46: Chapter 46 Lin Yue's First Blood

As soon as those words were spoken, the scene fell silent for a few seconds.

Immediately afterward, Lin Yue's unceremonious sneer rang out.

She crossed her arms and rolled her eyes, looking at Yu Xiaogang with a speechless expression as if looking at an idiot: "Great Master Trash, have you ever even read a proper Spirit Beast encyclopedia? You just spout nonsense! The core characteristic of the Lone Bamboo is only the toughness of its stem, which can provide the most basic physical Binding ability. It doesn't have a shred of paralysis attribute, let alone any deadly poison! You can't even figure out the basic characteristics of a Spirit Beast, yet you dare to come out and act as a master of Spirit theory?"

The nearby defense-type teacher also couldn't help but frown and said in a deep voice: "Great Master, Student Lin Yue is right. The Lone Bamboo is the most common low-level plant-type Spirit Beast on the Douluo Continent. It only grows in rock crevices. Apart from decent toughness, it has no additional attributes and is simply not suitable as the first spirit ring for a Spirit Master with Innate Full Spirit Power."

The Dean's face darkened, and his eyes were full of impatience as he looked at Yu Xiaogang: "Yu Xiaogang, if you talk nonsense again, leave the team immediately. We are here to choose the most suitable spirit ring for the child, not to listen to you making things up and ruining a Genius."

Yu Xiaogang was flushed red from being retorted by everyone, his hands clenched into fists, and a resentment accumulated over two lifetimes welled up in his eyes.

He had just been nervous for a moment and forgot, directly applying the attributes of a Datura Snake instead.

But he was not willing to give up. He stiffened his neck, looked at Tang San, and continued to say loudly: "Even if there is a deviation in the attributes of the Lone Bamboo I mentioned, the route is absolutely correct! Tang San, your Blue Silver Grass is too gentle by nature. Only by taking the poison-attribute control route can you bring the power of a control system Spirit to its extreme! Only with deadly poison and Binding can your Blue Silver Grass have absolute suppression power on the battlefield! I have studied Spirits for decades, and this route is definitely the most suitable for you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Yue was amused to the point of laughter. Right in front of him, she slowly took out the "Spirit Master Knowledge Encyclopedia" from her bosom, turned to the core chapter on Spirit attributes and spirit ring adaptation, and read it out word by word. Her voice was clear, and every word was like a slap on Yu Xiaogang's face:

"The first principle of Spirit spirit ring absorption: Take the Spirit's Origin attribute as the core. Prioritize absorbing spirit rings from Spirit Beasts with the same attribute and same Origin; this can maximize the nourishment of the Spirit and promote Spirit evolution. Secondly, one can absorb related attribute spirit rings, such as water and earth, or wind and fire/lightning. Forcibly absorbing spirit rings with conflicting attributes, at best, will pollute the Spirit's Origin and limit the growth ceiling; at worst, it will lead to the disintegration of the Spirit and the complete loss of cultivation."

After reading this passage, Lin Yue looked up at Yu Xiaogang, whose face was getting paler and paler, raised an eyebrow, and continued: "It is written clearly in the book. Let me give you two examples that the whole continent knows. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, the head of the Upper Three Sects, its Disciples only choose dragon-type Spirit Beasts when absorbing spirit rings, precisely to ensure the purity of the Spirit's Origin, which is how they have been able to push the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit to the position of the continent's number one Beast Spirit generation after generation. And then there is Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, whose Jade Phosphorus Snake Spirit only absorbs spirit rings from similar venomous snakes throughout his Life, eventually allowing his Spirit to evolve into the Jade Phosphorus Snake Emperor."

She took a step forward, staring sharply at Yu Xiaogang: "Tang San's Blue Silver Grass Origin has the Life attribute. You insist on making him absorb a poison-attribute spirit ring and follow the poison-control route. If this isn't putting the cart before the horse, what is? Unless his Blue Silver Grass is a mutation with the poison attribute, doing this is destroying his talent with your own hands! Are you really doing this for his own good, or do you just want to rely on him to prove that your crooked, deviant theories are correct?"

"You... you're talking nonsense!" Yu Xiaogang was shaking with anger, but he couldn't refute a single word.

The black and white words on the page and the two examples known to the entire continent were clearly slapping him in the face. The theory he was so proud of seemed exceptionally ridiculous at this moment.

He had a burning anger stifled in his heart. In his previous Life, he had relied on this theory to make Tang San devoted to him. Why was it that in this Life, someone was undermining him everywhere?

"I'm talking nonsense?" Lin Yue sneered, closed the book, and tucked it back into her bosom: "If you're not convinced, just find any Spirit Hall branch and ask the deacon inside to see if what you say is right, or what is written in the book."

