Chapter 13: Lingxu's First Kill

The Shrek youth truly underestimated Lingxu, charging directly at him without even releasing his martial soul.

And Lingxu happened to need a battle that could hone himself.

Facing the Shrek youth, Lingxu let out a long breath, then clenched his fists to face his first life-or-death combat in the Douluo World.

"Watch as big brother sends you on your way with one punch."

Seeing Lingxu remain motionless, the youth thought he had been scared silly by those words.

When the Shrek youth's fist came straight for Lingxu's chest, Lingxu moved.

He dodged the fist with extreme speed from the side, then moved his body forward and struck the Shrek youth in the abdomen.

This was the best position for Lingxu to attack under the current circumstances.

After all, at ten years old, he was only just over 1.5 meters tall, while the youth before him was over 1.8 meters; an inch longer means an inch stronger, and Lingxu had to consider this in battle.

"Ah..."

"You brat!"

A powerful, sharp pain surged through him; the Shrek youth immediately swung his fist in the direction where Lingxu had hit him, but he only struck air—Lingxu had already moved away.

Thud...

The Shrek youth didn't even know where Lingxu was, only feeling a heavy blow to his waist, sending his entire body flying three or four meters away.

"You little bastard, I'm going to kill you. So you're fast, huh? Then let me show you my true strength as your big brother; no matter how fast you are, you can't make up for the gap in soul power." The Shrek youth was burning with rage.

However, Lingxu had already lost the intention to slowly hone himself against him at this moment.

In the midst of the battle, he also distracted himself to look at the other two skirmishes.

Originally, his side had the advantage, but during the fight, his mother Luo Xingyue and the other two Spirit Kings were all distracted by him, fearing he might suffer a mishap.

Therefore, they kept an eye on him while fighting, so they could rescue him in time if there was danger.

Even with the advantage, the longer the battle dragged on, the more unfavorable it was for their side.

The battle had to be ended quickly!

Just as the Shrek youth before him revealed his martial soul and Spirit Ring, Lingxu activated Martial Soul Possession and his second soul skill.

The Shrek youth only saw a few afterimages before him and thought his eyes were playing tricks on him.

The next instant, a cold light flashed by.

Swish...

"You, how could you use, a weapon..."

Blood sprayed from the Shrek youth's neck, and he collapsed to the ground without even finishing his sentence; until his death, he could never have guessed that Lingxu's soul power was the same as his: level thirty.

At this moment, Lingxu's hands were trembling slightly; after all, it was his first time killing someone, so it was inevitable to be a bit nervous.

But then Lingxu gripped his dagger tightly and said calmly, "This isn't some child's play like a Spirit Master tournament; you're too naive."

Real combat and the Spirit Master tournament are two completely different things; injuries can occur in the tournament, but not deaths, so those battles are always restrained.

That is how the academy is; because Lingxu had lived two lives, he knew what he should do and how to learn.

Killing—he had to take this first step as quickly as possible, the sooner the better!

The death of the Shrek youth instantly ignited the fury of Zhao Wuji and Qin Ming.

But the angrier one gets, the easier it is to make mistakes.

Especially Zhao Wuji; upon learning that this student had died, he allowed Carlos to successfully restrain him, covering his body in vines.

Looking at Qin Ming, he also appeared somewhat disheveled while facing a level fifty-three Spirit King.

"Qin Ming, run quickly," Zhao Wuji shouted.

Zhao Wuji felt very guilty for not protecting the student well, but how could Qin Ming leave alone if Zhao Wuji hadn't escaped?

"Teacher Zhao Wuji, if we go, we go together," Qin Ming said.

"Sigh..."

"Alright!"

Although Zhao Wuji's body was tightly controlled by the vines, his soul power was, after all, much higher than Carlos'.

Using all his strength, the seven Spirit Rings on his body erupted; at this moment, he finally used his Martial Soul Avatar.

The Martial Soul Avatar of the Vajra Bear instantly burst through the restraints of the vines.

Then, using his gravity enhancement skill again, he said, "Qin Ming, let's go."

This time, Zhao Wuji actually came toward Lingxu's direction; Lingxu immediately retreated, and Luo Xingyue also rushed over using her Martial Soul Avatar.

Fortunately, Zhao Wuji's goal was only to pick up the Shrek youth's corpse.

At the same time, he unleashed a soul skill, the Vajra Palm, toward Lingxu's direction.

With a loud boom, dust filled the air.

Fortunately, Luo Xingyue arrived in time to block Zhao Wuji's attack; otherwise, Lingxu would have been in real danger, and even using Phantom Shadow Steps would have been difficult to escape.

Only after blocking this blow, Zhao Wuji and Qin Ming ran away.

They couldn't gain any advantage in the fight against Luo Xingyue, and if the opponent really wanted to kill, Qin Ming might be in danger if they kept fighting.

Seeing this, Carlos and Cheng Mo also wanted to pursue them.

Luo Xingyue immediately shouted, "Don't chase them; our mission is not to capture them."

With years of accumulated experience, Luo Xingyue knew what she was doing; the purpose of coming here was to find a Spirit Ring for Lingxu.

Protecting Lingxu to obtain the Spirit Ring was the top priority.

In fact, if they kept chasing, they could have successfully captured Zhao Wuji.

It was just that Luo Xingyue was unaware of Zhao Wuji's martial soul fusion skill.

Lingxu knew very clearly that once Zhao Wuji's seventh soul skill, Martial Soul Avatar, was used, he could use all soul skills below the seventh ring, excluding the Martial Soul Avatar, without limit for thirty minutes.

The power was 150% of the original, defense was increased by 200%, and after each use, his own attributes would be weakened by 50%, requiring seven days to recover.

Therefore, as long as they survive these thirty minutes, Zhao Wuji, with his attributes reduced by 50%, will definitely not be their match.

Since Luo Xingyue decided not to pursue, it was not convenient for Lingxu to say anything more.

Looking at the mess on the ground, Luo Xingyue said, "Let's change locations; this place is not suitable for resting at night."

"Son, you did well just now." Luo Xingyue looked at Lingxu with gratification.

In his first real battle, Lingxu was able to slay a Spirit Master five or six years his senior, and he even managed to kill them; this is very rare.

"Mother, isn't this what you usually teach me? One cannot be soft-hearted toward the enemy; if you can kill with one strike, don't delay with extra words," Lingxu said.

Luo Xingyue nodded. In fact, she could also tell that Lingxu was a bit nervous about killing someone for the first time, but this was already stronger than over ninety percent of his peers.

"Well said. Let's go; we will travel further tonight to prevent them from following us back to launch a sneak attack," Luo Xingyue said with a calm expression.

Thus, the four of them changed direction again and walked for another hour into the Star Dou Great Forest before stopping to rest.

The second half of the night was very quiet; there were no Spirit Beasts disturbing them, nor did anyone come to attack.

Therefore, Lingxu slept quite well that night. Killing the Shrek youth seemed to have no major impact on him, and there were no so-called nightmares.

The next day, the moment Lingxu had just gotten up, he heard Cheng Mo outside shouting, "Bishop Xingyue, a Saber-Toothed Tiger is approaching us; its age should be around two thousand years!"

(End of this chapter)