Chapter 126: Dugu Yan: Lin Mo Has Long Since Reached Rank 50
Lin Mo confirmed with Charizard once more.
After making sure Charizard's perception was not mistaken, he finally turned around and looked at Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan.
"Sister Lingling, Sister Yanyan," Lin Mo said steadily, "you should leave this area with Teacher Qin and the others first."
He paused, then added, "I sensed a Spirit Beast over there that is suitable for me. I need to go."
Hearing this, everyone present was stunned.
Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan exchanged glances, a trace of understanding appearing in their eyes.
However, Qin Ming, the team leader, frowned and took a step forward.
"Lin Mo, what do you mean by that?" His voice was filled with confusion. "What do you mean by letting Lingling and Yanyan leave with us first? Are you planning to hunt a spirit ring by yourself?"
Lin Mo looked at Qin Ming but did not answer directly.
"Teacher Qin, the Spirit Beast I am about to deal with is rather troublesome."
"You won't be able to help much if you stay by my side. Instead, I would have to divide my attention to look after you."
Lin Mo's tone was calm, but the meaning behind his words caused Qin Ming's expression to change slightly.
Unable to help?
Need to divide attention to look after them?
He was a six-ring Spirit Emperor and the leader of this Spirit Hunt. Yet from Lin Mo's words, it sounded as if Lin Mo not only intended to act alone, but also considered him, a six-ring Spirit Emperor, a burden.
Before Qin Ming could speak again, Lin Mo had already turned to Dugu Yan and continued, "Sister Yanyan, leave markers along the way."
"If I succeed, it won't take long for me to catch that Spirit Beast and return to meet up with you."
This was exactly Lin Mo's original plan.
The target Spirit Beast he intended to hunt for his fifth spirit ring had to be at least twenty-five thousand years old.
As long as its age did not exceed thirty-five thousand years, then with his and Charizard's current physiques, absorbing it would not be difficult.
A Spirit Beast of this level already far exceeded ordinary ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts.
Not only would Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, two four-ring Spirit Ancestors, be unable to help, even Qin Ming, a Spirit Emperor, would not be of much use.
From the very beginning, Lin Mo had not held any expectations for Qin Ming.
Just as Qin Ming had said earlier, his cultivation had only recently broken through to Spirit Emperor. In terms of actual combat strength, he could at most deal with Spirit Beasts that had just entered the ten-thousand-year level.
Qin Ming's strength was far from Lin Mo's current full power.
After the brief sparring session with Dugu Bo earlier, Lin Mo already had a rough estimate of his and Charizard's combat power.
Among seven-ring Spirit Saints who had activated their Martial Soul True Body, Charizard in its peak state would still belong to the top tier.
More importantly, thanks to the fourth Spirit Ability, Space Battlefield, as long as he and Charizard were determined to leave, even experts at the Spirit Douluo level would find it extremely difficult to stop them.
A Spirit capable of long-distance flight, combined with a spatial Teleportation Spirit Ability, provided far too great an advantage in self-preservation.
This was precisely why Dugu Bo felt at ease letting Lin Mo come to the Star Dou Great Forest alone.
In Dugu Bo's view, a towering tree that could withstand wind and rain could never be raised in a greenhouse.
The growth of a Spirit Master ultimately required the tempering of facing danger alone.
Moreover, what even Dugu Bo and the others did not know was that Lin Mo himself possessed a true trump card that he had never revealed before anyone.
This was his greatest source of confidence in preserving his life.
Although Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling were somewhat surprised by Lin Mo's choice, neither of them intended to insist on going with him.
Among everyone present, apart from Lin Mo himself, the two of them understood Lin Mo's strength the best.
With his Martial Soul already evolved into Charizard and his spirit power having reached the rank 50 bottleneck, Lin Mo's actual combat ability had likely surpassed Teacher Qin beside them long ago.
They were very clear about their own abilities. If they stubbornly followed him, the most likely outcome would not be helping him, but forcing Lin Mo to divide his attention to protect them.
