Chapter 22: Heading to Sunset Forest, Location of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well
As Lin Sheng's aura suddenly dissipated, the blood-red, half-body skeletal frame of his Susanoo quietly faded away.
"Bang!" With a dull thud, Long Aotian, who had just been covered in a bright dark-gold glow while attempting to spar with Lin Sheng, was now lying face-down in a deep pit, covered in dust.
His much-vaunted physical reinforcement was as fragile as a thin sheet of paper in the face of the power exerted by a casual swipe of the Susanoo.
"Pah! Pah, pah!" Long Aotian climbed out of the pit, grumbling, brushed the dirt off his head, and glared at Lin Sheng with a resentful expression.
"Lin Sheng, you bastard, you're truly a pervert!"
"I just broke through to Spirit King, and before I could even get used to it, I was slapped out of my energy state by your skeletal frame. You're just using me as a punching bag to practice!"
Long Aotian was already accustomed to the strength Lin Sheng displayed...
This guy was simply a monster; there was no point in trying to compare himself to him. Long Aotian had realized that long ago.
"Haha..." Lin Sheng laughed in spite of himself. The Mangekyo patterns in his eyes faded, returning to their obsidian-like depth.
He walked forward and reached out to pull Long Aotian up from the ground.
"You're joking. This was just my first time comprehending it; if you hadn't cooperated, I wouldn't have been able to control my strength."
"Tell me, coming to find me at a time like this, you surely didn't come just to get beaten up, right?"
Long Aotian rubbed his sore shoulders. Then his expression became a bit more serious: "Heh, it's about business."
"Two days ago, I went to the Sect's mission hall and saw a new top-tier mission on the bounty board: hunt down a squad of Evil Soul Masters within the Heavenly Soul Empire."
"These bastards have been acting up quite a bit lately. It's said they've slaughtered several villages, and their methods are extremely cruel."
Upon hearing the words'slaughtered villages,' a flash of extreme coldness instantly crossed the depths of Lin Sheng's eyes.
"Where is the location?" Lin Sheng asked in a low voice.
"Sunset Forest." Long Aotian lowered his voice, a hint of excitement flashing in his eyes.
"The terrain there is complex, overgrown with poisonous miasma, and it's the favorite hiding place for Evil Soul Masters."
Speaking of this, Long Aotian gave Lin Sheng a grin.
"I was thinking that we brothers haven't been on a long trip together for a long time. How about it? Interested in going to kill some scum to sharpen our blades?"
"Sunset Forest..." The moment Lin Sheng heard this name, his heart skipped a beat. Of course, he wouldn't forget that place.
To others, it was a highly dangerous, toxic land, a Spirit Beast forest. But to him, possessing the memories of a transmigrator...
it held one of the greatest opportunities on the entire continent, the most precious treasure left behind by that Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo, ten thousand years ago!
The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!!!
Over these years, he had been focused on his cultivation, and it wasn't that he hadn't thought about that place, but his cultivation had been too shallow at the time.
Facing the guardians of the Immortal Herbs everywhere and the current toxic formations on the periphery, heading there rashly would have been no different than seeking death...
But now, he had achieved the rank of Spirit Ancestor.
He possessed the terrifying pupil technique of the Mangekyo Sharingan, and even more, the protection of the Susanoo.
"I can be considered to have some self-preservation ability now."
"The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well might be under the surveillance of Tang San, so I still cannot enter rashly, but... I can investigate." Lin Sheng thought to himself.
The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was an opportunity he would absolutely not miss!
"Fine, I'll go with you." Lin Sheng nodded in agreement, his gaze flickering slightly.
"By the way, I also have some private matters to attend to there."
Early the next morning, as the first light of dawn appeared.
Outside the mountain gate of the Body Sect, besides Lin Sheng and Long Aotian, there was an additional petite figure.
Princess Vina had changed into a sharp, athletic outfit today. Her silver hair was tied into a high ponytail, making her look heroic and spirited.
"Vina, your status is special. Are you sure you want to come with us?" Lin Sheng asked with a smile.
"As long as we are in the Body Sect, we have the same status; we are all disciples of the Body Sect. The Sect Master specifically instructed me to follow along and gain some experience."
Princess Vina smiled charmingly. Although she was a noble princess, in front of Lin Sheng, she seemed more like a little fangirl trying hard to follow in the footsteps of a strong person...
"Hehe... Alright, take care of your safety." Lin Sheng nodded to signal them, and set off first.
The three of them did not delay any longer, transforming into three streaks of light as they sped toward the southwest.
Although the Sunset Forest within the Heavenly Soul Empire was not as vast as the Star Dou Great Forest, its unique geographical environment and pervasive poisonous mist made it no less dangerous, if not more so.
After about half a day's journey, that ancient forest, shrouded in dark purple poisonous mist all year round, appeared at the end of their line of sight.
"..." Stepping into the edge of the forest, the air was filled with a pungent, rotting odor. Lin Sheng activated his Sharingan. The subtle flow of energy could not hide from his eyes.
He turned his head to ask Long Aotian: "Have you investigated the background of that group of Evil Soul Masters clearly? Who is the strongest among them?"
Long Aotian loosened his tense muscles and said in a deep voice.
"According to the intelligence, the leader is an Evil Soul Master named Xue Li, a Spirit King in his fifties. His Spirit is an extremely cold Blood Spirit."
"The rest include three Spirit Ancestors and six Spirit Elders, all filthy wretches who advanced by absorbing the blood energy of living beings."
Long Aotian smiled disdainfully. In his view, with such a lineup, relying on himself, Lin Sheng, and Princess Vina to solve it...
would be easy!
"A Spirit King, huh..." Lin Sheng nodded slightly.
An opponent at the Spirit King level could no longer make much of a splash before his Sharingan.
What he cared about was... how to precisely find the entrance to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well during this chaos.
"Let's go, deeper in." Lin Sheng waved his sleeve, and the three of them advanced toward the core area in a triangular formation.
However... what Lin Sheng's pair of Mangekyo Sharingan did not notice was that on the other side of the Sunset Forest, another group of people had also entered this Sunset Forest.
It was an execution team from Shrek Academy. Led by a direct disciple of one of the elders of the Sea God Pavilion, their goal was also that roving group of Evil Soul Masters...
In this dark and damp Sunset Forest, two completely different auras of fate were once again violently intersecting because of the same prey.
"Shrek's aura..." Lin Sheng stopped halfway.
He suddenly halted his steps, his blood-colored Sharingan rotating slightly. Although they were miles apart, his insight into the flow of all elemental things and their auras... was just too familiar.
"Lin Sheng, what's wrong?" Vina asked a bit nervously, remaining vigilant of their surroundings.
A curve of unknown meaning appeared at the corner of Lin Sheng's mouth. He turned around and spoke to Princess Vina and Long Aotian.
"Nothing. I just feel that this trip to the Sunset Forest shouldn't be too monotonous."
"If my sensing is correct, we have encountered a group of old friends."
And just at this moment.
"Tsk tsk... something is not right..." Tianmeng Iceworm let out an exclamation in the spiritual sea:
"Lin Sheng, I sensed that this forest..."
"Actually has an aura of extreme ice elements! It's too pure!" Tianmeng Iceworm felt incomparably excited.
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