Thousand-Year Soul Beast

Even after the white-haired figure vanished into the forest, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo had yet to recover.

The place where they stood was deathly silent. Both of them still had their mouths hanging open in disbelief.

They had considered countless possibilities: Su Chen being injured and fleeing, Su Chen lasting longer... but never this possibility—that he would kill the Soul Beast instead!!

This was a fifty-year Soul Beast!

And one of the physically powerful kind at that. Its soul skill enhanced itself, and with the slightest misstep, even a Soul Grandmaster could meet their end on the spot.

Naturally, it was nothing to Titled Douluo, but it was still more than enough to slaughter these little brats back and forth without even blinking.

Yet such an absolutely lethal enemy to Su Chen had been taken down by that kid!!

"It's dead?"

After a long while, Yue Guan stared dumbly at his old friend and pointed at the wreckage.

"It just died like that? With a dagger and some metal wires, he killed it?"

"Am I seeing things? Or was that not a Soul Beast at all, but just an ordinary wild beast?"

As a Titled Douluo, he had seen much and experienced much, but this was truly the first time he had witnessed such a scene.

It was like a little white rabbit suddenly killing a fierce tiger.

Yue Guan did not know whether the tiger would be dumbfounded, but he certainly was.

"By provoking it, he forced the Silverback Gorilla to remain in a state of constant fury and repeatedly use its soul skill, greatly draining its stamina."

Ghost Douluo took a deep breath and calmed his turbulent heart.

He looked into the depths of the forest. Beneath his ghostly mask, his gaze was immensely complicated.

"That fine control of attaching Soul Power to the soles of his feet, allowing him to walk steadily on trees, combined with his exquisite throwing technique, ensured every dagger struck a vulnerable vital point. While enraged, the Silverback Gorilla's sense of pain was dulled. Only after its stamina was exhausted could it realize that it had already lost too much blood."

"And he did not let down his guard even against a dying Soul Beast. Instead, he exploited its furious and impulsive nature to send it down a dead end."

"This was a perfect battle plan devised in an extremely short time based on the target's personality. There was not a single redundant step. Even if the target had been a person, I'm afraid it still..."

Ghost Douluo shook his head without finishing the sentence, but Chrysanthemum Douluo understood what he meant.

"How terrifying. Is this really something a six-year-old child can do? Old Ghost, when we were six..."

After hearing all this, Yue Guan could not help murmuring in a daze.

"Even without talent, this child would certainly become someone extraordinary in the future. Not to mention, his talent is so outstanding."

He looked at Yan, who was still in the distance shrieking after being frightened by an ordinary wild beast, then at Su Chen, who had single-handedly killed a fifty-year Soul Beast yet remained utterly composed. He could only smile bitterly.

"Is the gap between people really this vast?"

Crack!

The sound of dry leaves being crushed was crisp and faint. Su Chen's ears twitched as his pale, jade-like eyes swept across the dark forest.

Though this was the outskirts, the towering trees still blocked out the sky and made visibility extremely poor. Fortunately, this had little effect on Su Chen, who possessed the Byakugan.

However, although the Byakugan had not detected anything unusual, the boy still keenly sensed that something was wrong.

He slowed his steps and bent slightly at the waist, his entire body like a leopard poised to strike.

At some point, a faint white mist had begun to spread around him. A fresh fragrance of grass and wood gradually filled the air.

It was a wonderful scent that could intoxicate anyone.

Buzz!

An almost imperceptible sound came from underground. In an instant, alarm bells rang in the boy's mind, every hair on his body standing on end. Without hesitation, he tugged the steel wires he had set up beforehand and left his original position.

Bang!!!!

A sharp wooden spike suddenly erupted from where the boy had been standing, pulverizing a boulder into pieces!!

By a hair's breadth!!

Standing atop a tree, Su Chen stared at the hole in his clothes, his heart still pounding. Had he not moved away in advance, it would have been his body pierced through!

What's going on? Why didn't the Byakugan... No!

Rumble!!

The ground began to surge. Trees toppled and earth churned, forcing Su Chen to shift back and forth just to barely keep his footing.

Several veins bulged around the boy's eyes as he pushed his Byakugan to its limit. Everything within a kilometer entered his sight, and his pupils abruptly contracted.

A moment later, the trembling earth gradually settled, and a massive Soul Beast appeared before Su Chen.

It was a strange Soul Beast, neither dragon nor silkworm. Its body was over twenty meters long, radiating an emerald-like glow. A single horn protruded from its forehead, while countless tendrils bizarrely extended from its lower body and rooted themselves in the earth, tightly linked to the surrounding trees.

Its emerald-like eyes greedily watched Su Chen as though he were some delicious meal.

It was not that the Byakugan had found nothing. That creature had simply merged perfectly with the roots of the trees.

Sure enough, novels and reality were different after all. This was an entirely new world. If he continued judging it according to his previous understanding, he would run into serious trouble.

Buzz!

Another faint sound rang out. The boy hurriedly tugged the steel wires. With the Sharingan's assistance, he narrowly dodged a wooden spike that came from nowhere, deliberately guiding it in another direction.

"Pfft!"

A snake-like Soul Beast that had been lurking in the trees for a long time, seemingly waiting to ambush him, was instantly pierced clean through. It did not even manage a scream before falling completely silent.

"Looks like it's a big one."

Watching a deep-yellow soul ring emerge from the Soul Beast's body, Su Chen took a deep breath, a grave expression appearing on his face.

He had originally intended to divert disaster elsewhere, but now it seemed that this strange Soul Beast was far more powerful than he had imagined.

If it could instantly kill a Hundred-Year Soul Beast, then its age was obvious.

A Thousand-Year Soul Beast!

Rumble!

The tremendous tremor startled a flock of birds into flight and frightened Yan straight out of his tree.

"Don't eat me, don't eat me!!"

His face pale, he hid in the bushes and trembled. Only after the disturbance ceased did he dare slowly poke his head out.

Not far away, Xie Yue was evading the pursuit of a Soul Beast. Distracted for a moment by the tremor, he gained a bloody claw mark across his back.

"Damn it!"

The boy groaned in pain, but he did not dare stop running.

Hu Liena had yet to find a Soul Beast. When the tremor began, the girl could not help looking up, concern flashing through her beautiful eyes.

Because she remembered that it seemed to be coming from the direction Su Chen had gone.

At the same time, the tremor interrupted Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, who had been lost in reflection.

"No, something happened to that kid Su Chen!"

Chrysanthemum Douluo abruptly raised his head and looked into the distance, his expression changing dramatically.

"Damn it, why is it this guy!!"