No one paid any more attention to the dejected Yu Xiaogang. The Dean waved his hand and said to everyone: "Don't waste time here. This ten-year Lone Bamboo is useless. Let's keep looking forward. In the hundred-year plant-type Spirit Beast area ahead, there are specifically vine and flower/grass type Spirit Beasts with the Life attribute, which will definitely be suitable for Tang San."

Everyone responded and turned to continue walking forward. No one looked at the inconspicuous Lone Bamboo in the rock crevice again, and no one knew that just when Yu Xiaogang was talking incessantly, the consciousness of this Lone Bamboo had just awakened.

【Ding! Destiny Binding System enabled! Host detected: Ten-year Lone Bamboo, transmigrator from another plane!】

【Ding! Detected that the Child of Destiny, Tang San, is right by your side! Direct Bloodline of Blue Silver Emperor and Clear Sky Hammer, twin spirits, future successor to both the Sea God and Asura God Positions!】

【System task released: Sacrifice yourself to the Child of Destiny, Tang San, immediately! If the sacrifice is successful, unlock the Plant-type Emperor talent, permanently bind with the Child of Destiny, and share the God Position Legacy!】

【System warning: Once the sacrifice starts, no one can stop it! Host, please execute immediately! If you miss this opportunity, you will be trapped in the ten-year Lone Bamboo body for Life, unable to take human form, unable to move!】

The consciousness of the Lone Bamboo in the rock crevice instantly boiled over!

He had transmigrated to this Douluo Continent for six whole years, only to be trapped in this small rock crevice, exposed to wind and sun, unable to even move, and was almost driven crazy.

Now there was such a huge stroke of good luck? Sacrifice to the future dual-God Position Tang San, not only to make up for the age limit, but also to share the God Position?!

Only a fool wouldn't choose this!

Even if he didn't like Tang San, if he missed this opportunity, he would be finished.

"System! Start the sacrifice immediately! Hurry! They are about to walk away!" the Lone Bamboo's consciousness screamed frantically.

【Sacrifice program started! Soul Power connection under construction! Space locked! Sacrifice irreversible!】

Just as the group had walked more than ten meters away and were about to turn the next corner, the ten-year Lone Bamboo in the rock crevice suddenly erupted with blinding green light. The entire bamboo plant pulled itself out of the rock crevice, transformed into a green shadow, ignored the distance of space, and instantly rushed behind Tang San, about to forcibly merge into his body to complete the sacrifice!

Once a Spirit Beast sacrifice starts, even a Titled Douluo would find it difficult to interrupt, let alone the fact that there was only one Spirit Ancestor and two Spirit Elders present.

Once the sacrifice is completed, even if Tang San didn't want to absorb this ten-year spirit ring, he would have no choice, and his Spirit Foundation would inevitably suffer irreversible damage.

At this critical moment, Lin Yue's pupils suddenly constricted. She had an innate, extreme sensitivity to Soul Power fluctuations and spatial anomalies. The instant the Lone Bamboo started the sacrifice, she sensed the strange Soul Power behind her that was forcibly locking onto Tang San!

Finally, a strong opponent.

"Look out!" "Look out!"

While shouting the warning, Lin Yue's figure had already turned into an afterimage, flashing behind Tang San almost like a Teleportation. Flipping her right hand, the pitch-black que xie battle spear instantly materialized. Her dozen or so levels of Soul Power were poured into the spear shaft without reservation. A sharp, cold glint flashed in her eyes, and she spat out two words. Her voice wasn't loud, but it carried a determination to cut through everything: "Dragon Fang!"

The moment the words fell, three silver dragon-shaped patterns suddenly lit up on the shaft of the que xie battle spear. On the pitch-black spear tip, three cold glints resembling the fangs of a giant dragon instantly condensed! The cold glints carried a sharp sound that tore through space, even carving three fine spatial cracks in the air. The first strike did not head straight for the Lone Bamboo's body, but precisely slashed down at the invisible, colorless sacrificial Origin thread connecting the Lone Bamboo and Tang San's Soul!

"Chila—" With a light sound like tearing cloth, the sacrificial connection, which even a Titled Douluo would find difficult to sever, was actually split in half by this Dragon Fang glint! The green light that had already touched Tang San's back suddenly stalled, and a shrill alarm from the System instantly rang in the Lone Bamboo's consciousness.

【Warning! Sacrificial connection forcibly severed! Origin damaged!】

"What's the situation? You told me the sacrifice could be interrupted?!"

But Lin Yue's attack didn't pause for even a fraction. The moment she severed the sacrificial connection, the three Dragon Fang glints merged into one, transforming into a dragon-shaped spear shadow that pierced through everything, precisely piercing the core of the green light in mid-air.

The Dragon Fang power attached to the Que Xie not only tore the Lone Bamboo's physical body to shreds, but it also seemed to carry the power to annihilate Souls, mincing the Lone Bamboo's transmigrator consciousness from another plane—before it could even let out a scream—along with the System Origin it was bound to, into smithereens!

