40: Chapter 40 Yu Xiaogang's character collapses, Su Ling kills the Soul Emperor with one punch.

[Ding... Binding to Goddess Liu Erlong successful!]

[Bound Goddess: Liu Erlong]

[Goddess Comprehensive Value: 93]

[Current Favorability: 64 (Quite fond)]

[Binding Effect: The host can gain 10% of the bound Goddess's daily cultivation effect, without reducing the bound Goddess's cultivation speed.]

[Binding Skill 1: Listen to Advice (Can be activated once a day, the bound Goddess has a 30% chance to follow the host's advice)]

Another "Listen to Advice" skill, just like Zhuqing's!

It was rare for the System to produce a duplicate skill.

While Su Ling was focusing on the System's changes, Dai Mubai had run away, enduring intense pain as he fled towards Soto City.

It wasn't for anything else; he just wanted to find a healing-type Spirit Master to help treat his injured brother.

"Nothing is wrong here anymore, everyone go back," Flender said.

Zhuqing's body had already recovered, mainly because the high-quality detox pill Su Ling gave her was so effective.

"Brother Su, thank you," Zhuqing thanked him again.

"Zhuqing, why are you thanking me? Go back and rest."

"Mm!"

Before long, Zhuqing also returned to her room. She was sharing a room with Ning Rongrong, and with someone to look after her, Su Ling didn't need to worry.

Leaving Ning Rongrong's room, Su Ling also prepared to go back and continue to Cultivate. If everything went as expected, he would be able to achieve a Breakthrough tonight with the medicinal effect of the high-level Soul Power pill.

Just as Su Ling was about to return to his room, some faint sounds reached his ears. It seemed like people were arguing, and the distance was quite far.

After Su Ling walked about fifty or sixty meters in the direction of the sound, he could hear it clearly. There were three people speaking: Liu Erlong, Yu Xiaogang, and Flender.

"Xiaogang, Boss Fu, why are you stopping me?"

"Let me go and kill that scumbag Dai Mubai. He actually used such dirty methods like drugging. If we don't kill him now, then Su Ling and this Zhuqing from your academy will be in danger."

"Erlong, what Xiaogang says is actually correct. Killing Dai Mubai here is indeed inappropriate, and after all, I have led Dai Mubai for three years; let's spare his life," Flender said.

"So what? I'll go kill him, and if the Star Luo Empire comes looking for me, then so be it," Liu Erlong said. She was someone who wasn't afraid of causing trouble.

Although the sound of the three people's conversation wasn't particularly loud, Su Ling could hear it very clearly. It turned out they were still discussing whether to kill Dai Mubai.

Liu Erlong was worthy of being called the Killing Horn, and she was a good person too, actually willing to put herself in danger for him.

Could it be because Liu Erlong's favorability had reached sixty?

Combined with her personality of hating evil, it prompted her to want to resolve this hidden danger early.

"Erlong, calm down."

"Dai Mubai is, after all, of the Star Luo Empire's royal family, and you are a member of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect. Do you want to make our Sect a direct enemy of the Star Luo royal family?" Yu Xiaogang said again.

"I..." Liu Erlong was speechless.

Flender continued, "Let the young people solve their own affairs. Having a potential enemy can also urge them to work hard to Cultivate and become stronger."

"Fine, fine, you are both right, I was wrong," Liu Erlong said and prepared to go back.

"Erlong, regarding you and Xiaogang, aren't you going to clarify things?" Flender continued.

Speaking of Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong hesitated.

A disagreement was a disagreement, but the feelings were real.

"I..."

"Xiaogang, what do you think?" Liu Erlong turned back to face Yu Xiaogang.

This development pace was just right. In novels, wasn't it always Liu Erlong being proactive while Yu Xiaogang was wishy-washy?

Seeing this scene, Su Ling thought of the "Truth Serum" Opportunity he had obtained from the System.

Should he use it on Yu Xiaogang!

In the original novel, Yu Xiaogang accepted Liu Erlong under half-hearted circumstances, but was it sincere, or did he have no other choice?

But if everything didn't develop in the direction Su Ling imagined, then he would actually be helping Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Xiaogang delayed speaking for a long time.

And Su Ling, thinking of Liu Erlong's Listen to Advice skill, also made up his mind to give it a try.

"System, use the Truth Serum card on Yu Xiaogang," Su Ling thought to himself.

[Truth Serum card usage is now in effect!]

