"Turned into a dried-up corpse?"
Lin Yu was momentarily stunned by the system's response.
But after thinking it through, it made sense!
The speed of the Kunpeng in Perfect World was something he couldn't quite recall. However, he remembered that the Dapeng Bird from Journey to the West could fly ninety thousand miles with a single flap.
The Kunpeng should be even more powerful and faster.
So if he integrated the external soul bone, Kunpeng Wings, which could fly ninety thousand miles with a single flap, he would need a vast amount of soul power to sustain it.
And such a huge amount of soul power was far beyond what he could handle.
Getting turned into a dried-up corpse was perhaps the least of his worries!
"If I can't use the Kunpeng Wings, then I need an external soul bone with wings that I can use right now. Can you provide me with the best option?" Lin Yu asked the system.
After a moment of silence, the system responded.
"Based on the system's search, the most suitable winged external soul bone for the host at present is the Thunderstorm Wings from the Investiture of the Gods world!"
"Thunderstorm Wings?"
Lin Yu suddenly recalled.
The Thunderstorm Wings seemed to belong to Lei Zhenzi from Investiture of the Gods, who had a pair of wings behind him. These wings said to have grown from some kind of celestial fruit, possessed speeds comparable to thunder and lightning.
Thunderstorm-like speed should be several hundred meters per second. This should be manageable for me!
With this thought, Lin Yu's eyes lit up as he decided to choose the Thunderstorm Wings.
"System, I'll choose the external soul bone, Thunderstorm Wings!"
Upon confirming Lin Yu's choice, the system immediately released two warm currents that rapidly flowed into Lin Yu's back.
Or more precisely, into the two scapulae on his back.
In an instant, Lin Yu felt his scapulae and the connected spine become hot and numb, as though the warm currents were transforming them.
But this sensation came quickly and faded just as fast!
Soon, the warm currents had completely merged into the scapulae, and Lin Yu could sense that he could now activate the power contained in these scapulae.
Thunderstorm Wings, emerge!
With a thought, Lin Yu activated the Thunderstorm Wings.
In an instant, dazzling blue and purple light erupted from his back.
Two wings, one blue and one purple, with textures resembling jade and covered in swirling and lightning-like patterns, appeared behind Lin Yu.
These are the Thunderstorm Wings?
They do look quite impressive!
Seeing the Thunderstorm Wings on his back, Lin Yu was a bit awestruck.
With the wings summoned, it was time to test them out!
Lin Yu channeled his soul power into the Thunderstorm Wings and flapped them forcefully towards the door.
In an instant, he was enveloped in a whirlwind of blue and purple light, rocketing upwards into the sky.
Within a few seconds, Lin Yu had transformed into a streak of blue-purple light, crossing the back mountain of Windmill Village and entering a dense forest.
After feeling the consumption of his soul power, Lin Yu circled around and then returned to the village, landing in front of his wooden house in a blue-purple streak of light.
Through the experiment, Lin Yu found that the Thunderstorm Wings' speed was indeed comparable to the speed of thunder and lightning.
Close to the speed of sound, about three hundred meters per second.
His soul power could sustain this speed for roughly a minute, allowing him to cover about twenty thousand meters.
For a speed comparable to the speed of sound, it seemed somewhat underwhelming for a name like Thunderstorm Wings.
But perhaps Lin Yu's current strength was insufficient to fully unleash the Thunderstorm Wings' true power.
However, even so, Lin Yu felt that no sensitivity or agility-type Title Douluo could match his speed.
It was probably sufficient for self-preservation!
...
Meanwhile, in Wuhun City.
As the live broadcast ended, everyone gradually exited the live room, and naturally, Bibi Dong did the same.
After leaving the live broadcast, Bibi Dong began attending to the affairs of the Wuhun Temple.
Though not a country, the Wuhun Temple was an organization spread across the continent, responsible for maintaining order among soul masters, and had countless tasks to handle!
Unknowingly, Bibi Dong worked in the Pope's Palace office until dusk.
"Reporting to Your Holiness, a letter has arrived for you to review!"
As dusk fell, a respectful voice came from outside the study.
"A letter?"
Hearing the voice, Bibi Dong paused her work, her elegant and noble face showing a hint of curiosity as she turned toward the door and asked, "What's the letter about?"
"It's from Kira City in the Hades Kingdom, from a Wuhun Temple branch. The letter is from a steward named Hou Yuntao."
"He mentions that he discovered a genius with innate full soul power in a village called Windmill Village. This genius is named Lin Yu, whose martial soul is Qinglian, an altered martial soul that should be supportive."
"Since Steward Hou Yuntao failed to recruit this genius into our Wuhun Temple, he hopes that our headquarters will send someone to recruit this talent!"
The respectful voice outside explained.
"His name is Lin Yu?"
Bibi Dong was somewhat surprised upon hearing the name.
Innate full soul power—such talent, could this Lin Yu be the Lin Yu she was thinking of?
But coming from Windmill Village, he must be a commoner child.
Could such a child answer the first question from the live broadcast?
Bibi Dong couldn't help but ponder.
Her feelings about Lin Yu from the live broadcast were mixed.
On one hand, knowing that Lin Yu's first wish was to learn about the past, present, and future of the Douluo Continent, even if his knowledge was limited, recruiting him into the Wuhun Temple could potentially bring great benefits.
On the other hand, Lin Yu had just publicly insulted Master Yu Xiaogang, which had angered Bibi Dong.
Whether to recruit him or not, let's first get him into the Wuhun Temple and see!
In the end, Bibi Dong decided.
Discovering a genius with innate full soul power was something the Wuhun Temple didn't want to miss, especially if it was a supportive-type talent.
Recruiting him was a must, and whether this Lin Yu was the same one from the live broadcast could be determined once he was in the temple—there would be plenty of opportunities to find out!
However, who should be sent to recruit him?
Bibi Dong furrowed her brows and thought for a moment.
After a short while, Bibi Dong spoke to the outside.
"Send for the Saintess. I have something to discuss with her."
"Understood!"
Hearing Bibi Dong's instructions, the voice outside responded promptly, and the footsteps receded as the person left.
Soon after, the Saintess of the Wuhun Temple, Hu Liena, arrived.
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