Soul Spirit Forest

Soul Control Continent, Soul Spirit Forest.

Yang Yu and Ming Wu traveled by carriage for several months, finally arriving here.

The Soul Spirit Forest, the largest gathering place for Soul Beasts on the Soul Control Continent, is home to a vast variety of Soul Beasts. It is rumored that at its center resides the Forest King, a being comparable to the guardian of the Soul Control Continent.

This place is an excellent location for Soul Controllers to acquire Soul Beast Fate Souls. Almost every day, Soul Controllers enter the forest to obtain Fate Souls. While opportunities are boundless, dangers also abound.

Every year, many Soul Controllers are buried here, becoming nourishment for Soul Beasts to advance their cultivation.

"Brother Yu, we've arrived!"

Yang Yu gazed at the familiar Soul Spirit Forest, filled with a myriad of emotions.

Coming here this time was not only to acquire Soul Beast Fate Souls, but more importantly, to enhance his strength through the system.

Now that the Stronger System's source system was successfully activated, he could improve himself crazily again, just like before. Therefore, at this moment, he felt no pressure.

"Let's go! We'll enter."

Ming Wu nodded.

At the center of the Soul Spirit Forest at this time.

A middle-aged man was battling the Forest King, the scene exceptionally intense.

"Roar!"

"Human, you've crossed the line!"

The Forest King roared and unleashed a palm strike. A giant hand whistled through the air, generating gusts of strong wind around it.

The middle-aged man activated his divine light body protection.

"Boom!"

The giant palm struck the protective divine light, producing a thunderous sound, and surrounding vegetation scattered everywhere.

Seeing that his attack couldn't break through the defense, the Forest King became enraged and unleashed a barrage of giant palms.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The middle-aged man frowned and continuously retreated.

After a moment, he counterattacked with all his might. Streaks of black light struck the physically powerful Forest King, but there was no reaction whatsoever.

The man and the beast were evenly matched, in a stalemate.

The massive commotion caused the weaker Soul Beasts in the vicinity to begin fleeing towards the outer areas.

Outer areas.

The Soul Controllers who were hunting Soul Beasts in groups were stunned. It took them a long time to utter a sentence.

"Beast... beast tide! Run... run quickly!"

All the Soul Controllers began to scatter and flee out of the forest.

"Help... help! Someone save me."

A female Soul Controller, trampled by a Soul Beast until only half her body remained, barked in vain.

But it was useless.

With a bang!

A even stronger Soul Beast trampled over from behind. The female Soul Controller screamed, and then flesh and blood splattered everywhere!

Such scenes began to appear endlessly.

Outside the forest.

The guardian received the news and arrived here with his guards.

"Reporting, Honored Sir, half of the Soul Controllers failed to escape."

A white-haired elder in black armor stood in the void, exuding the domineering majesty of a superior.

He let out a sigh.

"Have you investigated the cause of the beast tide?"

"Reporting, Honored Sir, the investigation team sent in has not yet returned."

"Oh? How long have they been in?"

"Half a day already!"

The white-haired guardian's brows furrowed tightly.

He gazed at the center of the forest.

"Lion Skull, you've crossed the line!"

The white-haired guardian's extremely majestic voice echoed throughout the entire forest.

At this moment, the Forest King, Lion Skull, who was fighting the middle-aged man, frowned slightly and stopped his fists.

It looked outside the forest.

"Human guardian?"

At the same time, the middle-aged man also frowned slightly, glanced outside the forest, and then disappeared from the center of the forest.

A voice echoed~

"Forest King, wait, this seat will come back to challenge you."

Seeing the middle-aged man leave, the Forest King shook its head.

Then it looked towards the periphery.

"Roar!"

The rioting Soul Beasts stopped fleeing and turned back to their respective territories.

"Human, the riot has stopped, you may leave!"

The Forest King replied to the guardian.

It wasn't because it was afraid, but mainly because after a long battle with the middle-aged man, its stamina was somewhat depleted and it needed to rest and recover.

A moment later, the small team that had gone to investigate returned to the guardian team with injuries to report.

Fortunately, the injuries were not serious.

Seeing that the beast tide had stopped and the team had returned, the white-haired guardian no longer lingered. With a flash, he disappeared outside the forest.

The Soul Controllers who had narrowly escaped were left secretly rejoicing. In the end, they lost the desire to continue hunting and left the area one after another.

Yang Yu also heard these two voices. He merely curled his lip and continued searching for Soul Beasts with Ming Wu.

