thefictionvixens Chapter 165 This is not a trap, I'll eat it.
Chapter 165 This is not a trap, I'll eat it.
Chapter 165 This is not a trap, I'll eat it.
Just as Mu En had predicted, Shrek Academy personally acknowledged the truth of the rumors and revealed that two Soul Douluos had already died at Lin Nuo's hands before the Title Douluo.
However, Shrek's reputation did not plummet as those elders had feared; only a very small number of people had the thought that "Shrek is no longer viable."
Most of the others, just as Moon had hoped, were shocked by Linno's fighting prowess.
Shrek's long-standing reputation won't be so easily ruined.
Or rather, the public opinion impact of this Title Douluo's death is not as significant as Xuanzi's hasty retreat in the previous competition.
Of course, it's also possible that the old guard at Shrek Academy never cared about the magnitude of the impact, but rather didn't want Mingde Hall to rise to fame by stepping on Shrek's head. This time, Shrek's reputation wasn't really affected, but Mingde Hall certainly stole the show.
Adding to their defeat in the previous tournament, the two events combined—the younger generation losing in the Soul Fighting Tournament and the older generation being defeated by opponents of higher levels—inevitably give people the impression that Mingde Hall is superior to Shrek Academy.
How can this be allowed?
They are the number one Shrek Academy on the continent!
Therefore, even though they all knew that Moon's approach was the most correct, they couldn't help but feel dissatisfied with Moon, the one who gave the orders, even if it was only a little bit.
Mu En himself was unaware of these things; he was still wholeheartedly nurturing Huo Yuhao and making arrangements for his own funeral.
However, Mu En was ultimately a cunning old fox, and Huo Yuhao was still too inexperienced in front of him. Over time, Huo Yuhao inevitably revealed some flaws, or rather, some unnaturalness.
It was Huo Yuhao's awkwardness that made Mu En hesitate.
The Limit Douluo's senses are very sharp; he can perceive the problem in Huo Yuhao's heart. However, he doesn't know if he can eliminate this slight barrier in Huo Yuhao after taking out his last treasure.
Ultimately, Moon chose to play it safe.
He was already nearing the end of his life and had no chance to gamble one more time at the table.
Therefore, the dragon core that was originally intended for Huo Yuhao in the original story was given to Bei Bei by Mu En, who personally sealed it within his body, so that the power of the dragon core could continuously nourish his body and martial soul as Bei Bei grew.
Even if Beibei is disappointing, she is still his direct descendant, and in recent years, Beibei has suffered a series of major setbacks.
He, as the great-grandfather, had seen Bei Bei's dejection. He was afraid that his great-grandson would really lose his spirit and, due to the pent-up emotions in his heart, would find it difficult to make further progress like Xian Lin'er and others. However, he also considered that Bei Bei was the one who was truly one of his own.
Various factors led Moon to make this decision. Giving Longdan to Beibei was also a way to provide Shrek Academy with an insurance policy, allowing Beibei to become another person who could shoulder the responsibility of Shrek Academy after him.
Bei Bei was naturally overjoyed to receive the Dragon Pill, because as soon as he got it, his martial soul stabilized into the Radiant Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, which had completely evolved. Although it was still neither truly radiant nor truly blue lightning, it was indeed much stronger than the single Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex.
According to Moon, once Beibei has fully digested the power of the Dragon Pill, he will also be able to become a true Holy Dragon of Light.
This surprised and delighted Beibei, but soon, after understanding what was happening, a strong sense of sadness welled up in his heart again.
"Ancestor, are you also leaving me?"
"Silly child, everyone dies. As long as you live a meaningful life and don't die a pathetic one, your life has already been worthwhile."
"Isn't this a trap to get me to eat it?!"
Sunset Forest.
Lin Nuo had been wandering in the poisonous miasma of Sunset Forest for two days, thinking that by rushing in from the source of the miasma, he could easily find the location of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye.
But this place seemed to be trapped in a maze, and even after two days of walking, Lin Nuo still couldn't get deep into the miasma.
It was as if we were constantly going in circles within an area shrouded in miasma.
"It seems that taking over someone's private territory isn't so easy after all?" Lin Nuo stopped and squinted, gazing into the depths of the miasma.
Walking for one more day was already the limit of his stubbornness; if he continued, it wouldn't be stubbornness, it would be idiocy.
It is obvious that it is impossible to reach the depths of the miasma and find the Azure Phosphorus Poison Array and the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye by walking alone. There must be some means set up here to make it difficult to find the location of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye.
This is normal. In order to hide the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, San Ke can even ignore the life in a gathering place of soul beasts. It is not surprising that he would set up a small illusion in the process of setting up the Azure Phosphorus Poison Array.
The intensity shouldn't be too high; just enough to prevent ordinary people from easily seeing through it.
This also explains, to some extent, why no one has ever been able to venture deep into the Sunset Forest, despite its conspicuous poisonous miasma.
It's not that no one has tried to go deeper, but they can't even get past the outermost layer, let alone penetrate deeper and see the Azure Phosphorus Poison Array and the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye.
map?
No wonder they need this.
Without a map and without following the marked routes, you could wander through Sunset Forest for a hundred years and still not enter the area of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye.
"Not long ago, I might not have been able to do anything about you, but things are different now!" Lin Nuo grinned, a dazzling rose-gold light flashing in his eyes.
An invisible force of the world enveloped Lin Nuo, making him an existence detached from the world. In his world, the incomplete rules that represented fate were also brought to their fullest potential by him.
"A sense of crisis—crisis." He closed his eyes, searching for the direction that fate was warning him to take.
In the original novel, when Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er were searching for the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, Wang Qiu'er repeatedly stopped Huo Yuhao from advancing and explained to him that there was an existence ahead that made her feel extremely dangerous.
However, what makes Wang Qiu'er feel danger may not necessarily make Lin Nuo feel danger.
That's why he wanted to maximize the power of destiny that the Three-Eyed Golden Man had passed on to him, so that perhaps he could find that feeling.
"Hmm—I've got it! It's in that direction." Lin Nuo didn't open his eyes, following his intuition, and walked in a certain direction.
The power of the world shields him from interference, while the power of destiny guides his progress.
Sometimes, what you see with your eyes isn't necessarily the truth; following your instincts is the only way to get out of a predicament.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, Lin Nuo suddenly felt as if he were floating on the surface of water, as if he had passed through a thin film, and his vision suddenly opened up.