Soul Land 3: Legend Of The Jade Emperor

One day, a smear of black became visible on the horizon from the ship. Many cheered loudly as the ship approached the shore.

Some were happy to return home, some were excited to explore the Star Luo Continent, and some people…

Well, they didn't really care.

Case in point was Huang Yu who was standing on the deck. Although the rest of the trip was rather uneventful after the attack from the sea spirit beasts, Huang Yu had spent most of his time in cultivation.

He also spent some time relaxing of course. However, most of that time relaxing was spent with Gu Yue, and he had to say that it was very enjoyable.

Very, very enjoyable.

From Star Luo's beaches alone, the continent seemed quite similar to Douluo. Even the architecture of the port was similar.

That was to be expected of course. The Star Luo Empire was originally founded in the Douluo Continent and even had two powerful experts who allegedly became legendary gods, namely Dai Mubai and Huo Wuhao.

Unfortunately, after Huo Yuhao disappeared off the face of the map after his battle against the Beast God Di Tian, the Sun and Moon Federation gave a big middle finger to the Star Luo Empire and chased them out of Douluo Continent.

Hence, Star Luo Empire had to relocate to another continent, which is the one Huang Yu was currently setting foot on.

— — — —

"Here's our plan for the day," Wu Zhangkong announced to the students standing before him. "First, we head to the capital of the Star Luo Empire, Star Luo City, completely decimate the students from the Imperial Star Luo Academy. Then we'll do some sightseeing. Once we're done, we can go home."

Huang Yu listened to Wu Zhangkong's plan quite calmly with Gu Yue standing next to him. Everyone else was keeping their demeanour, but Tang Wulin looked as if he had too much sugar from the look of hyper activeness on his face.

The Star Luo Empire arranged for the Shrek Academy group to spend their first night at the port town. The next morning, they rode a train straight for Star Luo City.

As they boarded the soul train, Tang Wulin noticed something rather strange. Looking at Huang Yu and Gu Yue, he couldn't help but feel that something seemed to have changed in the dynamic of their relationship. He just couldn't tell what.

Nevertheless, he pushed that feeling aside. He was probably thinking too much about it.

Aboard the soul train, Huang Yu sat next to Gu Yue as they engaged in small chit-chat. However, during their conversation, they overheard a very interesting invitation from Sima Lanxiao, who was sitting across Elder Cai.

"Elder Cai, I've just received news that we're currently holding a grand tournament…"

Blah blah blah, the usual cliche tournament arc stuff.

Though one thing caught Huang Yu's attention during that talk. Apparently, the prize would be a spirit bone.

Huang Yu himself wasn't very interested in a spirit bone, whether they be internal or external ones. His body had already been tempered by physical energy so much that spirit bones may actually downgrade his strength.

One should know that every bit of Huang Yu's body at this point was like a great treasure. There was a reason that spirit beasts couldn't control themselves from wanting to devour him.

Huang Yu was helpless towards this. He didn't want to be the target of all spirit beasts, but if he had no choice in this matter if he wanted to continue to strengthen his body. He had tried to find the source of this in his DNA, but it had been too difficult to decipher.

It seemed that there were more secrets to his body than he had thought.

Huang Yu couldn't help but feel that maybe Gu Yue knew the answers that he was looking for. Nonetheless, he wasn't in a rush. He had enough strength to defend himself and was willing to wait.

Taking a quick peek at his other half with a sweep of his eyes, he noticed that Gu Yue had a rather frosty expression on her face hearing about the spirit bone.

Huang Yu let out a sigh. It couldn't be helped. Gu Yue was a spirit beast and she would naturally be offended that her one race was used as a prize to be won.

He placed his hand on top of hers and squeezed it gently, causing her frosty expression to melt instantly.

Seeing Gu Yue smile at him, a question suddenly popped up in Huang Yu's head.

Why did spirit beasts drop rings after they die?

If the Dao wanted balance in all things, why did it so heavily favour humanity and make the spirit beasts merely a resource to be exploited by humans?

Now that he thought about it, why did it take so long for a spirit beast to cultivate as well? Di Tian needed over eight-hundred-thousand years to cultivate to his current level, but a talented human spirit master could reach that level in around a hundred years. If that wasn't favouritism, Huang Yu didn't know what was.

At this moment, a terrifying thought appeared in Huang Yu's head that made his expression freeze.

Perhaps… the current cultivation system in this world was fabricated by the gods of this world?

"Huang Yu, what's wrong?" Gu Yue asked with a slightly worried expression on her face, snapping him out of the theories he was making in his mind.

A wry smile appeared on Huang Yu's face. "Ah, it's nothing Gu Yue. I just thought of something. Sorry for worrying you."

Gu Yue nodded before she pursed her lips. She could tell that Huang Yu didn't want to talk about it, so she didn't push further.

However, no matter what Huang Yu faced, she was willing to whole-heartedly help him in it.

