Sacrifice

The Light Unicorn let out a few cries and nudged Su Yu, signaling for him to enter the cave.

"Alright, I'm going in, I'm going in. Stop butting me—it hurts."

Su Yu rubbed his sore backside where he had been butted, then turned and glared indignantly at the Light Unicorn.

"Neigh, neigh."

"Alright, alright, I know you didn't mean it. I don't blame you."

Seeing the Light Unicorn about to nudge him again, Su Yu hurriedly spoke up.

After saying that, Su Yu cautiously ran into the somewhat dark cave.

The moment Su Yu entered, he saw a giant dragon five or six meters long.

The giant dragon had wings on its back, and waves of suffocating pressure constantly seeped from its body.

"A—a thousand-year Soul Beast?" Su Yu stared at the giant dragon before looking at the Holy Light Unicorn in shock.

"Neigh, neigh." Seeing Su Yu's astonished gaze, the Light Unicorn said nothing and simply walked over to the giant dragon, beginning to communicate with it.

From time to time, the Holy Light Unicorn turned to glance at Su Yu.

"Roar!" A tremendous roar erupted from the giant dragon's mouth. The dragon left the Holy Light Unicorn and walked up to Su Yu, silently observing him for a while.

"Roar!" Two or three minutes later, the giant dragon roared again before heading straight out of the cave.

Once outside, the giant dragon's enormous wings instantly spread open. With its wings unfurled, it stretched dozens of meters long, and its terrifying aura made every Soul Beast within five hundred meters tremble.

Even Tang San, who had just finished absorbing his Soul Ring, sensed that aura. Feeling such terrifying pressure, even he could not help but feel shocked.

What a powerful aura. Could there really be such a powerful Soul Beast within the Soul Hunting Forest? How terrifying! Tang San thought to himself, but he soon stopped dwelling on it.

"You said you can become my strength, but you want me to take your child somewhere safe?"

Su Yu looked solemnly at the giant dragon before him—or rather, the Light Giant Dragon.

The giant dragon before Su Yu was a Light Giant Dragon. Although Light Giant Dragons could only be considered a sub-dragon species, they were still a very powerful kind of Soul Beast.

It was said that Light Giant Dragons possessed a trace of the bloodline of the true Holy Light Saint Dragon.

Su Yu looked at the egg the Light Giant Dragon had pushed toward him, his eyes filling with thought.

Ever since obtaining the Qilin Bloodline, he had felt that these Soul Beasts were no different from humans. Seeing how the Light Giant Dragon was acting for the sake of its child, he truly found it hard to do it.

"Maybe we should forget it. Light Giant Dragon, you should take care of your child yourself." Su Yu shook his head at the Light Giant Dragon and was about to leave when it moved.

The Light Giant Dragon's enormous body, dozens of meters long, took off and blocked Su Yu's path.

Just as Su Yu was confused, the Light Giant Dragon lay down in front of him and showed him something.

A massive wound, three or four meters long, was visible on the Light Giant Dragon's abdomen.

Because it had not been treated in time, the huge wound had festered and rotted. Su Yu could even see maggots.

He had not noticed it earlier, but now that he did, pity unexpectedly rose in Su Yu's heart. He finally understood why this fellow was doing this.

The Light Giant Dragon's wound had rotted to such a state that it could not possibly survive. It might not even last a few weeks. Before dying, finding someone to rely on for its child was quite a good deal.

At least, that was what the Holy Light Saint Dragon thought. After all, in the Light Giant Dragon's eyes, Su Yu was an Auspicious Beast. Su Yu looked deeply at the egg on the ground, then at the pleading Light Giant Dragon, and could not help letting out a soft sigh. He then nodded helplessly.

"Alright, I agree. I swear I'll let your child grow up safely."

"Roar!" After Su Yu spoke, the Light Giant Dragon raised its head and roared toward the sky. Terrifying dragon might erupted once more.

But this time, it appeared quickly and vanished just as quickly.

The Light Giant Dragon looked longingly at its child, but that lingering attachment quickly turned into resolve.

Streams of special power instantly poured out of the Light Giant Dragon's body and directly into Su Yu's body.

Feeling that power enter him, Su Yu's expression changed. He immediately sat cross-legged on the ground.

The Light Unicorn looked at the Light Giant Dragon, then at Su Yu. It actually nodded in a humanlike manner before beginning to pace around Su Yu.

At the same time, five hundred meters away from Su Yu, Tang San looked at the Master, who had opened his eyes, and his face lit up with joy.

"Teacher, you're awake! You really scared me just now. It's good that you're awake. Let's leave quickly. I just felt a powerful aura and heard an intense roar. We should hurry and go. What if a powerful Soul Beast comes?"

After speaking, Tang San intended to help the Master up and leave, but at that moment, the Master spoke.

"Little San, don't leave. Help me to the place where that powerful aura came from. There must be a powerful Soul Master there. After all, I am a Master recognized by the entire Soul Master world, so I have some standing. I'll ask him to take us out. Otherwise, it'll still be somewhat dangerous for us to leave on our own."

The Master leaned weakly on Tang San and spoke solemnly.

Wow, Teacher really is amazing. He's actually a Master recognized by the entire Soul Master world. It looks like I'll have to study properly under Teacher from now on, Tang San thought admiringly as he listened to the Master show off.

"Alright." Tang San answered, then immediately led the Master toward Su Yu.

"Teacher, you're amazing. You actually know so many people." Tang San said with a smile as he supported the Master.

"Haha, after all, I'm called Master by the entire Soul Master world. Little San, you're still young. Study well under me, and you'll be able to achieve that someday too."

Yu Xiaogang smiled and reached out to pat Tang San's head.

A hundred li outside the Soul Hunting Forest, a green streak and a purple streak of light flashed across the sky, heading straight toward the Soul Hunting Forest.

So this is a thousand-year Soul Beast's power. It's truly terrifying. Good thing this was a sacrifice, or I probably wouldn't have been able to endure it at all, Su Yu thought to himself as he sensed the terrifying energy within his body. Still, thinking about how his first Soul Ring was a thousand-year Soul Ring made him quite happy.

Su Yu had never seen anyone whose first Soul Ring was a thousand-year Soul Ring. After all, most people's first Soul Rings were merely the most ordinary ten-year Soul Rings.

Now that his first Soul Ring was a thousand-year one, it meant that his starting point was far ahead of everyone else's.