Chapter 34 Awakening
Chapter 34 Awakening
Just now, Yuan Qing encountered a thousand-year-old gibbon. As a pure auxiliary soul master without any attack power, he never expected that he would get separated from his teammates this time.
Originally, relying on the increased speed given to himself, the small thousand-year soul beast could not possibly reach Yuan Qing, but who was it because of the thick fog that blocked his sight?
By the time Yuan Qing noticed the gibbon, it was too late. He could only watch its sharp claws attack his head.
He even closed his eyes out of fear, but he didn't expect that after waiting for a long time, he only felt himself being caught and forced to move.
When he opened his eyes, the sharp claws in his memory did not appear, but instead an old man with gray hair appeared.
Looking at the purple soul ring slowly emerging above the gibbon's corpse in the distance, Yuan Qing couldn't help but wonder if it was the old man in front of him who saved him.
"Thank you for your help, senior."
"You're welcome. Since it's my grandson who brought you here, I will naturally keep you safe."
Yuan Qing naturally nodded repeatedly, no matter whether the person in front of him was Xu Mingxi's grandfather or not, if he said it was, then it was him. Now in this foggy place, he had to rely on him to protect himself.
The Great Elder took Yuan Qing and followed Xu Mingxi closely. He wanted to train him, but he didn't really want to put his life in danger.
Even if this child is useless, at least a Super Douluo will not escape. Together with Mingguang, the Xingguan Sect will at most remain the same and will not decline.
Xu Mingxi had no idea that his grandfather was disappointed in him, and he still walked forward with an uneasy feeling.
The fog was getting thicker and thicker, and visibility was getting lower and lower. Xu Mingxi, who had been maintaining Star Guardian, felt his soul power draining away rapidly.
It is still daytime, and Xu Mingxi's first soul ring lights up, but only a tiny amount of starlight gathers, which can replenish some of the consumption and expand the visible range a little, which is better than nothing.
"No, we can't go on like this. We have to get out quickly. We don't know how many soul beasts are in here."
Xu Mingxi subconsciously wanted to go find his grandfather, but after taking a few steps he stopped and looked at his hands in a trance.
When did I become like this? No matter what happens, I always think of relying on my grandfather and the elders of the sect first.
How could this happen? Xu Mingxi suddenly realized that he seemed to have become the person he once hated the most.
In his previous life, Xu Mingxi had been living in the school dormitory since the third grade until he graduated from college. He used to look down on those who asked for their parents' support when they lived in the school dormitory.
Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the Douluo Continent where the strong prey on the weak, he started looking for his parents. Past memories flashed through Xu Mingxi's mind.
Thinking of how he used to slack off every weekend, be lazy on weekdays, and even hide at the back and slack off during training, Xu Mingxi suddenly felt infinite fear in his heart.
Is this really me?
Xu Mingxi fell into deep self-doubt until his soul power output weakened, the starlight protection dimmed slightly, and the surrounding mist diffused in, then he came to his senses.
After readjusting the output of soul power, the Guardian of the Stars shone brightly. Xu Mingxi's eyes gradually became firm. He determined a direction and walked forward without looking back.
The Great Elder watched Xu Mingxi from behind as he moved forward, became confused, and then became determined. He was filled with satisfaction that his grandson had finally grown up a little.
But immediately the Great Elder's expression became solemn. A wolf-shaped soul beast suddenly appeared outside Xu Mingxi's starlight protection, and even he did not notice when the other party appeared.
Xu Mingxi was directly shocked, and he forced himself to calm down, turned on the Starlight Guardian to the maximum, and shot the Starlight Ray towards the wolf-shaped soul beast. What he didn't expect was that the Starlight Ray didn't cause any damage to it, not because of insufficient speed and power, but because it directly passed through the body of the soul beast. The place where it was hit by the Starlight Ray turned into smoke and dissipated, and returned to its original state after the attack.
Even the Great Elder was surprised by this. He had never seen this type of soul beast before, and there was no record of it even in the sect's soul beast encyclopedia.
Xu Mingxi was helpless against this soul beast for a while. Fortunately, it didn't seem to be very old and could not break his star protection for a while.
"Isn't this just a weakened version of the Smoke Fruit? There is no seastone or domineering power in Douluo Continent."
He tried to weave the starlight into a ribbon, but his control was not strong enough and there was always a gap in the middle of the ribbon for it to escape.
The man and the wolf started a long tug-of-war. Xu Mingxi stopped attacking. He concentrated on maintaining the Guardian of the Stars while training his ability to control the starlight.
Until night, when the stars in the sky twinkled, Xu Mingxi's first soul ring lit up, and the starlight was drawn down, directly penetrating the heavy fog and illuminating his surroundings.
What’s strange is that the wolf-shaped soul beast has been fighting for such a long time without feeling tired, and its attack power is too low.
At night, it is the home court of the Star Crown Martial Spirit. If the control ability is insufficient, then make up for it with quantity.
A large amount of starlight gathered together and wove into a beautiful curtain, directly wrapping the wolf-shaped soul beast.
The curtain continued to shrink, and although it encountered some resistance in the middle, it seemed unable to break through the curtain until it disappeared.
Xu Mingxi had a strange expression on his face. Was it so weak? And it didn't even produce any spirit rings. Could it be that the one just now wasn't a spirit beast at all?
I was confused and could only continue walking in the direction I was heading while it was still night.
It was too late to turn back now. The surroundings were already covered by thick fog and Xu Mingxi had already lost his way.
Yuan Qing followed the great elder, and his companions had increased to four. The only ones still in the thick fog were Xu Mingxi, the two brothers of the Chen family, and the two Soul Saints.
The Great Elder led them like chicks, and if he wasn't careful, someone would get lost.
Xu Mingxi walked for an unknown amount of time before he saw the shadow of a building in front of him and ran over there at a faster pace.
What caught his eyes was not a building, but a ruin. It seemed that this place had been invaded, and the ruins were full of traces of knife cuts and fire.
Suddenly, he heard continuous footsteps, hiding behind the ruins of a building, with starlight rays condensed in his hands.
When he saw that it was Chen Qingting and his brother, he breathed a sigh of relief and walked out from behind the ruins.
"Mingxi, I finally found you. Have you seen Xiao Rui and the others?"
"No, I have been alone since entering the mist."
"Really? This is getting difficult."
Xu Mingxi saw that although the two Chen brothers did not suffer any injuries, their clothes were torn and there seemed to be white scratches on their bodies.
It seems that there is more than one smoke wolf. I really don’t know how they were created. Xu Mingxi sat aside to recover his soul power, waiting for the arrival of other companions.
(End of this chapter)