Along the way, they also encountered Soul Beasts fleeing and trampling everywhere.

One Soul Beast, not knowing any better, charged directly towards Ming Wu.

This was a Soul Beast close to 30,000 years old, with strength comparable to a sixth-tier Soul Controller.

"Seeking death!"

Yang Yu flashed in front of Ming Wu and began to fight the Soul Beast.

Ming Wu looked at Yang Yu, who was fighting the Soul Beast, with a worried expression.

Yang Yu gave her a reassuring look.

Because at this moment, the system sound rang out!

Ding! Detected that the host's first source is in battle with an enemy!

Enemy: 30,000-year-old Soul Beast, Giant Strength Wild Bull

Let him be strong, you are stronger than him!

Congratulations to the host, the first source's cultivation has been upgraded to a sixth-tier three-star Soul Controller, automatically absorbing the Giant Strength Wild Bull's Fate Soul.

Absorbing...

...

Absorption successful! Congratulations to the host, the first source's cultivation has officially been upgraded to a sixth-tier three-star Soul Controller.

Obtained the Fate Soul skill, Giant Strength Fist.

Giant Strength Fist: Condense a powerful punch, breaking through the body of astral wind. Attack power increases with the increase in strength. (Active skill, cooldown time is three hours.)

A warm current flowed through his entire body, emitting a brilliant green light. Yang Yu's strength began to surge.

Fifth-tier three-star

Fifth-tier four-star

Fifth-tier five-star

Fate Soul absorbs, shackles broken!

Sixth Tier One Star

Sixth Tier Two Star

Sixth Tier Three Star.

Stopping at Sixth Tier Three Star, thanks to the system's help, the promotion happened in just a moment. Yang Yu clenched his fists, looked at the charging Giant Strength Wild Bull, and grinned.

Then, he went all out, gathering his strongest punch.

"Sixth Fate Soul Skill: Giant Strength Fist!"

Boom!

With a punch, the Giant Strength Wild Bull was sent flying, landing on the ground and glancing at Yang Yu with a look of terror before passing out.

Ming Wu stared in shock at the rather handsome and extraordinary Yang Yu.

Glancing at the Giant Strength Wild Bull, Yang Yu returned to Ming Wu's side with disdain.

Recovering, Ming Wu looked at Yang Yu with a puzzled expression.

"Brother Yu, aren't you going to kill it to get its Fate Soul?"

Yang Yu smiled mysteriously, then released his Sixth Tier Soul Controller aura.

Ming Wu was shocked again, her shock mixed with confusion.

Yang Yu shook his head and smiled.

"My cultivation method is different. I can directly obtain Fate Souls without meditating to absorb Soul Beast Fate Souls."

Yang Yu casually made up an excuse. After all, no one could know about the system except himself, not even his closest loved ones.

Ming Wu thought for a moment, then nodded.

In the following days,

Yang Yu successfully helped Ming Wu obtain her third Soul Beast Fate Soul. Ming Wu successfully advanced to Third Tier Two Star Soul Controller. Looking at her own strength, and then at Yang Yu, who was full of a sense of security at this moment, Ming Wu felt a warmth in her heart, an indescribable satisfaction.

"Brother Yu, where are we going next?"

The two, having successfully obtained their Fate Souls, should have left the Soul Spirit Forest by now, but Yang Yu didn't want to leave too early.

He was thinking about whether to directly raise his cultivation to the strongest in this realm here before leaving.

Finally, he made up his mind, using the excuse that his strength still needed honing, to stay and continue searching for high-level Soul Beasts to fight.

Not far from the inner area, Yang Yu opened a temporary cave dwelling with his bare hands and led Ming Wu into it.

Next, he was going to enter the inner area, which was extremely dangerous. With Ming Wu's strength, he couldn't bring her along.

However, to keep her from worrying, he didn't directly say he was entering the inner area, only that he was looking for Soul Beasts to fight at this boundary to hone his cultivation.

Ming Wu nodded with great relief.

"Then I'll meditate here and wait for you to come back. Be careful!"

Yang Yu nodded, then exited the temporary cave dwelling.

Taking a step, he quickly leaped into the inner perimeter.

Several months passed in this manner.

Through battles with Soul Beasts and the assistance of the System, Yang Yu's cultivation realm surged once again.

"Whoosh!"

After absorbing the cultivation, Yang Yu exhaled a breath of turbid air.

After successfully knocking out an 80,000-year-old Soul Beast, the System's voice successfully sounded!

