Looking at the Soul Beast that had turned to stone before him, Dugu Chen had no time to complain that Dugu Bo had ruined his chance to test his Ultimate Earth against this Soul Beast's.
Dark red Soul Power surged in his palm, forming a dark red halberd roughly ten feet long. With a single thrust, he ended its life.
As the petrification lifted, the dead Soul Beast within was revealed. It lay quietly on the ground, a fatal wound on its chest—the one Dugu Chen had just inflicted.
Yet strands of evil aura seeped from its body. Dugu Chen sensed that the essence of flesh and blood within its corpse was rapidly dissolving.
Carefully examining the wound, he saw four fatal claw marks on its back, permeated by a faint gray aura. Dugu Chen instinctively reached out, only to hurriedly pull his hand back the next moment.
Bang!
A burst of flame shot from Dugu Chen's palm. The flames containing ultimate power wrapped around and cleansed his hand several times before they finally managed to drive out the rootless energy clinging to it. Only then did Dugu Chen cautiously withdraw his hand.
"What an evil aura. Even my Ultimate Fire can't suppress it. Could it be... that kind of Soul Beast?"
"Chen'er, how are you?" Dugu Bo had been startled by what he had just seen as well. It would be troublesome if this unfamiliar Soul Beast had any hidden tricks left.
Seeing the concerned looks of everyone gathering around him, Dugu Chen smiled easily.
"It's fine. What can a dead Soul Beast possibly do?"
Dugu Chen felt that the Soul Beast should not be nearby. Otherwise, it would likely have attacked long ago. With their strength, they would not have been able to stop it. Besides, that wound