Mutation!

After the Soul Beast Detector sounded, Ye Lei glanced at Han Nuan. She nodded, swiftly activated Martial Soul Possession, and flew into the air.

Once Han Nuan had left his side, he used the Mental Hunting Ground to confirm that his target was directly ahead, then moved in an instant.

"Human-Faced Spider Emperor leg bone skill, Spider Emperor Purple Light Slash!"

Ye Lei kicked up his left leg, sending a two-meter-long purple slash flying forward and severing all the trees ahead. But he did not stop. He continued launching slashes forward, cutting down swathes of trees until the target's full form finally appeared before them.

The soul beast was roughly three meters long. Its body was covered in a layer of dark gold armor, with six thick, powerful legs and six eyes atop its head that glowed an eerie green.

It was the Thousand Jun Ant Emperor.

At that moment, the Soul Beast Detector finished its scan.

"Thousand Jun Ant Emperor, eighty-five thousand years."

"It's actually cultivated longer than the Human-Faced Spider Emperor. Looks like this will be another tough fight!" Ye Lei smiled.

Why does this damn system keep throwing soul beasts with such high cultivation at me? If you weren't just a virtual thing, I'd have beaten you senseless to vent my frustration!

System: NMD, I'm kindly helping you complete your missions, yet you want to beat me? No love left, no love left. I'm leaving!

Ye Lei and the Thousand Jun Ant Emperor stared each other down. Han Nuan, still in the air, instantly understood Ye Lei's intentions and used her First Soul Skill on the ground surrounding the Thousand Jun Ant Emperor.

Puff, puff, puff.

A large number of ice blades struck around the Thousand Jun Ant Emperor. Quite a few hit its back as well, but they failed to harm it.

The Thousand Jun Ant Emperor flew into a rage and raised its head, staring at Han Nuan in the sky with its six eerie green eyes.

The next moment, its six thick, powerful legs exerted force as it leaped toward Han Nuan in the air. But Ye Lei was not about to let it succeed.

"First Soul Skill, Entangling."

In an instant, more than a dozen Blue Silver Grass vines burst from the ground, wrapping around the Thousand Jun Ant Emperor's body and pinning it to the ground. Then Ye Lei switched his martial soul to the Flame Lord and used both his First and Second Soul Skills on the Thousand Jun Ant Emperor. His Second Soul Skill surrounded it and sealed off the space above its head. The next second, magma erupted, bathing the Thousand Jun Ant Emperor in molten lava.

Ye Lei knew that the Thousand Jun Ant Emperor's body was covered in an exceptionally hard layer of dark gold armor. If he did not break through that armor, any attack would be futile.

Five seconds later, Ye Lei leaped high into the air. With a thought, the rock wall above the Thousand Jun Ant Emperor slowly retracted, and he immediately struck it with a Purgatory Lava Break. Just as the attack hit the Thousand Jun Ant Emperor, it broke free of its restraints. A scorching blast of air erupted outward, sending both Ye Lei and Han Nuan flying through the air. Its power was clear to see.

After Ye Lei and Han Nuan landed, Ye Lei's brow furrowed tightly. He could tell that the scorching current of air had not come from his previous attack. There seemed to be a trace of evil energy within it.

As the dust settled, the Thousand Jun Ant Emperor's body gradually came into view.

Ye Lei's eyes widened instantly. The Thousand Jun Ant Emperor's body had changed. Its formerly pitch-black body was now covered in crimson patterns and gave off waves of heat. Its pair of enormous foreclaws were covered in patterns resembling magma.

The Thousand Jun Ant Emperor looked at the humans before it. Red light faintly flickered through its formerly eerie green eyes as it opened its mouth and spat several fireballs toward Ye Lei.

Seeing this, Ye Lei brought his hands together before his chest and shouted:

"Second Soul Skill, Crimson Rock!"

Four stone walls rose instantly, enclosing Ye Lei and Han Nuan within.

Several fireballs struck the stone walls, and cracks actually appeared across them.

"Impossible. How did its strength suddenly increase so much... Wait, could it be that it... mutated under my attacks?"