Douluo: Reincarnated Dragon Egg, Silver Dragon King Personally Incubates

The next moment, a red figure entered everyone's sight.

It was a massive serpent, looking exactly as Zhu Zhuqing had described. It was about six or seven meters long, with a bright crimson fleshy crest atop its head. Its appearance was somewhat vicious as it ran straight into Zhu Zhuqing.

"That's a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, roughly between fifteen hundred and eighteen hundred years old. It's a speed-type soul beast, perfect for Little Ao to absorb!"

Tang San recognized its species immediately and directly judged its approximate age.

"Third Brother, you really are an encyclopedia of soul beasts. You even know that?" Oscar's peach-blossom eyes lit up at once as he said in surprise.

"Alright, everyone pay attention. This is your first practical combat lesson. Capture that Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent!"

Zhao Wuji said in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

Everyone's hearts tightened, and they all entered combat mode.

"All serpents fear birds of prey. Fatty's Phoenix can intimidate it. Everyone else, attack together. It's very fast, so don't let it escape!" As the team's strategist, Tang San immediately devised a battle plan.

"Whoosh—"

Ma Hongjun took the lead, directly releasing his Phoenix Martial Soul and blocking the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent's path.

Sure enough, upon sensing Ma Hongjun's aura, the already fleeing Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent immediately fell into a panic.

"Hell Stab!"

As an Agility Attack Soul Master, Zhu Zhuqing seized the opportunity and charged in at once.

"White Tiger Vajra Transformation!"

"Seven Treasures are famed, the second is speed."

"Blue Silver Entanglement!"

Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, and Tang San attacked at the same time as well.

In just a few moments, they had restrained the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.

However, the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent was a thousand-year soul beast, and its body was exceptionally agile. It instantly broke free of their control and fled into the distance.

"Wretched beast, where do you think you're going?!"

Seeing this, Zhao Wuji snorted coldly and prepared to act personally.

Just then, a nimble figure suddenly leaped out from the forest ahead.

It was a youth, appearing directly in the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent's escape route.

"Whose little brat is that? Move aside, now!"

Zhao Wuji's expression changed drastically at once.

That was a thousand-year soul beast. At such speed, even a Soul Elder would suffer broken bones and torn tendons if struck by it.

However, before Zhao Wuji could do anything—

Everyone saw the youth simply throw a punch at the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.

Bang—

His fist struck the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent squarely on the forehead.

The immense force, carrying terrifying power, sent the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent flying.

Thud, thud...

The Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent collapsed to the ground, twitching several times before soon becoming motionless.

It had clearly fainted.

Seeing this, everyone from Shrek drew sharp breaths, their hearts filled with shock.

You Two, Come at Me Together

That was a thousand-year soul beast!

Yet it had been knocked down by the youth before them with a single punch!

Even if the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent had already been at the end of its strength, it was not something one person could handle alone.

The seven of them had attacked with all their strength and had nearly let the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent escape.

Yet this person had captured it all by himself.

He looked only twelve or thirteen years old, yet possessed such combat power! Everyone present was utterly astonished.

However, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong looked at Ye Feng somewhat strangely. Aside from shock, there were other emotions in their eyes...

Ye Feng was simply too handsome. The Dragon Clan bloodline, coupled with absorbing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's life force every day, had brought Ye Feng's appearance to nearly perfect levels.

Zhao Wuji's pupils contracted when he saw this!

The others might not have noticed, but he knew clearly that the punch just now had been pure physical strength, without the use of any Soul Skill!

What kind of concept was that...

With physical strength alone, he had taken down a thousand-year soul beast!

Back when he was young, even if he gave it everything he had, he probably couldn't have done that!

What exactly was this little freak that had suddenly appeared??

He had thought Tang San and the others were already monsters among monsters, yet now, someone even more monstrous than them had appeared.

This was ridiculous!

Ye Feng ignored everyone's stunned expressions and walked straight toward the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.

During a previous draw, he had obtained a purple Trait called King of Cooks. Not only had it granted him exceptional culinary skills, but it had also made him particularly sensitive to ingredients.

His intuition told him that this Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent would be absolutely delicious if braised in soy sauce!

Just thinking about it made Ye Feng nearly drool.

As for hunting soul beasts, neither the Silver Dragon King nor Di Tian would actually object.

After all, to powerful soul beasts, weaker soul beasts were food, not kin.

This was especially true for carnivorous soul beasts. Although cultivation could reduce their need to eat, they still required additional nourishment.

Only herbivorous soul beasts like Xiao Wu regarded most weaker soul beasts as friends and could not bear to kill.

"Stop!"

"Don't move!"

At that moment, two distinct voices rang out from two different directions at the same time.

The first voice came from Tang San.

The second came from the forest to the west.

The sudden appearance of a third party caused everyone to turn toward the western forest.

The next moment, the dense woods slowly parted, and two figures—one large and one small—emerged from within.

