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Before anyone else could react, Zhu Zhuqing pounced down from the air without the slightest fear, even though her opponent was a thousand-year Soul Beast.

At the same time, her claws and First Soul Ring lit up. Hell Stab, activate!

As the distance closed, the others finally got a clear look at the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent Zhu Zhuqing had described.

What first met their eyes was its enormous size. Just as Zhu Zhuqing had said, it was six or seven meters long.

A bright red fleshy crest sat atop its head, giving it a somewhat sinister appearance.

Its rapidly advancing body collided head-on with Zhu Zhuqing.

Her Hell Stab struck directly at the fleshy crest atop its head.

The Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent reacted quickly. Even while charging forward at high speed, it hurriedly tilted its head aside.

It narrowly dodged the attack.

Zhu Zhuqing's claw missed the crest and instead struck its body.

The Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent let out a muffled thud, and its forward speed immediately slowed by several degrees.

At the same time, it jerked its head aside, opened its mouth wide, and sprayed a mouthful of dense seven-colored mist at Zhu Zhuqing.

Almost at the same instant, the bright red crest atop its head lit up, and the speed it had briefly lost surged once more.

"White Tiger Vajra Transformation!"

At the critical moment, Dai Mubai directly activated his Third Soul Skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation.

His body instantly swelled larger as he charged toward the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.

"Bang—!"

A dull, thunderous crash rang out.

The Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent's charging body came to an abrupt halt. Its massive Serpent Body twisted in midair before crashing to the ground.

However, Dai Mubai, who had just thrown that punch with all his strength, also let out a muffled grunt. He staggered back nearly ten meters before stopping.

Just then, Ma Hongjun fully unleashed the pressure of his martial soul.

Perhaps sensing the aura of the Evil Fire Phoenix, the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent could not help but shudder.

This innate bloodline suppression always made Soul Beasts feel fear deep in their hearts.

But it was, after all, a thousand-year Soul Beast. It would not willingly accept death so easily.

With a twist of its Serpent Body, the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent not only dodged Ma Hongjun's attack, but also slipped into the tall grass nearby.

The grass swayed back and forth. Although it slithered close to the ground, it remained incredibly fast, already more than ten meters away in the blink of an eye.

"Trying to run?"

Seeing this, Huo Feng, who stood at the rear of the group, flashed forward and leaped lightly.

The next second, he was already a meter above the ground.

"Sword Cleaving Strike!"

His First Soul Skill activated. The Thunderclap Sword flashed with electric light as he slashed out.

"Crackle—!"

Chain Lightning struck the tall grass, and in an instant, the entire patch of grass turned charred black.

The Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent hiding within was naturally exposed as well.

Its speed had clearly slowed, and the flesh beneath its scales twitched without pause.

Huo Feng had shocked the entire snake numb.

"Prairie Fire!"

With a flick of Huo Feng's right hand, the Thunderclap Sword instantly transformed into the Flame Sword.

Blazing flames roared as a crimson sword light flashed forth.

"Boom—!"

The Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, which had just been electrocuted, came into contact with the raging flames, and small explosions immediately erupted across its body.

The intense pain made it writhe ceaselessly.

It tried to ease the pain coursing through its body this way.

Yet its violent movements ignited the surrounding grass and trees.

The flames on its body only grew fiercer.

Though the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent looked extremely bedraggled at the moment, it was still a thousand-year Soul Beast.

Huo Feng's current strength was not enough to kill it in a single blow.

"Bang—!"

At that moment, Zhao Wuji suddenly stomped hard on the ground.

As the third Soul Ring on his body lit up, the thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent's body abruptly stiffened, and its speed dropped drastically.

It was Zhao Wuji's Third Soul Ring skill, Gravity Enhancement.

Immediately afterward, Zhao Wuji's fourth and fifth Soul Rings lit up at the same time.

His body suddenly shot into the air. When he descended again, under the effects of the Fourth Soul Ring skill, Tracking Lock, he landed directly in front of the thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, activating Gravity Compression at the same time.

No matter how slippery the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent was, before Zhao Wuji's tyrannical Soul Power, it had no room left to maneuver.

This was the strength of a level seventy-six Soul Sage.

Dealing with a thousand-year Soul Beast was effortless.

Zhao Wuji reached out with a bear paw, grabbed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent by the head, and lifted it before him.

He raised his other hand and flicked its fleshy crest. Faced with the brute force of the Vajra Bear, the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent was knocked unconscious by the flick.

Zhao Wuji grinned and pulled a short blade from his waist before handing it to Oscar. "The longer we wait, the more trouble there'll be. Do it. Stab in here beneath its crest, and you'll pierce its brain. This Soul Ring will be yours."

"It worked!"

Everyone showed delighted expressions. This trip to the Star Dou Great Forest had gone remarkably smoothly.

Only Xiao Wu, standing amid the group, wore a somewhat strange expression.

Her face had even turned slightly pale.

Huo Feng, standing beside her, naturally noticed.

He knew full well that Xiao Wu was reacting this way because she herself was also a Soul Beast.

As for the others, all their attention was on the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.

No one noticed Xiao Wu's abnormal state.

Oscar excitedly took the short blade. This thousand-year Soul Beast was now nothing more than a lamb awaiting slaughter before him.

His Third Soul Skill was about to be his, and his excitement made even his hands tremble slightly.

Oscar raised the short blade and was just about to strike when a somewhat hoarse shout suddenly rang out.

Immediately afterward, two figures sprang out from the direction the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent had come from and appeared before the group.

They were one old and one young, both women.

The elder appeared to be in her sixties or seventies. Her full head of white hair was combed exceptionally neatly.

Though she was advanced in age, she looked incredibly spirited. Her face bore many wrinkles, yet it was rosy like that of an infant.

Light flickered in her eyes. She held a three-meter-long Serpent Head Crutch in her right hand, while six Soul Rings rose and fell around her body.

Following beside the old woman was a beautiful young girl with short hair cut to her ears, who looked around sixteen or seventeen.

She wore a fitted, practical outfit that tightly outlined her well-developed figure. Her large dark brown eyes were fixed firmly on the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent in Zhao Wuji's hand.

She too held a Serpent Head Crutch, though hers was shorter than the old woman's, only two meters long. She also had merely two hundred-year Soul Rings.

"Meng Yiran,"

Huo Feng murmured inwardly upon seeing the newcomers.

According to the plot, it seemed there was supposed to be a scene involving Meng Yiran and the Worldly Dragon Serpent.

Ding!

The system has detected the thousand-year Soul Beast, Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent!

The system has detected Meng Yiran's appearance!

Hidden mission triggered!

1. Sacrifice the thousand-year Soul Beast, Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent!

2. Sacrifice Meng Yiran!

Stacked mission reward: Right Arm Soul Bone ×1!