The deeper reason was the mutual devouring between Systems, a point Lin Yue did not know.

The whole process took no more than a flash, a single breath.

With a soft "pfft" sound, the blinding green light instantly dissipated, and the body of the ten-year Lone Bamboo exploded into fine bamboo debris in mid-air.

Only a lonely white ten-year spirit ring remained, having lost all power support, drifting lightly down from mid-air and slowly rotating in the light and shadow of the forest.

The whole process happened in a flash. By the time everyone reacted, everything was already over.

Tang San's body stiffened. He had just felt a gentle yet irresistible force lock onto him, and his body was instantly unable to move.

If it weren't for Lin Yue's intervention, he wouldn't have been able to avoid this sudden attack at all; he might have even ended up dead.

He looked down at Lin Yue, who was standing in front of him, a wave of deep gratitude surging in his heart, and whispered: "Lin Yue, thank you."

Xiao Wu was also scared pale, rushing over to grab Tang San's arm, checking him up and down to see if he was injured. Her soft voice was full of lingering fear: "Brother Tang San, are you okay? You scared me to death!"

【Ding! SSS-level target Tang San affection progress +5%, current progress 20%!】

The Dean and the two teachers also hurried over, their faces full of shock and lingering fear. They looked at the white spirit ring in mid-air, then looked at the direction of the rock crevice, their faces full of disbelief.

Including Xiao Wu, who was completely confused.

"What's going on? A ten-year Lone Bamboo can actually detach itself from the soil and move? And it actively rushed toward Tang San?"

"Unless a plant-type Spirit Beast reaches a cultivation of over ten thousand years, it is impossible to achieve this! What on earth is going on with this ten-year Lone Bamboo?"

It made people rack their brains, but they couldn't figure it out.

"That Soul Power fluctuation just now, was it actually a sacrifice?! A ten-year Spirit Beast actively sacrificing itself? This is simply unheard of!"

Yu Xiaogang also squeezed over. Looking at the white spirit ring in mid-air, he was completely stunned, repeatedly muttering: "Impossible... absolutely impossible... How could a Lone Bamboo move on its own? And sacrifice itself? This does not conform to the basic rules of Spirit Beasts..."

He had studied Spirits his whole Life and had never seen such a strange situation. Thinking about how he had even gotten the basic attributes of the Lone Bamboo wrong just now, he fell into an even deeper self-doubt.

And in his previous Life, there was no such thing either.

Could it be that besides hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts, other lower-level Spirit Beasts could also sacrifice themselves?

Standing at the front, Lin Yue tightened her grip on the que xie battle spear, and her mind was already exploding.

The moment she shredded the Lone Bamboo's body, her Battle Mage System suddenly sounded with an unprecedented notification.

【Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully hunting one transmigrator from another plane!】

【Ding! System has absorbed the transmigrator's Origin and completed a comprehensive upgrade! Unlocked functions: Battle Mage full skill tree preview, que xie battle spear Spirit exclusive strengthening route!】

【Ding! Detected that there are still multiple transmigrators from other planes in the current Douluo World!】

【Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Dark Forest Hunter title!】

【Ding! Ultimate mission updated: Host, please survive to the end, eliminate as many other transmigrators as possible. Finally, winner winner, chicken dinner tonight!】

Lin Yue's heart skipped a beat, and her inner shock was beyond words.

Transmigrators?! Besides her, there were actually other transmigrators in this World? That inconspicuous ten-year Lone Bamboo from just now was actually a transmigrator too?

She had originally thought she was the only variable in this World, but she hadn't expected that this was actually a World crowded with transmigrators.

The System even updated a "chicken dinner" mission? Requiring her to survive to the end and eliminate all other transmigrators?

Lin Yue took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the stormy waves in her heart. With an indifferent expression, she turned around, smiled at everyone, and explained casually: "It's nothing. I just felt that the Soul Power of this Lone Bamboo was strange, rushing towards Tang San recklessly. I was afraid it would hurt Tang San, so I just acted on impulse. I didn't expect this thing to be able to move on its own; it actually gave me a scare."

Hearing this, everyone didn't think much of it, assuming her battle spear Spirit had a keen perception of Soul Power fluctuations. They praised her for her quick reaction in protecting Tang San.

The Dean even smiled and patted her on the shoulder, praising her repeatedly for being courageous and resourceful, a good seedling.

No one noticed that Lin Yue's gaze swept across the surroundings, a sharp, excited glint flashing in her eyes.

Where exactly were the other transmigrators?

"I originally intended to become a qualified traveler or wanderer, but now it seems I have to become a hunter in the dark forest first."

... PS: Sorry, Brother Lone Bamboo. Actually, I quite like pole vaulting too.