Catching a Snake with Two Fingers

As he swiftly retreated, the Lightning Youth produced a porcelain bottle in his hand.

After pouring out a pill, he flung the porcelain bottle toward the girl nearby.

The girl caught the bottle, poured out two pills, and took one with the boy beside her.

"Beibei, I'll help you."

After swallowing the pill, the girl spoke to the boy eagerly.

"No need. This beast is difficult to deal with, and it'll probably take quite some time. I'll handle it myself. This is the Star Dou Great Forest, and Soul Beasts are everywhere. Stay alert and protect Yu Hao as well."

The Lightning Youth shook his head.

The girl opened her mouth, about to say something else, when her expression suddenly changed. "Beibei, this is bad! The Mandala Snake escaped!"

Once the paralysis wore off, the Mandala Snake had actually fled without looking back.

The Mandala Snake came and went like the wind, vanishing far into the distance in an instant.

"What? How could that be?"

The Lightning Youth was taken aback.

The Mandala Snake was one of the most notoriously vicious Soul Beasts, yet it had actually run away?

This was his first time encountering such a thing.

What he did not know was that all living creatures possessed instincts, and the Mandala Snake was particularly renowned for its cunning and sinister nature.

When faced with weak Soul Beasts or humans, it would naturally pursue them relentlessly until it killed them.

But as an outstanding predator, if it sensed danger, it would retreat at once.

There were Soul Beasts that would stubbornly fight even when they knew their opponent was difficult to handle, but they were ultimately few in number.

"Xiao Ya, protect Yu Hao. I'll chase it."

This thousand-year Mandala Snake was one of the most suitable Soul Beasts for Tang Ya, so he naturally could not let it escape so easily.

Purple lightning wrapped around the Lightning Youth as he followed after the Mandala Snake.

"Yu Hao, let's follow them too."

Still worried, the girl spoke to the boy beside her.

The boy nodded, and the two of them chased after the youth ahead.

The Mandala Snake darted swiftly through the forest, while the surrounding trees flashed past.

The Lightning Youth was no less swift, clinging tightly to its tail.

Along the way, the fierce lightning around him and his sharp dragon claws cut apart countless branches and vines in his path.

"Hiss!"

The Mandala Snake flicked its tongue, its several-meter-long body twisting as though it were gliding over the grass.

Behind it, the Lightning Youth's figure became blurred, and his speed increased further and further.

A thorny thicket suddenly appeared ahead, and the Mandala Snake plunged directly into it.

The Lightning Youth spread his dragon claws and forcibly tore through the thorny brush.

"Where do you think you're running?!"

With sharp eyes, the Lightning Youth spotted the fleeing Mandala Snake at once. His first Soul Ring lit up, and a Thunder Dragon Claw blasted toward the Mandala Snake.

The Mandala Snake slithered rapidly onward, continuing its escape!

"Hmm?"

Su Yu, who had been strolling along leisurely with his hands behind his head, suddenly heard bursts of noise coming from the thorny brush to his left.

He turned to look, only to see a several-meter-long earth-yellow snake-type Soul Beast shoot out from the thicket.

Looking closely, it was actually a thousand-year Mandala Snake.

Then, the thorny brush exploded apart, and a blue-violet Thunder Dragon Claw flew out.

The Mandala Snake spotted Su Yu at once. Sensing the Thunder Dragon Claw pursuing it relentlessly from behind, a vicious glint burst from its eyes as it lunged directly at Su Yu.

Behind it, the Thunder Dragon Claw likewise blasted toward Su Yu.

"Bold!"

Su Yu's gaze sharpened. Just as the Mandala Snake was about to pounce on him, he extended two fingers of his left hand and directly pinched the snake seven inches below its head.

With a surge of force, the Mandala Snake's vital point was restrained, and it instantly lost its ability to fight.

Though their bodies lacked the wings of colored swallows flying side by side, their hearts held a Spirit Rhinoceros Finger's understanding.

The Spirit Rhinoceros Finger could pinch anything.

Catching a Mandala Snake was as easy as turning his hand.

Then Su Yu extended his right hand and threw a punch, shattering the Thunder Dragon Claw at once.

At that moment, a youth wrapped in lightning ran out through the blasted opening in the thorny brush.

His pupils contracted when he saw the Mandala Snake in Su Yu's hand.

The Mandala Snake had actually been subdued?

Su Yu also turned his gaze toward the youth covered in lightning. Looking at the dragon claw on his left arm and his three Soul Rings, he immediately understood.

Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, three rings, Mandala Snake—this should be Beibei, right?

"My friend, I'm sorry for disturbing you. Please forgive us."

Beibei cupped his fists toward Su Yu and apologized.

He could sense an intense threat from Su Yu.

This young man, who still looked somewhat immature, was likely anything but simple.

"Charging recklessly through the Star Dou Great Forest... you've got quite the nerve."

Su Yu glanced at him and spoke blandly.

Beibei revealed a helpless smile. "I didn't expect this Mandala Snake to be so good at escaping. I got a little carried away."

The Mandala Snake was simply too suitable for Tang Ya. Otherwise, he would not have chased after it so desperately.

Such behavior was indeed extremely dangerous in the Star Dou Great Forest.

"My friend, could you return the Mandala Snake to me? I would be immensely grateful."

Beibei cupped his fists again.

"Oh? Return it to you? I caught it. What I catch belongs to me."

Su Yu replied with a light laugh.

"But we got here first! We've been chasing it for a long time!"

At that moment, a girl arrived, pulling a boy along with her.

Upon hearing Su Yu's words, she immediately protested indignantly.

Su Yu shifted his gaze toward her. She was a pretty girl with a ponytail.

Her fair skin held a rosy glow and looked dewy, brimming with youthful vitality.

Yet at that moment, she was glaring at Su Yu, her face full of anger.

The boy beside her wore gray cloth robes and had an ordinary appearance. His Soul Power fluctuations were also very weak.

Su Yu recognized them at a glance as well.

The girl was Tang Ya, and the boy should be Huo Yuhao.

Tang Ya was indeed rather pretty, but only rather pretty.

The women around Su Yu were either peerless beauties as flawless as Gu Yuena and the Snow Empress, or mature and stunning beauties like Bi Ji and Zi Ji.

Compared to them, Tang Ya truly paled in comparison.

Thinking of how, in the original work, Beibei would rather choose Tang Ya than Zhang Lexuan, Su Yu wanted to complain.

A woman as beautiful and gentle as Sister Xuan was practically a rarity in this world.

Why choose Tang Ya? Beibei really was a boar incapable of appreciating fine grain.

As for Huo Yuhao, Su Yu gave him a glance before ignoring him.

Without the status of a Child of Fortune, Huo Yuhao's talent made it difficult for him to achieve anything significant. There was no need to pay attention to him.

Su Yu looked at Tang Ya and said teasingly, "You chased it for a long time, so it belongs to you?"

"Was your name carved on this Mandala Snake's head?"

"The Soul Beasts here have no owners. You chased it for so long without catching it because you lacked the ability."

"And I caught it the moment I made my move. That proves this Mandala Snake was meant to belong to me."

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