Chapter 141: Trading Life for Life

"First Soul Skill! Gravity Moonshot!" Ning Feiliu aimed the Copper Arm in his hand at the Azure Scale Flying Fish and fired a jade-green light spear!

It must be said that the speed of the Azure Scale Flying Fish was truly extremely fast.

Its speed was even faster than that Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Serpent that Ning Feiliu had encountered before.

However... Ning Feiliu had the forty percent Speed Amplification granted by using Bronze Arms!

His current speed was also quite fast.

Plus, his Crescent Moon Divine Weapon Set was a ranged weapon, so no matter how fast the Azure Scale Flying Fish was, it was caught off guard.

With the slowing effect from being hit by Zhuiming first, its speed was even slower, and it was struck directly by Gravity Moonshot!

"Keke—!" The Azure Scale Flying Fish let out a painful, miserable shriek.

"First Soul Skill! Earth Frost Dark Erosion!" Ning Feiliu then switched to the Zhuiming in his hand, causing the Azure Scale Flying Fish to be directly covered by powerful gravity and pressed toward the ground!

What he needed was to continuously attack the Azure Scale Flying Fish without killing it instantly.

Once it was on the verge of death, Ning Feiliu would personally restrain it and let Ye Lingling kill this Azure Scale Flying Fish with her own hands.

After all, there is one point about Soul Rings: only the Spirit Master who kills the Soul Beast with their own hands can absorb it.

Auxiliary System Spirit Masters simply do not have this ability, so they must rely on companions to "capture it alive" first, and then kill it themselves.

It is considered very troublesome.

Because of this, even though Ning Feiliu could have used a powerful soul skill to instantly kill this thousand-year Azure Scale Flying Fish, he could only slowly subdue it like cutting meat with a dull knife.

Just as Ning Feiliu was slowly circling with the Azure Scale Flying Fish, although Ye Lingling felt that she could not help Ning Feiliu much this time, she still summoned her martial soul and watched Ning Feiliu closely.

If Ning Feiliu really had any accident... she would be able to help.

But she completely failed to notice that a figure, perfectly blended into the environment, was gradually approaching her from behind...

"Close... almost close enough..." The burly man with a scar, who had blended into the environment and completely suppressed his aura, looked at the weak Ye Lingling before him, his eyes bloodshot, thinking excitedly in his heart.

"Brothers... I will be able to avenge you soon!"

"First, grab this woman, then make that brat surrender! Then I'll kill them... all of them!" The burly man with a scar had planned everything in his heart.

Although he was a Soul King, two major ranks higher than Ning Feiliu.

But the burly man with a scar always had a style of doing everything with his full effort, never being careless or underestimating the enemy.

This was the reason why he had been living well after roaming the Douluo Continent for so many years.

His hands were not lacking the blood of some noble children, yet he was able to retreat unscathed every time; the first reason was that he was ruthless enough!

The second was that he was cautious enough in his actions!

Either do things thoroughly, or don't do them at all!

This was his code of conduct.

Just because he started from the bottom as a Spirit Master, he had seen too many Spirit Masters die because they let their guard down.

Therefore... the burly man with a scar was extremely cautious!

Especially... he had seen Ning Feiliu disguise himself as Yafei and use an extremely powerful self-created spirit skill at the Great Spirit Arena—the Summoning of the Melting God!

Seeing that giant lava ram, the burly man with a scar felt that he might not necessarily be able to withstand that move!

So he was careful and more careful...

He did not rush out directly; his disguise and aura, even when facing low-level Spirit Masters, would be discovered if he got within ten meters.

And beyond the ten-meter range, his overly intense movements and breathing sounds could also be discovered in advance.

So he needed to get within about ten meters of Ye Lingling before suddenly rushing behind her and grabbing her!

And use this opportunity to threaten Ning Feiliu!

Now he was two hundred meters away from Ye Lingling...

One hundred and eighty meters...

One hundred and fifty meters...

One hundred meters...

Although the speed of the scarred man was slow, he still slowly approached Ye Lingling.

The process of Ning Feiliu subduing the Azure Scale Flying Fish was also drawing to a close; the Azure Scale Flying Fish was struggling on the ground, while Ning Feiliu continuously used the Zhuiming in his hand to prevent it from flying up again.

During this time, the Azure Scale Flying Fish would also erupt with cyan flames, intending to attack Ning Feiliu to escape its predicament.

But Ning Feiliu had the speed boost from Bronze Arms, as well as Bronze Arms's second soul skill, "Gale Force," to dodge the Azure Scale Flying Fish's attacks with very flexible footwork.

And Ye Lingling, seeing the battle nearing its end, could not help but relax her mind.

But just at this moment...

She seemed to feel that something was wrong.

Then she turned around and felt a faint, fierce aura appear less than a dozen meters away from her!

"Who are you?!" Ye Lingling shouted loudly at once!

"Too late!" The burly man with a scar instantly dropped his disguise and rushed toward Ye Lingling with a ferocious expression!

Ye Lingling did not react at all before her slender, fair neck was gripped by the scarred man!

Ning Feiliu also heard Ye Lingling's exclamation at that moment, his heart shocked, and he turned to look in Ye Lingling's direction.

"Brat! If you don't surrender, I'm afraid this beautiful female companion of yours is going to die here!" The burly man with a scar exerted force in his hand, lifting Ye Lingling high up between his palms.

Ye Lingling immediately showed a painful expression as if she were suffocating, and the hand she used to grab the scarred man's hand began to flail wildly.

"Fine!" Ning Feiliu hurriedly stopped, no longer caring about the Azure Scale Flying Fish, and walked slowly toward the scarred man.

The Azure Scale Flying Fish broke free from its restraints; although its body was already on the verge of severe injury, it still flapped its scale wings and slowly left the area, flying at a low altitude.

It was clear that it was severely injured and could not even run fast.

Ning Feiliu did not care about it anymore; what Soul Beast mattered now? The most important thing was Ye Lingling's life safety.

The scarred man sneered and said, "Martial soul! Put it away!"

Ning Feiliu frowned and hurriedly retracted his martial soul.

Only then did the scarred man loosen his grip slightly, allowing Ye Lingling to breathe a little easier.

"Who are you? Are you after money, brother?" Ning Feiliu did not recognize the burly scarred man and asked first, "If it's just for money, there's no need to take a life. I have a card here with one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins; take it and leave, there's no need to harm my friend."

He needed to figure out the scarred man's intentions first.

However, the burly scarred man laughed sharply and said, "As expected... you're very rich! But what I want... is your life!"

"You killed my two brothers! I want you to pay with your life!" he roared.

"Your two brothers?" Ning Feiliu frowned.

Half a year had passed, and he had almost forgotten about killing those two people back then; it was only when the burly scarred man mentioned it that he remembered.

"So it was those two..." Ning Feiliu said in a low voice.

After all, it was the first time he had killed someone in his two lifetimes, so naturally, he would have some impression of it.

"How about it? A life for a life! You commit suicide in exchange for your female companion's life, how about that?" A trace of mockery flashed in the scarred man's eyes as he spoke.

However...

Ning Feiliu frowned; if he committed suicide, could he really trade it for Ye Lingling's life?

Don't make me laugh...

With this kind of desperate criminal, if Ning Feiliu committed suicide, Ye Lingling would ultimately just be silenced by him.

He would absolutely not leave a single survivor.

But Ning Feiliu had to think of a way now... to save Ye Lingling.

(End of chapter)