Ding! Detected that the Host's First Origin is currently in battle with an enemy!

Enemy: 80,000-year-old Three-Headed Skeleton Tiger

Let him be strong, you are stronger than him!

Congratulations to the Host! First Origin cultivation has been upgraded to an Eighth Tier Nine Star Soul Controller.

Obtained skill: Tiger's Roar to the Nine Heavens!

(Tiger's Roar to the Nine Heavens: Sound wave attack, directly striking the divine soul, a total of nine sound wave attacks are unleashed, each progressively stronger. Attack power is directly proportional to the First Origin's divine soul strength.)

Yang Yu successfully advanced to an Eighth Tier Nine Star Soul Controller.

Glancing at the center of the forest ahead, Yang Yu got up and walked towards it.

A moment later, Yang Yu successfully arrived at the center of the Soul Spirit Forest.

"Roar!"

A loud roar echoed!

The Forest King stood in the void.

Looking down at the young Yang Yu, Lion Skull said with great disdain:

"Human cub, for the sake of the human guardians, this Venerable One will show mercy today and spare your life. Go back and find your parents!"

"This place is not somewhere a child like you can casually enter."

Yang Yu looked up at the Forest King, who was like a mountain, and smiled speechlessly.

He unleashed his full cultivation and likewise ascended into the void.

Lion Skull was stunned, then looked at Yang Yu before him in shock.

"Good heavens, child! I didn't expect you to have such cultivation at this age. Humans are indeed incredibly wondrous!"

"Since that's the case, then stay here forever!"

Lion Skull's palm, like a mountain, swept towards Yang Yu.

Yang Yu was preparing to counter.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man in a black robe landed in front of Yang Yu and threw a punch, colliding with Lion Skull's palm.

"Boom!"

The huge fluctuation caused ripples all around.

But Yang Yu remained motionless. At this moment, his entire body was emitting a blue light, and he still stood proudly in the void.

He stared blankly at the black-robed man in front of him.

"Dad!"

The black-robed man turned around, lowered his hood, and looked at Yang Yu with a doting and relieved expression.

Yes, this middle-aged man was Yang San, who had disappeared for several years.

His secluded cultivation spot was in a cave not far from the center of the Soul Spirit Forest.

For many years, he had been constantly fighting against the Forest King, Lion Skull, hoping to continuously hone himself through battle and see if he could break through that layer of restriction while devouring souls.

"Yu'er, long time no see! Did you miss Dad?"

The usually cold and majestic Yang San was acting unusually gentle and easygoing at this moment.

Looking at his scruffy father, Yang Yu's eyes immediately welled up with tears.

"Dad! Your son knows everything."

Yang San was startled for a moment, then nodded.

"It's good that you know! It's just that you've been wronged. From now on, I'm afraid we'll have to hide."

Yang Yu shook his head with full confidence.

Yang San looked at his son in confusion.

"Dad! You step aside first! This Forest King is for your son!"

Yang San was startled again, glanced at Yang Yu, then relaxed and stepped aside.

The Forest King sneered as he looked at this overly confident human.

"Since that's the case, then become the nourishment for this Venerable One's breakthrough!"

Without waiting for Yang Yu to speak, Lion Skull attacked again.

Yang Yu grinned.

"This is what I've been waiting for!" With his state fully activated, Yang Yu directly threw a punch.

"Giant Strength Fist!"

Two palms, one large and one small, attacked each other. Yang Yu retreated a few steps before stopping.

"Not bad, truly worthy of being the Forest King."

"Hahahaha! Kid, you're not bad either, you can actually withstand a palm from this Venerable One."

Yang Yu smiled mysteriously, the corners of his mouth slightly curved.

"Here it comes!"

[Ding! Detected that the host's first source is battling an enemy!

Enemy: 100,000-year Soul Beast Lion Skull (comparable to a human ceiling Nine-Star Nine-Stage Soul Controller.)

Let him be strong, you must be stronger than him!

Congratulations to the host for increasing cultivation to the Void God Realm!

Obtained the ninth Fate Soul skill, Nine Palms Divine Wind

(Nine Palms Divine Wind: Where strength reaches, there is palm wind; where wind reaches, there is palm strength. Nine strikes unleashed together can destroy a Void God.)

Congratulations to the host for obtaining the divine skill Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth!]

At this moment, outside.

Boom

Clang

Divine light shimmered, and heaven and earth resonated!

Lion Skull looked up at the strange phenomenon in the sky, then looked back at Yang Yu.

"Hiss!"