Dark Violet Spirit Wolf

Sunset Forest!

Boom!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The once-peaceful Sunset Forest had recently become like a place invaded by some madman. Rumbling sounds could be heard throughout the forest every day.

Then came the sounds of countless trees collapsing.

The spirit beasts in the forest practically ran until their legs became blurs, desperately trying to flee outside.

As for the reason?

In a corner of Sunset Forest, Zhu Zhuqing held two long blades and stared sharply at the three clones surrounding her.

It had been a year since Zhu Zhuqing left Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Just last night, her Soul Power had risen to Level 40.

However, rather than immediately setting out to find a spirit beast, she first planned to fight her three major clones.

After cultivating Heart Separation Control to the point of four-way use, Zhu Zhuqing had stopped advancing it.

Heart Separation Control was indeed powerful, but she did not need to split her focus too much.

She only had so much Spiritual Power. Dividing her mind too greatly would not provide much of a boost to her strength.

Like now, although her Spiritual Power had long been sufficient for five-way or even six-way use, keeping it at four-way use allowed her control over her clones to improve even further.

Now, when she controlled her three clones in battle, they truly seemed like three entirely different people.

Moreover, the various clones could perform all kinds of intricate and precise maneuvers.

The improvement to her strength was immense.

At the very least...

Though she was reluctant to admit it, Zhu Zhuqing now found it difficult to defeat her three clones working together through martial arts alone.

Unless she cheated, such as using Blade Edge's one-hundred-percent Armor Break at the same level!

Under the nourishment of a great amount of pure Soul Power, Blade Edge's age had already reached the ten-thousand-year level.

Even Zhu Zhuqing's body had gradually transformed into the legendary Ice Muscle Jade Bone over the past year or so as she absorbed and refined the medicinal effects of the Narcissus Jade Bone.

For the current Zhu Zhuqing, using her physical body to withstand a ten-thousand-year spirit beast was no longer difficult.

However, Ice Muscle Jade Bone was more inclined toward assisting cultivation, and its combat enhancement was somewhat limited. It was unlike Vajra Indestructible Body, which provided an extremely powerful boost to Combat Power.

After breaking through to Level 40, Zhu Zhuqing had not immediately gone hunting for a Soul Ring. Instead, she first familiarized herself with her current strength in Sunset Forest.

Over the past year, she had often fought her three clones in the forest as well.

The benefit was that her Combat Intent continually improved, and she could unleash all kinds of killing moves with effortless ease.

But the downside was that the spirit beasts in Sunset Forest suffered terribly.

Zhu Zhuqing's attacks were extremely lethal to them, yet they had no way to deal with her.

They did not even know where Zhu Zhuqing was, much less drive her away.

Nearly all the spirit beasts in this area had developed the habit of immediately fleeing whenever trees started falling somewhere.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

The moment Zhu Zhuqing landed, three long blades were instantly pressed against her neck.

She did not rely on her absolute control to make the three clones go easy on her. Instead, she maximized their consciousness and everything else, making the three clones nearly identical to herself except that all their attributes were twenty percent weaker.

"I lost again!"

Looking at the dense network of bloody cuts across her body, Zhu Zhuqing shook her head regretfully.

Under the training of her three clones, her Combat Intent continued to improve. Likewise, the Combat Intent of the three clones she controlled also continued to improve.

This was suppression by sheer numbers, not something quality could change!

For Zhu Zhuqing, getting hurt had long become an everyday occurrence. It was just fighting—a small matter.

However, these superficial wounds would not last long. Within a few hours, Ice Muscle Jade Bone's self-healing effect would repair them, leaving behind no hidden injuries whatsoever.

"Forget it. If I lost this time, I'll just win it back next time!"

Zhu Zhuqing encouraged herself once more. She could not even remember how many times she had said those words. Her entire body sank downward and transformed into a shadow, darting into the distance.

Sunset Forest lacked nothing but dark corners.

Zhu Zhuqing had roughly estimated the age of her fourth Soul Ring. Fifty Thousand Years would not be a problem.

Among spirit beasts, Hundred Thousand Years meant an emperor, while Fifty Thousand Years meant a king.

Fifty Thousand Years was a dividing line in the spirit beast world.

And the spirit beast Zhu Zhuqing wanted was no ordinary spirit beast.

A top-tier Fifty-Thousand-Year spirit beast was enough to rival an ordinary Soul Douluo among Soul Masters.

With her current strength, she could only guarantee taking it down without injury.

She had no team to protect her, so it was better to be cautious when hunting spirit beasts.

She had long decided on her choice for her fourth Soul Ring.

Although Sunset Forest could not compare to Star Dou Great Forest, it was still a large spirit beast forest.

Aside from lacking Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, it still had ten-thousand-year spirit beasts at the beast king level.

Not long after Zhu Zhuqing left, an old man covered in emerald green appeared at the site where she had been fighting.

After a year of these strange incidents occurring in Sunset Forest, Dugu Bo had naturally begun investigating.

However, every time he found the place where Zhu Zhuqing had fought, he arrived too late.

"Who exactly is it? They caused such enormous damage, yet not a trace of Soul Power was left behind!"

He came to a broken tree. The blade marks were clean and smooth.

If he had not known that Jian Chenxin had no descendants, he would have suspected that these were caused by the Seven Kill Sword.

But the Seven Kill Sword did not possess such powerful concealment.

Dugu Bo could not figure it out. In the end, he still found nothing and could only shake his head.

Actually, if the commotion Zhu Zhuqing caused had not been so great that it even affected his side, he would not have come here to investigate.

Yet after all that searching, it had ultimately been for nothing.

In the core region of Sunset Forest, Zhu Zhuqing quietly arrived before an enormous cave.

Inside was her target this time.

A Mutated Dark Violet Spirit Wolf. It possessed both darkness and spiritual attributes, was extremely sensitive to its surroundings, and was around Fifty Thousand Years old.

Her darkness was an Ultimate Attribute and possessed an extremely powerful concealment effect. Otherwise, she would have been discovered the moment she arrived at its doorstep.

She had seen this Violet Spirit Wolf's attack before. It was a dark spiritual shock released from its eyes.

If the attack succeeded, it would inflict negative states such as weakness and confusion upon spirit beasts.

Zhu Zhuqing did not lack physical attacks now. What she lacked were abilities such as spiritual execution.

The Dark Violet Spirit Wolf could very likely make up for one of her weaknesses.

It was precisely because she was absorbing a spiritual-attribute Violet Spirit Wolf. Otherwise, with her body's strength, she would have dared to absorb an even stronger spirit beast!

She slowly crept toward the Violet Spirit Wolf through the darkness.

The cave was enormous, but the Dark Violet Spirit Wolf was small.

The purple-and-black fur covering its body made it nearly blend into the darkness.

If Zhu Zhuqing had not been more sensitive to darkness, she might not have been able to discover it.

As the king of this region, the Dark Violet Spirit Wolf was naturally not weak.

But it had encountered the greatest nemesis of its life.

Boom!

The Extreme Darkness Attribute within Zhu Zhuqing's body erupted to its utmost under the stimulation of Light Soul Power.

The instant the Violet Spirit Wolf opened its eyes, that Soul Power pressure forced it flat onto the ground, unable to move. Even its mind fell into a full second of shutdown.