Chapter 10: The Method of Assassinating Qian Xunji, and the Ignition of Friendship with the Three Goddesse.
Lin Fan suddenly sneezed in the Star Dou Great Forest.
"Who insulted me?"
Lin Fan thought to himself, but then he thought, "Maybe Bibi Dong is thinking of me."
Lin Fan felt a surge of joy. Of the five people on this trip, all except him were girls, but they didn't talk much. Tang Yiran, the strongest, walked at the back, and Shui Yue'er and Liu Erlong didn't get along. Only Lin Fan and Ye Keke chatted occasionally.
"Keke, how old are you today? Do you have any family members?" Lin Fan asked.
Ye Keke said softly, "I... I'm seventeen. I've lived with my mother since I was little, but she's gone now, so I came to the Haotian Sect to find someone to rely on and survive."
Lin Fan sensed the sadness in the girl's voice. "I quickly said, 'I'm sorry for bringing up your past. I heard that the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul is extremely rare. Besides you, are there any other people with this Martial Soul now?'"
Ye Keke shook her head and said, "No, the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul is passed down through a single lineage. There can only be two Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul Masters at most. Otherwise, unless one dies, the next generation can not be born."
"You're actually the only person in the world with the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul?" Lin Fan was shocked. He looked at Ye Keke seriously and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely protect you. We will be partners forever. Do you have any wishes? If I have the ability, I will definitely help you fulfill them."
"Wishes?" Ye Keke looked ahead blankly and said, "I'm just a support-type Soul Master, I don't have any wishes, but I still hope... to avenge my mother?"
"Revenge? Do you know who killed your mother?" Lin Fan asked hurriedly.
Ye Keke gritted her teeth, lowered her head, and said, "Forget it. I can't possibly take revenge. The one who killed my mother is the current Pope of the Spirit Hall. He wants the Nine Heart Begonia Spirit to serve the Spirit Hall forever, so he wants my mother to hand me over to be with the people of the Spirit Hall... My mother refused and tried to escape with me, but we were chased. My mother desperately tried to get me to escape, so I came here..."
At this point, Ye Keke lowered her head, seemingly shedding tears. Lin Fan quickly grabbed her hand and comforted her, saying, "Don't worry, now you're an inner disciple of the Clear Sky Sect. The Spirit Hall wouldn't dare to come here to arrest you."
Liu Erlong, who was beside her, also heard this. She patted Ye Keke's shoulder and said, "Don't be afraid. From now on, you're my sister, Liu Erlong's sister. I won't let anyone bully you."
Lin Fan was silently pondering, "It's Qian Xunji again. With him around, Bibi Dong isn't safe in the Spirit Hall. It's not safe for me to wander the continent either. I need to kill him quickly."
But how could he kill Qian Xunji?
Lin Fan had been thinking about this for a long time, but couldn't come up with a solution. With his current level, even if he obtained some equipment through a lottery, he still couldn't kill Qian Xunji.
If he could find Bibi Dong and join forces with her, there might be a chance of victory. But even then, it would be a near-death experience. Bibi Dong was only eighteen years old, far from being a Title Douluo.
The best way was to have Tang Hao or someone from the Clear Sky Sect severely injure or cripple Qian Xunji, and then join forces with Bibi Dong to kill him in the shadows.
"But how could the Clear Sky Sect kill the Pope of the Spirit Hall for my sake?" Lin Fan couldn't help but shake his head, but suddenly, a terrifying thought flashed through his mind.
Now, the two stars of Haotian, Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, should already know Ah Yin. After all, according to Tang Hao in the original story, he and his brother became sworn brothers with Ah Yin, and after spending several years together, Ah Yin finally revealed that she was a spirit beast.
After Ah Yin's confession, Tang Hao brought her back to the sect, which attracted the attention of the Spirit Hall. Ah Yin probably hasn't confessed yet, and Tang Hao and Ah Yin haven't officially gotten together; the two brothers are still secretly in love with Ah Yin.
Given this, they could leak the news that Ah Yin is a 100,000-year-old spirit beast to the Spirit Hall in advance. This would incite a war between Haotian and the Spirit Hall, and then Tang Hao and Tang Xiao would severely injure Qian Xunji to protect Ah Yin, thus creating an opportunity to kill Qian Xunji. Bibi Dong certainly wouldn't miss the chance to kill him.
However, Tang San probably hadn't been born yet, and according to the original story, that great war would be at least several years later. Starting it now would disrupt many things.
After thinking about it, Lin Fan abandoned this idea. He decided to wait for an opportunity to visit Bibi Dong first. Lin Fan knew perfectly well that if Bibi Dong was truly pregnant, Qian Xunji would never allow the child to be born; it wouldn't be his child, representing a disgrace. At that point, he could simply flee with Bibi Dong.
Just then, Tang Yiran reminded him from behind, "Alright, we've entered the central area of the Star Dou Great Forest. Be careful and on guard. I'll find suitable spirit beasts for Erlong and Xiaofan to hunt."
