Douluo Continent: Gretchen at the start, empowered by the Star God.

Chapter 8 Entering the Stars Again

"Hmm~" Gretchen let out a cute hum, rubbed her eyes and sat up, then immediately noticed Lang Lei sitting cross-legged on the edge of the bed cultivating.

"Little lamb!" Gretsch called softly, and a creature from the world of art emerged from the floor of the room.

"Brother Lang Lei... have you been sitting here all night?" Gretchen asked, tilting her head.

The lamb nodded and then disappeared.

Greta tilted her head, threw off the covers, and jumped out of bed. She hadn't taken off her clothes last night, so she didn't need to put them back on.

The noise caught Lang Lei's attention, causing him to stop his cultivation and look towards the source of the sound.

Grey stood there gracefully.

"Hmm? Little Grey is awake." Langley smiled and reached out to straighten Grey's slightly disheveled clothes. "Shall we go now?"

"Aren't we waiting for that old man?" Gretchen asked, tilting her head.

"Well, we won't wait. Our routes are different from his, so we don't need to wait." Lang Lei smiled.

"Then... Brother Lang Lei, let's go." Gretchen stretched out her little hand.

"Hmm." Lang Lei took Gretsch's hand, his gaze involuntarily falling on her cute little feet.

"Gresh, are you sure you don't need to wear shoes?" Lang Lei asked.

"Should I wear it?" Gretchen touched her lips with her finger. "But it seems like Brother Lang Lei really likes it..."

"Wow! You can't say that! Little Gretchen, you should put it on!" Lang Lei quickly covered Gretchen's mouth.

"Hmm... okay." Gretchen nodded, and a pair of blue and white knee-high boots were put on her feet.

Then, Li quietly left the guest room with Gretchen and slipped into the Star Dou Great Forest.

As for what will happen after the Serpent Spear Douluo realizes what's going on...

Hehehe...

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"I'm back again..." Li walked on the outermost edge of the Star Dou Great Forest and couldn't help but sigh.

"The scenery here is beautiful, I like it." Gretchen seemed to be in a good mood.

"It's quite beautiful..." Lang Lei noticed that they seemed to have taken a different path this time, surrounded by plants of various colors.

They are currently on the outskirts, and even for Lang Lei, who is still weak, this place is not considered dangerous.

"Brother Lang Lei, why are we back here again?" After walking with Lang Lei for a while, Gretchen couldn't help but ask.

"Because my brother is already level 20 and needs to find a spirit ring to break through his level. There are the most spirit beasts here, so we came here~" Lang Lei said with a smile.

"Spirit rings, spirit beasts, breakthrough levels? I don't understand..." Gretsch turned to look at Lang Lei and shook her head.

"In this world, every Soul Master needs a Soul Ring every ten levels to break through limitations and acquire Soul Skills. And Soul Rings are obtained by killing Soul Beasts, understand, little Gresh?" Lang Lei patiently explained to Gresh's question.

"Kill the soul beasts..." Gretsch pondered, head bowed. "But to this great forest, to the creatures that live within it, we are the invaders, aren't we..."

Even though Gretchen has lived for a long time, she still cannot understand the act of killing other innocent lives to achieve her own goals.

After all, her strength came from her elders' desperate gamble in a desperate situation, pushing her from a place of certain death to one of life and death.

At that time, she was still young and endured pain and trials that even adults would find difficult to bear, before she gained the power she has now under the protection of Lady Luck.

As for the "golden spirit ring" on her body, it was merely a hasty manifestation of her power in this world after she came here.

"..." Lang Lei fell silent. Everyone had their own answer to this question, but the Soul Masters subconsciously avoided it.

Because they had no other choice but to avoid it, they told themselves it was only natural, like wolves eating sheep...

"Gresh, you're absolutely right." Lang Lei crouched down and stroked Gresh's head. "It's just... maybe your brother isn't so righteous and noble either, and there's nothing he can do about this situation for the time being."

"Gresh understands, this is the rule of the world..." Gresh shook her head, "Brother Langlei can do whatever he wants, and I will always be by his side to support him. My eyes tell me that Brother Langlei is not a bad person."

"Ha, Gray is such a good girl." Lang Lei smiled knowingly. "Let's go. I promise you, I'll spare the innocent soul beasts."

"A good person..." Lang Lei thought to himself, "I probably wouldn't call myself a good person..."

At least if he encounters a suitable soul beast, he will kill it mercilessly, just like an ordinary soul master.

As for the innocent soul beasts...

If you're traveling through the Star Dou Great Forest and a spirit beast blocks your path, you're hardly innocent...

He lacked the compassion to offer his own body to a tiger or cut off his own flesh to feed an eagle.

(End of this chapter)