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Wood Dragon · Entangling Body

Even if it wanted to fall back and defend, it was already too weak to do so.

In just an instant, the Annihilation Divine Light struck its trunk solidly. Visible to the naked eye, all the willow branches across its body stiffened at that moment.

Then, Xu Changqing seemed to hear a shrieking wail from the soul itself, coming from where the Ghost Willow stood.

The next moment, all the willow branches that had been standing upright toward the sky to resist the Skywalk Pierce drooped down. Great swathes of branches chopped into fragments, mixed with green, viscous resin, fell with loud splats.

Fortunately, the two Golden Dragons had already expended all their energy and dissolved into golden light in midair. Otherwise, with all its defenses lowered, the Ghost Willow might have been blasted into pieces, leaving not even an intact corpse.

Before long, a purple Soul Ring emerged from the Ghost Willow's trunk, hovering quietly in midair as it slowly rotated.

"Success!"

At the sight of the Soul Ring, Xu Changqing was delighted. Though he had long guessed that using Annihilation Divine Light with his current spiritual power would be tremendously destructive, killing this Ghost Willow that was over two thousand years old in a single blow still exceeded his expectations somewhat.

That had been way too easy, hadn't it?

As expected of a hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone Skill!

After a brief moment of inward admiration, Xu Changqing immediately sat cross-legged, preparing to absorb the Ghost Willow's thousand-year Soul Ring. The area within several kilometers was the Ghost Willow's territory. With such a powerful soul beast here, no other soul beasts would dare approach this region, so he could absorb this thousand-year Soul Ring without worry.

"Wait!"

Xu Changqing suddenly frowned. He had been entangled with the Ghost Willow for quite some time. Su Yuntao and the other soul masters who had come to provide support should be arriving soon after all this time.

If they found out that he had killed this Ghost Willow soul beast, it was hard to say what kind of commotion it would cause. There would definitely be investigations and questioning afterward.

He hated trouble!

After thinking it over, he went and carried the unconscious Si Si Jie back, placing her beside the Ghost Willow's corpse in a clean, conspicuous spot. Then he summoned the Five Dragon Lyre martial soul and formed the Lotus Seal with both hands. Using Soul Power, he slowly drew over the purple Soul Ring circling above, until it finally settled around his body.

Enormous Soul Power instantly began pouring into him. His previously depleted Soul Power was nearly replenished in just two blinks.

Xu Changqing did not dare delay any longer. Forcefully suppressing the rapidly surging Soul Power, he raised a hand to summon a Golden Dragon. After jumping onto its head, he controlled it and flew swiftly into the distance.

In a dozen or so breaths, the Golden Dragon had already shot nearly a kilometer away. Xu Changqing felt that this distance was about right. In truth, the main reason was that he could barely suppress the overflowing Soul Power within him any longer!

His whole body burned hot, and his skin had turned bright red. If he did not absorb it soon, this thousand-year Soul Ring might burst him apart.

He quickly jumped off the dragon's head and landed on a thick branch of a leafy tree. Sitting cross-legged, he began absorbing the immense Soul Power within him with all his strength.

Within the familiar dark space, Xu Changqing calmly opened his eyes. Having come here once before, he was now completely at ease. With a beckoning gesture, the purple threads of Soul Power spiraling around him instantly formed a small vortex, like a huge funnel pouring surgingly into the Five Dragon Lyre.

Beside the already illuminated Golden Dragon, an engraved Divine Dragon began emitting a green glow. As the Soul Power of the thousand-year Soul Ring continued pouring in, the green light began spreading upward from its tail bit by bit, and its dragon body was gradually filled by this energy.

Time passed unnoticed.

Several hours later.

Like the Golden Dragon, the Green Dragon on the lyre's body quietly opened its eyes at that moment. After a crisp cracking sound, Xu Changqing, who had been sitting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them. His aura began to rise as the Soul Power within him rapidly circulated several times before finally pouring into his dantian. Following the yellow Century Soul Ring, a purple thousand-year Soul Ring rose spiraling from beneath him. One yellow and one purple, the two Soul Rings reflected each other.