Lin Fan then stopped his distractions and focused on dealing with his surroundings. According to the original story, his original third spirit ring could only withstand spirit rings of a few thousand years at most, which was sufficient. As for the Shadow Battle Axe, he could freely equip spirit rings; equipping it with a ten-thousand-year spirit ring wouldn't be a problem at all.
The forest environment was far more treacherous than in the anime, with centipedes over ten meters long, spiders, and three-headed monkeys running around.
Suddenly, a black, winged Crimson Flame Dragon flew overhead, catching Tang Yiran's attention.
"This is... a Black Crimson Flame Dragon?"
Tang Yiran exclaimed hastily. "Erlong, your martial soul is a mutated fire dragon from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, possessing strong fire attributes, making it very suitable for domineering dragon soul beasts with fire abilities. This Black Crimson Flame Dragon is perfect for you; it has immense strength and fire attributes, and its speed is also very fast. This one looks to be five thousand years old. Shuiyue'er, you go and restrain it. Erlong, you prepare to capture it."
Shuiyue'er snorted coldly and released her martial soul, the Ice Phoenix. The Ice Phoenix possessed the ability to fly. Flying in the air, Shuiyue'er unleashed her fourth soul skill: Frost Imprisonment.
In an instant, endless chill surged from the Ice Phoenix, instantly freezing the ground beneath the black crimson dragon and the floor in front of it. A ten-meter-high ice wall rose from the ground, trapping the black crimson dragon inside. The black crimson dragon's claws were also frozen by the frost. The dragon roared angrily, spewing flames that instantly melted the frost on its feet, and began frantically ramming against the surrounding ice walls.
"Such powerful soul skills!" Although he had seen them in anime, Lin Fan was still deeply impressed to see these dazzling soul skills in person.
This Shui Yue'er, though somewhat aloof, possessed immense talent and her future achievements were limitless. He definitely needed to recruit her if he had the chance.
"Erlong, attack quickly! This frost won't hold it for long!" Tang Yiran urged.
Liu Erlong suddenly summoned her martial soul, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, leaping ten meters into the ice wall. There was only a small entrance at the top of the ice wall; a person could enter, but the crimson dragon's massive body couldn't escape.
"First Soul Skill, Tyrannosaurus Possession..."
"Third Soul Skill, Raging Thunder..."
Liu Erlong was instantly covered in dragon shadow armor, and then unleashed Raging Thunder, a massive fireball of lightning slamming into the enormous body of the Black Rock Crimson Flame Dragon.
Afterwards, Liu Erlong delivered a heavy punch to the Crimson Flame Dragon's head.
"Whoosh..." The black Crimson Flame Dragon instantly went berserk. Within the ice wall's range, Liu Erlong couldn't dodge many of the dragon's attacks and seemed unlikely to last much longer.
Lin Fan glanced at Tang Yiran; she didn't seem to intend to intervene.
So Lin Fan immediately summoned his Martial Soul and launched a relentless charge, leaping in at ten times the speed."Bang..." Lin Fan's double jump slammed heavily into the Crimson Flame Dragon's claws, but against the massive dragon, the knockback effect was negligible.
Lin Fan then unleashed his second Soul Skill, "Exploding Tiger Claw..."
This was actually a trash Soul Skill that the original owner of this body had learned previously, a Soul Skill with only eight hundred years of lifespan.
Fortunately, after Lin Fan's martial soul evolved, the Purple Flame Tiger's claws were imbued with fire damage. Sharp fire claws instantly materialized on Lin Fan's hands, and he began frantically stabbing at the Crimson Flame Dragon's back.
"Nine Heart Begonia, continuous healing, activate..."
Ye Keke, unable to leap over the ice wall, quickly ran to its edge and simultaneously activated continuous healing on Lin Fan, Liu Erlong, and Shui Yue'er.
"Not bad, these kids are starting to understand cooperation." Tang Yiran watched from outside, a satisfied expression on her face. She appeared not to be making a move, but her right hand was already gathering soul power.
After all, a five-thousand-year-old black Crimson Flame Dragon was practically impossible for a few level 30 or 40 children to handle.
Among the dragon soul beasts on the Douluo Continent, this winged black Crimson Flame Dragon, while not the strongest, possessed immense power, flight, and fire-breathing abilities, making it extremely difficult to deal with. Unless one was a particularly skilled offensive soul master, even a Soul King would find it difficult to injure it.
"No good... this defense is too high." Lin Fan realized that his Exploding Tiger Claws couldn't truly harm the black Crimson Flame Dragon; they could only scratch its skin.
Originally, after Lin Fan's martial soul evolved, his attacks could be imbued with the purple flames of the Purple Flame Tiger. But unfortunately, this black Crimson Flame Dragon could already breathe fire and was completely immune to ordinary flames.
Liu Erlong also struck the dragon's head several times, but the black Crimson Flame Dragon flipped over and threw her off.
"There's no other way..."
At this moment, Lin Fan immediately summoned the Shadow Battle Axe in his right hand. That's right, the black
Crimson Flame Dragon's defense was too high; Lin Fan's first martial soul, which lacked armor-piercing capabilities, couldn't harm it at all. And the Shadow Battle Axe was its nemesis.
(End of Chapter)