Chapter 20 Blue Silver Grass and Evil Fire
Early morning.
The first rays of sunlight streamed through the window into the cabin.
Ye Liuyun sat cross-legged on the bed, not cultivating his soul power, but trying to guide the pale golden energy to his right arm.
The "Immortal Azure Emperor Armor" on his left arm had been completed. With experience, he could only move faster from now on.
"Knock knock knock!"
A rapid knocking interrupted his thoughts.
"Cousin Liuyun! Wake up! The sun's already high in the sky!"
Xiao Wu's energetic voice came from outside the door, followed by Tang San's slightly helpless attempt to dissuade her.
"Xiao Wu, be gentle, maybe he's cultivating."
Tang San didn't want to see Ye Liuyun; he only wanted to be alone with Xiao Wu.
Ye Liuyun sighed helplessly, got up and opened the door.
"Come on, let's go have breakfast!" Xiao Wu grabbed Ye Liuyun's arm.
Ye Liuyun was really bad at dealing with overly enthusiastic people, so he had no choice but to agree.
The three of them left the academy and walked along the village path.
They hadn't gone far when they heard a quarrel ahead.
"Cuihua! You can't leave! I've been so good to you, why are you breaking up with me?"
"Let go! Ma Hongjun, I can't stand you anymore! I really can't take it anymore!"
Beside a haystack by the roadside, a chubby little boy, round and plump like a red sweet potato, was holding tightly to the hand of a village girl.
The village girl looked terrified, her eyes red-rimmed.
"No! You have to come back with me today! I'm getting angry again, and you have to help me cool down."
The chubby boy's eyes gleamed with a wicked light, and his tone was arrogant; clearly, this wasn't the first time he'd done something like this.
"Abducting a woman in broad daylight?"
Xiao Wu's sense of justice was overflowing, and her eyebrows shot up.
"How shameless! Cousin, beat him up!"
Tang San glanced at the chubby boy and thought to himself.
Although this person did not release his martial soul, his aura was weak and his steps were heavy, indicating that he was just an ordinary person with some brute strength.
It was a good opportunity to show off in front of Xiao Wu.
"Let go of that girl!"
Tang San took a step forward and waved his hand.
"First Soul Skill, Entanglement!"
Several strands of blue silver grass shot out like venomous snakes, instantly wrapping around the little fat man's waist, trying to pull him away.
"Hmm? A Soul Master?"
Ma Hongjun was stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage.
"Dare to meddle in my business? You're asking for death!"
"Phoenix Fireline!"
Boom!
Ma Hongjun opened his mouth and spat out a stream of purplish-red flames.
The flames were extremely domineering, possessing a sticky and corrosive quality.
"Sizzle—"
Tang San's prized Blue Silver Grass, infused with the venom of the Datura snake, turned to ashes the moment it came into contact with the flames, just like dry wood meeting a raging fire!
The flames spread along the vines, almost burning Tang San's hand.
"What?!"
Tang San retreated in shock, his face turning extremely grim as he looked at the charred Blue Silver Grass on the ground.
How so?
Didn't the teacher say that his Blue Silver Grass, having fused with a beast spirit ring, was now as resilient as a vine spirit beast?
Why... did it break so easily?
"Hahaha! Blue Silver Grass?"
Upon seeing this, Ma Hongjun burst into laughter, his chubby face jiggling uncontrollably.
"That's hilarious! You think you can play the hero and save the damsel in distress with this kind of useless martial soul?"
"Don't you know that fire overcomes wood? Anything that's grass is nothing but trash in front of my Phoenix Evil Fire!"
Tang San clenched his fists tightly, and the inferiority complex he felt about his martial soul surged up again.
Could it be... that Blue Silver Grass was truly a useless martial soul?
In the master's theory, there are no useless martial spirits, only useless soul masters.
However, in reality, the inherent strength and attribute advantages of martial spirits are like an insurmountable barrier.
Weak is weak.
Fire overcomes grass; this is the way of nature.
No matter how much you cultivate yourself, you can't change your true nature.
Blue Silver Grass is indeed useless.
Seeing that Tang San remained silent, Ma Hongjun became even more arrogant.
His small eyes darted around and landed on Ye Liuyun, who was standing behind with his hands in his pockets.
"Oh, another pretty boy."
"I heard there was a freshman named Ye Liuyun who was really arrogant yesterday, even daring to mess with Boss Dai. Could it be you?"
Ma Hongjun wanted to vent his anger for Dai Mubai and also to save face in front of Cuihua by putting on a show.
Ye Liuyun glanced at him, his eyes indifferent.
"Boring."
After saying that, he turned to leave.
Getting entangled with a fat guy who thinks with his lower body was a complete waste of time.