"A 2,500-year Second Soul Ring. Level 23, nearly level 24. This breakthrough rate is really fast!"

Clenching his fist and sensing his body's current condition, Xu Changqing smiled. His total Soul Power had increased severalfold, his physique had improved by another level, and his spiritual power had also risen somewhat. The gains could be called enormous.

He stood up, and the Five Dragon Lyre martial soul leaped into his palm. With a light flick of his finger across the green string, a resonant twang rang out. The green Divine Dragon of the Second Soul Skill was fully activated. The purple Soul Ring spiraled upward, passing over his head, and a twenty-three-meter-long Emerald Divine Dragon roared out from it, tumbling above him.

Second Soul Skill, Wood Dragon · Entangling Body.

Unlike the First Soul Skill, Golden Dragon · Skywalk Pierce, the Wood Dragon's ultimate skill, Entangling Body, was a group control-type Soul Skill. Moreover, its summoned duration was five minutes, five times that of the First Soul Skill!

Of course, aside from its ultimate skill being different from the Golden Dragon's, the Wood Dragon's other physical attack methods were the same as the Golden Dragon's. But as a summoned creature of a 2,500-year Second Soul Skill, its durability was definitely greater than the Golden Dragon's.

As for their size, the two were the same. Both changed with the increase in Xu Changqing's Soul Power level; the Soul Rings did not affect the size difference between the Golden and Wood Dragons.

Checking the sky, about three hours had passed. This Soul Ring absorption had been nearly twice as fast as when he absorbed his First Soul Ring a year ago.

Perhaps it was because Xu Changqing already had experience absorbing a Soul Ring, and his physique had also become much stronger.

Standing atop the Wood Dragon's head, he went to inspect the place where he had fought the Ghost Willow earlier. He found that Si Si Jie and the other unconscious soul masters had all disappeared, while many trampled tracks remained at the scene.

They had probably already been rescued by Su Yuntao and the others who came to provide support.

Since that was the case, Xu Changqing naturally had no reason to stay. With a swing of the Wood Dragon's head, he shot toward Notting City.

Using the Second Soul Skill consumed roughly twice as much Soul Power as the First Soul Skill, but the Wood Dragon's duration had increased accordingly. As his Soul Power had risen, his flying speed had also increased considerably. This time, Xu Changqing did not have to worry about running out of Soul Power.

Nothing happened along the way.

He soon returned to Si Si Jie's home in Notting City. Su Yuntao had already brought Si Si Jie back, though she had not yet awakened, and he was taking care of her in the room.

Xiao Wu, on the other hand, skipped over and clung to him, secretly asking, "Changqing Gege, Tao Shu just told me that a mysterious expert appeared in the Soul Hunting Forest, killed a Ghost Willow soul beast over two thousand years old, and saved Si Si Jie. That person wasn't you, was it?"

"You tell me." Xu Changqing raised an eyebrow and smiled faintly.

"I knew it was you from that look on your face." Xiao Wu curled her lips, ran behind Xu Changqing, and pushed him down into a chair. Attentively, she said, "Come on! Changqing Gege, you've worked hard. Sit down quickly, and Xiao Wu will massage your shoulders."

Xu Changqing froze. Had the sun risen in the west?

"You'd be this kindhearted?" he asked skeptically. It would have been good enough if this girl did not make him massage her shoulders.

"Why do you care?" Xiao Wu pouted unhappily and gave him a thump from behind, then placed both hands on his shoulders and began kneading them.

Not bad. Her technique actually seemed pretty decent, and it felt quite comfortable. Xu Changqing blissfully narrowed his eyes.

Before long, a system notification sounded, informing him that the Sub-system's host had completed a Purple Level Task. Xu Changqing could not help but sigh inwardly. This second Sub-system host was truly dependable—the task completion efficiency was impeccable. On the first day after binding the system, she had completed three tasks: white, yellow, and purple.

Today was definitely his lucky day!

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