They were both women, one old and one young.

The older woman looked to be in her sixties or seventies. Her hair was completely white, yet her face was rosy and full of vitality. Her eyes gleamed sharply, and she held a three-meter-long snake-headed cane in her right hand. Six soul rings rose and fell around her body.

Beside the old woman stood a beautiful young girl with short hair that reached her ears. She looked around sixteen or seventeen years old and wore a neat set of fitted clothes that tightly outlined her already well-developed figure.

Her large dark-brown eyes were fixed on the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent at Ye Feng's feet. Two century-level soul rings rose and fell behind her with every breath, clearly showing that she was in a poor mood.

The old woman had not seen Ye Feng strike and assumed he was with Zhao Wuji. Coupled with the seven soul rings behind Zhao Wuji, she immediately became wary and slightly lowered her stance. "Sir, we discovered this Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent first. Could you let us have it?"

"Oh? May I ask who this senior is...?"

Zhao Wuji did not argue. Instead, he frowned slightly, feeling that the old woman before him looked somewhat familiar.

"This old woman is Chao Tianxiang. Thanks to the esteem of friends in the Soul Master World, I have been given the title of Snake Crone."

Chao Tianxiang smiled faintly.

Though she spoke modestly, her tone still carried a trace of pride and threat.

"Are you one half of the Peerless Dragon Snake?" Zhao Wuji's heart jolted.

The Peerless Dragon Snake was already formidable alone, but when the pair joined forces, they had few rivals beneath Titled Douluo.

If Snake Crone was here, then Dragon Duke must be nearby. Naturally, Zhao Wuji was somewhat wary.

"That is indeed this old woman. May I ask which Soul Saint you are?"

"Zhao Wuji."

Zhao Wuji answered flatly.

"So it is the Immovable Ming King. My apologies, my apologies!" Chao Tianxiang's expression turned solemn upon hearing this. Naturally, she had heard of Zhao Wuji's notorious reputation.

He was someone wanted by Spirit Hall, so he was certainly not easy to deal with.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Chao Tianxiang finally said, "Your Excellency Ming King, we found this Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent first and injured it. We merely let this beast escape due to a momentary lapse. My granddaughter is only sixteen and has just reached level thirty. She greatly needs this Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent. Could Your Excellency Ming King let us have it?"

"Why—"

Oscar had just been about to ask why they should, but Zhao Wuji stopped him. Looking at Chao Tianxiang with a faint smile, he said, "Hehe, Sister Chao, I think you misunderstand. We were not the ones who defeated this Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent. This young friend defeated it. You should ask him instead."

Zhao Wuji was an old hand himself.

He knew that for Ye Feng to possess such strength at such a young age, his background had to be extraordinary. There must be terrifying elders protecting him, merely remaining unseen.

Thus, he was in no rush to argue with the old woman. Instead, he wanted her to first test the waters with this young man.

"What? This boy isn't one of yours?"

Sure enough, once Zhao Wuji finished speaking, Chao Tianxiang's heart gave a jolt, and her gaze instinctively fell on Ye Feng.

"Alright, alright, everyone, stop arguing. Since you all want this Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, let's have a match. Whoever wins gets it."

Ye Feng smiled as he made the suggestion.

"I agree. This is their opportunity, so let them fight for it themselves." Zhao Wuji naturally did not care and was the first to agree.

But in truth, he had already given up on the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent. After all, he could not defeat the elder behind them, and the people he had brought could not defeat that boy either. This was a guaranteed loss.

Still, despite not holding much hope, he wanted to see the gap between his students and the other side.

Of course, it was also a test.

After all, Zhao Wuji felt that old hag Chao Tianxiang would definitely refuse to admit defeat. When the time came, if the elder behind that boy made a move, things would get interesting...

Though the legendary Peerless Dragon Snake were powerful, they would probably have a hard time against the elder behind this boy...

Of course, all of that was merely Zhao Wuji's speculation.

In truth, there was no elder behind Ye Feng at all.

Even before Ye Feng awakened his martial soul, he already possessed the combat strength of a ten-thousand-year soul beast.

Now that he had awakened his martial soul, beating up a mere Soul Emperor like Chao Tianxiang would be effortless. Naturally, he had nothing to fear.

If Snake Crone called Dragon Duke over, Ye Feng would simply have the Titan Giant Ape make a move. It would not be too late to have the Titan Giant Ape deliberately "slip up" and kill the two of them.

The reason he wanted to compete was simply because he found it interesting and wanted to test Tang San's abilities.

That was all.

As for Chao Tianxiang's granddaughter, Meng Yiran...

Her figure was decent, but unfortunately, her looks were average. Ye Feng had no interest in something he could crush to death with one punch.

Gifting Traits, A Change in Mindset

"Fine, this old woman agrees as well. But there are three of us. Little fellow, how do you plan to compete?" Chao Tianxiang said.

The reason she agreed was that she was confident her granddaughter was no weaker than anyone else.