Seeing that he was being ignored, Ma Hongjun became furious and cursed.
"Coward."
Ye Liuyun still ignored him.
Seeing Ye Liuyun's eagerness to escape, Ma Hongjun couldn't stop smiling.
But it also felt natural, since no amount of Blue Silver Grass could deal with his Evil Fire Phoenix.
"So what if you ran away? I don't have time to bother with you."
Ma Hongjun grabbed Cuihua, who was trying to escape, and said fiercely.
"Cuihua, come with me!"
Cuihua screamed in fright, her face contorted in pain.
"Help! I'm not going! You'll kill me!"
Xiao Wu gritted her teeth in anger and immediately summoned her martial spirit, the Soft Bone Rabbit.
"I'm going to teach you a lesson today, you pervert."
Ye Liuyun paused, then slowly turned around.
Although he was a selfish egoist who only wanted to live comfortably.
Besides, he already knew about this plot and was mentally prepared.
But actually witnessing this kind of behavior of forcing women in the street.
It made people... nauseous.
He wouldn't be able to eat breakfast.
"Let go."
Ye Liuyun's voice wasn't loud, but it carried a chilling aura.
Ma Hongjun felt uneasy under that gaze, but the thought that the other person was also a Blue Silver Grass instantly made him tough again:
"What? You want to try being burned to ashes too? Let me tell you, Boss Dai may be afraid of you, but I'm not! My evil fire is the best counter to..."
Buzz!
Before he could finish speaking...
Three spirit rings, yellow, yellow, and purple, suddenly rose from beneath Ye Liuyun's feet.
The terrifying pressure belonging to a level 34 Soul Elder crushed down on Ma Hongjun as if it were a tangible force.
"Level 3...34?!"
Ma Hongjun was so frightened that his whole body trembled and he almost lost his balance.
He was only at level 27!
Seeing this, Tang San quickly whispered a reminder.
"Ye Liuyun, don't be impulsive. His flames are strange, with extremely strong adhesion, which perfectly counters our Blue Silver Grass. If we fight head-on, we are no match for him."
Not far away, Dai Mubai, who was spying from the rooftop, curled up a gloating smile.
Go ahead and fight.
Although Ye Liuyun had high soul power, this fat man's Evil Fire was a top-tier mutated martial soul, a nightmare for all plant-type soul masters.
If Ye Liuyun dared to use Blue Silver Grass, it would definitely be burned to ashes.
Let's see how arrogant he is then!
Ma Hongjun also realized what was happening at this moment, and forced himself to bolster his courage:
"So what if your soul power is high! You're still Blue Silver Grass! I have an attribute advantage!"
"Second Soul Skill, Phoenix Reborn from the Ashes!"
Boom!
Crimson flames instantly enveloped his entire body, and Ma Hongjun's aura surged, causing him to charge towards Ye Liuyun like a fireball.
Burn me to ashes!
Ye Liuyun stood still, looking at the heat wave that was hitting him.
He raised his right hand and slammed it hard on the ground.
"Third Soul Skill: Descent of the Tree Realm!"
Rumble—!
The earth trembled violently.
To everyone's astonishment, countless thick, dark blue giant trees, as thick as writhing dragons, surged wildly from the ground!
The giant trees instantly grew larger, carrying an extremely rich life force, and crashed towards Ma Hongjun like a tsunami.
"Sizzle sizzle sizzle—"
Ma Hongjun's evil fire was indeed powerful; it ignited the bark the moment it touched the giant tree.
But... it didn't work!
Burn off one layer of bark and ten layers of new wood will grow inside!
A tree trunk was burned down, and a hundred vines sprouted from it!
That tiny cluster of purplish-red flames, in the face of the overwhelming sea of green trees, was like a match dropped into the ocean, instantly swallowed up without even a bubble.
"Ah! My fire! Why won't it burn out!"
"Help! Stop pushing! Your bones are going to break!"
Ma Hongjun's screams echoed from the depths of the forest.
In the blink of an eye.
A dense little forest had grown on that open space.
In the middle of the forest, Ma Hongjun was tightly bound by countless thick branches, forced into a shameful "T" shape.
With a piece of blue silver grass stuffed in his mouth, he could only make "woo-woo" sounds.
Ye Liuyun withdrew his hand and patted the dust off his sleeves.
He didn't even glance at Ma Hongjun, who was tied up like a dumpling, nor did he pay attention to Tang San, who was dumbfounded beside him, or Dai Mubai, who almost fell off the roof.
"Boring."
Ye Liuyun turned around and greeted Xiao Wu and Tang San as if nothing had happened.
"Let's go eat."
Xiao Wu enthusiastically stepped forward and hugged Ye Liuyun's arm.
"Cousin, you did a great job, that was satisfying."
[end of the chapter]