Yu Xiaogang, who was more than twenty meters away from Su Ling, suddenly changed his expression. He opened his mouth and said, "Erlong, I'd better tell the truth."

"Speak!" Liu Erlong was actually quite happy inside; Yu Xiaogang finally dared to speak.

"Actually, I have thought about it for many years, and I discovered that I still cannot forget her. I don't truly love you; I just see you as a substitute for her."

"I'm sorry, it's me who harmed you and wasted so many years of your life," Yu Xiaogang said directly.

Hearing Yu Xiaogang say this, Su Ling knew he had bet correctly.

Yu Xiaogang's inner heart was truly complex. The Bloodline relationship was one aspect, but more likely it was because of Bibi Dong; after all, Bibi Dong was his white moonlight.

"Who is she?" Liu Erlong asked. At this moment, Liu Erlong was surprisingly calm.

Under the influence of the Truth Serum, Yu Xiaogang said, "The current Supreme Pontiff of Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong!"

"Bibi Dong? Xiaogang, you are lying to me, right? How could you have a relationship with Bibi Dong?" Liu Erlong didn't believe what Yu Xiaogang said.

She even felt that Yu Xiaogang had fabricated a reason to reject her.

Yu Xiaogang said, "Erlong, I am not lying to you. Actually, before I met you, I had stayed in Spirit City for a few years. At that time, I and Bibi Dong..."

With the help of the Truth Serum's effect, Yu Xiaogang told his past with Bibi Dong one by one to Flender and Liu Erlong.

He spoke quite authentically: how they fell in love, how affectionate they were, how they spent those happy study times, and of course, the obstruction of the former Supreme Pontiff, Qian Xunji.

A tragic story was told just like that.

"Erlong, do you know? To heal the wounds of a relationship, one needs a new romance, so I..."

"Later, when I discovered that you were actually blood-related to me, I had to give up. This is also the reason why we haven't met for so many years."

"Alright, I have already told you everything in my heart; there is not a single word of falsehood," Yu Xiaogang said.

Slap...

Yu Xiaogang flew away; the slap was dealt by Flender.

"Yu Xiaogang, you... I didn't expect you to be this kind of person."

"How could you do this!"

"You harmed Erlong. Why didn't you say it earlier? You only speak your true feelings at this time? Do you know you wasted Erlong's youth?"

Flender liked Liu Erlong, so seeing Liu Erlong hurt made him very sad, and his anger was ignited.

"Boss Fu, don't hit him anymore," Liu Erlong said.

"Erlong, let me give him a good beating," Flender said.

Liu Erlong said, "It doesn't matter anymore. I already know the result; that is enough."

"Xiaogang, what you just said was fake, right? That wasn't your true feelings, and the story was fabricated by you?" Flender grabbed Yu Xiaogang and said anxiously.

But at this moment, Yu Xiaogang couldn't say any false words.

"Not a single word was false; everything I said is true."

"How can you be so selfish? I misjudged you. Also, you told me to let Su Ling Support Tang San, and that in the future you would help Su Ling Cultivate and find suitable spirit rings. What about this?" Flender said.

Yu Xiaogang said, "Little San's talent is better than Su Ling's; this is an undeniable fact. Little San is more suitable to be a team leader, and all my efforts are on Little San. His future achievements will be the result of my theories."

"I did promise to help Su Ling find a suitable spirit ring, no problem, but this kid doesn't seem to trust me either."

"Sigh... In the future, Little San's achievements will definitely exceed Su Ling's. He has qualities that Su Ling cannot compare to; this is something that can never be changed. Even with the Five Elements Battle Bow Spirit, it's the same. When the time comes, Tang San will create an insurmountable gap between them."

"Letting Su Ling Support Little San will lead to more achievements in the future. I thought that when the time came, he would definitely be happy about this decision. Unfortunately, this heaven-sent Opportunity, he cannot grasp it."

Flender said, "That may not be so; Su Ling will definitely not be worse than Tang San."

Originally, he trusted Yu Xiaogang's knowledge and character, thinking that he refused Liu Erlong because he couldn't cross that hurdle due to their Bloodline. As it turned out, Liu Erlong was just a substitute.

After Yu Xiaogang's self-confession, his character no longer existed.

"Xiaogang, you like Bibi Dong. The previous Supreme Pontiff Qian Xunji is already dead; why don't you go find her?" Liu Erlong asked again; this was also a doubt in her heart.