With the train continuing on its journey to its destination, the Shrek Academy group soon gained the attention of students from the Imperial Star Luo Academy.

"Are they from Shrek?"

"Probably. They seem pretty strong. Do you think they can match our best?"

"I doubt they're a match for our Monster Academy. We have some real monsters there."

"Their students are pretty good-looking though. That red-haired boy in particular…"

That last comment in particular caused the poor young girl to gain the hostility of a certain Silver Dragon King.

Halfway through the trip, Huang Yu's senses alerted him to something. He looked outside the window before an amused expression appeared on his face.

"Gu Yue, I'll be right back."

"Mm."

Making his way into the lavatory, Huang Yu's third eye glowed before he disappeared from the train.

— — — —

In the skies, a large group of mechas were flying at speeds far faster than the speed of sound towards a very familiar train. On the stomach of every single mecha was a human skull with its sockets blazed with green flames painted on it.

This group was naturally people from the Green Skull Renegades. They were a terrorist group that wanted to bring down the rule of the current king.

"Prepare your missiles." came the voice from the leading mecha as they all locked their weapons onto the train.

If anyone were to see this mecha right now, they would be terribly shocked. The leading mecha was actually a red divine mecha, one capable of fighting Titled Douluos easily!

It was at this moment that a red-haired boy suddenly appeared in the air blocking their way. Despite them moving at such speeds, the boy's voice still managed to transmit itself into their ears.

"Hello there! It's unfortunate, but I have to tell you all that it's time to stop."

Sneers appeared on the faces of the mecha pilots as they shifted their aims to shoot the red-haired boy in front of them down.

However, to their shock, their controls seemed to stop responding, before their mechas suddenly came to a screeching halt.

A gloomy look appeared on the leader of the Green Skull Renegade's face as he instantly realised what type of being he was facing..

"Who are you little boy?! Why are you getting in our way?"

Huang Yu, who stood in front of the large group of mechas had a completely calm smile on his face. "First of all, I'm not little. My girlfriend says that I'm quite big."

The leader felt a vein bulge on his forehead.

"Secondly, I just wanted to test out something on you guys. From the looks of it, you're a bunch of scumbags, so I don't feel bad about using you all as lab rats."

"Brat, do you think that a fledgeling like you can take on all of us? I have a red mecha, and there are still over a hundred black and purple mechas as well."

"Heh, brave words for someone whose mecha isn't even responding to him right now. You're probably trying to open that escape door right now aren't you? Don't bother. It's not going to open."

"You!"

The leader of this group of mechas was inwardly panicking at this moment. He had tried to open the escape latch to the mecha, and had been mocking Huang Yu in order to buy time to escape the mecha.

Unfortunately, even that was shut tight. The leader was a Spirit Douluo as well, and had tried to attack the hatch to the mecha, but it didn't even budge under that attack.

Huang Yu let out a smile that seemed to belong to a devil to the mecha pilots. He raised a finger before he pointed it towards the most left of the group of mechas.

"Well, goodbye. Don't be in a group of ghost rider fanboys in your next life."

"EXPLOSION!!!!"

[Explosion] + [Time Loop]

Huang Yu swung his arm in a sweeping motion, short circuiting all the mechas before they shortly blew up in a sea of flames. That wasn't the end of it however since an explosion like that wouldn't harm any self-respecting Spirit Master.

Hence, the time loop.

The explosions looped itself over a hundred times in an instant, incinerating all living beings in that tiny range devoid of oxygen which had been used for combustion.

A mushroom cloud bloomed in the air, allowing Huang Yu to enjoy the little view.

"Dang, it's pretty damn overpowered! Those explosions that couldn't even hurt a Spirit Emperor were escalated to a level where even Hyper Douluos would most likely be turned into a lump of charred meat."

"No wonder Megumin loved explosions so much. Art is truly an explosion!"

Huang Yu laughed before he shifted his gaze to a distance. 'Hmm that black lizard has just arrived on the continent. He brought friends with him as well…'

'That guy's probably trying something sneaky. Oh well, since you're Gu Yue's servant, I won't exterminate you on the spot.'

Taking a step, Huang Yu disappeared from the area.

Back on the train, Huang Yu exited the lavatory as he returned to his spot next to Gu Yue. He pulled her into a hug, before he planted a soft kiss on her lips, making sure to shield it from the classmates sitting near them as he did so.

— — — —

"How strong do you think the person who did this is?"

Those words were asked by a person who was incredibly respected in the Star Luo Empire. It was the emperor of the Star Luo Empire, Dai Tianling.

In front of him was a bearded old man who seemed to exude a peerless amount of power from his body. This person was En Ci, the Holy Dragon Douluo and a Rank 98 Four-Word Battle Armour Master. Even Dai Tianling had to show courtesy in the face of such a powerhouse.

"It's not bad. Even I might need to be careful against this person."

"Can you beat him though?"

"Naturally."