he was already overwhelming Tianya, who had used his first two soul skills.
Tianya was in grave danger; a moment's inattention could have resulted in Lin Yu's sword beheading him.
With a clang, Lin Yu's sword pierced Tianya's broken blade. The frost-like tip suddenly trembled, the immense force of the shock causing Tianya's palm to go numb, and he involuntarily released the broken blade from his grasp.
As Tianya released the broken blade, Lin Yu's longsword also thrust mercilessly towards him.
Tianya, terrified, cried out instinctively, "Old Goose, save me!"
"You brat, you dare hurt Tianya? I won't let you get away with this!"
In fact, when Tianya was at a disadvantage, Goose Kao had already prepared to attack.
However, Tianya hadn't yet unleashed his third soul skill, and Goose Kao hadn't made a move yet. But seeing Tianya about to die at Lin Yu's hands, he couldn't care less.
Similar to the swan martial soul of the Heaven Dou Empire, with a pair of snow-white wings, dozens of feathers flew directly towards Lin Yu.
How could Lin Yu, about to kill Tianya, not consider the possibility of fighting two against one?
Suddenly, the purple soul rings surrounding Lin Yu flashed, and two figures identical to Lin Yu, also wielding the Frost Sword, appeared before Goose Kao.
Those dozens of flying feathers were all blocked by Lin Yu's second soul skill, Twin Phoenixes, which created two "selves" that used his superb swordsmanship.
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At the same time, the two "Lin Yu" clones also seized the opportunity to attack E Kao.
While the two clones were overwhelming E Kao, Lin Yu once again used the horizontal sword move he had evolved from Uncle Zhuang's "Horizontal Sweep of the Eight Directions".
The Qing Shuang sword's blade was as white as frost and snow, and with the unity of momentum and intent, it instantly pierced Tian Ya's neck.
Although it was a stab, Tian Ya's head was still severed by the horizontal sword, demonstrating the domineering power of Lin Yu's horizontal sword move.
On the other side, E Kao, who was weaker than Tian Ya, also fell to the swords of Lin Yu's two clones.
After dealing with E Kao and Tian Ya, Lin Yu's face was slightly pale. After three consecutive battles with the Crystal Bear, Tian Ya, and E Kao, his soul power was already less than 10%.
Immediately, Lin Yu subconsciously looked towards She Long. She Long smiled, a hint of satisfaction flashing in his eyes. "Don't worry, that's enough for today. You should recover your soul power first."
Relieved by She Long's reply, Lin Yu put a piece of Dragon Mushroom leaf he had obtained from his own herb garden into his mouth, sat down on the ground, and slowly began to recover his soul power.
In less than half an hour, Lin Yu's soul power had fully recovered, and he opened his eyes, just in time to see She Long, who was tending to a fire and skinning a fleshy rabbit.
Seeing that Lin Yu had recovered his soul power, She Long casually tossed the prepared rabbit to Lin Yu. "Kid, it's up to you now. I really don't have the ability!"
Catching the fleshy rabbit that She Long tossed to him, Lin Yu skillfully used some seasonings he had made himself, brushed on a layer of honey from a bee soul beast called Jade Snow Bee, and then leisurely began to roast it.
A 400-year-old Soft Bone Rabbit weighed several dozen kilograms, enough for Lin Yu and She Long to eat.
After they had devoured the rabbit, leaving only bones, She Long casually remarked, "Kid, how does it feel to have killed someone today?"
Lin Yu frowned. "It feels no different from killing a Soul Beast. Besides, those two bastards deserved to die anyway. They were greedy for money, and killing them like this is too easy on them."
Lin Yu knew exactly what kind of people the Unhappy Trio were. In the Douluo Continent, strength reigned supreme, and they obviously wouldn't dare provoke the descendants of nobles and powerful Soul Masters, only daring to prey on ordinary commoners.
Originally, these three wouldn't be sent to prison by Tang San and the others for another twenty years, but that was all.
After all, no matter how worthless they were, they were still Soul Masters.
While the law protected the weak to a certain extent, it also maintained the status of Soul Masters on the Douluo Continent, ensuring that the interests of Soul Masters wouldn't be harmed for the sake of ordinary people.
Lin Yu's answer surprised She Long slightly. "It's good that you think that way, but I also remind you, stop the fighting when it's over, don't lose yourself in the killing."
"Yes, I understand, Elder She Long!"
Although She Long wasn't Lin Yu's teacher and there was no need for him to say these things, he thought that Lin Yu was the only person his young lady could trust, so he said a few more words to Lin Yu.
[I don't understand why Tang Buddha didn't kill them. Why keep such lowlifes around for the New Year?]
(End of Chapter)