"I am no longer worthy of her! And I don't know if she still has me in her heart," Yu Xiaogang said directly.

Selfish, cowardly, and incompetent!

"Very good, very good!"

"From now on, I am cutting all ties with you. This is the gift you gave me back then; I am returning it to you." Liu Erlong took a box out of her spatial spirit tool.

Inside were books, gifts, and other items.

This time, she threw them all at Yu Xiaogang. Liu Erlong's heart was deeply wounded, but she did not want to say anything more.

She was quite decisive in her actions; it was fortunate enough that she hadn't killed Yu Xiaogang on the spot. She simply discarded the memories of the past, making a clean break from this moment on.

After speaking, Liu Erlong turned and left!

"Erlong!" Flender immediately chased after her.

"Do not follow me. Let me be alone and have some peace."

Once Liu Erlong had spoken, Flender really did not pursue her further, and instead remained where he was, blaming Yu Xiaogang.

While Liu Erlong was leaving, Su Ling also secretly slipped away from Shrek Academy.

It was not for the sake of Liu Erlong.

He had another matter to attend to in Soto City.

He had let Dai Mubai go earlier, but Su Ling always felt that this was a hidden danger.

Setting aside the incident where he drugged Zhuqing, just consider how he intentionally lured the Bloodthirsty Magic Ant in the Star Dou Great Forest; if not for the all-out help of others, he might have perished that time.

If he died in Soto City, he wouldn't be able to cause trouble for anyone else anymore, right?

Speeding up, Su Ling headed straight for Soto City.

Dai Mubai would definitely seek out the best healing Spirit Master in Soto City. In Su Ling's memory, there were two healing Spirit Emperors in the city.

Both of these healing Spirit Emperors had treated him before. Although he didn't know their specific addresses, knowing their names meant finding them shouldn't be difficult.

Not long after, Su Ling arrived at the gates of Soto City.

Perhaps because it was late at night, the city gates were already closed.

This was when the power of gold coins came into play. Su Ling directly took out a bag of gold coins containing at least two hundred of them.

The gatekeeper's eyes lit up when he saw the gold coins, and he immediately opened a gap for Su Ling to enter Soto City.

"We're in luck, met two people in a rush to enter the city. I said I'd give the brothers five gold coins each, but now it's doubled—everyone gets ten gold coins. But keep your mouths shut tight."

"Yes!"

After entering Soto City, Su Ling first found an empty spot to change his attire, then took out a hundred-refined steel blade obtained from the System.

Su Ling disguised himself as a bearded man in his thirties, wielding a steel blade.

It was around one or two in the morning, and there were very few people on the streets of Soto City.

However, there were still some shops open late at night.

Su Ling asked around and managed to find out the general residential areas of those two healing Spirit Emperors.

Yet, over the next hour, Su Ling visited both locations and found nothing.

It seemed Dai Mubai hadn't come to find these two healing Spirit Emperors, or perhaps he had already received treatment and left.

"What a pity, I was still a bit too late!"

Soto City was not a small city, and finding someone in the middle of the night was not easy.

Dai Mubai might have gone somewhere he didn't know about.

Although Su Ling's predecessor had been at Shrek Academy longer than Dai Mubai, having lived there for twelve years, he still didn't know Soto City as well as Dai Mubai did.

When it came to knowledge of Soto City, he was still inferior to Dai Mubai.

"You're lucky." Su Ling had no choice but to return to Shrek first; killing Dai Mubai would have to wait for another time.

After walking out of Soto City, Su Ling changed back into his original attire.

The city gate guards saw it was still Su Ling and let him out without asking for any more favors.

But not long after Su Ling left Soto City, a massive fist imprint plummeted from the sky.

Su Ling hurriedly used Carefree Travel to dodge.

The fist imprint smashed into the ground, and a massive shockwave spread outward. Fortunately, Su Ling had dodged in time and was not injured.

"Killing for money?"

"Or is it something else?"

Just then, six figures appeared in the surroundings.

"Who are you?"

"Dai Mubai! I know it's you." Su Ling said coldly!

"So you still found me out!"

Dai Mubai walked directly out of the jungle.

However, his condition was not very good, and his gait was somewhat strange.

"Su Ling, you still want to kill me, following me all the way to Soto City. Fortunately, I was prepared; today is the day you die."

He had to make Su Ling die, because that one kick had crippled him.

Even after finding a level 69 healing Spirit Emperor in a mercenary guild in Soto City, there was nothing to be done.

