You Chen knew that once Bibi Dong found out that he had led his disciples out of the city, she would probably send people to hunt him down immediately.
If his whereabouts are found in a sparsely populated place like the Star Dou Great Forest, there's a high chance he'll be imprisoned as a tool to threaten Qian Renxue in the future.
However, no matter how hard she tried, she never imagined that a control-type Soul King and two Soul Ancestor could not delay him for even a minute after discovering that he had left the city.
The biggest problem wasn't that he hadn't been delayed, but that it made it difficult to confirm his flight route, plus a crucial information gap— You Chen didn't actually need to bring a burden along.
The estimated flight distance will naturally differ greatly depending on whether the flight is with a passenger or a solo flight.
This makes tracking him extremely difficult.
Therefore, in order to make the most of this advantage, after getting out of the sight of the three people from the Spirit Hall, You Chen no longer suppressed his speed and began to fly at full speed.
Previously, it actually took more than a week to travel from the border of the Star Dou Great Forest to Notting City, but this time, even though it wasn't the shortest route, it took less than half a day to reach the destination.
A secluded village on the border of the Star Dou Great Forest.
This is a temporary stronghold of the Soul Arena Beasts within the territory of the Heaven Dou Empire.
Through the Beast Envoy's communication, the Soul Arena Beasts here also learned in advance when You Chen would arrive.
Upon seeing You Chen appear, all twenty-seven people immediately knelt down on one knee to pay their respects.
"Leader!" X27
The twenty-seven voices rang out almost simultaneously, which alone shows that a kind of "discipline" similar to strict military discipline already exists among these Soul Arena Beasts.
You Chen looked at the twenty-seven young faces that had sworn their loyalty to him and nodded slightly.
These Soul Arena Beasts were basically trained by him from childhood, and to this day, most of them are between 10 and 20 years old.
Boys and girls in this age group, let alone Soul Master whose adolescence is extremely short, change every day.
In just one year, the Soul Elder, which was originally mainly composed of Soul Grandmaster and only numbered in the single digits, has increased to the number of people in the double digits.
Of the twenty-seven people present, all were elites among the Soul Arena Beasts. The seventeen Soul Elder went without saying, the nine Soul Grandmaster were also beings whose combat power rivaled that of Soul Elder, and the last one...
At the age of 14, she reached level 40, becoming Quasi-Soul Ancestor! Now 15 years old, Ignis, a red-haired girl with a top-tier Power Attack System Beast Martial Soul and Fire Dragon Martial Soul, is nicknamed "Red Dragon"!
(Ignis)
Even at only 15 years old, she already exudes the beauty of a mature woman, like a ripe peach.
Especially her smooth and beautiful red hair, like flowing tassels, was like a dancing flame.
No, compared to the flames, Ignis's red hair was far more dazzling and captivating.
Therefore, it is a "Red Dragon" and not a "Fire Dragon".
One can glimpse the breathtaking beauty of Ignis from her nickname.
However, contrary to her charming and beautiful appearance, Ignis was cold, loyal, and ruthless. This contrast only amplified her attractiveness to men.
When it comes to the "dragon" Martial Soul, the first thing that comes to mind is naturally the "Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon", the number one Beast Martial Soul on the continent.
Compared to the many Soul Arena Beasts purchased from auction houses, Ignis is one of the few Soul Arena Beasts that joined the organization through other means.
However, Ignis has no direct relation to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Perhaps there is some connection through her long ancestral lineage, but at least for the last hundred years, she has no relation to that family.
After awakening its Martial Soul, like other Soul Arena Beasts, due to the mutation of its bloodline, it was unable to suppress the alienation of its form. Two scarlet dragon horns grew on its forehead, and its skin was covered with cracked dragon scales.
Ignis, regarded as an omen of bad luck and taboo by her parents and villagers, discovered something amiss in her home by relying on the extraordinary sensory abilities of a dragon-type Soul Beast. After overhearing her parents secretly and fearfully describing her as a "monster," she fled the village before she could end up as an auction item like other creatures of her kind.
City life is not easy. Even if you hide your face with a hood, with a child's limited experience, you still can't escape being discovered by others.
Fortunately, even without the ability to attach Soul Ring, the mutated Martial Soul is essentially in a state of Martial Soul Possession. Ignis's strength is no less than that of One-Ring Soul Master with a top-tier Martial Soul. In ordinary small cities, ordinary people are no match for her.
Despised by her parents and villagers, she was nearly captured and sold into slavery in the city...
Having barely escaped, Ignis no longer sees herself as "human" and develops a hatred for "humanity" from this moment on.
After discovering that she possessed "powerful" abilities, she naturally thought of rescuing her kind and gathering more companions.
Then, during a rescue of her compatriots, she attacked You Chen, the "slave owner"...
Once the "truth" was revealed, it became a natural thing for her to join the Soul Arena Beasts.
Especially after witnessing You Chen reverse the Soul Arena Beasts' inability to cultivate and his ability to autonomously control their past "mutated characteristics" that they considered incomplete, they, like many other Soul Arena Beasts, began to revere You Chen as their leader. (PS: The setting that Soul Arena Beasts can autonomously control their beast-like characteristics has always existed, but I forgot to mention it because I wrote so many settings... However, this can also be inferred from the fact that Beast Envoy can normally conduct intelligence work in Notting City.)
After witnessing You Chen's numerous methods and powerful abilities, and seeing that he truly led them, who were considered "orcs" and heretics, to a better life under the sun, Ignis gradually became convinced of his worth, acknowledging him as her master and regarding You Chen as the leader who could completely lead them, these "heretics," out of their current predicament and towards a bright future.
"Ignis, next, we'll be hunting your fourth Soul Ring. According to my calculations, after staying at level 40 for a year, using the 'Soul Power Borrowing Method,' you'll be at least level 42 when absorbing the Soul Ring. This time, the maximum age of the Soul Ring you can hunt should reach 13,000 years. Our target this time is that 12,000-year-old Earth Fire Dragon. Theoretically... this Soul Ring is completely within your tolerance range."
However, I cannot guarantee with absolute certainty that the effects of "Soul Power Borrowing Method" on ten-thousand-year-level Soul Ring will be exactly the same as before, until we conduct an actual experiment. Even if I sense that the Soul Ring has exceeded your tolerance limit and interrupt it in time, it may still cause you irreparable damage. Even so... you still don't intend to change your mind?"
"Yes, Chief."
Ignis lowered her head slightly and replied in a deep voice, "I am mentally prepared to offer you my heart."