Dugu Yan nodded. Her green eyes looked at Lin Mo as she said crisply, "Don't worry. Lingling and I will follow Teacher Qin."
"Leave the markers to me. Just come back and meet up with us as soon as you're done."
Ye Lingling also spoke softly, "Be careful."
Qin Ming looked at Lin Mo, then at Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling. Seeing that they did not seem too worried about Lin Mo acting alone, the confusion in his heart deepened.
He opened his mouth, but in the end, he swallowed back his words of persuasion and instead asked, "Lin Mo, do you really intend to hunt that Spirit Beast by yourself? Your fourth spirit ring..."
In his view, even if Lin Mo was exceptionally talented, facing a thousand-year Spirit Beast alone, especially one that might be four or five thousand years old, was still far too risky.
Lin Mo did not explain further. He only nodded to Qin Ming.
"Teacher Qin, please lead everyone toward the outer perimeter of the forest and find a safe place to rest for the time being."
"I will be back soon."
After speaking, he did not hesitate any longer.
With a slight movement of his thoughts, a red light flashed, and Charizard appeared beside him, immediately letting out a low dragon roar.
Lin Mo leaped up and landed steadily on Charizard's broad back.
"Let's go."
Charizard abruptly spread its wings. A powerful current of air stirred up the dust on the ground. Its feet exerted force, and its massive body shot into the sky.
As it ascended, the second spirit ring beneath its feet lit up, and Dragon Dance activated.
The orange-red dragon shadow streaked across the sky like a crimson stream of light. Under the enhancement of Dragon Dance, its speed grew faster and faster.
It sped away in the direction of the Spirit Beast it had sensed.
In the blink of an eye, before anyone could even react, that orange-red dragon shadow had already vanished above the dense forest canopy.
Only then did the people left behind seem to wake from their shock.
Yu Feng rubbed his eyes and stared blankly in the direction where Lin Mo had disappeared.
"I... I... am I seeing things?"
"Boss's Martial Soul seems to have changed again?"
Oslo also looked utterly disbelieving.
"It's not just that it changed. Did you all see the spirit ring Boss lit up just now?"
"Why were there four? And why was one of them black?"
The brothers Shi Mo and Shi Mo looked at each other, their honest faces filled with bewilderment.
They had indeed seen it just now. When Lin Mo jumped onto the dragon's back, the light of spirit rings had flashed beneath that dragon beast's feet.
The number had clearly been four.
Yellow, yellow, purple, black!
Yu Tianheng's body stiffened slightly. He slowly turned his head and looked at the calm Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
His voice carried a tremor that even he did not notice.
"Dugu Yan, this time Lin Mo came here... could it be that what he needs to hunt is not his fourth spirit ring?"
His gaze locked tightly onto the two girls. His heart began beating uncontrollably fast, and a guess he was extremely unwilling to believe, yet seemed to be the only reasonable explanation, rose in his mind.
Could it be that Lin Mo's current spirit power rank was no longer at the level 40 bottleneck?
What he needed was the fifth spirit ring?
Dugu Yan looked at Yu Tianheng's shocked eyes, sighed softly, and nodded.
"Lin Mo's spirit power broke through the rank 50 bottleneck months ago. He came to the Star Dou Great Forest this time to obtain his fifth spirit ring."
Although he had already had a premonition, hearing Dugu Yan confirm it with his own ears still made Yu Tianheng feel as if his mind had been struck by a heavy hammer.
He couldn't help but stumble.
"A twelve-year-old Spirit King?"
"How is this possible? How is this possible?!"
Qin Ming's pupils shrank even more as he looked sharply at Dugu Yan.
"Yanyan, what did you just say? Rank 50? Fifth spirit ring?"
However, this seemed to be the only reasonable explanation.
The few small doubts they had carried in their hearts earlier were now all resolved.
For example, why had Lin Mo been able to easily beat those two miserable fellows without releasing his Spirit?
It turned out that Lin Mo's strength had far exceeded theirs from the very beginning.
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