The shattered eggs and the fallen rod could no longer be restored.

He couldn't even stand up to go to the bathroom, otherwise it would run down his thighs.

However, shortly after Su Ling entered Soto City, he discovered that Su Ling had followed him.

So, without hesitation, he spent a large amount of gold coins to urgently issue a mission to the mercenaries.

Due to the high commission, shortly after it was issued, a mercenary group consisting of six Spirit Emperors accepted the mission.

Kill a Spirit Ancestor who might have attack power at the Spirit King level. Mission bounty: ten thousand gold coins!

The mercenary guild allows missions to be issued 24 hours a day, but if it's too late, there might not be anyone to accept it.

However, given the difficulty and the amount of money for this mission, it was simply too tempting. The message spread quickly, and Dai Mubai found people immediately.

Su Ling looked at the six burly middle-aged men around him; everyone's attire was similar.

Dai Mubai said: "Iron Fist, just beat him half to death. Leave him alive; I want to torture him to death with my own hands. When that's done, I will reward each of you with an additional one thousand gold coins."

"Good! No problem." Iron Fist clenched his fists, thinking to himself that these gold coins were too easy to earn; one doesn't run into such wealthy clients every day.

Su Ling said: "So you are doing this for gold coins. Whatever he is paying you, I will pay you triple."

"We are mercenaries with professional ethics. Triple? Even thirty times wouldn't work. Besides, after killing you, won't the things on your body be ours anyway?"

After Iron Fist finished speaking, he released his Spirit!

His Spirit was a pair of gauntlets, which equipped onto his hands upon release.

Six spirit rings lit up, proving he was a genuine Spirit Emperor.

Subsequently, the other five released their Spirits and spirit rings. Each of them was a six-ring Spirit Emperor. Among them, four still had thousand-year fifth spirit rings; only their sixth spirit rings were ten-thousand-year ones.

In the Douluo World, it is not the case that everyone can reach ten-thousand-year level for their fifth spirit ring.

Suitable spirit rings that are just over ten thousand years old but under twelve thousand years are not that easy to find.

"Are you going to surrender yourself, or will you take a beating before we capture you?" Iron Fist asked.

Su Ling did not respond immediately, but instead stretched his arms and clenched his fists, whispering: "It just so happens I want to loosen up my muscles. Are you coming at me one by one, or all together?"

"Looking for death!"

"Number Six, you go!" Iron Fist said.

"Alright, Boss!"

A sturdy middle-aged man, about two meters tall, walked toward Su Ling.

His Spirit was a Green Ox, belonging to the power type.

"I am a level 61 Spirit Emperor. Dealing with you only requires three tenths of my strength."

"Why haven't you released your Spirit, kid! Looking down on me?"

Su Ling said: "Dealing with you doesn't require me to use my Spirit. Besides, do you really think that guy's gold coins are so easy to earn, to be willing to pay such a high price?"

"You!"

"Underestimating me!"

Because the employer said not to kill him, as a Spirit Emperor fighting a Spirit Ancestor, he really only used thirty percent of his strength and didn't use any Spirit Abilities.

Su Ling would not hold back. He circulated his Soul Power and used the sixth form of the Eight Desolations Fist directly!

280% power explosion, plus the Soul Power bonus!

Su Ling's own physical strength was already at the Peak of the Spirit King level, not weaker than an ordinary Spirit Emperor!

Combined with the movement technique Carefree Travel, when the opponent's fist struck, he realized it was only Su Ling's afterimage!

In the next second, Su Ling reappeared right in front of him. Before he could react to Su Ling's next punch, the fist had already landed on his left chest!

A massive force exploded, causing his chest to collapse into a fist-sized crater, and he was sent flying away!

"Number Six!"

"Number Six! You... Number Three, go take a look!"

After being knocked to the ground by Su Ling, his body trembled, and he spat out blood!

"Boss, Boss, Number Six is not going to make it!"

"You lied, he is not a Spirit Ancestor at all! You deceived me!" Iron Fist looked angrily at Dai Mubai!

"He is a Spirit Ancestor, I didn't deceive you!" Dai Mubai said hurriedly!

Su Ling said: "What a bunch of idiots. You all think I'm a Spirit Ancestor! Have you ever seen a Spirit Ancestor who can kill a Spirit Emperor with one punch?"

Su Ling was originally going to continue fighting, but after saying this, it seemed the danger was no longer with Su Ling, but had instead shifted onto Dai Mubai!